As Zanebry's fingers began touching the keys of the instrument, she found herself pleasantly surprised by the tune. As he paused to let the music take over the conversation, Lyseil seated herself comfortably with her drink in hand, and she listened with interest to both his story and the melody.
"So, a teacher, a musician, a card-dealer, a bounty hunter, and a private detective. You know how to keep yourself occupied, it seems. I was surprised earlier today about what you had uncovered about the Varad, particularly Orar Varad..." she felt she was allowed to show that she was impressed with the work he had done. "Don't blame yourself for what happened, Z."
Placing down her glass and picking up the bow, Lyseil wondered for a moment what she'd play. And what she would say. In the end, she settled on a
classical piece from an Alderaanian composer. It felt right to start with something easy, something timeless.
"Remember I said once, when we first met, that I had survived an encounter with an acklay?" she had an easy smile as she played, with her eyes closed and almost serene-like.
"It was my first expedition as a research assistant; it's what most do when working on their degree. We were on Felucia, which is a pretty exotic but wild world in the Outer Rim... looking into what could possibly be ruins from the founding of the Jedi Order. Things seemed to be going fine the first days. We'd found the site and work was going well... the heat wasn't too bad, but the humidity was the worst. Or so we thought, until we got an up close experience with one of the biggest predators on the world there."
"An acklay stumbled upon our camp. It all happened rather quickly, and I don't really know how I managed to react as fast as I did - maybe my training from back home with the House Forces, but I shot a flare gun at it's face, knowing the beast to be sensitive to light due to their preferred habitat and usual activity. They're also supposedly near-sighted. It was stunned enough, enough for everyone to start running. I managed to keep everyone together in a group, and got to a safe location not too far away; a cave with a low ceiling, about less than a meter if my memory serves me right. Too small for something so big to get in. Now, I had no idea if there would be anything dangerous in there, but in that moment it seemed like a better chance than facing an angry and large predator."
She paused as she focused on the music instead for an interval.
"We stayed in there for a long time until it was safe to leave. I think everyone were surprised that it was the Alderaanian princess that had reacted with a cool head, and was later keeping everyone organized until help could arrive. I just... wish I had managed to save everyone. There was another assistant, who died during the attack on the camp. But I often feel worse for not really remembering him when I look back at the memories in my head; what he looked like, what he was like."
Lyseil sighed and finished the piece. It seemed it was more the latter part that weighed on her, than the fact that she hadn't been able to save the man.
Alderaanian Princess | Human | Sergeant | Archaeologist | Natural Scholar and Hunter | Enthusiastic | Heightened Awareness
Profile | Theme 2Has: Tailored armored uniform (House Panteer), Nova Blaster pistol, datapad, stims, commlink, utility belt with odds and ends
Combat: House Panteer Forces Armor (Defense 1, reduce damage from fire and burn by 1), grenades, Nova Blaster pistol, extra ammo, stims, utility belt with odds and ends