The Gathering [Invite Only, PM if Missed]

[Nefertari Sovint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfbM3GTkTBo

Their blades locked, Nefertari once more used force speed, combining it with the one juyo technique she knew. Two of nine strikes hit Vader.
The dark lord smacked Nef across the face, making her cry out and fall to the ground. When Vader struck, she rolled around him and slammed the saber into his head.

Vader took a knee, his breathing seemed labored and he dropped his lightsaber. Nef had a choice to make here: kill him, or simply disarm.
The dark side beckoned "Slay him"

Nefertari prepared an electric judgment.

[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron watched as [member="Nefertari Sovint"] continued to attack the apparition, eventually bringing him to his knees. The look he saw in her eyes then, he knew she was trying to make a decision. When her hand lit up softly, the tell-tale sign of a ball of lightning, his eyes grew wide. "Nefertari!", he called out, trying to get her attention.

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

"Nefertari!" came the call from [member="Gherron Vael"]
She turned to him "What is it?"
Nef kept the lightning held back but aimed at Vader in case he recovered while she was talking.

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron's mind went to his own challenge. Her always fought his problems out. He'd killed before, Sith, pirates, many others. He had to find a way to not use force for once, and lay down his weapon. Calling upon the force, he lowered the icy walls back into the ground and walked over to her. "Don't do it. I don't know you that well, so I can't speak for you. But I know what it's like to fight every time we have the option. I don't think this is a test of physical strength."

[member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Ayden Quell]

Memories.
A simple reminder of life's beauty. Blissful rapture or desolate nightmare, it doesn't matter. In these moments, life is worth living.

Ayden Quell's unconscious was reminding him of this now as he lay paralyzed on the cold cavern floor. The vision of his parents did a number on him. To protect him, his unconscious had to work quickly. It was that or catastrophic failure. And now, under the psychic machinations, a blizzard of memories fell haphazardly on him. The accumulation of snowflakes kept him oddly cozy, as though a Jedi cloak was laid about his shoulders, but instead of a robe there was a blanket of warm snow.

Underneath this blanket, in the confines of Ayden's soul, his psychic underlings began work like Christmas elves. They toiled with haste, burning every last drop of the midnight oil. They pushed the gears of his body and pumped the blood through his veins, in order to give him time to remember that life was worth living. It was that or freeze to death, and while not a particularly pleasant way to go, it would be a physical manifestation of the apathy the Jedi Padawan felt.

But now those gears pushed, as relentless as the storm of memories, and embers became wildfires. The tongues of the flames licked, twisting and leaping their way up through his body. The inferno danced its waltz, exerting themselves against the blizzard and setting alight the boy's soul. Memories melted away and Ayden began to wake.

The slippery borders of dream land dissolved.

With a dull ache in his muscles, the young Human rose. Ayden had finally come back to the land of the living. His blue-gray eyes were luminescent with a brilliance hitherto unknown and his soul burned hotter than Tatooine's twin suns. In the depth of the cave, Ayden was a singular brilliant gleam. The darkness around him seemed to disappear -- the jig was up! -- its domain was no longer absolute.

Padawan Quell turned to the image of his father. The merciless eyes of his paternal unit bore down into the depths of his being, but the boy did not slacken. He did not cower. This was the confrontation, the supreme culmination of all the decisions the boy had made. In his heart, the battle of light and dark was now waged. It was the ne plus ultra. Would darkness return or would the light repel it?

Then, suddenly, Ayden was no longer the only light that burned.

Snap-hiss.

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

[member="Gherron Vael"] was right. Nef extinguished his lightsaber and returned it to him. With her now free hand, she force pulled Vader's lightsaber away from him and used the lightning on it. There was a smell of fried circuits and burning metal. The apparition stood up, bowed and vanished.
"Thank you Gherron" said Nefertari "Is it possible that we could see more of each other after this?"

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron gladly received his weapon back, clipping it to his belt. Offerin his best smile, he replied, "Anytime. You'll probably be seeing a lot of me around, actually. Now that I actually try to put some effort into the order, I'll be hanging around Tython and Ossus a lot. Sound good?"

[member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Sabena Shai]

Pointing at [member="Jack Rand"], Sabena asked him just after he said he had fallen from worse, “Are you in pain? I might be able to help.”

Then when [member="Sam Jhovna"]’s voice came from above, Sabena stepped forward so that she was just below the ledge. The light crystal illuminated her - revealing her for Sabena to see.

“Eh,” she said just after Sam asked if there was a pathway at Jack and Sabena’s level.

Turning to her right, Sabena saw the path that she had come from. It was very dark and would eventually come to a crossroad with three paths forward - one of which taking them back to the entrance of the cave.

Turning to her left, Sabena saw yet another path. It to Sabena as if this was the path forward - a gentle whistle of the wind, that only Sabena noticed, apparently coming from it.

Looking up, Sabena answered Sam with, “There’s a path that can take you back to the entrance, and another that keeps going forward.”

Gesturing to herself, Sabena introduced herself with, “My name’s Sabena Shai, by the way.”

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

"I'm often on Ossus now anyway. I look forward to seeing you." Nef picked up her nearly completed lightsaber and finished the last needed bits.

Nefertari's new lightsaber was complete!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rRQDs3kMhI

She ignited the blade for the first time. What had once been magenta now manifested as pink. Nefertari cut through the spire which had once borne her crystal and set it in the gap where the bridge had collapsed.
"This is a great lightsaber, the balance is lighter...nice"
Nef made her way to the entrance to the cave. If [member="Gherron Vael"] wanted her to accompany him, she would stay gladly.

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Gherron nodded in approval at [member="Nefertari Sovint"] 's new lightsaber. It was indeed a fine blade. Pulling his new crystal out of his pocket, he stared at it for a few seconds. He knew what he would do with that instantly. He'd make a new set of lightsabers. He'd been wanting to learn a dual-wielding fighting style for a while now, anyway. Running to catch up with his new friend, he thought he'd make some small talk. "So... You like pizza?"

 

[Jack Rand]

Jack smiled as the other girl showed some concern towards him, it's always nice to know that people care about how you are. "Don't worry about me luv, I've had worse than this." Jack tried to straighten out his posture, but his rib began to ache as he tried to do so but he tried to pretend like it was nothing. "See, what hurts most is my pride." Jack looked around the cave too, though he was too groggy to make out anything.

When the girl beside him told him about the exits, his eyes finally were able to make out two distinct caverns that led in separate directions. "Let's keep going forward, I should be fine so long as we don't run into anymore cliffs." Jack gave a bit of a chuckle, though when he laughs his rib stung again. He looked upwards toward where he heard [member="Sam Jhovna"]'s voice. "Jump down and I'll catch you." He was kidding of course and hoped that she wouldn't jump on him.

That's when the other girl introduced herself as [member="Sabena Shai"]. Jack turned to her and smiled a friendly smile and make a light joking bow. "A pleasure to meet you Padawan Shai." Then he got up and reached out his unbroken hand towards her. "I'm Jack Rand and I fly stuff and shoot other things."

 

[Jsc]

[member="Jack Rand"] was feeling better already. Even chatting with [member="Sabena Shai"] and making introductions. Good grief. What a strange journey this was already. Her ethereal torch she slipped onto her belt and gagged the distance below for good measure. Fine enough. Sam jumped down with a hard bop. Eager to see just what all the fuss was about,

"Well I see you two are getting acquainted quite nicely. Hmph." She gave Jack a sour eye and held the blue flame a bit higher now, "...Now now. Turn about Commander, let's have a look at you. I'll not have us beleaguer a Padawan's journey with a cripple and a Corellian, both. So, let's see the damage."

She didn't fold her arms, but she wanted to. Turning her head she sighed,

"Padawan Shai? Thank you for assisting the Commander. How goes your hunt? I trust we are not interrupting your progress too much?"

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

"As a matter of fact, I do."
She noticed the crystal held by [member="Gherron Vael"]
"Are planning on dual wielding?"

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

"I am, actually." Gherron held the crystal up so [member="Nefertari Sovint"] could see it better. It was a deep purple, and was slightly larger than most others. ​"What I had in mind was disassembling my current lightsaber... again... and remaking both crystals into a set. I like to think they represent different parts of me. Maybe the new hilts will reflect that."

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

"That is a neat idea. Dual wielding is fun...Different parts of you..what do you mean by that?"
[member="Gherron Vael"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

"I've always wanted to protect people. I got my first crystal when I was facing off against a beast in the caves. I eventually linked it to my courage. My good will and courage kept me going all this time." He stared down at the purple crystal then, his mouth going dry for a second. "And the way I got this one... I showed my strength." He didn't seem to want to elaborate further on that. "Good will and strength. A perfect pair."

[member="Nefertari Sovint"]

 

[Nefertari Sovint]

Nef nodded "That's true"
The Jedi Knight left the crystal cave, with a completed lightsaber and two more crystals to show for it.
She felt closer to the force, she was less troubled by her past. The cave had been a very nice experience for Nefertari.
"That's one less thing I must worry about" she thought
[member="Gherron Vael"]
[member="Aaralyn Rekali"]
[member="Sophia Walsh"]

 

[Gherron Dragovalor]

Pocketing the crystal once more, he followed [member="Nefertari Sovint"] out of the caves, wondering how his padwan, [member="Rael sul B'an"] had been holding up. As for himself, he made a new friend, and got a new crystal. Not much he could complain about.

 

[Sabena Shai]

“Huh,” sighed Sabena after [member="Jack Rand"] introduced himself as a man that liked to shoot things. To Sabena, it was as if Jack spoke with a twang typical for a rural planet - just by what Jack said rather than what he actually sounded like.

“A pleasure for me as well,” she continued as [member="Sam Jhovna"] dropped down from below. Sabena quickly turned her attention to Sam.

“No, ma’am,” Sabena answered Sam when the Knight asked if Jack and she were interrupting Sabena’s journey, “I’m still searching for my crystal, yet this was on the path I took.”

Then, Sabena told Sam, “Sorry, I was asleep during the transit and didn’t get to introduce myself. You are…?”

 

[Jack Rand]

Jack held out his arm towards [member="Sam Jhovna"] with a few grunts "See, it's not that bad, it's only a little bit broken." Jack gave a smile to her as she examined his arm. "And I swear I was just talking to her."


Jack towards [member="Sabena Shai"] in a bit of surprise, he hadn't known much about the actual quest that Jedi had to do her and he didn't know that it was meant to be a solo operation. "Oh I'm sorry for interrupting you then miss. I didn't know these things were meant to be done alone." Jack looked back to his arm, the thing appeared a bit messed up but it felt better than it was.

He would be able to continue forward it's not like his legs were broken (yet), and he still had plenty of fight left in him. Then he turned back to Sam with a massive grin. "The more the merrier right." Jack always like being surrounded by people, it made him feel better in his spirit. He would hate to have to face this cave alone.