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Idrelle_Miocovani Title: Solar Power loving Scattergories Hostess Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 9/19/05 3:41pm Subject: Assassins [vignette; Guri, Mara Jade]
	Title: Assassins Author: Idrelle_Miocovani Timeframe: Somewhere between Shadows of the Empire and before the Tatooine incident in ROTJ Genre: general, AUish Characters: Guri and Mara Jade Summary: Assassin, meet assassin. Notes: I am marking this AU simply because I don’t know much about Guri after Shadows of the Empire. What happens in this fic may or may not be possible, depending on how you take the end. It could be AU or it might not be. You’ll see what I mean. Yes, I’m bad. This is another late one, sadly. VIGNETTE FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11 – 17 _______________________________________________________________________ She stands, tall and sleek, at the corridor’s entrance. Her poise is elegantly balanced, unperturbed by the menace that she faces. Both hands clutch the small, compact blaster, holding it steady, pointed directly at her target. She is calm, cool, unthinking. She knows what she must do and she will do it, no matter what the cost. She isn’t afraid of the blaster pointed at her from the opposite end of the hall. She isn’t frightened by her opponent. She isn’t scared of death. She knows no death. It’s not programmed into her. Guri is special. She’s known that ever since she was created. She’s the only droid in the entire galaxy of her type. Almost all the people she’s met didn’t realize she was a mere droid. Of course, she’s anything but a mere droid. She wasn’t commissioned for Xixor the way she was for nothing. She’s an assassin. And she’s proud of it. An assassin droid. No one can match her; no human can escape her deadly touch. She was sent on a mission – to kill the Emperor’s own secret and deadly assassin – and she will do it. The Emperor’s assassin is not match for her programming. She won’t fail to kill her target. She wasn’t built for failure. She’s the perfect assassin. --- She stands in the centre of the archway, her right hand gripping the small blaster she had just slid from her arm holster only minutes before. The assassin droid stands directly across from her, the perfect human replica staring determinedly at her prey. A smug smile spreads across her manufactured lips. Mara Jade knows that smile. She’s worn it herself many times. She’s wearing it now. It’s the smile of a killer who knows when they’ve got their prey cornered. Mara’s an assassin too; and she has been for a long time. Her cool, catlike grace and instincts have been developed over long years of training and service to the Emperor. She has known little else all her life. She knows how to react in any crisis; her skills are undiminished. She is one of the Emperor’s most powerful tools. And one of his most secret weapons. It is a secret to be an assassin. It is safer that way, and easier. A veil of shadows and a web of lies can easily hide an assassin from view and put the illusion of a citizen in its place. The veil and the web can hide all sorts of the things that are best to remain hidden. They make an assassin’s target all the more vulnerable and easier to trap. This has long since been developed and formed in Mara’s mind. Unlike in Guri’s, where it has been programmed. Programmed without a chance of development. A fatal mistake. Sleek and deadly as she is, Guri is not flawless. She cannot learn anything past what has already been programmed. She cannot elaborate on her plans. Therefore, Mara knows she’s the more powerful assassin. Hence the reason for her smug smile. --- They stare at each other down the length of their blasters, mirror-imaging each other. One is blonde, one red-haired. One tall, one short. One droid, one human. Assassin, meet assassin. The blasters fire. Any person standing near by would hear the shots being fired, the cries of either hatred or pain, followed by a ghastly silence. Then he or she would see the profile of a woman leaving the deadly hallway and making her way down the main corridor; back straight, arms taught. The image of an assassin who has just completed their work. -----signature----- "Can I just run by my battle cry?" "As you run, as you fight the evil Lord Vader—" "I'll turn on my lightsaber, look him straight in the helmet and, to make you proud, I will yell out 'the Canadians are coming, the Canadians are coming!'" Ish's Padawan
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kateydidnt Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 9/19/05 4:03pm Subject: RE: Assassins [vignette; Guri, Mara Jade]
	Talk about your open ended stories... Loved the perspective from each of them each seeing the other's flaws.. great job idrelle! -----signature----- R2D2: The Swiss-Army Knife of Droids The Outer Rim: Minor Character Index http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=21597215
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VaderLVR64 Title: Fan Fic Manager in Combat Boots Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 9/19/05 4:18pm Subject: RE: Assassins [vignette; Guri, Mara Jade]
	I love both of these characters! Bravo! -----signature----- Someone who loves me carries an M16. My baby boy wears combat boots.
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MirandaFair Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 9/19/05 7:32pm Subject: RE: Assassins [vignette; Guri, Mara Jade]
	Whoa! Amazing vig! I loved the characterization, the comparisons to both Guri and Mara, and the flow to this vig was at a brilliant pace. I wonder if Palpatine sent Mara to finish off Xizor's personal assisntant? (Would make things interesting in the way of the Prince's and the Emperor's relationship.) Lots of room for expanison. Quick! Idrelle_Miocovani, catch that bunny! I can't say enough about how my I loved this. RAVE! -----signature----- May the Muse be with you.
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Idrelle_Miocovani Title: Solar Power loving Scattergories Hostess Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 9/20/05 1:51pm Subject: RE: Assassins [vignette; Guri, Mara Jade]
	kateydidnt: Talk about your open ended stories... Loved the perspective from each of them each seeing the other's flaws.. great job idrelle! Thanks! At first it was just going to be about Guri, but then I decided that it would be fun to throw in Mara. VaderLVR64: I love both of these characters! As do I! Bravo! Thanks! MirandaFair: Awwww... Thanks! Quick! Idrelle_Miocovani, catch that bunny! dives after it an d catches it. I will keep it with all the other plot bunnies until I have time to write it! (And you can call me Idrelle, by the way) -----signature----- "Can I just run by my battle cry?" "As you run, as you fight the evil Lord Vader—" "I'll turn on my lightsaber, look him straight in the helmet and, to make you proud, I will yell out 'the Canadians are coming, the Canadians are coming!'" Ish's Padawan
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