29-04-2023, 03:26 PM
Eddi would appear in the blue-white tones of a holo-display, his heavily scarred face looking marred by corruption and aged by some years beyond his own. Yet, his eyes would glow, piercing and bright, fixed on the viewer.
"Dead. The last Hozan. Or, Vene, whatever she called herself. None of it makes a difference now."
Eddi's face would contort, a deep frown on his face as his eyes are wide, almost pleading. The veins around his mouth would seem to twist, deepening the very image of his expression in the monotone of the holo. The hollows around his eyes would seem deeper, the bags heavier.
"She, who betrayed my Papa, betrayed my family, betrayed my Master, and betrayed the very person she swore to be." His voice would crack, the final three words sounding like a man on the verge of tears. Yet, no tears would fall. "She could have lived, had she not been a fool. But what is family?"
A silence would fall. After only a few moments, Eddi's shoulders would drop a fraction of an inch, accompanied by a deep exhale. They would rise once more, and he'd square his shoulders to the device. "Family is a chain which binds you. I have, finally, broken free of that kriffin' chain, and I'll be damned if I let anyone tell me otherwise."
Something in the room around Eddi would shatter to the ground, but only the sound was heard. Eddi's eyes would drift towards the source of the sound, looking off into the middle-distance, almost glazed over, his eyebrows would furrow, and any who looked close enough would see the shift of his Adam's Apple as he swallowed, hard. "I am better off with her dead. Her blood may be on my hands. Gods, her blood is on my hands.. But what kind of a Sith would I be if I did not let it fuel me? She is no more than another kill in the hundreds that came before her."
Eddi would look towards the ground, his eyes.. almost shimmering in the light. "She was nothing. She was a chain."
Another object would clatter to the ground as Eddi's last words came out as a near whisper.
"But she was my mother... Papa, I'm sorry..."
The holo would fade...
"Dead. The last Hozan. Or, Vene, whatever she called herself. None of it makes a difference now."
Eddi's face would contort, a deep frown on his face as his eyes are wide, almost pleading. The veins around his mouth would seem to twist, deepening the very image of his expression in the monotone of the holo. The hollows around his eyes would seem deeper, the bags heavier.
"She, who betrayed my Papa, betrayed my family, betrayed my Master, and betrayed the very person she swore to be." His voice would crack, the final three words sounding like a man on the verge of tears. Yet, no tears would fall. "She could have lived, had she not been a fool. But what is family?"
A silence would fall. After only a few moments, Eddi's shoulders would drop a fraction of an inch, accompanied by a deep exhale. They would rise once more, and he'd square his shoulders to the device. "Family is a chain which binds you. I have, finally, broken free of that kriffin' chain, and I'll be damned if I let anyone tell me otherwise."
Something in the room around Eddi would shatter to the ground, but only the sound was heard. Eddi's eyes would drift towards the source of the sound, looking off into the middle-distance, almost glazed over, his eyebrows would furrow, and any who looked close enough would see the shift of his Adam's Apple as he swallowed, hard. "I am better off with her dead. Her blood may be on my hands. Gods, her blood is on my hands.. But what kind of a Sith would I be if I did not let it fuel me? She is no more than another kill in the hundreds that came before her."
Eddi would look towards the ground, his eyes.. almost shimmering in the light. "She was nothing. She was a chain."
Another object would clatter to the ground as Eddi's last words came out as a near whisper.
"But she was my mother... Papa, I'm sorry..."
The holo would fade...