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Post by Cain on Nov 5, 2009 2:52:10 GMT -5
The space above the capital was, as always, a buzz with activity, but this day in particular a truly impressive sight appeared in the skies above Coruscant as the 'Heaven's Dark Harbinger', the Emperor's flagship dropped out of hyperspace. The vessel eclipsed the sun and cast its shadow below and indeed something dark had returned to Coruscant. The Emperor's shuttle flew from the hanger of the Harbinger down towards the city below, gliding past the senate chambers and towards the Jedi Temple which sat beneath a gathering storm.
As the ramp lowered and Cain stepped out the rains steadily began to fall. Beneath his hood Cain's yellow eyes observed his surroundings through strands of hair. The temple still bore the scars of battle and looters who had made their way through in the absence of any Jedi. Though martial law had been declared on the planet and a strong military force was in place on the streets, the civil unrest stirred up by the army of light had done enough to throw the general public into chaos. Anarchy ruled the common citizen's life and several areas of the city burned as the sounds of screams and blaster shots rang out over the tapping of rain drops.
But none of this seemed to register with Cain. He headed directly for his chambers deep beneath the temple's main structure, a room with no windows, completely immersed in darkness except for the few candles that lined the floor which Cain lit up with a snap of his fingers.
"It's time..." Cain said to no one in particular, pulling back his hood and taking a seat on the floor, "First... we clean things up a bit around here..." As Cain began to meditate he quietly chanted a familiar incantation. Outside the storm clouds grew steadily darker and an oppressive feeling began to grow on Coruscant. For any who could feel the force, the dark side began to stifle and suffocate them as Cain summoned the darkness.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Nov 5, 2009 3:06:17 GMT -5
Lord Nanashi watched as Cain entered the Jedi temple and he soon followed. A familiar incantation set forth the city's madness turned further to dispair. Lord Nanashi could already feel the darkness decending upon the whole of coruscant. Things would be different around here now.
"I've received a report that the Intangible was spotted in the void about Corellia. The Large Darkside presence of a contaimination of the Anemos virus and the cleansing of it had drawn it there it seems. It seems the that we may have to deal with it very soon as well." said Lord Nanashi who glanced down and drew the container of the Intangible. Right now it was in the void, in the form of Selene, a woman over a million years old since the time of the Luminos... older then even Cain. He looked at the blade for a moment as if curious, and then sheathed it. "It seems your old master's attempt to break the cycle failed, I wonder.... if we could do what he himself failed to do. Reguardless, we'll come to that when the time comes."
Lord Nanashi took off his mask, and items tossing them aside for now and sat cross legged in front of Cain dropping into a meditation where he could more easily focus his force power. He welcomed the thought of the Army of light attacking the Jedi temple, he almost wished it would happen soon and they would feel the power weilded by those of the darkside.
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Post by Cain on Nov 5, 2009 15:31:55 GMT -5
From space the city lights of the Imperial capital were no longer visible. The dark clouds that gently stretched out across the surface created a dark void in space, only hinting at its presence with the occasional flash of lighting inside the clouds. As Hatori's fighter exited hyperspace at first he had thought there was a miscalculation with his navicomputer, this couldn't be Coruscant... but that feeling, it was no doubt his master. There could be no mistake, this was Coruscant.
After passing through the thick cloud cover the scene on the surface was something like a post apocalyptic wasteland. Heat shimmers in the sky from fires caused perhaps by lightning... perhaps not. The military ships locked in formation that patrolled the skies kept a careful eye on Hatori as he approached the Jedi Temple, giving him an escort all the way until he reached the landing platform, his fighter setting down next to the Emperor's shuttle.
Jumping out of his fighter, the rains on Coruscant had let up for the time being, though the surface of the landing platform was still thoroughly saturated and marked with puddles suggesting that a heavy downpour had just passed. The winds howled across the temple, unnaturally cold, sending a shiver down Hatori's spine as he glanced up at the ominously darkened structure. The cloud cover was thickest here... the suffocation was most oppressive here... the force cried out the loudest from this spot. With a flash of lightning Hatori whipped his white robes back around himself and headed inside.
Following the force Hatori was led into Cain's meditation chamber deep beneath the Temple. Pitch darkness and penetrating silence eveloped Hatori until he entered the room where Cain and Nanashi sat motionless, silhouetted by the few lit candles and appearing as only shadowy figures, unrecognizable as either living or dead.
"I have returned, my master," Hatori said, dipping his head low to reach Cain's level who was seated on the floor.
"I've been expecting you," The shadowy Cain responded without moving, his features still invisible to Hatori, "There is much for you to do..."
"What is it you would have me do, master?" Hatori asked, keeping his head low.
"In the time we have been training, our enemies have been growing stronger as well," Cain said in a low voice, "they are here, even now, on the capital."
"Would you have me eliminate the intruders?"
"No... find the source. You will know what to do from there," Cain answered, still unmoving.
"Yes... my master," Hatori bowed his head down to Cain's level once more before turning to leave.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Nov 5, 2009 16:30:06 GMT -5
Karite exited hyperspace to see the skys of Coruscant covered in cloud cover darkest he had ever seen. The only time he could remember it being like this was near the intangible. He had been the one who had seen it on the surface of Corellia in the void. He hoped it wasn't following his presence around but thus far he had been careful about his trips into the void.
Piloting down to the surface he saw the temple was as it usually was, however the street's of Coruscant had gone to hell, but it all seemed somehow..... peaceful. Shaking those thoughts from his head he headed forward towards the temple knowing that's where the power was eminating from.
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Post by Cain on Nov 5, 2009 16:42:30 GMT -5
Standing before Karite, Hatori's white robes whipped in the wind. He stood almost as if he were expecting company, his arms folded under his robes across his chest.
"Our master has given us an assignment," Hatori said, staring straight through Karite, "The Jedi have reassembled. Lord Cain has foreseen their power becoming a nuisance..."
"The Jedi keep their positions well hidden, they do not stay in the same places for long," Karite answered, "Perhaps we could find some clues through a few old aquaintences on Mandalore..."
"Very well then... you drive," Hatori said heading to Karite's ship.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Nov 5, 2009 16:51:36 GMT -5
Karite nodded, it would be a tight fit for sure but he would fly them up into one of his larger ships. The Warbird, and then switched over to a longsword gun ship where they would have more space. Then they took off to Mandalore, where it was common knowledge that the Mandalorian's were gathering there, no doubt the mandalorians within the empire and outside would gather there. Roland Drakain had been a help last time, and Ash hadn't been seen in some time, his last assignment had been to find the Army of Light's whereabouts, perhaps he would be found there as well.
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Post by Odan Thos on Nov 8, 2009 0:24:14 GMT -5
The Spyglass came out of hyperspace in the Coruscant system to find that the planet had been engulfed in a black cloud. Lady Natcha looked at the cloud and smiled. "He has learned something new it seems in his absent." Lady Natcha said as she walked past the XO of her ship. "Take us down to the planet and land at the Jedi Temple." She said. The XO seemed distant from everything, but the truth was he was completely under Natcha’s power. The entire crew of the Spyglass were slaves to Lady Natcha power, unable to break the spell and thus were connected directly to Lady Natcha. They followed her orders without question and would do anything for her.
Lady Natcha walked down the corridor and as she did, closed her eyes and through the force ordered her armor to change. The dark suit expanded around her body, morphing into what appearance to be only the shadow of Lady Natcha. She took a breath and walked to the loading ramp. As she made her way there, the ship shook several times as it passed through the storm which covered the planet. When it finally landed, she opened the ramp and walked down into the Jedi Temple.
Natcha followed the flow of the Force towards the only two Force users and walked into the room which Cain and Nanashi were sitting. She lowered to her knee in front of Cain. "Lord Cain." Showing respect only because he was her superior in Force. She rose from her knee and looked at the two men. “More powerful than ever I see.” She said as she sat down and her dark suit retreated from her face and she took a breath of relieve as she sat down near the two other Dark Lords.
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Post by Cain on Nov 8, 2009 0:39:15 GMT -5
"Welcome, Lady Natcha," Cain said, keeping his eyes closed and his hands together, "It has been too long. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Cain's meditations now were not just on the darkness surrounding the planet but also keeping tabs on Hatori on Raxus Prime. There was a strong tremor in the force coming from that location, it seemed as if Hatori had found his targets.
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Post by Odan Thos on Nov 8, 2009 1:22:17 GMT -5
Lady Nachta looked over at Lord Cain. “Knowledge.” Nachta said bluntly. “I wise to learn abilities that I dare not learn while a Jedi. Drain Force and Drain Life.” Nachta said softly. She did not regret the path she was following, but she needed to know more in order to survive.
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Post by Cain on Nov 8, 2009 14:57:31 GMT -5
"Hmph... right to the point, as always," Cain said, his eyelids peeling back slowly, his yellow eyes moving to Natcha, "Though that's what I've always liked about you. Very well then. The techniques you wish to obtain are somewhat unique among dark side skills. To drain someone or something of the force is not something that can readily be taught... rather, it is something you have to feel."
Cain slowly stood back to his feet, moving his bangs out from his face as he spoke, "Last time I trained you, you had an objection towards using the lives of others for the benefit of your training. I trust now you have... shed yourself of this feeling..."
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Post by Odan Thos on Nov 8, 2009 19:16:30 GMT -5
Lady Nachta looked at Lord Cain. "I have come to realize that all life serves a purpose, with it is to make me strong by sacrificing itself or by bring me happens in its continue existance." Lady Nachta said with a grin. She still valued life, but it was a much more egocentric value then before. How could she use and control those lives. What good could she gain from permitting its continued existence verse what value of its removal it could acheive? And deep down below all these thoughts with these abilities she would one day not only take Hatori's life, but also his essence in the Force and knowledge. Then he will know the true wrath of Lady Nachta.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Nov 8, 2009 20:43:05 GMT -5
Lord Nanashi's eyes opened as he listened to the conversation, and he took a mild interest in it. Soon he was off emersing himself in the force once more but this time off in another direction. Forests spread out before him, and it was now that he realised why he hadn't received word from the shadow that always crawled at his footsteps. It hadn't been because of his long absense, that had only allowed for what had happened to go unnoticed.
"hehehehe.... I had wondered when something like this might happen." said Lord Nanashi allow as if he was the audience of some inside joke that he had just realized. "I'll have to deal with him later."
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Post by Cain on Nov 9, 2009 18:51:57 GMT -5
"Good... then we can begin," Cain said, lifting the hood of his black robes up over his head and leading the way out of the Temple. Cain stepped out onto the Temple's main entrance, flanked by the statues of the four masters said to have first built the Jedi Temple. The public center was pocked with speeder bikes and ships of vagrants finding a spot to squat on the city streets, most were confused and frightened by the sudden onset of darkness which now consumed the planet.
"Draining the force or life from another means severing these connections and feeding upon the death they create," Cain said, staring straight ahead, "As you were taught as a Jedi that the force could be used to increase the will and strength of others, know that the opposite is also possible. Instead of sending your strength through the force this connection is drawn upon from another, fed upon until it is purged completely."
Cain focused on one of the vagrants in particular, a man having an argument with his wife. His shouts and anger made him stand out among the others. Cain reached out with the force, feeling the man's anger, sensing his every emotion, "Reach out now," Cain said softly to Natcha, "chose one and reach out to them just as you would as a Jedi. Feel their every emotion, their presence in the force burning forth like a candle in the void."
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Post by Odan Thos on Nov 11, 2009 15:22:20 GMT -5
Lady Nachta did as she was told and reached out and made the connection with the women. She was prideful, stubborn and rather pissed at the man. She also continued to feel what Lord Cain did in the Force, trying to learn just how he reverse the process. Nachta needed these skills, the dark side had been taking toll on her body and she learned from one of her holocrons that draining life of another life form could be used to repair this damage. Also she designed her armor to be a battery in the force and she wanted to charge it.
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Post by Cain on Nov 11, 2009 15:43:15 GMT -5
Cain continued to focus on the man and as he raised his hand to strike his wife, Cain extended his and began to consume. The man wavered and stumbled, his wife not knowing what to make of what was happening thought he might be having a heart attack.
"When you fortify an ally with a force meld, what do you do? You bind yourselves together, allow him to use your strength and in turn he does the same," Cain began, "Draining life is a much more invasive and violent practice, but in principle the same. You force yourself on your foe, tap into his strength without his consent... and instead of just using enough to get you through the battle, you must become relentless. Consume and consume and consume, beyond the point of need."
As Cain spoke the man grew pale, struggling for breath. Imperceptible to those who could not feel it were the visible tendrils of the force being siphoned from the man and into Cain, "Consume until there is nothing left but a wound in the force..." the man let out one final gasp before collapsing to the ground.
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