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Post by Zero on Sept 22, 2009 0:11:27 GMT -5
Ash made a mental note at how the holocron treated everyone, and how smarit it was. The girl, Jor's daughter, was facinated by the snow, then the holographic image of Jor's grandfather. Too bad the entire scene melted before Ash's eyes as the rush of death met him.
His mind was pulled away, sub-consciencely, to a viewport. Firey turbolasers burned the surface if a planet. Moments later, Ash learned it to be Corelia. He was getting everything from Kale. He was in love with this death. He bent forward, setting on his hands as he learned that a new force user joined the Empire and was now set to become a new sith. Ash faught back the nausia cuased by the death and closed himself off from the force.
Corellia is gone.... glassed completly....... Your old ally, Ashley, just joined the Empire...... Millions dead....... Billions......
Ash leaned back again, putting a hand over his left eye, which now had a black Sklera and yellow iris. He was still getting images and thoughts from Kale, but he didn't the pain anymore.
It was Lord Nanashi who ordered the attack. It was the third fleet that did, and is still, glassing the planet.... I'm sorry. [/sub]
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Post by MikDaTv on Sept 22, 2009 1:28:38 GMT -5
Jor felt the disturbance as well, but was not nearly as physically disturbed as Ash. Probably because he no longer had a stomach to twist and probably because this was the third time he'd felt such a disturbance from the planet. Ash was also apparently attuned to the destruction because his estimates were... exaggerated. Jor had been feeling the death from his home planet for some time now. Ever since he returned from the mirror universe he could feel it. It was familiar, he'd felt something much like it before and it had very nearly driven him mad.
"I feel it as well. Thank the Force for Ilium. I'm almost glad Sarah had taken control of the Polar Star." Jor said.
His grandfather turned and raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? Who is Sarah?"
"She was an abomination. A genetic experiment. She took control of a portion of the Republic fleet and nuked Corellia from orbit. Billions died in the opening bombardment. The planet was in ruins. Her ecosystem was in shambles, the water table contaminated with a radioactive isotope of selenium. It'd take the better part of a century before the major cities were habitable again." Jor explained. He wasn't present for that event but had been there right after, discussing the events with what survived of the Corellian Government.
"The refugees traveled by a massive convoy to the planet Ilium. A relatively unknown planet. Sarah tried to finish off the population there but we stopped them there... we..." Jor looked away as he remembered the Memory of Corellia exploding when it rammed the nuke bound for Galactica. "We stopped her. She was defeated, we don't know where she went but she lost all her ships and personnel. The Corellian Refugees still remain at Ilium however in their fleet of freighters. Only a few returned to the homeworld."
Jor sat down next to the fire and stared into it with a empty look on his face. "As difficult as it is to accept, only a few million people were on the planet. maybe as much as 50 million people. Survivors of the nuke attack and those who wished to return before the planet recuperated from it."
Keiran stood a little straighter and a little prouder. "Then these refugees. They're safe?"
Jor nodded "In the Ilium system mostly, yes. and out and about the outer rim. I've kept tabs on the fleet since it traveled there and made it their home. They're helping the Ilium people with their ship building."
Keiran nodded quickly once as if making up his mind. "Then these will be the first allies for your Army Jor."
Jor shook his head. "No grandfather. i won't put them through another battle with the odds so sufficiently stacked against them."
Keiran would have slapped Jor if he could. "Jor Halcyon. You are a Jedi, but before that you were a Corellian. Born and raised. What use do you have for odds? What use do any of these refugees have for odds?"
Jor shook his head again. "I don't care Grandpa. They've been through enough. I'd rather just let them go about their business, doing what they do best. Surviving. but enough about this, training needs to be done and this serves as only one more example of why the Jedi need to return."
Keiran scowled for a moment, crossing his arms and staring Jor down. Neither of them flinched, but both had the advantage of being mostly robotic. "very well" Keiran said finally. "Genie, come sit over here with me." The hologram said.
Jor motioned for Elisa and Ash to join him away from the fire, deeper into the cave. "You two have a job to do. You tin man need to get out of that suit. If you can train in the suit you can train out of it just like the rest of them. Elisa, go find a crystal for your lightsaber. Mr. Mysterious, go find one for yours. When you've found a crystal you like bring it back here. Onyourmarkgetsetgo!!!!"
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Post by Zero on Sept 22, 2009 2:06:22 GMT -5
ash put up a mental block around his mind, and, moments later, his eye went back to their normal gray color. He listened quietly, quite disturbed by everything. If he was just feeling it, he would't have broken down, but because he saw it and felt it, and felt the flood of emotion that Kale had from the death before him.
Ash shook his head and blinked when Jor mentioned for him and Elisa to come with him. He heard, but didn't really listen the story he spoke of. He was still going over the mass death in his head. He overcame the shock of it when he rose and fallowed after Jor, and listened to what he had to say.
Who's calling who a tin man. No offence, but im still a full organic. You look like your more tin than man.
Ash managed a smile, spread his legs to sholder whith, and heald his arms at his side. After a moment, his armor pieces started to pull off as Ash dis assembled his armor and neatly piled all the pieces. Once the outer sections were off, he undid his more sensitive sections with his own hands, and rolled that up in his cloak. He lifted his shirt, making sure his bacta bandages were on tight, then put it back.
Bit cold, but ive had worst.
Ash's keen eyesight cut through the darkness, but the black stone made it hard for light to rebound. He made his way deaper into the cave, but when it became too dark for him, he formed a ball of blue lightning into his hand, lighting up the cave. He was amazed at all the color's of crystals, mainly green and blue. He could have gotten any one of them, but they didn't feel right to him, at least not until he reached the base of a pillar.
Around it was, what he considered to be, a beautiful crystal formation of blue crystals of various shades. He walked around it, feeling through the force, and paused when he was on the far side of the pillar.
His eyes fell on a deep midnight blue formation, darker than a saphire by far. It could almost be considered black, exept for the way the light refracted off of it, giving it a beautiful shine. Ash broke off four pieces, all about the same size, and pocketed three of them. The last one was the largest, and be the one he would use for this. Still, while it was the largest, it was only about three inches long. With a small, satisfied smile on his face, Ash made his way back to Jor. [/sub]
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Post by Drake on Sept 22, 2009 14:52:34 GMT -5
Drake looked up when Ash was freaking out of what happened on Corellia, he had of course felt it but he wasn't going to trip as much as Ash. He knew Jor was going to feel it the worse it was his home afterall, though Drake didn't show any emotion over it nor over the fact that Ashley had joined the empire. He kept his eyes closed for the entirety of the conversation "So, when exactly do we go bust heads?" Drake asked out of term before the old man Holocron finished speaking, "Or do we just sit here twiddling our lightsabers..." Drake said he watched as the old guy sent the two to get their crystals Drake stood up and walked away from the camp "Anyone need me I'm gonna be practicing over there" he pointed and walked away.
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Post by Skyler CTDS on Sept 22, 2009 23:34:34 GMT -5
Jaylen shut off the comm and took the ship about 400 meters to get out of the Zyla's space. He found an abandoned outpost and took the shuttle down on it's landing pad..
"Well you two can hang out here in the ship or you can come with me.. I've heard of some crystal caves around here and I figure I'll check 'em out." Jaylen said wondering if maybe he could find some clues to what drew him hear, in there.
Jaylen through on some cold weather gear and lowered the ships ramp to exit.. He walked out onto the icy wasteland and all it did was remind him of being on Tatooine again.. Except even less inhabited.. and cold..
As Jaylen began to walk off into the direction of the caves he felt something.. Something strong. Like an entire planet was burning under infinite fire.. Jaylen knelt down feeling dizzy.. He finally was able to recover himself and get back to his feet.. There was a great disturbance in the force.. It felt like billions of people crying out from inside a raging furnace..
Jaylen had to move on though. He kept moving forward towards the caves wondering if Rune had felt this as well..
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Post by Odan Thos on Sept 23, 2009 0:41:25 GMT -5
Elisa looked at Jor and shook her head. “I get the feeling that is easier said than done.” Elisa said as she walked into the cave. Once well clear of Jor she took a deep breath as just admired her surroundings for a minute. It was just another beautiful secret that was hidden in the galaxy.
Elisa slowly walked through the tunnels of the cave, looking at all the crystals as she passed them. She was not sure what she was looking for, but she figured she would know when she seen it. As she walked she slowly slipped into her Zen state, connecting with the powerful force currents flowing through the cave.
It did not take long before the currents of the Force were pushing Elisa through the cavern like a leaf on the wind. What was once a slow walk to take in all her surroundings turned into a brisk walk, then a jog. Before long Elisa was in a dead sprint, for no reason other than she felt attracted to a location. It suddenly came to a stop however when she slammed into a wall of ice.
Elisa looked at the ice and placed her hand on it. Whatever was calling her name in the Force seemed to be coming from inside the ice. She looked at it for a second, knowing she needed to get at what was trapped. She then pulled out Selene’s lightsaber and activated the blade. The silver blade with a dark core shot out. Elisa thrust the blade into the ice and slowly began to cut through it. The Force guided her hand as the energy blade melted an Elisa size hole into the ice.
Elisa looked into the hole and noticed a stone on the other side. As she looked into it she felt connected to it. She reached out and touch the crystal, which was cold as ice still. The crystal fell right into Elisa’s hand she took a deep breath. This was what she was looking for, she just knew it.
Elisa clipped the lightsaber to her belt and turned around. She walked at a normal pace, using Jor’s presence in the Force as a beacon to the exit. When she finally found her way out she walked up to Jor, still holding the crystal in her hands. “This crystal wises to part of my Jedi Lightsaber.” Elisa said. She was not sure why she felt this way, but to her the crystal made this clear. She thought she may just be crazy, but then again from what she knew was learning was through the Force anything is possible.
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Post by MikDaTv on Sept 23, 2009 2:07:14 GMT -5
Jor smiled when the pair returned. "Good. now, both of you sit down, facing each other. Close your eyes and hold your perspective stones in your left hand. Reach your right hands strait out in front of you with palms up."
Jor circled them. "Stranger, i'm guessing you haven't been trained properly before which is why i'm starting you with the basics which start with control. You especially must learn control Muscles. Your a classically trained Sith and the first part to go out the window is control. So, i want you to reach out your crystal holding hand, and by using nothing but the force get as close as you can to the other persons palm without actually touching it with the crystal."
Jor took his helmet off and tossed it over by the fire. "You practice that, i'll be back in a minute to check on you."
Jor walked over to Drake. If he had pants, he'd have put his hands in his pockets, but for now he just let his arms rest on his waist. "So. Combat training hmmm? I'm not saying your a weakling or anything... but what could you possibly teach them that i couldn't?"
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Post by Drake on Sept 23, 2009 15:56:47 GMT -5
Drake stood there flipping his saber in his hand tossing it up and down it wasn't ignited. He was trying to figure how to go about starting his training, that was until he heard Jor ask him something, Drake turned to him and smirked "Well" Drake said to him "I've learned somethings from that would be emperor I can teach everyone so they don't have an unfair advatange over our people" he put his saber away "Plus I develop a new technique combining my telekenisis and force lightening, I'll show you when everyone get back with their crystals" he said to Jor winking.
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Post by Zero on Sept 23, 2009 15:57:53 GMT -5
Ash's floating ball of electricity was seen before he came into view. It was above his head, and he let it dissipate when he neared where Jor was. He tilted his head slightly to the side as Jor gave them a second command. He did as he was told, but after his eyes scanned Jor again.
Control? Next thing I know, It will be some pursuation crap, and I would join up with the Army. Sounds like fun.
Ash settled in, holding his crystal in his left hand. He was anxious to know what Jor was planing, but he didn't say anything, not until told him how much he was like a typical sith. Ash may have his training start like a typical Sith, but how he was now, he wasn't like your normal sith.
Enough with calling me stranger, Tin Man.
Reluctantly, he held out his right hand, closing his eyes as he did so. He had good muscle control, but what Jor was trying to teach them seemed much different then him moving at human-ish speed. Now he would rely on the force for contol.
Ash let the force flow threw him, and resisted the urge to see everything through electrical pulses. Slowly, he reached out with his crystal holding hand. [/sub]
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Post by Odan Thos on Sept 24, 2009 16:24:32 GMT -5
Elisa smiled and shook her head at Ash. "Don't count on it. He does not trust anyone at first. He thought I was a spy sent to assassinate him. Then I made a little joke about it and now I am Miss Clone." Elisa smiled and closed her eyes.
Elisa slowly brought her focus in closer and closer until it was only Ash, the stones and her. She raised her hand and brought it up. She slowly extended it over to Ash palm, trying to get it as close as possible. She quickly realized she would need to move like his palm moved to get it any closer. She brought her focus in even more; finally reaching a Zen state which she allowed herself to move as if a mirror reflection of Ash.
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Post by Skyler CTDS on Sept 24, 2009 16:53:07 GMT -5
Jaylen hiked through the snow, towards the cave. It took him quite a while, and the darkness didn't help one bit, but he finally made it.
As Jaylen approached the mouth of the cave it didn't take the force to notice that others were already occupying the cave by the fire that was burning outside of it.
Somebody had already made camp here and he could sense some force users here in the area. Jaylen had been walking in the cold for a long time so he decided to just sit down next to the fire, warm up, and wait for someone to sense or notice him there. He decided to be patient for now and the fire felt pretty good..
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Post by MikDaTv on Sept 24, 2009 23:23:28 GMT -5
"I'm not sure i want them learning the intricacies of Force Lightning just yet. That kind of power comes with a lot of temptation that i don't think they're ready to resist yet." Jor said to Drake. He watched the weird guy just walk up to their fire and sit down without saying anything and decided to ignore him because he was creepy.
He turned back to Drake. "I'm going to Raxis Prime next so Genie can find enough materials to build her lightsaber. I'll let you handle her training with it. Admittedly your better with a saber then me. I think Miss Clone already has some training with hers, and i'm sure Muscles was born with one permanently wedged up his ass so Genie needs the most training with it."
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Post by Drake on Sept 24, 2009 23:32:24 GMT -5
Drake sighed some "Maybe you're right, I guess I'll just show them my force attacks then" he smirked some before looking over at the other guy "Who the hell is that?" Drake asked he shrugged it off some and turned back to Jor when he explained about getting the stuff for Genie's saber. He laughed some "Ah come on we're about equal on a saber...I'm just really...well unconventional" he said to him shrugging when he mentioned the other armored guy Drake smirked "Let me train him too, maybe I can knock some humility into him" he said laughing.
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Post by Zero on Sept 26, 2009 22:48:47 GMT -5
Ash let his mind drift away from his body as he reached into the force. As usually, how Lord Nanashi trained him at first, he caught a waive of thoughts and emotions within a 10 mile radius with little effort, but he blocked everything out so he could better concentrate. Slowly, he drew his mind back into his body, and felt himself and Elisa form a connection.
It felt almost like a force meld to him, but was different. His crystal moved close to Elisa's palm, but never touched it, like how hers never touched his palm. It was difficult for him, but he eventually felt himself and Elisa move in unison with each other. [/sub]
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Post by MikDaTv on Sept 27, 2009 1:15:13 GMT -5
Jor smiled. "You can certainly try. Everyone needs a little humility ever now and then. I have a feeling he needs it a little more often than most."
Jor patted Drake on the shoulder and moved off. "i better get back to Miss Clone and Muscles. If i'm lucky i'll get there in time to see one of his muscles pop and deflate." Jor pointed to the stranger by the fire. "keep an eye on that one for me."
Jor walked off, back to where Elisa and Ash were sitting and Genie ran up to him along the way. "Hey dad! She shouted. Look what grandpa taught me to do!" She held up hand which held a little figure made of snow that looked just like him in his armor."
Jor knelt down to look at it. "He did, did he? Well, your very good at that." Jor said. The likeness was fairly good. Jor wondered if the holocron had taught her to do that with the force or with her own skill "I wish we could keep it but it would just melt if we brought it back to the ship."
"Grandpa said we could put it in a freezer and keep it that way. But he also said he'd show me how to do it with wood later." Genie said excitedly. "He's really good at teaching."
Jor smiled and rubbed a gauntleted hand through her hair. "he is at that. I hope he's willing to pay for the wood though. Now you go back and continue your lessons. I've got to go teach the big guy and Elisa some more."
Genie didn't nod, didn't say ok, didn't even laugh. She just kept smiling and ran back over to the holocron. Jor watched her go as he stood back up. Turning back towards Elisa and Ash he just shook his head.
He walked up to the pair, his boots crunching against the ice floor of the cave. "Looks like you too are getting the hang of things. But your not close enough." Jor sat down next to the pair. "What are you sensing when you try this exercise?"
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