Naega jeil jal naga

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Nefertari Sovint"] [member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Rafeesh"]

Location: The Dune Seas

Nico was standing there as her attention went to a few of the things, all around her... well mostly it was the heat and dryness of the desert laying on the outer layer of robes she had to keep the sand from getting everywhere in her pants or shirt. She had already stripped it off and had it tied to allow her skin to breathe and the sweat on her stomach to not soak through the icy blue undershirt. Another layer was around her head to collect the sweat as she still felt herself drinking excessive water and panting.

"It is dry as chaos ballsack out here, whose idea was this again?" She said it to the group that had come along and thinking about it as she suddenly remembered. "h right this was might idea, moving on. Does anyone know which way we were headed?" She should have nagged the one jedi to ask for directions but males always knew where they were going and didn't need to ask for directions when they had the gps.... Never ask for directions again her tiny brown butt.

Nico stood up and shook what sand she could off her robe while wrapping it around her waist and walking to meet the others who would be around their small camp as she was looking for something of a sign they were heading to find the krayt dragons and caves. Nico took a moment to look at the three jedi and tapped her chest. "I am so concave." She was moving with her saber gauntlets at the ready while she was going. "Alright lets go find ourselves a krayt dragon and hope he is in a friendly mood."

 

[Jsc]

Samantha perked her head up and out from the engine block of the T-9 airspeeder. With a moment to spare around the tiny camp, she figured there was enough time to check the fluids.

"Ah! Excellent timing Knight Jedi. I'll just slap the hood back down and finish her up."

Clad in light brown leathers and wearing a mesh-coolant garment underneath her shirt, Sam 'Kazzy' Kazroy was happy to tag along. She'd never seen a Krayt Lizard up close before. This would be a wonderful chance to do just that.

"All set. She's ready for another voyage across the sand. ...Um. How far was it out to the caverns and back? I'm sure I brought enough fuel but, you never know? Hehe."

She rubbed her neck and shrugged with a smile. The last thing Kazzy wanted right now was to get stuck out in the middle of the desert. Bleh. She had enough sand in her boots as it was already. Good grief.

"Anyway. Ready when you are."

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"] , [member="Rafeesh"] , [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Rafeesh]

Rafeesh had been meditating, he needed to center himself before going, there was much he had to contemplate as well. After the battles on Denova and Kashyyyk he was glad to be getting some rest, even if was a hunt. All the fighting had worn him quite bad. His master had sent him out to get a crystal for his first lightsaber after becoming a Jedi. He had at one point had a double bladed saber, but that ad been his weapon as a Sith, he was no longer one. He still had to fight daily those memories that flooded him, the darkness that had followed him.

When [member="Nico Minuro Ike"] arrived he smiled as he shook himself fully. He responded, "Then let's get going. I am ready when you are all."

[member="Sam Kazroy"]

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

Tatooine had never been a fun place to be. Every time Nefertari came here, it was like a hardcore all natural exfoliation. Sure, her skin benefitted, but it felt like being in a sandblaster combined with an oven. Already the Jedi had her top robe tied about her waist.

Last time she'd been here, Nef had found one of the lightsaber hilts hanging from her belt in the sand. She was still researching the weapon's previous owner.

Her feelings had told her to come along on this trip. Even if she was along simply for Krayt defense.
Nefertari threw a water pack on her shoulders
"I am ready to depart whenever you are"

​

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"], [member="Sam Kazroy"], [member="Rafeesh"]​

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Nefertari Sovint"] [member="Rafeesh"] [member="Sam Kazroy"]

Nico was looking at all of them and at Sam as she gave a nod of her head. they could travel in style with a busted AC cause of course it was broken.... broken AC's in the desert were as common as jedi wearing robes she had found though while moving to join Sam and motioned for them. "Come on ramblers lets get rambling." A grin on her face though while she was reaching out and preparing for the fun, looking at Nefertari and Rafeesh as she motioned them to climb in while she spoke. "Come on lets go and find a dragon, might even rescue a princess or something... or she'll have something tell us she is in another cave."

 

[Jsc]

Sam wanted to make a joke about plumbers and mushrooms but decided against it. Rather, she closed the lid to the vehicle and moved to the driver's seat. Starting up the speeder and nodding with satisfaction.

"Climb aboard. [member="Nico Minuro Ike"] , you've got shotgun. I'll need directions if we are going to find a dragon, ya know."

Once everybody was aboard she hit the accelerator and propelled them out and into the desert. Sam wrapped her face in a warm cloth and put on her dark goggles. The windshield of the vehicle did little to keep the vast desert from being, a vast desert.

She flicked on the radio and stumbled through a few channels. Sadly, Tatooine had no Classic Rock stations. Well. It didn't have any radio stations actually. Go figure. So Kazzy shrugged and turned it off. So much for road tripping in style. Good grief.

 

[Rafeesh]

Rafeesh admitted to himself that at least a number of these people were amusing in their humor. He had not met a person with humor in quite a long time and he was sad to think that he himself had lost a fair deal of his humor over the years. That was something he missed, the ability to joke quickly and easily in a calm and regular situation, now his humor really only showed itself in dire times like a battle. It was an unfortunate short coming. He looked forward to the day that he could focus his efforts on less destructive goals.

As the T-9 lifted into the air, Rafeesh felt his hand clench. He could remember seeing a number of speeders very much like this one back before the stasis. They had not had the greatest reputation, from his memory anyways. He did not like flying under the best of circumstances after an incident on Rocha during a Republic invasion, but this certainly was not the best. At least the light reflecting off the bright sand was enough to distract him. He would have added something to the conversation, but he did not have much to say.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"] [member="Sam Kazroy"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Rafeesh"] [member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

Nico looked at them and climbed to her position as shotgun as she spoke lookig at sam. "Totally should have smoked a pack of cigs a day for this but here comes the line." She waited for a moment with the others to get in and pointed. "Jedi Rollout." Her voice as gruff as she could make it while looking forward and ready for the excitement that came from hunting down a krayt... not knowing if the sand people were going to attack you or something. They might even get to ride a bantha for no other reason then who doesn't want to ride one to say they had. She had her saber gauntlets ready and was paying more attention in case something else came after them.

 

[Jsc]

The ride through the desert was mostly unmentionable. They saw the sites and mused about the animals. They passed dunes and rock and canyon walls. Finally tumbling down a salty ridgeline where large rock formations jutted up from the sandy landscape. Creating enough shadow and diversity to amuse Sam and the group for a moment's reprieve. Kazzy parked in the shade of one of the large pillars and killed the engines.

"Okay. This is the place marked on the map. From here all we have to do is locate either the cave or our dragon's food source. He's like to be lurking around either one, I'm sure."

Sam hoped down from the speeder and began to unpack the saddle bags. Gathering her equipment for the footwork ahead of them. It was time to hike the ridge lines and mountain expanse of the dragon's lofty domain.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"] [member="Rafeesh"]

 

[Rafeesh]

Rafeesh watched the changes in the environment. There wasn't much variation in the landscape. It was all sand, dunes of sand, and skeletons of creatures that lived in the sand. It was a bleak place, even if it were bright. He jumped off the speeder when their trip finally ended. Once on the sand, he stretched it was good to be off of that. Now would come the interesting part, finding and perhaps slaying the beast.

"Good, need the exercise before we fight something like a krayt." He said, taking a few steps forward. He looked forward to this fight, he had never faced a krayt dragon before. "Out of curiosity, if this supposed to be a greater krayt dragon or a canyon krayt?"

[member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Nico Minuro Ike"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

"Out of curiosity, if this supposed to be a greater krayt dragon or a canyon krayt?"

"It is possible we could run into both, or even neither. I can sense your excitement, padawan. However, know that greater krayts are no joke. Even an old one can give three jedi a good fight."

Nef jumped off the speeder and into the sand

"About seven centuries, and it seems as though nothing has changed here."

An amused smile came to Nefertari's face as she remembered [member="Zak Dymo"]'s comment
"It's like an endless beach!"
Indeed he was right about that.
Then she remembered that She'd promised to take her padawan to Naboo. She still needed to do that.

[member="Rafeesh"], [member="Sam Kazroy"], [member="Nico Minuro Ike"]​

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"] [member="Rafeesh"]

Which one.... Nico was thinking about it as she climbed out of the speeder and looked at the padawan and Nef for a moment. "Both is good." Not really but she knew that if you were going to test yourself you needed to go at it hard and see what you could do before falling... Or at least well she wanted to try and push herself. "We'll have fun padawan just remember that the bigger they are the thicker that hide is and the more bantha's they might have laying around to use as cover." Se offered a friendly smile though while looking out into the desert as they were walking again. "Well at least it can't get any hotter, all cooler and colder from here." Oh yeah the motivation to not be out in the middle of the desert at nightwith all that heat away. She was ready for anything while walking and the sound of a dragon in the distance came but she couldn't see more of it. "That sounded a ways off."

 

[Jsc]

As the group moved away from the shadow of the speeder Kazzy checked her gun. She'd brought a blaster long-rifle just for this hunt. Remembering to do her best to not be anywhere near the creature when it finally found them. Bleh.

"I think you're right Knight [member="Nico Minuro Ike"] . That did indeed sound like our dragon."

Sam slung her rifle over her shoulder and began to climb up the next sandy ridge line. Taking note of an especially large rock formation nearby. Hmm. Yes. That would probably do. Sam could climb that towering red rock and get a better view. Perfect for sniping as well. She had decided,

"I'm going to take a moment to climb that rock pillar there. Once I'm at the top I'll take a look around for our dragon. Until then, you guys and gals can continue heading west towards the sound. Might be an oasis that way too. The map wasn't really clear."

She gave a nod and began to vault up the rockside. Using the Force to anchor and push herself forward. A more Jedi way of climbing I suppose. Though, it would still take her a moment to vault all the way to the top.

 

[Rafeesh]

Rafeesh heard the sound of the dragon. It was chilling and struck him as strange coming from a creature of such size. He checked his training saber again, still it felt wrong to him. It did not have the weight of the double saber he used to carry. He looked forward to this expedition, it would get him a crystal for his lightsaber. He would bring that back to Mantic and hopefully it would be relatively soon thereafter that he would build his lightsaber. He decided that this first blade would be a single. It would be a sign of rebirth in this time. He was starting over and now he would be free of the darkness.

He nodded when [member="Sam Kazroy"] spoke and suggested they continued on. He began moving in a westerly direction, keeping his senses alert in case they came across the dragon sooner than expected. The last thing he wanted was to be caught offguard by a beast that could swallow him in one go.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

The dragon's sounds echoed

"That would be a krayt, alright."

Nef continued on with [member="Rafeesh"], keeping her senses alert
"I am unsure of the distance, but I sense sand people closer to us than the dragon. Be cautious."

Today was one of Nefertari's better days. Sure, Gherron put himself into exile. If that's what he needed to set himself right, she was fine with that. However, she couldn't shake the feeling that something had happened.

The dragon roared again, louder this time.
"It is alerted to our presence."
An instant later Nefertari's lightsaber hilt was in her hand.

[member="Nico Minuro Ike"], [member="Sam Kazroy"], [member="Rafeesh"]​

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Nefertari Sovint"] [member="Rafeesh"] [member="Sam Kazroy"]

Nico gave a nod to Sam who was heading up and she looked at Nef shrugging in the universal signal of I have no frakking clue. She had to be honest and hearin he dragon more while she reached out with her senses she had to admit to a few things..... She was kind of hoping the sand people would not find them or it... cause then it might get awkward if they are trying to kill it and them. They might have to be forced to deal with the possibility of a chance the dragon ewating them would keep them alive and while it might be selfish...When someone shoots at you, if you can't shoot back right away you should at least be able to root for the thing making them stop... But she was overthinking it while she walked and got through some rocks using her size to her advantage while there were small tremors and some pebbles jumped up and down. "It is close enough to make impact tremors."

 

[Jsc]

Sam vaulted to the top of the rocks and settled in. Sure enough, there was their dragon. The lizard was reclining easily in the sun. Slapping it's tail against the ground to drive off a local grouping of scavenger animals. That must have been what was causing all the fuss.

"Okay people, look alive down there. He's right on the other side of that crest. Reclining on a large boulder and playing with some local wamp rats."

The dragon seemed distracted in his fun. Good. That meant it hadn't smelled them yet. Sam smiled at the thought and laid down on her belly. Setting up her gun and checking the sights.

She was ready for a shootout now.

"[member="Rafeesh"] , he's all yours."

 

[Rafeesh]

Well, it was a short search. He would have expected much more time spent in the sand on a world as vast as this. He was not complaining of course, this planet held no fond memories and as with most people he did not want to be in this oppressive heat any longer than necessary. He was glad that the creature was so close, and wondered if perhaps [member="Nico Minuro Ike"] had seen it on the way down and had tried to direct them towards it.

Whether or not that was so, the beast was here and they had to take it down. He could remember hearing tales that the pearls that built up in the Krayt's stomach could be used as good crystals, though they were difficult to install in most lightsabers. He had also heard of other crystals that could be found on Tatooine, though Rafeesh doubted that they would see them soon.

He focused his mind on this task. He would have to face a Krayt Dragon with the Force, a training saber, and his allies. It would be interesting. He wondered for a moment whether thus would be worth a lot of Jagaanath points to the trandoshans, an irrelevant thought to be sure. "Want me to lead this guy anywhere? Or just charge him?"

[member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Rafeesh"] [member="Sam Kazroy"] [member="Nefertari Sovint"]

Nico was looking at them as she moved and could hear the creature now with a nod towards Sam. They had been working on things and getting some of the work up there before she was running and leaping onto a rock with the sounds of the creature in front of them. "I'd say we charge it and get it to open for Sam to shoot." She said it guessing but had a few ideas while running and preparing more with her body sucking in to cartwheel between two rocks and see the large beast come sweeping down the sands almost on its belly with a roar before she kicked off a rock crackling pink judgement between her fingers and onto him.