[Video] Confusion...

[erranthero]

[A few weeks ago, Kerra had just felt like she needed a break, to get away from all of it. And maybe see if Wanda's idea about the pods was true, so, she'd just gone back, and now she was just waking up.

A cursory scan of the network reveals nothing, but she knows that's not true. Something feels off, here.]

Guh...so...okay. Hey. It's Kerra, and I'm back.

[She looks tired, kinda grouchy, and thankfully clothed.]

Anyone mind catching me up to speed on what's going on? Took a little time in the pods. Needed to clear my head, and it feels like I've been gone a while.

Hit me, either here, or I guess at home. Maybe the bar.

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[girlworthfighting]

[Mulan stops watching Kerra for awhile; paying more attention to the things floating around her. She's incredibly ill at ease - she'd draw her sword, save for how she knows there's not really any good a weapon would do against something like this.]

You weren't there, yes. That isn't your fault. You had no way of knowing.

But I was. I was there. I could have helped her, and I failed. I'm sorry.

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[erranthero]

[Kerra's attention snaps to the camera, a deadly glint in her eyes as she focuses on Mulan. She's right. She...is completely right.

In an Mulan might feel pressure in the air around her neck, while traces of red and yellow flicker across Kerra's irises.]

Yes. I...I should...

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[erranthero]

[I should what? For a moment long, tense second, Kerra's expression looks torn between hate and fear. She wants to act on it, lash out at her friend. But her training...Master Treece's words...they float up through the haze and start to push away Odion's dying words.

The young Jedi sags, piles of junk dropping to the ground with a clatter.]

I...I should...Force above, I don't know what I should...do...

What...what happened...what's going on?

[girlworthfighting]

[Mulan feels the pressure and lifts her hand to instinctively claw at her throat, but to her horror there's nothing there.

She doesn't have long to panic but panic she does, nothing to do but give in to a threat she's truly powerless against.

She gives a short, sharp cry full of fear.]

Kerra--!

[But the pressure is released and then Kerra is speaking again; so far gone in that moment, it seems, she didn't even hear her. Mulan catches her breath and tries to gather her focus, eyes closing as she draws a gasp of relief.]

...I don't know. I just told you...everything I'm aware of. I think. Other than that, I don't know.

[She's intensely wary, now.]

[erranthero]

[Kerra's hands cover her eyes for a moment, her head shakes back and forth...]

I...what...what did I just...?

[She looks up at the video, eyes widening as she realizes what happened...]

Oh...did...oh Stars. Are you...did I? I...

[girlworthfighting]

[Still breathing audibly, slow, and watching Kerra with an aside glance, her hand raises and lingers over her own throat.]

I'm not really sure what you just did.

[erranthero]

I...don't actually know. The Force...it just...flowed and everything went red and...I have never done that before.

[She admits that, frankly. She's only vaguely aware of Force Choke, as none of the Sith she's fought with or worked with were fond of it.]

I was just so...so...angry and I just...Force...are you okay?

[girlworthfighting]

I'm fine.

[She doesn't sound like she's fine.]

[erranthero]

L-Look...I...that...that won't happen again.

[She sounds more than a little afraid, now. She puts on a tough front, but she's absolutely terrified of losing people.]

Just...tell me you're okay? Please.

[girlworthfighting]

I'm alive. I'm uninjured. And I'm still apparently luckier than many of our friends were.

[Mulan has put on a tough front of her own; shutting down, going utilitarian, turning incredibly brusque.]

And for now that's more than enough. If you'll excuse me, though. There's...things I have to get back to.