Quinn's Jedi Trials

[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Nico was unsure in some things when she worked with it, really she had to find a way to handle her own insecurities when presenting the different cases. She had sought to see what she could do with Quinn but her padawan was very... minimal in most cases wanting to let the ones like [member="Coci Heavenshield"] and [member="Connor Harrison"] see her in action when she went through the trials themselves. Having taught her the beginnings and hopefully advanced forms of Ateru.... which she hadn't used that much or the force skills that she was able to do but.... Nico was just nervous thinking about the many things that could go wrong for the girl herself in this situation as her trials had come from Iella the refounder of the order. That had a lot of weight in some cases and the small atrisian dancer jedi in her bodysuit changed its color to a brown when she spoke. "Quinn this is very important, the jedi trials can be very dangerous if you are not careful and all of the tests you face are to show your skills and knowledge. Everything you have learned as a padawan."

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would take a nervous breath. This was the time she had been waiting for since she became a padawan, that had been a very very long time ago. Over 800 years ago master Windu had seen something in her he liked. She had been trained by him for years, that was until she lost him to the blade of a sith and a fall. She had seen her share of hardships, she had ran across the galaxy for months then she was finally caught. She had been frozen in carbonite for 800 years. When she woke she was blind and wandering around sick for a few hours. She would then begin trying to put her life back together. She would have found her way back to the Jedi and a new master. She didn't want to lose this one as she had master Windu and she would hear what was said and nod

"I won't let you down master." SHe would say not only directed to Nico but also to Mace Windu wherever his spirit was

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Looking at Quinn fo this Nico gave a nod of her head. "Alright then, the first is the trial of skill, how you handle a lightsaber, how you move and most important how you react in a situation." Nico looked at her padawan and then at the battle who was there to give the test. Wearing the newest well gear for testing with the beacon of the lightside when he held a saber staff to match the padawan. Asmart piece of equipment to bring to the trial for this and she spoke. "Use your staff and winning is not the goal, you want to show your knowledge, you want to show you can remain calm and without distract in the duel itself." She backed away for a moment and didn't have her aegis gloves on but she was liking the looks of it when the battlemaster moved getting into a ready stance. "Whenever you are ready to begin padawan."

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would pull her own saberstaff, as she did she would have a glimpse of making it with her former master. She would clear this from her mind and ignite both blades. She would begin to spin the staff in a protective motion. She would focus on her enemy, she would lock eyes with him not looking at his blade. She knew the best way to know when your enemy would strike was to look at the eyes. The blade could lie, the eyes could not. She would not strike out but wait for him to move, she maintained calm. As she had been taught by not only Nico but also Mace.

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

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Nico had moved and found a place she could be to sit and observe. The other masters would be able to come with them, they might be able to look at her and offer advice for the continued goals going forward. "Good luck." She said it with her voice low having a small look though when she saw the battlemaster holding the blade and he had gotten some footing moving around her. Nico had explained what forms Quinn had been wanting to learn, Ateru and he moved quickly and used the wall to leap at her with a quick strike to test her blades.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would instantly flip her blade to block his and then she would leap over the battlemaster flipping and spinning her blades trying to get him off balance as she brought her blade around spinning and leaping off of the wall trying to catch him off balance. All this time she would keep her eyes locked with his not letting his blade fool her, she was ready for anything he would come at her with.

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

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Nico saw how the battlemaster reacted, Quinn's block was to jump up towards an incoming blade and expose herself to more danger trying to flip. The practicality of acrobatics vs leaving yourself opened or going into a situation while his body spun around to meet her and he didn't need to balance more. She was above and coming at him, all her needed was to plant his feet and rotating the blade into a spin to go after hers. Keeping the pressure up as his speed increased with the attacks. To go for a sweep of her feet and hook underneath with one strike, then bring the blade around and down towards her shoulder.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

She would leap his blade and then meet his strike with one of her own. She would then strike down towards his hand hoping for a hit. She would then circle him again remembering what her master had said about keeping moving. She would strike with one blade towards his legs and then bring the other over towards his shoulder. She would still focus on his eyes not losing focus and also open herself to the force and doing all of this while managing her own weapon

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

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She watched the fight and was unsure while the battlemaster continued to move and stay there. Nico could make out her movements and how erratic it was while she turned over with a couple of the things. moving his hand along the hilt before moving with the blow to twirl the blade and let its momentum come at her. Nico cringed a little though while she was walking and seeing the movement when the batlemaster mirrored Quinn jumping with his blade blocking the strike. She knew skill wise most couldn't compete with a battlemaster in combat and so she doubted her padawan had the skill to beat him down but she was moving somewhat. Though it was still stiff and static, no movement that was less predictable as she heard his voice. "Did your master teach you to only keep yours eyes on your opponents face? It is not a sound dueling technique. Your saberstaff is an extension of your skill, use it with your movements."

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would hear his voice but not let it get to her. She would try to keep him out of her head but she would not be able to. She would then try to keep her block up but she would be getting emotional over his comment about her master, she had lost him and not like his tone. She would try to hold her tears back, they welled in her striking violet eyes. She would try to keep moving but would soon stumble. She would kip up but it would go down hill

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Nico was watching her and the work that went into it, allowing the force energies to reach out to sense her padawans actions but she seemed to be going into it now when Nico watched the battlemaster maintain it all. He was pressing the advantage given as just a few words had gotten her to tear up and she was making mistakes until moving around the area and moving in towards Quinn for the disabling blow when they wanted to move off with Nico herself leanig forward more to watch with a little excitement.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would sense this blow coming and attempt to dodge it. She would be able to and she would lash out and go for her own disabling blow. She was fairly certain she would fall and if that were the case she would be ready to try to deflect the next block. She wanted to prove herself worthy of Knighthood

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

THe battlemaster was movng, his wrist rotating the blade over to block her strike as it just seemed to be a flailing before stepping back a little to prepare himself. "You need to move with a purpose, keeping your energies and focus in a battle is important as is not wasting your movements. A jedi should maintain focus at all times when in a battle. it keeps their emotions in control and doesn't let anger cloud their judgement. Just flailing around in place is the quickest way to fail this test padawan."

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would take this and move around him looking for any weak points in his guard. She would find that his guard was a little too high and she decided to try to use this to her advantage. She would swing at his blade to try to confuse him before bring the other end of her staff around and striking at his legs, if the strike hit its mark Quinn would then strike his arm to make him let go of the his staff before she went for the disabling blow. However if it didn't she would be ready and able to continue moving.

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Nico watched as the battlemaster moved and Nico could see it in his actions. It wasn't thought it was the mind reacting quickly while he was moving towards her blade spinning the blade to block and alternate as he jumped around. Taking it and pushing back to strike towards Quinn's shoulder as he seemed to levitate for a moment when he was striking after her and Nico spoke looking at some of the others there to observe. 'She is not as fast and her mind is thinking to much. in combat there is only so much speed between your brain and the movement so just react with the force.'

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would suddenly just stop thinking and her muscles would take control. She would jump again and let her blades work against his, she didn't know it at the time but she was striking with much more force and intensity. She would jump sideways and strike towards his abdomen and continue not thinking letting her focus waver for even one second

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

Nico was watching and Quinn was trying to do it but trying to let your body commune and work with the force took masters decades to learn. Padawans being able to do it with no real training was something that could be used and not risk harming yourself. The battlemaster looked at her while he moved back and brought his blade around to block and go for a saber lock against quinn before Nico was watching. "Careful padawan, skills like that aren't something you just want to use."

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would bring herself back under control but still not think too much about anything at all and it seemed to help. She moved faster and more fluently striking and backing away before moving in for the disabling strike. She would strike at his shoulder

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[Nico Ike Qarmast]

[member="Quinncolson"]

NIco was watching quinn and she was unsure what she was doing, her padawan had moved from acrobatics that provided little advantag and left her open to just trying to mimic a masters moves to now almost dancing. It was confusing and she hoped she didn't rush her but was watching the battle master as the man moved. His blade spinning in his hands to block the fairly simple strike. There wasn't pressure, there wasn't force it was strike, move forward, strike move back and try to disable when he could keep with it and maintained his solid footing. Her ateru style almost abandoned when she saw the battlemaster advance and go with her strikes. Pushing forward and not retreating back just advancing to try and break both her stance again as well as lock up her saber blade with quicker speed.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn saw what was happening and automatically went on the attack. She had had about enough of standing there and letting herself be attacked. She would spin her saberstaff faster just keeping control of it. She would send strike after strike at him remembering her original training with master Windu where he taught her a style that was unused by most Vaapad, so now she would begin to use that he had told her to use this she would need to summon the darkness from her into her blade and she had a lot of that these days.

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