Thy bidding is done [D2, LM]

[Xyll Vanth]

"Surely you have some notion of what it might be," she said.

Of course she does.

"Or what its purpose is."

[Dapper Dog]

“Complete annihilation of all life in the Galaxy,” she said calmly as she looked over the text.

[Xyll Vanth]

The tiny movements all humans engage in even when still seemed to cease completely for a moment as she parsed the words.

"You mean," she started after an awkward silence, "*all* life? Including that here?"

[Dapper Dog]

"All tends to be pretty inclusive," she said turning her eyes to Xyll.

[Xyll Vanth]

How could that fit with what she had been told? Staying true she'd get the power... unless it'd just be for a moment before being snuffed out with everything else?

"To absorb all of our power?"

A knife in the back of *greatness*

"He would make himself a god. My my, quite the ambition."

[Dapper Dog]

"I have never doubted his ambition," she responded with a laugh.

[Xyll Vanth]

Her expression darkened with resolve; "I assume your own ambitions lay more toward a future in which we are *not* all dessicated corpses adorning lifeless worlds?"

[Dapper Dog]

“I only learned of this fact recently, but it matters not for I have found one that I believe to be worthy as our true Dark Lord of the Sith, but she needs time to grow into her destiny. She will forge a new Sith Empire that will last through the ages and dominate this galaxy. A true Empire and not just a shell to further her quest for absolute power,” Arya responded.

[Xyll Vanth]

"And who might this future Dark Lord be?"

Somewhere in the back of her mind, Xyll thought it should obviously be her. But she was not quite so self-absorbed as to think she was the one Arya was speaking of.

"And what makes you think she would not be similarly corrupted in her goals?"

[Dapper Dog]

“No one can be certain of anything as tumultuous as the future but if the bar is set by our current Emperor, anything short of annihilating all life is a step in the right direction,” she offered.

“Do not worry the burden of Dark Lord of the Sith is not yours to carry… or more precisely I have not seen it as yours to carry.”

[Xyll Vanth]

"A burden? I supppose it might be. But that doesn't mean I'd not be tempted. But I suppose I could settle for less, if need be." She grinned. "Well then, what is your plan? The Emperor won't just turn his back to allow one to thrust the knife in."

[Dapper Dog]

“There is no plan, and yet the plan is already in motion,” she said honestly.

[Xyll Vanth]

"Not very reassuring master," she said with a chuckle. "I am his Witness now. You did not foresee that, but is it part of the non-existing plan in motion? What way forward would you see me take?"

[Dapper Dog]

“Observe and listen, information exists in all things… I did not live this long because I relied on my foresight. Sometimes you need patience to allow the whole picture to reveal itself… and failing that acting on what you know of the picture and adjust accordingly,” she said closing the text.

“Survival is a complex but rewarding game.”

[Xyll Vanth]

"Yet things seem to be moving so quickly. Is there even enough time to gather enough information? Or even to act?"

[Dapper Dog]

“No, but we are Sith and submission is never our way,” she responded.

[Xyll Vanth]

"What sort of timetable are we working with then? Years? Months? Weeks?"

[Dapper Dog]

She said plainly, “Six days.”

“Beyond that I can see a yawning void… and snippets of the distant future but such things are hardly to be relied upon unless focused on an individual or place.”

[Xyll Vanth]

"Six!" She said, or more spat. "Six? I'd known this whole business with the chairs was just a distraction... but not like this! I still have things to do!"

[Dapper Dog]

Arya returned to her chair and said, “I grow tired apprentice and must meditate.”


She reached out taking her walking stick in hand, reality bubbling around her and the old crone was as she was before. She cackled lightly, “Make your peace with the time you have left… I suggest patience, the pieces are moving into place. There will be much suffering before the end, but there is a chance we could survive.”

“Attend me, and push me to the meditation chamber.”