Investigation

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A venator star cruiser suddenly enters Coruscant's orbital blockade, stopping among several other venators, and a few minutes later a starfighter piloted by Jedi master Yamato Izanami exits the cruiser and heads down to the planet. She is on her way to report back to the Jedi council on what she learned about admiral Tarkin after their successful campaign on Toola. She thinks that he was part of whatever plot Sheev Palpatine had set in place, but his actions on Toola suggest that he is not planning on treachery anytime soon as he was hugely beneficial to the Republic. But spies will indeed be sent to keep a very close eye on him though.
After reporting back to the Jedi, she heads to the senate building for an appointment she made with senator Martha'Dune, finding herself in a small meeting room, waiting for the host to arrive. The senator is her apprentice's older sister, and the two were always very close. And Yamato needs to see the senator because Shara'Dune has suddenly disappeared from Felucia without a word and without trace. Making it worse, she took Kal'Agur with her, as well as the majority of her clone army, causing the Republic a great deal of trouble. Martha didn't keep Yamato waiting more than a minute or two, and she enters the room alone, carrying herself with strength and poise. Like her sister, Martha is very tall, and she is wearing a long-sleeved, dark green dress with a large aqua-green sash that loosely resembles a saari, and she has golden decorations, bejeweled with green gems. Martha's hair is fiery red, and the senator has a pair of horns.
"Master Izanami." Senator Martha says, bowing her head slightly as she takes a seat. "What brings you here so early in the morning?"

"I am pressed for time - so I'll cut right to the point." She says formally. "I have received very troubling news that your sister, and my Padawan, has gone missing, and there is nary a trace of her disappearance."

"Oh no..." Martha says with worry in her tone, her eyebrows curling. "What happened?"

"That's just it." Yamato says, placing her hands on the table, her fingers entwined. "I haven't a clue. There is no report, other than she and her padawan are simply... Gone. I was hoping you might know something."

"All I know," Martha answers, seeming to be careful with her words. "Is that you sent her to Felucia, to assist other Jedi, but since she arrived she hasn't contacted me much."

Yamato thinks for a second. She can feel with the force that Martha just lied... But why...?
"Do you know anything about what she might do?" Yamato asked. "Where she might go, should she suddenly disappear with her padawan?"

"And you know she wasn't taken by the Separatists?" Martha says, tilting her head slightly.

"She couldn't have been taken by the Separatists." Yamato answered confidently. "Field reports show that she was in the temple when she disappeared, and they haven't been able to attack the temple directly without expending many resources. Not to mention that Shara is simply too powerful to be captured without making a noticeable scene. She left entirely by her own will."

"This is unsettling..." Martha says with a frown that Yamato can sympathize with. There is silence for a few seconds. "Are you aware of the state of any collateral damage on Felucia? Damage to the wildlife and natives?"

"What do you mean, hmm?" Yamato asked, intrigued by the sudden change in subject.

"You must know that Shara has a deep connection to nature." Martha answers. "Has there been a amount of destruction on Felucia's wildlife?"

"Unfortunately, yes..." Yamato says. "That world is paying a very hefty toll..."

"Oh for the four thrones..." Martha wispered ominously.

Martha definitely knows something, but Yamato sits and waits quietly for her to say something else. Though, "the four thrones" might be a lead...
"I... I fear I cannot tell you..." Martha says after a few more seconds of quiet. "I fear that you have to hurt her... after all, she is still my sister..."

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