Stark [Georgie Boy]

[Coci Heavenshield]

Voss Temple​

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Storage Room A9​

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Her involvement in the war on Lujo was a stark reminder to Coci of just what the Jedi are up against with the One Sith. Although Thurion and herself were victorious that day, the battle always takes it's toll, not only to remove part of ones soul when one takes a life, but on energy and skills. They are tested, to beyond limits .. even for masters.

Jedi have, at their disposal, many powers in which to do this, in which to defend themselves as well as those they protect, but not all Jedi can or will have the capacity to become powerful in all skills, it is just not possible. There simply is not enough time in ones life to complete such a task, even if a Jedi was to forsake everything, all things in life to live like love, and family and friends, and only train .. they would never complete their 'mission'.

Coci is here standing in this stark storage room, a room the Silver Jedi use for general purposes to run the Temple, supplies for sleeping quarters, the mess hall, laundry and refresher facilities etc, etc. And so the vast room is loaded with all manner of crates and equipment, and bits and pieces. She waits for George, to continue his training ..

[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

It was another day in paradise, Voss George's home for some time now had offered yet another day of sunshine and blue skies. However as the past few months had left George away from home quite a bit it was time to get back to basics. Training. Something George hadn't focused on in some time, partly due to the arrival of Nena who George had been taken care of since the loss of her parents.

This morning Nena was sent of with her auntie Kixi in order for George to continue his training as a Jedi. Today he was meeting with Master Coci, a close friend and fellow member of the Assembly. She was a great guide for George and helped him through many tough challenges. Malachor V, one of George's hardest times, but something he got through because of Master Coci.

But today was a new day. And what Coci had in store for him, no one knew. He made his way to the stark storage room where Coci had directed him to. As he entered he knocked gently before poking his head inside. "Master Coci?" He peered through the opening, making sure he had the right room before entering. "I'm here, good to see you again Master." He spoke with a gentle nod of a appreciation. George waited for the response of the Master Jedi.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

As George entered the room, the medical droid followed behind him. "Greetings Master Heavenshield, I have the medical supplies you requested". It said with a monotone voice, the droid would remain for the training session in case needed. Coci thanked the droid and indicated for it to move to the side.

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"Good to see you to George, you look well", hopefully he would be in the same condition at the end of all this. "Now, the reason I have requested your presence, is so that we can continue your training in Tutaminis. Now that you have reached the skill level of knighthood, it is time to up the ante", she could not help smiling.

"Before we start are there any questions".

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

It was time, after having their training cut midway through he had not fully learnt the skill of Tutaminis, a skill involving the absorption of huge amounts of energy through ones extremities, and in masterful displays through any part of the body. However it required great concentration and a strong knowledge of the force. It was no simple trick by any means.

"Thank you Master, you too look well." He replied as he gave a gracious nod before Master Coci continued on why she had brought the Knight here. She seemed excited for the training, a smile beamed across her face as she waited to see if the Jedi Knight had any questions before they begun. "No, I think I am ready. But thank you for the medical droid, hopefully we won't need him." George replied looking over at the medical droid that waiting in the corner of the room. He didn't really feel like being hurt today, so he had better do this right.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"Well hopefully the droid will not be needed, but we need to go over what you learned before", this would be his warm up exercise before the main 'event'. "So tell me what you remember, regarding the theory", she said while preparing her small blaster, setting it to stun.

Coci walked around the room to find the best position to run the training. Moving some crates to the side and creating a long area for them to stretch out in. When that was completed, she moved to the end of the room and waited for George to speak and ready himself.

"Remember, focus. This will require all of your concentration until such time as you are more in tune with the skill". She would start slowly, at first ..

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

As Master Coci asked George to think about the last training he had in Tutaminis it took a little to remember what was said, but soon enough he had some answers. "I remember, it involves a huge amount of focus. You need to focus on creating a web like around you hand where the energy is going to be absorbed from. However once you've absorbed it you need to release the energy as well." He replied as he looked down at his hands as Coci roamed the room looking for the right spot.

"Now I think about it, I do have one question. How do you find the best way to release the energy, especially in a way that isn't dangerous to everything around you?" This was one bit of Tutaminis he found hard to grasp. He understood the absorbing of energy, but how to get rid of it again without being explosive... That was going to be the test for him today.

As they set up George looked down at Coci at the other end of the room, she held her blaster as George's heart raced a little faster. He took a few deep breaths as he calmed himself down.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"I am pleased to hear you have remembered, I want you to start focusing now pulling the force to your body and hands to form the protective webbing". She was ready as soon as George gave her the signal. There is no need for sudden 'attacks', not here in training.

"It depends of the amount of energy you absorb as to how you release it. For example, if you take on blaster bolt and absorb that energy you would probably not need to or you would through the use of the force in a fight. But if you take some more powerful or high energy, you would need to release it through the force immediately or in due course else you would be consumed by it".

"For the moment I shall start you off mild and work our way up from there", she too eyes the surroundings, if they make a mess so be it.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

As Coci explained relief poured through George, he understood more now that before. He also understood that he would need to train a lot in it before it became natural. "Alright thanks Master." He replied with a smile as he looked up at her before taking a deep breath in and focusing on the task at hand.

He summoned the force to flow through him, for a few moments the concentration was clearly evident on his face, focusing on one area he looked, not blinking an eye. He could feel it flowing through him, to his hand. An invisible lining being created around the edge of his hand. Slowly but surely it was spreading around, and soon enough he could feel his hand engulfed in a web.

"I'm ready." The words fled from his mouth, calm and quiet trying to maintain his focus. He waited for the inevitable blaster bolt to be fired, would his focus and concentration pay off? Well only time would tell. He waited for Coci to pull the trigger and watch as the bolt came straight for him.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

She pressed her lips together in order to stifle a laugh. Coci could sense his apprehension and nerves which is understandable since he was about to be shot at. So she would not let him wait a moment longer.

Her arm raised, blaster set the stun, fired the first bolt, aim to his side to pass him if the mark was not met by his hand. This was gentle, mild compared for what is to come.

Once the bolt had been discharged, Coci lowered her arm and watched. He was either going to have paid attention to previous lessons and absorb it, or have a sore numb hand. No matter, he has two hands.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

George's heart races, almost as fast as the bolt that was flying towards him. He stuck his hand out in front of the blast, not giving an inch. Keeping his concentration focused on his hand and nothing else. The bolt struck his hand, expecting pain to shoot down his arm he waited. But instead a surge of energy rushed through him. He jumped and jerked as the energy that was flowed through him wasn't to be expected, in a way.

After a few moments to understand his predicament he calmed down and looked at his hand, rubbed it a few times with the other and looked in astonishment. It worked. He managed to absorb the energy from the shot and end up unscathed. A great first step. "I did it Master! I mean I can still feel my hand, and I... I can't explain it, I feel as if I could run for miles right now..." The energy that flowed through him gave him a buzz, something he had not experienced before. He now understood more on what Master Coci meant regarding the release of the energy, since it was a low energy hit, there was no need to release it immediately. Instead George enjoyed a time where he felt on top of the world.

But then again, that was only the first test, and it took him a good five minutes to prepare, he would definitely need to improve on that for the future.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

She could not help but smile at George for several reasons. He was a giddy as a school boy, delighted in his achievement to which she was proud of, and he is pumping with energy from the blaster. With a small laugh, "Go for a force jump around the room". she was not joking although it would appear so.

While he did that, Coci set the blaster to full. Live bolts this time, and he would need to focus more .. much more. He must removed the emotion, find his inner peace to concentrate. Yes she loves the old code... it works!

George moved back prepared. "Again I will fire to your side. Focus George this is a live shot", she looked over to the medical droid, hopefully George would not see that shift in gaze. Coci is just a nervous as him now, if he does not complete the task he could damage his hand very severely. Coci stepped back a couple of paces, just to give George more time to receive the shot.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

The excitement George displayed spread throughout the room, a smile drew to Master Coci's face. She could see the energy inside George, it was tremendous. Being serious and as a joke she told George to force jump around the room, to release some of the energy. So he did just that. It was much simpler than usual, the force mixed with the energy inside him practically bounced out of him with the though of it. For a few minutes George bounced around the room, gracefully as possible without breaking anything, running across walls release the energy he had just received.

As George began to settle down he returned to his spot. Waiting for the next test, he looked at Coci before she spoke, a look of hope and worry ran across her face. George soon found out why. Live rounds would be his next test. "Yes Master." He replied, simple, easy, but precise. He took a deep breath, calming himself and preparing for the next test. He closed his eyes, missing his Masters quick glance over at the medical droid. George had forgotten about its presence, as its non-organic machine was lost in the room. George focused, placing his hand out, letting everything inside of him slow, letting it flow to his hands, his fingers. Awaiting the next test. The next shot.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"Use both hands to 'catch' the bolt, this will give you more ability to absorb the live round", she raised the blaster once more. Many years Coci had operated as an assassin, her unnatural ability to be deadly accurate had been because of hours of practice coupled with the use of the force. Even in the days she had rejected the force, it was always there to guide her whether she listened or not. This skill remains with her, and as the bolt flew from the barrel it was on target for George's chest.

She held her breath the entire time, it was like everything had stopped and the only thing she could see was the green blaze of the bolt rapidly arcing toward him. Coci was ready, however. Ready to propel toward George should the worst happen and the droid noted the importance of this moment as well. A constant read out from a scanner feeding the droid George's life signs and heart rate.

Now all she could do was wait.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

George listened to Master Coci's advice and placed his left hand behind his right, creating a larger barrier. He hoped that Coci was right and that it would be able to absorb the blast. Otherwise, that medical droid would be needed quickly.

He nodded at his Master, prepared for the fire that was about to happen. He concentrated with all his might letting the force run through him, he could feel the build up in his hands, the layer that had been created over his hands seemed stronger than before. He waited... The room was silent, Coci prepared to fire, her finger on the trigger.

She pulled it, a blast of green light came flying at George's chest, which were luckily behind his hands. The green bolt disappeared. But not without a reaction. Unlike last this wasn't as clean. "Owch!" He yelped as he jumped around the room. He was partially successful with this test, he had managed to absorb the majority of the hit, but it had taken its toll. Burns had gripped the young Knights hands, pain raced through him like nothing else. The feeling was unique, the pain plus the energy, a weird mix for George.

"I think..." He began as he calmed down still clutching his hands breathing heavily as he tried to subdue the pain inside. "I think I did it." He continued as he finally looked at his hands. They were singed, the blackness of it came through, shocking George. "My... My hands..." He stumbled as he soon realized there was no holes. "But... No holes." A small smile overcame the pain, he was happy, he managed to stop the bolt, although not competently, but he didn't die, nor did he have a hole in him anywhere.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

An arm raised up for the medical droid to go and see too George. Until the all clear, she will not continue with the training, but there was so much more to come. Coci walked over the George and smiled, yes he had done it and it is a very good start. But blaster bolt are but one thing to defend against and soon she would test him on something more powerful.

Firstly, however, we had to get passed this part of the lesson. "Good work, George", she said before indicating for him to release the energy before the droid would fix his hand. "If you need to .. smash something, I believe those crates are empty". She smiled but was serious, he needed to expel the build up.

After this, with his hand mended Coci handed him the blaster and walked back to position. "My turn", she simply said, and got ready to receive the fire. And he had better be ready for what would come at him next.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

With George bouncing around the room, he soon realized that it was not expending the energy as fast as he needed to. Master Coci had provided a release, the boxes in the room were apparently empty. She said he could smash them, George wasn't sure. But with the energy pouring through him he didn't really think much further than expelling the energy from his body.

He turned around towards one the boxes, raised both his fist whilst his legs boosted him into the air a little, to provide some added power. He swung his hands down expelling the energy from his body. His first hit the box and it crumbled, the box fell apart and dropped to the ground. He took a few deep breaths as his body became calm. "Thank you Master." He replied, now calm as the droid came over to assess his hand.

Whilst the droid did his thing George looked a Coci before speaking. "What a rush... I've never done anything like that before." He said as the droid finished up with the checking of the hand. There was some minor burns, but nothing serious.

Now it was Coci's turn, she passed George the blaster as she took up a position and prepared for the bolt. George walked over to the other side of the room and looked at the blaster before speaking. "So you want this set to stun... Or full power?" He asked as he looked up at his Master waiting for her decision. He expected her to pick a full charge, but he thought he would be nice and ask. But he was still a little confused on why she was taking the shot, surely she had done this a million times. There must have been more to it, but for now George hadn't thought that far ahead.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

"Full power George and fire off five rounds, and be ready for my 'reply'". She grinned.

Coci set her concentration through the force, focusing on George with his thoughts and movement. She could 'feel' his finger on the trigger ready and apprehensive coupled together. She pulled the protective layer over her skin not just her hands but her body and in time George would learn to do this as well. Although she is clothed and any shot getting passed her 'defenses' would burn them at least her body was protected.

The webbing of the force around her body felt warm and comforting and she trusted in it to serve her purpose.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

George was right, full power and five rounds... But wait for a reply? George was hesitant, what did she have planned? He lifted the blaster pointing the barrel directly at his Master. It was an odd feeling, but he trusted her to pull it off. His hands sweat as he took a moment to prepare himself, she was going to reply instantly and George needed to be ready. "Alright Master, here we go." George replied shakily.

He pulled the trigger and the first green bolt flew at Master Coci, he rinsed and repeated another 4 times in quick succession leaving five rounds honing in on Coci. He lowered the blaster as he waited for the reply, and to watch the Master at work. It was truly magnificent watching the preparation, concentration of the Master and even though George was know a Knight he would also see Master Coci as his Master, the one who taught him the most. And now it was time for his next lesson.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

Green light streaked across the hold as the bolts fired from the blaster. Coci's hands had been prepared to take the 'hits' as they approached. The first to came to her palm only a few seconds before the next four hot upon one another. It was like she had caught a ball, her hands suspending the energy ball between her palms which rotated and swirled with crackling power.

Coci did not absorb it, but rather captured it, collected it and compressed it into a ball and as soon as she had control she threw it back toward George, with her force push. The ball spun rapidly, white hot with a green center and he need to either dodge it or try to 'catch' it with both hands and take it into his body.

The amount of energy would required a rather great method to expel from him, and inexperience would require him to do it immediately. Telepathically connecting to George, she spoke quick. "Use the force, expel the energy through the force".

What form this would manifest is entirely up to George and his strongest force ability. He need no worry about the Hold, if it was to be destroyed.

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[member="George O Rourke"]​

 

[George O Rourke]

[member="Coci Heavenshield"]

George watched in ore as the blaster bolts flew at the Master. She was prepared though as it could be seen across her face. However as the blaster bolts reached her she did something amazing. Instead of absorbing it as she had taught George this day, she held them, moulded them into one ball of plasma and after a few moments force pushed it back in George's direction. Oh so this is what she meant. The thought ran through his mind as the blaster ball volleyed back at him. However during this time Coci made a quick call through the force, guiding George through this tough challenge.

With the ball returning to him at speed he didn't have a lot of time to gather his thoughts and prepare, probably what Master Coci planned all along. So he instinctively put both hands up in front of the bolt, guarding the rest of his body. He closed his eyes and concentrated allowing himself to becomes centred and focused on nothing but preparing his hands. It was almost as if time stood still. He kept his eyes closed throughout imagining it to be a simple blaster bolt. With his hands now wrapped by the webbing there was only milliseconds before the ball would hit.

A sudden rush of energy hit him, he slid back on the ground and as soon as he had absorbed it all his eyes widened with the energy coursing through his veins. He needed to release it and he needed to release it right now. He swung his hands behind his back and then threw them forwards, as if he was throwing a ball. In some senses he was, in others, he didn't. What came after was devastating. A force push of epic proportions originated from his hands. The shier force of it crumbled the wall in front of him leaving the building weak and and unstable. "Wow." The one word to describe the whole scenario. As he breathed deeply as he returned to his usual state.