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RC 9051 Nomad	THE TRASH COMPACTOR (Archive Thread)	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2041 (12/05/08 9:07) Elite Clone Commando Mand'alor TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Nomad easily maneuvered the borrowed speeder into the Blaedz homestead. He shut it down and hopped out, heading out to the back where he knew Iria was with the strill kits. Nomad had always been astounded by the sheer helpfulness and power that strills had. He had wanted one ever since he had first fought with Cuyan and all of Iria's pets. Finally he was getting a chance to have one, and he would be able to raise it from infancy. He would soon be able to trust the strill with his life. Nomad quickly found Iria and waved at her, smiling. He always found it that when he visted Iria he always was a bit more...well, happier. He walked up and gave her a monster hug, his armor probably not the most comforting thing to get hugged with. He looked at the strill kits and examined them. "So," he asked, "Which one am I allowed to take?" Nomad found one he really liked, the green one. Nomad had always loved the color green, it seemd to identify him. He was curious on how he would be able to get one, and how to raise one.
BethanyKismet	The Long Way Home (invite)	#1	[-]
Posts: 46076 (08/26/08 11:40) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It was just after breakfast. Normally, most of the Jedi Padawans would be heading out to their first training session of the day, or if their masters were early risers, like Bethany, the second. She and Selena had already spent the early part of the morning in the gardens, and were slated for one of the archive rooms for just now. However, rather than meeting Selena at the archives, as they had agreed, Bethany was waiting right out side of the cafeteria, a data pad held loosely in one hand. The Jedi Master was clad in her typical dress- white, high necked tunic, belted over white leggings. A slender silver lightsaber hilt hung at her hip, intricate platinum tracings moving in subtle patterns over the grip. Her long black hair was tied back in a simple braid, the premature white streaks at the front a testament to old trials long since passed. She smiled at her niece, a relationship that few knew of, both for Selena's safety, and that of her father. Secrets within secrets, Bethany thought to herself, watching the younger girl approach her. Less a girl now, moving away from childhood. It was a shock in the depths of Bethany's stomache to realize that Selena wasn't a little girl anymore. And Bethany was no longer as young as she'd once been. "Think you're ready for your first mission?" She asked softly, but then, her voice was always soft. No preamble, instead a simple question, to which they both knew the answer to. Last Edited By: BethanyKismet 08/31/08 7:41. Edited 1 times.
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#2	[-]
Posts: 16 (08/27/08 12:53) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Selena sat alone during the breakfast. She did this by choice alone. The rest of the padawans and her had always staid fairly seperate for no real reason that she could figure out. She assumed perhaps that it was because Bethany had always overseen her. Most padawans had spent years trying to find a master, but Selena had always had one for as long as she could really remember. She knew that it was because Bethany was her aunt, which was a secret that she could never talk about, much like how her last name did not even exist anywhere in the council's records and was equally secret. She had not even used it in so long that she had a hard time remembering that it was Halcyon. After her rather small, yet nutritious, meal, she left the cafeteria slowly. It was not usual for her to move so slowly, but she was focused on each step. Every movement in her body became something that she focused on. Every so often she would do this sort of thing, and try to move in a perfectly semetrical manner. Sometimes she would get a pair of steps that would be perfectly even and controlled but it never lasted longer than that. During another moment like this, a master had told her that it was because she was so focused on it that she had difficulties with it. In the end though, she was not sure which was hard, moving in perfect step or not thinking about it. Slight amounts of frustration grew in her over the task not going as well as she hoped, and in this she stopped trying. With the attention off her feet, her head looked up to see her Master waiting for her. The question made Selena smile, a rare thing in all honesty. "Yes," she said. A simple anser for a simple question. She had a hunch that her first mission had been coming. Training had been getting a bit more intensive, on an already strict schedule, as if preparing for something. "Is it too early to ask what kind of mission?
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#3	[-]
Posts: 46124 (08/28/08 8:37) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	"Not to early," she said with a laugh, handing the data pad over to Selena as they fell in to step beside eachother heading down the hallway. The data pad held a short version of the important information, of that, there was truly precious little. Bethany and Selena would be traveling to a small, little known planet just outside of the Hapan Consortium. There they would be meeting with a young woman names Andera of the I'istal family, an old blood family, though not direct royalty. The family apparently has a Sith artifact, of unknown quality and function, in their care for over ten generations. No one alive knew where it had come from, or why it had joined the ranks of family heirlooms. The I'istal family had finally decided to turn the artifact over to someone who could deal with it properly, namely, the Jedi. Andera, as the youngest daughter of the family, would be delivering the artifact to them, and they were meant to meet her and return immediately to Naboo. The mission was of a highly sensitive and secret nature, to keep the knowledge from the Sith. Although the artifact was more than likely worth little, without that knowledge, the Jedi Council was not prepared to take any risks. Bethany watched her padawan as she read over the short briefing. The small smile that had so fleetingly crossed the younger girl's face brought a small pang of sadness to Bethany's heart. She remembered, all too well, a time when she couldn't find the joy in herself to bring it to the surface. It wasn't that Selena was sad. No. Just so serious minded that Bethany wondered if the girl would ever find that balance between the stern and the relaxed that marked the path of the Jedi. It had taken many years, but Bethany had eventually learned how to take the good and the bad in stride, learning how to smile, even in the worst of times. Did it matter? It shouldn't, but it did. It was a matter of hope, not only for yourself, but for those around you. That and smiling really unnerved your enemies when they are trying to kill you. That thought brought a smile to Bethany's face again, and a silent chuckle. She waited until Selena finished reading before speaking up again. "Gather anything you need from your room, and I will meet you in the hangar bay."
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#4	[-]
Posts: 17 (08/29/08 2:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A sith artifact, the words crossed over the datapad screen and Selena had to think about it. To her, a sith artifact warranted something a bit more than a master-padawan team. It was the kind of mission that would entail a pair of knights at least if not something a bit more prestigious. Bethany was an incredibly gifted master, Selena knew that, but it seemed like a mission that a padawan would only get in the way over. True, the datacard did say that they were just being handed over the artifact, which would lead them right back to Naboo, but Selena could not help but feel that it would be safer to deal with the situation with more caution. Regardless it was not her call, and she felt honored that she was being given a chance to be part of a mission like this. She had to check herself there. Stopping mentally to prevent herself from feeling special about being picked. It did not make her special, it just meant that she had a magnificent master that would more than pick up any slack that she might bring to the mission. Another padawan could have gone, it was just that Bethany was the master chosen, not her. The code did not allow for any pride, she just had to take note of the duty that was place in front of her and make sure to follow through in it. A stern nod followed after removing any taint of pride from herself. The nod was perfectly timed though, for it also served as a responce to Bethany's directions. When she got to her quarters, a simple room with a bed and a small table with a pair of robes on it and a tight fitting outfit for training, which were being replace more and more often and not for wear and tear. Simplicity was at the root of everything in her room. The bed did not even have a frame, it was just mattresses on the ground. The table was blocky, without even overhangs at the legs. Under the table was a plane bag, which she grabbed quickly and threw a single spare robe into. She could not imagine needing more, the other gear would already be in their transport as was the Jedi standard. The hanger was the next place she would make a stop at. The walk there had been brisk, without any focus being put on any steps. The speed put into the movement was because she was anxious to get on with the mission and see how that would go. In order to ease her... dislike with this feeling, she lied to herself and said that it was good for her to move quickly anyways. If the Jedi now knew about the artifact there was a small chance the sith might know, and any moment lost could mean the mission would be failed. This only made her feel slightly better because she still knew the real reason. Once at the hanger though, she did not worry about it anymore, instead she simply looked around for Bethany.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#5	[-]
Posts: 46536 (08/29/08 11:24) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Bethany was waiting for her beside one of the Jedi transports. She'd chosen one of the smaller ships, comfortable for the two as they traveled through hyperspace, but not particularly spacious. Her own gear was already stored in the single berth, a closet of a room with two bunks, and she was currently making the final pre-flight checks, going over the data pad in her hands. "Ready to go then? Good." Slipping into the pilot's seat once inside, Bethany contacted ground control quickly, got their permission to take off as well as their hyperspace window, and swiftly began to maneuver the ship out of the docking bay. Bethany didn't look at Selena while she spoke, attention for the ship, her fingers flying over the controls, making the initial calculations for the hyperspace jump. "We'll be heading out to our rendevous point, meet Andera, retrieve the artifact and head back here.... it should be fairly simple, relatively painless." She managed to shoot her a quick grin that said more than her words did. Several minutes passed as they rode up through and then out of the atmosphere. As they reached clear space, Bethany's hand hovered over a small blue button on her console. Then, with a single light touch, the stars bled around them, the ship making a small shudder before leaping into hyperspace. **** "What are your impressions of this mission Selena?" Bethany asked a little while later. "Forget what I've said about it being simple and painless... use your own intuition, your own ideas.... what do you think?" She turned emerald eyes to glance at her padawan, the ship no longer needing her attention for the time being.
Vega Van Derveld	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#6	[-]
Posts: 2642 (08/31/08 10:27) Darth Fenris Sith Master The Wolf Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Elsewhere in the galaxy, another young apprentice was feeling quite different to Selena Halcyon... Dirk Shadowheart was in the process of preparing the YT-1300 Nefarious for lift off. He wasn't a pilot by trade, having pledged his life to the Dark Side of the Force, but when the opportunity had presented itself to fly this particular vessel, he knew it would have been foolish to do anything but accept. With the pre-flight checks all in order, he stood up to leave the cockpit - only to find his 'passenger' for the day stood in the threshold. "Is everything in order?" "Yes, Lord Fenris." Dirk sketched a bow, as best he could in the cramped quarters. He was a lanky boy, not more than seventeen years old, and the gesture looked undeniably awkward, his inexperience painfully clear. Without a word, the Sith Master turned and stalked back into the ship. Dirk remained motionless for a long moment, still bowed, though he eventually cast a tentative glance upwards to find that he was alone. One could never be too careful when it came to affecting modesty around the elder Sith. It seemed in this instance, however, he had misjudged the situation - and so he straightened up his posture, feeling a hint of embarrassment at himself. He was a Sith Apprentice, why did that mean he had to endure so much humiliation? A frown creasing his brow, he slumped back down into the pilots chair. With the touch of a button, the engine began to power up, a low hum permeating through the hull. Fenris had made it explicitly clear that he did not want to be disturbed during their journey to Hapan space. Dirk's hands moved across the control panel, flicking switches here and there, a disdainful smirk twisting into his lips - he wouldn't have want to disturb the old man anyway. He hadn't signed up for this mission to engage in pleasant conversation. All he wanted was that artefact, and he was willing to do anything to get it...
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#7	[-]
Posts: 18 (09/02/08 6:21) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Selena spent the majority of her time in the chair slowly rotating back and forth in small rotations. It was childish, she knew that, but it was something she did to pass the time, and busy herself somewhat. So she continued on in this fashion all the way up until the stars turned into lines across the view port in front of her. The young girl would have done so some more had Bethany not suddenly turned towards her and put up the inquiry. For awhile she looked very much like a child caught doing something that she should not have been doing. Once she realized that the question was not, "What do you think you're doing?" (even though Beth would never say that) she relaxed a bit. "Well, anything to do with a Sith artifact has a high risk of having Sith interference somewhere along the way. If we have found out about it, chances are that they will have as well because very few sources are that closed lip. So we have to be on the watch for them. It is also seems a bit suspect that this family would suddenly give up an heirloom that has been in the family all this time, just lying around. It smells like a scheme, but if it is then the Jedi Council surely would have caught onto this and sent a bit more back up. Unless... we are supposed to be bait?" It seemed reasonable to assume all of this, there were more possibilities of course but this was the direction that Selena went. A bit of conspiracist was within her, and she knew that it was silly to think along those lines but she liked to. It was slightly more entertaining to think like that.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#8	[-]
Posts: 47387 (09/03/08 10:56) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	"Fortunately, the council isn't using us as bait," Bethany said with a smile. "Not this time at least. The information about the artifact came directly from the family to the council, so I'm not overly worried about a leak in security. It's not a rumor we've heard about, or secret intel. There is, however as you said, always a chance of someone else finding out. As to why they would suddenly turn it over?" She paused, her mind wandering for a moment. "All that was said to the council was that the family no longer felt safe with the artifact. Sith who were hounding them for it? Internal conflict? The family has no known members within either the Sith or the Jedi order, and no history of force users at all, though we know that not all Jedi come from force using families." Bethany sighed, then stood up, stretching. "I am going to get some rest, I suggest that you do the same. We have six hours before landfall, and no further information to draw on. Meditate, listen to the force. Frequently it has much to tell us, if we only offer it an ear to listen."
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#9	[-]
Posts: 19 (09/03/08 10:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Selena almost made a sharp retort about the remark on families. She saw them almost daily in the temple. Parents giving their children hugs before sending them off to their daily training. It seemed... wrong. Some cases made since, even if they in and of themselves went against the code. Some parents were jedi who had joined after giving birth. It was a situation that Selena accepted a bit more than jedi meeting one another and having children together. Had she known that she came from a long line of jedi that served as ambassadors to the Chiss she might have regretted her words. Though, she was so deeply ingrained in her beliefs that she might have hated her family for it. As far as she knew though, Bethany was just her aunt, a force user from a normal family from a generation back. In order to get her mind off of this topic she decided to do exactly what Bethany had directed her to do. She unstrapped herself from the seat to get a bit of freedom and crossed her legs. With her eyes closed, the young jedi tried to calm herself by breathing in deeply. During this rather slow process her mind wondered like a child's mind drifts when trying to go to sleep. She considered the conservation she had had with a few padawans on the way to the cafeteria. They were older than her and treated her like she was a child and were superior in their training. She conceded that they may be more talented in the Force, but they knew nothing of being a jedi. When the angered had grown in them she merely nodded and went off. She looked back on tis and shunned the behavior, seeing it as personal arrogance which was not the way that a Jedi should be. She suddenly felt on the level of the other padawans, which was where she should have put herself anyways. She continued to contemplate this point for some time before her mind finally subsided into a state where no thoughts really went through it. Instead she was absent mindedly listening for anything the Force had to tell her. It seemed to take her that it was not saying anything at all. Call her naive, but she just expected it to speak to her in actual words. She felt a nagging feeling that she was being told to be on guard about things yet to come, but the sensation was written off as her just wanting to feel something combined with already worried feelings about the nature of the mission.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#10	[-]
Posts: 47466 (09/04/08 11:45) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The trip passed in relative peace. Though the ship was not large, Bethany and Selena practiced several meditation techniques, debating the virtues of different ligthsaber styles and forms, and going over the various planets force crystals could be found on, and the variety of properties each location's crystals might carry. Selena's time for hunting down her own crystal was still some way off, but Bethany was keenly aware of the approaching matter. The proximity detector went off, flashing blue as they approached their exit point, and the transition from hyperspace to realspace went smoothly. The pair got their first glimpse of the quiet, sedate little planet then, and it didn't take long to secure landing codes and bring the ship down to the surface. The two headed down the ramp, Bethany's emerald eyes sweeping the area as much as she used the Force to feel around them. Something was... not wrong really. Just off. It made her skin prickle slightly. There was no danger to them here, that she was sure of, at least, no immediate danger, not yet. The feeling itself was enough that it simply could be the proximity of the unknown Sith artifact that they were here to pick up. Not even the council knew of the exact qualities of this particular item, not what it looked like, if it was merely a collector's piece or if it really held some other sort of power as some of the ancient artifacts of their darker cousin's often held. The landing pad was empty, but that much she had expected thus far, hardly expecting a member of the royal family, however far removed, to deign to meet them in so innocuous a place as this. She offered a smile to Selena, taking out her communicator to send a quick message to Andera that they were on planet and would meet her at the place she'd designated. Flipping it closed and back onto her belt, she spoke, leading the way. "Andera is going to meet us at a temple on the outskirts of town. I can understand her concern, especially if this is a powerful artifact, but I want you to keep an eye out, as well as being conscious within the Force." The two made their way toward the outskirts of the small city, though nothing as yet seemed out of place. Still, Bethany couldn't shake a feeling that something was not right. The cathedral near the edge of town was impressive to say the least, tall spires reaching up to the skies in tribute to a nearly forgotten religion. Effigies of winged creatures waited in alcoves and niches, as though ready to shed their stone shells and take flight at a moments notice. The entire place had an agelessness to it that hit deep in a person's chest, bringing up primal, less savory memories that she couldn't place. The entire structure seemed crafted out of a single piece of grey marble rather than the more modern choices, and Bethany marveled at the cathedral, that it not only had been built in such a fashion, but also had withstood the tests of time. Huge double doors stood before the pair, and even as they mounted the stairs to reach them, Bethany frowned slightly. "Selena, reach out with the Force, tell me what you feel...." She already knew what she'd say, but wanted to hear her answer anyway. Andera was not there. Hopefully, the girl was simply running late, but with the nature of this mission, any glitch, especially this soon, boded ill.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#11	[-]
Posts: 47467 (09/04/08 11:47) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Somewhere in town.... Andera paced in the small room she'd taken out while on planet. It wasn't as spacious, or luxurious, as the girl was accustomed to, and that simply made her more annoyed at the whole situation. What would her brother do if he were here? The problem was that they were late. She was suposed to go meet the Jedi... she checked her chronometer.... ten minutes ago. Would they wait at the cathedral? Would they leave... try to find her? She just didn't know. Gritting her teeth, she paused near the bed, almond eyes resting for a moment on the small package wrapped in flimsy on the nightstand....
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#12	[-]
Posts: 20 (09/05/08 1:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The padawan, not having any recollection of her time on Ruusan and Onderon, was caught in awe at the new planet. In her studies she had seen pictures of a lot of different places and environments but she had hardly traveled outside of Theed. She was caught somewhat off guard by the stark differences it had from Theed. Theed was so regal and yet the norm for her, which served as horrible base for comparison. The place seemed rather bleek and drab, not in the kind of way that the swamp villages were on Naboo, but it was still nothing compared to Theed. She was sure that it was not as bad as it appeared, but it was still quite pathetic. The one thing that intrigued her in the end was the temple that they approached. The stone effigies were interesting and she marveled at their appearance, and almost did not pay attention to Bethany. Beforehand the attentiveness geared towards the details of the town had been good, because it kept her on the watch for oddities. Now though, it was focused on a single point, and was no longer of any use to Beth. She was too busy trying to figure out the method that had been used to make the statues. They appeared to be quite old, so she could not say that they were made from modern methods. They also lacked the precision of them, which lead her to believe they were incredibly old indeed or at least made in an old style. Judging by the town though, she imagined that might be incredibly likely. It did not fit into her perception of how the Hapes Consortium was like, then again this was on the outskirts of it. As they walked up the stairs of the cathedral Selena stopped upon Beth's words. She did feel something. It was that kind of warning that she had felt before, but slightly more intense. More immediate. Still not quite as gripping and important, but more noteworthy than the one that she had felt while meditating. This time though, she did not write it off as wishful thinking, because she had not even been looking for it at all. "Well, to be short with it. I have a bad feeling about this." The words could not have been more honest, something was not right. While it was possible for their contact to be late, that would not cause this kind of a ripple in the Force. At least, Selena could not imagine that it would given the nature of the Force as she understood it. Her understanding was quite weak, but she had a hunch that she might just be correct on this shred of its ways.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#13	[-]
Posts: 47762 (09/05/08 10:32) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	She nodded slowly, her normal reaction of mild amusement for her padawan strangely absent. "I sense much danger... but from what direction, I cannot see." Her emerald gaze moved around the cathedral though without seeing any of it. "Do not let your emotions cloud your judgement, Selena. There is no Emotion, there is Peace. Breath, and think, listen to the force. Andera isn't here. No one is, the place is empty." She paused, frowning slightly. "Come on... do you think you can find her?" As one of his first official missions, Bethany wanted to give her as much free reign as possible, but was cautious.
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#14	[-]
Posts: 21 (09/06/08 3:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	When Bethany spoke, Selena tended to listen. She was slightly perturbed by Bethany's reciting the code to her. She had not been blinded by emotion... slight frustration maybe, but that was well within the bounds of the norm. It was not as if Jedi were expected to be completely stoic and unmoving. Yes, the best of them were but the vast majority were not. The vast majority had even less control over their emotions than they were supposed to anyways. Still, Selena felt a bit of shame, because Bethany was surely right. "I might be able to, master," she replied. So she began to stretch out in the Force as best as she could. Hunting around for every individual, and looking at where they were. As a Jedi she knew not to intrude upon them, merely take note of their individual nature and location. After getting a small portion of the town out of the way with her scan, Selena realized something. She could have passed up Andara and have not even realized it. "Master, I am sorry but I cannot. I do not know the signature of who I seek, nor do I know anything about them." The shame this time was entirely different than the last, because she could not complete the task that she was supposed to.
Vega Van Derveld	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#15	[-]
Posts: 2828 (09/11/08 3:41) Darth Fenris Sith Master The Wolf Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	On another landing platform... Dirk Shadowheart strode slowly down the exit ramp of the Nefarious, an air of caution about his movements. They had landed in a fairly urbanized area, which didn't look like the type of place that a Sith artefact would be found. Then again, one of the lessons the Masters seemed keen on repeating to him was how the darkest of secrets could be hidden in the most unexpected of places. Searching his feelings, and in turn the Force, Dirk felt some prickling awareness of something out of place, which beckoned his eyes across the cityscape towards an unassuming building - yes, that had to be it. Dirk turned, bowing his head for a moment as he spoke, "Lord Fenris... I can feel the shadow of the prize we seek." Vega's expression betrayed no emotion, save for the slight hint of a frown. "What else do you feel?" The apprentice paused. Whatever distance away their quarry was, Dirk tried as best he could to bridge it with his mind. Though the planet was not heavily populated, his understanding of the Force was limited, making it difficult to discern what was importance to their mission and what was not. Still, he opened himself up to any answer which might come to him, and after a moment was rewarded. "Fear, my lord... uncertainty." "Indeed... we should not keep this one waiting. Come." - and with that, they were on the move, the scent of fear leading the wolf onward.
BethanyKismet	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#16	[-]
Posts: 49125 (09/11/08 5:45) Avatar of Hope Softest Light Jedi Master TGC Bronze Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Bethany spoke gently to her neice. "Selena, sometimes the greatest lesson is in our limitations and our weaknesses." She smiled softly. Much like the sith, Bethany could sense the fear, the uncertainty. But what she couldn't know was that the strongest focus of it would be Andera. ** Across town, Andera's commlink beeped at her. The nervous girl looked down, not at all surprised to see that the Jedi were wondering where she was. ** A few moments later, as Bethany clicked her own comm off and flicked it back to her belt, they set off, the older woman smiling. "Sometimes it is learning to trust our mind, beyond just a singular reliance on the Force. The Force is our ally, our guide, but we also need to know how to help ourselves. It will not solver our problems for us." As they reached the building Andera had directed them toward over the comm, Bethany looked up, taking in the nondescript apartmen complex with a steady gaze. With a glance at her padawan, she started up the stairs. There was something, like a thick miasma in the Force over everything. Not evil, just.... tension. Something was going to happen, and Bethany didn't know what yet. That didn't put her at ease, not one bit. Now that they were this close, locating the room she was in was simple, and the two headed up the lifts a few floors and down the hall. Reaching out a slender hand, Bethany paused, speaking very softly to Selena. "We don't know what is going on, and I do not like that. I sense no immiediate danger to us, but it's as if something were closing in. Be on your guard." Ringing the bell, they waited, the door sliding open before them a moment later. Andera stood in the aperature, looking at them, a little wide eyed, as though startled. "You're finally here!" She said a little breathily, almond eyes moving from the shorter woman to the girl before she motioned them inside.
Selena Halcyon	Re: The Long Way Home (invite)	#17	[-]
Posts: 22 (09/17/08 1:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Selena spent the walk thinking over what Bethany had said. At first she thought it was quite silly to think of limitations and weaknesses as being great lessons. To her it made more sense for the greatest of lessons to be those that taught one how to be more able to overcome certain situations. At the moment she thought the most important thing she learned was the code. The code gave her direction, and told her how to deal with situations. How could weaknesses and limitations even compare to that. The more she continued to think about it though, the more it made sense to her. It tought her how to deal with situations that she would be involved in. To know one's limitations and weaknesses was to know when to act and in what fashion to act. It proved itself to be a rather interesting thing, which she began to apply to a few mock situations. The young girl gave a short nod at Bethany's orders. She kept her attention focused on the world around her, and a hand a few inches from the mock lightsaber at her waste. She found it odd that a mock lightsaber was still good enough to deal with anything short of a Sith, and yet that was the only thing that an apprentice would really need to worry too much about fighting. Non-force users were still more than adequate to take out padawans but the only ones that a padawan would get close enough to to have to cut with the blade would be a Sith. Still that was neither here nor there, because at the moment she simply had to be on the watch. The woman that they were meeting would be Bethany's work to deal with. An eleven year old addressing a noble would just be out of place. No, Selena would remain on the watch.
Midnight Rapture	ARCHIVE	#18	[-]
Posts: 1176 (09/22/08 1:20) Cap'n of the Knightfall Shoots the good guys Jedi Master Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Empty. Alone. How long can one last in such despair without becoming defeated by their own memories? As padawan she had been forced to stand against her own people on Alderaan. Killing innocents, blood stained deeply on her own hand. Then led astray by the Sith, falling into their manipulation, having the darkside spread their seclusive tendrils throughout her body by Lord Remy Gray. Tortured by River. Then came knighthood. She falsely believed that she could bring light to others, that now she could teach and bring peace to the galaxy. Her padawans... all lost to her. Led astray or missing. Hanix, Sandor, Alric, Rei, Dean... and even Bryce. And most recently she had fought against her newest apprentice, Mako, and he had lost a limb because of it. She was supposed to protect her charges! Not chase them away... not destroy them. Three loves crowded her heart, tearing apart all sanity. They were once lost, but now they had returned... yet the trust had already been destroyed. Lies, deceit, torture. She still felt the hand of Tobias around her, suffocating her. Death should have come to her that day. And now she suffered under the love she should not know as a Jedi. But the biggest defeat was Alderaan. Her homeplanet was lost to her because of events between Tantor and the imperials during the Knightfall. So she led an attack against the Empire, yet failed. As everything else in her life, she had failed. And so she blamed Tantor Aden for the lost, taking out her despair on the Master Jedi by bringing a lightsaber to his gut. Trying to find justice - truthfully revenge - yet finding only lost. And loneliness as her sole friend amongst the Jedi, Caleb, turned his back on her, not even attempting to understand her. The echoes still whispered, Caleb's voice, her own. "Have you been away from us so long as to forget even who your comrades are? Is this your perverted sense of justice? Taking lives as you see fit? Meeting out judgment as you see fit? It would seem you are too quick to deal death. Far too quick for a Jedi. This is no place to bear weapons. No time for friends to fight." "THEY are not my FRIENDS!" "You... Caleb, are not my friend." "You will not be forgiven, you will not be forgotten, you will be brought back to this very hall, and you will stand to be judged. Justice, will be done." Even Jed Master Kismet's whisper before Midnight shot her. It haunted her, knowing that the words were true. "There is no redemption of those who have been lost on the path of Revenge." And Midnight was more than lost. A twisted sense of humor led her to name her ship Knightfall, and her crew - Surge and Salem - and herself stayed on the wrong side of the law in their smuggling enterprise. At least it kept her in the underground, away from the radar of the Jedi. But having to see Salem every day, and know that he lied to her... ******* The streets were crowded on Nar Shaddaa, the smugglers moon. She walked along, the passerbyers shoving the young girl from side to side in the congested path. But her mind was not there, just in the past. In her struggles, in her hatred, she was lost. Steps were unplanned, uncalculated. They led her to a shady shop, selling antiques and treasures that were probably fake or stolen, alongside mystical curses and potions to cure or damn with diseases and ill wills. "Come in. Come in." A voice flowed from the shop, enchanting the young girl. Though a Jedi Master, often her nineteen year age led her to be naive and trusting in her nature. "I sense a troubled soul girl, and know just the thing to bring you peace." Entraced she walked forth, looking at the small bottle the unkempt shopkeeper held. It was delicate, so tiny, an emerald vassel holding hopes for eveything she could wish. "Take it drink it. Around your neck I will lace the reverse, but under a language ancient and old, only to be deciphered when you are ready. Will you ever be? I do not know how deep your past haunts you. How lost your spirit is." The fingers knobbed with age and malnourishment brought an intricate locket tied within a silver chain around her neck. The antidote. It held a small vial, with scripture unreadable to the young Jedi. Still in a trance, her mind not stopping the promises of misfortunes gone. She needed escape, she needed to be free of the hardships which strived to destroy her. "Do you wish what I promise? Do you want the release... for the emptiness to fill. For you to breathe once more?" "Yes. Yes. Oh please, yes." Whispers escaped her lips, before she even thought about her answer or knew exactly what the hag had planned. And before she could regret her words, the vial was brought to her lips. Drink. And she did. ******* A young girl awoke on the fields of Dathomir. Blossoms bloomed around her, their white petals reaching for the sun's warmth. Dressed in simply a white dress, the only possessions a locket around her neck, she sat. No memories came. Nothing. But it was as if a weight was lifted from upon her shoulders, and she was finally free. Last Edited By: General Ceel 01/24/09 9:11. Edited 1 times.
Tyen Shi	Re: ARCHIVE	#19	[-]
Posts: 490 (09/22/08 1:53) Jedi Knight Heaven and Earth This End Up Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	The alert had come in the twilight hours, and Tyen was still groggy as he looked on the monitors. The sensor net had picked up an incoming ship - no ID, no telemetry, no call signal. It wasn't heading directly for the Jedi enclave, though, so there was no need for an alert ... at least not yet. As the ship came closer to Dathomir, Tyen noted its approach. No evasive maneuvers, no attempt to hide itself, and surely the crew knew they were detected. The absence of communications was a concern, but with luck this was just a freighter pilot looking to park somewhwere for repairs. But then the ship started for a distant patch, and Tyen became concerned. They might be Sith attempting a different form of infiltration: it needed to be checked. As far as they were, using a landspeeder was impractical but a starfighter would be wasteful. That left airspeeders, and Tyen had just the vehicle. The hull was a Koro-2, but he had totally reworked the drive to eliminate the environmental concerns which that model would present. It still thrummed and howled like a Koro-2, but it was a much safer vehicle to drive - and was perfectly clean for Dathomir's wild flora and fauna. As the still-shaky Jedi climbed in, telemetry was patched in and he was off to investigate. Upon arriving, Tyen found that the freighter had already left. Sensor sweeps were difficult to acertain, but it seemed that there was only one person in the area; perhaps someone ditched or abandoned. As he closed in on the opening, Tyen pondered the circumstances. The co-incidences were too perfect; they meshed too well. This wasn't an accident - this was someone deliberately leaving a person for the Jedi to find while keeping their own identity a secret. It was disturbing, but at the same time there was someone below who wouldn't last ten minutes in the wilds of Dathomir. The airspeeder spun downwards before finally settling in the clearing. Tyen exited to find the woman lying in the grass; breathing and alive. She was completely uninjured, but also totally unequiped for surviving on Dathomir. No: he was expected, and the Jedi behaved exactly the way the strangers on the freighter wanted them to. Tyen shrugged - one problem at a time. Leaning down, he did his best to see if she was all right without frightening her. "Hi - I'm Tyen. Who are you?"
Midnight Rapture	Re: ARCHIVE	#20	[-]
Posts: 1177 (09/22/08 2:23) Cap'n of the Knightfall Shoots the good guys Jedi Master Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Who are you? A simple enough question. Thoughts pressed against her memoirs for an answer which should come freely to her lips. But as her mouth softly opened in reply, no words came. Only for a moment did she hesitate though, knowing what would come if she did not speak soon. A girl in the middle of nowhere, without claim to persona, would surely be taken advantage of in some way or form. Though that was not what she necessarily feared. Rather, it was the opposite scenario, where this male would wish to bring only kindness upon the wayward spirit. He would seek to find what she had forgotten, and bring the past back to the girl. But why was it she dreaded the past so? A question she hoped never to learn the answer to. "Luna Rhapsōidia." Now for a cover. The lies came easier than she expected. "I am just taking a rest... is this private property?" Face youthful in charm, stained solely by a tattoo resembling a vine that delicately traced the left side of her face. Chestnut gaze reached the eyes of Tyen, quizzical in nature as if wondering why he had stopped her. "I am sorry sir if it is. I did not mean to trespass, I will just be on my way if that is the case." But to where? The forest looked peaceful enough, perhaps that would be the best path?

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