- Location
- Europe
You forget the Sith ways to keep him alive.
- Location
- Belgium
In the case where he die and the Jedi arrives just after i can see two scenarios:
1) Hiver tell the truth and they don't believe him and try to kill/subdue him, what Ould happen next i have no idea.
2) Hiver lie about what happened and put the blame on the dead sith (or at least his ashes) the jedi more or less believe him but become a bit wary and suspicious of him because he used the dark side again, they return to their mission, shit happen, and when they got back to Jediland they end up discovering he lied and try to arrest him (which could lead to the next part ot his serie starting in a republic prison for force user or if Hiver actually got away, him being on the run with both the Sith and Jedi after his ass)
1) Hiver tell the truth and they don't believe him and try to kill/subdue him, what Ould happen next i have no idea.
2) Hiver lie about what happened and put the blame on the dead sith (or at least his ashes) the jedi more or less believe him but become a bit wary and suspicious of him because he used the dark side again, they return to their mission, shit happen, and when they got back to Jediland they end up discovering he lied and try to arrest him (which could lead to the next part ot his serie starting in a republic prison for force user or if Hiver actually got away, him being on the run with both the Sith and Jedi after his ass)
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Well, seriously that little piece of shit attacked with killing intent. He may as well die for all I care. If he survive and Jedi wouldn't like what we done, well as MC already said there is more groups than Jedi or Sith, so there is no need to become Sith again, at least not right away, IMHO.
Well there's, but MC will need to surrender first and put his trust into Jedi council. Which will never work really, because if they thought that he is too dangerous, which he is, then punishment is severing ties with the force. Death is better than this.
Prince Charon
Just zis guy, you know?
Jasken didn't seem like he was in the mood to accept a surrender.
45
Jasken died quickly. That's about as good of a thing that can be said about it. The blade severed his vertebrae and most of his upper body before it shut off.
And with him died any chance I had to talk myself out of this.
I stared at him for a long moment. He was almost cut in half, no chance of medical attention helping. I looked around as I wrapped myself in a cloak of force stealth to keep anyone from feeling me. Ske'tt. He would have felt his apprentice dying. Did he know it was me? Had Jasken contacted him? Maybe...
Maybe the Sith killed him. I arrived too late to save him, but avenged him?
...No. They wouldn't buy that.
Adina would know if I was lying. What's more... so might Master Toren, even if Ske'tt didn't pick up on it. If she did and he did and she didn't say anything or worse, tried to defend me...
No. I'm not letting that happen. This was my fuckup, I should have..
..What? I should have what? He was too good for me to be able to defeat without going hard. If I had let up even a little, he would have killed me.
But if he was here and not down at the vault, that means while I was hiding with the Force earlier, the group had moved and split up. Which meant anyone could be anywhere. And they would have felt the fight… and his death.
They were on their way here, I had to move.
I quickly glanced around before picking up the Sith's dropped bag. It felt heavy.
Now, how to get out of here, I couldn't get out the way we came.
Which meant the lower exit into the ruins. Which would be predictable, but still my best bet, especially if I moved quickly. Which should bring me... that way. I glanced around once more, pausing to summon the Sith apprentice's saber into my hand and hooking it to my belt before jogging off into the closest dark tunnel, pulling a glowglobe from my pocket. No walking around in the dark this time, I needed to move quickly.
Even at my best speed, the temple was a maze and I ran many false turns and dead ends. But I also didn't run into anyone else, even if it took me over an hour to find the exit, or what had to be it. The closed door to the outside looked heavy, but I didn't know what else it could be. The door loomed over me as I entered the exit hall and I held the glowglobe up higher. The gate itself wasn't that big, maybe three meters tall and two wide. This place looked like it had not been used for ages even before the attack, which was understandable.
This world wasn't very nice. At least now it wasn't. But it made sense the back entrance would be heavily reinforced.
The door looked well locked, but I have yet to see a door made from lightsaber-resistant material. But before going for that, let's try to be smart about this. If I could get it open anyway, it would hide the way I went. But without dropping my force cloak, that would be difficult.
Dropping the glow globe, I walked up to the door and looked it up and down. The locks looked manual. Leaning my staff against the wall next to it, I reached up and tugged at the uppermost lock. It felt stuck so I put my weight into it and it started to slowly grind open. I pulled harder and it slowly, slowly turned.
The next one felt the same. It felt stuck, but putting my weight into it, it slowly ground around.
I glanced around and got to work on the last one. It was stuck, it didn't move. Backing away, I grabbed my staff and jammed it into the handle before pulling slowly but steadily on the top of my staff. Things groaned, but didn't move.
Fuck it, fuck stealthy. I pulled my staff away and ignited the sith's lightsaber instead, a red glow filling the chamber before I stabbed through the lock and moved it in a slow circle.
Can't be stuck if it's a liquid after all.
Metal melted and dripped, flowing down onto the stone floor, leaving an acrid smell and the glow slowly started to fade as I turned the lightsaber off and grabbed hold of the heavy gate, starting to slowly pull it open before the metal could solidify again.
It groaned but slowly started to move. I put my shoulder into it, pushing it firmly open. No idea if I'd be able to get it closed again, who knows when this thing was opened last?
Air flowed in from outside. Wet and stale at the same time, smelling of… waste. Biological. Mechanical. Decay. Wet.
Even so, I took slow deep breaths, taking in the relatively fresh air compared to the staleness of the inside of the temple.
I stayed still for several long moments, my eyes closed as I listened hard. No sound from inside and all I could hear from the outside was the sound of falling rain.
Good, tracks wouldn't last long if it's raining this hard. Should be night now too. Get a few kilometers away through the ruins and then start making my way towards the surface. Find a way off-world.
There were still people living on parts of the planet after all.
Find transport off world and then… what then? Hide? Forever? From both sides?
I rested my forehead against the cold metal of the door for a second.
Everything… ruined. Maybe… maybe I should have tried running instead of fighting back. Maybe…
Maybe I'll stay here until they catch me and get killed for no reason.
Taking a deep breath, I pushed away and squeezed out through the open door, glancing back into the dark temple.
Adina.
I'm sorry.
Then I walked out onto the narrow decrepit and overgrown metal bridge, pulling my robes around myself against the heavy rain as I walked out into the night.
And with him died any chance I had to talk myself out of this.
I stared at him for a long moment. He was almost cut in half, no chance of medical attention helping. I looked around as I wrapped myself in a cloak of force stealth to keep anyone from feeling me. Ske'tt. He would have felt his apprentice dying. Did he know it was me? Had Jasken contacted him? Maybe...
Maybe the Sith killed him. I arrived too late to save him, but avenged him?
...No. They wouldn't buy that.
Adina would know if I was lying. What's more... so might Master Toren, even if Ske'tt didn't pick up on it. If she did and he did and she didn't say anything or worse, tried to defend me...
No. I'm not letting that happen. This was my fuckup, I should have..
..What? I should have what? He was too good for me to be able to defeat without going hard. If I had let up even a little, he would have killed me.
But if he was here and not down at the vault, that means while I was hiding with the Force earlier, the group had moved and split up. Which meant anyone could be anywhere. And they would have felt the fight… and his death.
They were on their way here, I had to move.
I quickly glanced around before picking up the Sith's dropped bag. It felt heavy.
Now, how to get out of here, I couldn't get out the way we came.
Which meant the lower exit into the ruins. Which would be predictable, but still my best bet, especially if I moved quickly. Which should bring me... that way. I glanced around once more, pausing to summon the Sith apprentice's saber into my hand and hooking it to my belt before jogging off into the closest dark tunnel, pulling a glowglobe from my pocket. No walking around in the dark this time, I needed to move quickly.
Even at my best speed, the temple was a maze and I ran many false turns and dead ends. But I also didn't run into anyone else, even if it took me over an hour to find the exit, or what had to be it. The closed door to the outside looked heavy, but I didn't know what else it could be. The door loomed over me as I entered the exit hall and I held the glowglobe up higher. The gate itself wasn't that big, maybe three meters tall and two wide. This place looked like it had not been used for ages even before the attack, which was understandable.
This world wasn't very nice. At least now it wasn't. But it made sense the back entrance would be heavily reinforced.
The door looked well locked, but I have yet to see a door made from lightsaber-resistant material. But before going for that, let's try to be smart about this. If I could get it open anyway, it would hide the way I went. But without dropping my force cloak, that would be difficult.
Dropping the glow globe, I walked up to the door and looked it up and down. The locks looked manual. Leaning my staff against the wall next to it, I reached up and tugged at the uppermost lock. It felt stuck so I put my weight into it and it started to slowly grind open. I pulled harder and it slowly, slowly turned.
The next one felt the same. It felt stuck, but putting my weight into it, it slowly ground around.
I glanced around and got to work on the last one. It was stuck, it didn't move. Backing away, I grabbed my staff and jammed it into the handle before pulling slowly but steadily on the top of my staff. Things groaned, but didn't move.
Fuck it, fuck stealthy. I pulled my staff away and ignited the sith's lightsaber instead, a red glow filling the chamber before I stabbed through the lock and moved it in a slow circle.
Can't be stuck if it's a liquid after all.
Metal melted and dripped, flowing down onto the stone floor, leaving an acrid smell and the glow slowly started to fade as I turned the lightsaber off and grabbed hold of the heavy gate, starting to slowly pull it open before the metal could solidify again.
It groaned but slowly started to move. I put my shoulder into it, pushing it firmly open. No idea if I'd be able to get it closed again, who knows when this thing was opened last?
Air flowed in from outside. Wet and stale at the same time, smelling of… waste. Biological. Mechanical. Decay. Wet.
Even so, I took slow deep breaths, taking in the relatively fresh air compared to the staleness of the inside of the temple.
I stayed still for several long moments, my eyes closed as I listened hard. No sound from inside and all I could hear from the outside was the sound of falling rain.
Good, tracks wouldn't last long if it's raining this hard. Should be night now too. Get a few kilometers away through the ruins and then start making my way towards the surface. Find a way off-world.
There were still people living on parts of the planet after all.
Find transport off world and then… what then? Hide? Forever? From both sides?
I rested my forehead against the cold metal of the door for a second.
Everything… ruined. Maybe… maybe I should have tried running instead of fighting back. Maybe…
Maybe I'll stay here until they catch me and get killed for no reason.
Taking a deep breath, I pushed away and squeezed out through the open door, glancing back into the dark temple.
Adina.
I'm sorry.
Then I walked out onto the narrow decrepit and overgrown metal bridge, pulling my robes around myself against the heavy rain as I walked out into the night.
Yo. Hiver. Why you so dumb? Why take the Sith's plundered loot that you didn't want (or even know what it is)? Even if you left, the situation could be examined. Force Sensitives could get a read on the fight that happened (especially one so recent), and the undisturbed body clearly fell on it's own saber.
But take the stuff, and now to everyone but Adina there's a motive. An excuse to think 'oh, he was just an evil Sith after-all.', or 'he was overcome by greed and the dark side, better put him down.'
And even beyond all that, now you're carrying Jedi loot. That is the exact opposite of what you should do if the goal is to escape and lay low while wallowing in misery.
But take the stuff, and now to everyone but Adina there's a motive. An excuse to think 'oh, he was just an evil Sith after-all.', or 'he was overcome by greed and the dark side, better put him down.'
And even beyond all that, now you're carrying Jedi loot. That is the exact opposite of what you should do if the goal is to escape and lay low while wallowing in misery.
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
In all fairness, he was just given strong reason to believe that nobody other than Adina would be willing to listen to him for any reason and that everything in his life he's managed to cling onto has just been torn away from him. Nobody can be reasonably expected to think clearly in such circumstances; mistakes are to be expected here.
True, but couldnt he project his memories of what happened?
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Does he know how?
Genuine question, by the way, I don't remember him doing anything even close to that aside from the unintentional dream-sharing he has with Adina. Like, it'd make sense for him to know how if any of the ghosts he absorbed had that, but we don't recall him demonstrating the ability to do that at all, which suggests that it's not in his skillset.
46
I realized it a second before it happened.
The night lit up by a blue lightsaber, Adina stood in the middle of the bridge before me, blocking the way. She held her blade at her side in a relaxed grip as she regarded me.
I stopped and rested the butt of my staff against the metal bridge. Sighing, I tilted my head back against the cool and heavy rain before I spoke up, "So…" I said quietly, "We ended up here eventually."
"We did," she said quietly, "You killed Jasken."
"I defended myself."
"I know. I felt it," she said, "You fought someone else first. I felt…"
I reached up and pushed my hood back, "You felt me use the dark side for real."
"Yes. And you still are."
I nodded and let my breath out, "I'm not a raving lunatic, Adina," I told her, "I can control it, you know I can. If I could when we fought your sister, I can now."
She shook her head, "That's not how it works and you know it. It never ends well. Hiver, you know how things go for dark side users, better than any of us."
I gritted my teeth, "I can't. I can handle it."
"Please."
I took a step forward and her lightsaber went up, aimed at my chest but I ignored it, "What would you have me do?"
"Come with me, we can go to th-"
"The council? Master Huran?" I asked and shook my head, "No. Not this time. They took a chance on me and look what happened. This time they'll just kill me."
Adina didn't answer for a long moment, slowly lowering her lightsaber, "It won't…" she said before she trailed off, "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know," I admitted, "Get off planet. Then… I don't know."
"Everyone will be after you."
"I know."
The wind picked up for a moment, the rain pouring down hard, hissing against the ignited blade of her lightsaber.
Adina shook her head, "No, Hiver. If they catch you… what's worse, if they don't… you have to come with me. Come back. You'll fall."
I smiled faintly, "Can't fall to where you already are. You know it. You felt it."
"But you're still in control. It's not too lat-"
"I'm too much in control," I told her, "Which may be part of the problem. I'm going to go away, far away from the Sith, from the Jedi. Try to… clear things up."
Adina looked frustrated, letting her breath out, "I can't let you go, I'll talk to the council, we'll help you. You know what'll happen if I let you leave. You know I can't let you do that. Damn it, Hiver!"
"You do what you must," I said and started to walk forward, her lightsaber coming up in a defensive posture, "But I won't fight you. But I can't stay either."
Adina lowered her lightsaber, the blade extinguishing, leaving us in the darkness and nothing but the sound of the heavy rain against the metal bridge, "I… I'm afraid of what will happen if you go," she said, barely audible over the rain, "Not if the Sith or the… the Jedi find you. What you will do… become… with nobody to watch over you."
I stopped next to her, facing away, "I'm not going to do anything dumb."
"Yes you will," Adina said, a small smile in her voice.
"...Likely. But I'm going to do it away from anyone else. I'm not going to become some sort of… rage monster. I'm not a Sith, Adina."
"No," she answered quietly, "You are something a lot more dangerous. I can't stop you, even if I tried. I won't fight you. If you're going, I'm going with you."
I turned to her, "No."
"Yes. Because if I don't, you most definitely will fall."
I shook my head, "Adina, if you come… The Jedi will throw you out of the order."
"They might do it now anyway," she said.
"They'll kill you if they catch us. Either side."
"Maybe. But I'm coming," she said firmly, "I'm not going to watch you become a monster. No matter what, you saved me once. More than once. It's my turn this time. You may think you are bound to the dark side, but you're not."
I looked at her in the darkness for long moments before I shook my head, "This is… a mistake."
"It is," Adina agreed, "But letting you walk away alone would be a bigger one."
I slowly let my breath out, "Jedi."
"Sith."
Shaking my head, I walked past her. Adina turned to follow me into the darkness.
The night lit up by a blue lightsaber, Adina stood in the middle of the bridge before me, blocking the way. She held her blade at her side in a relaxed grip as she regarded me.
I stopped and rested the butt of my staff against the metal bridge. Sighing, I tilted my head back against the cool and heavy rain before I spoke up, "So…" I said quietly, "We ended up here eventually."
"We did," she said quietly, "You killed Jasken."
"I defended myself."
"I know. I felt it," she said, "You fought someone else first. I felt…"
I reached up and pushed my hood back, "You felt me use the dark side for real."
"Yes. And you still are."
I nodded and let my breath out, "I'm not a raving lunatic, Adina," I told her, "I can control it, you know I can. If I could when we fought your sister, I can now."
She shook her head, "That's not how it works and you know it. It never ends well. Hiver, you know how things go for dark side users, better than any of us."
I gritted my teeth, "I can't. I can handle it."
"Please."
I took a step forward and her lightsaber went up, aimed at my chest but I ignored it, "What would you have me do?"
"Come with me, we can go to th-"
"The council? Master Huran?" I asked and shook my head, "No. Not this time. They took a chance on me and look what happened. This time they'll just kill me."
Adina didn't answer for a long moment, slowly lowering her lightsaber, "It won't…" she said before she trailed off, "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know," I admitted, "Get off planet. Then… I don't know."
"Everyone will be after you."
"I know."
The wind picked up for a moment, the rain pouring down hard, hissing against the ignited blade of her lightsaber.
Adina shook her head, "No, Hiver. If they catch you… what's worse, if they don't… you have to come with me. Come back. You'll fall."
I smiled faintly, "Can't fall to where you already are. You know it. You felt it."
"But you're still in control. It's not too lat-"
"I'm too much in control," I told her, "Which may be part of the problem. I'm going to go away, far away from the Sith, from the Jedi. Try to… clear things up."
Adina looked frustrated, letting her breath out, "I can't let you go, I'll talk to the council, we'll help you. You know what'll happen if I let you leave. You know I can't let you do that. Damn it, Hiver!"
"You do what you must," I said and started to walk forward, her lightsaber coming up in a defensive posture, "But I won't fight you. But I can't stay either."
Adina lowered her lightsaber, the blade extinguishing, leaving us in the darkness and nothing but the sound of the heavy rain against the metal bridge, "I… I'm afraid of what will happen if you go," she said, barely audible over the rain, "Not if the Sith or the… the Jedi find you. What you will do… become… with nobody to watch over you."
I stopped next to her, facing away, "I'm not going to do anything dumb."
"Yes you will," Adina said, a small smile in her voice.
"...Likely. But I'm going to do it away from anyone else. I'm not going to become some sort of… rage monster. I'm not a Sith, Adina."
"No," she answered quietly, "You are something a lot more dangerous. I can't stop you, even if I tried. I won't fight you. If you're going, I'm going with you."
I turned to her, "No."
"Yes. Because if I don't, you most definitely will fall."
I shook my head, "Adina, if you come… The Jedi will throw you out of the order."
"They might do it now anyway," she said.
"They'll kill you if they catch us. Either side."
"Maybe. But I'm coming," she said firmly, "I'm not going to watch you become a monster. No matter what, you saved me once. More than once. It's my turn this time. You may think you are bound to the dark side, but you're not."
I looked at her in the darkness for long moments before I shook my head, "This is… a mistake."
"It is," Adina agreed, "But letting you walk away alone would be a bigger one."
I slowly let my breath out, "Jedi."
"Sith."
Shaking my head, I walked past her. Adina turned to follow me into the darkness.
- Location
- England
Nice to see the force vision resolved.
Dakkan Sall
Random Encounter
- Location
- On the world map
Oooh I was worried for a moment. I didn't think they'd actually fight/kill each other, but that he actually would end up heading off on his own? That on the other hand was a serious possibility with all its long-term effects.
And it looks more and more that they were being put in the way of either 'officially' falling, or dying in the line of duty. We don't really get a timetable of how long the arc has been going on, but it feels like they've been getting bounced from mission to mission, with only the bare minimum of downtime and support. And most of said missions were either just the two of them (where there would be no 'respectable' Jedi to keep an eye on them and keep them from the temptation of the Dark Side) or dealing with Sith ruins/regions with Sith presence/etc...
Not quite set up to fall/fail, but given lots of chances where no one else would be responsible for it.
- Location
- Europe
Now, they need a ship.
Don't think any are left, that are in working order.
Fun, kitbashing and cannabilisation(?), straight from the get go, in order to get a working starship.
It's not as if they can take the one they arrived in.
Besides, it is too much known.
Looks like they might need to hobble back to their crashed ship, in order to salvage it, if only for extra parts or else it's hull.
Here is hoping they recovered some holocrons, both Jedi & Sith ones.
Say was there not a computer made from three holocons, made around this time period?
One Sith and two Jedi holocrons?
Don't think any are left, that are in working order.
Fun, kitbashing and cannabilisation(?), straight from the get go, in order to get a working starship.
It's not as if they can take the one they arrived in.
Besides, it is too much known.
Looks like they might need to hobble back to their crashed ship, in order to salvage it, if only for extra parts or else it's hull.
Here is hoping they recovered some holocrons, both Jedi & Sith ones.
Say was there not a computer made from three holocons, made around this time period?
One Sith and two Jedi holocrons?
- Location
- England
Je'daii reborn under Hiver & co interpretation.
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"Call 'em the "Look, Just Don't Be A Jerk And Be Careful With Your Lightsabers Club'. LJDBAJABCWYLC for short."
"...it's a work in progress."
Order of the Ordained Booty Call
47
The night exploded into light as a pair of lightsabers ignited by the edge of the bridge. Master Toren and Ske'tt were both standing there, blades ignited, blocking the way.
I let go of the cloak of force around myself. No need to hide anymore. And if I kept that up, I would not be able to sense any danger.
And there was danger here. A lot of it.
"Put down your weapons," Master Toren said calmly, "It's over."
'Adina,' I sent to her, 'He's right. But you might still be able to get out of this. I'm your prisoner, you captured me.'
'You're still armed, dumbass. That staff of yours is a bit obvious.'
Good point.
Adina brushed past me, "It's not what you think, Master. He was just defending himself, Jasken attacked him."
'I'm controlling your mind. This isn't your fault.'
'Shut up!'
Master Toren shook his head, "Perhaps," she said and motioned with his free hand to stop Ske'tt from stepping forward, "But you felt it even stronger than I did. Hiver didn't just fall to the dark side, he dove into it. You're not protecting him, Adina. You're making things worse. Please, you know I'm telling the truth."
'Be ready.'
I looked at the back of her head, 'You're nuts, right? Because we can't fight these two. Ske'tt, maybe. But Master Toren is likely to turn us both into pretzels.'
'Not planning to fight them,' Adina sent back along with an image.
'You are nuts.'
'Better odds than anything else we have right now. Well?'
I looked at the two Jedi facing us and shifted the grip of my staff slightly, 'Oh damn it.'
"It's really isn't," Adina told him, "Please trust me, Master Toren."
"Jedi Adina, put down your lightsaber."
Adina shifted the grip on her lightsaber and ignited it, bringing it up into a defensive position, "I'm sorry, Master Toren. I can't do that."
"Don't do this," he said firmly, "You're throwing away everything you've worked for. Remember your sister."
"I am," she said before she moved faster than the eye, bringing her lightsaber down in a powerful sideways slash.
Cutting straight through the entire narrow bridge in a shower of molten metal.
For a second nothing happened but then there was a groan of stressed metal as the entire weight of the bridge was suddenly supported by only one end of it. Then it collapsed into the abyss, dumping both of us into the open air.
The air whipped past me and I turned in the air, shifting the grip around my staff. The tip left a glowing streak along the rockcrete as it flashed past.
I angled the blade and I started to shift closer to the side of the building as it flashed past faster and faster.
Then I started to slow as I hung on to the pike, gritting my teeth at the effort. I spared a glance to the side, spotting Adina doing the same a bit lower down and to the side.
Lightsabers can cut through anything. But not without resistance, especially not with this much rockcrete.
The speed slowed slowly, the rock flashing past just before my face, constantly threatening to turn anything hitting it into meat paste.
But I was slowing down.
I felt a twinge in the Force and I instantly shifted, kicking off from the wall and turning off the lightsaber. I twisted through the darkness, reaching out. I hit a mess of thick plant growth hard, and I fell through it. Vines snapped and caught at me, and I suddenly came to a jerking halt, a burning pain across my chest as I hung there.
I didn't move.
Water poured down across me, soaking through my robes and clothes and into my nose. I was upside down almost. Swaying slightly.
I slowly reached out with the Force, feeling a familiar presence close to me and a bit below, 'Adina? You alive?'
I got a sense of pain and annoyance back, not words.
Fair.
Very carefully I reached into my pocket, pulling out a glowglobe and giving it a squeeze. It lit up, revealing that what I was hanging in wasn't just vines, it was a mix of a net of thick plant growth and cabling. Power, communication.
Mostly broken and tangled. I could see the still glowing streaks in the wall. And the platform jutted out from it just beneath where we had pushed off it.
If we hadn't jumped…
"We need to move," Adina said as she slowly started to climb up towards me, "They'll find us soon."
"Yeah," I agreed and reached out for the Force, wrapping it around us to cloak us from being sensed as I slowly started to untangle myself.
Ow. Yep. That's a couple of bruised ribs.
Again.
I let go of the cloak of force around myself. No need to hide anymore. And if I kept that up, I would not be able to sense any danger.
And there was danger here. A lot of it.
"Put down your weapons," Master Toren said calmly, "It's over."
'Adina,' I sent to her, 'He's right. But you might still be able to get out of this. I'm your prisoner, you captured me.'
'You're still armed, dumbass. That staff of yours is a bit obvious.'
Good point.
Adina brushed past me, "It's not what you think, Master. He was just defending himself, Jasken attacked him."
'I'm controlling your mind. This isn't your fault.'
'Shut up!'
Master Toren shook his head, "Perhaps," she said and motioned with his free hand to stop Ske'tt from stepping forward, "But you felt it even stronger than I did. Hiver didn't just fall to the dark side, he dove into it. You're not protecting him, Adina. You're making things worse. Please, you know I'm telling the truth."
'Be ready.'
I looked at the back of her head, 'You're nuts, right? Because we can't fight these two. Ske'tt, maybe. But Master Toren is likely to turn us both into pretzels.'
'Not planning to fight them,' Adina sent back along with an image.
'You are nuts.'
'Better odds than anything else we have right now. Well?'
I looked at the two Jedi facing us and shifted the grip of my staff slightly, 'Oh damn it.'
"It's really isn't," Adina told him, "Please trust me, Master Toren."
"Jedi Adina, put down your lightsaber."
Adina shifted the grip on her lightsaber and ignited it, bringing it up into a defensive position, "I'm sorry, Master Toren. I can't do that."
"Don't do this," he said firmly, "You're throwing away everything you've worked for. Remember your sister."
"I am," she said before she moved faster than the eye, bringing her lightsaber down in a powerful sideways slash.
Cutting straight through the entire narrow bridge in a shower of molten metal.
For a second nothing happened but then there was a groan of stressed metal as the entire weight of the bridge was suddenly supported by only one end of it. Then it collapsed into the abyss, dumping both of us into the open air.
The air whipped past me and I turned in the air, shifting the grip around my staff. The tip left a glowing streak along the rockcrete as it flashed past.
I angled the blade and I started to shift closer to the side of the building as it flashed past faster and faster.
Then I started to slow as I hung on to the pike, gritting my teeth at the effort. I spared a glance to the side, spotting Adina doing the same a bit lower down and to the side.
Lightsabers can cut through anything. But not without resistance, especially not with this much rockcrete.
The speed slowed slowly, the rock flashing past just before my face, constantly threatening to turn anything hitting it into meat paste.
But I was slowing down.
I felt a twinge in the Force and I instantly shifted, kicking off from the wall and turning off the lightsaber. I twisted through the darkness, reaching out. I hit a mess of thick plant growth hard, and I fell through it. Vines snapped and caught at me, and I suddenly came to a jerking halt, a burning pain across my chest as I hung there.
I didn't move.
Water poured down across me, soaking through my robes and clothes and into my nose. I was upside down almost. Swaying slightly.
I slowly reached out with the Force, feeling a familiar presence close to me and a bit below, 'Adina? You alive?'
I got a sense of pain and annoyance back, not words.
Fair.
Very carefully I reached into my pocket, pulling out a glowglobe and giving it a squeeze. It lit up, revealing that what I was hanging in wasn't just vines, it was a mix of a net of thick plant growth and cabling. Power, communication.
Mostly broken and tangled. I could see the still glowing streaks in the wall. And the platform jutted out from it just beneath where we had pushed off it.
If we hadn't jumped…
"We need to move," Adina said as she slowly started to climb up towards me, "They'll find us soon."
"Yeah," I agreed and reached out for the Force, wrapping it around us to cloak us from being sensed as I slowly started to untangle myself.
Ow. Yep. That's a couple of bruised ribs.
Again.
Hestia&theCourt
Turns out we're plural too.
- Location
- In transition
- Pronouns
- She/Her
"The little-known downside to having the high ground: fall damage. Hiver should definitely make sure this gets written down in an archive or something for Obi-Wan to read later."