[Solved] Trial and Error [Terrifying Tales LTC]

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Story Link: Previously, Old Theories and New Methods (Arkanis, R17)

What happened on Mustafar remained a mystery for decades. Only rumours surrounded what happened to the man that became Darth Vader…until now. Stygian operatives managed to secure the medical data from that fateful night. Half of it was corrupted but to the Society’s scientists that was merely a challenge. 

“I’ve had high hopes for you since the beginning, Subject 19” said Dr Ziveego. “Where your brothers and sisters have failed, you’ve risen above each challenge with only…a few…complications.”

The subject screamed an acknowledgment muffled by the mask. On the right of the doctor sat the ultimate prize: A bleeding kyber crystal. On the left of him was a reminder of what happened to subjects when they no longer felt up to completing the trials.

The subject waded into the pool of blood. “Bathing in the blood of other force sensitives will allow you to absorb their latent power” the doctor explained. This was more of a theory than a fact but that’s what Dr. Ziveego loved about the Dark Science Division of the Imperial Department of Military Research: All the funding in the world to test his theories and no board of ethics to slow the gears of progress.

“And good news Subject 19! The inner circle has informed me there’s more force users being shipped here as we speak. I expect you to make them feel at home.”