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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 19:30:08 GMT 1
Aeré frowns.
"Seth?"
It is late. The lights of the city are still glowing, chasing away the darkness and making it difficult to see the stars. But Aeré isn't looking at the stars anyway.
She is sitting at her toilet table in her bedroom, looking into the mirror at her reflection. The Naboo Senator seems to be lost in thought. Her slender hand are brushing her long silver hair, but she doesn't seem to pay much attention to their movements.
This evening she is dressed in petrol blue night gown that is showing her pale shoulders. Always in a modest way, of course.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 19:38:45 GMT 1
Seth appears in the doorway, only a second after Aeré has called for him. Either he moves really fast, or he was standing in the corridor all along. Aeré will never know. She only knows he is invisible when she doesn't need him.
"Yes, Senator?"
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 19:41:09 GMT 1
Aeré puts the hairbrush down on the porcelain table, before she turns her head to look at him.
"What would you think of going to Jandoon on a diplomatic mission?"
She goes straight to the point. No need to smalltalk.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 19:50:50 GMT 1
Seth is not a man easily surprised. Aeré should know that by now. Still, he freezes for a moment, staring at the woman sitting at the toilet table. -and it's not because he is suddenly baffled by her beauty.
... "Excuse me, Senator?"
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 19:55:37 GMT 1
"Didn't I express myself clear enough?" Aeré raises her dark silver eyebrows and turns towards him in her chair. "What do you think of a diplomatic mission to Jandoon?"
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 20:03:08 GMT 1
"Forgive me, I thought for a moment I heard you wrong." Now that thought has turned into a desperate hope in stead. She isn't serious. Right?
I think it's a very bad idea."
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 20:12:01 GMT 1
"You think it's a very bad idea..." Aeré repeats slowly, tapping a finger against her pursed lips. "Why? The Jedi aren't doing anything to help the situation. Something has to be done."
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 20:42:32 GMT 1
Why? WHY is it a bad idea??
"When the Jedi are too afraid to do anything, I believe the situation is quite bad. And I do not believe it will be solved by stopping by a ghost planet for a diplomatic visit." Seth remains standing still, as if Aeré's pronounced body language makes him determined not to show anything with his own movements.
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 20:46:29 GMT 1
"I see." Aeré nods calmly. Then she takes the brush from the table and begins to brush her hair again. Still with that absent glimpse in her eyes, as if she is still thinking about something. "You have a military carreer behind you, if I am not mistaken?" she then asks.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 20:49:30 GMT 1
Had Seth not been so determined to show no emotions at all, he would have narrowed his eyes in suspicion. This isn't going anywhere good.
"True. What of it?"
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 15, 2011 20:51:58 GMT 1
"So you have some experience, when it comes to infiltration missions?" Aeré asks slowly. "Behind enemy lines?" She puts the brush down on the table with a low *klonk*.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 15, 2011 21:02:15 GMT 1
Seth can almost feel the trap closing around him. He shakes his head slowly, raising a hand in front of him as if to stop her words from reaching him.
"Don't. Don't even think about that." She's NOT thinking what I think she's thinking... right?
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 16, 2011 20:20:50 GMT 1
"Seth." Aeré waves a hand in front of her, as if to dismiss his protests. "Just answer the question."
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 18, 2011 21:00:43 GMT 1
Seth bites his teeth hard together before answering.
"Yes, I do..."
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 18, 2011 21:11:17 GMT 1
"Splendid." Aeré smiles. Her chilling smile that would convince anyone that she is frozen to her very core. "Then we have nothing to worry about, when we go to Jandoon."
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 18, 2011 21:13:37 GMT 1
Seth gives her an unimpressed glare.
"Yes, I think we do."
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 18, 2011 22:03:17 GMT 1
"You do?" Aeré raises her eyebrows, as she stands up to walk to her closet and pick out the dress for tomorrow's work at the Senate. "What could I possibly worry about, when I have my military-trained bodyguard to protect me? Besides, I have been taking lessons in selfdefense, like you ordered."
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 19, 2011 20:27:58 GMT 1
"Senator, with all due respect to your self defence classes, if the two of us have nothing to worry about when going to Jandoon, I would really like to know what all the public fuss concerning the threat of the fallen Jedi is about."
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 19, 2011 20:35:54 GMT 1
"The Fallen will never know that we are visiting their planet." Aeré looks out of the closet for once. "Not with your infiltration and stealth skills. Green?"
She holds out a pale green dress, looking at him for his oppinion.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 19, 2011 20:48:34 GMT 1
"Senator, how can you call it a diplomatic mission, if you don't plan on them knowing-... What?" Seth blinks once, as if to test if his eyes have accidentally loaded a wrong image. But no, the Naboo senator is showing him some dress, apparently waiting for some kind of oppinion.
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 19, 2011 20:49:47 GMT 1
"Green?" Aeré asks patiently again. "Should I wear green at the Senate today?"
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 19, 2011 20:57:45 GMT 1
"I... Sure. Do that." WTF??
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 19, 2011 21:00:37 GMT 1
"Good." Aeré hangs the dress on one of the closet doors, before she steps back to look at him again. "And maybe the Fallen will listen to reason. Maybe they won't. Eitherway, we are leaving for Jandoon."
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 19, 2011 21:27:45 GMT 1
"No. We are not." He is still a little confused about the dress. What did that have to do with anything?
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 19, 2011 21:30:41 GMT 1
"Yes. We are." Senator Jupal is looking straight back at him, her steelblue eyes frozen to their very depths. For a moment she just stands there, eyeing him. Then she goes back to the toilet table. "But if you don't want to join me, I can easily ask my sister to come. You don't have to risk yourself for me."
She looks at him closely in the mirror.
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Post by Seth Vall on Aug 23, 2011 12:06:39 GMT 1
What?!
Seth is not sure if he is more angry with the insult, or shocked that Aeré actually seems to be absolutely serious about the case.
"Actually, I do, Senator. I also have to make sure you don't throw yourself into life threatening situations. -like going to Jandoon."
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Aug 30, 2011 21:44:00 GMT 1
Aeré frowns a bit. "Forgive me for asking you this, Seth..." she says, slowly and thoughtfully. "But since when did you become the one to give orders in this relationsship?"
She turns towards the mirror on the toilet table and starts to braid her long, silver hair.
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Post by Seth Vall on Oct 27, 2011 9:36:53 GMT 1
"Since the moment you decided to become suicidal, Senator." Seth has to bite his teeth not to snarl at her. Is she really that stupid??
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Post by Aeré Jupal on Oct 27, 2011 10:05:52 GMT 1
"I am not suicidal, Seth," Aeré answers, an icy tone to her voice. "That goes for my late husband." The senator stands up again and walks to the closet to find the correct pair of shoes to wear with the green dress at the Senate.
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Post by Seth Vall on Oct 27, 2011 10:18:36 GMT 1
Seth shakes his head, not bothering to argue. Maybe he should have just stayed in the army...
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