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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 12, 2011 0:58:31 GMT -5
*Lara takes a step back from Leiah after she shoots the guy. That was NOT how she wanted this to turn out.*
You didn't have to KILL him!
*She looks between the shuttle and Leiah.*
Not yet. First, there's atleast one bomb on that ship. I am going ahead and assuming there is more since it doesn't look like it's enough to do significant damage to our vessel. Second, there's another Jedi dealing with these two mandalorians. I have been told to wait for a set amount of time and if he doesn't return to leave without him. We are still going with that.
*Lara takes the hilt and clips it to her belt. She really needed to begin work on her own saber. She had the various parts collected, it just wasn't put together yet. Some assembly was required.*
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Feb 12, 2011 1:08:47 GMT -5
*Leiah rolls her eyes (though you could hardly tell, as her eyes were pure white anyways) as the Jedi gets all upset over the loss of life*
"Listen, you've obviously not dealt with Mandies before. They keep coming until you're dead or they are. And I prefer him over me. Plus, if he hadn't radioed in about my escape already, he would have."
*Leiah didn't like waiting around, especially for another Jedi. One was annoying enough.*
"I'll take a look at your bomb and I should be able to tell if it's tied in with another. But we don't have time to wait around. If the other two aren't already on their way, then they will be soon. For all we know your Jedi friend is dead. We can't risk our necks on the off chance that he survived."
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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 12, 2011 1:23:59 GMT -5
No. I haven't. But I know my own general code of ethics. I'd rather have subdued him than taken his life. I am not a god, life and death isn't my decision.
*There were other ways Lara thought this out. She could have stunned him, disabled his ability to contact others and take his weapons as well as bind him up. Death shouldn't have been the first option. She listens as Leiah talks again. But as she does, she moves the mandalorian around so that he is laying flat on his back on the ground and his arms folded on his chest. At the very least, in death he didn't have to be disrespected.*
I saw you change the setting on the gun. I was right there. Stun would have been enough. As for my friend?
*Lara looks back to the entrance of the Enclave.*
He's alive. I'm a miraluka Jedi, I have a naturally strong connection to the Force. That friend of mine in there? That's my Jedi Master. From such a short distance, I'd be able to tell if he passed away.
*She then looks back to Leiah.*
And we will risk our necks, or you can find another way out of here.
*She points to the ship over there that she and the mandalorian came out of.*
You have no problem killing. If there's anybody left on that ship, what's stopping you from killing all of them and taking off? You're telling me how bad these mandalorians are? He was aiming to stun, you aimed to kill.
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Feb 12, 2011 1:30:26 GMT -5
*Leiah growls under her breath. Annoying was an understatement. She points to the mandalorian's corpse angrily. The frustration and anger in her voice is quite clear.*
"A permanent solution to a permanent problem. Stuns wear off. Ropes can be untied. They kidnapped me for a reason and they won't let up until they have me again. I'm not going to keep them alive just so they can chase me across the stars and attack me again and again. Now do you want me to solve your bomb problem or not?"
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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 12, 2011 1:42:20 GMT -5
If you want to ride with me off this planet, yes. I'd really like you to solve that problem. But if you think for a moment we're abandoning my "friend" in a place like this with supposed dangerous enemies like the ones that were trying to stun you that you just killed? Not happening. I don't abandon my friends. I don't put blood on my hands.
*Lara looks back at Leiah, waiting for her reaction. Just what kind of person was this? She had some Jedi training it seemed, yet she obviously wasn't with the Order and did not have the same ethics one of the Order should have. Was she possibly a dark jedi? No. That's not right. She didn't show any red. Just a slightly lightish grey. She still wasn't ruling out dark jedi. If Lara had eyes, she'd keep one well trained on this arkanian woman.*
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Post by Nahte Somaht on Feb 14, 2011 0:12:03 GMT -5
*Nahte stands there. Trying to take in what he just saw. He liked this new girl. Full of fight. he felt like he knew her better just by watching her fight. It was strange. He felt a connection to her.*
:: Whats a mandolorian?? And who is this girl? She is beautiful::
*Nahte walks over to Leiah*
"Hey my name is Nahte.*
*He turns to Lara* "That was awesome!"
*He walks over to the dead body*
*He spits on him and turns back to Lara*
"To much?"
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Feb 14, 2011 0:24:28 GMT -5
*Leiah sighs. They didn't have time to bicker back and forth like this. It was either now, or never. She looks skeptically at the boy who had walked up to her.*
"Whatever, just cover my back and shoot anything that comes out of that ship."
*Leiah tosses Nahte the blaster she took from the Mandalorian and jogs over to the Republic Shuttle to inspect this supposed bomb*
"And I'd keep it on kill if I were you. The stun setting is far less accurate at range. Remember: they're trying to capture me. They don't care if you two die. Now where is this thing? Ah, there it is."
*Sure enough a small rectangular detpack is latched onto the shuttle. Leiah immediately recognizes the detpack as a short-range remote detonation explosive device - most commonly used in the outer rim, produced by Czerka. She lets Lara know of her findings:*
"Well the good news is that there shouldn't be another one of these. You can't tie two of these detpacks to the same detonator. Also, this will do some damage, but it probably won't damage any key systems if it goes off. I should be able to remove it with a bit of luck."
*Leiah turns back to the detpack and uses her claws to pry off an access panel. She had to be careful. Touching the wrong circuit would cause the detpack to blow prematurely. And Leiah knew from experience that a bomb exploding prematurely were quite disappointing*
"Almost got it."
*If she could just trigger the magnetic release.... THERE. The detpack fell off the hull and into Leiah's hand. She then grins at Lara and jogs over to the Mandalorian's ship, keeping clear of the back hatch. She walks up alongside it and throws the detpack into an air-intake manifold. That way if it was detonated, it'd take out part of the ship's atmospheric cooling system. She runs back to the Republic ship*
"Alright. Let's get aboard. No sense making ourselves targets out here if we have to wait for your friend."
*Leiah boards the shuttle*
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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 14, 2011 0:32:37 GMT -5
*Lara would glare at Nahte if she had any eyes. Unfortunantly, Miralukas did not.*
Yes that was too much.
*Lara was getting tired of this. Killing people that had no intent to kill. Disrespecting the dead. Her code of ethics could hardly stomach it.*
I'm going to the ship and I'm checking for more bombs.
*She heard what Leiah said, but it was a good excuse to walk away and clear her head. Lara enters the ship, as she does she can hear her communicator frackle and fizzle. As she walks into the ship, she tries to radio back.*
::Alex? Hello? Master Organa?::
*But her signal wasn't getting through. It was simply fizzling. Ugh. It was useless. She wasn't getting through to him. She didn't know if that was the signal to leave or what. She would have to wait a few minutes and see. If things got really hairy, she'd go ahead and leave. Not long after she enters the shuttle and tries to respond back, Leia enters. Well that was great. Now where was Nahte. She sighs and sticks her head out the shuttle. Great. She gave him a blaster. She gave some random guy she didn't even know a blaster.*
Nahte. Come board the ship. And please hand over the blaster to me.
*Lara was getting so exasperated at this point. Where was Alex when she needed him? She needed someone sane....ish.*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Feb 14, 2011 0:41:30 GMT -5
*Using Master Force Speed Alex tears out of the abandoned Jedi Academy at a blinding speed. He comes to a quick and sudden stop beside the hangar. He relaxes and feels like he should be breathing heavily - given that he had just run near a half-mile in less than a minute - but of course he is not. Hmm. Must be getting better at this. He looks around and sees Nahte standing by the shuttle, and Lara sticking her head out of the open hatch. He addresses them both*
"We need to leave now. There are two Mandalorians headed this way, and they are very upset that we don't have any tea."
*Alex glances around the landing pad to see if the Mandalorians were already here, and he notices the body of the dead Mandalorian*
"Oh. Well that certainly complicates things."
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Post by Nahte Somaht on Feb 14, 2011 0:50:50 GMT -5
*Nahte looks up at the man with a look of pure confusion.* :: No tea? :: *Nahte follows him into the ship and turns to Lara.* "I am sorry. But the blaster was a gift. I would feel wrong giving it away like that." *He smiles at her than walks a little farther into the ship and leans against the wall." "Why can't we wait on the other two? I wanna hit somebody!"
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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 14, 2011 0:53:46 GMT -5
*Lara looks in the direction of Nahte for a really, really long and awkward time.*
Hand over the blaster. It wasn't a gift to you and the last thing I want is a blaster in the hands of someone else who just wants to kill and hurt things.
*She listens to him as he asks where the other two mandos are and wants to hit something.*
See? That's exactly what I am talking about.
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Post by Alexander Organa on Feb 14, 2011 0:57:15 GMT -5
*Alex grimaces at the sight of the dead Mandalorian and the thought of his comrades returning to find him dead. But there was nothing he could do about that now. He boards the ship and slaps the hatch control to close it up. His Padawan was nagging at Nahte like they were an old married couple... gah.*
"We can argue and hit each other all we want once we're in hyperspace. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get to the pilot's seat."
*Alex pushes past the two young lovebirds and to the pilot seat, but then realizes that there is a fourth person in the shuttle. A female Arkanian about his age... and she seemed oddly familiar, though he couldn't place her face*
"Umm... Lara? Who is this?"
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Feb 14, 2011 1:02:21 GMT -5
*Leiah turns around and is very surprised to come face to face with the very same Sith that had kidnapped her, tortured her, and then left her to die in a starship prison cell after killing her Freighter's captain*
"YOU!"
*Leiah jumps at Organa, and shoves him against a bulkhead with all her might. She then Force Pulls the blaster she had given to Nahte to her hand and holds it to Organa's temple*
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Post by Lara Rhys on Feb 14, 2011 1:12:10 GMT -5
*At this point Lara is banging her head against the bulkhead. WHY WAS EVERYONE SHE MET NOW SO SUDDENLY AND OVERLY VIOLENT!!! Finally having enough with the ordeal, Lara snaps.*
*She uses Force Whirlwind, a more powerful version of Force Push on Leiah.*
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!! STOP KILLING PEOPLE. STOP WANTING TO BASH PEOPLE'S SKULLS IN. STOP HITTING THINGS. STOP SPITTING ON THINGS. STOP SHOOTING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT FOR FORCE SAKE!!!
*Lara looks at her outstretched hands. She had just used a more advanced form of Force Push. She was just now realizing this. She looked from her hands to Leiah. This was probably the first time ever she was so utterly ticked off.*
Everyone chill the **** out or no one is getting off this planet!
*Lara was breathing heavily, obviously getting mad over all this. She had certainly lost her cool. In one moment she had seen disrespect for life, disrespect for the dead, and everyone was attacking everyone or wanted to attack everyone it seemed. There was only so much the young gal could handle in one moment.*
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Feb 14, 2011 1:21:14 GMT -5
*Leiah gets thrown to the side and spinned around in the tight space. She looses her grip on the blaster and it clatters to the ground beside Lara. Leiah herself ultimately lands, halfway in the cockpit with a very sore back - having hit it on an exposed bulkhead. Though she wouldn't admit it, the crazy Jedi bitch was partially right. They weren't going to get off the planet if everyone was dead. Even so, Leiah knew this man was a Sith. And she refused to let him take her captive again. She sits up, though in considerable pain, and stares at Organa intently, watching his every move*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Feb 14, 2011 1:26:54 GMT -5
*Alex gets caught in Lara's whirlwind as well, and gets thrown into the bulkhead hard. Ouch. That was going to leave a bruise. Even so, he was very impressed with his Padawan's control over the Force and her offensive application of it... even it did need some... finesse. He picks himself up and dusts off his robes. Looking to Lara, he says,*
"We'll discuss this later."
*Glancing at Leiah,*
"Please don't do that again. It seems my Padawan does not take kindly to blasters being held to my head."
*There was something incredibly familiar about this Arkanian, though he couldn't place it. Judging by her violent reaction, he assumes it has something to do with actions Talik took while possessing his body. It was the most logical conclusion, though not the only one. Alex had made many enemies over the years. Sith, Empire, the Exchange, Mandalorians, even a few Republic personnel didn't hold him in the highest regard anymore*
"I'll get us off the ground. For now, I'd advise everyone to take Lara's advise and chill the **** out - as she so eloquently put it."
*With that, Alex heads into the cockpit and starts up the engines ignition sequence*
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Post by Nahte Somaht on Feb 14, 2011 1:42:09 GMT -5
*Nahte is put on his back by the blast.*
::Aghh!!::
*The soreness of his injuries returning.*
*He stands and walks over to Lara to where they are a nose length apart. He hadn't noticed before that she had no eyes. He takes a step back. Lara was steaming. He looked at her for a moment."
" I am sorry. I didn't mean to make you angry."
*He walks back to where he was before and lays down. He looks at Lara one last time before shutting his eyes.*
::Hmm. Should I??? Nah. forget it. She's outta my league. But still.::
"Thank you for saving me. I owe you my life."
* Nahte shuts his eyes. Not to sleep. But to stay out of trouble.*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Feb 14, 2011 2:31:01 GMT -5
*With everyone more-or-less silent Alex pilots the Republic shuttle up off the landing pad and into orbit*
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Post by Cassus Fett on Feb 15, 2011 4:37:45 GMT -5
*Cassus and Arligan walk at a quick pace out of the abandoned Jedi Academy, just moments after the Republic shuttle takes off. Cassus immediately notices that it is gone and can just barely pick it up as it heads into the upper atmosphere. He also sees the body of the Ram'ser, Vorik, laying on the landing pad. At least they knew why he wasn't responding earlier.*
"Fierfek."
*Cassus runs over and kneels down to check the mando's pulse. He looks up at Arligan*
"Dead. Check the ship."
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Post by Arligan Fett on Feb 15, 2011 10:28:54 GMT -5
*Arligan nods, pulling his blaster and hitting the code to open the Fury. Smoothly walking in with the blaster drawn, Arligan scopes out the ship, noting that nothing besides where they'd left the strange woman. He sighs, walking up to the cockpit and amiably pressing buttons, turning on the ships systems one by one, waiting for Cassus to come join him in the ship so they could dust-off this stupidly hot planet. He smirks at the bit of ash on his shoulder armor, amiably dusting himself off. He sits back in his flight chair, his head in a swirl of anger.*
~How the heck is the Republic supposed to fight back the sith, if it's own jedi don't even know what's going on. Maybe siding with the sith isn't such a bad idea. At least they haven't tried whipping out my entire clan lately.~
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Post by Cassus Fett on Feb 22, 2011 17:00:50 GMT -5
*Cassus removes an armor plate from the dead Mandalorian, and places it firmly in a pouch on his belt. He then places a hand over the Mandalorian's helmet and whispers a few words of honor for his fallen brother.*
"Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum. Vorik."
*Cassus then stands up and enters the Lightning Fury and takes a seat beside Arligan*
"Let's get into orbit. If Skirata doesn't show within the next two hours we'll have to assume our rendezvous has been compromised."
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Post by Arligan Fett on Feb 22, 2011 18:52:21 GMT -5
*Arligan doesn't reply, tapping instructions into the computer, the Fury takes off from the landing pad, headed for orbit*
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Post by Creepy Duros on Feb 25, 2011 2:23:13 GMT -5
*Sometime later after the Mandalorians have left, a duros comes onto the docking pad and clears the dead body as he promised a certain Jedi he would do years ago on another planet entirely.*
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