She had awaited for her new pupil in the gardens upon a stone bench, feeding the aves which flocked her way. It was peculiar to see a Sith so carefree and relaxed, but Raine was anything but ordinary. So now she only had awaited for Seth's arrival.
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Raine Marzullo |
What Do they Know :: Seth - training :: |
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It had been early in the morning hours upon Ziost, the sun coming through dense clouds. Raine had already been awake, checking on her children and the
progression of their own training. She had gathered a few slaves to be used for the days activities; it didn't matter really at their humanity, they were
created in a lab regardless.
She had awaited for her new pupil in the gardens upon a stone bench, feeding the aves which flocked her way. It was peculiar to see a Sith so carefree and relaxed, but Raine was anything but ordinary. So now she only had awaited for Seth's arrival. |
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Seth Draclau |
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Seth, at his new Mistress request, found a room of his own in the sanctuary. It was a rather nice setting and he found himself quite at home. He went to sleep
late and woke up early, he pulled on his red leather jacket and other articles of clothing and
pulled on his leather boots. He walked through the door, flatting his white hair out with his hands. He wanted to look at least half presentable for his first
day of training. He walked down the path way leading to the gardens, taking his time he finally strolled over to the stone bench where his she was sitting. She
apparently was feeding the aves and at a first glance you would never think she was who she was.
"Good morning, my Mistress. Don't you look at peace. You would never think at first glance you could harm a fly," he said chuckling. "I'm ready to get started as soon as you are," he said holding out his arms. |
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Raine Marzullo |
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"Smartellic."
Snickering from his comment, a dainty hand whipped through the blanket of ebony and blonde mane. This was going to work out perfectly she guessed; he was quick witted like her. A boot shuffled outward to deter the aves away as she pondered only for a moment. "Here, you only need to be yourself. There's no one else to know any difference... well, except for me." She smirked and hopped form the stone cold bench. Ribboning her fingers together, arms stretched outward, and in one swift moment knuckles popped. With the bob of her head, the young girl made notion for the slaves. There they awaited in the grass, every gender, every species, every age and size. "I want you to pick four slaves and from there, your lesson will begin." |
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Seth Draclau |
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Seth have expected to get a beating for being so cocky. But surprisingly Raine was quick with her wit as well. Beautiful, he thought to himself. Last thing he
needed or wanted was a stiff master who couldn't take a joke when it came there way. She stood up and went through a routine of running her fingers through
her hair, and popping her knuckles. She then told him to four of the slaves from the crowd that had been assembled for his lessons. He turned his head to the
slaves and looked through them, slowly moving up and down the line. He tilted his head to the left and then smiled.
"It's your unlucky day," he said tapping a male human on the shoulder. He moved further down the line, tapping a green skinned Twilek on the shoulder. "Dead meat," he said with a smile. He moved back down the line tapping a Devaronian on the shoulder. "Sad news, buddy," he said. "And....finally you," he said tapping a Bith on the shoulder. The 4 slaves he picked out moved forward and he walked back towards Raine. "Four dead men walking, now what?" he asked. |
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"Radical." Giving an over exaggerated thumbs-up, Raine laughed soon thereafter. "You have two chances to screw up and two chances to perfect your flaw. If you completely jack it up, you're going to get
the toy surprise which I'm sure you don't want." She never tolerated failure.
"When you use the move of Force Choking, manipulate the waves of the and concentrated on the esophagus of the enemy. You want to move quickly and precise or fail and end up getting yourself killed. But for now, focus and feel the energy, harness it, and project outward. Some people channel anger or resentment and some blank out their feelings; do whatever works best for you." Raine stepped back a few paces and taken back the seat upon the bench. "Begin when you're ready." |
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Seth Draclau |
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"Alright let's get this party started, first up," Seth said as he nodded to Raine as she instructed
him on how to throttle someone using the Force. He closed his blues eyes and took a breath he began to stretch out, feeling the Force around him. Raine's
words repeating themselves around in his head. Focus and feel the energy, harness and project it outward. He could feel the Force flowing through him
connecting him to his master and each of the slaves he had picked out. He had thought to reach out with his aggressive feelings, but he was more a
perfectionist and he wanted to accomplish the feat with out use of the dark side.
The waves acted on his command, his concentration centered on the humans esophagus. He stood standing still, the human stood shaking clearly frightened by the prospect of being killed by the Shi'ido/Human hybrid. About thirty seconds had past and yet still the human remained unharmed. Seth opened his eyes. His eyes no longer had a cocky and playful look instead they were cold and uncaring. Keeping his anger in check, he raised his hand up his fingers forming a semi-circle. He blocked out all distractions even the sound of his own breathing. Then after about a twenty second delay a sick choking sound filled the air as the man grabbed at his throat. Then without much warning the slave was lifted slowly straight into the air. He gasped and choked for air but found none, then as quickly as it came the victim was silenced. With a wave of the hand he tossed the body aside. He looked to Raine with a smile."Not bad, eh?" he asked. |
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It had come to no surprise to the young girl that her pupil had succeeded almost without fail. After all, coming from such a prestigious family which had been
bonded strongly within the Force, it was almost a certainty. However, he was rather presumptuous. With a "golf
clap", Raine commended his accomplishment. Azure eyes drifted to the others which still were remaining alive for such a moment.
"Good, Seth." A soft smile later, her arms came around to hug against her abdomen. "This time, instead of manipulating the airways and the wind, focus on the organ and visualize it being nothing more than dust." Sighing, she had taken a step backward. After all, something could go amiss and the subhuman might explode. Raine wasn't looking forward to setting a fashion trend of entrails. "You may begin when you're ready." |
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Seth Draclau |
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Seth listened to Raine's words she commended his ability to choke a victim and now instructed him to focus on the organ in question and visualize it being
dust. She took a step back, this told him that something could happen that would effect her. If he had a guess he was crushing this next slaves organs and if
he didn't have the proper control he might end up making quite the mess. He smirked at the thought and only thought how funny it would be if it had
happened. She told him to begin whenever he was ready, he turned back to the slave and smiled causing a wave of terror to fade over the slave as he squealed in
fear.
He held his hand out and closed his eyes, he concentrated on the Force itself. His mind visualizing the slaves own beating heart. It beat every quickly as opposed to his own heart beat, he began to visualize the heart itself crumbling and compressing in on itself. It took a moment to control the compression. The slave himself was clutching at his chest, the screams had not bothered him but the rest of the slaves were panicking. After another moment his hand closed slowly into a ball the image of the mans heart crushed turning to dust as Raine had instructed him. The man writhed in pain until he was silenced like the one before him. He turned towards Raine another cocky smile on his face. |
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"Well done, Seth." Again, her pupil had surpassed her mild expectations and achieved his set goal.
Clicking her fingers, she motioned for a few of the remaining slaves to come and discard of the fallen bodies. After all, there had been no need to continue
having them clutter about. Casually stretching her fingers apart, bending them between the others, the young Marzullo moved back forward towards Seth.
"Next, I'll be showing you how to use kinetite and Force blasts." Pushing outward a diminutive hand, Raine drew upon the energies which flowed about the Force a blast pulled outward and struck a slave, flattening them to a tree with a sickening crack as the body broke into halves and exploded everywhere as the wave of pure Darkside energy rolled through and continued for more chaos. "That is a blast." Raime smirked as she took a moment of pride in her destruction. "Concentrate on the purest form of the darkness, form it within your hand and release. Becareful, or you'll end up burning your flesh if you don't do it right. So, yeah, good luck with that. Begin at your ready." |
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Seth Draclau |
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"Thank you," he said as he basked in the praise of his Master.
Raine commanded what was left of the slaves to clear the debris that was the fallen corpses of the slaves he had murder but a few minutes ago. Then his young Master stepped up for a demonstration. She was going to teach him the abilities he knew as Kinetite and Force Blast. Both very strong abilities, this added to his confidence level. If Raine thought he could do these techniques, though he was sure there would be difficulty, he knew he could do them. He then watched the marvelous display as she hit a slave with a blast of pure energy slamming the unfortunate pest, the blast splitting him in half. Seth's blue eyes lit up with an awe inspiring gaze as the energy subsided. She then explained further what to do then issued a warning about the energy burning his skin. He turned his attention to the next slave his hand rose up slowly as his eyes closed. He could feel the dark side burning in him. This time he would rely more on his aggressive feelings. Anger, hate, lust, he could find someone or something to fulfill each of these even his Master's mere presence worked for him as any man would yearn for her beautiful form. The darkness swelled within him, he felt his heart race as he directed the energy to his outstretched palm. After a few moments a faint red glow began to form around his hand a faint sizzling sound could be heard. Raine's advice had merit, he was finding it hard to control and though his skin burned he felt no pain. Within the next minute the color of aura burned a bright red as Seth's feeling ran while through his mind, his passion fueled the dark side. The energy then shot forward as an extension of his hand the energy slammed into the slave. The blast didn't last long but the effect was devastating. He opened his eyes and a hole had been burned through the slave. "Wow, amazing," he said looking finally to his hand which had burns on it the smell of flesh filling his senses. "I need to work on it thought," |
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"Everything you learn, takes practice to master." It had taken her quite a while to overcome the
misgivings she held over the more advanced areas of the Force. "You're doing well believe it or not and the
fact that the bond you hold in the Force is strong is going to greatly help you." Raine smirked softly as she was even more pleased this go-round.
"Next I will be showing you how to perform the kinetite ability." Like before, a hand move outward. This time, a ball of electric energy form amid the palm of her hand. Obsidian in colour, it sparked and clicked from the kinetic energy and rays of the Darkside which fueled this ornament."Draw from the energies of life and from the Darkside. Fuel it with hatred, make it grow." Shoving her hand outward harshly, the ball connected with an unsuspecting slave, engulfing the body in the charge and obliterating them. "Now, when you're ready, I would like you to try, Seth." |
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Seth Draclau |
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Seth nodded his head as he listened intently to Raine's words. He had been rather proud of what he had been able to do so far. He knew he had the potential
he just never really applied himself to such a great degree. Raine herself seemed satisfied with his progress and that meant a lot coming for such a young but
powerful master of the Sith Council. Her earlier words to him when she had taken him as an apprentice seemed to take on a more curious meaning. From what he
could tell Raine and himself were cut from the same cloth though he never really felt above anyone else despite who he was. He pondered them for a moment
longer but then he decided it was time to focus on the now and get this next power under his command.
Next as he figured he would be learning Kinetite, Raine explained a bit further about how he could use this technique. Draw from life and the dark side of the Force, that wouldn't be hard at all he thought to himself. This time he didn't close his eyes and simply held out his left hand, deciding to give his right hand a rest. He could feel the Force around him, it connected him to everything the slaves and even Raine. He took a deep breath, once again allowing himself to revel in his emotion. To truly let the grip of the dark side take him over, to become an extension and use this mighty power to further his own will. A subtle crackling sound filled the air as the electrical energy surged over his hand. A marble sized ball of energy formed at his palm and expanded as he did what Raine instructed him. The small bead of transparent energy grew to the size of a small melon. He launched it forward just as Raine had the ball hit the last slave slamming him into another tree only this time the ball bent over the tree in its way the slave now a victim. "Very nice and no pesky burning effect," he said with a chuckle. |
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Again, she scrutinized his every move and emotion. There was no failure here - it worried and pleased the ambivalent girl. "Nope, not at all." Smirking with the tilt of the corner of her lips, Raine brushed back the snow of ebony and
blonde hair.
A finger danced against the side of her cheek in thought just before she turned her attention back onto Seth. "Well, we've seemed to cover a good portion. Is there anything else you desire to learn?" It was often rare for a Master to ask this of their pupil, as it was they who dictated everything, |
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Seth Draclau |
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"Hmm..," he thought to himself. What more did he want to learn or more to the point what was he capable
of. He had once read a few books at home on Thyferra but was never instructed on how to do them. He guessed now would be the proper time to ask considering he
had a strong Master teaching him instead of some book or datapad. He thought of which and then when he had one in mind he turned and looked at Raine.
"How about Summon Fear? I read an account of this Sith Sorcery Spell and according to the account it caused the victim to scratch their own eyes out and were left in a catatonic state. Is it possible you could teach me to conjure up a persons greatest fear before their eyes?" he asked. |
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"With great power comes great consequence." A brow larked as Raine observed her Apprentice; Seth was
one of the more powerful students to come across her path. Such taboo sorcery had been what the young Marzullo tried to avoid due to nature of her clairempath
abilities.
"Pool the Force around the person, feel their emotions, listen to their heartbeat with a quiet mind." A finger beckoned forth another slave from the distance. Azure eyes bore into their seemingly lifeless ones while a stoic look came to shroud the young Master's features. In moments, the slave fell to her knees, fingers clutched into her hair, blood pouring from the scalp from the strain. She screamed of death, of insects eating away her flesh. "Now, I want you to try, Seth." |
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Seth Draclau |
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Seth watched the display with a crooked smile on his face. Did he dare say that he actually liked the idea of this power, it had so many uses, aside from
killing. Like causing insanity, breaking people's will, intimidation and an assortment of other uses he could only began to count. This power however was a
little more advanced then he had ever attempted but he was unable to accept any kind of failure, aside from the expectations of the family he was apart of he
had something to proof himself.
"Okay lets give this a shot," he said strolling forward and waving on his next vicitm. His eye remained locked on the prey, as Raine had informed him, he began to pool the Force around the poor sap. The waves of invisible energy raged around the fool with little effort. Now came the hard part, feeling other's emotions, he was never a master of empathy and was usually to busy feeling his own to be worried about other's emotions. This would be a challenge, he closed his eyes and and quieted his mind, his presence forced around the room. Small traces of emotion he had first thought was his own but was different, Seth didn't know fear. He was insane and didn't know fear, only how to use it. Then with in a moment he could hear a background noise very quick and steady, the heartbeat he was looking for. He forced the fear into the victim and could only hear the terrified screams of a mann being the only one that could see the impending doom of what ever had come to him. Within a few minutes he opened his eyes to silence. "Why so serious?" he asked the rest of the slaves his eyes catching the catatonic victim on the ground, neither living or dead. |
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It was a sickening delight as the events unfolded, the young Master taking great pride in her prodigy. "That
wasn't bad." A smirk washed over her lips as she followed through with golf-clap. "You're
abilities are developing quite well, Seth." There had never been another, aside from a relative, that she had groomed in such measures.
"There is much you have learned thus far. Is there anything else you wish to touch on or would you like to rest now?" Either way of his decision, Raine would allow. Finger clicked together softly, motioning for the other slaves to take these two and put them to their misery's end. |
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"Rest sounds good, I think," he said relaxing his posture a bit. "Looks like the rest of you get off easy, a shame really. But don't worry will set up another play date soon," he
said a charismatic smile spread across his face as he walked away from the slaves.
"If I may, I recently talked to Master Starkiller and expressed an interest in a group lesson with he and his student Piper Demore," he said crossing his arms in front of his chest. "He said I should ask you but he didn't seem to have a problem with it. I think it could be fun if your up for it," he said. |
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Resuming loll upon the stone-carved bench, a brow larked from her pupil's request. Raine had been aware of Xander taking Piper beneath his tutelage and it
made she and Oz rather pleased. In brute honesty, there had been few they trusted in such matters. The girl was a special case and as such, certain measures
were to be retained.
"I think it would be good for the both of you." Indeed, the ambivalent Marzullo held no qualms about group training. "As long as Master Starkiller is okay as well with the idea, then I see no problem." A smirk crippled her lips as she leaned forward with elbows rested to her knees. "I'm sure something can be set up." |
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