Variety on Voss

[Sky'ito Yumi]

Voss, the home of the Silver Jedi, a place of learning for light side users, and the forefront to stopping the spread of the dark Empires emerging of late, which meant the Jedi present were beefing up their training of new Jedi to combat said threat. Sukai had trained her before, in martial art, under a fellow neutral knight, who had unfortunately gone missing after the First Orders last attack, perhaps she'd be able to find a new teacher.

Her vintage/refurbished Jedi star fighter descended out of orbit, coming to a empty landing pad on near the temple, the same place her training took place last time. The light side was strong here, engulfing the slightly dark affiliated grey, similar to a welcoming embrace from her mother, without the berating remarks and the following lecture.

Equipping her sabers Sukai walked up the stair, taking the sight in, the architecture, other Jedi and the large open training space. At the moment there were a few Jedi, some meditating, other sparing, it was a nice sight to see, but was not really the life style in mind, "Right time to find a teacher".

[member="Quinncolson"]

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn had been in the Jedi temple for so long it was her second home, her first being her ship The Time Bandit She would have gotten word that there was a new padawan coming to the temple, she would have her saberstaff clipped to one side of her belt and her regular saber on the other side, on her wrist she wore her gauntlet, when activated it would pop out a full sized shield of plasma. She would make her way down to the lobby where she would see the Padawan, she would stride toward her, her red hair flowing behinf her covered by her signature blue beanie

"Hello young one I am Jedi Knight Quinn Colson, I will be overseeing your training" She said as she reached the girl

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

[member="Quinncolson"] was a talk woman, with fiery red hair, and a determination to suit, she too held a saber staff, though different in design to her own, as well as wearing gauntlets of some sort, and interesting design. Her own boots were suited to combat but not really intended for saber on saber combat. "I am Sukai'ito, Yumi, the pleasure is all mine". She gave a respectful bow to her instructor.

Past training had been mainly from her mother and other rouge force users, even the occasional Sith, though non of that could really stand up to formal training from a Jedi Knight, it would also probably help in getting her dark intention under control. It was not a huge problem, but certain, experiences tend to make her some what, sadistic, enjoying the suffering other others, finding a way to control such a state of mine was vital.

"May I inquire into our first lesson, or is their a process that I must go through to be properly inducted into the school"?

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would take in the girl, there was something different about this Padawan but she would listen to what the girl had to say, upon the question being posed she would look upon the girl, and speak.

"First we shall find out where you are as far as saber combat as well as in the Force, first we will test your saber skills in a training duel with myself, set your saber to stun" She said as she led the girl into a training room that was large with a vaulted ceiling

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

Sukai followed the Knight closely behind, she was a proficient users of Ataru and favored and aggressive combat in conjunction with her saber staff, but also studied Niman as a way to be able to duel different opponents that use different forms. "Alright then, a test it is". It seemed a bit fast pace, but with the state of the SJO they needed as many skilled force users as they could get, and Sukai was not newbie, well into the padawan stage in terms of rank, if she was a proper Jedi.

The two entered the hall, a reasonable space to spar, Sukai un-clipped her saber staff, setting it to stun before activating the duel blade, its purple hue illuminating the area. She had crafted this blade to show her balance in the force and her use of both sides when need be, but for this duel she would refrain from using an dark powers, this was to be a show of skill, nothing more.

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would unclip her saberstaff and prepare, she was a master of form VII as well as form III and form VI with moderate training in form IV

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

Sukai took an offensive stance, knowing full well her teach had more experience, but she was still going to put in a great deal of effort. Sukai started off the duel with a quick short thrust aimed at her legs and a following mid swing at their mid section with the other end of her saber, pushing on the offensive as she had be taught. Her energy vampire heritage proving more speed then a regular person of her age.

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn knew she had more experience than her Padawan, so she took a defensive stance, she would have given the padawan the benefit of the doubt, she would have put her saber staff away and pulled her normal saber, she took a Soresu stance and waited, as the blow was struck toward her legs she would jump over it, she would then parry the blow for her midsection and take the opportunity to strike a counter attack toward her opponent's midsection, she would then use the force to activate her lightshield via her gauntlet

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

Her teacher dodged and blocked the attack, it was expected but Sukai was just testing to see what she was up against. Soon though said teacher was on the offensive, quickly switching from form 3 to an offensive style, take a wide swing at her mid section as well. Sukai performed a dodge roll under the swing, trying to follow up and a backwards slice, but was blocked by her shield, that was going to be a problem. She jumped back putting some distance between and he opponent, this fight would need a new approach.
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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn was just kind of toying with her padawan, she was testing her judgement on combat, as the Padawan continued and switched to form 3 before backing away she would sense a bit of darkness in her padawan, she was getting frustrated which was normal. She would deactivate her shield and place her saber on her belt drawing her saberstaff she would decide it was time for form VII she was ready to really break her padawan in

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

Her master took out her saber staff, most likely getting serious, this was going to be a tough fight, the stance her master took was that of Vappad. 'whelp that's going to be tough to beat'. Knowing it was a perfect counter to Ataru, Sukai decided to put forth her training in Niman, she would need to fight smart, and only push that attack when an opening came, a combination of Sorsuee and Ataru. Sukai waited and edged closer, anticipating her teachers attack.

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn was ready, this was her main fighting style, she had been trained by the creator and master of this form Mace WIndu. She had been one of very few to learn this style from him, so she was ready to give her Padawan a lesson, she would very quickly strike out at her padawan with a combo that sent strikes both high mid and low, this was one of the first combos she was taught. She would then go strickly on the offense, she would soon appear as if she was striking from 12 different angles as was the speratic form. She would strike blows everywhere, she knew this form could even overwhelm Obi Wans guard for she had seen it

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

Her teacher was fast, Vapaad being very hard to counter, all Sukai could do was try and parry the blows, but even her enhanced vampire speed and saber staff was not match for the onslaught of attack. The flurry of blows kept coming and soon her saber was hit out of hand by a powerful upwards slash, the young apprentice now disarmed and with her masters blade poised to strike. "That was..... fast", those were the only words uttered by Sukai, such speed was unprecedented.

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would seeing her padawans saberstaff hit the floor, she would put her own away, she would then retrieve her padawan's staff, she would hand it back to her and speak. "You have done well, if you would like my suggestion for your saber form I would advise you to use Jar'Kai it would suit you along with you form III"

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

She took her saber staff back and attached it to her belt, "That was the reason i chose to also pursue Niman and a form, do most padawans perform this way?. She was interested in her skill level compared to the Jedi of the order, having trained under different people before coming here, not many Jedi were past students of Sith, Jedi and Grays. "What else did you have planned today, or are we going to have another bout".

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

"No you are quite a rare case, coming to us so late in life, you have extraordinary skills with a blade but I suppose that if you were to use two blades you would have a better grasp of saber combat, it would give you more flexibility on form. You could take Niman or Soresu and mold it into the form and make it what you like. As for training I do have another thing planned, Have you ever piloted before?"

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

It was true, most Jedi were not accepted at such age, but Sukai had under gone more specialized teaching at a young age, retaining her first kill at 12, though not something she was entirely proud of. "Thank you for your praise, my mother taught me what I know about saber combat, and I picked Ataru mainly to capitulate on my... unnatural speed, though she herself was a user of Djem So, Niman was just an added bonus for single blade combat, and use of Trakata". It was not uncommon for saber staff uses to only engage one end of their light saber and use it as a single blade, only igniting the other side when the time was right, perhaps she would look into Soresu more.

Yes her own form, one that incorporated the defensive style of Soresu, the speed of Ataru and the balance or Niman, "I will consider what you have said master, as for piloting, I have experience, I a refurbished Eta-2 Actis-class interceptor, but have not really been part of any large scale dogfights before".

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

"Then you are in luck my padawan, I am one of the most celebrated fighter pilots of the SIlver Jedi as of this moment, I pride myself on it and we could engage in a mock dogfight so you can test your own skills" She said taking off towards the hangar "Also if you do take my advice and do adopt Jar'Kai I will assist you with learning to use both blades as well as constructing them both if you need" She said as they arrive at the Hangar, there sat several hundred starfighters, including Quinns own personal ship The Time Bandit. None the less she would step up to a squadron of Y-wing bombers. She would toss a helmet with a built in headset to her padawan "Hop in and lets get going"

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[Sky'ito Yumi]

"I must be a lucky student to have you as my teacher, and I understand what you mean about Jar'kai, but I personally prefer Niman because of it is a more balanced double blade fighting form, though I am open to experimenting". She followed closely behind, eager to get started on flight practice, eyeing up the different craft present in the hanger, just managing to capture the helmet as it was tossed to her.

"I guess I'm taking a Y-wing then", Sukai quickly strapped her helmet on ad got buckled in, the controls not to dissimilar from other ships she had flown. She got the craft powered up, the engines spurting to life, "Ready when you are".

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[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Quinn would hop inside the cockpit of her own ship and strap herself in, she would hit the ignition and the engines would spring to life "I appreciate that padawan" She would say glancing across the blinking lights and gauges checking that all was well, once she had assured that all was well with the ship she would speak "Alright let me take the lead once we are out there I will instruct you further" She said before taking off and flying out the hangars huge door

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