@Venn_Dras- I've never seen companion customization/the rakghoul plague dealt with like that before, either, and I love it! It will throw such a monkey wrench in the F!Smug/Corso romance and probably add another layer to their interactions with the rest of the story characters as well. Good job. Also, welcome! Looking forward to seeing more from you Title: The Search I Prompt: Loyalty and Betrayal Characters: Jygal Harkness (non-story Agent), Eyrie Lancaster (Jedi Knight) Length: 750 words Spoilers: Jedi Knight end act II Index under Eyrie, after Failure

Thanks for the kind words, guys, I had a rather lovely Christmas with my family. @MishaCantu- Yeah, I'm not a party person, either. The outcome will be seen in the next few posts, so stay tuned! @Lunafox- I unfortunately cannot take credit for that line, which was a slightly-modified shoutout to The Count of Monte Cristo (or at least my translation of it), which I was reading at the time I composed the post

Merry Christmas, and have another chapter! Part 83: The Party, part the second

@ Misha and Striges- Thank you! I'm glad the idea worked for you @ Frauzet- I do that too, which is what gave me the idea in the first place. And you've hit the core of Eyrie's personal problems right on the head. Rather than try to deal with her emotions in a healthy way, so they don't affect those around her overly much, she just pretends they don't exist and lets them fester away instead. Title: Getting the Gang Together Prompt: First Day on the Job Characters: Ketturah Attridies (Bounty Hunter), Mako Length: 800 words Spoilers: Bounty Hunter first cutscene, nothing else Index after the I Work Alone saga

@ MishaCantu- Yeah, I tend not to enjoy shopping, although I like the results. Why can't I just find the thing I want, buy it, and get out of there, lol? @Frauzet- Exactly the problem she was running into. Not helped by the fact that she's an unusual size and has fairly unusual (for a human) coloring. I must appologize, as there was really no good place to cut today's post off, so I just went with making it more-or-less the same length as the rest of the chapters and I'll pick it up later. Part 82: The Party, Part the First

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Today's story is a continuation of Distress Call and Failure Title: Insomnia Prompt: As Time Goes By Characters: Eyrie Lancaster (Jedi Knight), Feyte Saien (Jedi Consular) and Kira Carson mentioned Length: 1,100 words Spoilers: References to Jedi Knight Act II finale and previous Index latest of all Eyrie stories so far Note:

You guys will have to forgive me for this chapter, which is pretty self-indulgent. Part 81: The Perfect Dress

Hi! This is another story that I'm not super happy with, what I have in my head is much better than what made it out on teh paper. But I don't hate it and it was ready to post, so here ya'll go! Title: Reunion Prompt: I Love this Bar! Characters: Ketturah Atridies (Bounty Hunter), Mallena Dayne (Trooper) Length: 1,400 words Spoilers: References to Bounty Hunter Nar Shadda Index latest of all Ketturah stories so far Notes:

Hopefully back to posting (slightly) more frequently after a bit of an absence What do you go by? Depending on the site, Mirdthestrill, Mird, CleverMird, Ashfire, and AshfireMage. And of course, I often answer to my rp characters' names while rping. Male or Female: Female How many trips around the Sun have you made: 20 Who is your favorite canon character/NPC/non-companion (Choose up to 5 cause some of us can't choose ) I know there are some, but I'm totally drawing a blank on names right now I guess Orgus Din is pretty awesome. Which side do you play most? I think I'm about even. Which classes do you play most? I've probably logged the most hours into my Jedi Sage (as my oldest char) and my Sith Inquisitor (as probably my favorite) Favorite companions: In no particular order, Torian, Kira, Elara, Andronikos, and Corso Least Favorite companions: I don't have Skadge yet, so I can't actually say him, but I'm not a fan of Gault (mostly because of how the game forces him on you, I might have at least given him a chance otherwise), Sgt. Rusk, or Bowdaar. Although I don't think I can say I truly hate any of them. Favorite Love interest in game: I've only completely finished one of them (Iresso), but it was pretty sweet. And I loved Torian when I started him on an old BH. Least Favorite Love interest in game: See above. I guess if I went anywhere, I'd say that I'd like to try Doc's romance on someone at some point, but I can't see Eyrie being interested in him. Favorite original character to write: Kiran, hands down. If we're not counting PCs, I'm actually rather fond of Cato Favorite canon character to write: Corso and Darth Zash Least favorite canon character to write: I don't really "get" Gus or how to write for him, same with Satele Shan. And even though I like Vette as a character, I struggle with her perspective (Feldraeth, help me!). Maybe it's because Karanni's spent most of her time with her telling her to shut up and using her shock collar. Favorite genre to write: Angst. Romance is fun, too and I have a ridiculous love of descriptions Hardest scenes to write: I'm going to echo everyone who said fight scenes, as well as scenes where large amounts of information are supposed to be conveyed without much else going on Who do you want to kill most from KotFE: Haven't actually started KotFE yet, so jury's still out Favorite colour: Just to stick on things? A nice mellow green. To wear? Black, grey, and wine red. I also have a thing for hoods, long coats, and floor-length skirts, so maybe I should just become a Sith Favorite star wars race: Miraluka If you could only eat 5 foods for the rest of your life, what would you pick? Salad (you can make a salad out of almost anything, so it's kind of cheating) Fruit smoothies Bagels Chicken Chocolate chip cookies (but only mom's homemade) Not so much because these are my favorite things ever, but because I feel like it would result in a reasonably balanced diet with decent variety. You can live anywhere you want in the galaxy, where do you live? Alderaan, obviously long pre-Death Star Who would you like to see added as a companion? I wish that we could have gotten that Twi'lek guy the inquisitor meets at the academy when they're scouting Xalek. That, or taken on Zash's apprentices after she died. And...what do you prefer, hero or villain? I'm gonna have to go with villain! How much time have you spent playing SWTOR? Since a couple months after launch. I level very slowly SWTOR Pet Peeves: Not being able to find a decent guild that stays together long enough is my biggest one What do I do when I'm not playing or writing about SWTOR? Too much! (which is why I haven't been doing much of either lately). Schoolwork, mostly, as well as working, research, and my student org. If I have time after that, it's drawing, writing on my original projects, cooking, working on cosplay, Dungeons and Dragons, online rp, or anime. Wow, that was a mouthfull. Let's just leave it at "too much" If I could choose another world to live in, what would it be? Narnia. I was eternally disappointed by not having a wardrobe in my house as a child. Also, I'd love to go to Rivendale.

I haven't died, I swear! (hey, look, that's exactly how I started my last post. Sorry ) @Mayham- that's always an option, and Karanni probably does on occasion, lol @Frauzet- Thank you! Part 80: The Explanation Note:

Sad seeing this thread so empty! Hopefully a little life will come back to it now that the school year is starting up again for a lot of people. This prompt gave me fits, and then even once I decided what I was going to do, I still had massive writer's block issues working on it. But it's finally done and ready to post. See if you can guess which Star Trek episode I was inspired by Title: Like Rabbits Prompt: Do the Math Characters: Jessasi Silver (Smuggler), Corso Riggs, Risha, Akkavvi Sparr, Guss Length: 1,500 words Spoilers: None that I can think of Epilogue

I haven't died, I promise! I've been quite busy, first with work and then moving (still have to find a good place for all these empty boxes...). Also, I got involved with a Vampire: The Masquerade group and that's been consuming a lot of my creative energy lately. I'm having a blast, though. Actually, the switch from Sith to OWoD vampires is an extremely easy one in many ways. Part 79: Covert Meeting

@Feldraeth- Thank you! Now that you mention it, those large dogs following toddlers around is the perfect illustration. Made me smile. And Kiarn's dress shopping will get some attention in a later chapter, don't worry @Frauzet- Yeah, don't think he'll be much help with that one. Although if Zash decides he needs to get dressed up too... I'd draw it if I was better at quick humerous sketches. Thanks for the comments, guys, you made my day! Next chapter is in the works!

@EverSteam- Skipping for spoilers, sorry I'm glad to see you posting, though! And welcome back Title: Three Days Off Prompt: Home Ec Characters: Mallena Dayne (Trooper), Aric Jorgan, Tanno Vik, Elara Dorne mentioned Length: 2,000 words Spoilers: Trooper Balmorra Note: This piece is a continuation of several others I've written for Mallena. Links in the author's note. Index after Return to Duty Note:

Finally resolved the internet issue that wasn't letting me post and had a few days off work to get an update finished! Part 78: An Invitation

@Striges- Thank you for the help! I'll keep that in mind if I ever end up re-writing the piece and definitely going forward. @Yoshi- I'm not sure what's getting retconned here (if anything), but I enjoyed it nonetheless. In a game with a limited number of appearance options, it's inevitable that sometimes you'll end up looking a lot like npcs. Skipping your KotFE stuff for now, since I haven't played the expansion.

Title: Keep Holding On Prompt: Seven Virtues: Charity Characters: Feyte Saien (Jedi Consular), Eyrie Lancaster (Jedi Knight), Kira Carson, Nadia Grell, Doc, Tharan Cedrax, Sgt. Rusk Length: 1,100 words Spoilers: Jedi Knight Act II finale, possible references to Jedi Consular Act II Note:

@Alaurin- I feel you with being busy with school, albeit on the other side of the desk. The index looks good on all my stuff! @Feldraeth- Glad you liked Ketturah's adventures. The story was a pain in the neck at points, but I'm reasonably satisfied with the results. No promises about any future Cato appearances, but let's just say he's not going to give up hunting after this, and might just decide that he wants a bit of glory and prize money himself... @AKHadeed- thank you! Your comments make me smile Comments:

@Feldraeth- Yeah, paranoia isn't really something Kiarn lacks. Only time will tell how well this arrangement will work out for her. Glad you're enjoying the story! As for your question, Kiarn does use a double-bladed lightsaber with a variant of Makashi. The elegance and precision associated with it would appeal to her a lot, and Erilinn would think it suited her abilities pretty well. She's not particularly strong as Sith go and her size makes it easy to knock her around, but she does know how to take a hit and keep going and she's at least decently agile, although not to the levels that would suggest Ataru. If you care, of my other characters, Erilinn uses a Djem So variant, Feyte a basic Niman, Eyrie Ataru, and Karanni Juyo. Meiko wasn't far enough along in her studies to have developed into a particular form. The offering her his lightsabers bit was more about "hey, look, I'm unarmed, I trust you! Trust me!" than anything about her abilities to kill him or not. Although I'm sure he wasn't too worried in that direction. After all, he was responsible for a great deal of her training, so I'm sure he'd have a pretty good idea of what she was capable of. Kind of a short update today, sorry about that! Part 77: Reporting to Zash Note:

@Alaurin- Hi! Welcome back, we missed you I've heard of the "smuggler as undercover republic agent" concept before, but don't recall it having been used on this thread, at least not recently. I'll be interested to see where you go with it. Also, cool to see a twi'lek male around here. "There's girls on Ord Mantell" Indeed there are, indeed there are... Guess what? It's the final installment of Ketturah's adventures on Dantooine today! Title: I Work Alone (part 6) Prompt: Seven Deadly Sins: Pride Characters: Ketturah Atridies (Bounty Hunter) Length: 2,300 words Spoilers: none

@Striges- I think I would stick with three prompts, but switch up the cycle, instead of doing them in the same order they were presented originally, assuming there's a way to do that that's not horrendously complicated. (Obviously excepting the ones that are time or season specific) Super happy that the thread's been picking up recently @Jenny- Reading through the entire thread? Wow, props to you @Feldraeth- Thanks, glad you liked my story! Comments:

Wow, a month exactly since I've updated this thread. Sorry, guys. Hopefully I'll be able to do a little more soon, since the semester is ending in a few weeks. Part 76: The Offer

Just one more comment! @h_webber- Awww! I really like Andronikos and don't see enough of him on this thread I don't know that I've seen you on this thread before? If so, welcome, and either way, I'm looking forward to hearing more. Today I'm posting the penultimate chapter of I Work Alone! Title: I Work Alone (Part 5) Prompt: Seven Deadly Sins: Pride Characters: Ketturah Attridies (Bounty Hunter) Length: 1,100 words Spoilers: None

And I'm back! Had an excellent spring break trip with friends and a personal trip that cut into writing time significantly, not to mention out of town guests. Comments:

Part 75: Back to Kaas