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Post by Sek on May 18, 2014 17:37:52 GMT -8
*Mirria was within 10 meters of Anven and the Elder now, even so she still looked through her electro binoculars and watched the both of them talking.* "I'm almost in position Sayjar." ::Alright, you ready for this?:: *Sayjar said softly into his comlink.* "I think so?" *Mirria sounded concerned.* ::You'll do great, you won't get harmed... I'm right here.:: "Yeah, if I knew where 'here' was. But if you say so...." *The Bantha walked closer to the 5 meter mark from the entrance, where laid a strip of 9 non-lethal air compressed mines under the sand.* ::..........3.........2..............1..............:: *Sayjar pressed a button on his wrist that activated the mines, when Mirria became less than 3 feet from one, one after the other they all detonated. Sending sand 50 feet into the air and sent an extremely loud booming sound that echoed afterward for 45 seconds, which startled the Bantha made it stand on its hind legs and fall backward unconscious. Mirria screamed when she became trapped under the unconscious Bantha, and then grunted trying to get free. Five seconds before he detonated the mines, Sayjar pressed a button on his wrist that activated a homing beacon droid that was under the sand under Anven's speeder, and waited for its cue to magnetize to Anven's speeder. A millisecond after he pressed the button to activate the mines the droid readied to magnetize. When the boom sound came to be, the droid magnetized itself to Anven's speeder.* 'Haha.... perfect!' ::Mirria! Are you okay?:: "Oh no I'm just all fine dandy! If you call being crushed by a giant Bantha, 'dandy'...." *Mirria's communicator was thrown out of her hands, when she was crushed by the Bantha, and was about 20 feet way. Sayjar could barely hear her but was relieved she wasn't hurt by the weight of the Bantha.*
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Post by Ayren on May 19, 2014 6:49:11 GMT -8
*Ayren continued to look for the right path leading out of the endless tunnel system...* 'How am I supposed to find an exit to this place if I don't even know where I am? That guy I tried to talk to was no help whatsoever... and that old man... He's a suspicious Tusken that one... I may have not know all the answers to what he was doing... but no matter...' *Ayren came back up the tunnel that he went down from, there were two remaining... That's when he heard a loud 'BOOM' sound come from the tunnel that was to his left.* "What the hell was that?!" *Without even thinking, Ayren raced down the winding tunnel he heard the loud noise from.* 'I've never seen this tunnel before...' *Ayren ran what seemed like an eternity, but paid off. He saw the outside light at the end of the tunnel..* 'Damn... that's bright........... How long have I been gone? What planet am I on?' *Ayren had many questions that he knew he'd get most, if not all of them answered. When he reached the end of the tunnel system he saw the outside, and immediately knew where he was.* 'TATTOOINE???' *Ayren... as confused as he was already, looked around, he saw Anven and the Elder..... Ayren immediately saw Sayjar camouflaged, and hiding under the sand. Even with a trained eye Sayjar was extremely difficult to see, but Ayren could spot him from a mile away. Plus, Ayren saw that what looked like a Bantha had died from heat exhaustion. Ayren made a salute to Sayjar with his right hand, and dropped his hand to his thigh.*
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Post by Anven Firestar on May 19, 2014 10:31:08 GMT -8
Anven took hold of his lightsaber as the Elder handed it back to him over his shoulder and clipped it to his belt casually as he heard a loud boom though the sound being quite loud made Anven wince slightly though only for a moment before he recovered. He then just turned his head and looked on as he watched the spectacle before him of sand being thrown into the air and a Bantha falling over yet despite all the commotion neither of the two who had been watching them made any aggressive movements. It didn't take a genius to figure out that this whole set up was some sort of distraction to which he still didn't care about though just in case they were planning something Anven deliberately turned his head and stared right at the man who was hiding letting him know his attempts at hiding were futile.
Not to long after the explosions went off Anven felt a familiar presence emerging from the caves and as he turned his head to look he saw good old Ayren finally managing to find his way out of the tunnels which somehow Anven knew he was going to live to regret this most wondrous miracle. Then as he stared at Ayren he saw the boy salute in the direction of the man hiding which made Anven roll his eyes which were covered by the shadow his hood cast over his face because that mean these were friends of Ayren's causing all this commotion. Not wanting to spend another minute near this rag tag group of buddies Anven gripped the handles of his swoop and called back to the Elder. "Hang on, we can continue this conversation once we get clear of this area." Anven then hit the throttle giving life to the turbothrusters causing them to take off from where they were at a great speed wanting to just be far away from this place though once Ayren and his group were far out of sight Anven took a bit of a detour because he felt there was something suspicious about the supposed distraction Ayren's friends had set off and he wanted time to think on it before arriving at their destination in case it was something more devious than Ayren seemed to be capable of.
Anven raced through the Dune Sea pushing his swoop to extraordinary speeds nearly as fast as he could make the thing go exceeding the speeds of most speeders all in a attempt to gain as much distance as he could from Ayren's group showing just how much he didn't want to be near them. Though as he was racing through the dunes his mind was slightly still set on what had happened back there running through possible scenarios for what one would want a distraction for. He quickly eliminating the more unlikely reasons for the land mines such as they were clearly not EMP mines since his swoop was still working and they weren't meant to try and trap them back there or kill them since here they were not having been hindered at all. Anven thought on recalling all he remembered from the time he had came out of the cave to when he had left to try and determine the purpose of those mines. It had been clear it wasn't meant for the hidden one to surprise attack them since he had remained inactive taking no aggressive actions and even with the given time they had remained there he should of been able to have a lock on their heads or other vital areas yet no shot was fired. He knew the girl that rode in on the Bantha didn't seem to play much of an important roll since she ended up trapped beneath the Bantha or disappeared under its long hairs whatever the case was it didn't seem likely she had anything to do with it....unless.
Anven quickly hit the brakes on his swoop letting them come to a halt as fast as he could even kicking up the backend of his swoop sightly as they stopped and without as much as a single word of explanation to the Elder Anven got off the swoop and walked to the back of it. There were bags hanging on either side of his swoop for storage of useful items for when he went out and he quickly started to dig through them going through a checklist in his head making sure everything was there. Once he had confirmed nothing was taken from his swoop he checked himself counting all his weapons were on him even his datapad, the idea was simple if Ayren was a force user it could be likely he had traveled with others who were and if they were after them in some way what better way to track them or even learn about them by taking personal items and force users could easily take things secretly from a distance even from a moving target. The distraction could of easily been to take their minds off of someone allowing them to in secret take almost anything yet nothing was missing, it then dawned on Anven that not only could if have been to take their minds off of someone but it could of been something and having already checked his bags and himself he could tell nothing was planted there and so for a moment he stared at the Elder and saw nothing there.
This left only one place left to check that being the body of his swoop since it was clear nothing was wrong internally for it worked just fine but he couldn't exclude that just yet without actually going in and checking the inner workings so for now he began to walk around his swoop carefully looking over the frame for any oddities. Doing a full two circles around his swoop straining his eyes as best he could in what little light there was from the slowly rising suns though found nothing out of place along the main body or the control shaft and stabilizer bars as he came back to the backend of the swoop he crouched down checking either side and under the turbothrusters but still found nothing suspicious. Finally he came back to the side of his swoop and got down on his stomach as he searched beneath his swoop and finally he found an unusual lump there along the bottom which he reached out to and grabbed forcefully pulling on it. The strange lump came off and Anven only stared at it for a few seconds before quickly standing up assuming the worse as he threw it as far as he could away from them incase it may be some kind of remote bomb or something else less lethal yet still unwanted.
Having dealt with his unease Anven got back onto his swoop and only shared a few words with the Elder as he revved the swoop's thrusters a few times preparing them to take off. So bad news found some device on my swoop, good news it has been dealt with. Anven quickly spun his swoop around to point west and revved the thrusters a few more times as he gave the Elder fair warning. "Hold on tight who knows what might come next." Hitting the throttle once more Anven took off towards the west slowly accelerating his swoop to those extreme speeds as he hoped in the back of his head that the device wasn't some kind of comlink or worse a tracking device because the last thing he wanted was to see Ayren again.
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Post by Nartaga on May 19, 2014 11:27:29 GMT -8
Nothing seemed to shake the Elder as mines went off and the sudden increase in velocity from their starting position. He merely crossed his arms, his staff leaning flat against the left side of the Swoop so as not to stick out. When they stopped the Elder watched Anven with curiosity.
-The Elder-
"What are you looking for?"
As Anven continued to make his way around the Swoop, looking over every inch of the speeder, the Elder sighed. He had been out of the tech game for too long. A couple thousand years living on a desert world without so much as a datapad would do that to you. As Anven stood up he narrowed his eyes at the device that had been pulled off, right before Anven threw it as far as he could away.
-The Elder-
"Odd. Why didn't they just try take us by force? Do you think they might be trying to follow us?"
As they took off again, this time going west towards the weapons cache.
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Post by Anven Firestar on May 19, 2014 12:02:23 GMT -8
As they began to move again Anven started to feel a little more at ease having found the problem that he had been contemplating since they had left the mountain though the Elder's question did bring up many more questions to Anven's though he knew naught what Ayren's little group was planning.
I don't know what their intentions are but following us is most certainly a possibility. Anven yelled over the sounds of the turbothrusts in response to the Elder's question.
Anven kept up the speeds he was going at for some time drawing ever closer towards the weapons cache the Elder had spoke of hoping he would be able to spot it easily enough though if he didn't he was sure the Elder would point it out.
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Post by Nartaga on May 19, 2014 15:14:49 GMT -8
The Elder pointed towards a set of mountains off in the distance.
-The Elder-
"Now just to figure out whether its you or me they are interested in....My vote is on you."
The Elder lowered his arm and gripped his staff a bit tighter. He began to focus on his hands, trying to heal them little by little. The pain did not bother him, and it was not like an infection could kill him.
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Post by Sek on May 19, 2014 15:48:54 GMT -8
*While Anven was riding his speeder away from them, Sayjar finally got up and out of the sand, he walked over to Ayren.* "So.. you find what you were looking for?" *Mirria Force Pushed the Bantha off of her, launching it 30 feet into the air. It smacked against the hard sand 5 feet from Ayren, she made a front flip getting up, brushing the sand off of her and then running over to Ayren.* "Hey! So.... what did you go in there for?"
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Post by Ayren on May 19, 2014 16:13:02 GMT -8
*Ayren saw them Sayjar walk over to him, he decided to make his walking a little less so he walked toward him also.* "That depends.... what was I supposed to find?" *Mirria ran over to Ayren and asked him basically the same question Sayjar asked him.* "Like I said to Sek, I don't know." *Then Ayren heard a beeping sound coming from Sayjar's wrist device.* "What's that?"
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Post by Sek on May 19, 2014 16:36:47 GMT -8
*Sayjar was confused, and and started to ask.* "Well if you don't know then why did you...." *Sayjar was cut off by the beeping noise from his wrist device.* "Haha... it appears our little friend Anven found my 'gift'.... I planted a small droid tracker on his speeder, I knew he would find it which is why I made a couple modifications to it.... Which should be activating.... right.. about..... now." *The second Anven threw the droid homing beacon away it transformed itself... Within this very small droid tracker was some serious upgrades, when it was in mid air it shot out an extremely thin thread that attached itself to one of Anven's bags, it reeled itself in and secured itself on the inside seem of one of the bags.* "I took the liberty of programming the droid to stay to whatever it's target was. And if it were to somehow get taken off, it would just re-secure itself, and hide in a different spot. *Mirria looked at him with surprise.* "Wow... and I thought Ayren was the tech guy...." *Mirria just laughs and walked to the seeder that was cloaked.* "You laugh now, but one day you'll need this knowledge.... and you call yourself a Jedi.... HA!" *Sayjar turned around and yelled that at her. She just rolls her eyes.*
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Post by Anven Firestar on May 19, 2014 18:16:28 GMT -8
Anven had continued on in the pointed out direction by the Elder coming up to the mountains quite quickly at the speeds he was travelling at and it hadn't taken him long to find this cave the Elder had poke of that should contain the weapons cache. This time around Anven slowed down at bit before stopping in order to allow the swoop to come to a gentle stop unlike the sudden stop he had the first time he then shut the thrusters down to let them cool awhile after having pushed them to their limits for some time. He then went to the back and began to dig through one of his bags pulling out a pair of electrobinoculars and a medical kit but just as he was pulling it out to his dismay he found the same small device that or a completely similar looking one. Dropping the medical kit Anven reached into the bag and pulled it off the seam and this time just stared at the small thing turning it over and over in his hand before just crushing it and stuffing the broken thing into a pocket on his belt for further examination.
With a sigh Anven picked up the medical kit once more not knowing if the Elder was even going to care to use it and just rely on the force but whatever the case may be he was bringing it anyway and so he stood there waiting for the Elder to lead the way though as he waited he spoke up to reveal his most unfortunate findings. "Just so you know I think you were right we are most likely being followed so expect visitors." Anven turned his head to look out into the distance for a moment as if he was already looking for their followers on the horizon but then slowly turned his head back to look at the Elder. This place wouldn't by any chance be equipped with traps of the kind of sorta lethal kind but definitely hurt very badly that someone could say just accidentally walk into?
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Post by Nartaga on May 19, 2014 19:45:13 GMT -8
The Elder moved into the cave and kept walking for several meters before coming to several sand colored tarp covered items. The Elder shook his head at Anven's questions about traps. Instead he pulled the tarp off of one particularly large item, revealing an old cannon. It appeared to use metal balls as ammunition, and gunpowder packs as the firing force.
-The Elder-
"No traps....But there is this..."
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Post by Anven Firestar on May 20, 2014 6:31:10 GMT -8
Anven followed the Elder into the cave frowning slightly at the Elder shaking his head to the question he had asked since it would of been nice to give their visitors a warm welcome and then send them off again in a world of pain. This all changed when the Elder revealed a very old weapon and antique by now and still it made Anven stop in his tracks as he just stared in awe at the thing eventually running up to it and just dropped what he was carrying next to it as he started to look over every inch of the cannon.
"Where did you find such an old weapon, does it even still work and I wonder of if you would be up for a little target practice ya know work out the kinks in this thing."
Anven's mind was just overflowing with questions at the sight of the cannon and he just wanted to blurt them all out in a long stream of endless questions but he soon got ahold of himself and picked up his things before standing up straight again.
"Ah well I am sure we can give our visitors a grand surprise with this thing though if you don't mind me asking were might I find spare parts for my lightsaber if this place has any and just out of curiosity what other weapons might this weapons cache hold?
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Post by Sek on May 20, 2014 9:45:07 GMT -8
*Mirria sat on the speeder making it look like she was levitating, she deactivated the cloaking device and rode it into a large cave. Sayjar was talking to Ayren when he heard a different beeping sound come from his wrist device, he sighed.* ""It appears Anven found my 'gift' again, this time he destroyed it. Though I have the last coordinates where they are, we should head there now." *Sayjar started walking toward the cave that Mirria went into, when she contacted him.* ::Are you guys comin'? or am I gonna have to leave you both behind?:: *Mirria said sarcastically said into her comlink.* "Don't worry, we're on our way... you might as well start the engines.."
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Post by Ayren on May 20, 2014 9:58:14 GMT -8
*Ayren just listened as Sayjar partially explained what was going on... He saw Mirria get on the speeder and drive off with it into a cave that was 500 feet away. He didn't know why they were following Anven, but he'd get his answer to that question sooner or later. Sayjar then walked off toward the cave, Ayren followed while looking off into the distance wondering why all of this was happening, what had the Force brought him HERE for? He made an assumption that the Elder was doing something suspicious with the crystal from that machine, and really didn't know the full details, but at the same time he knew what he was here for, he just didn't remember. He wondered why was this Anven so important to both Mirria and Sayjar?* "What..." *Ayren cut himself off before he finished his question, instead of speaking his mind Ayren just continued to follow Sayjar into the cave where he saw no one, but sensed Mirria, who was definitely in the cave.* "Uhhhh..... where'd Mirria go?"
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Post by Sek on May 20, 2014 10:58:33 GMT -8
*Sayjar and Ayren walked into the cave and Ayren asked such a ridiculous question. Sayjar laughed.* "What? You don't remember? She's inside your ship. Ya know.... the one that's sitting right here? Where you said you wanted it to go?" *Mirria deactivated the cloaking device on 'The Wolf Hound' and started up the engines.* "Now... shall we go in? After all, we've got your brother to save." *Sayjar walked into Ayren's ship and headed into the cockpit where Mirria was.* "Mirria, you ready?" "Yep, all systems are up and ready to go." *Sayjar and Mirria strapped themselves in, Sayjar took off his helmet and took out a rectangular computer chip. He plugged it into the slot, a navpoint with coordinates were inputted into the ships navigation.* "Alright, head to these coordinates." "You really think he will or want to help us?" *Mirria looked at him with doubt.* "Hopefully he will..... but let's just focus on getting to him first." *Sayjar sat up forward.* "Alright...." *She pressed a few buttons and the ship started to levitate off the ground, she pushed forward on the wheel and flew away. After a few minutes she put the ship on autopilot.* "We'll be arriving wherever Anven is in about 10-12 minutes." *Sayjar pushed a few buttons and engaged the advanced cloaking device and the deflector shields. Mirria looked at him with a face that said 'really?'..* "What?" *She just rolled her eyes* "Yeah like someone is going to attack what they can't see." *and then sat back in the pilot's seat.* "But whatever..."
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Post by Ayren on May 20, 2014 11:14:06 GMT -8
*Ayren was shocked to hear his brother was alive after 5000 years.... he stood there stunned, pondering all the scenarios of how this could be. Then a few minutes later, his ship started to take off, he jumped on at the last second before the ramp closed. He walked slowly walked to his quarters shocked and confused as to how Jakob could be alive after all this time.* 'Perhaps I just need rest... but I can't sleep now...." *Ayren looked down the hallway that lead to the cockpit... he instead walked that way, sat into a chair, and looked out the cockpit window. He waited until they reached Anven.*
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Post by Nartaga on May 20, 2014 18:54:33 GMT -8
Anven followed the Elder into the cave frowning slightly at the Elder shaking his head to the question he had asked since it would of been nice to give their visitors a warm welcome and then send them off again in a world of pain. This all changed when the Elder revealed a very old weapon and antique by now and still it made Anven stop in his tracks as he just stared in awe at the thing eventually running up to it and just dropped what he was carrying next to it as he started to look over every inch of the cannon."Where did you find such an old weapon, does it even still work and I wonder of if you would be up for a little target practice ya know work out the kinks in this thing."Anven's mind was just overflowing with questions at the sight of the cannon and he just wanted to blurt them all out in a long stream of endless questions but he soon got ahold of himself and picked up his things before standing up straight again."Ah well I am sure we can give our visitors a grand surprise with this thing though if you don't mind me asking were might I find spare parts for my lightsaber if this place has any and just out of curiosity what other weapons might this weapons cache hold?
"We were not always equipped with blaster cannons, Anven. We may be savages, but we are not idiots. The R'Crurak clan is successful today because of the ingenuity of the ones before them. And it will fire. The dryness of Tatooine has protected it from most forms of rust, and while it has not been maintained or used in some time, Tusken craftmanship is built to last. Just look at the Enclave."Eyeing the inside of the barrel, the Elder then threw in some hay from the cannonball crate's packing material. Using the Force he lifted a ball and eased it into the barrel, huffing at the exertion so soon after such a battle. As he stuck in a fuse at the end of the cannon he answered Anven's other question.-The Elder-
"The rest should just be standard war gear. Gaderffii, Cycler Rifles, water, tents, and spare machine parts. This cannon is the only truly valuable thing." |
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Post by Anven Firestar on May 21, 2014 10:19:20 GMT -8
Anven began to wander around the cave looking through the various things that were stored within even lifting up the sand coloured tarps to see what items were hidden beneath all while he listened to what the Elder was saying. When he found the spare machine parts the Elder had spoken of Anven began to dig through them occasionally lifting up a piece that interested him and examining it more closely looking to see if it held anything useful for fixing his lightsaber.
"You are right I should know better than to question Tusken craftsmanship for I am lucky enough to have witnessed the great things they can do with what they can get their hands on." Having found a particular part that interested him Anven began to take it apart scavenging what he could from it in order to make some minor repairs to his lightsaber. "I must also admit you have quite the store of parts here and enough equipment for us to have a little fun with our visitors maybe even make a bet or two to see who can come closest to hitting them.....say about 50 to 100 credits?"
Having retrieved several parts that he was sure would need to be replaced Anven sat down on the ground crossing his legs as he took out his lightsaber and began to open it up to begin making the necessary repairs to it. Once he had it open he saw the damage wasn't as severe as he had thought it was finding only the wires being fried and minor burn damage and so he got to work replacing what seemed no longer fit to function though he would do a more thorough repairs when he got back to the Enclave. For now having done the best he could with what he had found Anven put his lightsaber back together and stood back up and this time started to look at some cycler rifles as he thought about trying some of these out too.
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Post by Nartaga on May 21, 2014 16:22:48 GMT -8
The Elder picked up a Gaderffii from a weapons rack on the wall of the cave and lifted it. He shook his head and put it back, instead taking out his lightsaber and looking it over. The silver and gold hilt shined from the light of the torch the Elder was holding.
-The Elder-
"I don't have any credits. You can bet with yourself."
The Elder put his lightsaber back on his belt and clenched his fist for a moment before opening it again.
-The Elder-
"I may have absorbed some of the power from the Machine but I haven't had time to learn how to use it. I'm still weak from the battle. I am not sure how much help I will be."
A blue light began to glow around the Elder's hands, and slowly the flesh began to grow back around the exposed bone on his palms.
-The Elder-
"Tatooine has blessed me with many powers that others may want, but for some reason I do not think they are after me."
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Post by Sek on May 22, 2014 6:32:39 GMT -8
*Mirria looked at the navigation chart.* "We should be there.... wherever Anven is.... within a few minutes..." *She sighed and spun around in her chair, Sayjar rolled his eyes and focused his attention to Ayren who was sitting in a seat behind Mirria. He looked at him for a minute, noticing that he looked off. Then noticing he had a lightsaber that Sayjar had never seen, surprised and curious he asked.* "So.... where'd you get the lightsaber?" *Mirria turned around confused at the question and saw Ayren had a strange lightsaber hilt on his belt.* "I've never seen that lightsaber before."
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