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 Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:38 pm
"Thank you, Miyu. I think I owe you my life," Valin said with incredible gratitude. She had saved his butt from reaching the nether realm of the Force. He felt a light numbness, nothing too bad but it did take some of the pain's edge anyway.
That that pain mattered. He knew much of pain. Torture did that to you, he had always surmised. Pain meant little and he knew how to block it out of his mind with enough effort. It took a lot of pain to make him lose focus.
Valin sat up, reaching over to the black-and-gold arm of machinery. With a few motions, he was able to remove the fake hand where his real flesh ended just below the elbow. No fake skin covered it like most people preferred. Sometimes he wore a hard leather cover to make his lower arm look more... human. Such prosthetics could be disturbing to others no matter how natural they were made to look. Valin merely placed the replacement on the ground next to him.
He felt... alright now and placed his hand on one of Miyu's and gave her a reassuring smile, "Please, no more. Your energy is better spent elsewhere. I'll be okay."
Valin reached into the Force and continued where she left off, using its power to double time his body's natural healing method. Equally, he used it to bump up his energy, clearing his mind from the haze of general tiredness and weakness.
Something... pinged in his Force awareness. Something dark... something closing? It was gone before he had a good grasp on it... perhaps it was merely left over Dark Side taint from the Sith Lords...
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:43 pm
Smiling at him serenely, she did as he asked and pulled her hand away, scooting back just a bit after he had sat up. She remained kneeling at his side, however, for just a moment more before finally pushing herself off the ground.
"Stay right here, I'll go grab you a glass of water. Then we're getting you on a couch or something to rest. The floor is not that comfortable," she said in a motherly tone, an irony at best.
Turning away from him, she made quick work of the distance that was between her and the bar. Her kitsune tail swished gently behind her, finally deciding to coil around her waist and rest there instead. One of her hands moved downward to pet the fur, smoothing it back down as she was behind the bar.
Moments later, she was walking back towards Valin, a glass of ice water in her hand. Her eyes never once moved to the prosthetic arm, having no curiousity about it whatsoever. Instead, her gaze was upon the wounds he had, seeing that they were healing rather nicely due to the combined energies they had put forth for it.
As she sat down next to him, the glass was held out for him to take as she peered at him rather knowingly. If he didn't take it right away, she would nudge him a bit until he did, practically ready to force him to drink something before he went and did something else.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:55 pm
He felt Miyu nudge him some before he became aware of what was happening, her giving him a glass of water to drink. Valin took it and drank it slowly but steadily. His throat was quite happy to have the cool water and over all it just felt good.
The good didn't last though.
Evil had come to Orion.
Two beings. They stood at the closed entrance of Orion. They were in the Force - but were something of the Dark Side. They were Dark Side minions, followers of Darth Rutum's dark, almost insane, will. Obviously they had some training in the Sith arts and Valin could feel their plans under the surface of their thoughts.
Valin forced himself up, his body didn't really want to. But it was a must. No matter how hurt he was - these beings would not bring evil to this place. He probed their intentions and realized they were not here for him. Their target never was or would be Valin. Oh no, Darth Rutum wanted Valin all to himself, but first - he wanted to kill all who stood with the Jedi to break the Jedi's spirit and sense of hope.
Valin Lobel would not let that happen.
"Miyu," Valin started, firmly. Very firmly, "Get back." He pulled the lightsaber from his belt, igniting the silver blade from the hilt. It looked tough - but he was still weak.
Nevertheless, he would not let any harm come to anyone.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:03 pm
She saw him rise and draw his weapon, her eyes darting from him before her ears seemed to perk up. Swiveling in the direction of the entrance, they twitched a few times before she too stood to her feet. Glancing at him, she shook her head greatly.
"I don't know what's out there that has you so upset now, but you can't fight the way you are! You're too weak!" she said softly, just in case whoever's hearing was good enough to catch her faint voice. "Let me fight, I have a bit more in me than you do," she said as she grabbed his arm rather tightly.
Her eyes moved from him to the door, standing perfectly still as she watched the entrance with a fiery expression. She may have been with child but that didn't mean she would stop herself from fighting. Their lives were important at this point. Besides, if she couldn't defend herself, her and her pup were in trouble anyways.
Licking her lips, she tugged at his arm a bit more incessently. "We should go hide. You are in no state to fight and you know it!" she hissed out, her expression becoming fiercer although she seemed to have a faint understanding that he wasn't going to exactly listen to the voice of reason.
Damn men.
Without realizing it, she had taken one cautious step away from the door and closed to Valin's side, a snarl emerging from the back of her throat. Her ears were flattened against her hair, blending the crimson with aquamarine as she stood there otherwise silent.
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The Fierce Deity Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:07 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:17 pm
"There is no place for you or I to hide. They can sense us in the Force, sense our very life. No... I have to fight... they will not turn back..." Valin said tiredly. He was tired from physical ache and wounds and from all this constant fighting. No man was meant to fight for their whole life - it took a toll on you.
"Please, stay back Miyu. I'm going to let them harm you or you baby," He said firmly, and then looked at her, "The Force is my ally and my strength. I will not fail nor falter."
The Jedi turned to the door and walked forward, opening it.
Before him stood two beings. One was a Rodian dressed in a jet black jumpsuit. Rodians were humanoid reptilians with green skin. They had multifaceted eyes, trumpet-like ears, and a flexible snout. Small spines grew along the back of their head like hair and they had five standard fingers with suction cup ends. The other being was a standard human with green hair, a deep scar on his left check, and a nose piercing. He was dressed in jet black, civilian-like clothing.
Both beings held crude lightsaber hilts in their hands.
Valin stared at them. He suddenly realized how angry he felt, how much fury roared within him. He calmed himself and tried to find his inner peace. His temper cooled - but was not gone.
"Well, well. It's the little Jedi boy, Bosh," Said the human to the Rodian. The Rodian gave a chuckle and spoke next in a oddly pitched voice, "Looks like he took a beating from the Masters."
Both laughed some as they walked towards Valin - who held up his ignited lightsaber.
"No further. You shall not pass."
They looked at one another before bringing up their lightsabers and igniting blood red blades.
"Make us, you weakling Jedi dog!" Screamed the human.
Both attacked at once. Valin dodged the Rodian's strike first while blocking the human's attack. He rounded them and struck out at the Rodian's blade, who parried poorly - but nonethless parried. Valin knew he was fighting poorly, his minded cluttered by anger and severe weakness. Even the Force was barely able to substain him. A boot to his stomach, the human minion tumbled down to the ground while Valin blocked several strikes from the Rodian minion.
Both of the Sith wannabes withdrew back some, the battle coming to a standstill till someone was willing to take a chance.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:17 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:29 pm
((*lurklurk* Seems there's a bit of lightsaber action goin' on.....perhaps Valin would like some assistance? ninja ))
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:29 pm
Miyuki took the steps back, knowing that he was true when it came to her baby. However, it didn't mean she couldn't help at all. Instead, she reached into the pouch that hung off her belt, her hand grasping onto the few seeds that remained inside.
Luckily she had stocked up.
Watching as they fought, she threw them at the floor, watching as they scattered about under their feet until both sides drew apart. Her eyes darted up to the two men, her lips curling back into a snarl as she watched them.
But a moment later, the snarl was a smirk.
The seeds instantly sprouted and soon, long thin vines were shooting upward to wrap around the limbs of the men that had decided to attack the Orion tonight. Her eyes flashed dangerously as she glared at them both, glancing at Valin with a forced grin.
"Does that help?"
Her voice was bittersweet, honey and venom mixed together.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:48 pm
"Yes, yes it does," Valin said. They seemed immobile for the moment. That gave him a chance to rest and plan a bit. He wasn't sure what to do. They'd free themselves eventually and they would strike at him again. Well, he guess he could...
Before he could finish that thought, the Rodian Force Pushed an unprepared Valin, tossing him back a meter or two until he hit the ground.
The two had managed to free themselves with their lightsabers by the time Valin got up again. They had cut the vines away chunk by chunk. The two ran forward at incredible speeds via the Force. Valin prepared himself.
But he was not the target.
Miyu was.
And something snapped within the Jedi.
All that anger, all that hate boiling under the surface made its way up. He reached into the power of the Dark Side of the Force, beckoning its power to teach these repulsive dark minions a lesson that would not forget! His fury was so extreme and his tapping into the darkness so great - Valin's eyes turned a sulfurous, hideous yellow from Dark Side corruption.
He stopped them instantly before they were less than half a meter away from Miyu. The raging Jedi discarded his lightsaber and held up his right hand, lifting them into the air with the Force, letting them float a bit off the ground. In a grand motion, the Jedi extended his fingers and unleashed a hellish blast of Force Lightning upon the two minions. They screamed in agony as their body cooked from the inside out. This went on for several seconds... until the screams stopped suddenly.
The Jedi reeled his arm, the dead beings suddenly flying away and crashing into a wall with a loud thud as several bones broke in each of their lifeless bodies.
It was all over. The darkness and adrenaline ran through his body... but both eventually ran their courses, coming to a hault. Valin's eyes returned to their normal color.
What... what had he done? He stared at the bodies. He had done the Jedi thing... saving someone. But at a terrible, terrible price. It wasn't that he killed them, that had been a given... it was how he killed them. Not in the calm, rational, and detached manner of a true Jedi - but in the hateful, raged filled strikes of a... a Sith...
Valin suddenly felt very, very weak now and fell to the ground on his butt, his eyes wide and full of shock...
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:55 pm
Miyuki had been scrambling to get anything out of her pockets, do something to keep them from her. She didn't want to fight hand-to-hand due to the baby, and she was starting to get a bit scared. By the time she had looked up, they were so close she could see the whites of their eyes.
But in an instant, before she could even raise her arms to defend herself, they were suddenly in the air, and she knew immediately that Valin was the culprit of this. Her eyes softened and she was about to thank him but soon, she let out a shriek as they did, hearing their screams that caused her ears to flatten to her head and her eyes to water.
The sounds died down afterwards, and when they had hit the wall, she fell to the ground as they did. She had seen people get killed before, oh yes, and they were definitely two that deserved it.
But it just kept ringing in her head, the screams they emitted..
Unsure of what else to do, she glanced upward to see Valin on the ground as well, somewhat shocked at what had happened himself. In an instant, she was crawling over to him, holding back her sniffles and tears before she was beside him.
As if knowing why he was upset, she leaned forward and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You saved me.. Thank you," she whispered, not able to hold back one lonely teardrop from falling down her cheek.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:02 pm
::It seemed as though Dark Unks was going to be spending a lot more time in the Orion near his goody goody counter part and his wife. Ya know what they say keeps your friends close and your enemies closer. Well he had no friends so that made it easy.
The only thing that really bothered him was the fact that he and his counter part still had the same name. It was going to get very confusing to those around them, besides he also doesn't feel like sharing the name with the weakling.
Finding himself walking in a large town a long way from the Orion Unks finds a rather large library. Stepping inside the libray he picks up a bunch of books with names of all cultures and their meanings. As time passed on the pile of books near him grew in size.
He was about to give up for the day when he stumbled across a name in latin. The name was Furor, and it ment "rage". A cold smirk appeared on his face as he brought one of his fingers down the large scar over his right eyes and side of his face. As he did this he thought of his past and why he was the way he was.
He got up and put all the books away using his mind. He didn't really care if anyone saw him doing it, and if they did, would they really say anything to him about it? He left the library with that cold smirk on his face, and his red eyes filled with a look of dangerious excitement. He took to the skies to head back to the Orion::
"Furor, it fits me perfectly. Lets see how well it will stick in the minds of those who I call my enemies."
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:08 pm
Valin just nodded, "Yeah... yeah... saved you..." He had just shut down and gone into stand-by mode. The Jedi had just overloaded his emotions and brain. He seemed dazed and lost, almost like he wasn't even there.
It would catch up eventually. He would come to realize what he had done - using the Dark Side again. Just another crime he could not forgive himself for... another burden too great to bear...
"I'm sorry, Miyu... I'm sorry... I just wanted to... save you... you and the baby... I'm sorry..." He muttered, not really aware of what he was saying. Yet he knew he was talking and the words he was saying.
"I'm not a very good person... I have comitted great crimes... great evils... some things... are impossible to forgive..."
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:10 pm
::The feeling of malice was too palpable to ignore. Similar to that of a battle but different in the way that no battle was taking place, it was thick in the two beings to grace Deity's home. Not only them, either. Knowing neither their intention nor their origin, all the Orinian knew when he arrived was their demeanor, and it wasn't a pleasant one, which is why he did little more than watch. His ki remains very low, technically invisible; knowing a Jedi - or a Sith - can sense him either way is of little consequence. Habit.
Staying out of sight, the tall Tonepian stands behind the elevator shaft, hands in his pockets. A long black trenchcoat covers dark jeans and a red button-down shirt, a black undersuit worn as well. His pants wrinkling up at the ankles of his boots, his glasses, scarf, and headband mask his face. Just above his half-buttoned hang his pendant and locket, retsing peacefully. The Orinian saw it all. What he has suspected of the Jedi seems to be solidfied by this occurrence. For that moment, he was no different than the evil Deity has sensed around him as of late. Perhaps even darker still. An eerie thought, no doubt, that even the most unsuspecting of people can have such a dark reflection waiting to be explode from within.
Not only that, but who might these intruders be? It is clear to Deity that, despite who killed them, they weren't after Valin. How did they find this place? Perhaps it would be wise to keep father on guard, the boy ponders. Saying or doing nothing to make himself intentionally known, the Mystic Orinian lowers his head in thought, in silence. This could develop into a problem.::
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The Fierce Deity Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:12 pm
((Bad Valin! No going to the Dark Side! *whaps him with a newspaper* xD))
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