Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Jul 4, 2009 21:48:29 GMT -5
Chinine, he had never visited this place in all his life, not that his life was extensive. It only seemed like a longer life he knew form memories that his other self had decided to share, and the knowledge of the force he had taught him. Something was missing however, he felt as if information was being withheld from him. He was in one of the most privaleged positions, of knowing what was going on in the galaxy however he sometimes found himself wishing he was in a lower position. He had probed the minds of those people on Coruscant and they all seemed to find some form of comfort in thier bliss.
Was it like that for everyone without power? Those without the will and knowledge to change their day to day lives? Perhaps. These were amoung the things Nanashi poundered while flying through the skys of Chinine. He finally decided to test out his new scramjet upgrade.
"Lets see how fast this baby can move." said Nanashi before hitting the thrusters full blast, and hit one button upon the steering and the ScramJet unleashed a huge blast as it propelled the ship ever faster. Nanashi started to swerve getting a feeling for the ship and then dared a dive down through the tree's of Chinine. They were taller then he had imagined as he swooped low only staying within them for split seconds at a time. Even those were close enough as he came close to crashing. His senses had they not had the aid of the force would have proved fatal. Finally he dove straight down into a gorge flying down a water fall into the rocky surfaces below and pulled up scrapping the bottom of his StealthX with a horrid squeeling song.
He slowly came to a spot within the gorge and parked the StealthX under a shelf of rock that would hide it from the elements for a good while and walked out to the ledge looking down. Another Waterfall cascaded downwards into an even darker landscape below, and a small river flowed past him to the fall but it was a good twenty yards below. If anyone wanted to steal the ship they would have a hard enough time finding it, but somehow he got the feeling no one lived upon this planet....
Nanashi began to walk towards the left examing the side of the shelf and then out of the corner of his eye he saw a shadow move. Turning to look there was nothing, but he felt an odd pressence. As if something was nearby, watching. "You must be loosing your mind fool." Nanashi muttered to himself going back to the rocky cliff and began to climb. It was difficult and took him a good twenty minutes before he reached the top without assisance from the force but he had made it. The ground floor of the forrest was expansive, many floors, and fanna growing off tree's which seemed to blot out the sun they where so high, letting in only the faintest of rays.
"So this is where some of the powerfulist beings in the galaxy have come from... uncivilized to say the least." said Nanashi as he slowly headed into the odd forest. He began wondering for hours upon hours before he found a sudden clearing where a small creek ran through. It was shallow but exansive up to fifteen feet across in some areas. Somehow this place felt peaceful, as if it had been untouched. The force flowed freely here unhindered by civilization, and it felt light of all things. He had never felt anything like this in the galaxy, not even the jedi temple had given him this feeling. Silent words seem to hang in the air, as if beyond hearing.
The faint voice of a woman singing....? Is that what I think I hear...? The more I try and focus on it the more it seems to fade, always elusive but ever present. He stayed here deciding to meditate as the sun began to lower in the sky. By the time he realized it, it was already well into the evening. Best get moving on, though Nanashi continuing his journey through the forest.
Darkness began to fall upon Chinine as he reached yet another clearing but this time he felt something profoundly different. Pain, suffering, Sorrow, and loneliness all wrapped up into one place. As if the place as a permanent rift within the force. Ruins littered the place as moss grew upon old stone set in a circle. The surroundings had rotted wood, and blasted away structures. The massive damage to the landscape implied something of large proportions had taken place here. He senced a strong force pressence here as if it had made a scar here.
The wing picked up as Nanashi opened his cloak to allow his wings to shield him from the sudden gusts of wind. The night was growing cold and he could feel the still chill of the night air. Another shadow flicked in the corner of his eye, and then another one. Everytime he tried to track it, the form would disappear into the abysmal darkness. The sun had fully set behind the tree's now leaving a world of grey. Something's out there...
Nanashi reached out with the force to feel for any signs of mind manipulation, or force, and then for general life signs. There were none. How was that possible? I'm sure I'm not seeing ghosts...
"Show yourself." said Nanashi out into the darkness and for awhile the forest seemed to calm. The wind no longer blew and he saw no more shadows. A very subtle laugh echoed from behind him. Deep, and sickly. Nanashi spun around to face the figure, he wore black armor that covered his whole body, even his face. A Lightsaber hummed looking like the very pressence of Lava. The pressence of this guy's force power was enough to set even Nanashi's sences alert.
"Who are you, and why are you here?" asked Nanashi to the hulking form in the distance, who only glared back at him. Suddenly there was a swift in his weight as it's lightsaber began to leak small amounts of lava burning the ground.
"No in Attrum; Vita ut Moujuu...." it hissed through the helmet it wore. The chant was echoed as dark figures began emerging from the void around him. It came forward slashing at Nanashi who drew his blade on the first indication of the charge. The lightsaber hissed feriously at being stopped by the Kumori blade laced in Cortosis weave.
Nanashi slide backwards retreating from the large figure. Dragging his heels he managed to keep his balance if barely. The man's strength was unbelieveable. Nanashi thought he was going to be crushed under the weight of the blow but he had managed to keep himself up with sheer willpower. Nanashi gathered the force at his hand and threw a punch blasting outwards from there, which hit the armored figure almost dead on.
The actual damage from the blow however was less then Nanashi would have hoped. The figure only slide backwards, his armor remained in tact and it only seemed to him that he had pissed off the thing more then anything. "What the hell are you?" asked Nanashi not expecting a responce as he held his hands together sword point straight up and multiple illusions popped up to the sides of him.
Nanashi's illusions scattered forward attacking as Nanashi himself charged forward with his illusions as the distraction and aimed his sword to the head. The figure swung for him trying to lop him in half however Nanashi managed to manuver under the side slash and came up slashing at the armor figure's head. The helm went flying into the distance and as it turned back Nanashi saw the face. Horror gripped him as he saw the figure's cold eyes turn to him blood dripping down the side of the head. It's me... No, not me.... Lord Nanashi.. or rather Zilfer....
"Kumori..." came the voice as he seemed to suck in a large amount of air and then blasting it outwards blowing up rock and everything in it's path. Nanashi sheilded himself flying backwards towards the tree line. He managed to stand up as the armored figure stalked towards him followed by his silent followers. His lightsaber rose back behind his head as he readied a strike and suddenly a bright light erupted inbetween them. Nanashi hadn't seen the blow but it had cut off the armored figure's arm which had fallen to the floor some feet away. A white figure stood before him holding off to the side a crystaline blade which glowed faintly even in this light.
"Lucias!" yelled the armored figure which began to fall apart onto the floor. Suddenly he found himself in the village, Kankage. The only difference was it was now daylight and the things he had seen where gone.
"What the hell was that?" asked Nanashi as he scratched his head. Crossing his arms he tried to make sence of what he had just seen.
"It was a vision." said a voice off to the side of him. Nanashi looked to the source of the voice and saw an old man sitting upon the rubble of what probably once had been a tower.
"And just who are you...?" asked Nanashi cautiously as he still had his Kumori blade drawn. The old man looked down at him smiling for a moment. "Call me an old fool, but if you prefer...." started the old man before dropping down to the ground. His Kumori robes falling to the ground. "My name is Anjuu...."
Was it like that for everyone without power? Those without the will and knowledge to change their day to day lives? Perhaps. These were amoung the things Nanashi poundered while flying through the skys of Chinine. He finally decided to test out his new scramjet upgrade.
"Lets see how fast this baby can move." said Nanashi before hitting the thrusters full blast, and hit one button upon the steering and the ScramJet unleashed a huge blast as it propelled the ship ever faster. Nanashi started to swerve getting a feeling for the ship and then dared a dive down through the tree's of Chinine. They were taller then he had imagined as he swooped low only staying within them for split seconds at a time. Even those were close enough as he came close to crashing. His senses had they not had the aid of the force would have proved fatal. Finally he dove straight down into a gorge flying down a water fall into the rocky surfaces below and pulled up scrapping the bottom of his StealthX with a horrid squeeling song.
He slowly came to a spot within the gorge and parked the StealthX under a shelf of rock that would hide it from the elements for a good while and walked out to the ledge looking down. Another Waterfall cascaded downwards into an even darker landscape below, and a small river flowed past him to the fall but it was a good twenty yards below. If anyone wanted to steal the ship they would have a hard enough time finding it, but somehow he got the feeling no one lived upon this planet....
Nanashi began to walk towards the left examing the side of the shelf and then out of the corner of his eye he saw a shadow move. Turning to look there was nothing, but he felt an odd pressence. As if something was nearby, watching. "You must be loosing your mind fool." Nanashi muttered to himself going back to the rocky cliff and began to climb. It was difficult and took him a good twenty minutes before he reached the top without assisance from the force but he had made it. The ground floor of the forrest was expansive, many floors, and fanna growing off tree's which seemed to blot out the sun they where so high, letting in only the faintest of rays.
"So this is where some of the powerfulist beings in the galaxy have come from... uncivilized to say the least." said Nanashi as he slowly headed into the odd forest. He began wondering for hours upon hours before he found a sudden clearing where a small creek ran through. It was shallow but exansive up to fifteen feet across in some areas. Somehow this place felt peaceful, as if it had been untouched. The force flowed freely here unhindered by civilization, and it felt light of all things. He had never felt anything like this in the galaxy, not even the jedi temple had given him this feeling. Silent words seem to hang in the air, as if beyond hearing.
The faint voice of a woman singing....? Is that what I think I hear...? The more I try and focus on it the more it seems to fade, always elusive but ever present. He stayed here deciding to meditate as the sun began to lower in the sky. By the time he realized it, it was already well into the evening. Best get moving on, though Nanashi continuing his journey through the forest.
Darkness began to fall upon Chinine as he reached yet another clearing but this time he felt something profoundly different. Pain, suffering, Sorrow, and loneliness all wrapped up into one place. As if the place as a permanent rift within the force. Ruins littered the place as moss grew upon old stone set in a circle. The surroundings had rotted wood, and blasted away structures. The massive damage to the landscape implied something of large proportions had taken place here. He senced a strong force pressence here as if it had made a scar here.
The wing picked up as Nanashi opened his cloak to allow his wings to shield him from the sudden gusts of wind. The night was growing cold and he could feel the still chill of the night air. Another shadow flicked in the corner of his eye, and then another one. Everytime he tried to track it, the form would disappear into the abysmal darkness. The sun had fully set behind the tree's now leaving a world of grey. Something's out there...
Nanashi reached out with the force to feel for any signs of mind manipulation, or force, and then for general life signs. There were none. How was that possible? I'm sure I'm not seeing ghosts...
"Show yourself." said Nanashi out into the darkness and for awhile the forest seemed to calm. The wind no longer blew and he saw no more shadows. A very subtle laugh echoed from behind him. Deep, and sickly. Nanashi spun around to face the figure, he wore black armor that covered his whole body, even his face. A Lightsaber hummed looking like the very pressence of Lava. The pressence of this guy's force power was enough to set even Nanashi's sences alert.
"Who are you, and why are you here?" asked Nanashi to the hulking form in the distance, who only glared back at him. Suddenly there was a swift in his weight as it's lightsaber began to leak small amounts of lava burning the ground.
"No in Attrum; Vita ut Moujuu...." it hissed through the helmet it wore. The chant was echoed as dark figures began emerging from the void around him. It came forward slashing at Nanashi who drew his blade on the first indication of the charge. The lightsaber hissed feriously at being stopped by the Kumori blade laced in Cortosis weave.
Nanashi slide backwards retreating from the large figure. Dragging his heels he managed to keep his balance if barely. The man's strength was unbelieveable. Nanashi thought he was going to be crushed under the weight of the blow but he had managed to keep himself up with sheer willpower. Nanashi gathered the force at his hand and threw a punch blasting outwards from there, which hit the armored figure almost dead on.
The actual damage from the blow however was less then Nanashi would have hoped. The figure only slide backwards, his armor remained in tact and it only seemed to him that he had pissed off the thing more then anything. "What the hell are you?" asked Nanashi not expecting a responce as he held his hands together sword point straight up and multiple illusions popped up to the sides of him.
Nanashi's illusions scattered forward attacking as Nanashi himself charged forward with his illusions as the distraction and aimed his sword to the head. The figure swung for him trying to lop him in half however Nanashi managed to manuver under the side slash and came up slashing at the armor figure's head. The helm went flying into the distance and as it turned back Nanashi saw the face. Horror gripped him as he saw the figure's cold eyes turn to him blood dripping down the side of the head. It's me... No, not me.... Lord Nanashi.. or rather Zilfer....
"Kumori..." came the voice as he seemed to suck in a large amount of air and then blasting it outwards blowing up rock and everything in it's path. Nanashi sheilded himself flying backwards towards the tree line. He managed to stand up as the armored figure stalked towards him followed by his silent followers. His lightsaber rose back behind his head as he readied a strike and suddenly a bright light erupted inbetween them. Nanashi hadn't seen the blow but it had cut off the armored figure's arm which had fallen to the floor some feet away. A white figure stood before him holding off to the side a crystaline blade which glowed faintly even in this light.
"Lucias!" yelled the armored figure which began to fall apart onto the floor. Suddenly he found himself in the village, Kankage. The only difference was it was now daylight and the things he had seen where gone.
"What the hell was that?" asked Nanashi as he scratched his head. Crossing his arms he tried to make sence of what he had just seen.
"It was a vision." said a voice off to the side of him. Nanashi looked to the source of the voice and saw an old man sitting upon the rubble of what probably once had been a tower.
"And just who are you...?" asked Nanashi cautiously as he still had his Kumori blade drawn. The old man looked down at him smiling for a moment. "Call me an old fool, but if you prefer...." started the old man before dropping down to the ground. His Kumori robes falling to the ground. "My name is Anjuu...."