Rayn: Power of the Unseen (closed)

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn Awoke as the proximity alrarm began to sound.
"Here already?", he said groggily to himself, "where is here anyway?"

Rayn checked his Nav Display
[glow=green,2,300]OSSUS[/glow]
"Ossus? Hmm."

Rayn began his decsent into the atmosphere of the lush and old planet. As he did so he opened himself up to the Force, so he might read the planet a bit.
The force here is full of energy.It feels almost, electric...This planet is old it has seen many things. It has lived through great prosperity and also long darkness... destruction.. and rebirth..so many cycles. I feel sorry for all that this world has been through.

He touched down his Bes'uliik in a clearing near some of the old temple ruins. If I'm going to look for Jedi, he thought,might as well look where I know they've already been.

After getting out of his fighter, Rayn headed toward the temple ruins. As he approached it he was dissapointed by how much of the temple the Empire and the Sith had destroyed. Still, he did admire the architecture that was still distinguishable. While he studied the ruins Ryan began to feel a presence watching him from somewhere behind. He slowly reached his left hand toward his Bryar pistol and his right for his sword.
"Who's there?", he said aloud.
Suddenly Rayn began to feel a fluctuation in the force. But before he could react his weapons were pulled out of his hands and flew toward the place where the presence was. Rayn turned quickly, but as he did so he was pulled downward, his head hitting the ground with a loud 'thud'.

As Rayn's mind began to fade into uncociousness he felt the same invisable grip, dragging him away...

[Rayn Ares]

[glow=blue,2,300]Where.....?
What happened.....?[/glow]
Rayn opened his eyes. He was lying on the ground in a dimly lit tent.
[glow=blue,2,300]Am I in the enclave?[/glow]
Rayn stood up and rubbed his head where it had struck the ground.
[glow=blue,2,300]What am warm welcome....[/glow]
Rayn walked to the entrance and pulled back the opening. It was dark outside the tent and Rayn couldn't see anything except for small lights moving around. As his vision adjusted he realized that this place was underneath a dense canopy.
"Ah you're awake." said a voice to his left.
Rayn turned quickly and saw a Twi'lek male wearing brown robes and holding a glowing crystal in his right hand.
Rayn relaxed a bit," Where are we? Is this the Jedi enclave of Ossus?"
The Twi'lek nodded,"That is correct. Now if you would please follow me."
Rayn opened his mouth to object but then realized he was probably being taken to someone in charge, so he stopped himself and nodded in agreement. As they walked Rayn again noticed the glowing lights floating about the camp.
"What are they?",he asked.
"Lambent crystals." responded the twi'lek.
"Lambents? Aren't those Yuuzhan Vong crystals?"
"That's right. You see, in times now ancient, Ossus was a rich , lush world, much like it is now. But for a great time afterward it had become a barren wasteland. After the Yuuzhan Vong war however, a team of Shapers helped to restore this planet to its former radiance and as a result, there are now many Yuuzhan Vong plants and organisms here."
"Amazing, it's a wonder how people still have trouble trusting them after all they've done to make amends."
"Indeed."

Soon they approached a lit, circular area where an older man was instructing a group of a dozen or so students. As they approached the man dissmissed the group and turned toward Rayn at their approach.
"Well, well", said the man," So many visitors lately. I assume you came to train here as well?"
" How do you know I'm not here to report you to the Empire?", Rayn asked sarcasticly as he pointed to his head,"Or do you treat all of your guests like this?"
" I apologize.", the man said in an even tone,"One of our more- , overzealous, students was on patrol today. We have concluded however, that while you have quite a strong force potential, you are neither Sith, nor of the Empire."
"Well. Thats good.", said Rayn with a smile,"Then would you please teach me? Master--"
"Nical. But I have a question of my own I want you to answer first.", Nical held out his palm and Rayn's cube floated onto it from somewhere behind the Jedi," This cube. How did you obtain it?"
"My master gave it to me ", Rayn siad.
" Well then, in that case I don't think I will train you." Nical said, again in a calm even tone.
Rayn's expression fell,"What?! But why?"
Nical sighed," Because, I can see it now. You're expression, you're demeanor. You seem to have adopted his traits. The traits of a Jedi who left the order."
"What?", Rayn said, his expression becoming more confused," So he really did leave the Jedi?"
"Thats right", Nical said," Some of us even got hurt by his actions. Training you could prove dangerous."
Rayn became more frustrated at hearing this," But Master Nodan of Borao agreed to train me while I was developing my force senses! Surely that accounts for some credebility?"
"Master Nodan?", questioned Nical," He has become far to lenient over the years to have known this and still trained you."

"Hang on!",Rayn pleaded, "I came here because I was lead here by that cube. If my master wanted me to train here then I must do so to solve this puzzle . Please. Could you not reconsider?"

Master Nical closed his eyes and sighed again," Your master was once a freind of mine..Perhaps he did manage to change his ways....Alright, I will bring this matter up with the council. We shall see what happens from there. But keep in mind that if they do vote in fovor of it there will be some.. conditions."

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn tapped his fingers on the ground where he was sitting in the tent. Annoyed.
Rayn had been told to wait in the tent while the Ossus council debated the matter. That was 4 hours ago.
"What could possibly be taking them so long?" Rayn asked himself.
Not three seconds after he said this, did he hear footsteps nearing his tent. He quickly got up and went out through the entrance waited ther as a group of three lambent lights approached. As the lights drew nearer he was able to distinguish his visitors: to the left he recognized Master Nical, to the right was a middle-aged Devaronian female, and in the middle was an elderly Cerean male.
Rayn inclined his head at their aproach, then asked ," Have you come to a decision yet?"
" Yes Rayn we have." Master Nical said," We have all come to agree that you have much potential and would make an excellent addition to the Jedi Order--"
" That's great!" Rayn said joyfully, " So wh--"
"We have decided," the Cerean interupted, " that you indeed would make an excelent addition, however, we will still not allow it and you will not be trained here."
"Bu--", Rayn began to protest.
" We've been over this already. Your personality and morals are too much like your master's. You could become a source of dissent within the order."
"But, I can't go, anywhere else! I have to be taught here!"
"I'm sorry Rayn, I really am, but we can't have you jeopardizing us simply because your master sent you on some- treasure hunt."
At hearing this Rayn's anger began to rise, " He sent me on a mission ! One that I can't fulfill without learning what I need to here!"
"That's enough." Nical said sternly, his brow furrowing," You will leave now Ryan."
Nical motioned slightly with his fingers and Rayn found himself slowly being pushed back. Angered further now that he was quite literaly being shoved out of the door, he tried pushing back against the groung with his legs. The Devaronian then lifted her hand lifting Rayn off the ground. Now flailing in the air and being further pushed back, he reached for the cable gun on the back of his belt. The Cerean then raised his own hand and brought his fingers together slightly, pinning Rayn's arms to his sides.

"No!", Rayn shouted, kicking and yelling in anger, trying to force his arms free with his own physical strength. Realizing this to be a hopeless effort, he desperately reached out his force senses. He felt the force bindings around him and focused all his thought and anger to pushing that away from him.
All at once the grips were pushed back from him and dirt and dust all around him was being blown away from him in a circle.
As soon as he dropped to the ground Rayn instinctively brought up his hands and lashed out in the direction of the masters.
A wave of dust from the space between them surged foward as a wide blast of force energy headed toward the masters, they however, managed to throw up their own force barriers just in time to avoid being pushed back.
As the dust passed the masters all got into fighting positions the Devaronian woman even gripped her lightsaber.
Rayn, anger now overcoming him and swelling within him, raised his hands for another assult, but suddenly stopped.

[glow=green,2,300]No Rayn, [/glow]he suddenly heard.
[glow=blue,2,300]Master?,[/glow] he thought.

Rayn stumbled back, suddenly shocked by what he was doing. Rayn lowered his arms .
" You're right.." He said. " I can't ask you to train me..I'm sorry, very sorry, for this."
Nical sighed and suddenly relaxed,"I'm glad you finally realized that..before it was too late."
"I'm sorry .." Rayn said again.
" It's alright young one." said the Cerean master,then indicating around them with his hand" but I suggest you follow the rest of our decision and leave as quickly as you can."

Rayn looked around the camp and heard shouting, felt distress , and saw lights approaching. He even saw a couple ignited lighsabers.
"Right. And again I-"
"It's all right Rayn, we know." Nical said,"Just hurry up. We'll handle the students and get them under control."
"Thank you." Rayn said. He then rushed toward the landing area as fast as he could.

[Rayn Ares]

Once safely outside of Ossus' atmosphere Rayn mulled over what had happened. Feelings of confusion for the sudden burst of force power, shame for using it in anger against the Jedi, but most of all regret for not learning what he was supposed to on Ossus. Now he had no way of knowing what might open the cube.
And even though he could now use force kinetics he was still dissapointed in that. He tried moving a pebble that was in his cockpit, but the only response he got was a slight tremble from it. It seemed that the power he had used in the enclave was fueled by his raw anger and he was not about to do that again. It was against moral, against what his master had taught him, and alegedly, it lead to the dark side.

Rayn then noticed that, without thinking, he had taken out the puzzle cube and was turning it over in his hands. Suddenly He had an idea. He began feeling and pressing around the inner workings of the cube. He felt something near the top. Smomething loose that might be able to be depressed. He tried with all of his focus , but he couldn't budge it.
[glow=blue,2,300] How?, [/glow]he thought[glow=blue,2,300],How am I possibly supposed to do this. How am I supposed to become stronger in the force when I can't even use it to push a button? I went to the enclave to learn to hone this ability, but now I may never figure it out. Maybe if master had known that those on Ossus would feel so strongly about whatever it was he did he would've sent me to a different--wait--[/glow] Rayn began to realize that perhaps his master had expected this to happen.His frustrations on Ossus had only lead to negative results. Was this the lesson he was to face, the key he was to find.
At Borao, he was taught that the force flowed all around them that ony needed only to calmy and gently guide it's flow in order to see it.

So Rayn again focused on the cube, this time calming himself as he did so. He closed his eyes and reached out, feeling the flow of energies that had always radiated from whatever was inside the cube. Then he calmly set his mind upon the flow, feeling the tendrils of it's path as if he himself were part of it. Gently he redirected its flow ever so slightly and suddenly he heard a soft click.
Rayn smiled, [glow=blue,2,300]There, that wasn't so hard. [/glow]
He watched as a hole no bigger than a pen tip opened at the top of the cube and a holoimage of a very familiar being was projected from it.
"Hello Rayn"

[Eth Erzin]

Lents, having returned from the hyperspace journey to Hutt space, looked down upon the planet and quickly saw the spot where the enclave was hidden from his previous visit. He also saw a strange vessel floating almost dead in orbit, and sensed another life-form in there. He thought it was odd, considering the quite empty feel of the planet. There was really nothing for anyone to see here now that the Jedi were in hiding. He wasn't sure if it would be safe to go to the enclave if that ship were an imperial. Lents brought the Illuminant Rush's weapons systems to standby in case the ship proved to be hostile. However, to avoid any unnecessary confrontation, Lents sent a quick message, trying to be friendly.

Hail traveler
What brings you to Ossus?

[Eth Erzin]

After waiting for some time and not receiveing a response, Lents keeps a wary eye on the ship floating dead in orbit and flies down to the surface of the planet and takes a long and winding path to the enclave, just in case.

[Rayn Ares]

Rayn had been so distracted by getting the device in the cube to work that he failed to notice that the radar had picked up another ship entering orbit. It wasn't until the holoprojection that he noticed a blinking light that signaled an incoming hailing transmission.
"What?! When did-?"
The holoprojection got as far as saying 'hello', when he quickly reached out with the force and depressed the button again. Listening to his master's message would have to wait. Right now he had to find out what another ship was doing at Ossus.
Rayn checked the transmission he had been sent, but by that time the ship was already making it's way down to the planet.

[glow=green,2,300]Hail traveler
What brings you to Ossus?[/glow]

"Hm, I'd like to know the same thing of you." Rayn said to himself.
The voice didn't sound very threatening, but that didn't mean it couldn't be an agent of the empire.
[glow=blue,2,300] I should go down there in case he is, but-- I couldn't possibly go back down right now.. I'll just have to wait till he leaves the surface again. Besides I'm sure the masters would be able to handle any trouble.[/glow]

[Eth Erzin]

ooc: Lents'll train in the "Ossus Academy" thread then he'll come back up through this one if you're still around. If not then he'll just go his own way.

[Rayn Ares]

"Rayn, I know that right now you must have many questions for me, but as you know I belive that the best way to answer something is through experience. You know that I would never try to force you down any certain path, however, I feel that it is important to finally learn about my life and why I've made the decisions that I've made; I belive that doing this will help you to grow in both strength and understanding. There are five coordinates on the star chart that will come up after this message is finished; travel to them in the following order: blue, green, purple, red, orange, yellow. I do not force this upon you if it is not your wish, but I do hope that you will consider this last request. Goodbye my freind. May the force be with you."

After his master's recording had finished, Rayn quickly copied the coordinates of the star chart into his Nav-system.
"Don't worry master, there's nothing to consider."
[glow=blue,2,300] Now I just have to wait for that ship to leave orbit again and find out why it's here. Shouldn't take too long..[/glow]

[Eth Erzin]

*shift over to "Getting some Answers"*