Ghosts

[Odottaa]

it had been a simple matter really. finding the forgotten capital of the infinite empire. odottaa came here seeking answers. he was furious at all force users. none of them would do what needed to be done when they had the power to do so. the sith only wanted destruction and power, the jedi wanted to prove their moral superiority to everyone, even the greys wouldnt end a threat when they saw one. they just sat back and watched, and fed it by sending it to the place where it could gain even more power. he was tired of all of them. all he wanted was a safe place where he could ignore the rest of the galaxy and be left alone. but he couldnt do that with all the madmen out there. the only choice would be to kill them, and disappear. odottaa had an affinity for the force, but that didnt mean he could stand up to a sith lord by himself. that was why he was here. he hoped to find a lost technology of the infinite empire that could suppress force power. he had heard of all the mind prisons, and stasis technologies they developed, so this is where he went.

he landed next to a pile of rubble that used to be a great rakatan temple. hesitantly, he walked towards it, feeling the conflicting energies radiating from the building. there were dark, light, and grey energies radiating from this place. it was conflicting, and exhilarating at the same time. maybe this was the answer, to embrace all sides of the force equally. he may be the first person to ever stumble upon this idea since the infinite empire.

[Odottaa]

odottaa wandered around the rubble multiple times before finding what may have once been a door of some sort. he entered the building and closed his eyes. the force called to him from below, but he couldnt find a way to reach it. he started walking with the flow of the force. eventually he found a current flowing through the empty halls that led him in a circuitous route. after following it for some time, a stairway opened in front of him to the lower levels. he went down it until it was pitch black. he ignighted a glowstick and held it in front of him. it was a narrow hallway that only went straight and sloped gently downward. to each side were alcoves filled with pyramid shaped artifacts. he closed his eyes again, but all of them were dead. he continued down the hallway until he found a dais at the end. he reached his hand out and touched an orb on its center. the hallway lit up behind him, and a partially formed humanoid hologram appeared above the dais. it spoke in a foriegn language, but its meaning was projected through the force. odottaa responded by sending a surge of forcepower into the orb. the wall behind it opened to a circular room

in the center of the room was a casket, and around the walls were many more pyramid artifacts, these ones brimming with force power. lying on the ground next to the casket, as if discarded, was a ceramic mask that was probably used for some dark ritual. ancient writing floated above the casket that seemed to bore into his mind the words "here lies the bane of the force". this place wasnt a temple. it was a tomb.

[Odottaa]

odottaa wandered the room, exploring everything without actually touching anything. the casket was a complete dead zone in the force, but the aritfacts seemed to be brimming with energy. they all gave off varying alignments of force power; some were dark, some were light, others were neutral. he walked to the one at the opposite end of the room from where he was standing and began to examine it. it gave off a very strong neutral energy. he decided there was only one way to discover what these artifacts were truly for. he sent a mental probe into the artifact. it reacted immediately. the top of it opened and began to glow even brighter. odottaa, as if commanded to, reached out and touched it.

suddenly he could feel his body being pulled into the artifact. he was ripped into a empty white space that seemed to stretch out for infinity. dirrectly in front of him was a vaguely humanoid shape, as if someone had drawn the outline of a human figure in black and filled in the shape. he could sense this figure was the source of the power he sensed in the artifact.

"who are you, and where am i?"

[Odottaa]

the figure reached a hand forward and odottaa suddenly felt a peircing pain in his head. he fell over holding his head as memories and thoughts were forced to the surface of his mind. they flashed through his mind too fast for him to even grasp what they were, and just as suddenly as it started, it stopped. he slowly crawled to his feet and looked back up at the figure. it had gained a real shape now. it was an ithorian. the ithorian began to make some gutteral noises, until finally it was able to speak clearly.

"i apologize for that, but during the many years i have spent here, i had forgotten my form, and language. it was necessary to reacquire these from you. this place is a prison. i was trapped here for my own crimes against the force.

odottaa shakily stood, swaying on the spot. "and what crimes would those be?"

"the crimes i commited, or at least it was a crime in the eyes of the jedi of old, was i, and my associates tried to eradicate the power of the force from the galaxy. we all came from different backgrounds, but we all agreed, the force was too much for any being to wield any longer. we began to follow the jedi exile. when both the jedi and sith began to pursue us, we decided it was best we hide until both factions forgot us, and we could continue our work. i will admit, it has been much longer than i expected it to be."

[Odottaa]

"look, thats a nice story and all, and i sympathize with you, but i really want to just get out of here, wherever here is. i have a sith to kill, and the only reason i came here was to find a way to do it.

this place is a prison created by the infinite empire. we used it as a stasis keep us alive while we waited for our time to come. if you must leave, i would have to insist you take me with you. in return i could teach you many secrets of the force kept by our order.

ya sure, whatever, ill let you out, and you can go about whatever grand scheme for the universe your order has. there's so many right now, one more couldnt hurt

you are granting me permission to escape, correct? the words must be said aloud for this prison to acknowledge my freedom.

yes, i grant you permission or whatever. just let me out now.

very well

the world began to blur and melt before odottaa's eyes. then the floor dissipated and he felt the sensation of falling. finally, everything went black. slowly he opened his eyes after a short period, and he was back in the casket room lying on his face. he looked around and didnt see the ithorian master anywhere.

tough luck, man. looks like you couldnt escape after all

i would not be so sure about that, odottaa.

[Odottaa]

odottaa spun around looking for the source of the voice before realizing, the voice was his own. he then heard the voice of the ithorian inside of his head

[glow=brown,2,300]i am sorry for the deception, but this is the only way i could be free. in return i will allow you access to my powers. the first power i will give you is the ability to sense force sensitives over great distances and great accuracy. it will aid you in your mission to kill this sith. every living being has a different print in the force, this will allow you to read that print very easily and accurately. you must simply think of the person, examine their soul, and then expand your mind to search for that image. it is how our cult survived its persecution and avoided enemies with such success.[/glow]

look, i dont want your stupid powers, i only want my head to myself. get out, and back in your prison

[glow=brown,2,300]even if i wanted to, i couldnt do that. the prison is too old to work again. it would be best if you simply learned to coexist with me for the time being. i have much you can learn. and if you dont cooperate, i can simply take complete control. my will is much stronger from my time in my prison.[/glow]

odottaa was about to reply when his body seemed to move on its own towards the casket. he placed a hand on the casket and it began to activate. the letters dissipated above it, and he could hear mechanisms shifting inside of it, locks shifting and unlocking.

[Odottaa]

ooc: i am going to be slipping in sound effects you should be listening to as you read this post, first song: lets get it on, by marvin gaye

the casket opened revealing a dark skinned man in brightly colored robes covered in gemstones. he had a short cropped beard, short curly hair, and a bright orange hat.

great, just what this universe needs, another gaudy extravagant jedi. so whats your deal? what makes you so special that this order would go so far to keep you alive?

the man stood up and stretched. he looked at odottaa

brother, is that you? are we ready to roll with the plan? talk to me, so we can see, whats goin on

the brotherhood has fallen, i am the only one left, and shackled to this innocent man. he stumbled upon me by accident, and i have released you from the obuliette.

good, its time to begin, there aint no mountain high enough that we cant climb to stop us now. nobody remembers us, so no one will see it coming.

[Odottaa]

suddnely, the room turned black. the air seemed to be thick enough to swim through. Odottaa began to suffocate, unable to draw a breath. just as he was about to black out, the a bubble seemed to form around him, warding off the blackness. the man was standing next to him, focusing intensely.

what is this stuff? and how are you holding it back?

the man stood there sweating, unable to answer.

this is the fabrication of a very powerful dark jedi. giving the force physical form to crush us. it is taking every bit of the exile's strength to hold it back. he is projecting a field around us that nullifies the darkness.

the darkness whorled around them and then compressed into the black outline of a man in robes. on its face, was the white ceramic mask. the exile fell to his knees panting, and looked up

YOU!! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!!