Emptiness. The depths of the universe was filled with it. This chamber was full of it. Some would say the hearts of the Sith was full of it as well. And that would be true to a point. Sith didn't have many friends and with good reason. They would be the first to plant the knife in your back when you weren't looking. Laran was prepared to make sure that would never happen.
There were however a select few that one could count on. Apprentices, for the most part, were to be counted among those. Laran had sent a message to his apprentice Sieken instructing him to meet him in the room at 2100 hours. It was now 2130. Laran decided that he had kept his apprentice waiting long enough.
It was a test of patience. Winners of battles were the ones who were patient enough to allow their enemies to make the first move. That was a lesson that Laran had tried to teach Sieken, and now he woudl emphasize it with this test. If his apprentice was still there when Laran showed up, he would have passed. And waiting in that room was not something that was easy. No, far from it.
The chamber was dimly lit, the light from torches flickering against the walls, a cool breeze flowing through. Shadows were being cast at impossible angles, eerily reaching out as if trying to smother you with their dark emptiness. No, it wouldn't be an easy task being that room alone for an extended period of time. Laran decided that it had been long enough. He rose from his seat, and began to make his way towards the room.
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