Her apprentice is so glad to be upright and walking. She's still a bit sore, but she's not going to let that get in her way. She's a proper Lord now, time to go obviously be a Sith Lord in public. It's not very hard. Just being within a hundred kilometers of this blasted academy reminds her of how much she wants to burn it to the ground, being in it - definitely fuels her Sithy aura. No one's going to doubt that she's a proper Sith Lord. All the better. Maybe next time she can avoid a fight entirely, and not have to drop a building on someone.

Of course, there needs to be something more on the agenda than 'stalk around the hallways ominously.' She must have a reason to stalk through the hallways, otherwise it just seems like a ridiculous power play. Well. A tasteless power play. It might be nice to visit the library; it had been an excellent ally when she'd been here. She might as well revisit it. And she can verify that everything contained within it has copies in Occlus's records, while she's at it. It would be very annoying if some idiot added a book thoughtlessly without someone updating Occlus's records.

She arrives at the library and begins looking through the available books.

Everything seems to be accounted for.

A group of acolytes arrive, presumably sent on a task by some overseer. They... try their best to avoid getting in the way of the Sith Lord currently browsing.

One girl maneuvers silkily around the stacks when she spots Callida approaching, despite carrying a double-ended warblade almost as tall as she is.

... Huh. That's an odd weapon for an acolyte to have. That's not standard issue. She wonders, vaguely, where and how she got it. Clearly she wouldn't have it if she didn't know how to use it, and if she didn't know how to use it well, she'd probably be dead by now. Because this fucking academy.

She supposes it doesn't matter very much. It's not like she's here looking for an apprentice, and she doubts the girl would appreciate being called over by a Sith Lord for idle curiosity. Callida returns her attention to cataloging the books present. Or - well, she attempts to. The niggling desire to get someone else out of this fucking place - is definitely present. Nobody should be here. If she could, she'd get them all out right now and blast the place from orbit. Unfortunately, she's not allowed to do that. She doesn't feel she's particularly ready to take on an apprentice herself, but - well, she could potentially recommend a candidate to Occlus. If they were a good one.

"... Acolyte," she says, after a pause. "If I may - where did you earn that?"

(Best to get the reason for the addressal out in front, so the girl doesn't have to wonder why a Sith Lord's talking to her at all. She's not interested in terrorizing anyone.)

"...The tomb of Ajunta Pall, my lord."

"Were you already trained in their use?"

"Yes."

"Thank you. I apologize for the interruption, you may continue your task."

"Thank you, my lord." She skedaddles.

Yep. A perfectly reasonable thing to do.

She didn't want to keep the girl any longer. Not when she could be in the middle of something. Getting her name and group number would make narrowing her down in the academy records easier, but Callida doesn't strictly need either. And it'd probably terrify her or start all kinds of interpersonal academy drama if her peers overheard that a Sith Lord took a personal interest in her. As she's well aware, that kind of jealousy can lead to all kinds of problems. A few questions was more than enough. The fact that the academy cared enough that she was trained in it beforehand to special order one and let her have it in the first tomb - she's probably a prodigy. Easy enough to find, if she tracks when they acquired the double warblade, and when the group went through - she's a proper Sith Lord, she's allowed to just look at these things whenever she wants. So she does.

If the apprentice of Darth Occlus wants to look at the Sith Academy's records, the apprentice of Darth Occlus can look at the Sith Academy's records.

Brin Tel, youngest daughter of a respectable military family. Father was a colonel with Special Forces, mother was a drill sergeant and bladed weapons instructor at the Ziost Officer's Academy. Two older brothers with the 582nd under Darth Arho, one deceased. An asterisk denotes a posthumous dishonorable discharge. Several-time winner of the Ziost Planetary Dueling Championships, twice winner of the sector's under-16 bracket, nominated for the Imperial Tourney but elected to attend the Sith Academy instead. Overseer annotations indicate favorable prospects of survival, aptitude with saberstaffs, good marks in stealth tactics, and flag her as of interest to military Sith.

So she can be dragged off to the middle of the war to die killing Jedi? She might be good at it, but that seems like a waste. While Occlus is quite happy with Callida as her apprentice, she's aware that she's not the most talented fighter. Nor would Occlus want to waste her in combat; it's just not what she's best for. Which is fine by her, really. Maybe this hole in capabilities can be filled now; working in the Pyramid of Ancient Knowledge isn't always safe, but it's safer than the front.

No Sith has come by to snatch her up yet? Occlus would certainly win that pissing match if it were anyone but Darth Marr himself, but if they step on toes, it should be deliberate, not accidental.

No one seems to have laid an explicit claim, though certainly there must have been some who intend to check back later and see her progress.

Good enough for her. If they haven't explicitly claimed her, then they'll get over themselves when a Dark Councilor swoops out of nowhere and steals her. Well. If a Dark Councilor swoops out of nowhere and steals her. Occlus hasn't decided to, yet.

She makes a note to let her know, and then goes back to cataloging the library.

The acolytes have left by the time she gets back to it.

That's approximately to be expected. Cataloging books isn't very mentally taxing; she can keep half an eye on the girl through the Force while she checks through the library. No sign of being one of the annoying bullying types, yes? It'd be annoying to go to all of the trouble of acquiring a peer, and then have to kill her in a Sith fashion.

She doesn't feel vicious or overly prideful. Mostly- focused.

She can work with that. Probably. She can probably work with that.

And now, that is quite enough creepy stalking for her. She'll just - focus on the library, before she starts feeling icky. Occlus already has copies of all of these, right?

Yep!

Good. Then she'll just do some reading until Occlus's council meeting has concluded.

Eventually, it does.

She puts up her book and returns to her teacher's side.

"How went the council meeting?"

"Routine. No crises imminent."

"I'm glad to hear it. While you were away, I found an acolyte you might be interested in."

Datapad!

"Oh?" Occlus pages through the file. "What brings this on?"