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Weekend Treasure Hunt 15: The Cursed Holocrons (Vitae Order vs Lords of the Fringe)

LOCATION: South Wall
TASK: Retrieve Scream Holocron and escape with it

Slowly, Zander brought himself upward, continuing the same motions; left foot, right foot, pull up with his arm, continue. It was taking far to long however to get done what he needed. But still it had to be done. It was either escape, despite how painful it was, or give up and die.

Neither was an option for the man.

Such actions reminded him of the time he had led the Fringe attack on an entire Floating City, it had consisted of much the same: unique kills that led to him scaling the wall, then descending before returning to the top - meanwhile sending the thrusters holding the ship into the abyss thus the ship with it.
 

Matreya

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TASK: Retrieve Holocron of Touch

Damien lurched into a dive that carried him into a horizontal spin, slashing his way through multiple torsos and limbs alike. Ending in a swift flip that brought him to hardly steady footing. Staring ahead, Damien noticed that [member="Lucien Cordel"] and his ally ([member="Elias Truden"]) were far closer than he had previously believed. Hurtling his saber, the blade cut through a dozen bodies on its way towards Lucien's back, severing the head of one that had prepared to leap at him.

Yanking his saber back with the Force, the saber flew back to his palm with a soft tap. Whirling around, he hacked through the face of another, then flipped backwards as yet another came closer. Landing behind the brute, Damien hardened his muscles with the Force for a moment, when he slammed his fist through the torso.

Retrieving his arm, Damien flipped back once more, landing in a summersault that carried him under a near brutes legs. Righting himself, Damien whirled and realized he was finally within a few feet of the shrine.

He wanted to reach out but realized he also yearned to prove himself by simply letting the other duo take it.
 
Lucien nodded as @Elias Trunden Plowed ahead to the shrine. Now his job was to keep the technobeasts off him. He was cleaving through the beasts when he heared the welcome voice of an ally. He needed to clear a landing area so that he and Elias could leave , and the more hands he had to do that the better.

His own blade flashed through flesh along side [member="Lord Daemos"] 's although he wasn't about to put his fist through anyone anytime soon. He watched as Ellis's got close to the shrine. He lunged his blade passed through what passed as the jugular of two beasts . Then it was flashed back out. He made a series of device slashes as he pushed to join with Eli , the man had left himself as something of a Sitting duck.

As he fought to get closer lucien Kept his eye on his new found ally , he would not yield this holocron to an unknown quantity,

"Pull the lever" he said sharply as he forced a beast into rebound.

"I see you eye the holocron , just remember I can be a good freind or a dangerous enemy ... Don't disappoint me , my Lord"
 
I looked at the lever and then the lord I had followed here. Was that a dumb move I had made? Without a single doubt but sometimes being rational was tossed out the window. At least if your name was Elias Truden, and especially if you had just grown tired of whatever it was happening around you.

I nodded at [member="Lucien Cordel"] and then [member="Lord Daemos"].

I should have figured at the time that something was up, but I didn’t as my hand slowly crept down the tiny hole in which the lever was located. A perfectly round cylinder.

Had this trip been with anyone else this would have been the part where I would have quit, but I couldn’t. Lord Cordel had been good to me, almost too good considering what I was already making a month.

My fingers grazed the lever as I tried to switch it. I leaned in to get a firm grip around the handle. I pulled and to my surprise I felt something weird around my arm. It was… I was stuck! I tried to pull it out but whatever was going down there had a firm grip around my arm. I placed my other hand on the cold stone surface of the shrine. One pull, two pull, three pull. The efforts were all futile.

Then I felt it. A sharp, short lasting pain at my wrist as my arm could feel the sweet taste of freedom again. I fell back. My hands reached to catch my fall except a most peculiar incredibly sharp pain emanated from my right hand. I lift it up to my face only to discover that it was gone.

Eyes shot up in surprise as the real pain kicked in. In front of me the shrine had slowly awoken. A ornate red light traced decoratively along the surface as blood, my blood, slowly unlocked piece for piece of the puzzle until the holocron began ascending from the pit in which it was stored.

I let out a pained scream. An ear-deafening yell to express just how bad it felt.

Figures that in order to get to the Holocron of Touch you would lose the one thing use used to actually touch something. I cursed the irony of the situation.

“My farking hand!” And that was just the short version of what I actually said.
 

Matreya

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Looking to the wounded young man, the ancient warrior moved close to offer the edge of his saber, "Cauterize the wound or else your fethed. " he called over the din of battle. Then he decided to utilize a desperate tactic to help change the tide of the battle. Gathering energies from both of his Talismans of Concentration, Damien hurled a Force Push against an oncoming horde - the result being effective at whiping them across the pit.

Taking a deep breath, he turned to the duo as he reached out to grab the Holo and hold for them all to see.

"I think I'm about ready to leave this god forsaken place. Unless you two will meed my aid any longer. You already lost a hand, and I am growing tired of this never ending mass of beasts. Plus on my way down I saw an arm over there, and it was fresh, so we are obviously not alone!"

[member="Elias Truden"] [member="Lucien Cordel"]
 
Finally pulling himself to the lip of the Pit, Zander rolled to his back, gasping for pain as he fought down nausea at the scent of his still crisp arm stub. He would need an implant, unless he somehow decided to just stay limbless, which was possible if not improbable. Glancing to the wound he groaned outward, he could not believe still after the whole event that his good arm was gone!

Rolling first to his side, then pushing his knees under himself, he staggered awkwardly to his feet. Then bent, vomited bile, and grabbed the Holocron once again. Swaying side to side at how drained he was, Zander moved to go around to the East of the Pit where he had stashed his belongings along with his Comlink. He would need it to call Vulpesen as he could not do so with how weak he was.

Slowly the roundness of the pit became familiar, as each step brought him closer to his starting point. Then finally he found the cache of things he had left behind when he went to meet up with the others; reaching into the nearest bag he hid the Holo, then grabbed his link and coughed through a dry throat as he attempted to speak, "[member="Vulpesen"], I'm out. Need medical assistance asap. Will rendezvous with you soon." The message was quick, sent as quickly, then put into action as he moved to climb aboard his ship.
 
Lucien didn't see [member="Elias Truden"] lose a hand, he was knee deep in Techno-beast. He did however hear the scream. His first thought was that he needed to reprimand Eli for his poor grasp of decorum. Such feelings quickly dissipated when he turned to look however.

Lucien strode forward catching Elias and easing him into a seated position. Eli was bleeding, that needed to be stopped, lucien used his tie and unless Eli fought against him used the tie as a makeshift tourniquet. From some where behind him he heard [member="Lord Daemos"] mention cauterisation "I'm afraid he's right and this is going to hurt" lucien lifted Eli's left hand up up onto Lucien's left shoulder "Sqeuze hard, it will lessen the pain I'll be quick" lucien instructed , firm but with a hint of compassion. So engrossed was he in Eli's welfare that he missed their ally blow the Technobeasts away.

Lord Daemos indicated a desire to leave and lucien was not about to stop him "you may go , I'm calling an evacuation for me and Mr. Truden now, good luck" Lucien responded then ensuring Eli was safely lent against the alter he rose a summoned an evacuation ship with medical professionals on board.

A ship summoned he slumped down next to Eli to take a moment of restbite
 

Kyla Foy

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She would follow her master as she wanted to get the guy from their faction into safety. [member="Vulpesen"] (I have no idea where I am anymore LOL)
 
Vulpesen smiled as he saw [member="Ophelia"] following behind him, quickly making his way to the top of the canyon, though he would make stops to make sure to help Ophelia in case any of her jumps came up short. Once they were at the top f the canyon, he started towards Zander, the shortcut getting their fairly quickly, versus had they cone through the canyon itself. "Where's the damage?"

[member="Zander Greyson"]
 
Task: Pass out
Location: Shrine.

I firmly nodded as [member="Lucien Cordel"] handed me the tie. Over, under, pull it tight, Make a bow, Pull it through to do it right. It wasn’t much to look at but at least the bleeding came to a stop, somewhat.

The missing limb was itching. I tried to scratch it but seemed to reach for nothing but air. As the bleeding truly settled I began feeling dizzy. I took a seat, slumped down by the shrine as the lights grew more intense. I could hear my own heartbeat and panic grew. Was I dying? Oh no, I was, wasn’t I? Vision got blurry and before I knew I lie cheek-down on the ground with my back against the altar in which my real hand was now resting.

I wish I could have asked for a raise because of this...
 
Lucien felt Elias go limp next to him. Lucien grabbed the left wrist of [member="Elias Truden"] , he had a pulse that was good. A dead assistant was useless and lucien loathed useless things.

Lucien patted Eli's shoulder then stood up. He heard the sound of a ship in the distance , he hoped it was his ship. A glance into the alter knock Lucien sick , he disliked blood, especially the blood of those he was close to.

The noise of his ship drew his attention from the shrine, the doors fell open and two armed gaurds and some medics flooded out. "I'm fine , get Mr. Truden onboard ... " . The noise had not just drawn Lucien's attention it seemed the Pitts entire populace , a horde of technobeasts was shambling toward them. Such circumstances called for desperate measures, lucien would have to assist his underlings in getting Eli aboard.

In among the poor and the bloodied lucien found himself levitating the limp body of his assistant as he walked onto the ship, his eyes never truly leaving the horde. The ship took off almost immediately just i time to avoid being over run.

The medics busied themselves with Elias , the shoulders with grunts and the occasional tangible word leaving lucien slumped in a chair. "I don't suppose you brought my brandy?" He asked . It seemed that brandy never crossed the mind of any of his servants , they were so very incompetent, thus it seemed he would need to do without ... That day had been most disappointing
 
Pausing at the entrance ramp of a stolen Freighter, Zander turned to look at the man as he spoke to him, his stump turned towards the ship, therefore away from [member="Vulpesen"]. Then he turned his body, raised the stump, and showed the horrendous char marks that showed Zander had chopped off his own arm, "I had to remove it. It was infected. I could see it instantly.

"Do you guys need a ride?" He asked, his voice low and gruff, showing the exhaustion and weariness he felt. His body was depleted of all resources, both Force powers and physical energy alike. Sighing, a massive jerk of the chest, Zander turned and finally began climbing the ship. The bags thrown over his shoulder seemed to weigh a ton.

He did not mention his stolen Holo, and he kept all surface thoughts on the battle and resulting effects, so as to make it difficult to read pick up that fact from his mind.

[member="Ophelia"] [member="Vulpesen"]
 

Matreya

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Damien nodded at the agreement to leave. Channeling energy from his Talismans of Concentration, Damien used Dimension Shift to shrink the Holocron into a crevice in his hand, until it vanished from sight. Nodding to the duo he said, "I will of course be giving you the Holo when we reconvene on Annaj (I believe that's the capital of the Fringe lol, can't remember and am on a phone so can't check.). I do not plan to keep it in anyway. If anyone deserve it, he does." Damien indicated the young man that had lost an arm.

Moving from the area, Damien dodged and weaved, choosing to occasionally kill an enemy when the time comes. But in the midst of it all, all he wanted was an escape. Nearing a wall, Damien began ascending swiftly, using his saber to dig into the wall, then the Force to launch himself higher. Finally atop the lip of the Pit, Damien moved towards the stolen TIE fighter he had arrived in.

Activating all flight modules, Damien lifted off, and fled the area.

[member="Lucien Cordel"] [member="Elias Truden"]
 
Vulpesen twitched a bit as he saw Zander's missing arm. "Well, at least you're still alive. And I'm sure the zorrens have the tech to make you a new one." He started to the ship. "So, did you find what you were searching for?" Try as he might to hide it, Zander's holocron had been one of the reasons Vulpesen and the others had gone there. Him forgetting that would be highly unlikely.

[member="Zander Greyson"]
 
"No." Zander said, then paused, heaved a sigh, and continued, "Yes. Sorry. Old habits die of old age, do you know what I mean? It's on my ship. I will of course be giving it over, but I ask for my chance at cracking its codex and learning of it what I can. Then I will indeed be relinquishing all hold I have over it.

"Can you accept this? I did lose a limb, and nearly my life for it."

[member="Vulpesen"]
 
Vulpesen nodded and ducked into the ship, his tail flicking happily behind him. "Certainly. You earned it. Of course, I ask you do this with supervision. Assuming that thing doesn't teach you to blow up planets or turn you into the next emperor of all evils, its only right that you be the first to learn its contents." He grinned back at [member="Zander Greyson"] as soon as he was in the middle of the ship. "And if for some reason we can't keep it in our archives, you will be in charge of guarding it. If you want that is."
 
LOCATION: Onboard Ship, Leaving

Zander smiled, and nodded as he spoke, "Yes, that sounds acceptable. Did you two happen to allocate something worth while yourselves?" He then moved to the Captains chair of the ship, calling softly, "RC-20-Z, let's get off this God forsaken rock." His pilot droid replied, unheard by the man, then began the preparations. Soon enough, the ship rose, tilted and angled upward, heading for the skies.

[member="Vulpesen"]
 
Hakora was left behind after his leader, [member="Vulpesen"] had ignored his joining the members of his order and left him to fend off himself against the technobeasts. To Hakora's knowledge, he knew nothing about the man let alone that this man was the father of his forgotten niece and nephew. Hakora held two traditional samurai katans one in each hand which were met with the the blade arm of two separate technobeasts. Like a beautiful, well rehearsed dance the two brought their other arms going for stabs to Hakora's chest. Hakora did a front flip over the two blades breaking his locked position. He then pivoted once he hit the ground and sent both blades into the heads of the beasts and then ripped them out with such force that if they were human it would be a mess and gruesome act. He then slashed his retreating blades in a scissor motion to slice them in half for good measure.

Hakora sighed at his fallen attackers and sheathed his blades. He then made his way into the building for the holocrons listening as he heard the fighting. As he moved, he could hear the sounds of all the people fighting to get the holocrons. Hakora warded off a few technobeasts, but was given much time to think about things in his life. Nothing in his life seemed to add up. Why had he left the Rebel Alliance to join the Vitae Order? How did he meat his master? Why did it seem like the leader of the Vitae Order despised his existence? Hakora questioned these things, but his mind had this misty feel about it that kept things a mystery. He scaled the building making his way to the top noticing fallen technobeats from the people who were ahead of him, this made Hakora's ascent easy.

After a hour of fighting, wounds and climbing Hakora made it to the top. He had seen no holocrons, but areas that suggested that they had been captured. Hakora wondered why these holocrons that did not seem that important or that great with more downfalls then help were so well guarded. Hakora walked a long the top and on his way he only saw the tongue holocron which didn't interest him. He began to leave until he heard the rumbling of something large. He turned and saw a large, old door beginning to open and could hear the faint sound of tribal drums, but it seemed to be only the imitation created by mechanics for possible added effect to the large beast came out of the room that was larger and the most terrifying thing he had seen since entering this place. Hakora looked at his blades in fear as his own body was smaller than this monster which meant his swords were nothing against this beast. Nevertheless, Hakora drew his swords as the beast came at Hakora with terrifying speeds.

Hakora lunged backwards as one of the beast's fists smashed into the ground where Hakora previously was sending dubree everywhere. Hakora lunged back forward running up the arm, but was quickly swatted off and sent into a wall. The beast was fast and sent his fist following Hakora and smashing him even further into the wall sending Hakora's blood everywhere and causing him to scream in pain. The beast does not let up until the arm of the beast begins to erupt in lightning and then from the hand back cracks begin to form until finally the arm explodes sending pieces everywhere. Hakora's body falls to the ground and it is very evident that even though a normal human would have been killed, Hakora is still alive, but something is off. As he lays on his knees on the ground, red lightning is sparking from his body and licking the ground lick an animal who can't get enough of the taste.

When Hakora was crushed by the beast all that was going through his head was, "Why? Why am I here and why am I going to die here?!" It is hard to explain the stress death can put on a person, but the mental stress of a certain death is unbearable and some even sweat blood. This amount of mental stress put pressure on Hakora's mind breaking through the crack that was created in Hakora's memory wipe and shattering it which erupted all his memories, good and bad and released itself in a powerful force lightning/ Force Repulse.

Hakora remembered who he was again, but that is what happens when a Knight tries to do a Force Wipe which is a very advanced techniche; it doesn't stick. Hakora slowly stood to his feet once again, but with a new resolve. His questions from before were now answered, all but one, "Why had Vulpesen left Hakora behind?" The one armed beast came at Hakora, but this time Hakora came at it with a new strength. He dropped one sword and sent a strong force push into the beast making it double back as Hakora lept in the air. Harnessing the force in the form of lightning he fused it to his sword and brought down on the beast making his blade longer and strong as he sliced through the beast to destroy it.

Hakora stood there, hurt and needing aid, but he had to escape. Hakora summoned his ship and left for the Vitae Order to speak to the leader.
 

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