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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2177906" data-attributes="member: 10948">As Kia hit the switch for the external cockpit floodlights, she found the source of the disturbance.There had to be at least fifty of the things out there, throwing themselves bodily against the hull and scratching, biting at it to try and get through.  They were obviously canine, reminding her of 'greyhounds' that some Corellian politicians kept as pets, only they were double the size, had razor sharp claws, and solid red eyes.  They took no notice of the sudden light that pierced the dark of night, and kept assaulting the hull.  Several of them were on top of the Dawnsprinter now around the cockpit, slavering and trying to get at Kia.***Although it was pitch dark in the wilderness due to the thick foliage blocking out the fading sun, at the settlement it was twilight.  With Jorran's help, Orran and the children have prepared a thick stew in a large cauldron.  If you could call it a cauldron, as it was actually the crashed transport's sensor dome covered with a sheet metal lid.  The villagers had gathered around for their evening meal to eat, socialize, and oggle the "man from the sky".Suddenly, one of the wall sentries, and elderly man holding one of the settlement's few blaster rifles, gave out a cry for silence.  "Be quiet for a moment!"From outside the walls, a faint cry was heard. "Close the gates! Close the gates!"  The sentry wordlessly fired his blaster rifle into a brazier at his corner of the wall.  The oil within ignited into a bright flame, a quick signal to the other sentries to drop the gates.  With four quick tuggings of rope, the gates fell to earth, blocking off entry to the village.Several hundred meters out at the thinning edge of the forest, those who had quickly gathered at the gates could see Arias and Kal sprinting towards the village.  The reason for their flight was quickly evident.  Not far behind them were dozens of vicious-looking creatures twice the size of masliths and twice as dangerous looking.  Their red eyes burned as they chased the Sethi Master and his Apprentice at a relentless pace.  One of the forerunners was quickly catching up to Kal, who was having difficulty keeping his wind.  It pounced, and would have brought the young man down but for the flash of white light that severed its head, the decapitated body landing heaviy on Kal.  "Go!  Get up the wall!"  Arias shouted at Kal as he charged the pack of hellish canines.  The white double lightsaber danced all about at blinding speed, with another beast falling as soon as it was within reach of the Sethi Master.  "NOW!" Arias shouted at his apprentice, who had only just pushed the fallen creature off of himself.Kal didn't look back as he ran towards the wall.  Never before had his master ever sounded so urgent, and he wasn't about to argue.  Kal took hold of a rope lowered by a sentry, and was quickly resting atop the wall, regaining his wind.Outside the wall, the beast kept coming and coming.  Arias took on five at a time, and with every other slash of his blades, another of the beasts died.  There had to be hundreds of them pouring out of the forest, and by the look of things, the lone warrior would soon be surrounded.</blockquote>

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