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vaderssidechick · 4 years

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FIC SNIPPET: The Voice Of Blood, Chapter 5

Summary: Prince Luke Vader’s arrival to Alderaan.

I shake awake. Air hits my throat too fast, sending me into a coughing fit. I groggily and clumsily reach for the bottle of water. The shudder of breaking out of hyperspace alerts me even before the ship does in its oddly feminine voice.

Imperial Highness, we have re-entered real space. Destination: Alderaan in four hundred thousand kilometers, it says in a soft, soothing tone. In the same strange, Mid-Rim accent as Tevas’s medical droid.

But the dream still echoes through my head. It’s only now I feel the cold sweat under my clothes. I wipe a sleeve across my brow as I rise to my feet. I grasp my cloak and the water bottle as I head to the cockpit, a sleepy stagger in my step.

I shrug my cloak back on-- but stop halfway when I see it out the viewport. I have to blink a few times, making sure what I’m seeing is actually real. Of course I’ve seen images of Alderaan many times. But those images, I see now, never did the planet justice.

It’s like a snow-phire gemstone laid on a black velvet bed, sparkling in the Alderaani sunlight. White clouds swirled over swaths of blue oceans, with just slivers of vibrant green peeking through. Yet something seems odd about it… until it hits me. It’s not surrounded by junk! Its near-orbit is as pristine as can be, with only a few tiny flashes of satellites catching the sunlight here and there. One of her moons is just rising off her far-side, a pale yellow crescent in phase.

It’s the most beautiful planet I’ve ever seen with my own eyes. It’s just so… clean.

But my awed half-smile fades when I see a speck move toward the ship, growing ever larger by the second. I don’t even need to verify it through the ship’s system to know who it is.

“Alderaani Security Patrol has identified this vessel as Imperial make. No Imperial vessels are on the itinerary on this date. Identify yourself and your business here.”

I raise an eyebrow at the pilot’s tone. She spat the word Imperial like it was dung in her mouth. Her--- and that of her co-pilot’s-- suspicion that flared through the Force was only slightly cooler than the hatred that simmered underneath it. Good. Hate is an easy lock to pick.

I reach out my hand toward the ship outside. I never tried this at this kind of distance, or through space before. But there’s a first time for everything. “You will contact ground control and allow me passage.”

In the silence, I feel the pilot’s resistance. Hmm. This pilot is either more mentally sound than your average stormtrooper, or mind-tricking is definitely harder at this distance. But I push on, immersing myself in the Force, using her own confusion against her. “I’m just a piece of space junk from another system. I’ll just burn up in the atmosphere.”

It’s a long moment before she responds. “Yes, just space junk.”

“So get on your com and tell them to pay no attention. I’m harmless.”

A heavy breath comes through the speakers before she mutters, “ASP One to Aldera Ground Security… all clear. It’s just a piece of junk. It’ll burn up in atmosphere.”

“Copy that, ASP One,” comes the reply.

The patrol ship turns keel and heads back toward Alderaan’s surface. I blow a breath as I sink into the pilot’s seat and switch the system to manual.I set my holocom into a housing on the control panel, and the 3D holographic map to my rendezvous point with Leia spreads across the viewport.

Engaging the sub-light engines, I begin to steer toward the point when, on an impulse, I change course. Straight to Aldera first. I want to see Leia’s home, where she grew up.

I hit the stratosphere, then descend into a bank of white clouds. When my ship breaks through over Alderaan’s capitol city, my first sight of the planet pales in comparison to what I see now. My mouth drops fully open, my eyes bug, and for a moment I don’t breathe.

I… can’t find the right words. Like a city built from the dreams of sleeping giants. Set in a vast valley of the mountain range,, white marble towers rise into the blue skies, obviously hewn from those very mountains themselves. A winding river cuts through a forest and grassy tableau right to and through the entrance of the city. It sprawls and yet it’s functional, not a centimeter of space wasted, but seeped into the mountain range itself. And all of Alderaan’s nature flew, bloomed, and swam around it. It’s unlike any city I’ve ever seen before. Magnificent. Pristine. Staggeringly ancient yet lightyears beyond Imperial eco-tech at the very same time.

I dip the nose and fly over the reaching white fingers of the towers to look over the rooftops. Almost every roof that isn’t a spire has a garden as well as landing pads, bursting with every color imaginable. Just… so beautiful.

When I finally look up and out, I see it in the near distance. Leia’s palace, her home. I push the lever forward and gun the engines.

The Royal Palace of Alderaan unfolds before me. While there are a few towers, most of the place is only two or three stories. But like every other building, it is white, even whiter than the city itself, like it’s power-scrubbed daily. And by the Force, it’s huge, sprawling across the valley! It’s even bigger than the Palace on Imperial Center!

And then… I see them. The lilac trees Leia talked about. Hundreds of them, everywhere, surrounding the palace. And the colors! Like a sunset growing from the ground itself-- purple, blue, pink. Everything she said they were.

I feel a strange pang in my throat, and realize that I’m actually quite jealous. I was raised on a Star Destroyer-- and what little experience I have with nature was mainly from worlds that… well, they didn’t look like this. Tarkin’s homeworld of Eiradu is hardly what I’d call ‘beautiful’-- hostile, humid, swampish and cloying, with flora and fauna that would more likely kill someone than strike them with awe. My Force, what is it like to wake up every morning and see all this, everyday? What is it like to smell this air, fragrant with these blooming trees and rushing rivers?

It’s only now that I think I’m beginning to understand why Leia is so adamantly opposed to Tarkin strip-mining those worlds in the Western Reaches. I can’t imagine beauty like this could ever be replicated by any other hands than those of nature’s herself.

But I shake myself alert when I see, far below me, a human-- a gardener, by the looks of the shears in his hands-- look up at the strange ship flying overhead with a startled expression.

Shavit.

I punch the engines again and veer off in the direction of our rendezvous, leaving the lushness behind me.

#star wars fanfiction #the voice of blood #dark luke skywalker #prince vader

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seouledbysisi · 5 years

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Moonlit

Chapter 6

Saturday morning had finally arrived. Sapphire was pretty excited for her date with Woojae- or Woodie, she wasn’t exactly sure which he would rather be called seeing as they now had a personal & professional relationship of some sorts.

Her phone pinged with a notification. We’re still on for today, right? She immediately dropped her head seeing as she had forgotten all about Bloo planning to show she and Riley around Seoul. She sighed and ran to Riley’s room. She knocked since the door was closed.

“Come in!” Riley yelled from the other side of the door. “Since when do you knock?” She asked as Sapphire cascaded on in.

“You might’ve been changing or something.”

“That’s never stopped you from coming in before.” Riley giggled as she laid out some outfits on her bed.

“I’m practicing good manners.” Sapphire said as she bounced onto the brass bed in Riley’s room. “So we have a dilemma. . .”

Riley looked up at her with her brow raised. “What kind of dilemma?”

Sapphire took a deep breath. “I got a text from Bloo a minute ago asking were we still on for today.”

“And you said what?”

“I haven’t responded yet. I totally forgot about it until he wrote me and I don’t have the heart to not go.”

Riley shook her head a bit. “What about our dates?”

“Woojae isn’t picking me up until like 3.” Sapphire was trying to figure out how to make this work.

Riley threw her a thumbs up. “Well have fun!” She said as she crossed the room.

Sapphire stopped her in her tracks. “I’m not going alone! He invited us both therefore you’re going too!”

“Do I have to? We both know that he really wants to hang with you.”

“I’m not going alone, if he wanted it to just be me he should’ve said that.” Sapphire shrugged.

Riley huffed her breath. “What time?”

Sapphire sent a quick text. What time again?

Riley started at her waiting on a response. The only thing she wanted to do was be in Junwon’s presence today to be honest but for her best friend she’d do just about anything.

Sapphire’s phone pinged. Pick you up at noon.

“He said he’ll pick us up at noon.” She related to Riley as she moved to her feet off the bed.

Sapphire rolled her eyes a bit. “You better be glad that I love you. I hope he knows that we have to be back home at 2. I’m not making Junwon wait!”

Sapphire nodded. And left out to find something to wear. About an hour later Bloo has texted that he was waiting outside for them.

Riley

Sapphire

Bloo pulled up to a winery. “They have the best wine here. Figured you ladies would enjoy a good wine tasting, am I right?”

Sapphire gave him a small smile. “Of course.”

Riley stepped out of his car almost eager to get some wine in her system. Suddenly she was feeling all the nerves of what was occurring that night. She was going to be alone on a legit date with Junwon and she wasn’t sure if her headspace was ready for it. “Wine sounds perfect right about now.” She walked ahead.

Bloo lingered back with Sapphire. “You don’t sound excited about this. . .”

Sapphire shook her head. “No I am, I think this is great it’s just I have a meeting in a couple of hours so I can’t drink too much. I’d hate to be tipsy.” She giggled a bit.

“What kind of meeting?” He asked. He wanted to pick her brain and see what other plans she had going on. He felt like a jealous boyfriend but the funny thing was he wasn’t looking for a girlfriend. He didn’t do relationships, they were too hectic and honestly he didn’t have the time nor patience for the drama that came along with relationships. No doubt he liked Sapphire but the fact remained that he wasn’t a relationship type of guy.

Sapphire cleared her throat. “I’m meeting a friend at some type of festival thingie. Nothing huge but it sounds fun.”

“Sounds like you’re making friendships pretty easily.” He sat in the chair across from her as she took the one next to Riley.

Sapphire nodded. “Seems like it. So what do you do outside of rapping?”

“That’s mostly all I do. I’m constantly in the studio and if I’m not doing that I’m performing. Music is my life.” He replied as he took a sip from a white wine that one of the servers poured.

Sapphire took a sip and immediately regretted it. “Ew. I hate dry wine.”

Riley giggled as she chugged it down. “It’s just what I need.”

Sapphire swueezed her leg and leaned closer to her. “Don’t drink too much, you don’t wanna be drunk for your date.” She said just above a whisper.

“Date?” Bloo smirked.

Riley blushed a little just with the thought of how good Junwon was going to look today.

“You seem excited. Must be a lucky guy. I guess I better report back to Loopy that you’re for sure not interested.” He said with a chuckle.

“He likes me?” She said as she burst into laughter.

“I mean he likes any person with a vagina but especially if she’s pretty and you definitely fit the bill.”

Riley became a bit uncomfortable. She always felt weird when someone called her pretty because she just didn’t see it. She felt like she was average looking yet she was okay with that. People seemed to rage about these great looks that she just wasn’t sure she possessed. “Well he’s nice and all but not my type. Not really into the man-whore type of guy.”

“Riley!” Sapphire’s mouth flew open.

“Well it’s the truth. He even tried to holla at you!”

Bloo rolled his eyes a bit. “Yeah, he’s something else but he means no harm.

They talked for a little while longer all enjoying one another’s company until it was time to leave. Bloo had more planned but since they had other engagements to attend he was fine with cutting it short and brought them home.

The girls rushed into their apartment. They literally only had 45 minutes to get ready.

“Riley!” Sapphire yelled.

She ran into her room. “What’s wrong?”

“Which outfit?” She asked. She held up two outfits.

Riley tapped her chin in thought. “That one!”

“You’re a lifesaver!”

The ladies got dressed and waited for the guys to show up. The nerves were starting to show up and it seemed out of their control.

Sapphire

Riley

“What if Woojae realizes just how awkward I am? He’s going to hate me.” Sapphire paced.

“You’re not awkward and even if you were it’s his loss if he doesn’t like you after tonight!”

Before Sapphire could answer there was a soft knock on the door. She answered it immediately after taking a deep breath.

Woojae smiled as he looked her from head to toe. “Well you look pretty.”

“Thank you.” She said as she looked away a bit.

Junwon followed after him through the door.

Riley met them at the door was well.

Junwon gave her a shy smile. “Hi gorgeous.”

Riley’s breath hitched in her throat. Hearing him say the word gorgeous made her stomach tingle.

“Ready to go?” Sapphire posed against the wall.

Woojae nodded. “Yes, so we came in sperate vehicles because after the festival we’re actually going to split up if that’s okay with y’all?”

Riley’s eyes bulged a bit. “Okay?”

“I have somewhere special I want to take you.” Junwon explained.

Sapphire smiled at her best friend. This guy was pulling out all the stops to impress her and she was definitely approving of him. “Cool with me, y’all need some alone time.”

Woojae grabbed her hand. “And I have something that I need your help with.”

“What is it?”

“You’ll see.” He said with a slick smile and pulled her out to his car.

Woojae held Sapphire’s hand as they walked around the festival.

“Basically its a food festival so there a lot of old traditional Korean foods that you can walk around and sample.” He shrugged. “I thought it would be cute to bring you here.”

She smiled. “I love it! Something different!” She said as she picked up a sample of Kimchi. “Mmm so good! Spicy but good.”

He took a bite as well. He held his chopsticks out for her to taste something else. “Here.”

She took the food into her mouth. As she chewed she made a weird face.

“You don’t like it?” He asked with a laugh.

She shook her head. “No, I’m sorry.”

He laughed a bit more. “Don’t apologize, I don’t like it that much either.”

“Why the heck are you eating it?” She hit his arm a little.

“Might as well try everything.”

Junwon and Riley trailed just behind them with his arm draped over her shoulder keeping her close.

“You enjoying this?” He asked her.

She nodded. “Yeah, I haven’t found anything that I don’t like the taste of.”

“Good. I’m glad you agreed to go out with me. I didn’t think you would.”

Riley looked up at him. “Why is that?”

“I don’t know I guess because we’re doing business and you don’t seem like the type to mix business with pleasure.”

She giggled a bit. “I don’t normally but you give me a feeling that I can’t explain and I figured why not explore it. Plus I’ll never turn down a free meal.”

“Oh so you’re using me for a free meal?!”

She rolled her eyes. “Well of course!”

Suddenly Sapphire came to a halt.

“Well I didn’t think I’d see you again today!” A male told her.

Sapphire became quiet.

Woojae just stared at the guy.

“Funny, you didn’t tell me that your ‘meeting’ was actually a subtle way of meaning a date. Two dates in one day you’re on a roll.” Bloo blurted out. He clearly had been drinking.

Sapphire shook her head and looked towards Woojae but he wouldn’t look at her.

“Y’all have a good rest of your date.” He said as he patted Woojae on the back and walked away with his buddies.

Sapphire turned to Woojae immediately. “I am so sorry that he did that. Me and him have never gone on a date, Riley was there too!”

Woojae chuckled. “Babygirl things like that don’t bother me. Are you in a relationship with him?”

Sapphire shook her head.

“Exactly and you’re not in one with me either so you can date whomever you want to-“

“But that wasn’t a date!” She interrupted.

He threw his hand up to stop her from speaking more “Even if it were, it doesn’t matter to me. It doesn’t change a thing, I’m just trying to get in where I fit in. I still like you, Phire. Okay?” He tipped her chin.

She nodded. “You sure about that?”

He licked his lips. “I’m certain.”

After the festival was over they went their separate ways.

The air whipped through Sapphire’s braids. “Where are you taking me?”

They pulled up to a building. She was becoming a bit more nervous with the unknown.

She opened the car door and stepped out. He came around the front of the vehicle to grab her hand and walk her into the building. She saw the H1ghr Music logo everywhere she looked.

“We’re at the studio in case you’re wondering.” He revealed as he opened one of the doors on the inside. She took a seat on the couch which was against the wall.

“Not that I’m not enjoying this time with you but why exactly are we here?” She asked becoming a bit on edge and impatient.

He turned a song on. As she listened to the words of the song it sounded so familiar. After the first verse there was nothing but the instrumental.

“It’s not finished but I after I met you in the coffee shop, our interaction seemed like a good story line for a song.” He blushed a bit.

She covered her face. “Wow!” Was all she could say.

He sat on the couch next to her and pulled her hands down. “What do you think?”

She breathed in. “I think it’s great. I like it. It’s kind of funny how we met though, who would’ve knew I’d be soliciting your services for my grand opening.”

Woojae chuckled. “Who would’ve knew you’d be in this studio with me or agree to go on a date with me.”

Sapphire kissed his cheek quickly and looked away.

Riley was laying on a blanket staring up at the stars while Junwon sat up with his knees pulled into his chest.

“So what’s so special about this place or than the fact that the sky is in perfect view?”

Junwon smiled. “I go here to write. It’s my secret writing spot I guess. It’s like my muse.”

She couldn’t believe he was sharing something like this with her so early on. Most people wouldn’t see the beauty in this gesture but to Riley, the small things counted the most. “Thank you for sharing you secret spot with me. Have you brought anyone else here before?” She was scared of what the answer would be.

“If you’re wanting to know if other females have been up here with me the answer is no.” He laughed.

Riley sat up. “No I wasn’t I just-“ she cut herself off and sighed. “Who am I kidding, yeah that’s exactly what I wanted to know.”

“I know. You’re the first.” Hopefully the last. He thought to himself.

He became quiet for a moment.

“What’s on your mind?” She asked.

He looked around at her for a moment then stared at the ground. “This may be hard to believe but I haven’t done much dating since I got to Korea. Music has been my main focus.”

She was thanking God in her head. “What makes me so special then?”

“I don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to figure out myself.”

#fanfic #stories #kpop #kpop idols #sik-k #ph 1 #woodie gochild #park junwon #kwak woojae #k hiphop #jay park #h1ghrmusic #soft hours #haon #bloo #mkit rain #loopy

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vt-scribbles · 7 years

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Oh wow that's a lot of asks

S’why I’m so slow responding to them sometimes :’D I get easily overwhelmed. I still have asks from back when I was doodling Phire a lot...

#killjoygem

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wild-azure · 7 years

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Tagged Again

So I got tagged again by @not-actually-ur-sassygayfriend. Here goes!

Rules: Answer the questions and tag 20 followers you’d like to know better

-Name: Cori

-Nickname: The people who’ve known me the longest know me as Wild or Wildeh, but others know me as Azure or Az. Take your pick ;P

-Zodiac sign: Virgo

-Hogwarts House: I don’t know ^^’ My best guess would be maybe Hufflepuff?

-Height: 5′3″ (I’m rounding up that last 0.25″ goddamnit >.<)

-Sexual orientation: Asexual. Demi-panromantic

-Ethnicity: Mixed as heck ^^’ Not going into specific percentages because it’s complicated, I’m part Jamaican, Italian, Portuguese, English, and Spanish-Basque - and that’s just from what I know. I don’t know my dad’s side of the family very well ^^’

-Favorite fruit: It’s a tie between blackberries and golden raspberries (way better than normal raspberries btw)

-Favorite season: Fall, when it’s still warm out but you’re not dying from the heat

-Favorite book series: Don’t make me pick just one ;P Let’s see, there’s the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss, the Kai Gracen series by Rhys Ford (which absolutely needs more fans!!! Check out the audiobooks on Audible, they’re incredible!), and even though it’s not a series (yet *fingers crossed*), I of course have to give a special shoutout to Frozen Fire by @arianwen44! Y’all go read it right now!!!

-Favorite fictional character: I’m assuming I’m not allowed to nominate my own OCs here, because you know I’d pick Jess ;3 So, failing that, the obvious choice is Steele Phire from the above mentioned Frozen Fire book. I freaking adore him~ <3

-Favorite flower: Plumerias

-Favorite scent: I-I don’t have a favorite scent! Whatever do you mean?? *Hiding my collection of vanilla-scented candles*

-Favorite animal: Wolves are at the top of the list, followed closely by cats and foxes

-Favorite band(s): I don’t really have a favorite band, per se, or even a favorite genre of music. I have a favorite cover artist on youtube though! Sam Tsui! Look him up!

-Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: Does lemon and honey in hot water count as tea? Otherwise none of the above

-Average hours of sleep: 9 hours, maybe? Sometimes I sleep for 10-11 hours, but other times I barely manage 6

-Number of blankets: 1 blanket at all times. I’ll switch it out depending on time of year, but I have to be covered when I’m sleeping!

-Dream trip: I want to be sitting in the passenger seat on a road trip down Route 1 on the Pacific Coastline with frequent stops to check out the scenery and the local towns along the way~

-Last thing I googled: Not counting various Hurricane Irma-related news (thankfully we made it out pretty ok and only lost wifi and cell service for about 18 hours), the last thing I googled was types of merchant ships. It’s research for my book, I Danced Til Dusk

-How many blogs I follow: 59

-Number of followers: Uh... 224?! Where are y’all coming from?!

-What I usually post about: This is my personal blog, so a lot of personal stuff, tips, tutorials, helpful resources, etc. Not to mention news and updates for I Danced Til Dusk!

-Do I get asks normally: Not really, no. No one seems all that interested in me :\

I’m not going to tag anyone because frankly no one really responds when I do, but if any of my followers feel like it, feel free to fill this out and tag me with your responses!

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