A Droid, A Redhead and a Lightsaber, Surely the Start of a Bad Joke? (HK-36)

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 12:58 PM

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Waking in the morning, she rolled out of bed, looking something of a mess as she inspected the damage from the evening before. There wasn't a single part of the little woman that did not ache in the least. Bruises on her shins, her chest, scraps still there, though they mingled in so well with her scars it was hard to notice. Her movements notable slower from sore unused muscles, unused to such strain. "Got my arse handed to me by a tin can. So far out of practice. Have to get my head back in the game before someone dies because of it. That I can't lived with." She groaned as she looked into the mirror at the mass of scars. Idly she ran a finger over some of the worst one's on her stomach. A shudder followed, with a shake of her head she brought herself back to reality and pulled a few clothes out of her dresser.

A simple pair of long pants, black, it helped to hide the purple almost fresh seeming scars. Reaching down she looked through the drawer pulling a similar top out. For a moment she stared at it before throwing it back into the drawer. "It's a new day. They don't like my scars, they can go take a trip through the seven hells and kiss my arse."

With that came a smile, as she pulled out a tank top that she had bought months ago but never wore. Quickly she slid it over her head, and walked back to the mirror. Her shoulders bare for the first time in ... eleven years. The deep purple marks, criss-crossed back and forth on her skin all the way down to her wrists stopping there, her hands unmarked by those wounds. Pulling at the collar, more scars visible across her chest, that same pattern, leaving barely an inch of her flesh unmarred.


She glanced to her feet, thinking if shoes would be wise but as much as she loathed losing that connection, she shrugged as she headed out the door. The holonote in hand, the address she needed. It was time to seek the Iron Knight out once more. This time the place was his apartment. Soon enough she found his place and came to the door. Reaching out a hand she pressed the chime and patiently folded her hands in front of her, waiting.

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 01:38 PM

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There came a knock to HK's doors, he was just in the middle of cleaning his armor, so he stepped away from his workshop desk, walking across the small apartment and to the door.
Soon enough, Coryth would hear the sound of door unlocking before it opened, what came to her view was a face of a stern man coming close to his middle age, dark brown hair slowly starting to grey, he looked at Coryth with calm dark brown eyes, unshaven face turning into a kind smile
"Miss Cory, you arrived, please come inside."
He opened the door wider, HK was in one of his HRD bodies, wearing a white tank shirt and comfortable black sweat pants, he always dressed practically instead of show-offy.

The apartment was well lighted, the main room had a holo-screen for watching the news, which was currently off, collection of shelves and desks for working and repairing, a single couch and coffee table facing the large panel window that was providing the light to the room, and collection of trophies on one of the walls, black Bando Gora armor, masks of Sith and Deathwatch defeated by HK, jagged swords and pole-axes.

Near the window Cory would be able to see a collection of droid bodies, HK's other vessels, his old normal body, his more sinister in appearance combat body, and there was another HRD body, in appearance it was resembling his current one, however, it appeared younger, closer to a man in his early to mid twenties.

To the right side of the door Coryth was just let in there was another door, it was creaked open, and through it Cory would be able to catch a peak of what looked like a painting of a white bone mask on background of pure darkness, HK quickly closed the door, moving to the small kitchen section of the apartment. Cory could quickly notice three white fluffballs moving around the apartment, they were HK's ropos, frolicking and padding along doing ropo stuff.
"I was wondering when you were going to come, miss Cory, and if you were going to come, I do not get much visitors here."
HK looked through his cupboard, taking out a jar of something purple, looking back to Cory
"Would you like some jelly?"
He then took out three biscuits, smearing the jelly on them with a butterknife and leaning down to feed his ropos, they would happily nibble away at the sweet biscuit

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 02:41 PM

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"Iron?" Coryth seem startled by the change, droids always were the strangest things. "My apologies, your appearance startled me a little bit." And coming inside after him, she seemed a bit shocked at what she saw. She had expected a sparsely furnished apartment, with scant personal effects but that was not what she saw. In fact she was now certain her home was more like a droids than his. She lived from a shoe box which contained twenty-nine years of personal effects, things of importance to her. Though of little physical value. Very little clothing, very little of anything that made her appear human. This, was something that made her question herself greatly. Taking everything in, she had just glanced through that door to the right to see the painting. Strange ... He had quickly closed it and Cory shrugged it off. Some things she supposed even droids kept private.

"I said I would. Which my word is something you can trust." She gave a soft smile as she glanced down seeing the ropos. Sooooo cute! Truly she'd never seen one before. No idea as to what the creatures were exactly but they were cute little fluff balls. "I needed the help, still need the help, so I'm not about to abandon such things. Its just as much if not more a risk to those around me in the field if I am lacking." Another glance around the place, it seemed a cozy little home. "You know ... I'm more sore than I think I ever was when I was a padawan. Never had to fight so hard against anyone before. A wake up call that I truly needed." She knew why he didn't often get visitors. A droid, who visits a droid and treats them with respect as if they were an equal. Seldom few.

She lofted a brow at the offer of jelly. "I'm fine thank you, though." Kneeling down, she gave one of them a gentle pet on the back. "What are they?" She asked as she rose back to her feet. Curiousness had gotten the better of her.

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 03:00 PM

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HK nodded, setting the jelly aside
"I was asking because it was the Time.."
He turned to face Cory
"To feed my Ropos, which is what their kind is called, I found them on Hoth, during a firefight when we assaulted a pirate base on the planet, and I saved them, brought them with me here to Fondor."
He smiled softly, looking from the Ropos to Cory
"Have you analyzed our fight, Cory? Do you know why I was able to defeat you?"

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 04:57 PM

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She gave a small nod, "Interesting, never seen them before so I had to ask. They are adorable."

"Yes, a little." A sigh followed, "A start, timidness, not wanting to attack. Took you provoking the fire inside for me to get serious to even begin with." But that was something she had known for a long time. Absolutely nothing new to the little redhead. "Repeated and similar attacks in too similar a fashion, that brought me to the floor, ended it when I should have known better. Running out of fuel didn't help, force crapped out on me near the end. Used it far too much, relied on it to match strength as I don't have the kind of strength you do without it. Required it for speed, acrobatics, and so on. Likely using precognition in the manner I attempted didn't help with that. It did help me avoid a few things but I have to tune that to use less reserves, less of my concentration. So many places went wrong. Too often did you strike to critical areas and got through. Something that worries me. A lot." She'd taken a seat as she had spoken, head hand now pressed against her hand as she rested an elbow on her knee.

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 05:24 PM

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HK nodded, taking a seat with her
"Repetition was indeed what doomed you, so was the predictability of your techniques and attacks. You see, when I face a Jedi I know what to expect, I know what their arsenal is, which attacks they are most likely to use. Same for Sith, telekinesis, lightning, gripping, jumping attacks and focus on lightsabers, those are tactics most common among Force users, to the point of becoming cliche. I am not saying they are bad techniques, in fact they are necessary as a good fundamental technique, but they should not be the end of the path for Jedi."
He leaned back, watching Coryth
"Good fundamental techniques are excellent, but what is perfect, is to have aces up your sleeves, tricks your opponent can not predict or prepare for, that is what I specialize in. Perfecting a common technique is good, but perfecting a technique you create yourself, or one that is very difficult and rare, is even better. I already nudged you towards one such power, Battle Premonition, I have not heard of anything like it being done before, but there is something else that I want you to think about."
He leaned closer to Cory, giving her a pat on her shoulder
"When you use your cloaking abilities with the Force, what are they based on, tricking your opponent's minds by persuading them you are not there, or bending the light around you with the Force to hide you?"
HK stood up, walking back to the kitchen section to take a simple glass and pour water in it

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 06:29 PM

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She listened intently as HK spoke. Some harder to hear than others bits but it was needed to hear. "You've a fair point. Especially when it comes to someone like me. As I said it's been a decade, since I've even lifted my saber to fight much less practice. So I rely on the techniques that I knew and felt comfortable in. But it's repetition, similar and expected moves from someone like me." People used to fighting Jedi would be much the same as HK, able to block, prevent and work around nearly any attack she could throw him.

"Battle Premonition, you are right, its not used. If it is, its ungodly rare because it takes someone like me who has such a natural born gift with visions. Not many have that skill level nor any kind of control over it. Premonition and my control over it, was why I was taken, kidnapped and drug into Unknown Space. If a Sith is that willing to hunt me down for something he cannot ordinarily have, well .. it says a lot of the rarity."

The pat on the shoulder, brought a smile. Asking of her cloaking abilities, she wondered where he was going with this. "I... " She bit at her lip, but went on "Bend the light with the force, takes a hell of a lot of concentration to maintain complete invisibility, though it's something droids can see through. So, not completely foolproof."

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Posted 05 October 2013 - 06:46 PM

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HK set the glass down before Cory and sat opposite to it
"Look at me through the water in the glass."
He said simply, the image would be distorted, of course, through glass and water, appearing either closer and farther than he actually was
"The water distorts the image through bending the light, that is called diffraction, it is applied to all waves that encounter obstacles, light included, when the diffracted light creates an image that seems to be in different location than it is in reality, that is called Displacement. That is what I want you to think and try, bend the light around you but not to hide your presence, in fact try to keep your image still appearing exactly as you are, only in a different location than you are. A meter or two to the side, or farther, or closer, from your opponent, that can be enough to trick them, to make it plenty harder for them to miss you."
HK leaned back, looking at Cory
"There is also a technique that could make you invisible even in the eyes of a droid, but you will not learn it from me, you will have to meet with others to develop it."

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 05:56 PM

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Coryth leaned down, her eyes coming level with the water in the glass peering through it as he on the other side seemed smaller, other parts of the room, distorted by the water appeared bigger. Her brow furrowed for a moment, thinking. There was no true way to judge distance under such circumstances. Her head cocked curiously to the left, a little like a child would as she curiously peered at the water.

Finally after some time she sat back. Far too curious of a mind she had within her, something that oft led her to trouble. But here she had heard his words, a slow nod to him, trying to absorb it. "Hmmm ... It's possible." She said softly, still pondering it. "Challenging but possible. I just wonder what kind of drain it would leave on me and how much concentrated I'd have to devout to it. If I can manage it, it'd be worth it. A skill like that, is unheard of. I don't think it's ever been done. So few can use invisibility in the nature that I do. Most, trick the mind of those they are around. Bending the light, takes a level of talent far beyond that." The stars know how many times I passed out attempting it. Leaning back in her seat, she brought a hand up to her lips idly running a finger over them, thinking, pondering what had been laid before her.

She gave a small nod. "Never heard of that, honestly. Had no idea such could be done. I guess, another project for me to find." There was already a growing list of things to do, things she needed to seek out, people, places, objects. So much the little Jedi needed time to find.

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Posted 06 October 2013 - 09:24 PM

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HK nodded, standing up for a second to get a datapad, programming in coordinates on it and he sat down back again, this time next to Cory
"Those are coordinates to planets Kro Var and Kaeshana, if you wish to develop a technique that will keep you hidden from droid eyes, you will learn it there. You will have to be clever in developing it, it will be nothing easy, in fact, if you will accomplish it, it just might be the peak of your Force abilities. Both cultures of Force Users found on those two planets have strong affinity with elemental powers, including ice and fire, two elements that control the temperature by either raising it or lowering it. To develop cloak against droids, you will need to master four components."
He touched Coryth's shoulder softly, making sure she would listen to this carefully
"First, you need to learn how to protect yourself from those elements, you will need to learn how to use the Force to make your body resistant to them, this will be necessary when utilizing the power in environments extreme in cold or heat. Second, you will need to learn how to extract temperature from air, how to sense it, and using the Force generate temperature exactly the same as the air temperature. Third, you will need to bind the two to use the Force to create a cocoon around yourself with temperature equal to air temperature and have it hide your heat signature. Four, you will combine the temperature cocoon with your cloaking technique, not only hiding you in photon vision, but also heat vision, therefore, hiding you from droids and machines capable of seeing at infra-red frequencies."
He leaned back, giving a small nod and a smile
"Now, that we are done with advices and planning, here is your training for today- you will be allowed to leave this apartment once you will be able to beat me at least three times in arm-wrestling."

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She took the datapad in hand and looked at it briefly. An Illusionist by nature, gifted beyond measure, the ultimate goal was to be able to hide her presence from any being at any time she wished. To hide from droids, extremely important and difficult.

Glancing to him as he touched her shoulder, he had her attention. Intently she listened to each and every word spoken taking in what she could of it. The time was going to come that she'd need to seek out these people, learn the skills needed to mask herself, protect herself. Not being a fighter by nature, the ability to go unseen, unheard and avoid combat at all costs was needed. And badly at that.

Cocking her head to the side, she seemed to be inquiring in her own way as he spoke of arm-wrestling? Surely she'd misheard. "Come again?" What did this have to do with anything, she wondered.

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HK smirked, moving to sit in front of her across the table, putting his right hand on the table's surface
"Arm-wrestle me, I can not exactly duel you right here, besides, it will be an exercise in utilizing the Force to expand your endurance and strength, as well as how to face odds stacked against you and keep fighting."
He slightly nodded to the datapad he has gave her
"The goals I have saved you are steep, Cory, you will need all the initiative and fight you can muster to achieve them."
He looked back to her, giving her a smile
"So, let us begin at training it in arm-wrestling, small beginning for great adventure."

 

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Coryth looked at the droid as if he'd gone mad. "You're half insane, you know that, right?" This seemed an exercise in futility. She didn't have the physical strength for such a challenge. Even with a blade to withstand the hardest of blows, most times she'd fail to hold it back or it took every bit of force power she had to push back.

With a slight huff, confused, she settled down none the less. Repeating the same motion as HK, she put her own arm on the table and took hold of his. None of this seemed like it would help in the least. But she'd already drawn the force into her hand to give her a boost, for the strength her muscles lacked. What her tiny body lacked over all. Strength just not something the girl had. But like she always did in a battle of any sort, she hesitated, waited for HK to make the first move.

 

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"Well I am also training you, so you'll just have to deal with it."
HK's hand clasped to Cory's, putting slight pressure on it but not much, being defensive more or less right now as he spoke to her once more.
"Now feel the weight of gravity on our hands and the flow of the Force through our arms as they are connected, it flows like a parabola, from one arm to another. I want you to connect to this flow, adjust it to the gravity on our hands and make it quiver in the direction of my hand, put more weight on it in order to help it go down. Now I want you to feel your own muscles, every tissue and strand, imbue Force into them, straightening them, as they expand I want you to expand Force in them as well."
HK watched Cory and her arm, if she would do so correctly he would put more pressure on her hand, seeing if he can increase the difficulty of the exercise.
"Remember, appearance is only an illusion, it does not show the nature itself. Use the Force, Cory, with it you can gain strength equal and greater to mine, concentrate."