Open Group Training (ALL APPRENTICES AND KNIGHTS)

[Arage Bao]

Jared suddenly felt a surge of power flowing through him, refreshing him all the way down to his bones. Trying to trace the source of the energy he found a link between him and another one of the contestants. Jared sent a flow of gratitude through the link, hoping the man would feel that his help was appreciated. @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"]

With the surplus of energy he saw even more clearly that this game was not meant to be won, at least if we would play it by the rules..


Then he felt another person trying to attach himself to his spirit, vaguely the words 'Lighting, predetermined, survival' could be made out. "So someone else figured that out as well, good job." Jared thought. @[member="Tarika Sadow"]


Without warning his mind decided to give him an idea after all. Trying to mimick Ashin's Force enhanced voice Jared bellowed at his fellow comrades: "This game will not be won through competition, we have to stand together and work as a team!"

@Tarika Sadow @Subject 13 @Lucien Cordel @Pandeima @Elijah Rowlin @Sarkus Twin Kilborn @Shinjū Aÿasha

 

[Shinju]

Shinju rolled off the wall where she had been relearning how to breathe and snarled. The apprentice speaking had about as much effect on her disposition as Tarika did entering to speak into her mind. A feat she couldn't do, her madness kept them out of her head but made her senses limited. Now she planted her feet and snarled while reaching down deep into that pit of her body. She wanted to take the darkside and redirect it but didn't actually know how... No she knew how to eat a portion of it. She knew how to take the brunt of it with enough to tap herself off. Now she just looked at her hand while moving around ducking under an arch as she went into a handstand then to a crouch on her feet.

Maybe the idea of working together was a good one.. They would have a bigger target for the lightning and she could avoid it. Or drain enough from each to try and use more power then she had. Now that would be fun for a thought and if nothing else well getting them all together would make her the last one standing since no one would be dumb enough to group. She let the red tendrils snake around her hand and forearms before lashing them out to the darkside as it came at her. The commander treated them and controlled them almost like they were living things. Now she wanted to feed on it and see what was so special about their master. It might hurt and she might be the first one taken down but then again this was all about learning. Did you tell the child not to stick a butter knife into the wall socket or let them so they didn't do it again.

 

[Onrai]

Circe smiled. What could she do aside from continually using nothing but human meat-shields? Well... Moving over towards @Shinjū Aÿasha, the high-level Knight smiled before focusing with the Force on the woman, using a Force Push to shove her directly towards @[member="Ashin Varanin"]. A little lightsaber cooking on the griddle would be nice, after all.

"This is... fun..." She was attempting to absorb lightning where she could, but some of the strikes were still hitting her. She was using Plant Surge to help heal some of the more impairing wounds.

 

[Matreya]

Zaiden watched as @[member="Dranok Lussk"] made his way towards himself. This could become a problem, two masters before him, one a lightning artist, the other one he barely knew yet still knew to respect. Despite the potential for danger, Zaiden still continued his slow march. Soon he was within reach of Dranoks parting of the lightning, and instantly he launched forward at the man with both sabers striking in opposite direction, one upwards the other down.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

@[member="Shinjū Aÿasha"], having been Force-pushed by @[member="Pandeima"], stopped suddenly in midair. Lightning refocused on Pandeima -- a reward for treachery.

Meanwhile, @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"] was discovering that one could not split one's power and focus three ways and still endure a lightning storm this powerful. Like Pandeima, he became a primary target.

For those who cooperated with each other, the lightning lessened visibly, but was still a danger.

 

[Shinju]

@[member="Jared Ovmar"] @Tarika Sadow @Lucien Cordel

Shinju felt herself pushed and not slammed by the lightning as she went forward and was stopped. The dirt sticking to her face from the sweat on her face and brow. She turned her head looking up from the ground as who had done it, her gaze narrowed but then she heard the apprentice again after seeing what happened to the ones who were going after others. Her muscles tensed and she moved scrambling on all fours in a crawl going into a hand stand and roll to her feet then spinning around just enough to pull her saber from the ground into her hand.

If they worked together it might work on the off chance a dogpile to a woman who could kill them with her finger worked. Oh insanity how delicious you can be and she moved running near the apprentice while swinging her blade into the path of an arc. She turned her head towards him letting more madness laced words come out while her eyes showed all the things she could to to him should he try and betray her. "And what sweet one is the plan?"

 

[Tarika Sadow*]

Tarika leapt over toward @[member="Shinjū Aÿasha"] and landed directly in front of her and gave off a warning glare and then spoke to both of them We're not here to fight each other but to learn and so I'd think we'd benefit more if we worked as a team instead of trying to rip each other to shred, so if you two would like follow me into the heat of battle or else we might not get past this... she said with a commanding presence and then looked directly at @[member="Lucien Cordel"] As you can see this is a group training, others are not working as a unit but we can if you'd take my side... she then looked at @[member="Shinjū Aÿasha"] Together we are a formidable team, alone we are bantha fodder, so what do you both say? she asked and waited for their response.

@Jared Ovmar

 

[Matreya]

Sighing, Zaiden made a quick decision. To win this exercise, Zaiden would have to choose between himself or the Apprentice, and thusly for now he let the connection die away - all the while making sure to keep him in his sights so when the chance came again he may help the student he knew not. With @[member="Dranok Lussk"] in front of him, Zaiden took enough room backwards to not be damaged by melee. Making Dranok a part of his plan, Zaiden could see the lightning moving around him and therefore would use him as a shield.

For the rest of the Force Storm that was attacking him from multiple sides and angles, Zaiden began to hurl his own lightning bolts at the incoming. They were not as powerful as @[member="Ashin Varanin"]'s, they weren't even half power, but hopefully they would be enough to keep the electricity from frying himself.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zaiden began to spot little groups working together and shook his head. For though he helped the youngling, he was his own man and would handle this as such. He would not rely on another's help, rather the opposite. Trying to make someone dependant on him while still maintaining the course of being a tactional mind that was working his way to fighting Ashin.

@[member="Jared Ovmar"]

 

[Shinju]

@[member="Tarika Sadow"]

Shinju looked at Tarika and spoke standing there with her blade still ready to block. "Are you an idiot? If I wanted to tear people apart your head would be over there at her feet. He has a plan and I want to hear it, if it is amusing and not something crazy perhaps I will help until then use your blade and defend from the lightning." Her face continued to show malicious intent while the idea of using the girls small horns to bash someones head in came to mind. Zabraks could make excellent maces after all.

 

[Arage Bao]

Slowly Jared felt the surplus on energy disappear, it seems like the Knight had need of all the energy he could get. After listening to @[member="Shinjū Aÿasha"] and @Tarika Sadow for a while he got frustrated.

"Peace you two, we will not win this fight through endless bickering. Nor through a direct confrontation, the two masters are just too strong for that. "


"The plant boy had a good idea, use your lightsaber to construct a wall of sand. This will give us some more time for a better strategy."

 

[Tarika Sadow*]

Tarika shrugged at the cannibal and had her own inner desire to lash out at the futa but she kept it restrained and listened to jared as he spoke and shrugged more and then leapt away, she would not heed to senseless hiding and idiotic bickering, they can do as they please as she was offering them support of her own powers...as she landed she was feet from @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"] and stood there as she looked at them, she allowed the force to take her over and quickly manifested a ball of kinetic fire, the ball was being laced with sparks and then she smirked as she looked at them both.

@[member="Dranok Lussk"].

As Tarika collected the energies to manifest the ball brighter and more stronger she waited for her moment to strike, somehow the lightening was no longer coming for her, it was avoiding her for some reason and so she continued to collect the energies of the ball readying herself to throw it at Dranok to end this constant combat by distracting him and allowing @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"] to get to ashin, her task would be tedious since she would relieve Zaiden and go after @[member="Dranok Lussk"] herself and seconds before she threw the kinetic fireball she spoke directly to @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"] Get to ashin and get her to cease with her lightening, I'll take on dranok from here on out she said and then threw the fireball at him knowing her surprise was gone but she didn't care, as she hurled it at him she waited for his reaction.

 

[Matreya]

Zaiden was surprised, someone was there next to him, a woman. She was attacking @[member="Dranok Lussk"], trying to distract the man so the he could challenge the lightning master. It wad slightly irritatimg, honestly. To have someone come to his aide when he didn't feel it necessary. But nonetheless, in a battle against two Masters...

Nodding to the woman, Zaiden ran forward, using the force to enhance his reflexes so as to evade the lightning easier. Slipping just out of reach past Dranok, Zaiden charged at @[member="Ashin Varanin"]. As he ran, Zaiden continuously stumbled and called out, for though he was fast and using Force Reflex, it was a frakkin Force Storm. Battling his way ever closer, Zaiden couldnt believe the constant heat in his suit. He felt like he was boiling!!

Soon he would be within arms reach...Zaiden thought as he spit a wad of blood mixed saliva to the grass mid run.

 

[Jak Sandrow]

Where was Elijah, meanwhile?

Well, he was struggling to hold the blade up. There was no dirt under the sand, only more sand. And that rock hadn't done much good either. He was having difficulty even holding back the two or three blazes curling around it at him. He had a bit of a stronghold, but it wouldn't last long. And he wasn't able to move to help others, either. His strength was failing...

With a final mental call to @[member="Pandeima"], he fought off the lightning as best as he could, but blackness began to creep in on his vision...

 

[Judas of Vahl]

As the blades of lightning arched around him, a new Knight rose to meet the challenge of an advancing Sith Master. Their sabers clashed back and forth for a few moments as Dranok's mastery of Soresu shown through the storm of lightning blasting around the pair. By now, the attacking Knight had retreated to diminish his focus from Dranok and instead fire his own lightning at Ashin.

Teamwork, it wasn't coordinated whatsoever.

As Zaiden shifted his attention, a spark caught Dranok's eye. A newcomer had dropped down right beside a charging Zaiden and fired a fireball at him. The Sith Master gave a grin as Zaiden whipped around him to try to get at Ashin, so he stretched his offhand out to snag the incoming fireball and lob it at the charging Knight. As the fireball was redirected to hit Zaiden, Dranok lunged forward at the firecaster with his saber spinning rapidly.

@[member="Ashin Varanin"] @[member="Zaiden James-Greyson"] @[member="Tarika Sadow"]

 

[Tarika Sadow*]

Tarika has caught the glimpse of irritance on the sith masters face that let it be known he did not appreciate tarika's intrusion but she didn't care as nobody else wanted her help other than the padawan of somebodies that she had no clue was his master yet as dranok came after her with his blades spinning she met his spin and flicked her wrist and met his charge, she was not as deadly with a saber or even a saberstaff but she could try and get the job done.

As the sith master came at her she barely dodged his strike by ducking under a blow and came back up while trying to jab the unlit end of her saberstaff into his ribs.

@[member="Dranok Lussk"]

 

[Lucien Cordel]

Lucien had become distracted by the mere need to survive,His temper was thin and his ideas had runout "Lady Sadow I am with you what's the plan" He asked dryly he averted his eyes toward Shinju "Lady Shinju If you can't support Lady shadow support me" He sighed as he pushed to join his new allies in Ashins little game.

 

[Shinju]

Shinju looked at Lucien as she spoke letting her face show more aggravation towards him and the others. "Did I say I wasn't going to help? I asked what the plan is and you all ran away, now I am hungry and annoyed." Her eyes flared as yellow orbs while the thought of attacking Dranok came to help out then slowly Shinju was off running and slid a small pouch from her belt. Then she tossed it not with the force but a flick of her wrist waiting. A gift from chok, pelko barbs to numb all it touched and the pouch was very good as puffing them into the air if when it hit something. "@[member="Dranok Lussk"] catch."

 

[Onrai]

@[member="Elijah Rowlin"] was fading fast, and Pandeima's usage of treachery on Shinju had apparently backfired. As such, she rushed over to where her lover boy was waiting, dodging as much lightning as she could before reaching over to her lover-boy. Taking him in her arms, she allowed a couple vines to tie his barely conscious body to her back. Over-encumbered, she would be far more easy a target for the time being, at least until she could get Jak somewhere he would be safe.

He was, after all, her priority.

 

[Arage Bao]

Jared sighed "Well that went almost as good as I had planned." "Frak it."

With that he started to take in all the force he could get. Returning him to his previous state of awareness.
He was hit by the sheer force of detail that rushed into him like a rock thrown into his face. Jared chuckled. " Well, that is going to take getting used to.."

By all accounts Ashin was too strong for him, besides the Knight had made it clear that he wanted her for himself. Well.. he could have her.
That left the other Master and the bossy girl who was determined to get her ass kicked. Jared shrugged and mumbled "At least I will get knocked out in style."

Jared was still an apprentice and throwing fireballs was never part of his training. "But I do have something else, that may be of some use.." He then started concentrating a portion of his mind to confuse @[member="Dranok Lussk"].
He was not skilled enough to bewilder Dranok for more than a couple of seconds, but it should be just enough time for @[member="Tarika Sadow"] to get a clean shot.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The lightning came to a halt.

"Ladies and gentlemen," said Ashin, in a quiet voice that somehow carried through the arena, "I think the lesson has been taught. Humility and cooperation will get you farther than brash solo charges or betrayal. And there was another lesson: Next time, attack me as one.

"Oh, and @[member="Jared Ovmar"] and @[member="Elijah Rowlin"] can consider themselves Knights."

She departed.

OOC/ Feel free to link to this post for proof of rank.