Invasion The Liberation of Ossus [Republic vs. Sith Empire]

[Cedric Dorn]

Jedi Academy Ruins
@[member="Krag"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]
Diana did not move away from the flames, she did not flinch or even bat an eyelash. She simply sat on her knee's her lightsabers loosely gripped in her hands. She had sensed the arrival of Joshua, and had felt his intervention with the flames. Moving on her own had been unnecessary, and instead she had decided to stay in place, unphased and unmoving. This was what it meant to be a Jedi, complete and utter calm.

She was serenity in human form, even when the Sith so brazenly showed her the head of her fellow Jedi.

“Surrender Sith.” Diana said as she finally lifted the lids of her eyes completely. Her piercing white gaze fell on the monster, and slowly the Jedi Knight rose from her knee's to her feet in one fluid motion, her lightsabers coming apart to nestle softly within her palms. She did not ignite the blades, but instead spoke again. “You are outnumbered. Outgunned, and quite simply outmatched.”

Rain began to fall more and more heavily now, thick solid drops of water falling and splashing onto the ground. “Put down your weapons, and you will not be harmed.”

 

[Florin Armetta]

Jedi Library,
Strike Team
He made haste following the strike team that was heading towards the soon to be reclaimed jedi ruins. Yes for sure they would succeed in their objective, there was no room to fail and thus the question of failing or even the opportunity was blanketed out of his mind. Instead he was focused, on the task at hand and that task was to make it to the ruins as quickly as possible. Ducking and weaving through trees and rocks alike Florin surely would make his way to there eventually... Yet through the mist of battle, the screams of both sides dying from blasters and lightsabres alike Florin could not help but think that this shouldn't of happened. Yes there was good and evil and the evil must be smited like the heathens they were, Flo could not help but feel a bit of remorse as to not kill. In fact up until this point he was only disarming enemies much to the disgust of some of the other soldiers yet this little boy could not kill. There was this one man in particular that gave him hope, he rushed off to save a fellow padawan in the midst of chaos.

Upon finding himself surrounded by some sort of sith monster race, he gulped thoughts of finally having to put his metal to the test raced through him. It was as if he was another person entirely and the innocent boy who wanted no bloodshed just moments ago, snapped, in such a way that changed his personality. His skin grew cold as he grabbed his lightsabre once more, igniting the beautiful silver blade he swung it to declare dominance and authority. Dirt and sweet leaked down his cheeks, not to mention the tears he shed seeing his comrades die, yet it was no time for a weak cry baby, no it was time for a man to take control and Florin would do his best to fill such a large hole. He saw Daella make her move, performing an astonish display of lightsabre forms and acrobatics, Flo had to stop himself being astonished from the sheer skill and athleticism she displayed.

Although Florin was not as skilled with the blade as he was with the command of the force, he would not falter upon facing the enemy. They fired. The sound of blasters filled the air. Simple. Deflections. He then made his move, running forward with the silver blade barely dragging it along the ground he jumped high in the air, using the force to augment his body briefly. The pinnacle of his jump was meet with a curved blade and he sailed down, rather fast sweeping his arms down in a crescent motion. His face focused and calm, he was in that place between rage and serenity. Yet he still did not strike to kill no this beautiful display of acrobatics was not in vain, upon landing the force of the swing meeting the ground caused a cloud of dust and rock to crumble beneath him and spit up. Just like he was taught by his Master, Florin would use basic telekinesis to control the field of small rocks which would now be small projectiles. He focused and then sent them flying using the force to in essence flick them as one would flick a paper ball. The cloud of rubble and rock had that much force it knocked the monstrous sith guards back off their feet, disarming them. Although Florin knew they would come to fight back he would not be the one to finish them...He wasn't like that. He put his blade away.

Daella examined him and a fragile smile was meet to her gaze, simple words... "I'm fine for now Master.."

He had called her master simply due to the fact she was much more experienced than him, He was given orders to run to the ruins that were now ahead; the sky above started to be covered in smoke and when such heavy smoke rose to the clouds rain was imminent. Florin made haste, he would not disobey her, fighting through the various foot soldiers as he approached the library something unexpected had happened. A distortion in his mind of some sort, as the feelings of guilt, rage, and sorrow filled his hallowed body briefly. He ceased all movement clasping his head briefly and wallowing in the pain. He knew what this was, he had read about it and yet even the teachings to stop it couldn't help him at this point. "This power...Is strong. Must stop. Think. Breath. Calm."

He begun to lose breath, he was unable to control it clutching at it he would but bellow in the pain of someone forcefully implanting thoughts in his mind. He would not give up, fighting for control of his own mind the more he bellowed the more he resisted and the stronger the gripe of this force power was. I can do it, I must do it. This is my destiny....He screamed not out allowed however it would be enough currently to break the chains that started to shackle him...For now he was free from whoever was casting such a sick and demonic version of Battle Meditation and yet through the mist of hysteria and chaos a powerful aura emitted from the young Florin even unknowingly to him, this confidence was growing rapidly as if the more he fought the stronger he became.

@[member="Daella Apparine"] + Other people within the strike team.

 

[Ravage]

Jedi Temple Ruins
@[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] | @Diana Moridena | @Krag | @Tracyn Ordo

Ravage watched and growled savagely at the attacking Republic forces engaging the Graug. He could not simply standby and watch his brothers in battle without him. As Krag fooled with the Jedi and Ravage's followers engaged Tracy, Ravage leaped through the fires and engaged the longhairdon'tcare Jedi's troopers. His claws, both on his hands and his feet, tore through the troopers.

His incredible speed was too much for the troopers. As his claws touched their flesh, the poison from them dripped into their open wounds, slowly corrupting them with the dark side, turning them into followers of the dark side. With each corrupted or fallen trooper, Ravage hid himself within the flames until he could find the opportunity to strike another trooper until they were all dead or turned against their allies.

 

[Rasu Gan]

Shuttle in Ossus orbit.

Rasu could hardly feel the shocks and shudders of the Republic gunship as it flew through the smoky, battle-ridden sky of Ossus. The battle had only officially started a few hours ago, but it had felt much longer to the Shi'ido as she had waited aboard one of the cruisers up in the planet's orbit. She and a few other Jedi had been tasked with retrieving the remnants of knowledge that was left after the order had abandoned the planet, whether it be in the form of data or stored in a holocron, Rasu and her team had to bring it back safely before it was damaged during the invasion. This was her first time leading any group and the Shi'ido couldn't help but feel a little anxious as to what was ahead, however she still kept her enthusiasm and determination as they were going to need it if they were to succeed. She had leaped out of her seat when it had been declared that she could finally get off the heap of metal and out into the array of lightsabers and blaster-fire.

Now she stood, hand held firmly on the safety bar, in the enclosed shuttle as she and other Jedi flew towards the Great Jedi Library in the hope of not being discovered. However the continuous shuddering through the craft could only mean that they had been spotted and that now, the Jedi's lives were in the hands of the capable Republic pilot, taking them closer to the massive structure. Feeling utterly useless, Rasu extended her Force awareness and sent waves of calm and determination towards their human pilot in the hope that this meager attempt to focus him would better their chances of reaching the library alive.

The Shi'ido was nearly knocked to the ground when a rather large thud, shuddered through the shuttle. "What was that?" she yelled at the pilot, as she was hardly audible over the sound of battle outside. "We've been hit!" The man replied, still concentrating on what he was doing. "I'm going to get you as close as I can to the library, but you're all going to have to jump!" Rasu was shocked at how undeterred he was at their current sitauation, knowing that he would probably not make it out of the shuttle alive, Rasu would have thought he'd have shown a bit of fear, but no. With a grim look on her face, Rasu turned, returning to her team mates. "Alright everyone, get all your gear. We're approaching the Library but not in the way we had planned. We're going to jump out of the shuttle just before it makes contact with the surface. On my count." Grabbing her own pack, she turned back to make sure her team was all ready before activating the door panel. The large durasteel door, slowly opened, blowing any light loose item around the craft before being sucked out into the blue sky. She had to pull back her hair, which had begun to fling itself wildly in front of her face, so that she could make out the good to go signal that the human would give her. Taking one final look over her team, she made sure each had their parachutes before turning back to the pilot as he held out his thumb, giving the all-clear. "GO GO GO, JUMP!" she shouted, waving her arms as she made sure everyone had left. Turning to grab a last glimpse of the pilot she too jumped out of the shuttle and was whisked away by the strong vacuum of air, watching the craft plummet downwards, a trail of smoke following from it's engine. Refocusing herself, she allowed herself to fall freely as she dropped downwards towards the large stone structure that was the the Great Jedi Library, and where things would get much harder, she told herself.


@[member="Akodya Mune"]

 

[Other Space Kaiden]

@[member="Diana Moridena"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"] @[member="Daella Apparine"] + @ANYONE NEAR THE TEMPLES

The flames stopped in mid-air and Krag could feel the resistance from another force user in the area. The resistance was strong and Krag could tell that it was a strong user of the Lightside. Knowing that the fight would waste valuable energy, Krag opened his fist and forced the flames to shoot off into various directions. Krag eyed the Jedi and then watched as the rain fell from the sky and only slightly hindered the massive fires that were raging, it would take more than a few minutes of strong rain to have any great effect. "Surrender is for the weak, Jedi slime." Taking in a deep breath, Krag closed his eyes and felt the world around him with the force. Yes...things were going to turn in his favor soon. The Dread Spiders he had sent to dig under the jungle were drawing near and he thought it was about time to utilize their abilities.

With a surge of the force, Krag sent the telepathic message to the Graug handlers of the Dread Spiders beneath the rocky surface. Without even the subtlest warning, a massive two story high spider shot its long claws up from the ground just behind Diana. Like a spawn from Hell, the spider clawed its way to the surface and created a new hole from which four squads of Sith Stormtroopers would emerge.


Meanwhile, at the temple, the second of the two spiders began to wildly claw away at the fragile rocks and soil near the Republican landing site. The most warning those at the temple would have would be a sudden and massive shaking of the ground before a twenty meter sinkhole was created in the surface, swallowing up whoever was unlucky enough to fall in. Inside the sinkhole the Spider would feast on those poor souls, while Krag continued his battle above.


As the spiders did their job, Krag summoned up a cloud of burning ash from his own unnatural form. The plum of ash was unique, not fire and not quite cinder but it burned just as the ash from a volcanic eruption. With the cloud summoned, Krag unleashed it at the Jedi Knight. The plum would travel quickly, but would not be impossible to defend against. As the cloud of ash went to swallow Diana whole, Krag lunged toward the newly arrived Jedi Master and aimed to decapitate him with a powerful stroke of his saber.

 

[Cedric Dorn]

Jedi Academy Ruins
@[member="Krag"] @[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]
As soon as the ground began to quake Diana began to move. There was no time for talk anymore, no time to offer the Sith another chance at redemption. She had given him chance enough, she had allowed him a decision and he had made the wrong one. Now she would break every bone in his body, and then she would offer again.

The massive spider that crawled out behind her did not go unnoticed, its huge carapace broke through the rock of the temple like a submarine through ice. Diana flinched slightly as she heard a slight clicking noise from the spider's legs pouncing onto the stone ground. She scowled, and then went into action. With only a short squat Diana boosted herself up into air, two thin streamline jets coming from her Rocket boots which allowed her to fly a greater distance into the air.

She flipped around backwards within the air, flying high and twisting herself in a perfect ballerina motion. In one swift drop Diana fell onto the back of the massive spiders thorax, landing with a soft thud.

Immediately the creature began to buck and whirl about, but it was too late. The cloud of ash that @[member="Krag"] had sent Diana's way enveloped the creature face and upper torso. It burned and scorched the spider, eating at its flesh and making short work of its innards. Within seconds the spider began to falter and fail. Diana ignited the blades of one of her lightsabers, the bright blue plasma jumping into life with a snap and a hiss. She gave one quick slash at a junction in the spiders carapace, severing its leg in one move.

Immediately the spider toppled and fell, already dying from the smoke that it had been wounded by. The Spider could not sustain itself and with a heavy earth shattering thud it fell to the ground, directly on top of the stormtroopers that had just exited the tunnel. incapacitating them or forcing them back down the tunnel.

With a quick flip and a slide Diana leaped off of the Spiders back, landing on solid rock, then with a quick whirl of her hand she threw her lightsaber towards the Sith(@[member="Krag"]) hoping to distract him long enough for Joshua to take him out.

 

[Tathra Khaeus]

JEDI ACADEMY
In the midst of the action Meta and his clone army had attacked the Jedi Academy, a massive attack that the stormtroopers hadn't expected. It seemed that the sith were thinking one sidedly about this, they had the majority of their army focused on the the library. This was making taking the academy relatively easy. As @[member="Diana Moridena"] and @[member="Krag"] were busy. Along with Krag's army. Meta was pushing forward with the clones.

Bang, Boom, Ziing!

Blaster bolts left and right. Meta was using the makashi form, deflecting bolts back at the stormtroopers and covering some of the clones. However, it was a short lived fight as most of the stormtroopers weren't even outside. They were massively outnumbered and outmatched, at least for the moment. "Push forward!" Meta raised his lightsaber and pointed it to the academy, the clone troopers roared in battle. Meta joined in their battle cry. Using the power of the force to amplify his voice to sonic like levels, although only targeting the stormtroopers. He disorientated them as the clones charged and barged through enemy lines. Although, a heavy demolition group of stormtroopers were ahead, miniguns and rocket launchers. Giving and taking a lot of damage, although even now more gunships were falling in to the academy area. Meta reached for his comlink, but before he could. A well placed rocket blaster scorched his saber and the front of his gauntlets and boots, knocking Meta off his feet. He landed a few metres away, luckily he still held onto his saber. "Flare, now!" He called to one of the troops. The clone nodded and took a flare from his extensive equipment, and threw it at the demosquad. All though in result, was shot down violently. "Fire on that target gunship." Meta commanded, before ducking and rolling away from an oncoming barrage of blaster bolts. But, within a few moments Meta wouldn't have to worry about the demosquad as a dual set of turrets blasted them to oblivion. "Alright, medics. Stay here and help the wounded." The medics were designated by red highlights on their armour. Four or five of the remaining ones charged off somewhere into the battlefield to help the fallen. "Whoever's able. You're with me." Meta then focused in on behind them, noticing the burning of the forest. But, paid no heed to such things as the final dropships dropped in, Meta would now have a force of around Two hundred clones at his back, to take the Academy.

Meta ignited his saber and the clones charged the Academy, with Meta leading the charge. Then stopping, noticing the battle raging between his brothers and enemies. Taking note of some of the gunships landed, pilots still in them. "Gunships, get airborne. The rest of you, fly around Ossus. Tell me if you find anything." The gunships were silent but followed their orders launching into the air, five of twenty five surviving gunships took off, Meta felt as though he had done all he could, and headed into the academy.

@[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Dar'rak]

In route to Jedi Library along side Master @[member="Kiskla Grayson"] / Jedi strike team
　
Darr’ak remained at his Master’s side following her as swiftly as she was progressing through the tree line he was hot on her heals. Dar’rak had yet to draw on his newly crafted lightsaber yet as he felt the pull of both sides of the conflict as the force cried at every death both from their side and that of the sith it called out to him. He was a duelist and battle is where he shined most. What also cried out to Dar’rak was the forest as it burned. This pain seemed to hit him most sever of all, even more so than the solders on both sides as they died and became one with the force.

Dar’rak could see the Library as they left the forest behind them. When his Master gave the command both of Dar’rak’s lightsabers flew from their location on his belt and into his open hands before he combined them into his prized saber staff. With a spin of the bronzed wood incased hilts the twin emerald blades hummed to life. Once his blades became active Dar’rak’s body surged with the power of the Force and the thirst for battle. Drawing on his newly realized Battlemind ability to boost his already advanced skills in saber combat Dar’rak positioned himself between his Master and any oncoming blaster bolts deflecting them away from himself and her.

Dar’rak’s gaze traveled behind him at his Master as he spoke directly to her. “Master what is our next plan of attack? Do we wait for the rest of the team or progress on and allow them to catch up in time?” The sparks that have become a common occurrence now danced within his eyes as he spoke of pushing forward.

 

[Coci Heavenshield]

@[member="Saki"] @[member="Hawk Solo"] @Everyone near the Library

Location: The Great Jedi Library
Position: West side of the Library




Iella had remained silent in the trip to ground on Ossus. She focused on meditation for the battle, centering her concentration and connection to the force. Her body remain still .. as did her mind and let the activities around her unfold. The Gun ship damaged in the descent finally came to rest and the majority of the republic forces and Jedi on board disembarked eager to get to war. She however, employed patience and reached out through the force sensing the landscape. The place is alive with life forms .. the jungles of Ossus teaming with it, the force pulsing within her blood and the 'view' of all of them came to her mind's eye. Including the positions of the Sith.

The tight knot of energy that sits in the pit of her stomach, summon by her to preparation .. something she can do innately now. She can feel the low rumble of the Dragon churning in the back of her throat, the white mist swirling there licking the inside of her mouth. She takes a deep breath the settle her want of the fight, preferring to wait for the right moment to unleash her power of the Dragon. Her blade, enhanced with the pearl of the Krayt Dragon, now begs to her to be taken up. She can already feel her connection to the blade .. it's properties allow her to detect the presence of the darkside, and the air is thick with it.

Her arm becomes swollen with the force, the strength pumping along to her hands and fingers, she begins to shake with the longing to release it. But instead she smiles as the hunt is about to begin.

On the ground she saw the litter of bodies of the dead .. Republic and Sith alike, she viewed them all without emotion, save one, the thrill of the fight. The combat medical staff the only forces in the area tending to the needs of the wounded, she walked past them and disappeared into the dense vegetation of the Jungle. From childhood, Iella knows the Jungles and she is in her element now. With speed she makes her way to the west side of the Library, and holds position. The top of the Library just visible about the canopy of the tall trees, she checks all her weapons, her blaster, whip .. Zenji Needles and lightsaber. She reaches into her pocket and gathers her necklace made for the nodules of the Taozin, she puts it on, she will be able to be physically seen, however, she is now undetectable through the force. Her Gungnir Armour biting her skin, but will provide her with heightened protection against the saber blade for some time. Her senses and energy elevated by the use of the Sigil placed on her person, but she has much more .. besides this.

She opens up her comlink, engages the closed channel to Knight @[member="Saki"]. "In position", she simply said.

 

[Cameron Centurion]

Great Jedi Library

@[member="Daella Apparine"] | @[member="Kiskla Grayson"] | @[member="Rasu Gan"] | @[member="Dar'rak"] | @[member="Iella E`ron"]

The battle escalated quickly. The Jedi seemed to have an almost limitless supply of myopic servants. The Sith Lord couldn't hear their war cries or motivational speeches, but he was sure they centered around reclaiming some lost homeworld or striking a blow against the oppressive nature of the Sith. Certainly, the politics of what was occurring on Ossus had very little to do with Cameron. It was curious the degree of importance placed on material things or representative objects. No, it wasn't curious. It was understandable but stupid. There was no greater insight or prestige to be gained here for either side. The Sith had already struck the blow of taking it from the Jedi, and the Jedi had already suffered the defeat. One would think they'd have learned the inescapable truth...that which they previously held dear on Ossus had most certainly been destroyed or altered beyond recognition by the Sith. This planet was but a rock somewhat deep in Sith territory. If the Republic did acquire Ossus, they would be tactically cut off from any real element of support. What happened then? The Sith Empire laid siege to their supply routes...sentencing the planet and whatever Republic citizens inhabited it to a pointless existence and a slow death.

As Cameron's gaze continued to survey the battling forces below, his attention was pulled by a familiar sight. Long locks of blonde hair fluttered in his vision as the form of Kiskla Grayson seemingly exploded from the tree line. She was, of course, in the company of many other Jedi. "So much for such a useless slab of rock." A slab of rock that possessed only the aura of darkness. This Library had abandoned its former occupants long ago. Turning his eyes to the sky, the Sith Lord smiled thinly before shifting his gaze back to the ground battle before him. Cameron was plainly aware of the fact there were people inside the Library. "I hope they're cozy."

Closing his eyes and dropping to a knee, the Sith Lord pressed the palms of his hands to the stone roof of the Great Jedi Library. The strength of the darkness within him built steadily as Cameron's mind lingered on the decades of struggle. The dark-skinned Sith's outright passion for combat and war fueled his actions now. Silver-green orbs began to shine brightly as the earth beneath the ruins of the Jedi Library began to shake violently. The abrupt, artificial shifting of the plates just beneath the area encompassing the Jedi Library was little more than a side-effect. In the next instant, the Sith Lord vaulted into the sky.

Seconds later, Lord Ashmedai crashed onto the ground just before the violent shaking of the earth halted. In one fluid motion, the Sith Lord withdrew his crimson-bladed Sith Sword and plunged it into the heart of the nearest Republic soldier as he snapped the spine of another with the Force. Standing to his full height, Ashmedai held his weapon casually by his side as he advanced casually in the direction of the Jedi rushing towards the steps leading to the ruins of the Jedi Library. Kiskla... Time now we moved from theory to practical application. The message was meant for and sent only to Kiskla's mind. Cognizant of the reality that he would no doubt need the energy, Ashmedai silently drained the life energies of the various individuals in the area. He had no doubt that those with less affinity to the Force would become more susceptible than others.

In the end, he didn't care. Obliterating every single stone of the Jedi Library ruins was certainly not out of the question either. In fact...it was very much a realistic possibility.

 

[Hawk Solo]

@Iella E'ron @[member="Saki"] @Everyone near the Library

Location The Great Jedi Library
Position: West side of the Library
Taking Iella's advice he had gone to the Republic Armory before they departed for Ossus. He outfitted himself in gungnir series armor. it was a little too tight for his comfort but it would serve it purpose in protecting him. That is all cares about right now. He had an S-6C blaster pistol strapped to his right thigh. Around his waist had had belt with 4 power pack clips, 8 thermal detonators and his training lightsaber.

This was his first time going into battle as a wanna be Jedi. He was pretty quiet on the trip to Ossus. His nerves were getting to him. He was finding it hard to focus and calm down. He had to find his center.

He took a deep breath and steadies himself. He closes his eyes and concentrates on music. Classic music.. the kind that he used to danced to years ago. It was working. His breathing slow down and he was to connect to the force. It flooded his senses.

Once they were on the ground, he stayed close to Iella. He walked around the dead bodies being careful not to step on anyone. It didn't bother him seeing all that death. What did get to him was the age of the people. Some were barely out of their teens.

He raises an eyebrow when Iella put on her necklace. Really we have to accessorize our outfit now. He thought to himself. Than his eyes widen when he realize that he could see her but not feel her in the force anymore. That could be handle in battle. "Where can I get one of those?" he quips to her.

 

[Atlas Kane]

Ossus
Jedi Library entrance

All of the Sith Troops were already dead before Yasuo could even reach the Master he was following. They were all dead, killed by the Master's onslaught. It was a gruesome sight, he didn't like it, but that's how war was. Death and destruction everywhere. The worst thing was that soon he would certainly have to kill as well. That was what he feared the most. He had planned to only knock the Sith Troopers unconscious or disarm them and then take them prisoner, but not on killing them. He followed the Master until they came a door that led inside the Jedi Library. They would have to cut their way in he thought, but then, in a powerful display of the Force, the door was just ripped apart and shattered into many pieces. The Master stepped in and Yasuo wanted to follow, but then something held him back. A great Darkness started gnawing on his mind. Something was using some kind of force ability to disrupt the Padawan and probably all the other Jedi on Ossus. The Darkness started to become stronger and he now had memories of things he would rather forget, it was slowly driving him insane. He stopped and fell to his knees, gripping his head with both hands.

A couple moments of this torture later and he was almost completely driven mad by the effects of this Sith sorcery. Then, he suddenly heard a voice. A voice very familiar to him. Then a figure appeared. ''Father?'' ''Yes my son. It is me.'' The voice didn't sound like it was really there, it sounded more like a voice in his head and he wasn't quite sure if it was a Ghost of his father, or just the insanity getting to him. But that didn't matter now. He was able to see his father again, the one person he looked up to the most. ''I am happy to see that you became a Jedi, just like I was.'' ''Thank you father.'' ''I am very proud of you and I am glad to see that you didn't succumb to the Dark Side after what happened to our village.'' ''Thank you, but it wasn't all my accomplishment. One of the Jedi Masters, Master Kiskla, helped me in abandoning the thoughts of revenge and calming the anger that I had felt for all those years. Now I have set aside that past and I am now going to be a great Jedi, if I won't die here that is.'' ''Don't worry my son, I will be watching over you. You will not die this day. You will make me and the rest of our village proud. I know that you will. Goodbye, my son.'' Wth those words the figure that was his father slowly faded away and at the same time, he slowly regained his sanity.

All the while during this conversation, he must have seemed like a madman talking to himself, but he didn't care about that. He had finally seen his father again. The person he had looked up to the most. It was like a dream coming true for him. In the moments before he refocused on the battle at hand, he turned to the sky and just looked, letting the raindrops fall on his face. It was his single last moment of peace before he would aid the battle with everything he had. Then he stood up and refocused on the battle. By now some time must have passed and the Master he had followed would have moved deep into the Library, while the other Forces of the Jedi were catching up. He decided to wait for them and join whoever was coming to recapture the Jedi Library. until then he would stay here and defend the entrance against anyone that wanted to come through and disrupt the advance of the Jedi Forces to the Library.

@Anyone who is near the Jedi Library

 

[Serah Oricion]

Entrance to the Temple

Yusan's feet carried him to the edge of the forest and out of it, his mask no longer on him, his armor covered in ash and his left gautlet slightly darkened from being so near the flames in the forest. His eyes fell on @[member="Yasuo"] now, his steps slow as he closed the difference between them and ignited his saber again. In mind reached the point of no return, at least as long as the Force Insanity is kept active, Yusan's unconcious mind could only watch in horror as his aflicted mind made him see the man he knew was an ally as an enemy. The worst part of the whole endeavor was what ran through Yusan's mind, the need to kill them all, not just Sith, both sides. The Insanity was feeding off his anger and hate and pain to affect him in such a way that he remained active and fighting, but could no longer understand what side was what. "You, surrender now and i shall make your death quick Sith."

@Anyone else nearby the Entrance (( OOC Note for Yasuo or anyone else, from this moment on, until the Insanity is either distrupted or Yusan is incapacitated... hes going to think all force users, jedi or sith, are the latter. And Even if he knows you he will view you as an enemy and attack you until the Influence of the Force Insanity is ended.))

 

[Cortana Jade]

En route to settlement
Ysannan Mission

Sochi had ended her meditation only a while before Jedi Knight Aika entered their vessel. She immediately felt the tension coming from the woman, it would seem she was nervous; war can do that to you. She exited her meditation position and went to introduce herself to her squad leader. She could also try and reassure the woman that all would be fine; eventhough they had alot riding on thejr shoulders, together. It would seem that Ella had beaten her to it, but that wasnt an issue at all.

"Greetings Master Kawakami, im padawan Sochi Ru, ill be aiding you on this mission along with Ella." She said softly.

Sochi was hoping they would get underway soon. Their comrades on the front werent going to be able to hold out forever. She atleast wanted Aika to know that she didnt have to stress out, Ella and Sochi were there.

@[member="Aika Kawakami"]
@[member="Ella Nova"]

 

[Paige Argous]

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[Atlas Kane]

Yasuo was lucky that no Sith Troopers tried to advance to his position. He had a couple of moments of calmness in which he could take in what was happening around him. Then he saw someone that looked like a Jedi approach. He looked like he had been through a lot, but he was happy to see he was still alive and well. It would be good to have another person defending the entrance with him. But something was off. The man radiated a dark aura, as if ... No. He had succumbed to the insanity that was caused by the Sith's sorcery. ''You, surrender now and i shall make your death quick Sith.'' Those words made it clear. He had completely fallen into insanity and it would be impossible for Yasuo to get him back to his normal self. There would have to be someone else who interrupts the Insanity, possibly by taking out whoever was causing it. But still, Yasuo tried to get through to the man. ''I not with the Sith, I'm a Jedi. I'm on your side. We shouldn't be fighting.'' Those words would certainly not help the man regain his sanity, but with a lot of luck, they might make him recognize Yasuo as a Jedi and get him to not fight with his full force. Or it could backfire and make him even angrier. It didn't matter if the former or the latter happened, the two would fight either way. There was no doubt about it. So just to be safe, he entered an opening stance for Soresu. He placed his feet far apart and extended his arm backwards with the blade held parallel to the other arm, which he held up in front of him with his palm pointing towards the man.

@[member="Yusan Fenn"] @Anyone near the Library.

 

[Serah Oricion]

Yusan broke into an almost hysterical laughter as he kept up his pace, raising the saber blade above his head before speaking. His glare was focused on the eyes of Yasuo when he spoke, and did so in such a way that it was obvious the words affected him in only such a way that it made him more determined. "You will die now Sith, and when your on the floor begging, i will cause you pain uncomparable." With an outburst of both emotion through him shouting as he charged Yasuo, and his glare never leaving the man's face he closed the distance and brought the blade down, knowing it would be blocked he would spend no time and immediatly switch into a Makashi stance and let his blade flow and dart in and out as he made quick jabs at the man every so often, all he needed was for just a few to hit. On the inside though, Yusan was powerless to stop himself, he had let the Insanity root itself without noticing and now he was a slave to its whim, at least it was a Jedi and not a Sith that he had found. @[member="Yasuo"]

 

[Darc Xavior Talus]

Inside the Great Jedi Library before twenty one creatures and the Sith Emperor

The ancient one stood before the Force signature that was guarded by four horrid creatures. The sight of this didn't bother him since he had seen worse things in his days. Still, he kept cautious and side glanced them every so often. Eventually, the Emperor had answered and he stopped his advance. Searching through the Force he knew who he was up against and faced him without an ounce of fear in him. Then two more Jedi had entered the open doorway and stood next to him. Judas simply rose a hand to stop them from the imminent danger before them.

"Kaine Zambrano. The new Emperor of this age. I have heard much about you from Pazela. The Force burns with fury inside you. I see it. Though I care not if you wish to surrender or not, I have come to face the opposition of this planet with my own interests."

It was at that very moment he heard the command that one of the creature had leaped towards him. A half smirk grew on his face as a wave of darkness spiraled around him and the Jedi with a purple electrical charge of energy. If creature had pounced head on, it would have slammed against the dark electrical Force shield he had created in an attempt deflect any further advance of the creature.

"Now, now Kaine. That would be rude and impulsive of you to send your pets to do your dirty work. Relax and let us talk a bit longer shall we? Like civil men."

@[member="Vulpesen"] @[member="Jak Versiø"] @[member="Kaine Zambrano"] @[member="Yasuo"]

 

[Atlas Kane]

In the man's eyes, Yasuo could see both anger and regret, so he hadn't turned completely insane, which was good. It meant he could still be saved, but it also meant that Yasuo couldn't use all his might during their fight. He would have to hold back and try not to injure the man. This would hopefully be easy since he could just try to hold up his defenses by using the techniques used in Soresu that Master Kiskla had taught him. He would just hold up his defenses until the the man tired himself out or the insanity got be disrupted. Then the man lunged forward with an overhead strike and with that started their duel. The first strike was easily blocked, but the jabs that came afterwards were harder to defend against. He had to sidestep and hold his blade in front of him, so that the man couldn't turn the jabs into slashes and kill him by cutting through his upper body. They continued their ''dance'' for a while, until Yasuo decided he would try to finish the duel, instead of just continually defending himself. Then he remembered the Niman Pushing Slash. It would give him a chance to attack for once and hopefully end the duel right there. So he drew upon the Force, pushed the man back one or two meters, picked up a small bit of rubble that was lying around with the force and threw it at the man. That would give him a moment to build up some momentum and use the falling leaf technique he had learned during his duel with Taiden Keth. Hopefully that would end the duel.

@[member="Yusan Fenn"]

 

[Serah Oricion]

Yusan landed on his legs as he was pushed back two meters and saw the stones coming. Without trying to stop the rocks with the force or his blade he lifted his left arm and let them collide with it, even the armor did not stop them from bruising the bone and his forearm. He left his right arm hang from its socket at his side, moving towards Yasuo again slowly before then grabbing a small object in his left hand. Then the familiar ping of a grenade sounded from his hand, to which he raised and there rested a thermal detonator in his hand, the countdown would be halted until he let go of the primer. He didnt throw it though, he only walked towards Yasuo, with the grenade primed in his hand and saber in the opposite hand. He was determined to kill Yasuo, his own life mattered not to him now and it would not while he was in this condition. @[member="Yasuo"]