Everburning Fires.

[Ari]

Arriana followed the blue hologram on the watch through the streets of Coruscant. All things considered it was rather peaceful, though she sorely missed the idle chatter from Chessmate in the background. Each time she passed a group of soldiers, Ari pocketed the device and held her head high, as if she had as much right to be there as they did. In truth, she feared that one of them would have some sort of scanner that deciphered the radiation from her blood as a bomb threat. 

Without incident, the watch led her to the lab with no difficulties. No one had even stopped to give her a second look, save for a few civilians gawking at a stranger. Without hesitation, Arriana jammed the intercom's buttons hard. Before the voice on the inside could get out a syllable, Arriana was talking. 

"I'm not selling anything, I'm not buying something, I would certainly like to do this without any violence, and I don't have an appointment. My blood is radioactive, and I need to see the Doctor in charge."

A few seconds passed, then minutes, The Chimera only growing more and more agitated as she shifted her weight, trying her very best to not simply smash the door down. An older woman's voice emanated from the speakers. 

"Radioactive how?"

Arriana couldn't help but grin.

"I'm shedding radiation like a blue star. Think abandoned nuclear power plant. I promise, I'm not overly dangerous, it's mostly confined to my blood, and can't escape through my skin - yet."



The door emitted a harsh buzzing and what seemed to be a lab assistant pushed it open from the inside. Arriana dutifully extended her arms to allow the scanners he had in hand read clearly. 

"She isn't showing high signs of radiation ma'm. She was right about her bloodstream, but I think we should check the half life just to be sure." 

The assistant, distracted by the readings of his little gadgets, waved her into the building and lead her three floors up the the lab where the voice from the intercom waited. She was not as old as Arriana had pictured from the voice, but still easily twice the age Ari appeared to be. 

"Why come here?"

"I was pointed in this direction by a civilian." She paused. "That and i'm not fond of dying."

"How did you encounter the radiation?"

"Doc, I'm not sure either of us has time for that answer."

"It's rather important in knowing the nature of the radiation, to determine the hazard level."

"It's mostly gamma, I think. Solar radiation? My blood picks up all the nasty shit I encounter and instead of fighting it off it's supposed to be able to form complete immunity and then weaponize it. Clearly that doesn't work so well on human planets - the ones without magic, anyways. I absorbed the radiation and weaponized it, but I'm definitely not immune. It kinda hurts." 

"I would say 'Kinda' is an understatement. How were  you dealing with this before?"

"I don't know. Iza found a way to increase the half life so when it started getting bad she'd just zap me with that. She also found a damn fucking good painkiller but I don't know how, or what. If you need to do any tests, Doc, go ahead. I'm just feelin' a little under the weath-"

Arriana barely caught the sight of the Doctor's alarmed face as she hit the ground, everything going black within a second as she hit the new limit.