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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[newgenwraith]

[His hand went to touch the cube in his pocket to reassure himself he had it, but he wasn't about to say so - not with this woman nearby. However, he narrowed his eyes and looked over at Jaina and Rey.]

Kinda being a little melodramatic, you know. You could still find redemption. Probably start by stop choking people to start with.

[cuivre]

Don't be ridiculous. We're not going to kill you if we don't have to. That's not how we do things.

[He looks at Jaina, tries to catch her gaze before he holds out the enemy's lightsaber to her.]

Here.

1/2

[flyingsolo]

[ jaina takes the lightsaber, meeting miles' eyes for a second, her own hard now as she looks back to the woman. ]

You said she was a fallen Jedi. But you didn't say what you were.

[throughvictory]

The only name that I remember was nothing but a title. One bestowed on me by he who raised me, who trained me.

Who turned me into what I am.

Darth Vane.

[forcevisions]

If that's all you remember, why'd you go after the Jedi? Why kill her for that cube? How was it supposed to redeem you?

[ And if she really doesn't remember anything else, then why does she believe she needs redemption? ]

[throughvictory]

I said it is the only name I remember, not the extent of my memories.

I came to this world with that Holocron, the lost teachings of a Sith who found her way to the Light. This Jedi of yours believed the only good Sith was a dead one, wanted the item destroyed in an attempt to stamp out the very notion that we were redeemable. She wanted to exterminate anyone who had ever touched the Dark Side, and her hatred consumed her, turned her into the very thing she fought against.

[parsecs]

Sounds like a real charmer.

[Han hasn't put his gun away, but he does look... kind of sympathetic. Luke and Leia's dad was Darth Vader, and if you can believe Luke, he turned away from the Dark Side in the end. Luke is way too wholesome to lie about something like that.]

Y'know, if you're trying to a Jedi, getting a different colored lightsaber would probably be a good start.

[forcevisions]

[ Rey has her doubts, tries to study the Sith's face for clues as to whether or not that's legit (sense motive 18). Then, she turns to Han. ]

What's a Sith?

[parsecs]

Dark side Force user. Like Vader or the old Emperor.

[newgenwraith]

You know, I don't know a lot about this whole Jedi and Sith thing, but you know, I think redemption doesn't come in a cube anymore than a bottle. You want to be redeemed, that's up to you and forget anyone else's opinion.

[throughvictory]

The Dark Side's grip is firmer than you know, boy. [ she directs to poe, venom in her eyes at the implication. but rey gets the feeling that she's telling the truth, at least. ]

[cuivre]

[Miles drags a hand over his hair.]

I dunno. [He looks around at the others.] Maybe we should have her come back with us. Talk to Wynn.

[It's not like they can just...let her go. And taking her to regular cops won't do jack shit, either.]

[forcevisions]

[ She's seen dark siders offered chances before. It's an unwelcome memory, one she quickly shakes away in the wake of Miles' suggestion. A part of her, a larger part than she is willing to admit, wants to argue, but ... she does seem to be genuine in her desire.

She wonders if Han believed Kylo Ren was genuine too.

With that in mind, Rey turns to him. ] Has that ever happened before? A Sith, returned to the Light? Is it even possible?

[parsecs]

Sure, I mean who hasn't had their brush with the Dark Side once or twice? [Han shrugs.] But yeah. Vader was about as dark as they get and he came around in the end.

[Who can say if it would have stuck if he hadn't died, but he did end up a hero.]

[forcevisions]

Darth Vader came back to the Light?

[ NOT TO DERAIL EVERYTHING WITH THIS HISTORY LESSON but also yeah derailing it because this is contextualizing things. ]

[throughvictory]

[ there's no recognition in the woman's eyes at the name, but she's watching them closely at least, as they discuss this. ]

[cuivre]

[Miles also has no idea wtf anyone is talking about so he's gonna meander over to Poe and make sure his squire is in one piece. What a tag.]

[parsecs]

Yeah, tossed old Emperor Palpatine down a bottomless shaft. I was busy actually helping take the whole ship down, but Luke told me about it.

[forcevisions]

Then maybe ... maybe there is a chance for the people who want to choose a different path. [ middle finger @ those who don't still tho right. She looks for Miles to be like lET'S DO IT but he's with Poe, so instead she looks at Jaina. ] What do you think? Should we bring her to Wynn?

[flyingsolo]

And what if we're wrong? You think we should bring her in the center of the castle? [ then again, they pretty handily dispatched her and she is down to one arm now ]

[forcevisions]

She's disarmed, and we were able to stop her once. [ Man, choice of words. Rey looks down at Darth Vane and then back at Jaina. ] Weaponless, I mean. What else would you have us do?

[cuivre]

[Miles pipes in from Poe's side.]

Plus, she'll be surrounded by the rest of the knighthood.

[They can't kill her when she's defenseless and unarmed, even if she weren't trying to right her wrongs and turned out to be a blatant liar. It wouldn't be right.]

We can always call him first. Ask what he wants us to do. Wynn, I mean. But I think he'd be okay with this call.

[newgenwraith]

[Poe felt the adrenaline fading as they kept talking, and he brought his hand to his ribs where he had been shot from the deflected blaster bolt. Not to mention the choking and the lightning and he's slowing starting to look tired. BB-8 rolls over to his side, the blaster safe in one of his compartments to give back to him.]

Whatever we do, I think I'd like to get back to the plane sometime soon. Maybe a bacta tank?

[flyingsolo]

[ jaina cuts poe a worried look at that, keeping her eyes on him as she talks ]

Not sure they have those around here.

She might be able to tell us things. About the Jedi. Things we've-- [ never been able to have answers to. this is kind of a big deal for jaina. ]

You're right, we should bring her.

[forcevisions]

It might not all be true. [ It's only Kylo Ren's offer of tutelage that keeps her cautious—the dark side has its own way of teaching things, she's sure. ] But it's more than we have now. [ She pulls out her phone and begins to dial. ] I'll call Wynn and warn him to expect us.