The Yovshin's Blade

[Junko Ike]

Junko had a number of things that she would be able to work on, pushing new ideas for them when they were finishing up the food here. The celebration was going into the late night. It gave her more to work with and more to do in the end which was a benefit to Junko. More people to fill the large halls of the palace that was designed to hold thousands but really aside from the staff who had their own rooms held her... and her padawans if they chose to stay here. It slowly became quiet again when she was walking.

The night was rather warm while she was looking through the crystasteel viewports of the room, they looked like normal windows and the wooden frame but it was designed from steel and the metals so that it would hold compared to wood as a solid frame. She was getting the same works done in her ship with a look to it before turning around and she was getting undressed for the night. To sleep in her own bed could give her a number of new things as she stretched letting her mass curtain of hair fall.

 

[Junko Ike]

She was prepared and ready to get to sleep while looking over more fo the things that they were doing tomorrow. Junko was looking around the room when she stood there raising her arms up to stretch herself out before going to sleep. Allowing the force energies to relax her body until she rose up to the massive bed getting in and clapping to turn off the lights with a nod of her head. "Lights off." All of the looks she had before sending everyone away with the darkened room so that she would be able to sleep.

The nights dreams were very different as she was reaching out into the planet itself, feeling and hearing the forest itself. There was something there she couldn't tell what it was but she stayed there for a moment. Walking through the trees when the sensation of something watching her, something moving around her came to the forefront of her vision before she saw it going up a pathway leading into the forest mountains over looking the river. "Where is this place?" Junko was curious and wondering it all before she heard something.

 

[Junko Ike]

"Jedi...." The voice was coming through the trees while she was looking at all of the things. Until she was moving with some of her attention on the forest feeling the whisps of what was in the forest and going through the trees. They had been exploring it on the edges of the forest but there was a lot they dind't know about it. The lanterns that were on the edge of the forest seemed like markers that were showing the edges of it but also the edges of where things seemed to be happening.

She woke up with a startled breathing as there was a breeze. The sweat on her chest and brow giving her a small chill as she stood up looking out the window towards the forest where she was feeling the force energies emanating from it when she planned some of the different things they were developing. Wanting to get the jedi shadows to work on the things around the world so she would be able to test herself within it. Investigate the different works that they were doing so she would have new information.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko couldn't get back to sleep when she was thinking about it with her attention on some of the things, staying there to give herself a couple ideas before the jedi knight was joined by the others in the garden. "Morning princess Junko, we will begin getting the equipment stowed away with the soldiers to the trip." She had an idea but the one who was there with her provided a couple of ideas. "And princess have you been up all night?" Junko turned to look at her wondering some of the things that were happening.

"I am not certain about it, there was a dream or a vision. I am uncertain and not used to them we will be able to use many of the things that have been developing here." Junko though was questioning it for herself when she moved over with more of the things that they had been doing until she stepped and looked out at the forest as her guards were there standing with her. "We should be ready to move out as soon as you are finished, I prefer that we are going to be able to work it out.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at them while she waited there, her clothing had been packed and laid out for her to wear on the first day that they were going to be working there. Provided she had a number of things to do for herself as the sun was touching her skin and Junko turned around with her hair up and ready to relax a little and get dressed when she was stretching out feeling the sunlight all across her skin. "I'll wait here until you are ready to go. We will have a few things to do." Junko smirked to herself standing near one fo the fruit trees.

Junko reached up getting one of the fruits as she held it in her hands and took a bite feeling it squirt a little juice into her mouth and on her cheek. it was a very nice taste while she went over it walking with a lot of the things that they had been doing. She went around the garden and could see some of the fish with a bow of her head going in to get dress as she wiped her face with a small look at her servants. "Hmm these are good and in seasonk, you should go and collect some for the trip into the forest.

 

[Junko Ike]

The forest as she saw it from sitting there looked ominous like there was a darkness to it compared to the rest of the area and there was. The feeling of being inside and going through it as it sat in the shadow of the mountains meant most of the time it had shadows all over it. The thick canopy above kept light from filtering in and interlaced everything that they were doing when the jedi princess was moving into it with the others. Seeing her scouts and servants working with the militia to take some of the smaller pathways.

They proceeded into the forest and her eyes went upwards to the small viewing gaps in the transport as she was being carried. Level thanks to the droids with a look on her face while she moved. Shifting herself to look out at the dark forest and the very lightweight box was something that doubled for her as a bedroom she could sleep in. A smaller but no less comfortable bed that would serve for her, lounge area if she wanted to meet with others and there was protection from the walls as they gleamed with the synthmesh to provide Junko their benefit.

 

[Junko Ike]

She felt her saber at her side and wearing the jedi princess robes when she was moving around to see the forest itself. The stone barriers they passed glowing with blue crystals internally glowing when they were passing by it. The darkness of the forest itself the the ancient path leading through it was partially overgrown from what they could make out and the scouts were reporting in with the ways that they would have to go. From the moment she passed the lanterns there was something there in the back of her mind.

She was uncertain what there might be within the forest or what they might be walking into but seeing th reports from the scouts and the locals that the ruins that had been overgrown were mostly intact and they could use it as a first camp for the night. Erecting sonic emitters despite it being the beginnings of the trip. They weren't being lazy but there were not many place they could all get into safely in a timely manner. The forward camp could work to scout for different locations and have a place to return to.

 

[Junko Ike]

They started to set up camp while they were working on more of the things here with it being developed for them, she could see the sonic emitters at the edges marking where they were as the jedi princess stepped out of her transport turning some of the other things over in her hands. "Some old pottery we have managed to find." A look at it when she saw some smeared designs that are on them. Junko handed it off while she wore the gloves with a small nod of her head. "We might be able to find more. Report anything you find."

The scouts gave her a nod and were moving out witht he locals, quick, quiet and professional to give them a better sense of what was getting done here in the forest. She couldn't feel anything yet or that sense of dread from her dream but there was something here. It felt like it was on the edge of her vision, at the sides of the vision before she went over more of the things that they were putting up and the feeling that she was being watched disappeared when she was moving and able to occupy her mind.

 

[Junko Ike]

"Princess we have some signs of a pathway leading down into a system of trees. it looks like there used to be a build or something but it has been overgrown." Junko listened to it and she went with the others they were heading downt o go and see it as a team following the directions as passing the barrier she could see it in the others. Some might not think she observed them but she tried to so they would be safe and careful. They seemed to be feeling it as well and some of the guards were watching things in the shadows of the trees.

Junko stopped wen they got there and there were stone walls set up there with a look on her face touching it and coming away with some moisture on her hands. "There is some water here and this is an indication that we have had something or someone here in the forest previously." She was more then happy to see it when going for a number of things here. She was looking through what they had to workw ith to identify things and crouched down holding some of the other things that they had found.

 

[Junko Ike]

"Should we start searching around the area in case there are more structures princess?" The one asked her as she nodded her head and waved him off with a small look. Lifting up a couple of the things she found in here, the roots were everywhere and everything was covered in moisture while she came out of it. The glow rods providing different colored light in the dark forest when she felt like there was something there. Something behind her tryig to touch her neck but it only left her with a cold feeling running along the length of her spine.

Junko turned around and it was like a whisp of smoke was there and then gone but the chill on her skin was strange. Like a clammy feeling you get being near something unsettling. "Princess?" THe one asked as she was looking around and it felt like something was still watching her. The hairs on the back of her neck ere standing on end and gooseflesh until she spoke turning back to look at them. "Yes it was just.. I thought I saw something behind me in the woods." She was looking again to try and make out shapes or people.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko shrugged it off after a few minutes and nothing else appearing or coming to jump at her, the feelings were still there but less now that she was focusing on them before rejoining the groups. The scouts were coming to and bringing things out when the jedi princess stood there testing the robes she had worked with. The kimono were very nice until she was finding a place to stand around the fire they had going. In the shadows of the forests canopy she could feel the danger of it all in the dark.

Junko knew from the chrono it was only around noon but you couldn't see the likes of that from the light just barely coming through the trees canopy. They had worked on more of it, the fireglass here that could warm them without setting fire to the forest around them. The food supplies they had with a portable converter for themselves that would serve the function of breaking down the self heating soup cans if they needed to dispose of them though she knew putting explosives in them and use improvised ones was beneficial.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko continued to work with them and to give a few ideas, they were working and trying to find everything that they would be able to develop. Presenting a little information from a field report and some of the images they had of ruined remains within the forest that were showing the borders of the woods n different locations. The river that was going through the forest before she spoke. "See about following the lanterns and see what we will be able to do here. Continue searching for ruins or signs of temples."

Junko was looking at them while they were heading out and through the forest while they were giving a few ideas of where to go. The probes they had able to be sent out for many of the things until the jedi princess was prepared to protect herself. She had given them a few more things that they would be able to develop as the grainy dark images came to them on the datapad she kept on her wrist and forearm mounted. "There we go." She said it while looking over a couple fo the things seeing what looked like a temple.

 

[Junko Ike]

She could make out much of it but it was close by and if there were more places like this then they might be able to discover what the ancient atrisian's or the taung or even the Go Naggai were doing in this forest that was like a massive gnarled root on the planet itself. Junko followed with her interest in it before walking over to the scouts to give a nod of her head for them to begin. "Lets go and check it out and then we'll sleep and make out where the probes might have things marked for a secondary campsite at first light."

That was one major way to do it and they could use the slower prohression to make their own maps as Junko followed the scouts to the remains of the temple. It wasn't large, it was small but she could see the braziers that would allow them to look over more of it as she was coming down. "Stick with it and fan out, look over all of the things here and report in." She was keeping them all in visual range so that she would be able to keep with them touching the braziers themselves as some parts were heading to ruined room.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko entered it and besides the large hole in the wall from roots breaking through the stone it was actually kind of nice. A small shrine, some braziers for incense and fire, there looked to be plenty of room for papers and manuscript writing. All and all it was a very nice place you could spend the day worshipping a god in... Or doing something that was equally strange in the end. She didn't see Atrisian style carvings for gods or creatures but that didn't mean they hadn't been here just meant the site might be older.

That prospect intrigued her as that meant it could be a taung or a Go Nagai site and the Atrisian's could have been former slaves subjected to the whims and worships of their slave masters as opposed to making this their own religion. It proved a number of new theories in her own head for what she was going to guess would be a small thing. If they found information it likely wouldn't result in dangerous things or some fo the larger things that they had been seeing. Likely wouldn't involve the rest of the planet itself.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko continued to look around with all of the things that they had been doing, she wanted to work on more of the things here to try and figure it out while she tapped the section of the wall that was intact. "Get what images we can and try to discern what species this is from and carbon date it to get the time for ourselves." A small look at the guards as one fo the techs was coming up and working with them to document all that they could. This wasn't about being fast it was about being careful and detailed.

THey continued to go over all of the things there that they were finding. There didn't seem to be a lot and the access ways to them as she spoke. "See if we can get some fo the droids in here to try and clear some of these roots away. Make a hole we can go through and we will be working to develop a way to see if it came out anywhere else or connected to one fo the tunnels that they had been exploring. The areas around the forest were largely unexplored and it would be nice to maybe have an entrance.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko looked at it all and as the light that was barely peering through the canopy appeared to be getting darker she could feel the air cooling. Staying with it and providing a number of of new areas they will be able to explore and work with in the morning at first light. Junko was going over more of the things they had in her small sleeping area with the side closed. Food was delivered to her so she could eat while they were working on more of the things they had scouted but she wasn't able to get to.

Junko finished the food and presented it to her servant as she spoke seeing some of the scouts returned with all of the things. "Alright so we have some ideas for where we are going to move and search tomorrow correct?" She looked at the ones who were bringing them around and. "Yes princess we have sent a small team to clear the way and have the secondary camp presented and ready to work with on some of the things. We will have everything ready to move you in the morning so you can rest and not have to worry about it."

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko waved them off and she would be able to get a number of things that they were doing, Junko laid there as she listened tot he forest around her from the safety of her walls with a nod of her head. She could feel it more from here then from her bedchamber. A lot of hard work going into all fo the things that they had been developing to give it a wide berth until now. She was listening in the silence before it seemed like there was a whisper on the edge of her senses with a nod of her head to wake up and look.

She was peering out and there was something there... something dark moving around that she could see while she was reaching out with the force to try and find something and then it was there with a look of something. The shadow moved into the camp and she saw one of the scouts fighting it as it slashed at her alerting the others before Junko moved out of her bed area and had her lightsaber prepared to defend against the things that had been entering the camp and were now attacking them.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was moving, the saber in her hand when she activated it with a snap hiss of the amber blades providing a defense against it when she was channeling the force energies while she slashed getting a couple of them away before they reappeared in the distance not making a sound but she could feel it and see the glowing eyes with a look towards her and they had some more people fighting. "What are they?" She asked it while moving and slashing another as it dissipated like a mist and came back into the forest.

She was watching them as they pushed the beings back away from the camp and then they were seeming to disappear as the two of her soldiers were dead and in the camp being looked over. She couldn't tell what had been done to them but it looked like they had gotten their hearts crushed from the medical scans she could make out. Some more thoughts while Junko stood up straight looking over all of them with a look of seriousness on her face. "Be careful and keep looking at some of the defenses we might be able to do."

 

[Junko Ike]

They spent the rest of the night working on the defenses and keeping guard with more of them coming in. They might not know what they were fighing but there was a trail in the air they could follow. Some of the force users could track it and Junko was able to sense the feeling from them in the air as she pointed where they needed to go.. or at least the general direction while they checked the maps. "Princess it is looking like they went deeper into the forest. We saw some small remains of ruins there."

Junko was looking at it and if there were ruins that could be a clue. She wasn't certain what they had faced but they seemed more like ghosts instead of just people who dind't want to die and they were not the undead. "Alright, we will go for the ruins in an hour, I want everything we can use to handle the situation and bring some of the snare crystals that we can use." She got to work with them on a couple fo the things while they pushed forward with more of the things. Giving the jedi princess a goal in mind now.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was working with them to set it up for everythign they would be able to do. She was dressed in her robes, her hair piece and her lightsaber was on her hip when she was leading the way with the soldiers and guardsmen into the forest. They had a team there working to keep it secured and they were prepared to work and make the crystal captures should they need it. Junko was prepared to go and duel with some of the others before she climbed over some of the roots looking down at all of it.

Junko was going and they made the way through some fo the roots and forest into a section of the area as the ruins appeared. Sections of it giving her a lot of ideas when finally JUnko stood in the one ruined temple looking over more of the things. The feeling of the force was there as her sigil glowed with some of the other seeming to come off as losing their cool. She knew they had better training then that and were stronger as she stopped activating one of the light and tossing it into the basement.