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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 3246406" data-attributes="member: 12118">Master Rak reacts to the sound of Nor's voice by coughing and weakly waving his lightsaber.  Rak's normally reddish eyes are faded, their glow flickering, and a stream of reddish-black blood pours out of his eyes, nose and ears.  Rak appears confused, prepared to strike out at anyone who comes too close.As Tersh's voice booms across the landing area, Rak turns, distracted.  Nor lunges forward, his gold lightsaber clashing against Rak's blue for just a moment before the weakened Jedi's weapon is forced from his hand.  Nor reaches out with his off-hand and pulls the disarmed lightsaber toward him, snatching it out of mid-air.  Rak seems startles for a moment, then falls to his knees, suddenly and violently vomiting up a stream of thick blood.Master Rak feebly tries to say something.  "...the stars..." he manages to gurgle, before falling onto his face.  "...Ath...ari...as..."  A tremendous roar of thunder drowns out the rest of Rak's last words.A few paces behind Nor, Timone whistles softly, sounding both sad and nervous.  A surprised shriek comes from the open hatch of the War Pig and Nor spins around just in time to see trembling young Pa'hu, clinging to the ship's ladder, her eyes fixed on Rak's broken corpse.  Above her, still inside the ship, Tai and Rai Arnon whisper fearfully to one another.* * *A few decks below, Tolark tries to remain calm as he reaches out through the Force to contact his students.  Both Treela and Hale are gripped by powerful fear, and both instinctively resist Tolark's attempts at communication.  A moment later, the lift arrives, four students peering nervously out at Tolark.  Meliah and Siri, still looking drowsy, stand at the back of the lift, while Seitho sits on the floor, eyes closed, seemingly unaware of his surroundings.  Gimto rushes forward.  "Master Tolark," the excited Rodain teenager exclaims, "Jett and Jilian are fighting!"Tolark rushes into the lift and overrides the controls, sending it back upwards.  At deck 4, the doors spring open and Tolark flies out.  Jett and Jilian stand across from each other, awkwardly holding defensive positions, their lightsabers hovering before them.  Hale and Treela are a few paces further down the corridor, turning to run as soon as they see Tolark arrive.  "Treela, hurry!  Master Tolark is here!", Hale shouts.Jilian casts a quick glance backward.  "Master Tolark!  Please command Jett to stand down!  We are in an emergency situation, and he must listen to authority!"Jett turns to Tolark, a pleading look upon his face.  "No!  This isn't what you think, Master!"* * *"Tyren, Jodan?"  Master Atharias calmly re-enters his chambers.  "The other Instructors have left, and Aayla has led her students into the Deeprunner.  I can sense fear and pain...and death.""The Academy seems to be in the throes of panic, and Sylara explained little to me.  I need you two to help me to understand what is happening here."  "Ah!  That's right, master!  You were out of the room when Nor translated the droid's message,"  Jodan says.  "But perhaps instructor Tyren can explain it better than I can..."* * *OOC (Sylara and Milius): [SPOILER]You both sense what appears to be an absence in the Force--a sense that somehow the Force has been diminished or weakened in the immediate area.  You're also both aware that this shouldn't be possible.[/SPOILER]OOC (Milius): [SPOILER]In addition to the above, you also notice something much more horrfiying:  when Rak dies, his life energy just vanishes--it does not rejoin the flow of the Force.  Whatever killed Rak also appears to have severed him from the Force entirely.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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