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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 3325320" data-attributes="member: 12118">Sylara grips the sides of the ladder and begins sliding down with Sol still fastened to his back.  Zeth whimpers a bit as Sylara and Sol come closer to him.  He grimaces in pain, his already tenous grip growing weaker.* * *"Very well. Master," Aayla says as Tyren exits the Deeprunner.  "I'll take care of everything."  Once Tyren has left, she sighs quietly.  "Now...hmmm...how do I get both engines running..." she mutters to herself.Tyren calmly steps into Atharias' chamber and begins getting the students in order.  As everyone files out toward the Deeprunner, Jodan taps Tyren on the shoulder and motions him to the side.  "There's an academy training facility on Carra, Blue's moon.  It's not used very often, but there's plenty of supplies.  Of course, it might be better to begin heading for Masu--if the Jedi that Master Atharias called for have begun to gather, then Masu should be just about the safest place in the galaxy right now.  Nor's ship shouldn't have any trouble getting us all to either destination."Gimto is the last student to enter the Deeprunner, having stopped to retrieve a pair of datapads from the Deck 12 stateroom.  "I'm going to link these together, and then leave one here, patched into the main controls."  As he speaks, Gimto uses his multi-tool to open up a panel in the wall.  He then begins pulling out several wires and attaches them to one of the datapads.  "I'll take the other with us, and we should be able to operate all of the Academy controls from any distance."A few moments later, Tyren, Jodan, and the students are aboard the Deeprunner.  Magus takes the main pilot's chair, and Aayla motions for Gimto to take her seat at the co-pilot's chair.  Bri grabs a small crate and moves to sit next to Gimto."We're ready to go whenever you are, guys,"  Magus says.  "Though I think we'd better get a move on--I've got those big things on the scanner again and they're closing in on us from below...got about two minutes."  Magus grins rakishly, but his cockiness is clearly an attempt to disguise his fear."Should we leave right away?"  Aayla says.  "I don't believe all of the students are accounted for, Master."* * *Atharias, on the deck of Rak's ship, speaks softly into his wrist communicator.  "Ah, the meeting...such an irony, don't you think?  My hope was that the Jedi, scattered as we are, could begin to work together, pool the wisdom of our eldest and greatest so that secrets like this could be faced head on..."Atharias pauses.  In the background, Nor can hear Jilian shouting at Timone.  "I should go, Instructor Nor.  The students need my help.  I believe we can get Master Rak's  ship operational once more, but at a greatly reduced capacity.  There seems to have been serious damage done to the hull, and we are forced to seal off several sections in order to maintain the ship's integrity.  I'll keep you updated on our progress.  And we'll speak more about these...broader issues as soon as the safety of the students is attended to.  It is time that I shared with you all the secrets of Navieon and what my Master and I discovered when we first came here.""Oh, and don't worry about retrieving anything left in the Academy.  There's nothing of crucial importance there.  The students are, of course, our most valuable resource."* * *Meanwhile, on deck two, Tolark pulls a medical kit into a travel pack and slides it onto his back.  The medical droid itself, an older "tower" model, is too bulky to bring along.  But the simple surgical supplies and basic medical scanners in the Academy's field kit should suffice to deal with just about any sort of medical emergency.Hearing a noise from the direction of the access tubes, Tolark steps out of the hospital and into the corridor.  Sylara, looking terribly pale, is suspended about twenty meters below Tolark, hanging onto the ladder with one hand.  In his other hand he holds the edge of Zeth's sleeve--the Rodian child appears to have fainted.  It seems to be taking almost all of Sylara's strength to hold on.* * *"master milius what are we going to do now because the lift isn't going to work and i don't know about you but i have a bad feeling about this"  Pa'hu tugs at her master's robes as she tries to catch his attention.Suddenly, Der'oth begins to struggle in Milius' grasp.  He seems delirious, breathing heavily.  "The stars...Master Milius, something's wrong with the stars!"* * *Aboard the War Pig, Nor looks over the Academy's schematics while Wayne continues to patrol.  A complex cleaning system catches his eye, but before he can examine it more closely, Wayne comms over the emergency channel.  "Uhh...hey.  I dunno what that is, boss.    You got orders?"Nor checks the screens.  Below, some massive creature has broken the surface of the water and is now trashing violently.  It spills hundreds of gallons of dark blood into the water, it's skin shredded and ruptured.  It appears to be dying, but could still be quite dangerous, especially if it starts slamming into the side of the Academy in its death throes.</blockquote>

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