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the continuing adventure of Rafa and Occlus
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Suddenly she's busier than she's been in a while. Her head is clear, she has a goal, and she has a plan to reach. And she has an apprentice to train. That was a bit unexpected. But it would be... nice, not to have to do everything herself.

Thanaton has a power base. She has a ship and a four-person crew. She needs allies. She's working hard on getting an in with another Council member, and getting at least one of the Moffs to buy in. She trades on her time on Balmorra as much as she can. If her challenge to Thanaton can be seen as legitimate, she'll be more likely to survive it.

It's fortunate her apprentice is already half-trained. She can set them to readings and exercises that don't require her direct supervision while she deals with other matters.

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"Yep. Step back."

Frustration. She got trapped here by someone, someone wants her to stay here and wants to get rid of Brin too for some unfathomable reason and this stupid puzzle is in her way and this is absurd and frustrating and she's gonna fuck some shit up and lightning

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It's all sucked up into the carved storm clouds. The channels start glowing, and there's a metallic groaning. The panel starts to slide up.

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Brin is impressed.

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She gets rid of the emotion and grins. "I wonder who even did this, what's the point of a panel you have to lightning up to open?"

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"A lock, maybe?" She peers inside. It's dark and dusty. The passage seems to extend a ways.

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Lightsabers emit light.

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These twists don't seem to be leading out.

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"This doesn't look like an exit. Wanna explore anyway?"

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Exploring!

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It's cramped and cobwebbed but not very long and at the end there is a low altar with a smallish softly-glowing pyramidal object sitting atop.

"A holocron."

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"Oooh." Can they activate it?

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"...Are you sure that's a good idea?"

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"Nope. I'm not sure it's not, though."

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"That's not really a good reason to poke a Sith holocron."

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"What's the worst that can happen?"

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"Do I really have to answer that?"

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She grins. "Would you rather just leave it here, then, never knowing what it contains?"

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"We could take it back, instead."

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"Oh, fiiine."

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Good. She inspects the altar for any obvious traps. Not finding any, she carefully plucks the holocron off its perch, and tucks it into her bag.

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Anywhere else this place leads to?

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Nope, it dead ends here.

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Oh well. Back the way they came.

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"Now what?"

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