Knights of the Old Republic: The Last of the Sith(Master Kanas' Group)

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Though Master Kanas looks distracted, glancing from the cockpit to Skyka and around the small ship, he looks back to Skyka and shakes his head, "They are not your people, Skyka...not anymore, they aren't. You must keep your emotions in control as you were taught. There is much to speak of when we are out of this."

((Aerek's first shot is a 10. Misses. Second shot is a 21. A hit, and the nearby turret takes 52 damage. Boom.))

Two bursts of red laser fire arcs down from Aerek's cannon. The first of his shots doesn't hit its target, instead catching the wall of the Temple below the nearby turret. It doesn't shatter as would have been expected, but seems to take the shot like a starship. Lining up a second shot, though, Aerek scores a hit, detonating the turret in a fiery explosion.

In the cockpit, Cai jumps into the copilot's chair and does her best to help out Bud'd, angling the shields as Bud'd keeps the ship moving. The ship moves quickly, thankfully, and Bud'd has no trouble at all taking the ship out of the canyon and in a few moments, out of sight of the temple and over the barren wasteland again.

Cai quietly checks the sensors then sighs, "Can't find anything anything after us..." she trails off, though, and suddenly points to a small figure walking alone across the wasteland between the mountains and the approaching forest, "Look at that! Isn't that the same way we walked?! Did one of them track us?"

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Skyka Tarkrak: Human/Female (Force Adept 1/ Jedi Guardian 6)

With an expression devoid of emotion Skyka nods and responds, “I killed one of them and watch a few more be killed but that changes nothing… They will always be my people, and if we can offer hope for Master Marin’s brother than I see why we can not do the same for my people, Master Kanas.”

 

[deadestdai]

Cai quietly checks the sensors then sighs, "Can't find anything anything after us..." she trails off, though, and suddenly points to a small figure walking alone across the wasteland between the mountains and the approaching forest, "Look at that! Isn't that the same way we walked?! Did one of them track us?"

Bud'd narrows her eyes as she looked to where Cai pointed, I cannot tell from here, but I don't think it's likely. All the same, I am too weakto try, so you must instead do this. Reach out with the force, see if you can find hatred in it's heart. That should be a good indicator as to whether we will avoid it. Wishing her wounds were not so draining, Bud'd waits to see what Cai has to report and pauses the ships flight, repulsors holding the ship above the ground, unmoving.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Master Kanas looked over to Skyka with a stern expression on his face, and said softly, "We know what happened to your people...we do not know what happened to Marin's brother. We cannot compare the situations, but I can only tell you that clinging to the hope that things will one day return to the way they once were will only lead you down a path none of us want to see you go down. They are no longer your people, Skyka...they may look like it, but they have been taken and twisted by whatever evil has infected this planet. We can purge this planet of that evil, and we will, but it will not bring anyone back."

He paused, sighed, and rubbed his chin, "The Force tests us all, Skyka...some more than others. Whether this is your test, only time will tell, but you must be prepared. I can feel the uncertainty and the fear. They may seem small now, but you cannot ignore them. You must confront them soon, not only for you, but for all of us. We will all help to guide you, but you are reaching the point where I can no longer provide anything but guidance," slowly, a smile was growing on Master Kanas' face, "What I saw you do back there showed me just how little guidance you require..."

In the cockpit, Cai nodded to Bud'd and her eyes half closed as she reached out. Suddenly, her eyes opened up wide in surprise. Composing herself as the ship drew closer and closer to the walking figure, Cai stuttered, "I...I think it is a Jedi. I can't be sure but...but it was reaching out for us just as I sensed it..." with confusion now written across her features, she turned to completely face Bud'd, "Was there another Jedi with you?!"

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Skyka Tarkrak: Human/Female (Force Adept 1/ Jedi Guardian 6)

Skyka greeted the stern look with one of simple understanding. She knew the fate of her people, those who had stood against the Sith had been slaughtered and those who had stood with the Sith had been trained and in were now Sith and not Sentarrii but unlike Master Kanas’ she couldn’t so easily accept that all of her people had joined or died…

Skyka was happy to have the subject changed but she felt little of her Master’s praise was worthy of her and though she managed to return the smile it was only half-heartedly, “I don’t see it your way Master… I failed, and I failed miserably, I failed to see through the illusion and worst yet I failed to carry everyone to safety and in doing so I nearly cost everyone their life…”

 

[drothgery]

[ooc: AMG -- I'm having a lot of trouble reading the really dark green text you're using for Master Kanas.]

"We all were there. Going in the first place was my idea. Master Kanas agreed. And none of us noticed any of the illusions. There's plenty of blame to go around." Aerek said. "But I don't think there needs to be any. We acted based on what we knew at the time. We discovered this place was occupied, and heavily defended. And we all got out alive."

 

[dead_radish]

*Wryy'ethh hears the discussions (I assume it's a fairly small ship) and calls up to the cockpit consolingly.* "Hrrrrron rarrn aar'yy! Waaaar'n naaaa hrorr'yyn Kashyyyk!" Shryi:

Spoiler

"Everyone that left came back alive! On Kashyyyk, that is the greatest victory!"

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Skyka Tarkrak: Human/Female (Force Adept 1/ Jedi Guardian 6)

Realizing they were not alone Skyka withdraws from the conversation, gathers her few meager belongings and staggers to her feet, “I would like to be left alone… Tell Cai I would like to borrow her quarters for a moment or two.”

Without saying anything else she slowly works her way to Cai’s quarters.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Master Kanas sighs as Skyka leaves the small cabin for the even smaller quarters(one of two doors at the opposite end of the main cabin. After a short moment, he looks to both Aerek and Wryy'ethh, "Leave her be. We can only help her so much. I will speak with her again later...now, are the two of you alright?"

((Is that green better?...though its actually not that much different from the 'dark' green.))

 

[drothgery]

[ooc: That's quite a bit better, actually.]

"Bud'd and Skyka need help more than I do, but I think I'm going to have to do some patchwork on my armor this evening. One of the people inside was a bit tough." Aerek said, though the Jedi Master could see that he was downplaying his injuries.