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Jugo has another ancient Sith temple on it, which wasn't a surprise, considering it's the moon of Dromund Kaas. Though, nobody populates these old ruins like they do on the primary world. And the Kodama stay away because of the dark presence. So, hearing Jinang's desire to achieve new powers, Dekker called up the Chiss woman he mentioned earlier and she was apparently all too willing to start training Jinang. So he went to the temple where the two agreed to meet. It's a small dojo, lost in a swampy forest, and no one has set foot here in centuries. Covered in vines, mossy, overgrown trees and the strange Jugo slimes.
Jinang enters the dojo to find himself in the central lightsaber training room of the ancient Sith temple, waiting for the Chiss woman to arrive. He has a bad feeling about who he's going to be meeting, considering he's met a strong, force sensitive Chiss woman he and Kal fought a few times back when he was s Jedi. It would be quite the coincidence if this were another individual such as her, considering Chiss are rare in these parts.

The temple he's in is dimly illuminated with greenish lights, and there are spaces indented in the walls where statues of old Sith once stood, but they were all torn down long ago. The place is still in disrepair, but the slime was recently cleaned out, probably for this very meeting. There large, glowing green mushrooms growing all around the perimeter of the wall, as well as other cave vegetation. And the mushrooms have a very strange presence, Jinang thinks they have some connection to the force, giving off an odd aura that feels funny. For a few minutes, Jinang was the only person in the building until he heard footsteps of the Chiss he was waiting for - entering the dojo, Jinang finds that she is the very same woman he and Kal fought on Felucia. Tall, very muscular, and quite beautiful... The woman is wearing a tight, sleeveless, dark grey dress and a a dark green gadget belt. She is carrying a datapad with her in a shoulder strap.
"Oh my!" She says, approaching Jinang, towering over him. "You haven't grown at all since we last met, hmm?"

Jinang hates it when people mention his height, though he remains stoic. He doesn't say anything either, and just stares at the woman and waits for her to get to the point of their meeting.
"Anyway..." She says. Her voice is deep and her speach refined and elegant. "I am Kwagoz'Forivor'Wasia. It is a pleasure to meet you, officially."

She does a very low, very proper curtsy, and then waits for Jinang to introduce himself.
"I'm Jinang Iang..." He says, bowing slightly, confused about her long, weird name. "Can you...? Say you're name again... More slowly...?"

"Humility is a good quality." She answers with surprising gentleness. "Kwagoz. Forvior. Wasia. Though, you may call me Zorsia, for short. Now, walk with me."

The woman, Zorsia, walks off, and Jinang follows after her. They walk towards the center of the training room, where the patterns on the hard stone floor converge into some abstract visual depiction of the dark side. The image is rather unnerving...
"What do you know of the dark side, Jinang?" Zorsia asked as they stopped in the center of the room.

"Only what the Jedi told me." Jinang answered. "But I'm assuming that would be different than what you're going to teach me."

"Indeed." Zorsia says. "Just disregard everything the Jedi taught you on matters of the dark side. We're going to delve into the shadows and come out much stronger. Now... Do you know of the Nightsisters?"

"Not really." Jinang says, blushing. He feels like he ought to know much more than he does. "I know of them but I couldn't spit out any facts."

"Well, they aren't crucially important anyway." Zorsia said, waving her hand dismissively. "But they are much wiser in the dark arts than the Sith are, and I have stolen their secrets - secrets I will teach you, so we can improve upon them."

"So what's important for your teaching, then?" Jinang asked, putting his hands on his hips, tilting his head to the side slightly. "If the Sith aren't important, and the Nightsisters, who's secrets we will learn - aren't important, what is?"

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