Episode VI: Balance of the Force

[Connor Harrison]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: Unknown
Enemies: [member="Solan Charr"]

You wake up where are you
What's on your mind?
Confusion can't face it
You close your eyes
There's no one to turn to
No where to hide
Deep river cool water
Your love has died...

A voice he didn't recognise, and a face that seemed vaguely familiar - where had they all come from? Was this now the place the fate of their choices was to be decided? The tone of the warrior before him wasn't pleasant.

"Watch who you're speaking to - WE did this to her, and WE have to put it right! What do you think all this has been about? Putting things right before it's too late!"

Connor didn't like the way this was heading - this was going to decide everything.

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

Location: Font of power
Allies: [member="Gherron Vael"], [member="Wanderer EXO"], [member="Xander Carrick"], [member="Barkt Melan"], [member="Seris Vant"],
Enemies: [member="Akala"], [member="Darth Infernus"]

As the Sith roared, Nefertari covered her ears and got low.
"That would have to be the most annoying sound I ever heard."
Dodging his lightsaber, Nef noticed him about to fire force lightning at her love. She quickly picked up one of the dead that had re-fallen and shoved it in the way.
As soon as the Sith Lord's lightning ended, Nef threw the now burnt corpse to the ground.
"Oh come come now, you call yourself a Sith Lord? You fight like a padawan"
Taunting your enemy, a neat way to throw them off

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Connor Harrison"]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: Fighting Akala
Enemies: [member="Connor Harrison"] (?)

He watched as he talked and brought his eyes to look at the beast they were on top of before speaking. "Jedi, listen to me, if you want to help Akala i need you to try and reason with her, otherwise we are all going to be in heavy danger and so is everyone you care about in the galaxy..." He didn't know why this man viewed Akala like we hurt her, but he needed this man not to join the sith that were fighting the others. "Look, i need your help to get her back to normal, shes not well. Help me figure out how to help."

 

[The End Narrator]

Aaralyn would blink softly as the plane would shift multiple times - before she ended up on Corellia? How? It was destroyed?

No, this was impossible.

She'd look to the boy before her and take a step back - her motherly instinct kicking in and her sabers disengaging. She'd slowly clip them to her belt and approach the [member="Aton Gyndar"] look-alike. "Aton? What are you doing here?" She questioned as she knelt down before him, black gloved hands coming up to gently wrap around his arms and hold him tight. "It isn't safe here - You need to get back to your sister!" She pleaded with him, she turned around to look for [member="Kian Karr"] as she stood, leaving a hand on the shoulder of her teenage son - or rather what she thought was him. "We have to find Master Karr and get you home..."

[member="Void Being"] | [member="Kian Karr"]

 

[Connor Harrison]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: Unknown
Enemies: [member="Solan Charr"] ?

Glancing around, Connor nodded to the Jedi speaking to him - he was right, but he felt there was far much more at stake than what he knew.

Turning, he knelt down and pressed his palm to the ground and pushed through the field; penetrating all the layers, flesh, the living and breathing cells that bound the Force around them.

"Princess - talk to me - let me help. I can help you find your way."

He spoke calmly, with purpose. The world shook around him, and his senses were alive with danger surrounding them.

 

[Aithne Charr]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: The others fighting
Unknown: [member="Connor Harrison"]
Enemies: Akala's undead. [member="Akala"] (?)

Solan just watched and decided to guard Connor incase Akala saw the intrusion as an invasion on her well being, he didn't need the Jedi that might be able to break through to the creature being taken out so even if it meant protecting a possible enemy he would do it for now. But his eye did not leave the Jedi, cautious and quiet so that he can make sure this man's intentions would not bring him harm.

 

[Tamara]

Location: Akala's Back

Knocked back and barely holding on, Tamara looked up at the titan looming over her, to [member="Solan Charr"] and [member="Connor Harrison"] debating with each other. She knew she needed to get up there somehow.

They had shifted again, this time to a new world. With all the energy she could muster she pulled her way up Akala's back, trying to reach the arguing pair.

"Jedi, she will not listen. You must be prepared to.... If you care about the galaxy, our galaxy, you need to either make her see reason, or destroy her."

She looked around. Below them a battle was going on. Where was the Bothan with the dagger? From this distance it was hard to see exactly, but she saw him, saw him fighting a red blade wielding Sith.

If the Jedi could not convince the monster...that dagger was likely their only chance. Holding out her hand, she tried to pull it from [member="Barkt Melan"] to her hand using the Force.

 

[Connor Harrison]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: Unknown
Enemies: [member="Solan Charr"] | [member="Tamara"] ??

Another voice on the lumbering plain they all balanced on, as the world around them spiralled and flashed like a nightmare come real.

Connor turned to see a dark haired woman who looked like she had been in battle far longer than Connor had. He frowned at her slightly, palm pressed down emanating all he could as a Force Master.

"I'm trying! As usual everyone else tries to show which side of the Force is greatest rather than using it together to save everything, so I will do it! You either help me or stay out of my way."

His eyes were still blue, but darker and more empty than usual. If what she said was true...no, he loved her and he had to fight and do what no-one else was doing; trying to see the real soul inside the monster.

 

[Uriel Manteroni]

IC: Uriel Manteroni
Location: Akala's Back
Objective:Fight Akala
Allies:Neutral
Enemies:Neutral
Gear: Armor, Two Heavy blasters DY225, One Chiss Dagger, One Rakata collar (force syphon).

Speech; Thought; Action; NPC, PC.

The Clawcraft in wreckage advanced on a hideous creature, Uriel can see when the fuselage of the TIE fighter was going to hit a person ( [member="Darth Infernus"] ) who was close to the monster.

But before impact something strange happened ... it was like Uriel was again surpassing the space-time warp, a dampening took Uriel and then everything faded away ... as if by magic, the fuselage of the TIE exceeded the person and the monster as if everything is just fog.

In milliseconds became solid again and TIE wreckage hit the ground, in the impact, the Vital Cell is turned off and ejected Uriel that fell near two men ( [member="Solan Charr"] and [member="Connor Harrison"]).

Uriel was dizzy in the ground, then saw a beautiful woman ( [member="Tamara"] ) saying to men:

" Jedi, she will not listen. You must be prepared to.... If you care about the galaxy, our galaxy, you need to either make her see reason, or destroy her."

Uriel thought: Ohhh no!! Jedis !!!" It was just what I needed ... if I escape this, I promise never more to do travel in time !!

Then Uriel looked back and saw the Huge Giant Titan ( [member="Akala"] ) that moved with a bluish light around the body.

Uriel felt the Rakata Collar vibrating ... something that had never happened.

Damn ... do not understand this Force ... but if this Force Siphon is vibrating must be because the Force here is boiling !!

Then one of the men says to the woman: "I'm trying! As usual everyone else tries to show which side of the Force is greatest rather than using it together to save everything, so I will do it! You either help me or stay out of my way."

Uriel still on the floor, next to the men and the woman, he speak: "Lady and Gentlemen, I apologize for the intrusion ... but ... where am I? and how can I help you?"

 

[Kian Karr]

"Aaralyn...." Kian asked walking in front of her and waving his hand in front of her eyes. She was standing there, not moving. Kian followed her stair, her gaze, but saw nothing. Nothing but smoke. All he could hear was the screams in the distance. All he could smell was the blood.

"Aaralyn, are you alright?" Kian asked and touched her shoulder, giving a brief shake. Still no reaction. It was as if she were catatonic, or as if her body were there but her mind was not. Kian glanced around, concerned about them being in an exposed area, open to attack, but saw no one in the area. Stretching out with his mind, Kian touched his mind to Aaralyn's. It seemed off. Kian hadn't ever communicated with the Sword of the Jedi telepathically before, but he knew what a humans mind should feel like....and this felt different. It was clouded, as if her mind were shrouded in mist.

Aaralyn.....Aaralyn it isn't real! Kian communicated telepathically, unsure if that would reach her either. He could guess what was happening. When he had been in the Netherworld he had seen things he believed to be real.....but they couldn't have been.

[member="Aaralyn Gyndar"]

 

[Alkesh Vizsla]

[SIZE=14pt]Field of Blades -- Transitioning[/SIZE]

She was somewhere else, deep in the task of sensing for a heartbeat. The other man she’d turned her back on had been living, as were all the other intruders in the Netherworld. But her son – her darling, precious, patricidal son – was dead. She felt no heartbeat underneath her squeezing fingers, no struggling blood trying to rush past the grip she held on his neck. The idea that vengeance had been stolen, that someone else had dragged her son where he belonged, infuriated her. She would settle for dismembering him. He would heal, here in this world where there was no escape from pain, no penance to seek in the hopes of retribution. And when his limbs crawled back and sewed together and once more he was whole she would do it all again. It was the least a Mother was owed as the victim of such an unnatural crime.

Releasing him after his vile attempt at insult, she raised her bloodied leg and aimed a kick at his chest, attempting to lay him flat on his back for butchering. “We get worse down here,” she answered matter-of-factly as she lifted her sword and circled to his side, the tone of a woman who had watched tens of thousands suffer here, had suffered tens of thousands of times herself. “What do you suppose that will make you, worm?” She knew what she would see him become: a shadow, another dry, dead husk to do her bidding as he should have in life. Her dead crawled around them to try and take hold of him as she moved to bring the sword down on his right arm, perhaps to cleave him at the elbow though she would take any target truly. As long as it was slow.

But just as she took a swing the entire Netherworld shook, her eardrums rattling with a sound like an electrical storm as the scene shifted and suddenly all she'd known for decades was erased. And she could feel the hum of her magic again.

[member="Darth Vornskr"]

 

[Joseph Gresham]

[member="Connor Harrison"] [member="Tamara"]

The long dead Republic Commando shifted, finding himself now on Akala's back. Everything else was a blur, but he was here. There must be a reason. Decrepit as his form was, he shifted to the arguing individuals. "End her... or she ends you." He promises. "She is tainted. Mad. And she must be put down."

 

[Adele Adonai]

[member="Kian Karr"] [member="Aaralyn Gyndar"]


There is no emotion, there is peace. ~

The voice would drift like misted leaves at the distance. They would pour onto the wind, touching and caressing like the warmth of a summer sun.

Where one would seek to cloud and confuse, Jedi Knight A'dele Adonnai, one with the Force since her death upon Alderaan, would cross the netherplane to counsel and lend aid to the Jedi Master.

In this she would whisper clarity with the mantra that had so often resonated in the hours of meditation for the Iridonian female.

 

[Nima Tann]

After finishing her meditation, she felt some pressure in her chest once again, opening her eyes she saw that she was in a Rift once again, the feeling of clashes between good and evil could be understood immediately. She felt a powerful signature there. Akala... She... changed... turned into a monster. And she could see that someone up ahead was talking about something... not that she could say talking... because they were shouting at each other. It was pretty scary as she moved towards her but she was a Jedi so she had to tough it up and do what was right. She started to recognize the voice as she got near and near.

LOCATION: Akala's Back
Enemies/Allies: None for now.

Battlefield... Chaos... The words that could be said for this situation.

"What- What is happening here?" She shouted as she continued moving towards the people. And when she came eye to eye with [member="Connor Harrison"]. The time just stopped. The thing was... he didn't look good. She could sense the darkness inside him, and his eyes were as cold as before when he had that Taung spirit. "Connor. This is Nima. I know I look different but it's a long story... I am not a hallucination or something like that. Now... what's happening here? Why did Akala turn into this... creature?" She repeated herself to them. The last time she tried to spoke with him was him thinking that she was a hallucination, and now explaining herself maybe this time he wouldn't act like before.

 

[Aithne Charr]

[member="Tamara"] [member="Nima Tann"] [member="Connor Harrison"] [member="Uriel Manteroni"]

Location: Akala's back

Solan listened to the woman he didn't remember ever seeing before and more so her reach out and suspected her to do something with the force what ever it may be, then the person he did recognize that being the twilek who he was sure he had seen in silver jedi before showed up. "Good..." He said before looking back at Tamara and speaking. "Look, let the Jedi do his job, i suspect you have the same backup plan as me and if it comes to that i wont stop you. But this jedi, both of them, seem to think of Akala much better than i knew what had happened in that time. So if you could please hold off from doing anything to anger the Jedi and turn them against us that would be grand. Ok?" For once he made no mention of her looks, even though as the other man who he could sense the affection coming from was well placed. They were in a very dangerous situation and one enemy was better than three.

 

[Connor Harrison]

Location: Akala's Back
Allies: [member="Solan Charr"] | [member=Tamara] | [member="Narevni Garett"] | [member="Uriel Manteroni"] | [member="Nima Tann"] ??
Enemies: Unknown

More voices - more chaos.

But it was Nima who caught his attention. Connor span around, the wild wind raging through his dark hair as his grip fell from the strange ground beneath him; this was a field of technology and devastation, not that of a lost princess.

"Always getting involved in matters you think you can control, Nima Tann, am I right - or are you a test created by my own mind? Or are you simply here to make sure I don't do what the Silver Jedi have always been scared of me doing - becoming greater than any of them? Time for you to step up."

He gazed over at the strangers amassing on the terrain, looking ready for battle; for action; for destiny. He pointed at the warrior who seemingly had faith in him; the one known as Solan Charr.

"You - keep them off my back and don't let Akala come to harm; she is like every great warrior of our time; acting out of hurt and fear. If we can help her, I can save her. It's not too late."

Looking at the eerie figure of the armoured Commando appearing beside them, Connor looked to the dark haired woman and nodded, before shooting a warning glance to Nima as he turned back and amplified all the technique he had to try and talk to the monster lumbering underneath them.

 

[Matsu Ike]

LOCATION: Akala's Back
Enemies/Allies:

She hadn't been able to keep up, following the feeling in her gut more as she saw others and rushed. The blade of beginnings in her hand for a moment before she was focusing on it. The generator in its hilt activating for her benefit as Matsu let the world around her become muted slightly with a film to obscure her movements. She was rushing forward and trying to listen to what she could find. She recognized the image of [member="Connor Harrison"] and felt something good was coming from it while holding the blade in two hands to keep her stealth field up.

 

[Verz Horak]

[member="Siigryt"] [member="Arla Balor"]
Location: Edge of Field of Blades and Sanctuary
Allies: Arla Blaor
Enemies: Unknown

Verz almost jumped when the shimmering entity appeared. His battle instincts drove him into a defensive posture, sword ready to slice into his opponent. He shouted.

"Arla get back!"

He then turned his attention back to the being.

​"What do you want?"

 

[Onrai]

Location: Arion/The Netherworld
Objective: Figure out what's going on and how to stop it
Allies: Who knows?
Enemies: [member="Akala"] and all with her

Crashing through the Rift of War was an Eightgun-class fighter, one that Jentara - nay, Circe - had piloted through now that it had grown significantly. She was several meters above the ground and, with the ship's power completely non-functional, her only option was to blow the canopy out and jump. She took a tumble upon landing, but swiftly picked herself up off her feet. A strange feeling washed over her as she eyed the massive, hulking monstrosity that had once been the beautiful young woman named Akala.

Where had things gone wrong? Where had the young Kwa princess turned into such a twisted entity of Chaos, a demon of the Force to the tremendous degree? The only answer she could ever hope to receive would be if she was able to get her, if it could be called her, attention. She had ended up about a hundred yards from Akala's location. The feeling of wind blew from behind her, and yet what she had truly worn seemed nary to ruffle. So she spoke to the powerful entity, not knowing if she could acquire the attention of Akala - but she was going to try.

Akala... What happened to you? It seems as though it was merely yesterday that you and I first set eyes upon one another... That was when things changed. I know what you are - you're mad. Frustrated. And I've felt the same way. But this isn't how to set things right, Akala. Whether He is alive or not - would he want you to try and tear the wall between life and death apart? If he is alive, because you seem to have his power, he will likely fall to the dead. And if he is deceased... Is he not your thrall?

Circe knew that the binary had to remain undisturbed. You have such power, such capabilities beyond anything I could ever dream of, Akala... Use it for creation and good, not senseless chaos like this. She had been on the end of 'senseless chaos' one too many times in her life, after all. Now was the opportunity to make sure that she had something left to come home to once this was over.

Please... Tell me why you are doing this. I care about you enough that I want to help you, Akala - but I can't do that without knowing what brought you here, to the final solution. Just tell me...

Please...

 

[Arla Ordo]

Location: Edge of the Field of Blades and Sanctuary
Enemies: Unknown
Allies: [member="Verz Horak"]

Arla gasped at the sight of the shimmering being. Never had she seen this, but was this entity friend or foe? [member="Siigryt"] what did she mean when she said there was a price, "What kind of price?" Arla could pull her pistol if needed, but as long as the creature before them made no motion to attack, she felt no reason to show agression.

She knew Verz was reacting out of years of combat, it was his instinct to protect. Arla tried to study the creature it was translucent there but not there, but what was it? A ghost, another figmentation of this place, which she knew had to be hell. It would explain why she saw the faces she did among the groups that had moved on them. How they had gotten here still remained a mystery.

Was she dead?