Cave of thieves

[Skeang]

(should we work with npcs here? I don't have a whole lot planned for the inside of this place and was just gonna tear through these guys with little to no difficulty)

Skeang made no attempt to hide his ship when he believed he had found the hideout of the thieves. There ship was next to the entrance to a large rocky cave. Skeang walked slowly toward the entrance to allow Jade and Sarvina to keep up with his pace with relative ease. Skeang saw two guards at the entrance to the cave, he stopped roughly 30 yards from them, hidden behind a cover of rocks he asked his companions. "How much room do we have in the ship for captive? With three of us it was getting a little cramped but I'm sure we can fit a few inside."
Sarvina thought for a second. "All they said was live captives, the captives having no limbs is totally within the rules."

[Natalya Thurinos]

[[ Uhm... Either way would be fine with me? ]]

Natalya remained quiet at the mention of Sith. It seemed like a noble enough cause and she wondered if her brothers would ever get that opportunity. Then again, if they did would they take it? They never returned to the only family they had left, and she could only assume it was because they were too consumed by that way of life. If they were disillusioned for so long, they probably would refuse to be recruited. She looked up and suddenly realized they had breached the atmosphere and landed next to a cave. Natalya trailed behind Skeang with Sarvina, a muscle jerking in her jaw every time she stepped with her right foot. It hurt, but if she wanted to get the credits to repair Red, she would have to play along for a bit longer. She looked between Skeang and Sarvina, and shrugged. “The more the merrier.”

[Skeang]

Skeang removed his cloak so he could get more free movements running up to the two guards. The two guards were both startled by such a large intruder but before they could even say a word Skeang attacked. He extended both his arms pointing his fingers at the shoulder and thighs of his targets, piercing them through straight though. He twisted the tips of his fingers once they were fully through the flesh of the targets allowing him to grab the poor creatures. One shot was fired into Skeang's leg he ignored it before lifting the two guards in the air and slamming them to the ground in two crumpled heaps.
"That should of been a lot more fun. Tie them up girls and make sure they don't bleed out too much."

(I have an idea of what to do in here gonna put something special at the end which will be more challenging and will require an npc or at least someone else posting for it but until then im just gonna tear through these guys)

[Darth Jeluvitas]

(you both realize that you both have access to the npc accounts right?)

[Natalya Thurinos]

[[ We’re aware. Thanks, Jeluvy~ ]]

Her eyes widened as she watched Skeang, her jaw dropping in shock. She whispered to Sarvina, “What… is he?” Of all the sentient life she had encountered, this had to be the most unique. He intrigued her. All that raw power and resistance… Natalya decided that getting on his bad side would not be a good idea. When he dropped the two guards to the ground, she found that she had been holding her breath and released it. “Um… Yes. Of course.” She fumbled with the ropes they had brought from the ship and made her way over to the two as quickly as she could, helping Sarvina bind them. Her fingers fluttered over the wounds, surprised at how cleanly he had pierced them. The blood flowed quite heavily though, and she feared they would not make it back alive. Using the ropes, she created a tourniquet above the wounds in their thigh, but not much could be done about their shoulder. The woman stood to her feet, her hands on her hips as she stared at Skeang, inspecting him closer now that he had shed himself of his robe. She was silent for a moment, but quickly found her voice. “So, what’s next? Someone had to have heard that.” One finger pointed accusingly at one of the guards. “That one screamed pretty loudly.”

[Skeang]

Skeang walked into the cave cautiously. Sarvina began to speak to Jade, "Master Skeang is a Gen'dai which provides him many advantages. His body is unreasonably resilient not requiring food or air, he can regrow any part of himself almost instantly even if burnt shot or cut to pieces. He is strong enough to crumple a whole person with one hand and he can stretch and sharpen his body on command. These poor souls don't stand a chance."
Skeang motioned jade and Sarvina to follow as he began to run down the hall as three armed men began to fire down the hall. Skeang only stopped for a second before sweeping them across the room. He heard several bones crack on each of them. "Better to have them incapacitated then getting back up." Skeang sauntered over to each of them and crushed there legs with one swift blow.
"I was hoping for something a little more of a challenge, this cave doesn't go much farther in we should hit the mass of them soon."
Sarvina smiled looking at Jade again "Thats my master. He is powerful and brutal. But for someone with his talent he really is can be kind.. too kind sometimes."

[Natalya Thurinos]

“A Gen’dai? Now that’s interesting…” She listened as Sarvina explained that he was virtually indestructible. Then, if that was the case, why weren’t there more out there, roaming the galaxies? Natalya chewed on the inside of her cheek and motioned for Sarvina to run ahead, she herself following in a half jog, half limp. As she came up upon them, she heard a sickening series of cracks and shuddered. It was gruesome. Nothing should be allowed to have such destructive power. She thought of the Mandalorians and how they would fare against Skeang. A grim smile spread on her chapped lips. Now that would be a sight to see. Natalya looked down at the groaning bodies on the floor as she walked past, glancing at the Zeltron girl with curiosity. “Kind? Yes… I suppose so,” she mused, thoughtfully. Although, perhaps death would have been kinder to these thieves. “How will we decide which to take with us and which to leave?” She lightly stepped over one of the fiends, his face contorted into a grimace of pain. “Will he kill those we plan to leave behind?” The slicer had seen bloodshed, yes, it was hard not to when you lived half your life as a pirate. Sometimes people got hurt. Sometimes people died. But this was beyond what she was used to and it fascinated her.

[Skeang]

Sarvina looked at the bodies rather carelessly, even stepping on one as she walked through the cave. "Master Skeang tends to kill the more zealous ones, anyone who shows fear or remorse is usually the one spared. Not sure how we will decide if they all want to live though."

Skeang stopped for a moment listening to the discussion that Jade and Sarvina were having. He spoke "Gen'dai can indeed be interesting though.. I have not seen another of my own kind in quite some time.." He motioned Sarvina and Jade to stay out of the main room of the cave until he was sure that the thieves were dispatched.
He saw some of the stolen items scattered around the entrance to what appeared to where the majority of those left were. The thought of those he had lost gave him sudden fuel. He lunged forward into the room startling those inside. He sensed six life forms inside, he stopped letting them get the first move.

Meanwhile Sarvina began to gather the stolen sith artifacts telling Jade. "I fear for those poor souls inside there. Talking about Gen'dais can be a touchy subject around him. I am not sure about the details but I know that every other Gen'dai he has ever met was wiped out a few hundred years back. It is what gave him the rage he has today, by all accounts most other Gen'dai are docile creatures." She peaked into the room where Skeang had entered to see the horror that took place.

Two of the braver thieves jumped out. Skeang had let them come so that he did not have to worry about any of them leaving the room while he searched. His sense told him where the first was coming from. It jumped forward attempting to hit him with a blaster but was nearly instantly gored on his claw.
The second came while he was attacking the first smacking him in the back of the head with a poorly made club. Skeang used his free hand to wrap around the thief crushing it with all his might.
He heard a scream from the corner of the room where he tossed the mangled corpse of his latest victim. The impact of crushed bones and flesh either knocked the thief unconscious or caused him to faint.
Skeang was about to gore the latest thief but he suddenly felt a sting from behind where the last two who were standing in the room had began to shoot at him while his back was turned. He spoke to them "I cannot be sure if it is noble that you two are protecting your comrade before I finish it off, or cowardly that you both wait til my back is turned to attack me."
Skeang swiped one arm in the direction of both of them charging it with the boiling force power he had been restricting to make sure that those he attacked would live. His arm tore the two thieves to ribbons and cut an imprint of his claw into the wall behind them.
Skeang turned himself back to the unconscious one behind him when he saw something unusual. He saw a small child cowering over the thief he was readying himself to slaughter. The child was weeping over what appeared to be its mother who Skeang had tossed the shredded corpse at. Skeang had his arm reeled back ready to strike them both down, it should of been a reflex for him but he stopped himself suddenly.

[Natalya Thurinos]

Natalya watched Skeang closely and was suddenly reminded of Vartu. Sometimes the most powerful and scariest looking sentients were the kindest and purest of heart. She stared at him empathetically when he said it had been a long time since he had seen another of his kind. So he was an orphan, then, like her. The Coruscanti woman helped Sarvina collect the stolen artifacts, brooding over the fact that it seemed as though everyone she had met in her life was alone. No family, no one to identify with. It seemed unfair.

She paused, her arms laden with valuables, and listened to the tumult in the other room. Yes, he had rage, they all had rage. But sometimes that rage needed to have a limit. Especially coming from a powerful Gen’dai. Natalya wondered which was the real crime: stealing to perhaps put food on the table or killing those who had stolen in the first place. It didn’t seem right and a chill went up her spine as she heard a high pitched scream, causing goosebumps to erupt on her arms. Were the credits really worth it? Natalya realized she was standing directly in the entrance of the main room, watching Skeang shred the thieves to pieces. She never thought that she, of all people, would be questioning morality. She wanted to turn away from the bloodbath, to yell out for him to stop, to do something.

Her eyes flickered over to a corner of the room where she saw a slight movement. That was when she saw the child. She saw Skeang standing over it, poised and ready to go for the kill, and something within the brunette boiled. A pent up rage of her own from witnessing her own mother’s death as a small child. Suddenly, she was throwing the artifacts to the ground, screaming out for the Gen’dai to stop if he kriffing knew what was good for him, and running towards him. Natalya skirted around him and scooped the child up into her arms, turning her fierce gaze upon Skeang. Her dark eyes burned as she clung to the crying child and defiantly stood between the unconscious thief, her voice trembling as she spat out, “That is enough.”

[Skeang]

(I might not be 100% cannon on this let me know if theres a way to improve, the original info I am referencing is from that first bounty hunt with Lents, we wanted to expand on the group from that.)

Sarvina nearly tripped trying to grab the artifacts as they fell. Not noticing the scene that was going on before them.
Skeang lowered his arm he smiled for a second. "Quite the guts there Jade, but no need to worry I wasn't going to kill the thing. Its mother was my target, I sense something in these caves...."
Skeang picked up the head of someone he had wounded staring intently at the eyes, they had a vacant stare as if they barely knew they were dying. "The people here are similar to a group I encountered before, the poor things are pretty much just puppets. Me and a friend broke up a group similar to this a while ago, who were stealing out in hutt space. It was more of a hunch back then. I didn't notice it right away but everyone in here has identical pulse and breathing patterns I can hear it clearly...
Skeang turned toward a dark corner of the cave, he took a deep breath and punched through the wall exposing a corridor. "Jade, Sarvina if this is anything like the last time I fought someone like this I might need your help but be careful. I can sense the leader down this path the energy I feel is coming directly from him."
Skeang took a look back at them staring at the child. "Jade keep the kid close its the only one here besides us that doesn't seem to be under his control, he probably didn't think it was worth using whatever power he posses. Watch it close I'm not enough of a monster to hurt something that is helpless but whoever is down this path was willing to sacrifice all of his followers and that child to protect himself."
Skeang pulled out both his lightsabers from his forearms. He motioned for Jade and Sarvina to follow him as he headed down the hallway.

[Natalya Thurinos]

“Then why kill the puppet if it’s already incapacitated?” She clutched the child closer to herself in a maternal fashion as she continued to glare at Skeang. “Go straight for the puppeteer and perhaps they can have a chance to live, no?” As the Gen’dai moved across the cave, Natalya began stroking her fingers through the child’s hair, rocking slowly back and forth. Now that her adrenaline was beginning to diminish, her ankle began hurting once more, the pain now worse than before. She wondered if she had succeeded in breaking it. “Shh… It’s okay, pateesa. Don’t cry, little diathim, it will be alright.”

She looked up at Skeang as he broke through the wall and bounced the child onto her left hip where she balanced him - she speculated it was a he from the shorter hair - her other hand gesticulating in the air. “Wait, you expect to bring a youngling in there? Don’t you think he would be better off on the ship?” Her eyes widened as he brought out the lightsabers and she thought back to the conversation she had with Vartu in his cantina. You mean those stupid glow stick wielding, ‘Force sensing’ morons? C’mon. They’re absolute lunatics. This whole battle between the farking Sith and Jedi is a ruse. There’s no such thing as the Force anyway. Her own words flooded her mind as she stood at the brink of a decision: to follow the “glow stick wielding moron” further into the cave or go back to the ship. With an exasperated sigh, she relented and moved toward the corridor, thinking it would be best to stick close by the indestructible one. She let Sarvina go ahead of her and trailed behind, leaving a generous gap between herself and her two blood-happy saviors.

The young child was no longer wailing, but quietly whimpering to himself in Natalya’s shoulder, his arms clutching around her neck tightly. Her free hand moved toward the handle of the vibroblade strapped to her thigh, fingers tense and at the ready as they stepped deeper into the heart of the cave.

[Skeang]

Skeang sighed, "I was unsure about the mind control til we got to the last room. It was unfortunate how many lives were lost today but, I realize that these puppets are fully willing to throw themselves at us until either them or us is dead. As soon as that little creature's mother wakes up its coming right back after us. I don't want to have to hurt her so lets finish this now."
Skeang saw an elderly figure, he let his rage flow out. He yelled to the figure "I was wrong calling those two back there cowards when it is really your cowardness who allowed your own followers to die in such a manner."
Skeang charged at the figure both sabers blazing his standard attack one aimed low one high.

(grabbing the grey npc right now)

[Grey]

The man dodged the first blade and sent out his own to parry the second. He held Skeang off for a moment laughing and saying "Those fools came to me of there own free will I only offered them power and riches. They were daft enough to allow themselves to go under my spell. However you will find yourself under my spell much less willingly." He pushed Skeang back attempting to control Skeang's mind.

[Natalya Thurinos]

Natalya hung back, keeping the child turned away in case this turned bloody. He had already seen enough gore to traumatize him for the rest of his life. Stepping quietly behind the protection of a large boulder, she crouched down and looked around it curiously. She had only seen a lightsaber perhaps once or twice in her life, and those were mere glimpses. She realized that she was probably in more danger now than she was on Endor - at least the Mandalorians had a reason to keep her alive. Here, with these powerful strangers, she was expendable. Her heart drummed in her chest in anticipation as she watched them, her fingers finally closing around the vibroblade’s handle.

[Skeang]

Skeang lept at his opponent feinting downward then slashing with his second at his opponents head, he followed with a kick right toward the man's chest. His actions were slowing he knew that his opponent was attempting to control him. This person had a large amount of force power but wielded it poorly Skeang knew that if this battle lasted a long time this would get messy.
Sarvina looked for a safe place to hide, and eventually made her way to where Jade had hidden. She was surprised to see her there she spoke, "This guy is out of either of our leagues but I get the feeling we are going to have to help. He was able to control all of those people from such a distance and now with his energy untapped by all those people he is trying to do the same to Skeang." She looked out to watch the fight occur, putting her head back in to say "Skeang is able to fight it but his moves are slowing down, I'm not sure how long he can resist."

[Grey]

The leader of the thieves fell for the feint blocking the wrong saber, he fortunately was able to duck in time to dodge the slash at his head but the duck left him compromised enough for Skeang's kick to send him flying across the room. The kick also punctured his chest breaking a rib, he was losing blood. He stood up to realize that his power appeared to have worked on the Gen'dai. Skeang had fallen to the ground dropping both sabers. "This fight is over. You vermin who have hidden in this room can come out and join me or accept death at the hands of your friend here."

[Natalya Thurinos]

Her breath caught and her lips formed a silent curse. This whole ordeal was a carbon flush that could have been avoided if she had not gone off with that fracking Mando bounty hunter. She turned toward the boy who was staring silently at the floor of the cave with a vague expression. He was so young to see so much bloodshed. Too young. Natalya reached over and lightly pressed the backs of her fingers to his cheek, stroking downward. His eyes, a piercing green, looked up at her. Natalya withdrew her hand and said quietly, "Stay here, love. We're going to save your mummy." With that, she stood up and stepped out into the open, her arms at her sides, palms facing forward. A sudden thrumming of codes once again entered into her mind, and she accepted them with relish. Her gift reminded her that she was not going to accept death without a fight. She did not have the powers or potential that her brothers had, but her work was not yet finished and she knew she was destined for something more than dying in this forsaken cave with this lunatic. She rolled her shoulders back, yanking her vibroblade from its sheath as she took a stance, lips curling back into a scowl. "I didn't survive for nothing. You're the biggest coward I've ever seen... Only a weakling hides behind puppets. I dare you to try to fight me yourself, you son of a bantha." The Nexu had reemerged and was going to do everything within her power to see that the child behind the boulder lived a full and prosperous life - and this man was going to die for that sole purpose. "If you are too much of a scared skifflin to fight me, then you will relinquish your stupid mind games and let us leave. My life has been a living black hole to this point and I am not going to take any skrag from a coward like you."

[[ Sorry for any errors - I'm doing this on my phone. ]]

[Skeang]

(this post might come out weird since im being controlled by an npc, just work with it)

Skeang fought this strong mental force power he was under all he could. His body struggled but he found himself lifting the boulder that was hiding Sarvina and the child. He held off the best he could but he found himself extending his arms holding the boulder over Sarvina, Jade and the child.
"So thats where you were hiding... Well who should die first?
Skeang's arm swung the boulder around and he felt the control loosen as he moved. He knew his power wasn't enough to break the control. But he had just enough to yell, "He is putting everything he has to control me. He can move me but his powers are completely exhausted when he does. GET HIM"
Skeang lost control again hurling the boulder at Sarvina who fortunately dodged, Skeang then hardened his claws and was aiming for the child. He was able to stop himself from wrecking the child against the wall cause while the old man was fighting to get Skeang to sharpen his claws Sarvina had come at him with her knife. The man had to sacrifice some of his control over Skeang to block Sarvina, Skeang yelled again. "Don't let up I can't kill you if he is occupied, and he can't attack you while I am under his control it takes more power then he has left."

[Natalya Thurinos]

At that, Natalya sprang forward toward the man, her jaw clenched tightly. Without hesitation, she took a broad swing that he had to move to deflect, knowing that would distract him. Her eyes glinted fiercely as she gripped the blade so firm that it was like an extension of her arm; a sharp set of teeth that she could tear at him limb to limb with. She moved on the offense, pushing him back with darting jabs. With a snarl, she made a swipe for his exposed throat.

[[ Short post is short. :< Too distracted! ]]

[Grey]

The leader parried the zeltron as much as he could. He suddenly felt the blade against his neck, the blade hurt. On instinct he loosed his force power to knock back both of the women attacking him. He gripped the side of his neck where the blade had been, the kick he had taken to the chest continued to hinder him. He opened his eyes just in time to realize that he had forgotten about the enormous creature he had been controlling.