Encounters in the Emperor's Palace (closed)

[Eth Erzin]

Lents recoiled, staring weirdly at Skeang's apprentice. What was she trying to do to him? She wanted him to unlock her, and all of a sudden Lents smelled something very appealing about her. He didn't know what it was, but maybe she was in fact trustworthy. She certainly seemed nice enough. But just as he was about to kneel down and unlock her cuff, Lents felt the ship lurch as the shields were hit hard by something. "What just happened?" He shook his head out of his unnatural daze and ran into to the cockpit of ODOTTAA'S SHIP. "Odottaa, what's going on?" Seeing the Chiss Sith outside blasting the shields with force lightning, Lents shot a glance at Odottaa "Can you take care of this? Is your ship strong enough to hold up?"

"ANY OF YOU KNOW HOW TO FIX A STARSHIP ENGINE?! CUZ WE ARE GONNA NEED IT!"
He jumped out of the cockpit and ran to the engine room and started dismantling the cover plates to fix the overloaded sections."

Odottaa rushed by Lents to get out, and Lents followed, glancing behind him at the Chiss outside. As Lents entered the passenger bay, he was overwhelmed by some mysteriously inodorous scent. He whirled towards Skeang's apprentice. She did seem extremely attractive, especially barring the current circumstances of near-panic. Not even noticing that the Sith captive had broke free of his cuffs, Lents stood in a daze, completely stunned by the pheromones.

[Odottaa]

Odottaa cursed as he had to get out of the engine compartment to get his tools as no one was nearby to hand them to him. As he entered the hallway he saw Lents entranced by the new girl. He yelled at him.

"What the HELL are you doing? Get in here and help me fix this engine!!"

He walked quickly and grabbed the back of his shirt and dragged him into the engine room.

When they were in the room he spoke a little quieter.

"Never trust a zeltron, if thats one thing i know. They can really mess with a guys head. I've seen many a smuggler mess up because of one, now make yourself useful and hand me the parts as i call for them."

He gruffly shoved a box of parts into Lents' hands and climbed back into the engine

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn was trying to stay calm and asses the situation; for some strange reason it was easier than he thought. Rayn looked at the zeltron girl who was among them.
[glow=blue,2,300]Is she...[/glow], Rayn shook his head[glow=blue,2,300],doesn't matter right now.[/glow]

Skeang then began to speak:

"I dont really know how to take apart a ship but something tells me that tearing that guy apart wouldnt be too hard what do you two say?"

"If your talking about the Sith Lord that just fried our shields, personaly I'd love to. But if he's trying to take out the whole ship, he's probably not the type to even let us get close to him. Also, something tells me his massive blast of energy wasn't just a one-shot display, so fighting him now would not be helpful.. especially when were still in the middle of the Imperial Center... I think for now our best option is to get off-world as soon as possible.But that's entirely up to you. Either way...", Rayn let his sentance trail off.

Rayn then touched a pannel on the wall to com Odotta in the engine room, "Odotta, you seem pretty resourceful, is there anyway you could get the port to release my Bes'uliik? If so I could probably buy us a bit of time for you to get your hyperdrive running."

[Skeang]

Skeang felt unaturally calm for once he had a strong desire to rip the sith outside to shreds but something was calming him he sniffed the air for a few seconds. He noticed there was a potent aroma in the air coming from the girl he saved he began talking to her.

Skeang~ "I know its you who is causing everyone in here to lose focus."

Zeltron~ "So you figured it out is it a problem?"

Skeang~ "Not so much of a problem as it would be nice for you to use that to our advantage." said skeang as he pointed out Marekis

Zeltron~ "Why should I help i recall were both hostages here."

Skeang~ "Your obviously having some memory problems here cause that little creep there is what gave you that cut. Don't tell the others but you remind me of a younger me and in an act I'm currently regretting I jumped in to save your toned pink ass. Your only locked up because the jedi here barely trust me as a reformed sith let alone a passed out girl who's been screwing with there heads."

Zeltron~ "Well is that so? Hmmm.... I do seem to owe you a debt and my normal thank you may not be acceptable in the current situation soooo... Let me go and I'll try to help you take care of that guy there."

Skeang~ "Thats more like it do what you were doing to us to him and I'm sure if we survive this I'll make up for the sith training you will have lost from all this. Lents said that your my apprentice."

Zeltron~ "Thats all fine and dandy but I still cannot remember a thing so what do you plan on calling your new apprentice?"

Skeang released her cuffs while he began thinking as he said "I'm not much with names but until we figure out who you are I'm calling you Sarvana. Now my apprentice do your thing and try to keep this annoying creep still long enough for me to grab him."

Sarvana began to focus her pheromones onto Marekis and Skeang hardened his nails and began to slash and grab at him furiously. He yelled "Imma cut you up and throw the pieces at your freaky blue master out there."

Sarvana sighed under breath beginning to question the merit of her new teacher.

[Darth Jeluvitas]

Jeluvitas had accomplished his intention. he had stalled the ship and managed to buy some time for his apprentice. unfortunately, he did not have a weapon. he quickly projected a thought to him.

"you may not have a weapon, but remember to use the force to empower your attacks. unleash all of your rage and anger on them. The gen'dai seems to have some protective feelings towards your final test, the zeltron. attack her, and it will distract him. i will be there soon with a weapon."

Jeluvitas did not wish to damage the ship in any way that would make it unspaceworthy, so he extended his perception into the cockpit until he found the switch to lower the boarding ramp. he flipped it and walked slowly, but with purpose to board the freighter.

[Marekis Mudane]

Marekis moved quickly dodgeing Skeangs nails, empowering his body with the force. He would not be made a full of twice in one day. After dogeing he moved quickly around the gen'dai and headed after his former prey. He swung his arm over to try and put her in a hold. Maybe he you could bribe this man with the life of his new "friend"

[Skeang]

Sarvana knew she could not beat this man in strength even if they were both weakened to some extent so she allowed him a firm grip around her neck and 1 arm. She pretended to squeel in pain as he grabbed her when in reality she was using her free arm to reach down for the vibroknife she had stored under cloths. She lashed out with her free arm pointing it at the back of Marekis's head.

Skeang saw this and forced his lightsabers from the place in his forearms that he has become used to using as a storage place lighting them both up and slashing forward. At this time he heard a soft sound of footsteps entering the ship using his hearing.

"I dont know how its working but your getting a hold of that blue freak who I presume just entered the ship. I'm going to put aside my curiosity to why someone like you is so content being a puppet for now. I hate compromising but at this point I have no major complaint with you two sith specifically. I've seen that master of yours he could of done a lot worse to the ship if he felt like it which means you obviously finds you important. Now I'm not usually one to compromise and if I were alone id slice you up for the sheer fun of pissing off your master but with so many fragile creatures on this ship I'm willing to make a deal. You leave the girl alone and you keep your head. I let you run off if you call back your master and get your hands off her. Or we could tear you to bits now and we could see how your friend does against me her and three other people."

[Eth Erzin]

Lents worked, head spinning, in the engine room. That zeltron girl could prove to be trouble later. What had Skeang been thinking? Lents trusted Skeang, and Skeang trusted the girl, else he wouldn't have rescued her, but Lents felt weird about it. Outside of her pheremones, he wasn't all that attracted to her, but in their presence... Lents shuddered. If it was really that easy to get inside his mind, he needed a lot more work. Meanwhile, he helped Odottaa fix the damaged systems, facilitating transfer of miscellaneous tools Odotta needed for the job. Just as Lents was about to toss Odottaa a hydrospanner, he felt the overpowering dark presence on the ship. Had tha Chiss somehow boarded? That was not good.
"Odottaa, can you get the rest? I'm afraid something bad is happening topside!"

[Marekis Mudane]

Marekis barely noticing the vibro blade let the girl go, duckedunder the blade and kicked her foward toward Skeang.

"Fine with me. But dont think you can just get away with breaking my arm. I'll be back, and you'll die, you and that little succubus..."

Marekis waved a little ta ta in there direction and continued toward the exit and to the presence of his master.

[Skeang]

Skeang caught Sarvana in 1 arm and watched Marekis run off. He yelled

"I look forward to the challenge so dont go die you little puppet of the sith."

Sarvana was slowly becoming sure of what she had fallen into. she began talking.

"So Skeang... was it? It looks like you have saved me twice today i owe you a great debt." She slowly attempted to move close to him.

Skeang was not used to females who were not... disgusted by his appearance so her advance caused him to abruptly jump back. He said "I was simply there to build myself a lightsaber and felt like doing a kindness to a pretty face not to mention stirring up problems for the sith inside. You owe the droid who was lost during this time more then anyone."

Sarvana did not enjoy being rejected so she released a strong cloud of pheromones directly at Skeang saying "Well I am sorry for your loss but it seems that you are the only sith that would not kill me currently so you are my master and therefore I owe you the most."

Skeang had noticed the pheromones before and started saying "Those smells wont work on me I could smell that chevin from outside the ship. I have most likely 600 some odd years on you I know your kind and know that I'm not into your species typical... hobbies. But you are my apprentice and having an extra set of hands is something that i do not mind in the least."

Sarvana sighed and began to speak "fine suit yourself its your loss. But I would love to help you should we go see how the others have fared?"

Skeang nodded and began to walk down toward where the others were.

[Odottaa]

"Ya I got it, the repulserlift engines should be working by now, so get us in the air."

Odottaa continued fixing. Any minute and the hyperdrive would be working.

[Eth Erzin]

Lents ran up into the main area, seeing the Sith apprentice walk off into the Chiss Sith's possession. He cursed under his breath. He couldn't fight the Chiss alone, and even though he could easily defeat the apprentice, fighting both at once was suicide. The others did not move to stop him, so he signed and slumped into a chair in defeat. After a short spell he got up and walked over to Odottaa, who was making sure all the systems functioned before takeoff. "Anything I can do to help?" Lents wondered what he was going to do next. He had failed in his mission in killing a Sith, and had lost an important ally along the way. Guilt gnawed at his stomach, but he had become much wiser during their adventues in the palace. He finally saw his own weaknesses in an objective light, but realized that he had indeed matured enough to faithfully accept the title of Knight that Master Beckoaret had given to him.

[Rayn Ares]

Upon receiving no answer and concluding that Odotta was likely too busy to help with his request, Rayn stepped back from the com terminal and turned to find that there was a sudden and dangerous struggle between the other three. Although Skeang seemed to gain control of the situation, the firrerro captive managaged to get away and was heading toward the ship's exit.
It was in the still of that moment that Rayn again felt the cold and powerful presence from before. The presence that had injured Lents-- that had assulted the ship... The young Firrerro was not heading for the exit.. he was headed toward his master...

Without taking a moment to think out the situation, Rayn bolted toward the exit as quickly as he could, using the force to quicken his pace. As he rounded a corner he saw the back of the firrerro as he ran down the hall and over his shoulder he caught the gaze of an intense pair of red eyes that belonged to the Sith Lord.
For a split second Rayn stopped cold;his mouth fell and his eyes widened. If he did not have the use of the force he would have been able to tell instantly that this being was no one to be triffled with. But he did sense him in the force... and what he sensed was an overwhelming power threatening to lash out destroy anything in its path. But once that moment of fear and forebodding had passed, his expression became one of acceptance and determination. He knew what he had to do.

[glow=blue,2,300]I'll will stop him here and now, whatever the cost.[/glow]

In the next instant, Rayn whipped out his Bryar pistol and fired a shot in the path the firrerro was running, both to stop his retreat and to get his attention. He then returned the blaster to its holster, knowing that it would be of no use against such an adversary as a Sith Lord.
He then adressed the Chiss as he stared into his eyes , which seemed to burn like the loathsome crimson blade that plagued his own mind, " You and your apprentice will go no further. For you there is neither advance nor escape. Now draw your blades so that I may match their color with your blood..."

[Eth Erzin]

Rayn rushed past Lents and Lents turned, wondering what he was up to. Seeing him accost the Sith, Lents felt vengeance rise up in his stomach. He swallowed it down, controlling his mind and body, then turned back. So there still was some fight left in his friends. Maybe he could fix things once and for all with Rayn's help. He rushed over to the door, stopping himself behind Rayn's shoulder. "I'm here with you, friend. Nobody should fight alone." Lents brought his hand down to his lightsaber, ready to throw it out and ignite it at an instant's notice.

[Darth Jeluvitas]

This kiffar in front of him intrigued Jeluvitas. He was neither light nor dark. it reminded him of the force cult "gray paladins" they were generally very good at physical combat. this would be an opportunity for his apprentice. He could also use this as an opportunity to test his newest idea in lightsaber combat. he saw his apprentice and the blaster bolt and mildly shifted it away from his apprentice into the bulkhead. he threw his lightsabers at his apprentice for him to use until he could make his own, and decided to go unarmed himself.

"Kiffar, are you a gray paladin?"

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn kept his eyes on the sith as Lents approached, " I thank you Jedi Terria. And while I would not stop one from entering combat of their own will, you are still injured, so tread carefully."

The chiss then addressed him:

"Kiffar, are you a gray paladin?"

At hearing 'Kiffar' Rayn was a bit surprised that he could tell, as even he and his master had not been aware till his psychometric abilities manifested.

[glow=blue,2,300] So he's not just powerful, but knowledgeable and perceptive as well... He's certainly worthy of his title. And.. what's this about 'gray paladins'?[/glow]

Rayn drew his sword then and stepped back just slightly with his right foot so that he was in a more natural stance."I'm not sure who you belive me to be, but my name is Rayn. I am nothing more than a nomad, and the apprenitce of a great warrior.", Rayn shifted his gaze so he could address the firrerro as well, " I would ask of your names as well before we begin"

[Skeang]

Skeang had been listening in trying to figure out what was going on and swore aloud when he knew what was happening. He told Sarvana to stay put while he went to help. She post hastily jumped onto his back wrapping her arms around his neck. Skeang didnt feel like arguing it as he began to bound down the hallways with the small girl on his back. He eventually found where Lents and Ryan had confronted jumping in landing on 3 limbs realizing how much recently he had been running like an animal. He butted in right after Ryan finished speaking completely driven by anger and angst. He spoke

"Well so much for my plan to get us out of this didnt work out so greatly. And something by the looks of your faces diplomacy will only work in the form of a fist here."

He pulled both of his blades from his arms. Lighting them up and playfully touching the tips together.

"Now its obvious you want us to leave otherwise you would of kept blasting the ship to bits instead of waltzing in here to get your little puppet. But now your facing 4 of us and you have fought Lents and you know that I'm tougher then that guy you had me fight to build my shiny new toy. I dont know or care how badly these 2 want to fight I'm giving you one chance to leave now. Or I will kill your apprentice holding back no remorse like my 2 previous encounters with the little guy."

[Eth Erzin]

Lents kept his eyes on the Sith as well but said in a low voice "Yes, my hand is still injured, but lucky for me I've learned to fight without it." He addressed the Sith after Skeang finished his short challenge. "It's true, Sith. As powerful as we all know you are, it isn't so much so that you could defeat four of us--including a force-sensitive gen'dai--all at once. I agree with Skeaeng's ultimatum. Unless you spare your own life and flee, you'll die by our blades. And the Sith will not soon forget the name of Lents Terria!" Lents wondered if Odottaa had finished repairs yet and if he would be willing to aid in this battle as well. He was pretty good with a bowcaster, and any help was appreciated against a Sith master and apprentice.

ooc: For those of you who are wont to whine about posting order and stuff, notice that I didn't actually do anything for like the last three.

[Darth Jeluvitas]

"My name is not important, kiffar. what are names but someone else's ideas forced upon us? the only names that matter are the ones we give ourselves, and you need to prove you are worthy to learn that."

May 21, 2009 5:55:02 GMT -8 Eth Erzin said:

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[/color] He addressed the Sith after Skeang finished his short challenge. "It's true, Sith. As powerful as we all know you are, it isn't so much so that you could defeat four of us--including a force-sensitive gen'dai--all at once. I agree with Skeaeng's ultimatum. Unless you spare your own life and flee, you'll die by our blades. And the Sith will not soon forget the name of Lents Terria!" [/quote]

"But you see, that is where you are wrong. we will not be fighting four of you, i will be fighting three of you. The kiffar will be fighting my aprentice here, and if he refuses, i will bring this ship down on your heads. Do you really think that i need to rip the ship to pieces or destroy an entire compartment to destroy this ship?"

Jeluvitas let out a rare sign of amusement.

"All that is needed to destroy this ship is a small fracture in the hyperdrive engine, or one repulsor lift to misfire. i give you this ultimatum, the kiffar comes with me, or i destroy your means of transportation."

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn treid calm down and think more clearly. He drew a deep breath, then breathed out," Lents this Sith is clearly not bluffing, he doesn't seem the type for that. Right now he's just toying with us and using us as his pawns, but if we keep trying to resist him I don't think he'll continue to be this patient with us. And as we are now.. I don't think any of us would be able to defeat him and even if we do..we're still in the middle of the empire." he then gave Lents a pleading look, "Your a Jedi Lents. Right now your job is to make sure that everyone gets out of here safely; the only way we can do that now is if I agree to his demand."
Rayn let out a sigh and resheathed his sword, then spoke to the chiss again in a calmer but still serious tone," I agree to be the tool that you train your apprentice with, but I ask that you allow them to get off-world first."