Star by Stareyes

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Rachel Taff"]

Atrisia a world many didn't know, steeped in history and even more myth then some others knew. Legends, gods, tales of heroes and villains. Recently the great rebellion to bring the emperor back into power... but betrayals on all sides led to his heirs being killed and Shoma being made the new heir. A favorite of his at court, his family a long time constant within the court. Three generals had fought, won and been raised to a place of legend on the world.. one stayed as Shoma's personal bodyguard, one wanders the world and another stays with her charges. From orbit the world itself was gleaming, proud and powerful with mysteries spread across its surface.

The ruined and forbidden city of Jar'kai was destroyed yes but it was still quite a sight to behold. The new Capitol of Xiaolang Palace was well impressive and an ancient seat of the world. Across from it stood where they wer eheading to, the ancient Kuramagi academy, now in ruins and it had once been a great sight to behold as the gnarled trees, once vibrant and fresh were old and twisted. Black bark, pink and red leaves. The sight of them linging the massive slopes of the academy that was build up the mountain to huge towers able to overlook the Nhai Mountains on one side and on one other side. Spreading to the forests, sections and palace.

Ancient tales, stories that were not certain.. the risks of them, the story of the Gao boys who saw the thing that came in the night. Twisted, horrendous, dangerous on black wings with black scales and glowing red eyes... or so one of the tales say. Each boy gave a different description of the creature and within the years all of them died. All the males of their family died and one thousand years later when the creature returned it had them shambling behind it before they were let loose upon their remaining blood passed through from their sisters. There were a hundred more tales told for thousands of years.

That was one fo the reasons why Matsu had come here, with a chance for some silver jedi. to investigate and if there was well anything of interest they might be able to make some discoveries. The thousands of caves and old cairns of stone within the mountains had never really been explored. SOme of them had but no one had documented all of them as far as she knew. No one had gone to the corpse city with its white marble stone walls, homes filled with silence and with the heavy miasma of unease. The forty seven yovshin statues looking across the mountains themselves eternally vigilant.

"Welcome to Atrisia." She said it looking around the ship when the ship was touching down with some supplies being set up for each of them in their packs.

 

[Serenna]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Nova Marcos"]

Serenna was looking at the looming academy ahead of them.. the ship had brought them in and a chance to explore a world rich in history, steeped in mystery.... with stories that went as far back as anyone could think about. Serenna wasn't going to pass up this chance and well getting to head out with Nova on the quest they could walk around and see nature. "Are you here and ready for your first official outing padawan?" She said it offering a smile though before checking out a few areas of the world but they could also go around and check out with the force. "THis world is beautiful." She had a wider grin on her face leaning back in her seat.

 

[Samael Snowsong]

Rachel was in spacer gear with two arm braces on one g-11-shield-gauntlet and the other t-7-vibro-brace. She had invited her master [member="Ye Hyonu"]. She wasn't sure if he would show or not. She carried with her a pr-20 and a werewolf-machine-gun. The stories had told her whatever this was, it was a monster. It also seemed to be hunting one family in particular.

She turned to [member="Matsu Ike"] "Thank you for welcoming me to your home. Now I believe we have a monster to hunt?" She would ask getting off the ship. She would wait for the rest of them to be ready before moving again but having her PR-20 at the ready. Probably the best for hunting monsters and whatever else is out here.

[member="Serenna"], [member="Tempest Yore"], [member="Nova Marcos"]

 

[000]

[member="Matsu Ike"] | [member="Rachel Taff"] | [member="Serenna"]​

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It was at that time seem with barely a couple or so season when he apparently had made a good enough break thru in his quest uncover his past. Which for what it was worth had not abode well with him in that it no less planted a faint seed of doubt in his mind. One which he somewhat struggled with and had approached [member="Matsu Ike"] for assistance. And for some time now had work to face head-on rather than fear to which end that when the call came. Of the talks and rumors of a supposed dark beast that freely roam as well threaten the lives of countless other thru its countless attack.

That he for what its worth felt compelled to come....approaching Master [member="Matsu Ike"] about it and was how. He came to find himself here standing by offer his assistance in find or felling the beast if it so comes to that.

 

[Nova Marcos]

[member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Serenna"] [member="Matsu Ike"]

Nova was giddy, exceptionally giddy, she could actually make use of these new powers,
"God I'm so excited, you told me this place is really deep in history right?"
Not only was she giddy, but she was also nervous, this was her first time out,
a chance to prove herself, and it wasn't just her and Serenna this time.

 

[Tempest Yore]

[member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Serenna"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]



Its her first time spent with the Silvers on a Mission, away from her Master. Tempest is very excited to meet new members. She had recently been introduced to so many new cultural activities through Master Syn, that knew she would be fine roughing it away from all the comforting amenities of daily life. She wore the white uniform her Master had commissioned for her, tied her lightsabers up in her pale blue sash, and hoisted her Hello Kitty! backpack over her shoulders.

She exited the ship and took in the breathtaking scenery, a vast difference from Rusaan, and far, far better preferred by her than the inside of Syn's symbiotic ship. At least the wildlife doesn't talk back! She is so glad to be out of it! But how could she tell him such a thing. Everything about the man seems to have come out of some amazing, mind blowing circumstance. Tempest, a young girl with a small stature, feels so very ordinary compared to everything that involves him.

Tempest studied up on the history of this place. Had she never met Syn and he not had the chance to inform her of how many years he has lived, she never would have believed a dragon of sorts, could live a multitude of thousands of years, where still people might live in fear of it's return.

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Nova Marcos"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Serenna"]

A full team, a large ship and Matsu was going to have to protect them... well okay they should be able to protect themselves so that would be a little better. She was having the ship fly over the mountains themselves then down towards the academy. What remained of it at least before she was looking at them. Ronin was here, Tempest someone she knew from the order and her master but had not met before. Three chiss compared to much else which should be very interesting to make everything happen. She was wondering what they might have known about the planet.. mroe the region at least. "So who here has been to Atrisia before?"

She asked it looking at each of them but she was trying to think of where and what they could be told about what they could speak about as the ship was touching down. The large open field was overgrown and once used for horses at the academy, the thick walls around it in the distance could be seen and there was the pale pink purple stone. Beautiful and polished still as it let the jedi master come out her boots touching the ground. Hands at her side when she adjusted the robed kimono she was wearing her cane she had gotten from [member="Maple Harte"] was nice and traveling in the mountains she would be able to use it.

She was looking at a few other things though from here going to the water gardens the investigation could begin. THe pink and purple stone, bleached almost from the sun on it. Gleaming with over ripened fruit trees that she took a piece of fruit from the one branch. Peeling back the skin as she dug a chunk out of it and she took a bite. Listening for them to say if they had or had not been or knew about the planet before. The juice was sweet with that initial tang and coolness as it went down her chin for a moment. The jedi master brought her feet up as she looked up the length fo the mountain where the sun was cresting to come down and make the golden stone, the cherry blossom trees gleam.

 

[000]

[member="Matsu Ike"] | [member="Rachel Taff"] | [member="Nova Marcos"] | [member="Tempest Yore"]​

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It was then once he had made sure to have suited up as appropriate to the task at hand as he could. Where in given what bit he knew of the place from both the initial contact regarding the mission and bit of research he'd done on his own. That as far he could tell this was probably not one akin to a mill run but rather one that could possibly one with a bit more bite than most. Given the underlying darkness, he could no less sense or feel no sooner had they enter its airspace. Thick as it was subtly foreboding that he could help but feel a slight hesitation at first but eventually shook them off as perhaps merely some lingering after effect. From the darkness, he'd been secretly and quietly been working to both come grips with as much come to terms with.

As soon enough after breathing faint sigh with his pack ready he then set off to meet with the other. Whom seems to him being quite an odd interesting group of a sort. Where in aside from the two Chiss pair of which one seems somewhat younger and had the air of someone just fresh off the academy so to speak. While the other thought still appears perhaps just a tad bit older and somewhat experience that the younger he presumes. And lastly was another deck out in a pair while uniform, a blue sash tied securely around her waist to hold a pair of saber while on her back an odd theme backpack which he was not too familiar with.

But all in all, as much he could take note off. That of those gathered were seemed no less an odd pair to bring but then again he reckons looks could be deceiving and whatever one would think. Everyone at one point in time held within them a piece of a puzzle that could help guide or even end up determining what fate deem to be so. Good or bad...everything had a purpose as much as everything had its place. He then silently thought to himself as he walked in then take a spot wait for the group to assemble.

As soon enough deck out in her all to familiar fashion came to initially gaze at all those present before turn forth to speak.

"So who here has been to Atrisia before?"

At which time glance about as one by one the other replied that Ronin when it came to his turn simply shrug and briefly spoke.

" Can't say I have really personally but from what bit I heard of it....rumor or not. Is that it was all well and good till king or something passed...."

 

[Tempest Yore]

[member="Serenna"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]


Tempests’s mouth fell agape and formed a little smile of adoration in the process, as she saw all the fascinating items [member="Rachel Taff"] carried with her. “Wow,” she uttered in awe while she rushed to stand near the other girl. “Neat! What do you do with those?” she asked pointing to her fellow Padawan’s Gauntlets. She had never seen anyone wear them, and they certainly looked special, not like mere costume jewelry or such.

"My name is Tempest," she offered politely. She couldn't wait to hear the girl's answer, but halted with further questions, the moment the Jedi Master [member="Matsu Ike"] asked a general to the group, and Tempest politely turned her attention towards the Master.

She had never been here before, so she kept quiet and listened to what the others would say, or for whatever safety instructions they would next be given.

 

[Samael Snowsong]

Rachel was standing when [member="Tempest Yore"] spoke to her. She pointed out her gauntlets asking what they did. "Well this left one is a small holographic shield. It doesn't last long but it works if I am in a tight spot. This one on the right, well it's a virbosword gauntlet. It is hard to use but it is something not many people expect a full sword in a gauntlet. Thankfully I haven't had to use it yet." She said smiling at the small girl. "Nice to meet you Tempest. My name is Rachel."

She continued smiling before looking up again. Rachel would then turn to [member="Matsu Ike"] "I may have in passing when looking for my family particularly my brother. There were stories he was here but nothing ever came of them." she said with an eerie calmness. She would listen to everyone showing up but not paying attention to many of them checking her gear again.

[member="Ronin Wendigo"], [member="Nova Marcos"], [member="Serenna"]

 

[Serenna]

[member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]

She was looking at all of them and disembarking from the ship got to look around at the water gardens themselves... it was still beautiful, the scale the scene. She could see it and then as they walked through all of it there was the fruits. THe smells of all of them, Serenna took a few of them down with a grin on her face though while she rubbed her hands together. Getting a plum that was larger then she had thought it would be when she pried it in two getting the sweetly sharp scent. She offered the other half to her padawan Nova with a smile on her face. Seeing another chiss jedi here was surprising but all three of them could be awesome. "Atrisia is a place that I have always wanted to visit, somewhere the beauty of the deep core can always be seen."

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Nova Marcos"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Serenna"]

She was looking at them all here now a look of interest and amusement playing across her face now. She was motioning to the others and bringign them in closer when she rose up after a few moment. "Well we have the people here, we'll leave a trail to allow ourselves to be followed by the straglers." IF there were any while she was moving and leading the way from the water gardens up the largest pathway. Stairs climbing the mountain and criss corssing all of it, between trees that had grown tall and bent over from the weight of it all. To stone that was worked into the mountain itself but also buildings. The old dorms, the observatory and there was an aviary where birds sat on the branches of tree.

"This school, had many other things, the first place for you. Its location, its history goes back all the way to the ancient unification wars." She was checking around and trying to see it as climbing up towards the highest level the tower stretched up to look over the mountains themselves. Looking out across them, snow capped peaks, grey and black stone with sparse trees but there was signs of creatures roaming around. On the mountain tops there were statues spaced out and their blades gleamed in the light. Pathways going down along narrow areas of the stone and leading itno crevices but there were not much in terms of space to move around.

"This is the range of the Nhai mountains at the time the legend was ten thousand clans were brought across them by a great hero. They were fleeing the past long before the formation of Atrisia. We know now that on the other side some eight thousand kilometers across and from the polar regions it goes nearly the length of the planet. Going deep down into a lightless sea filled with stranger things. No one has been able to map it even now. THe statues are in honor or legens if you want to have it for the forty seven yovshin. A tale that is fearful for some and a sign of ancient honor." She said it with a small look on her fhough while moving and motining for the others to come with them.

 

[Finley Dawson]

Atrisia, an ancient land with a rich history that spanned millennia, though much of it remained shrouded in mystery.

That's exactly why the young scholar was here, taking the opportunity to finally begin exploring the world as it was now under the control of a benign administration. (Though there were always stories that a certain Sith Lord still coveted the place like a lost lover, who promised to make his return.)

The area was completely alien to him, and he didn't know anyone present outside of their reputation, so he remained quiet, making notes and doodles here and there on his datapad as they advanced on foot.

His current doodle was of the woman in all white (Tempest), who stood out from the crowd with a brightly colored book bag with a character quite popular with the locals. Kitty...something. While on the move, his sketches weren't as good, but he was still able to reproduce the highly stylized feline without much trouble.

From there he made a cute companion doodle for the cat, this one a somber yolk that just looked tired with life.

[member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"]

 

[Tempest Yore]

[member="Serenna"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]


Tempest listened to the usefulness of the accessories of her new acquaintance, [member="Rachel Taff"], whom she suspects for certain to be a Jedi Knight. ”Wow. Awesome,” she said. She hopes she could see them put to good use, but also hopes it will not be necessary on their trip. She understands that most likely it will. She is not just camping out among this wild terrain afterall; she is with the Jedi! She felt quite safe however, seeing so many older individuals, armed to the teeth and having more experience than herself.

Tempest listened to the Jedi Master [member="Matsu Ike"] tell a brief history about the land. It sounds like it is wise to remain vigilant while on their trek across the mountain terrain. She decided she would pay attention to her surroundings and began with looking around to where everyone else walked, compared to her position in the group, as they began their walk along the overgrown trail.

Tempest saw [member="Finley Dawson"] with his nose in his datapad, working hard on some likely crucial development. She fell back in the group, not that it took any thought as she is much shorter in stature than the others, and she looked up at the older Knight who towered over her and she simply said, ”Hi. I'm Tempest.” She thought of a million and a half questions she could ask about this place. Who better to ask, but someone who brought along his datapad filled with a plethora of helpful information!

 

[Serenna]

[member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]

She was walking and this was the type of place she enjoyed. The feeling of dirt between her feet, the scents int he air and there was so much more before they were going up. She could see buildings, diferent locations of the academy that were in ruins and different sections that had been used. The dormitories she could swear almost seemed alive with the echoes of the children who had been there with the power and the passion of them. Serenna was moving around when she listened looking up at some fo the fruit trees and there was a mango. Delicious, overly ripe but at that point before it was bad and she pulled it down peeling and eating it as she walked.

 

[Ye Hyonu]

[SIZE=10pt]Adventuring. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]It was something that Hyonu found himself apparently doing more now that he took on an apprentice that enjoyed venturing out into the world outside of the lab. Where she gained the energy to do so after the hours they spent he would never know. Maybe she would be inclined for experimental work later. Tapping his cheek, he knocked the thought from his mind, he couldn’t experiment on students or try and convince them to do so. He needed to talk to her if he wanted to learn something about her. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]Human interaction, such an odd phenomenon. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=10pt]Hyonu stood by and watched as Rachel interacted with the others, Matsu was giving a history lesson and another boy was drawing. An eye brow raised as he looked at [member="Finley Dawson"] who was drawing quite well. He didn’t bother the boy but just casually watched as he continued. After a few moments, Hyonu looked up and towards his apprentice who was talking about her weapons. Wandering over, the man sauntered and adjusted his loose t-shirt. “We should get you a proper lightsaber – good training for your mind.” The man pointed to his head as he forced a smile in the kindest way as possible. He made note mentally that there were several Chiss were with them. It was a good group for Rachel especially since he knew bits of her story and being with out family so it seems from his understanding. [/SIZE]


[member="Serenna"] [member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Nova Marcos"]

 

[Samael Snowsong]

Rachel smiled "Not as awesome as your hello kitty bag. I love it." She said it like an approving mother to a child. She hadn't meant it that way but that is how it had come out. She hoped [member="Tempest Yore"] wouldn't notice or mind. She for the most part ignored the other chiss here. She didn't know them and they didn't know her. She wasn't gonna go out of her way to speak with her own species anyways. Too many bad memories.

She however absorbed the history lesson she was being given. "How curious, how come you can't map the area even now, have you tried probe droids. I know of several designs I have seen in which a number of droids are quite small and would be able to get almost anywhere." Perhaps her curiosty was getting the better of her but she was going to ask anyways if not now with [member="Matsu Ike"] then later on.

She could feel her master [member="Hyonu Ye"]. As he approached her and spoke about a lightsabre. "Perhaps I will one day master, but if I am honest I prefer having a bit of distance between me and someone I would call enemy. Getting to close could spell someones death. I of all people should know." She said becoming quite sad as she remember the day her mother and father had fallen to her eldest brother. How she almost had to before Rex interjected. She couldn't remember much else about that day. Perhaps if she had she would have been looking for him more.

[member="Finley Dawson"], [member="Serenna"], [member="Ronin Wendigo"], [member="Nova Marcos"]

 

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[member="Matsu Ike"] | [member="Rachel Taff"] | [member="Nova Marcos"] | [member="Tempest Yore"]​

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It had been for the most part a seem uneventful beginning as one by one those on board the ship disembark. Somewhat gathering in a designated area where on all account [member="Matsu Ike"] started things off with the usual briefing about the place before proceeding off to a treck where one by one the other that was gathering the following suit right behind her. In which case having kept himself on the sideline and just slightly off from the other sight that he observed as much he kept watch of the surrounding area.

Keeping much to himself as he ops to keep guard of the group although if much could be said of it they seemingly didn't need much protecting. Note they were personally armed well enough except for a couple in the group. But just the same seeing as he didn't feel up to easy his guard one bit ever since they landed. For all around though, it all seems peaceful with wilderness all but having taken over the once visible outline of the academy. There was in a sense a faint uneasiness about the place he could not shake. At which time he thought it best keeps vigilant and on guard if or when it may be needed.

 

[Matsu Ike]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Nova Marcos"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Serenna"] [member="Hyonu Ye"] [member="Finley Dawson"]

Matsu was looking at them and all of them were interacting as the jedi master spoke looking at the girl. "There have been attempts throughout. Many of the probes and droids are lost when they are mapping and can't be retrieved. It is something small but who knows maybe one day the full breadth of the sea will be mapped or seen, perhaps all of the caves from the city of Yeem to the frostfangs." She was looking at the other though and walking up in the high mountains as she looked towards the other jedi who were here. They were a welcomed sight with knights and masters... the padawans would give them everything they needed as she walked to one of the statues.

"These are something of history and I would tell you to be respectful and careful. They are grave markers where the forty seven yovshin were buried across the mountain ranges as punishment for not failing to protect the emperor but they had fled deserting their posts in fear and so were cursed to forever stand vigil against the enemies of the western reaches. Just one fo the many stories here within the mountains themselves the least of which would be that." She was pointing into the distance and the sliver of white in the sun against the sun. "The corpse city, carved from marble and stone it has been settled a dozen times and each time the people died under mysterious circumstances."

 

[Nova Marcos]

[member="Tempest Yore"] [member="Matsu Ike"] [member="Ronin Wendigo"] [member="Rachel Taff"] [member="Serenna"]

(May I start off with my sincere apologies, I was on holiday, and I wrongly assumed we would have wifi where we were, and I had full intentions to post, sorry again.)

Nova followed slowly behind Serenna, listening in and taking in the view she had in front of her
"This place is beautiful, and to think, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you...."
She looked in Serenna's general direction and then glanced back at the planet.
"Why did you decide to bring me though? You know about my levels of experience so far..."
She didn't want to outright say it, but her training was little to none and she probably wasn't prepared for a proper mission yet.