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[Evermourne]

Arianna moved in to examine the body. As she got ready and grabbed her First aid kit it seems it was too late. The body who was on his belly was clearly void of all life. Arianna turned it over to get a good look of the front. Running through her notes It did not take long to realise that this person was Murrah. Arianna looked the body over and did not notice any special body marks which could cause death. However Murrah seemed severly dehydrated. All of a sudden Arianna realises that however this was a Jedi accourding to Gri'pan's information. There was not a single force sign left in her.

Shebi Ajava heared the dark news from Arianna and continued to search around for anything. Most of the stuff was thrown around and not very useful. However a small datapad that was covered under some debris was found.

Researchers log , Para speaking

I... can not believe it. I think it worked. The plant extracts when mixed with out previous finding seemed to react like we thought. A way to extend life... marvelous. And that all thanks to the help of those outsiders. We where sceptical at first but it seems they really where interrested in this research. They also said they had a surprice for us to celebrate. I wonder what more wonderful things await us. Now to close up this research and we can carry on soon.

---- Log end ----

A strange notion it seems. But one way or another they did find Murrah.

This cave did not seem to have any more usefull information.

[Shebi Ajava]

Ajava shared the log with Ariana, and commented on it as well: "Apparently, this research was not as secret as master Gri'pan had in mind -- with the researchers just accepting help from some random third party..."

"Let's carry her body to the ship, and do a scan of the nearby mountains while we're flying anyway. If we find something, we can investigate it, if we don't we'll collect her ship, load in as much of the research as is we have found, and fly back to Unity."

Ajava then picked up Murrah's body, and carried her back to the ship outside the cave.

[Ariana Danacia]

"It seems there is nothing else to do here. We literally reached a dead end. I will take some of these plants and follow you to the ship."

Ariana started picking up the plants and followed Shebi Ajava to the ship.

[Evermourne]

The two padawans gathered their last things and brought the body back to their ship. Upon leaving the cave they stumbled on a surprise.

"hmm you reccon these are the two we where told about?"

the two looked up and saw a human girl lieing on her back, resting her head in her hand and looking at the two padawans upside down.

"Act serieus Tera. This is not a random game you know. But yeah they fit the description she gave us." A twi'lek male snapped at her while he sat down next to her. He shook he head and stood up slowly facing the two padawans.

The two strangers where both dressed in blue yellow robes and where grinning slightly.

Shebi Ajava wondered how these two could pop up with her sensing them sooner. Both padawans could now sense them clearly and know they must not underestimate these two strangers.

[Shebi Ajava]

((OOC: Hi, it's me, your friendly neighbourhood "Don't play my character for me!" announcer.

...Shebi Ajava and Arianna gently put Murrah's body on the floor and went to face the two....

Don't play my character for me! I am perfectly capable of deciding what I do without you doing it for me, and this is most definitely not what I would do in this immediate situation (thought I might decide to put the body down at a later moment if this is going where I think it is). Besides, Ariana isn't even carrying the body, Ajava picked up the body by herself and Ariana is carrying a few of the plants.

Normally I am not opposed to fast-forwarding, but this is a situation where our choices matter, so don't take them away from us!

Please remove the offending sentence from your post so we can play our character ourselves.))

[Evermourne]

((OOC: sentense removed. And indeed maybe the wrong moment to fast forward that little thing.))

[Shebi Ajava]

((OOC: No problem ^_^))

Ajava made sure to take a few extra steps outside, so she wouldn't be caught in the cave's entrance if the two attacked. Wondering why she didn't notice these two earlier, Ajava turned to have a good look at the two.

"We fit the description who gave you?", she asked.

Ajava suspects that these two were responsible for Murrah's death, but she had no evidence other than the video with two unclear people chasing Murrah. Then again, there were no clear weapon marks on Murrah's body.

Still carrying Murrah's body, she carefully inspected the two people to see if they are carrying hidden weapons.

((Check: 10 = 6 Force Level + 4 Vision -- spotting hidden weapons (no mention of weapons is made, so I assumed they carry no obvious weapons)))

[Ariana Danacia]

((OOC: Btw, it is Ariana with only 1 n.))

Ariana looked up because the two caught her off guard as well. When she noticed that Shebi Ajava was talking to them she moved her eyes away from them and looked for their ship.

Ariana moved outside as well, as long as the two were not attacking she ignored them and kept on moving to their ship at a normal pace.

((Check: 10 = 5 Force Level + 3 Vision + 2 Mechanical Engineer -- Checking if the ship is still there and if it looks like it is tempered with or broken from the outside.))

[Evermourne]

The Twi'lek male moved into Ariana's path and stood right in front of her having her while openly hovering his hand over his lightsaber.

"We are not here to exchange information" the male said reguarding Shebi Ajava and he moved his eyes back and forth between the two.

"However I can tell you that you two might become anoying to our future endevours. or so she thinks. Judging from what I see now I have no idea why she would say that. Hmmmm" the female who was named Tera by the other replied with a clear smirk. And as she moved to stand more across from Shebi Ajava she also did not make it a secret she was hovering her hand over a lightsaber.

Ariana looked into the distace towards the two ships and as far as she could tell nothing seemed wrong with both of them at the moment.

[Shebi Ajava]

Ajava didn't allow herself to be taunted by the human girl.

"Listen, I just found the body of a colleague of mine who was murdered. I'm not in the mood for this. So, Tera, if you just step aside and let me pass we can each be on our way. However, if you are intent on harassing us, you'll have to do better than this and at least tell me who sent you to kill Murrah."

Ajava subtly shifted her stance to make sure that, in case these two attacked, she could put Murrah's corpse on the ground and draw her lightsaber without exposing herself to sudden attacks.

While she waited for the girl's reply, she quickly informed Ariana of her plan: "Ariana, if they engage, we'll gang up on the twi'lek first, then the girl. If they flee, pursue and force them to continue fighting; don't let them get to the ships to escape. Try to keep them alive if convenient."

[Ariana Danacia]

Ariana looked at the Twi'lek for a moment. "What are you two doing here?"

Quickly after finishing her sentence Ariana jumped into the air and flew away from the Twi'lek, after circling around she landed on the other side of him. Ariana was now positioned between their ship and the Twi'lek. With a few meters between her and the Twi'lek.

((Check: 10 = 5 Force Level + 4 Strength + 1 Force Speed+ Natural Flight -- Jumping away from the Twi'lek and flying around him.))

Right, Twi'lek first, got it.

If Ariana still has time left she will carefully put the plants on the ground to free up her claws.

[Evermourne]

Arina lands on the other side of the Twi'lek flanking him with Shebi Ajava.

The girl pouts her lips.
"Aaa it seems they like you better, it seems they dont want to play with me"

The man grinned
"Well that... thing you have over there was hardly worth the time. a little drain food was all he could provide. However the two of you seem to be a lot better candidates. Now let us get this over with"

The girl dashes behind the male and stands to face Ariana. She quickly draws out two lightsabers and activates them in a taunting fashion. Bright blue and yellow

The man grabs his saberher as well. a double bladed one also showing blue and yellow on one side each.

"Let's see if the words are true" the man said to Shebi Ajava

"And I would love to have a mount like you little birdy" the woman grinned at Ariana

[Shebi Ajava]

In a a single fluid motion Ajava quickly puts Murrah's body on the ground, making sure to keep an eye on the twi'lek. She grabs her lightsaber as she moves to stand upright. The simple blue blade extends with the familiar hissing sound.

"I like your girl, twi'lek. Maybe I should take her for myself...", she smiled at the twi'lek with a predatory smile, hoping to shake him a little as she estimated that his perception of the Jedi wouldn't encompass such behaviour.

((Combat, round 0: Shii-Cho + Regular Blade (regular hilt)))

((OOC: @Evermourne: I assume that you forgot to call round 0, which isn't a problem. Note that the combat system only works well if the ST also provides the statistics for the opponents at least. It might be nice to view an example of combat play (you can hit 'Quote' to get the source of a post); if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask! I'll gladly explain the system in an OOC post or a PM ^_^))

[Ariana Danacia]

Ariana drops the plants in front of her. Not as smoothly as Ajava puts Murrah's body on the ground, some of the pots break. There are more where those came from she thinks.

Ariana uses her Telekinesis to draw her green dagger blade and her yellow regular blade and prepares for a aggressive swing.

"Or we could eat her, when the combat is over..." said Ariana without a single sign of emotion.

((Combat, round 0: Ataru + Dagger Blade (Green) and Regular Blade (Yellow) (short handles)))

[Storyteller (Elmer)]

((OOC: As discussed in this thread, I will be finishing this mission for Evermourne. I won't be writing the checks, but only their actions.))

With the praetorian in front of her, Ariana suddenly was a lot more impressive for Tera, especially as she is larger than the human. The wings made the body looking even larger. The self confidence of the girl suddenly sank visually, like a child who angered an adult and suddenly realized he made a mistake.

The Twi'lek man was still standing confidently, thinking he could finish Ajava with ease.

((Combat, round 0: The Guy:
Juyo + regular blades (regular saberstaff)

Tera:
Shii-Cho + dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)))

((OOC: Round 1. Remember that you suffer a -2 penalty on attack from first round!))

Tera started with an set of unsure attacks on Ariana. Just when Ariana made her move, she used the force to blow a gust of sand in the eyes of the praetorian.

The Twi'Lek made a set aggressive moves, trying to force Ajava with her back against the wall. He made excellent use of both sides of his staff, first he attacked with one side, and right when Ajava would do any attempt to step aside he immediately blocked her path with the other side of his staff.

((Combat, round 1: The Guy: Taking an offensive advantage action
Attack: 11 / 8 / 6 - Juyo+regular blades (regular saberstaff)
Defence: 10 / 10 / 8 - Juyo+regular blades (regular saberstaff)

• First round penalty of -2/-2/-2

Tera: Taking a defensive advantage action
Attack: 5 / 5 / 6 - Shii-Cho+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)
Defence: 7 / 8 / 9 - Shii-Cho+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)

• First round penalty of -2/-2/-2

))

[Shebi Ajava]

Able to hold of the advancing twi'lek male, Ajava knows she has to reposition for their plan to work. Ducking underneath one of his swings, she quickly rolls to the right to allow Ariana to come up in a flanking position.

Recognizing the distinctive style of Juyo and knowing that although strong on offence against multiple opponents, his blade can't bend and still offers little in way of defence against multiple opponents. Ajava uses the distraction created by Ariana attacking the man in the rear to launch a series of strong cuts or her own.

With full force she makes a surprise cut to his neck, followed by a cut the his left leg, then his right arm, then a feint to his right wrist, replaced at the last moment by a cut to his right leg again. With sparks flying around from the blocks, the man had to make a choice: block the attacks from Ajava or block the attacks from Ariana, either way, he was going to loose ground.

((Combat, round 1: Shebi Ajava: Attacking The Guy. Taking an Offensive DCA, middle ring ((Check: 14 = 6 Force Level + 4 Fitness + 1 Acrobatics + 1 Force Speed + 2 Stealth -- duck, roll and use distraction to slice))
Attack: 6 / 12 / 5 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt)
Defence: 10 / 11 / 9 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt)

• First round penalty of -2/-2/-2
• Offensive DCA of +0/+2/+0

))

[Ariana Danacia]

Ariana was annoyed by the sand that Tera pushed at her and became more aggressive.

She defended Tera's attacks, but instead of tossing a little bit of sand back at her she lifted some dry loose sand from the ground with the force. At the moment that the twi'lek male turned around she Jumped into the air and pushed the sand towards the human and the twi'lek with the force and the air flow her wings created.

Using the diversion she moved around Tera and positioned herself in a flanking position on the twi'lek. Using the attacks from Shebi Ajava as an opening, combined with the sand she tossed, to stab him in the back multiple times with her dagger.

((Combat, round 1: Ariana: Attacking The Guy. Taking an Offensive DCA, inner ring ((Check: 11 = 5 Force Level + 5 Energy + 1 Telekinesis + Natural Flight -- Pushing sand in their faces as a diversion for the backstabbing of the guy.))
Attack: 8 / 6 / 10 - Ataru; dagger + regular blade (short hilts)
Defence: 6 / 6 / 8 - Ataru; dagger + regular blade (short hilts)

• First round penalty of -2/-2/-2
• Offensive DCA of +0/+0/+2

))

[Storyteller (Elmer)]

((OOC: Shebi, you are taking an invalid defensive style, I assume it is a typo?

Shebi Ajava her action is approved.
Ariana Danacia her action is also approved.
The Guy failed in his advantage action, due to a heap of 'bad luck' on his head. (Or actually two well together working strong jedi.)
Tera succeeds in her defensive advantage action.))

Both jedi stacking on top of the male Twi'Lek seems to be a good plan, and he had trouble keeping the two jedi of him. While he made a half spin to fend of Ariana her dagger, Shebi saw her chance to make a blow to the leg. It was a small cut, but severe enough for the guy to notice, he is now off balance!

Meanwhile the surprise sand attack on Ariana seems to have it's effect and the human girl gets a more advantageous position.

((OOC: End of round 1.

Round 2.))

"Stop hitting my master!" The human girl shouted. Tera was coming over her fear for Ariana and flanked the Praetorian padawan. With Ariana focusing on the Twi'Lek, Tera could relatively easy make copy the move of the winged opponent and make a decisive thrust towards Ariana her back. Taking an offensive DCA and switching to a more offensive style.

The guy had much more trouble to keep standing. In a spin he cut of a piece of his clothing and pushed it towards Ariana while she tried to make a large sweep. Although her lightsaber easily cut through the clothing, it obstructed her sight just long enough for him to defend against the attack before making a counter manoeuvre. Taking a defensive DCA while attacking Ariana.

((Combat, round 1: The Guy: Taking an defensive DCA.
Attack: 12 / 9 / 7 - Juyo+regular blades (regular saberstaff)
Defence: 11 / 9 / 7 - Juyo+regular blades (regular saberstaff)

• Off balance penalty: -1/-1/-1
• Defensive DCA of +2/0/0

Tera: Taking an offensive DCA
Attack: 7 / 7 / 10 - Shii-Cho+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)
Defence: 8 / 8 / 9 - Trakata+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)

• Defensive advantage action, +1/1/1 defense
• Offensive DCA, +0/0/2

))

[Ariana Danacia]

Ariana realized that this was the last chance for her to do another aggressive battering, with Tera closing in on her back, her mobility was limited.

Using the fact that Shebi Ajava was still flanking the guy she looked for an opening. Directly after his spin Ariana recovered and kicked him in the kneecap. After the kick she immediately took a step back and than quickly lashed out two times with two powerful slashes from her regular blade aimed at his right arm, counting on the fact that he would not be able to sidestep them so quickly.

After these slashes she immediately recovered in a more defensive position to receive the beating from the Guy and Tera who apparently had decided to gang up on her.

((Combat, round 2: Ariana: Attacking The Guy. Taking an Offensive DCA, outer ring ((Check: 10 = 5 Force Level + 4 Strength + 1 Force Speed -- Kicking the guy in the kneecap and slashing at him while he is unable to sidestep so quickly.))
Attack: 12 / 8 / 10 - Ataru; dagger + regular blade (short hilts)
Defence: 8 / 9 / 11 - Soresu; dagger + regular blade (short hilts)

• Offensive DCA of +2/+0/+0

))

[Shebi Ajava]

Based on the way the girl reacts to the two of them ganging up on her master, Ajava realizes that she made the correct call before the fight broke out.

While the guy seems focussed on defending against Ariana, he knew what he was doing. His saberstaff afforded him some leeway in presenting a threat to both the veolian and the praetorian. Ajava waits for an opportune moment.

Her chance presented itself when the guy cut of a swath of his cloak to blind Ariana. As he made his counter manoeuvre, he fell into the trap of the Juyo style: at heart it is a duelling style for one-on-one fights. As he exposed himself by focussing on Ariana, Ajava executed a strike at his neck. Aiming with vicious efficiency to cleanly separate his head from his torso!

As his head rolls in the dirt, and his body slumps over, she looks at the girl with a sneer on her face. "I think I will take you for myself now...", she thought to the girl.

Though Ajava did not truly mean it, a small part of herself actually liked the way that sounded.

((Combat, round 2: Shebi Ajava: Attacking The Guy. Taking an Offensive Advantage action against Tera ((Check: 12 = 6 Force Level + 5 Energy + 1 Telepathy -- shaking her confidence and using that as an advantage over her))
Attack: 8 / 12 / 7 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt)
Defence: 10 / 11 / 9 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt) ))

((OOC: I took some artistic liberty based on the statistics as presented here. ST should feel free to interrupt/modify Ajava's action as is seen fit.))

[Storyteller (Elmer)]

((OOC: The results do not change because of the artistic liberty, so I have no issues here. :)
The DCA of Ariana is approved, though barely.
The Advantage action of Ajava is approved.
Both the actions of Tera and the Guy are approved as well, though they are in vain.))

The guy tried a fierce attack on Ariana, but when she suddenly switched to the defensive Soresu style, blocking both the guy and Tera, the guy knew that he was done for, and that both jedi would walk away unharmed. He tried to block Ariana her kick in a desperate attempt, but the next moment, Ajava her saber separated his head from his torso, permanently. Even Teprogrenaian or Astrian cybernetic technology wouldn't be able to safe him.

((OOC: End of round 2, the Twi'Lek guy is dead, a little faster than expected :).

round 3.))

The expression of the human girl turned from anger to fear as she saw her master fell down by the hand of Shebi Ajava. The head of the Twi'Lek fell on the ground and rolled over, facing the young human girl in its final resting position. Three pair eyes were now looking at Tera, two of the jedi and one pair of dead eyes of here just killed master. Now that both jedi turned to Tera, she saw no other options than to turn as well. And so, she turned around and started to run. She ran to the space ship next to the one of Ajava and Ariana. And Tera ran surprisingly fast.

((Combat, round 3: Tera: Taking a non-combat action to run away to her ship.
Attack: - / - / - - Trakata+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)
Defence: 8 / 9 / 10 - Shii-cho+dagger blades (dual wielded short hilts)

• Defensive advantage action, +1/1/1 defense
• Non-combat action

))

[Shebi Ajava]

Not willing to let the girl escape, Ajava starts running as well. She bursts away from a stand-still with supernatural speed.

She rushes forward, trying to overtake the girl before she reaches her ship. Ajava has already determined her best method of attack: she won't slow down, she'll just slam into the girl. This will either stop the girls escape, or both women will end up in the ship the girl's running for.

As Ajava comes near the girl, she readies her lightsaber... She wants to disable, but not kill... She aims for the girls right thigh -- it won't kill her, but will drop her. And, back at the Jedi temple she can be patched up if needed.

((Combat, round 3: Shebi Ajava: Taking Offensive DCA, Inner. ((Check: 13 = 6 Force Level + 4 Strength + 2 Athletics + 1 Force Speed -- run and slam))
Attack: 9 / 13 / 10 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt)
Defence: 10 / 11 / 9 - Shii-cho+regular blade (regular hilt)

• Offensive advantage: +1/+1/+1
• Offensive DCA: +0/+0/+2

))

((OOC: Advantages against multiple opponents boil down to 'What does the ST think', so I'll claim here that Ajava is not hindered by the sand in Ariana's eyes... Note that not taking any attack will usually invoke "You may choose not to attack during your round. You should state this in your post. Doing this gives a bonus on an action. During your next round, you do not receive any combat style bonuses, either defensive or offensive, as you struggle to get out of the advantage you gave your opponent by not attacking them and thus not forcing their hand." from the Combat Actions section in Jedi Combat! (And this looks like 'choosing not to attack').

Unrelated, can you stop breaking up your posts with the round marker? As players, we will get it if you fold the marker and the check results into a single ooc note at the top of your post; this will make the IC text flow better.))

[Ariana Danacia]

Seeing that there is nothing left of the guy and that Tera is starting to run she takes no chances. In a swift move she joins Shebi Ajava in her chase. While she starts to fly away in the direction of the ships she grabs the lightsaber of the guy with the force and puts it on her belt.
((Check: 11 = 5 Force Level + 5 Energy + 1 Telekinesis -- Grabbing the lightsaber of the guy.))

Ariana thinks to herself, we can not leave such a dangerous trophy behind.

During this move she flies towards the ship with force speed.

((Check: 9 = 5 Force Level + 3 Fitness + 1 Force Speed -- Flying after Shebi Ajava and Tera.))

((Combat, round 3: Ariana:
Attack: 7 / 5 / 7 - Soresu+dagger + regular blade (short hilts)
Defence: 6 / 6 / 8 - Ataru+dagger + regular blade (short hilts) ))

[Storyteller (Elmer)]

Tera ran, and just when she thought she was gonna make it, Ajava catches up with her. In an attempt to stop her, the Veolian padawan cut the right thigh of the human girl. It wasn't a deep cut, but severe enough that so that the girl fell on the ground in a scream of terror while Ajava slammed in her because of the sudden stop of the human while Ajava still had her speed.

In her fall Tera dropped both her lightsabers which fell on the ground just out of reach. Like a wounded animal making a final attempt to escape, she crawled to her ship, ending with her back against the hull. She looked really scared at Ajava, and it was like her eyes were screaming: 'Please don't kill me!'

((OOC: The action of Ajava is: approved. Ariana Danacia, you take two checks, though I understand why. As I see the 'grabbing the lightsabers with the force' as a minor check, both actions are approved, but the difficulty to catch up with Tera was significantly increased because of this. The combat has ended for Tera. There is no way she could defend against Ajava any longer, so there is no reason to prolong the fight.

Shebi Ajava, your remarks concerning the defensive advantage actions are right. Though they have no impact on this fight, I will remember it for next time.))

[Shebi Ajava]

With a smooth gesture, Ajava pulled the girl's lightsabers into her hand and attaches them to her belt. After turning off her own blade, she attaches her own blade to her belt as well.

"Tera, listen to me. If you lie still, and do as we say, you won't die.", Ajava spoke in a soft voice.

"Ariana, can you bandage her leg?", she asked Ariana when the Praetorian returned. She continued telepathically, to make sure the girl didn't hear: "When you're done with that we'll fly these ships over to Murrah's body. We'll put the plants, Murrah's body, the guy's corpse and lightsaber and the two lightsabers of the girl in our shuttle. Then we'll collect Murrah's shuttle and have the pilot-droid fly that one. I'll fly their shuttle and guard the girl."

While Ariana was bandaging, Ajava searched the second ship.

((Check: 10 = 6 Force Level + 4 Vision -- Search Tera and The Guy's ship (for weapons, equipment, etc.)))