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29-04-2023, 11:13 PM
CONTEMPLATIONS ON PERSONAL ATTACHMENTS
As an Acolyte within the Horuset powerbase, I am not allowed any personal belonging besides a selected few electronic devices necessary for studying and communication aswell as a set of training robes and my training saber. The guarded Checkpoint aboard the flagship Th’Asidra frequently makes scans of me and my peers to prevent us from smuggling anything past the sensors.
Nothing is more frustrating than a life with too little luxury. Especially when you crave more.
Trinkets
Yes, Acolytes are not allowed possessions. No credits, no grooming tools, not even the tiniest piece of junk is spared for us. We are considered people not worthy of holding any personal belongings because we are the belongings. Mere slaves that have yet to prove their worth or be considered slaves forever.
Those peers that actually managed to smuggle tokens past the scanners under the watchful eyes of Imperials certainly do not entrust their fellows with it. There is no exchange of goods going on among the ranks of Initiates. There is not even gambling or betting among ourselves for an extra ration at the mess-hall tables (let us face it, the food is disgusting and nothing the Sith would feed their Sith Hounds even).
Empty-handed we roam these halls. More than once I watched Acolytes contemplate if they should bag the cutlery in the mess-hall to accumulate possessions. Just slipping an empty glass or fork into their boots and run towards the other side into the dorms. Perhaps even a dull knife they could stab into the neck of their peers deep at night…The temptation is certainly there since there is no scanner or checkpoint when leaving the Messhall. Though I suppose if you once start to steal – you won’t be able to stop. It would become an addiction. Without a doubt, some Acolytes that are looking for a challenge or a kick of adrenaline would try to break the rules over even something as useless as a knife or fork. But the reasonably thinking Acolyte such as me asks herself - Why would it be a risk worth taking?
I am telling myself that there is more behind this rule than a simple “You are not worthy of it“. I am telling myself that the superiors do not want us to trifle with personal attachments. Each personal object is a reminder – akin to a personal secret. It has to stay hidden and should not be uncovered by other forces. To have an item of (non-)significance is giving room to trade or even gift peers. And in doing so, one would reveal a genuine amount of care for the gift-recipient or feel tempted to bribe ones own peers for favours.
Peers
The only person you can truly rely on is yourself.
An ally…a friend…a lover…- no matter what one sees in the person one has decided to spend time with – he or she will ultimately -always- backstab you when it comes down to their own selfish gains.
For now the majority of us of course refuses to extinguish another comrade – but you never know what the future looks like. To put ones trust into the wrong person can be fatal. With our powers growing every day, each mistake, each treacherous ally and every weakness can result into obliteration. Trust among Acolytes is as easy as that – you promise your ally to not stab him in the back and secretly hope that he or she sticks to his word. Trust is an influence that should not weaken a Sith Hopeful. It will only prohibit the attainment to power.
Body & Mind
Attachments can come in various shapes and forms. It does not only have to be a family heirlom or religious artifact – if one knows the personal history connected with it, even a piece of trash can be considered valuable. Our body and our mind act as substitutes for personal belongings. We tend to our body (even without grooming tools), try to build up more muscles, become faster, stronger, faster, stronger…In the same time our mind has to absorb several pieces of information and traumatising visuals but still be capable of a restful sleep at night. In fact, we cherish our body and our mind with the same conviction we would take care off a personal trinket. Just like any token it is as fragile and needs to be protected. There are afterall several creative ways to destroy a trinket.
And the worst you could do is opening yourself voluntarily to another peer. If you let someone in your mind, then they will have less difficulties to do so in the future. They’d know your surface thoughts and feelings.
The body is even more difficult to hide away. With a lot of observation, one can study habits such as nose-wrinkling, eye-twitching or limping with the foot. The height and the shape of the body already reveals quite a lot about your training aswell – is this person focussing on acrobatics and agility? On brute strength?
Superiors
My obedience is to everyone standing above in the Sith Hierarchy.
When my journal was taken away from me, I could have simply said no. Surely, disobedience is bad. And it would have painted a huge target on my back, making myself an obstacle in the eyes of superiors. A loose streak they’d have to cut. However…in doing so, I’d have shown true strength, denying them to take something away from me. But let us face the truth – for now, every Acolyte is too weak to influence the decision of our superiors. The goal is to become strong and well-reputed enough to -not- end up in situations like these. That no one would dare to question or even attempt to lay hands on your hidden trinkets. On your body. On your mind. That is the point when you break your chains.
[Other works:
Reading Darth Horuset's Force Apparitions, their traits and how to recognize them.
The Prophecy of the Sith'ari
The Remnants of Rhinnal
Reading Acolyte Orgkez' Essay on Pureblood Superiority
Reading Lord Saud's Sin of Modulation
The Sith Code and Sith Hierarchy
Th'Asidra Messhall Timetable
The Bounty Hunter's Creed
Contemplations on the Acolyte's Equipment - The Training Saber
Essay on Force Shock
Contemplations on Acolyte's Equipment
Essay on Force Slow
(From: Acolyte Cathryn Valorin)
As an Acolyte within the Horuset powerbase, I am not allowed any personal belonging besides a selected few electronic devices necessary for studying and communication aswell as a set of training robes and my training saber. The guarded Checkpoint aboard the flagship Th’Asidra frequently makes scans of me and my peers to prevent us from smuggling anything past the sensors.
Nothing is more frustrating than a life with too little luxury. Especially when you crave more.
Trinkets
Yes, Acolytes are not allowed possessions. No credits, no grooming tools, not even the tiniest piece of junk is spared for us. We are considered people not worthy of holding any personal belongings because we are the belongings. Mere slaves that have yet to prove their worth or be considered slaves forever.
Those peers that actually managed to smuggle tokens past the scanners under the watchful eyes of Imperials certainly do not entrust their fellows with it. There is no exchange of goods going on among the ranks of Initiates. There is not even gambling or betting among ourselves for an extra ration at the mess-hall tables (let us face it, the food is disgusting and nothing the Sith would feed their Sith Hounds even).
Empty-handed we roam these halls. More than once I watched Acolytes contemplate if they should bag the cutlery in the mess-hall to accumulate possessions. Just slipping an empty glass or fork into their boots and run towards the other side into the dorms. Perhaps even a dull knife they could stab into the neck of their peers deep at night…The temptation is certainly there since there is no scanner or checkpoint when leaving the Messhall. Though I suppose if you once start to steal – you won’t be able to stop. It would become an addiction. Without a doubt, some Acolytes that are looking for a challenge or a kick of adrenaline would try to break the rules over even something as useless as a knife or fork. But the reasonably thinking Acolyte such as me asks herself - Why would it be a risk worth taking?
I am telling myself that there is more behind this rule than a simple “You are not worthy of it“. I am telling myself that the superiors do not want us to trifle with personal attachments. Each personal object is a reminder – akin to a personal secret. It has to stay hidden and should not be uncovered by other forces. To have an item of (non-)significance is giving room to trade or even gift peers. And in doing so, one would reveal a genuine amount of care for the gift-recipient or feel tempted to bribe ones own peers for favours.
Peers
The only person you can truly rely on is yourself.
An ally…a friend…a lover…- no matter what one sees in the person one has decided to spend time with – he or she will ultimately -always- backstab you when it comes down to their own selfish gains.
For now the majority of us of course refuses to extinguish another comrade – but you never know what the future looks like. To put ones trust into the wrong person can be fatal. With our powers growing every day, each mistake, each treacherous ally and every weakness can result into obliteration. Trust among Acolytes is as easy as that – you promise your ally to not stab him in the back and secretly hope that he or she sticks to his word. Trust is an influence that should not weaken a Sith Hopeful. It will only prohibit the attainment to power.
Body & Mind
Attachments can come in various shapes and forms. It does not only have to be a family heirlom or religious artifact – if one knows the personal history connected with it, even a piece of trash can be considered valuable. Our body and our mind act as substitutes for personal belongings. We tend to our body (even without grooming tools), try to build up more muscles, become faster, stronger, faster, stronger…In the same time our mind has to absorb several pieces of information and traumatising visuals but still be capable of a restful sleep at night. In fact, we cherish our body and our mind with the same conviction we would take care off a personal trinket. Just like any token it is as fragile and needs to be protected. There are afterall several creative ways to destroy a trinket.
And the worst you could do is opening yourself voluntarily to another peer. If you let someone in your mind, then they will have less difficulties to do so in the future. They’d know your surface thoughts and feelings.
The body is even more difficult to hide away. With a lot of observation, one can study habits such as nose-wrinkling, eye-twitching or limping with the foot. The height and the shape of the body already reveals quite a lot about your training aswell – is this person focussing on acrobatics and agility? On brute strength?
Superiors
My obedience is to everyone standing above in the Sith Hierarchy.
When my journal was taken away from me, I could have simply said no. Surely, disobedience is bad. And it would have painted a huge target on my back, making myself an obstacle in the eyes of superiors. A loose streak they’d have to cut. However…in doing so, I’d have shown true strength, denying them to take something away from me. But let us face the truth – for now, every Acolyte is too weak to influence the decision of our superiors. The goal is to become strong and well-reputed enough to -not- end up in situations like these. That no one would dare to question or even attempt to lay hands on your hidden trinkets. On your body. On your mind. That is the point when you break your chains.
[Other works:
Reading Darth Horuset's Force Apparitions, their traits and how to recognize them.
The Prophecy of the Sith'ari
The Remnants of Rhinnal
Reading Acolyte Orgkez' Essay on Pureblood Superiority
Reading Lord Saud's Sin of Modulation
The Sith Code and Sith Hierarchy
Th'Asidra Messhall Timetable
The Bounty Hunter's Creed
Contemplations on the Acolyte's Equipment - The Training Saber
Essay on Force Shock
Contemplations on Acolyte's Equipment
Essay on Force Slow
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