A massive cataclysm has struck the universe, and destroyed most everything in its wake. The survivors are now trying to pick up the pieces, and figure out exactly what has befallen them. Gather together, lightsiders!! The darkness has shattered the peace and calm of the galaxy...and they will do anything to stop anyone from finding out exactly what has been done! This is our first sitewide RP plotline. Lightsiders, you are looking for the source of this massive event. Clues must be found, lackeys tracked down, and bits of memory discovered. Darksiders, you guys don't want that to happen....because of the one behind the whole thing is furthering his ultimate goal. Mandalorians, and non-force users, you guys can decide where you stand on this line....do you side with the Jedi, and try to discover the reasons behind the ruined universe, or will you side with the darkness, and protect those secrets. Will the secret of the cataclysmic reaping be kept under wraps? Or will the Jedi and their allies find out the truth? Your RP and writing will decide the outcome!
BATTLE ARENA
Welcome to The Saga Continues. We have a section called the Battle Arena. Here you can use your characters to fight other characters. Hone your skills and see what you are made of. Don't worry, anything that happens here, does not effect your characters in posts, so if your character dies, you can still use them over and over. Have fun and check it out!
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**Kitkazza doesn't waste much time. Considering the fecal matter has hit the proverbial fan, Kitkazza sprints full tilt behind Loki. His blade whirring at the higher frequency as the Wookiee takes leave of the chaos ensuing.**
**What little the Wookiee Shadow knew of Adi, he knew this. Whomsoever just landed in the hangar causing that much destruction, Adi would not let slide, such rude and very unwelcomed aggression. With that as the Wookiee Shadow exited the hangar, as he ducked and helped others escape, he felt a great swell of pity for the person that just came knocking looking for trouble. That person Had no idea, emphasis on "no idea" the hornets nest that just got kicked over.**
**In an impressive display of skill and timing, one of the troopers manages to take out the one named Ryu. The Force has a will of it's own, and Kitkazza isn't fully convinced that it doesn't have a sense of humor at times. However, this was no laughing matter. Destruction was raining down and all over the place. It wouldn't be long before the ceiling itself collapsed in the hangar. Kitkazza had to move fast. The drain took a good bit away from Kitkazza, but he had plenty left in the tanks. Thanks mostly to mastering the Force form: Affinity. What he lost he would gain back eventually. But not right now.**
**The Wookiee Master watched as the one Acolyte gets beheaded as the Armored Sith is bought down with a blaster shot to the head. With those two neutralized, the other two still remained. So Kitkazza concentrates and focuses on the Force. More particularly Force speed. With blinding speed that can barely be seen with trained eye, Kitkazza lunges forward with a predator-like pounce aided by the Force. When the gap is closed off between himself and the kneeling Irrukiine, Kitkazza swings his violet-hued blade with a black core, horizontally from left to right. Separating it's head from it's neck, before it has the chance to stand up and renew it's attack.**
**Now it was two on one, with himself and Adi against the Lone Dark sider. Kitkazza stalked slowly, circling to the left. He waited for Adi's move or signal through the Force as what to do next. **
**It starts fast and furious. Kitkazza was no stranger to that. Nor was he a stranger to skilled Sith. He was a Shadow, and this was his job. The Jedi Order, for all it's pro's and con's, chose him for this purpose. To rid the darkness of it's sickness. Well, in theory at least.**
**When the chaos erupts, and the troopers do what they are trained to do, energy all around them are released in many ways. Be it blaster bolt or the Force, it moved and flowed in accordance with the emotions put behind them. Kitkazza knew there was no such thing as real chaos, just what was perceived by each individual. To one it seemed that there was no purpose, to another it seemed calculated. When the dark sider who called himself Ryu put up shield and bounces blaster fire off him, a bolt comes Kitkazza's way. More specifically at his saber hand. To the lessor trained, any saber duelist/practitioner would have switched their form, would have fallen back on instinct. Either Form III or even I. Kitkazza does nothing of the sort. With but a simple flick of his wrist and slight angle of his blade, Kitkazza shunts the blaster bolt with the flair of Makashi. This reveals to any and all who notice, the level of skill that the Wookiee Shadow possesses. **
**Once that is done, Ryu's Acolyte comes charging right for Kitkazza. Typical. All rage and wanton display of power. No finesse or focus. Nevertheless, he focuses on his opponent.**
**While others charge, Kitkazza stalks methodically. That is until Adi makes a simple gesture with his hand. A force power Kitkazza had seen many a time before but in defense only. It was so quick and so subtle, that only an expert trained in that kind of speed would see it. And see it the Wookiee did. Kitkazza moved slightly more to the right side of Adi, to avoid the Irrukiine and to take a position on his on his saber hand. This put them directly next to each other, and started to circle around Ryu and meeting him to keep him from advancing or at least keep them both separated from one another. Separation was key, but they seemed that they were doing it themselves. Keyword being "seemed". Since Kitkazza was rather large each slow and methodical step brought him closer to the well trained Sith as well as keeping distance on the Acolyte. Making him fight through both of them.**
**Ryu stayed where he was at, and this meant many things to Kitkazza. And they were ALL troubling. While the Acolyte was pure rage and power, Ryu was subtle and steady. It meant he was trying to utilize a two part attack. One against the Body and one against the Force. Kitkazza could smell it and feel it. Kitkazza was trained in the Force Form Affinity, but with Ryu draining the Force around him it would be only a matter of time before things became truly dire.**
**That is, until Adi tossed an EMP frag at Ryu. It would remain to be seen what happened next.**
**The vibrations where picking up again, but this time outside of the RDMC. The very instant those vibrations took place Kitkazza drew the Force to him. It was reflex. Just like moving faster than most would think a big creature like Kitkazza should move. Within those few short movements aided by animal reflex, instinct and the Force itself; he grabs his Brylark saber, thumbs the activator switch and with the signature flash and snap-hiss, a violet blade extends from the hilt. But it wasn't the normal frequency of a light saber. It was a higher pitch, and the core wasn't your normal saber core. It was a violet saber, with a black core. A rare find from the decades he spent down in the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk. It swirls slightly, as if it were an unstable crystal. But it wasn't unstable, it only appeared so.**
**The Wookiee shadow stood tall just outside of Adi's left flank and just a few steps behind towering above him. It was the Jedi way. Watch each others back. While Adi separated ways with the Jedi, he would know that Kitkazza would do whatever it took to make sure he wasn't blind-sided. If the Wookiee Shadow knew anything about the dark side, he knew they would do anything to take every advantage.**
**Kitkazza's stance was the Makashi opening flair. Form II was good for one on one and didn't generate kinetic momentum. However, Kitkazza wasn't the normal sized practitioner. So he could compensate for some of it's weaknesses with his size. But that wasn't ALL he was good at, he was a renowned Form V Djem So/Shien practitioner and Form III Soresu practitioner. After all, he had lived for a century and a half perfecting his craft.**
**Kitkazza was ready at a moments notice to move against the Sith alongside Adi and the troopers.**
**This was getting out of hand. Since when is a Sith the levelheaded one in the room. Kitkazza was impressed, which is not easily done. However, the fact still remained, the Troopers wouldn't back down. Had this been any other time at any other place, the Shadow would have aligned himself immediately with the troopers to put down these Dark siders. But this wasn't any other time or place. This was neutral turf. Something Adi explained and that the Troopers were having a very hard time understanding.**
**The Wookiee walks ahead of the troopers and Adi, making sure that the majority of blaster fire would have to go through 7'3" Wookiee before it got to the Sith. Kitazza was hoping that the Troopers respected him enough, not to shoot him in the back. Unlike Order 66 during the purge. The Wookiee turned his head slightly, looking over his right shoulder with his arms still crossed over his chest and speaks to them calmly in Shyriiwook in basic so they understand. It was a huge gamble to be sure.**
"Adi's word should be good enough to put your blasters away. He has explained that RDMC is neutral ground. NEUTRAL ground. Which means Any and all unprovoked attacks, no matter how well intended, will be met swiftly with the same hostile negotiations."
**The emphasis on neutral was meant to drive home the point of, this isn't your house and you are a guest here as much as they are. Kitkazza could only hope that this would be enough to persuade the troopers to lower their weapons. If not he would make one final plea with the troopers.**
"So please do as your host asks. This galaxy has experienced enough loss already."
**The ball was in the troopers court. It was up to them now what would happen.**
**The Wookiee Shadow stood there as the Zabrak recounted his actions. Believe it or not, Kitkazza wasn't there to pass judgement upon anyone. Although, Kitkazza could sense in a small way that the Zabrak was a touch remorseful that he gave into the wanton avarice of the dark side. Kitkazza himself, after all, was no stranger to the dark side. As a shadow he had to find it and eradicate it, but before that he had to understand it. It's seduction and allure. He was no stranger to using anger, it fueled itself practically. The more you used it the more you wanted to use it. Like a drug. But like any good Force-user, he had to focus on setting himself away from using one side more than the other. Which was why the Council of Knowledge chose him to be a shadow. He could balance himself. Kitkazza could stare into the abyss and not have the abyss stare back into him. He was going to say this, until more dark siders showed up.**
**The Wookie Master positioned himself right behind the Zabrak with his arms crossed while also flanking Adi as well. If they attacked, it would be a three on two fight. But Adi had declared the RDMC neutral turf. Kitkazza would respect that as long as the other two did as well.**
**The Wookiee Master bows to Drez in response his statement.**
*Kitkazza saw that he was a busy man, so he made sure not to hold him up any longer.* **He straightened himself and made sure to reply in basic.**
"I can only hope that I don't disappoint in my duty."
**Kitkazza bows to Drez and turns back to Adi. It seems that Adi understood Shyriiwook. A rare thing for humans. Not many can understand the subtleties to the growls, snarls and barks.** *Kitkazza was impressed a little. Even though most Force-users could understand Shyriiwook, it took an attention to detail to really hear it's differences. So he felt he didn't need to keep up the basic, just the Shyriiwook.*
"I'm glad to be here as well. Though, not everyone can be so fortunate."
**The Conversation shifts. Kitkazza becomes rigid, and focused. His senses tuned to the Force as well as his natural senses. He sniffs the air, picking up strange vibrations not everyone would be able to discern even WITH the Force. Growling in Shyriiwook, he replies to Adi's statement.** *It's wasn't actual death or blood that the Wookiee Master could pick up on. It was the vibrations. Echoes. There was something more than the darkness that clung to the Zabrak. This made Kitkazza uneasy, and it seemed he was the only one who could detect it.*
"Strange times lead to stranger alliances. However 'unique' as you describe him, you're 'friend' has a vibration to him. Where he walks, the stench of darkness clings to him and the echoes of those he's killed scream behind him. His stance relays he's been through many battles, but his eyes relay his eagerness to initiate said battles at any given moment. Like a Predator coiled and ready to strike."
**Kitkazza doesn't ease up but he shifts the conversation.**
"I can see why you would want someone like him around. Not all negotiations end amicably, so a little aggression could be useful."
**30 years had been a long time, but not that long for the Wookiee Master. Kitkazza remembered it like it was almost yesterday. The Royal family contacted the Jedi Order about a possible coup against the Royal Family. It turned out, one of the lesser houses had enlisted the help of a disgraced General of the Royal Army to lead said coup to depose the Adasca Royal family. Given Kitkazza's special qualifications, he was chosen to find and disrupt the coup, and he did with speed and efficiency. Something that, unbeknownst to the Wookiee, stood out in the young boy's mind.**
*Kitkazza addresses Drez first, the since it was him who had spoken first about Kitkazza's interruption. Speaking Basic in Shyriiwook, he replied.*
"Thank you for such understanding. My reason for showing up unannounced is to find an anti-plague for Kashyyyk. My homeworld is suffering greatly and I was told that the Red Dawn was on the verge of finding a cure."
**Turning to face the Man called Adi, Kitazza bows politely again to him as he bows.**
*Kitkazza chuckled a little when Adi made mention of "religion" among Force users. He agreed with the man as much as any Gray Jedi would. The Force isn't good or evil, it all depended on the user themselves. But that was a discussion tabled for another day. He spoke again in basic.*
"I understand your stance on the Force young man, I'm not here to debate Philosophy. I was told you and your people were on the verge of a cure. Kashyyyk, is one of the many planets hit hard by this plague. I came here to see if I can help in some form."
*Suddenly, Kitkazza cuts off his conversation. A scent, a familiar scent catches his attention. His eye catches the eye of a large Zabrak as he walks back up after speeding away earlier. Kitkazza snarls quickly and forgets to speak basic and speaks strictly in Shyriiwook.*
"Your friend has a strange scent to him. He stinks of a wookiee who has spent too long in the shadowlands..."
*The Wookiee Master makes his toward the two men having a conversation. As he approaches, he starts to slow down, he sees Adi looking at him. Like Adi had seen the Jedi Shadow before. A feeling of mutual familiarity. The sensation washes over him quickly, The Wookiee Master was here to find out if a cure for the plague was here. It had been a long time, truth be told. Too long.*
*Kitkazza waits politely for the two men to finish their conversation. He speaks Basic in Shyriiwook so they can understand him. Not many understand the differences between growls and snarls of the Wookiee people.*
*When Kitkazza walks up to them gives the both a respectful bow.*
"Forgive the intrusion friends. My name is Master Jedi Kitkazza. I am here looking Master Adieumus Matango. I was told I could meet him here."
*The YT-1930 transport lands within minutes of the transmission. The metal landing gear strains and hisses with a loud thud, as the landing ramp is lowered. The Wookiee makes his way down the ramp into the bay and has to duck his head to avoid hitting it on the metal above. As he reaches the end of the ramp he stands there and looks around. He was big, even by wookiee standards. He was 7'3" and 3 feet wide at the shoulders and a solid 420 pounds of lean muscle and predatory instinct. Had it not been for his Norris root Jedi robes, he would be intimidating for anything short of a Mandalorian. It had been a few decades since had come across the Matango's. He wasn't even sure he would recognize Adi. The last time they saw one another was when Adi was a youngling.*
*The Jedi Shadow straightens himself up and adjusts his curved wooden lightsaber on his belt. The wood itself was made from Brylark. A rare wood that was strong enough to withstand a lightsaber blade. He sniffs the air. The hangar had it's typical metallic smell, but the Jedi could smell the lingering death. He heard that an anti-plague was being developed here, but it seemed the devastation reached this place as well. The Wookiee let's out a snarl of disdain that, even if you didn't understand Shyriiwook, you understood what the Wookiee was feeling.*
*A YT-1930 Light Freighter cruises out of hyperspace. Codes are sent over a static filled message. Seems Kashyyyk wasn't the only planet hit hard by the plague. Reports came streaming in from other planets, and all the Wookiee Master could do was listen and shake his head. It had been a very long time since Kitkazza sought out other Jedi. Longer still, had it not been for the plague. Not since the Jedi purge, had the Wookiee witnessed such thorough devastation.*
*The Jedi Wookiee shakes his head and growls at the thought of the Purge.*
*When codes are sent back the name, Adieumus Matango, comes up along with a request to meet him at the Red Dawn hangar. Kitkazza then shrugs and directs the droid pilot to send them to the hangar planet-side.*