philippines ♔ may you find my darkness

[flyingsolo]

WHO || Jaina, Miles, Han, Rey, Poe [closed]
WHAT ||The Knights head to investigate the death of a Jedi Master
WHERE || Kudat, South Asia & Luzon
WHEN || March
HOW || Actionspam

[  Jaina Solo has been searching for more information about the Jedi Order and the Force for years now, certain that she and her family can't be the only ones who fell through from a galaxy far, far away.  It would seem that her search has finally paid off:  a Jedi Master may have been recently seen in Malaysia, taking a boat to the island of Luzon, where she was discovered dead on the slopes of a volcano.

With the fallen Jedi's lightsaber in hand, Jaina has asked her friends and family to help her investigate, and try to recover the lost item that the Jedi was carrying on her person - one that was not left with the body.    They've decided to head to the port first, to see what rumors may be left in her wake.  The beautiful Malaysia port of Kudat looks out over inviting blue waters, a number of ships lined up here of all shapes and sizes.  ]

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[forcevisions]

[ Nodding her seamless understanding, Rey straightens and points back in the direction BB-8 had come. ]

Lead the way!

[cuivre]

We'll be right behind you.

[So go as fast as you can, little droid.]

[parsecs]

Kids. Always running off without taking a second to use their brains.

[But he follows the droid, drawing his blaster just in case.]

[flyingsolo]

[ it's a long trek though :( the kids start to follow them, asking more questions.

"Hey, do you know this robot too??" ]

[newgenwraith]

[and it isn't long before BB-8 has them at the top of the steps leading down to the creepy town. He makes a mournful noise, because it looks just as creepy as the last time.]

[cuivre]

[Miles looks down at the kiddos as they walk.]

Yeah, we do. Did you see the guy he was with before us?

[forcevisions]

The man we're looking for is named Poe. He would have had dark hair. It's important we find him as soon as possible.

[flyingsolo]

[ they nod, the oldest one speaking up.

"We took him to the Valley. He was looking for the man with the mask." ]

[forcevisions]

Was he there? The man with the mask. You left Poe with him?!

[ omg fuckin children ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ "We don't know, we didn't see him. But we showed him where he was staying." ]

[cuivre]

[Crap. Crap. Crap.]

We need to hurry.

[Master of the obvious, always.]

[forcevisions]

Show us.

[ stated firmly, and accompanied by a slow pace pick-up to a run. ]

[parsecs]

[As they run, Han keeps his eyes peeled, looking around, though he's more focused on running than looking (spot 15).]

time for init~

[flyingsolo]

[ it won't even take a spot check to see this:

down in the valley, near one of the little shacks present there, probably 300 feet away, poe is on his knees, a blaster in his hand, pointed at a figure whose back is to them, wearing a dark cloak. purple lightning arcs from their fingers at poe, whose gun seems to run out of power after just a couple ineffective blasts, and he's struck full on by the sparks, which course across his body briefly.

an activated lightsaber is in their opposite hand, striated black and red. the kids freeze in place, staring in wonder and horror at the scene below, rooted to the spot.

jaina moves in front of them, holding an arm out across them: ] Stay back.

[cuivre]

[For once he rolls a high enough will save to actually listen to Jaina's suggestion (whether or not it was intended for just the kids lmao), and though every bit of him is screaming to run in there and help his squire, he remains rooted in place.]

Poe! Run!

[Aaaand hold action.]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ poe, however, had jammed another power cell in and fired off more shots at the dark sider - who, now prepared, takes only the first shot, before that lightsaber whirs in front of their body, deflecting the next (25 deflection) right back at poe (atk 22, dmg 15 if that hits him), and the next (16 deflection), although it veers away from him, and the next, which rebounds with sinister precision (deflection 31, atk 18, dmg 16), black and red blade moving almost too fast to see as it intersects each bolt.

their free hand lifts abruptly and poe would feel the blaster rattling in his hand as they attempt to rip it right out of his grip (move object 30 vs... a str check from him). assuming he doesn't nat 20, the gun goes flying out of his hand, well out of reach some two hundred meters away from them. ]

[parsecs]

[Han has his blaster up already and starts shooting (atk 16, dmg 9 on the off chance that hits).]

[forcevisions]

[ Pausing briefly at the ledge to watch the scene play out, Rey's eyes widen as Jaina, Miles, and Han react. The blaster fire and the rattle of Poe's gun from a ways off sparks her back to herself and demands action; he's going to be unarmed and alone in a second there, against a lightsaber of all things.

Rey draws Luke's lightsaber from the bag at her hip and barrels down into the fray with a bellow, disregarding Jaina's warning fully. ] LET HIM GO!

[flyingsolo]

[ han's shot comes nowhere near the figure and as rey starts sprinting down into the thick of things, jaina shoots a look back at the kids, her voice firm as she insists: ] RUN.

[ their eyes widen and they waste no time obliging, at which point jaina draws the lightsaber off her own belt, glances between it, the black and red blade in the distance, and her father, who can see the momentary uncertainty in her eyes.

she depresses the button and the purple blade hums to life, at which point she starts running after rey. ]

[cuivre]

[Oh shit, here we go. Everyone's running in there and the kids are running away and he's not just gonna stand here like an idiot.

So he starts booking it after Jaina and Rey, too.

Time to save his squire...hopefully.]

[newgenwraith]

[yeaaaaah, that 9 strength is not going to help at all. The first shot hits him, but he is able to avoid the second just by the skin of his teeth. The pain from the blaster shot - and the lightning before - causes the blaster to be easily ripped from his hand.]

Sithspit.

[without a weapon, he is just going to get up, and double move to dart around the side of the building and get out of the line of sight of the masked man. And he is totally going to look inside of the building again and see if that object from before that had been glowing was alone on the table (search 18).]

[cuivre]

[At least Poe moved out of the immediate vicinity. That's a small relief.

In the meantime, he's just gonna keep running at full speed, which I believe still leaves him out of melee range.]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the object IS there, sitting on the table, inert now, instead of glowing...

meanwhile, the dark sider steps forward, raising both hands in fists, visibly gathering some kind of glowing red miasma around their body... which they unleash once they're within fifteen feet of jaina and rey. the sensation is almost more emotional than physical - it feels like they're being assaulted with a venomous hatred, and must make Fort saves DC 18 or take 8 dmg (4 on a successful save). either way, they take a -2 on attacks, skills checks, and ability checks for the next round.

jaina visibly wavers under the assault, gasping (fort 14) and the masked figure turns their attention to her, a metallic voice speaking, darkly amused. ]

That blade. You dare raise it against me again, after I felled its last owner?

[parsecs]

Seems like the best time to raise a blade against someone to me.

[Han runs after everyone else, since dammit, this asshole better not hurt his daughter. Or the other people. After a full move action's worth of running, he raises his pistol again and fires another shot (atk 18, dmg 14).]

[forcevisions]

[ Rey fights it off for a moment, seems to overcome it for a second, but then falls prey to the miasma (fort 17). She staggers, but ignites a blue lightsaber beam in a flash of burnt ozone, closes the distance between them to swing Luke's lightsaber up and bring it hard against the dark sider before her in a flash of anger, outraged by the way they tout their victory over the owner of the purple saber as a victory of some kind (atk 22, dmg 17). ]