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*swiftly walks in* If anyone needs to train with a master, you can train with me! This guild is kind of dead right now... sweatdrop ...so just be patient, and we'll try to work this out.

Aayla did as the substitute master commanded. She closed her eyes and began to meditate.

((realizing the lack of activity, I've thrown the rest of monster post two into a new post, in hopes of getting a response.... and now for the duel....and since I'm too lazy to write out the actual timing, I'm splitting it into 6 to 20 second 'rounds'....you can tell how much time by the number of actions, and if you can't pm me.))
Round 1:

Delor rushed Reis, screaming out loudly as he unloaded the last of his weapons, dropping them to the ground once they were empty and drawing a vibro-axe. as he continued to close the gap, the few pirates who had thier head in the game aimed for him...and were struck with fear by his bezerking.

Reis however, wasn't intimidated. He flicked the blood from his blade with practiced ease and began closing the gap between himself and delor, cutting down anyone in his way, even his own men.

The pirates, seeing thier both thier leader striking them down, and a crazy-a** man with an axe, well....they just kinda break down and run, mostly pushing into the crowd of onlookers.

In turn, the crowd began trying to use eachother as human shields, mostly resulting in the outer layer being cut down by panicked Pirates. within this slaughter was Josephs father, whose head was blasted at point blank, sending bits of cranium and brain-matter flying up into the air, some of which found it's way onto Josephs face.

Round 2:

The Pirates, after a few moments of panicking, manage to get thier heads together and resume thier blatant thievery. The crowd, now in a state of complete fear, comply like sheeps to the demands of the Pirates....((this takes up the rest of the fight between reis and delor, meaning I won't be posting any more for them ))

Meanwhile, Delor finishes closing the gap between himself and Reis, bringing his Axe down in an overhand swing...the swing does miss, but upon impact with the ground it shatters the earth and leaves a hole in the ground.

Reis, reads Delor like an open book during his attack. Using this knowledge he times his dodge and hops nimbly out of the way, bringing his blade to tear over Delor's ribcage. with this wound Delor screams out in pain and rage....

Round 3:

With a scream of rage and pain that echo's through the air, Delor rips his axe from the earth, hurling chunks through the air as he swings it once more, his first attack aimed for Reis's chest, and the second following as he spins around to make another over hand chop.

once more, Reis reads Delor's movements, and ducks under the first attack before getting another quick cut in on Delor's ribs. however, in taking the time to cut, Reis leaves himself with no time to dodge, and only barely manages to lock his weapon with Delors in a parry.

Round 4:

With thier weapons locked, Delor smiles insanely. Laughing with rage as he pushes down with all his might, " Die by my hand pirate wretch, feel the pain of loss and suffer! suffer for your crimes!"

With a look of suprise, Reis buckles slightly under the pressure of Delor's rage. he reaches his previously free hand up to support his blade, and pushes back, moving back a bit in an attempt to break the lock.

Round 5:

As he sees Reis give ground, Delor pushes foreward, focusing all his anger on pushing his blade into Reis, in killing, vengance and bloodthirst....

And luck seems to favor him....Reis, in a moment of unluckyness plants his foot in the hole made by Delor, and finding his footing gone for only an instant....

with luck on his side, Delor topples reis and manages to drive his axe partially into his face, it's vibrating edge rips into Reis's face and tears away his left eye, cutting into his cheek and lip, and leaving a great wound....before karma strikes...

Reis, realizing he would have to take a blow to end the fight...he releases his free hand from the blade and reaches down to his back, and as the axe bites into his face, a wound that would give him a distinctive scar for the rest of his life, he plunges his dagger into Delor's stomach.

Round 6:

The pirates, having refocused themselves on looting, don't notice as thier leader falls, or as his assailant is mortally wounded. however, they do notice as thier numbers are again cut down....3 more lay dead before they see thier leader, his face a mess, standing once more.

After pushing Delor off of him, Reis stands. As anger over-rides his pain, Reis rips his dagger out of delor, and stalks over to cut down three of his own men, yelling out, " worthless dogs, get the loot and resume killing, we are going to be moving out soon enough...."

Pushed onto the ground, Delor holds a hand on his stomach wound and tries his best to keep from bleeding to death. As he keeps his breaths short, he laughs lightly to himself, glad that he could at least deliver what he thought to be a mortal wound to the Pirate leader.

((end of round-based ness))

As they hear the voice of thier leader, the Pirate crew readies thier weapons, however, just before they fire, they hear a new command....

With an insane laugh, Reis says, " I think it's time they suffer some....this wound on my face warrants a punishment before death...crewmen, execute the men, load up the speeders, and relieve your 'needs' with the women...." As he spoke, Reis moved to one of the speeders and took out a medical kit, procuring bandages and other medical agents, he cleaned his wound and placed a bacta-patch on it.

By the time Reis has finished bandaging himself, The pirate crew had gunned down the remaining men, including Josephs friends....After doing this, they *content not appropriate for gaia.....*

Reis of course joined in, doing....mature things...to Josephs mother, as well as any other of the surviving ladies of the hostages....

Joseph......thought I forgot about him did ya? nope....he cowered in fear as his body froze, he watched in horror as his family was gunned down and violated. He only managed to move when he saw Mora about to be taken advantage of....at which point he stood and grabbed hold of the microphone, shouting into it, " STOP!" before he realized he had no weapons. OH ****! I can't do anything....no weapon, no armor.....hell, all I can do is throw this at them and run....please...if there is any greater power....help me!

With a yelp, Joseph hurled the Microphone at the nearest Pirate, and began running as the feedback echoed through the area. The Pirate, who was in the middle of tearing Mora's shirt, shifted his attention and began running after Joseph, pausing momentarily to grab a gun from the ground...unfortunately for him this was one of the guns that Delor had dropped....

Mora, say her chance and took it. She tore away running, and was shot by 2 of the guarding pirates before she managed to make it very far. Her body slumped down and fell to the earth, laying with the corpses.....

As Joseph broke away, Reis chuckled and ignored him, instead focusing on his....um....unsavory acts....

The pirate however, got pissed. He threw the useless gun at Joseph, managing to bean his target in the back as he continued to chase him.

Joseph in turn got hit, and with the distraction of pain he failed to notice debris in his way. He tripped over the debris and rolled through broken pieces of droids, getting scratched up in the process...

This pirate, who we'll call smith for the sake of a name, took his chance. Smith lept onto the downed Joseph and backhanded the insolent young man, but as he raised his fist to deliver another painful blow...something happened...

Joseph, who had never raised his hands in violence, who had little to no training in the art of combat....managed to kill his assailant. In an instinctive reaction Joseph called upon the darkside of the force to come to his aid, and it came in a moment of inspiration.... this inspiration took hold of Josephs extensive medical knowledge, sized up the species of his assailant (which was human) and threw his hands up to slam the pressure points that would disable Smith's arm. With a scream of Rage, which none of the crew noticed (they were all busy....ya know...) Joseph pummled his assailants vital points, cutting off circulation, breathing, Smith's nervous system, and the functions of his liver, kidneys and lungs. As the moment of dark inspiration left him, Joseph fell unconcious, the corpse of Smith draping over him and hiding the young man.


-------------- ((the rest of this post would have been an after report, compiled from Delor's view, and the forensics team that investigated the area....))

The defilement of the remaining nobles lasted a good ten minutes, until Reis decided it was time to leave. he took the person he was with as a living hostage, and with his knife to her neck got into his speeder, the remaining Pirates loading into thiers and the lot of them flying back to thier ship.

Delor, as luck would have it, managed to hold out long enough for paramedics to arrive on the scene and tend to his wounds, Joseph was only found after a thorough search of the scene, and at first report was pronounced as 'dead'. up until he told this story to Suki, his memory of the inspiration of the darkside was also hazy at best....now, on to the last instance in this battle....

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The Pirate ship-

As the crew loaded thier speeders onto the ship and put thier weapons away, they had no idea of the fate in store for them...it is unknown what Reis had done with the live hostage he took, as she was never seen again, nor was her identity ever confirmed.

Reis called the crew out into the open area around the ship, supposedly to congradulate the survivors on a job well done...." it's good to see that so many of your survived....it may not seem that way, since there are only 10 of you, but rest assured, it was more than anyone could have hoped for....now, before we take off, does anyone have any bets to settle?"

The crew looked around strangely at one another, unsure of what thier captain was speaking of, and during thier confusion, they found death. Thier Deaths came in the form of one of thier own allies, who ripped through them like a hot knife through butter....but with his bare hands. thier remains were left stripped of gear, and the only survivors of the battle left them to be eaten by wildlife....as luck would have it one of the search teams found the corpses before they were too badly mutilated, and forensics was able to confirm thier presence at the incident. Forensics also assumed that Reis murdered them to keep from having to pay them...a brutal tactic that lead to an increase in his infamous reputation.


((sorry about skimping out on some parts, but I don't want the gaia mod's getting any MORE reason to ban/slap me...I mean, I already pushed the pg-13 rating a bit.... sweatdrop ))

At the end of the Great Hall you see a figure gliding toward you...it seems to be female humanoid of some sort with the look of a cat...as she comes closer her black dress gently swishes against the black marbled floors.

She motions for you to follow and you enter enormous doors that lead down another corridor. The corridor is full of windows that reach the ceiling...and at the end of the corridor is an elevator.

The elevator opens without this strange woman touching any buttons and she enters the car, you following behind...the glass elevator shows you a view of the city and the vast jungle that lies beyond the walls of the city.

Soon you reach the top and the door opens...it leads to a room where other people, like yourself, have come to learn the dark ways of the Force.

Welcome, Youngling. Please make yourself comfortable for I would like you to meditate on what brought you here. What events have fueled your passion to learn the arts of the Dark Side of the Force?

((TWo experience points))

Good feel the pain and the emotion of your true self. This will make you stronger in the ways of the Force.

The Empress gently takes the blade of grass from your anger-shaking hands and replaces it with a silver ring made of convoluted labrynths.

Now take this ring and follow it to where it leads you...

((five experience points are rewarded in your favor biggrin ))

The Empress sat there silent for a minute.

You know that pain that inflicts every creature now. Through your loss and the anger of the Force you have a very powerful tool at your disposal. I can see that you do not like authority, but rest assured that if you follow the simple rules and tasks that I put down for you...you will be...one of the strongest Sith to ever exist.

She then pulls a blade of bright purple grass out of the air and hands it to you.

Take this blade of grass and meditate upon it. Tell what you feel, what does this blade show you about the Force?