Quaestors Office
Tarthos Cathedral
Tarthos

The chair slid back from the desk as Kojiro raised his hands and rubbed his eyes. The clone had spent the better part of the afternoon engrossed in his work without paying much heed to what had been going on around him. His eyes stole a glance at the desk chronometer and Kojiro sighed. Time was almost upon him.

A hard knock at the locked door echoed around the spartan room and the Quaestors attention snapped around.

“Come in,” the man uttered, his hand resting on the blaster that sat upon his desk. Though what use it would have been had he truly needed it against who he was sure would come. The door slid open and a figure dressed in black glided into the room.

Ah, yes. The Umbaran standing before him shared no resemblance to the pictures on her dossier. Unlike those, Syntari was no longer a gaunt skeleton hiding away beneath a black shroud. No longer playing the part of escaped captive the Sadowan had allowed her snow-white hair to grow and displayed an air of confidence that, he imagined, had not been present before.

“Miss Bastiayn, welcome. The uniform didn’t fit, I take it, given the...modifications you’ve rendered upon it,” he said. His lips curled in annoyance before he turned away from the woman and moved to the office window. “Come,” he said, inclining his head towards the view, “Join me.” The Umbaran’s hesitancy deepened as she prowled into the room, a wary Nexu in a cage. Calling her clothing a “uniform” pushed it, considering the original; this sleeveless ghost of his concept bared her pale, scarred arms to the shoulder, and showed enough skin to make him roll his eyes. Her moonstone eyes flickered gold as she regarded the Keibatsu, brisk voice betraying her hostility.

“Why did you bring me here?” she asked.

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So here we go. You can find the link to the Container competition here

You have a month to do the comps, as per usual if you have any questions please feel to ask! This is the prequal event to the upcoming series of events set after we leave the Orian system.

I wish you all the best of luck and have a load of fun!