NJO 002

Caleb, 7:29 PM

So previously all of you were on board a ship that appears to have been crewed by slavers who you ran off

Caleb, 7:30 PM

Commandeering the ship you all made it to your destination of a rebuilding of a Jedi temple on the planet Ashas Ree.

Caleb, 7:31 PM

There you met two Jedi and were welcomed but lightly warmed about staying away from the sith temple ruins under the Jedi temple ruins.

Caleb, 7:32 PM

After organizing your spaceship a little you all proceeded to head to check out the sith temple.

Esren'nilos, 7:32 PM

((Obviously a test to get us to explore those ruins))

Caleb, 7:35 PM

You all seem to have triggered something and the floor gave way beneath you turning into a steep ramp all of you except Zubi tumbled down it

Caleb, 7:36 PM

Zubi you fell but managed to grab something and are clinging to the top of the ramp

Coil, 7:37 PM

Coil uses Slow Descent.

Zubaidah, 7:39 PM

Zubaidah yelps a little bit.

Vella, 7:40 PM

Vella tumbles silently into the abyss.

Caleb, 7:40 PM

So the falling group starts to slow descent as a surge of force energy  exudes from Coil

Coil, 7:40 PM

Coil grabs everyone, of course.

Esren'nilos, 7:40 PM

"Zubi!  Jump!"

Caleb, 7:40 PM

Zubi you hear a grinding as the floor starts to close

Esren'nilos, 7:41 PM

"HURRY!"

Zubaidah, 7:41 PM

Zubaidah jumps.

Coil, 7:41 PM

Coil catches her too.

Caleb, 7:43 PM

You all eventually land safely

Caleb, 7:43 PM

((Does anyone have darkvision?))

Coil, 7:44 PM

Coil does not.

Esren'nilos, 7:44 PM

"Excellent.  Now we can all be in the hole together."

Esren'nilos, 7:44 PM

Esren'nilos does

Zubaidah, 7:46 PM

Zubaidah doesn't either.

Caleb, 7:46 PM

So most of you just see darkness and feel smooth stone you are standing on

Coil, 7:46 PM

Coil pulls out a glow stick though.

Zubaidah, 7:46 PM

That was scary.

Esren'nilos, 7:48 PM

"Indeed.  But now such a relief we're not dead.  I'd call the whole experience a win, personally."

Caleb, 7:48 PM

As coils glow stick lights up the interior you see carved pillars stretching up and a central dais up ahead you see symbols carved into the pillars((does anyone have Sith as a language?))

Zubaidah, 7:48 PM

Did you do that?

Zubaidah, 7:49 PM

((Nope! Wrong kind of red people.))

Coil, 7:50 PM

Did who do what?

Esren'nilos, 7:50 PM

((......um....maybe. I am realizing, I don't think I ever took languages. ^^; ))

Esren'nilos, 7:50 PM

((Sorry.))

Coil, 7:51 PM

((I definitely don't!((

Zubaidah, 7:53 PM

Well, normally people fall straight down and go squish.

Coil, 7:53 PM

I've gotten very good at falling over the years.

Zubaidah, 7:53 PM

You may have but I definitely didn't.

Esren'nilos, 7:53 PM

"And good at helping others fall."

Esren'nilos, 7:54 PM

"You caused that implement to fly across the room back on the ship, I'd say your control is a more than that.  I'm impressed, at least."

Coil, 7:54 PM

Mmm. Has to be.

Coil, 7:55 PM

So, what are we doing down here?

Coil, 7:55 PM

Coil looks at Esren.

Esren'nilos, 7:55 PM

"Well, first investigating the lights, then finding a way out, I assume."

Esren'nilos, 7:57 PM

"..........interesting."

Esren'nilos, 7:57 PM

Esren'nilos starts looking at the pillars.

Esren'nilos, 7:57 PM

"I'd recommend not touching anything.  Lots of warnings around here."

Zubaidah, 7:57 PM

What do they say?

Zubaidah, 7:58 PM

… will the Jedi kill us if we turn out to be Sith? Is that how it works?

Coil, 7:58 PM

Sith is more like a religion.

Esren'nilos, 7:58 PM

"That this temple contains great power, great knowledge, and great danger for those who are not Sith.  So, as not Sith, we should be very careful."

Coil, 7:58 PM

You're not really a Sith if you don't want to be.

Zubaidah, 8:00 PM

Oh.

Zubaidah, 8:00 PM

Well, I don't know if I want to be but I definitely don't want anyone to kill me.

Esren'nilos, 8:01 PM

"...we should go to the right.  I think that's our way."

Coil, 8:01 PM

Coil shrugs. I don't like it here.

Esren'nilos, 8:02 PM

"..................wait."

Esren'nilos, 8:02 PM

Esren'nilos starts heading for the center.

Coil, 8:03 PM

Coil puts a hand on his shoulder. "Why did you say right?"

Esren'nilos, 8:04 PM

"There's something there I want to investigate, but the lights are down this way, I'm sure of it.  I believe the lights will tell us...something."

Zubaidah, 8:04 PM

It feels... bad. Cold.

Coil, 8:05 PM

I think we should go. I'm not feeling terribly welcome here.

Esren'nilos, 8:05 PM

"After coming this far?"

Coil, 8:05 PM

We fell down a hole. That doesn't count as 'far'.

Vella, 8:05 PM

Vella types something out, the glow of the holopad giving her face a somewhat ominous pallid tone.

I'll admit I'm curious where this is going, but I do note the ominous undercurrent to this place.

Zubaidah, 8:06 PM

... what is a Sith?

Esren'nilos, 8:07 PM

"It just says that there's knowledge to the center and power to the right.  What harm could knowledge do us?"

Coil, 8:08 PM

(23 insight on that.)

Zubaidah, 8:08 PM

There are definitely some things that if you know, they hurt you.

Vella, 8:09 PM

Most things, once seen, cannot be UNseen.

Zubaidah, 8:09 PM

Usually about people's feelings.

Zubaidah, 8:10 PM

But don't you feel it?

Esren'nilos, 8:10 PM

((If you're insighting me, the DM told me, specifically, that markers of knowledge say go to the center, and that that's where the light's coming from.))

Coil, 8:11 PM

The Sith are wizards who delve into the dark side of the Force. They like starting wars and killing Jedi.

Coil, 8:11 PM

((Okay!))

Esren'nilos, 8:12 PM

"They like power.  They want to understand power."

Zubaidah, 8:12 PM

And Jedi kill Sith. ... is there a not-killing option?

Coil, 8:13 PM

I don't think anyone is going to ask you to kill anyone.

Coil, 8:13 PM

… maybe Sith will.

Zubaidah, 8:13 PM

... is there a not being killed option?

Esren'nilos, 8:14 PM

"No one's killing Jedi these days.  Not really."

Coil, 8:14 PM

Not that there's a lot of them.

Coil, 8:14 PM

This place seems intent on making new Sith, though.

Zubaidah, 8:15 PM

Is that what that feeling is?

Esren'nilos, 8:15 PM

"You don't know what being a Sith is."

Zubaidah, 8:15 PM

It's all... slimy.

Coil, 8:15 PM

You do seem the authority.

Zubaidah, 8:15 PM

Like kissing a Nautolan the first time.

Esren'nilos, 8:15 PM

"I was never a Sith."

Coil, 8:16 PM

I don't think you are. But you can read it.

Zubaidah, 8:16 PM

Do you feel it, is my question.

Coil, 8:16 PM

I do.

Esren'nilos, 8:16 PM

"I hear it."

Esren'nilos, 8:17 PM

"The voices telling me of power.  The temptation, guiding me certain ways.  I do hear it."

Zubaidah, 8:17 PM

Power doesn't seem to really help people much in the long run.

Esren'nilos, 8:18 PM

"I can tell you, it's better than not having it."

Zubaidah, 8:18 PM

It doesn't seem to usually make people better.

Zubaidah, 8:19 PM

... I don't know, I wish you could feel how it feels.

Zubaidah, 8:19 PM

Nautolans are very nice, it's just when you're not expecting it.

Coil, 8:19 PM

I think we should get out of here. I don't think I want anything that this place has to offer.

Vella, 8:19 PM

I note an odd hollow, cold feeling, and the whispers are there, but I am making a point to ignore them.

Zubaidah, 8:20 PM

What things are they telling you to do?

Esren'nilos, 8:20 PM

Esren'nilos breaks away from Coil and heads for the center. "I just need to see it."

Esren'nilos, 8:20 PM

"They are telling me to go right.  Which is precisely where I'm NOT going."

Esren'nilos, 8:21 PM

"But the lights lead me here and I need to know why."

Coil, 8:21 PM

What lights?

Zubaidah, 8:21 PM

Zubaidah follows him.

Esren'nilos, 8:21 PM

"That glow!  There!  How can you not see it?"

Zubaidah, 8:21 PM

I don't see anything either, Ezzie.

Caleb, 8:22 PM

Heading forward you approach the central dais as you approach you see a red and green light emerging from something in the center

Esren'nilos, 8:22 PM

"...please tell me you see it NOW."

Zubaidah, 8:24 PM

Oh, there it is.

Esren'nilos, 8:24 PM

"Ok, good.  I'm not crazy then."

Coil, 8:24 PM

Yeah, definitely see that.

Zubaidah, 8:24 PM

I don't think you're crazy, but I think something might be trying to get you.

Zubaidah, 8:24 PM

Zubaidah shivers.

Coil, 8:25 PM

Deep sea fish. Something shiny to attract the prey.

Esren'nilos, 8:25 PM

Esren'nilos approaches them, CAREFULLY.

Esren'nilos, 8:25 PM

"Everyone, stay back.  I cannot be certain you're safe."

Zubaidah, 8:25 PM

Why don't you stay back!

Coil, 8:26 PM

We really should get out of here. Maybe come back with bombs.

Caleb, 8:26 PM

As you get closer you see the light is emitting from the dais and filtering through a weird crystal the top is green and geometric the bottom while crystal is dark red with weird growths and a strange squashed shape

Zubaidah, 8:26 PM

It's bad.

Esren'nilos, 8:27 PM

Esren'nilos goes towards the crystal.

Zubaidah, 8:27 PM

... can you blow things like this up and get rid of them that way? I don't think you can.

Zubaidah, 8:27 PM

Zubaidah grabs him by the arm.

Esren'nilos, 8:27 PM

Esren'nilos stops.

Zubaidah, 8:27 PM

Don't.

Esren'nilos, 8:28 PM

Esren'nilos looks at Zubi.

Zubaidah, 8:29 PM

... please.

Esren'nilos, 8:29 PM

"...what if it can help me?"

Coil, 8:30 PM

Nothing that wants you to take it that badly is good.

Esren'nilos, 8:31 PM

Esren'nilos sighs heavily and turns away from it.

Esren'nilos, 8:31 PM

"...I'll see if I can find us a way out."

Zubaidah, 8:32 PM

((27 Insight on Esren to see if he's just planning on coming back later without all the rest of us idiots. :) ))

Zubaidah, 8:33 PM

Zubaidah relaxes a little bit.

Zubaidah, 8:34 PM

Good.

Esren'nilos, 8:34 PM

"...if something kills me along the way and that crystal was all it took to save me, I will be coming back to haunt all of you."

Zubaidah, 8:35 PM

That would be nice. I don't like being alone.

Esren'nilos, 8:35 PM

"Anyway, signs say the way out is this way.  Follow me."

Zubaidah, 8:35 PM

Zubaidah does.

Esren'nilos, 8:35 PM

"You say that NOW!  But you have no idea what a nuisance I can be when I set my mind to it."

Esren'nilos, 8:36 PM

Esren'nilos guides them out.

Coil, 8:36 PM

Coil follows.

Caleb, 8:36 PM

You all reach a staircase that starts heading up

Esren'nilos, 8:37 PM

"I hope they give out some proper lightsabers when training truly begins."

Zubaidah, 8:37 PM

Just... don't let them kill me if it turns out I'm one of those SIth things.

Esren'nilos, 8:38 PM

"You're not."

Esren'nilos, 8:38 PM

"That's not how Sith work."

Zubaidah, 8:38 PM

I almost killed someone. You don't know.

Coil, 8:38 PM

We're nothing letting anyone kill anyone.

Coil, 8:38 PM

Except slavers.

Coil, 8:39 PM

And I'll kill them, you don't have to worry about it.

Esren'nilos, 8:39 PM

"Speak for yourself.  I reserve the right to kill people when needed."

Zubaidah, 8:39 PM

It just slipped out.

Esren'nilos, 8:39 PM

"Care to hear some advice, Zubi?"

Zubaidah, 8:40 PM

You wanted to play with a mysterious glowing thing in a freezing, moist cave. You should be asking for advice from sensible people.

Esren'nilos, 8:41 PM

"You ever hear the parable about the man in a hole?"

Zubaidah, 8:41 PM

No.

Zubaidah, 8:41 PM

MOIST. MOIST. It's the worst word and this is the worst place.

Coil, 8:42 PM

It's a pretty terrible word.

Esren'nilos, 8:43 PM

"A man slips and falls and ends up in a hole.  He calls up for help.  A rope, a ladder, a jetpack, anything to get him out of the hole.  And after calling up and hearing nothing, another man stops by and jumps in after him.  'You fool' cries the first man 'now we're both trapped in this hole.'  'I know' the second man replies.  'But I've been in this hole before and I know the way out.'"

Esren'nilos, 8:44 PM

"Point is, sometimes it's those who have slipped who can be the best guides."

Zubaidah, 8:44 PM

Maybe, but... trust me, it felt bad.

Zubaidah, 8:44 PM

... wait, did you lightning somebody almost dead too?

Esren'nilos, 8:45 PM

"Not exactly."

Coil, 8:45 PM

I crushed someone to death.

Esren'nilos, 8:45 PM

"My...friend taught me that there are ways of using power without utilizing violence."

Esren'nilos, 8:45 PM

"But I have picked up some dark powers here and there."

Zubaidah, 8:46 PM

You crushed someone to death? Why?

Zubaidah, 8:46 PM

That's horrible!

Coil, 8:46 PM

It wasn't on purpose.

Zubaidah, 8:46 PM

Oh. ...sorry.

Coil, 8:46 PM

But it's why I'm here.

Zubaidah, 8:47 PM

That's awful. I'm glad you're here, though. I think we'd be slaves or just pancakes if you weren't.

Esren'nilos, 8:47 PM

"Same if you hadn't used your lightning on the ship.

Zubaidah, 8:48 PM

... I wasn't really sure it would work. Sometimes it just slips out when I'm upset.

Esren'nilos, 8:49 PM

"And that's where training may help you.  Learning to tap into that rage can be very helpful."

Zubaidah, 8:49 PM

I don't know, it seemed to work better when I wasn't upset.

Zubaidah, 8:50 PM

It was stronger on the ship.

Esren'nilos, 8:51 PM

"Hm.  Maybe there's something to all that Jedi talk, then."

Esren'nilos, 8:53 PM

"Good thing I chose to come here."

Zubaidah, 8:54 PM

Do you know Sith people?

Esren'nilos, 8:54 PM

"I did ."

Zubaidah, 8:55 PM

What happened?

Esren'nilos, 8:56 PM

"The war that everyone was sure would go their way...didn't."

Zubaidah, 8:56 PM

... so there aren't any left to run away to, if the Jedi turn out to be... bad.

Esren'nilos, 8:57 PM

"Not none, but none I'd recommend going to.  Besides, we have our own ship.  We can all run away if need be."

Coil, 8:57 PM

Coil nods.

Caleb, 8:57 PM

You all reach the top of the staircase you see a tunnel with daylight at one end and you see Jedi Mindit at the opening.

Zubaidah, 8:58 PM

Don't go down there, it's awful.

Esren'nilos, 8:58 PM

"Jedi Mindit, so glad to see you.  You know, it's so easy to get lost around here."

Zubaidah, 8:58 PM

Cold and slimy and... and moist.

Caleb, 8:59 PM

Jedi Mindit: indeed Sith temples are like that.

Coil, 9:02 PM

Why is this here?

Esren'nilos, 9:11 PM

"Sith temple?  You were right, Coil.  That was not the way to the restroom."

Zubaidah, 9:12 PM

We fell down a thing.

Coil, 9:13 PM

They told us it was a sith temple when we got here.

Esren'nilos, 9:14 PM

"...must've missed that meeting."

Caleb, 9:15 PM

Jedi Mindit: yes and even though you entered it you managed not to take anything.

Zubaidah, 9:15 PM

Anything from there is probably also cold and icky.

Caleb, 9:16 PM

Jedi Mindit: a couple more have arrived we will begin training tommorrow.

Esren'nilos, 9:16 PM

Esren'nilos uses sense emotion on Master Mindit

Zubaidah, 9:16 PM

Oh, good! Are they nice?

Zubaidah, 9:17 PM

((24 Insight on Mindit, while we're at it. Are they mad?))

Esren'nilos, 9:18 PM

((You attune your senses to pick up the emotions of others for the duration. When you cast the power, and as your action on each turn until the power ends, you can focus your senses on one humanoid you can see within 30 feet of you. You instantly learn the target’s prevailing emotion, whether it’s love, anger, pain, fear, calm, or something else. If the target isn’t actually humanoid or it is immune to being charmed, you sense that it is calm.))

Zubaidah, 9:19 PM

... I hope they're nice.

Esren'nilos, 9:20 PM

"...I am looking forward to beginning.  Thank you."

Zubaidah, 9:20 PM

There aren't many people here but small parties are a lot nicer, don't you think? You can actually talk to people and it isn't so hard on the host.

Caleb, 9:21 PM

Jedi Mindit : we will see

Coil, 9:21 PM

Smaller parties are harder to infiltrate.

Caleb, 9:21 PM

as they leave and you all leave the tunnel it seals behind you so you can’t even see where the entrance would be.

Zubaidah, 9:21 PM

Zubaidah laughs.

Zubaidah, 9:21 PM

You won't have to infiltrate them, you'll be invited. I'm sure.

Esren'nilos, 9:22 PM

((Is Mindit gone?))

Zubaidah, 9:22 PM

Maybe there'll be little appetizers on sticks.

Caleb, 9:22 PM

(( Yes))

Esren'nilos, 9:22 PM

"...I think we passed."

Zubaidah, 9:22 PM

Things taste better on a stick. I don't know why.

Coil, 9:23 PM

That would explain why they don't just bury the place.

Esren'nilos, 9:24 PM

"Interesting test.  Seemed very authentic."

Zubaidah, 9:24 PM

It's not very nice to give someone a test without telling them, though.

Esren'nilos, 9:25 PM

"No one ever said the Jedi were nice."

Zubaidah, 9:26 PM

Thank you for listening to us back there. I'm glad you didn't get turned into a slug or something.

Esren'nilos, 9:28 PM

"I am not sure if I'm so grateful yet.  But I may get there."

Esren'nilos, 9:28 PM

"This has been a longer day than I anticipated.

Zubaidah, 9:29 PM

You would be if you could feel it. ... just make sure that if you ever go back there again you bring us with. I don't think it's a good place but... it's definitely a worse place to be alone.

Esren'nilos, 9:30 PM

"I did feel it.  I just felt it differently."

Coil, 9:30 PM

How do you know?

Zubaidah, 9:31 PM

... I'm not very smart, and I'm not the prettiest, but I'm almost never wrong about feelings. Never.

Esren'nilos, 9:32 PM

"Smart is overrated."

Esren'nilos, 9:33 PM

"And I'm not sure I do know.  But I know I felt...something."

Zubaidah, 9:35 PM

Bad things.

Zubaidah, 9:35 PM

I suppose we'd better go to bed.

Coil, 9:36 PM

Coil nods.

Caleb, 9:36 PM

((You all head back to the ship to rest?))

Esren'nilos, 9:36 PM

Esren'nilos does

Coil, 9:36 PM

Coil nods.

Zubaidah, 9:36 PM

Zubaidah too.

Caleb, 9:37 PM

As you reach the clearing you landed in you see some other smaller ships also parked

Zubaidah, 9:37 PM

Oh, there will be other students! Good.

Esren'nilos, 9:38 PM

"Did you think Master Mindit was lying?"

Zubaidah, 9:39 PM

No, I just didn't think there'd be this many more.

Zubaidah, 9:39 PM

... I'm glad we have a ship, though.

Zubaidah, 9:40 PM

It's hard to have people over if you haven't got anywhere to have them.

Esren'nilos, 9:40 PM

"Last Chance will be a good ship.  I have a good feeling about this."

Coil, 9:40 PM

We still need to tear out and reprogram the transponder.

Zubaidah, 9:41 PM

Tonight? Or tomorrow.

Esren'nilos, 9:42 PM

"We planning on going anywhere tonight?"

Coil, 9:43 PM

Oh, no. Just speaking generally here.

Zubaidah, 9:43 PM

Not unless they chase us.

Zubaidah, 9:44 PM

Does anybody want company? I don't think I'm up for sex but it's been kind of an upsetting day and platonic cuddling is nice.

Esren'nilos, 9:44 PM

"...I think I'm good."

Coil, 9:45 PM

You can sleep in my room if you want.

Zubaidah, 9:45 PM

All right. I'm not alone, usually.

Esren'nilos, 9:46 PM

Esren'nilos will go to his own bunk.

Caleb, 9:49 PM

You all rest for the night the beds are ok but they are very much just cots and not as nice as a proper bed.

Caleb, 9:49 PM

Still you all get a full nights rest and awake the following morning

Esren'nilos, 9:49 PM

((But they are not stone))

Caleb, 9:49 PM

((This is true))

Esren'nilos, 9:50 PM

Esren'nilos will prepare himself and meet the others.

Esren'nilos, 9:50 PM

He is bright and cheery. Because he is a morning person. This is how you know he's evil. :)

Zubaidah, 9:52 PM

Zubaidah waves and smiles. She's not really a morning person but seems kind of generally cheerful anyway.

Zubaidah, 9:53 PM

Zubaidah is wearing sort of a black catsuit today. It's tight, but it covers everything pretty well.

Esren'nilos, 9:54 PM

"So, shall we see what they're preparing for breakfast?"

Coil, 9:54 PM

Probably a good idea to not use all the ship rations, yes. Until we know if hunting is okay here.

Zubaidah, 9:55 PM

It's so early for food.

Esren'nilos, 9:55 PM

"Blasphemy."

Zubaidah, 9:57 PM

Let's go and look.

Zubaidah, 9:57 PM

Maybe we were supposed to make our own.

Esren'nilos, 9:57 PM

"Only one way to find out."

Caleb, 10:00 PM

So you all head out of the ship there is basically one of those free motel continental breakfasts mainly all packaged food but there is some fresh fruit and porridge like substance.

Zubaidah, 10:01 PM

Zubaidah hits the fruit like it's going out of style.

Coil, 10:01 PM

Coil eyes up any newcomers.

Caleb, 10:01 PM

You see the two Jedi nearby and others joining you. You see two humans, a Cerean, a nautolan and a Trandoshan.

Esren'nilos, 10:02 PM

Esren'nilos would like to do sense emotion and keep it up and hit as many of them as he can.

Esren'nilos, 10:03 PM

((Trying to get a feel of the room.))

Zubaidah, 10:04 PM

Zubaidah goes right up to whoever's closest and introduces herself. "Good morning! Did you try the fruit? It's nice."

Esren'nilos, 10:09 PM

Esren'nilos peers at the two Jedi masters but otherwise only focuses on his meal.

Caleb, 10:09 PM

That would be the Cerean

Esren'nilos, 10:11 PM

Esren'nilos will wave over a couple of newbies to sit with us.

Coil, 10:12 PM

Me stands there in a corner awkwardly, probably!

Caleb, 10:12 PM

Cerean: indeed, a pleasure to meet you my name is Li-geba

Zubaidah, 10:12 PM

I'm Zubaidah! That's Ezzie and that's Coil. Our friend Vella is still sleeping I think, but she might be around here somewhere. She's pretty quiet.

Esren'nilos, 10:13 PM

"Esren will do just fine.  Esren'nilos."

Caleb, 10:13 PM

You are joined at your table by Li-geba, and the Nautolan.

Caleb, 10:14 PM

He other three are sitting separate from each other and watching everyone.

Esren'nilos, 10:14 PM

Esren'nilos extends a hand to Li-geba.

Zubaidah, 10:16 PM

Zubaidah fetches Coil and brings him back to the table with the others too.

Coil, 10:16 PM

Coil is dragged over.

Caleb, 10:18 PM

Li-geba shakes esrens hand. It is a little firmer than polite.

Zubaidah, 10:18 PM

Zubaidah will hug Li-geba and kiss them on the cheek unless they don't want that.

Esren'nilos, 10:19 PM

"Zubi is very affectionate."

Caleb, 10:21 PM

Li-Genoa accepts the hug uncomfortably but not the kiss.

Zubaidah, 10:21 PM

Zubaidah can usually tell if people don't want to be hugged! And so does not hug this person.

Zubaidah, 10:21 PM

It's nice to meet you!

Zubaidah, 10:22 PM

What do you want to learn while you're here?

Caleb, 10:23 PM

Li-geba:The philosophy and ideals of the new Jedi and how they compare to the historic records

Zubaidah, 10:24 PM

Zubaidah makes a face.

Zubaidah, 10:24 PM

Everybody's seen the records but me.

Esren'nilos, 10:25 PM

"You're a studier of old Jedi?"

Coil, 10:25 PM

Are you not here to be a Jedi?

Zubaidah, 10:25 PM

I'm just going to have to rely on you all for help catching up!

Caleb, 10:27 PM

Li-geba: while I am force sensitive I much prefer to study and observe than the more active aspect of being a Jedi.

Caleb, 10:27 PM

Nautolan: don’t get him started on the old Jedi he will talk your ear off about them.

Caleb, 10:29 PM

Nautolan : I have not introduced myself, the name is Voro.

Caleb, 10:30 PM

Li-geba : I do not talk about the old Jedi that much.

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

I'm Zubaidah, this is Esren and that's Coil.

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

Vella is... somewhere around here.

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

I don't know anything about them. Just that they're sorcerers and Sith are their enemies.

Caleb, 10:31 PM

Voro: nice to meet all of you, and just last night you were discussing pre clone wars Jedi for two hours

Esren'nilos, 10:32 PM

"Have you been studying these records long?"

Caleb, 10:34 PM

Li-geba: since I discovered them probably about 20 years.

Esren'nilos, 10:34 PM

"Where'd you discover them?"

Caleb, 10:35 PM

((Roll persuasion))

Esren'nilos, 10:36 PM

((20, unnat))

Zubaidah, 10:36 PM

That's amazing! Are you an archaeologist?

Caleb, 10:40 PM

Li-geba : of a sort, and I found it in a wreck on inusagi.

Esren'nilos, 10:41 PM

"A wreck?  As in a wrecked ship?"

Zubaidah, 10:42 PM

Oh, salvage. Nice!

Caleb, 10:43 PM

Li-geba: yes an old military vessel crashed and forgotten in a jungle.

Vella, 10:45 PM

Vella wanders over from the vicinity of the Last Chance looking about as well-rested as ever. Which is to say, not very.

Esren'nilos, 10:47 PM

"How old?  Rebellion?  Clone Wars?  Older?"

Zubaidah, 10:47 PM

There's Vella! Hello! This is Li-geba.

Zubaidah, 10:47 PM

They're nice.

Zubaidah, 10:49 PM

Zubaidah waves over anybody else whose eye she happens to catch too.

Vella, 10:50 PM

Vella offers a thumbs-up in response to Zubi's statement, and a wave to greet the new people.

Caleb, 10:50 PM

Li-geba: hard to tell exactly probably end of the clone wars.

Esren'nilos, 10:51 PM

"And it was holding all of these records.  That's very interesting.  You definitely bring a unique perspective to those here."

Coil, 10:51 PM

not a lot of records from that time. Just that godawful holodrama 'based on historical events'.

Zubaidah, 10:52 PM

It's bad? Why was it bad?

Coil, 10:52 PM

The dialogue didn't sound like it was written by anything sentient.

Coil, 10:55 PM

At one point one of the characters manages to seduce another by talking about sand.

Caleb, 10:55 PM

Li-geba : you have to find the right information.

Vella, 10:55 PM

Vella types out a response.

It also looked like the male lead got "sultry" and "stalker face" confused.

Zubaidah, 10:56 PM

... sand?

Zubaidah, 10:57 PM

... I don't think talking about sand would actually work.

Caleb, 10:57 PM

Voro: there are  not any well made holodramas from the imperial era

Zubaidah, 10:57 PM

It's not very sexy.

Zubaidah, 10:57 PM

Sand. Sssssssssssaaaaaand. Saaaaaaand.

Esren'nilos, 10:58 PM

"...I kind of liked the last one."

Esren'nilos, 10:58 PM

"They were at least better at replicating duels properly."

Zubaidah, 11:00 PM

Vowels are probably sexier than consonants. I don't know. I think I'd have to work pretty hard to make sand seductive. It's kind of gritty and not the sort of thing that goes well with nudity in general.

Coil, 11:01 PM

Not really good duels. Lots of flailing.

Coil, 11:01 PM

It looks good on screen but would get you killed in real life.

Zubaidah, 11:02 PM

Do Jedi do duels?

Zubaidah, 11:02 PM

Is it compulsory?

Caleb, 11:03 PM

Li-Geba: not compulsory but a lot of them do duel.

Vella, 11:03 PM

Vella nods.

I think most holos produced in that period were heavy-handed propaganda. Especially the overindulgent biographical piece they made shortly after Sheev's death. For a time they were showing it non-stop on most public viewscreens. I opted out on account of not wanting to see a 50-foot projection of a leering, photorealistic old man face.

Esren'nilos, 11:05 PM

"What about you, Voro?  What brings you here?"

Caleb, 11:07 PM

Voro: Someone has to keep li-geba grounded in reality, without me he would have gotten in way over his large head years ago.

Esren'nilos, 11:09 PM

"Ah, so you've known each other a while, then?  We're only really starting to get to know each other, here."

Zubaidah, 11:09 PM

New friends are great, though!

Esren'nilos, 11:11 PM

"Li-Gebe, if I may ask, how well do you know lightsabers?"

Caleb, 11:12 PM

Li-geba : in a theoretical sense quite well, I have never seen a functioning physical one though.

Esren'nilos, 11:12 PM

"Ah.  I see."

Zubaidah, 11:15 PM

I have one! I think it works.

Zubaidah, 11:15 PM

It's kind of scary, though, so I don't use it.

Esren'nilos, 11:19 PM

"I assume we'll all be getting into lightsabers down the line.

Caleb, 11:20 PM

Voro: probably something to ask the Jedi but I would assume so.

Zubaidah, 11:21 PM

Zubaidah puts hers on the table.

Vella, 11:22 PM

Probably, assuming the requisite supplies are available. Or there are pre-built lightsabers on hand, which let me tell you, feels like a phrase I'd never type out in any context.

Vella, 11:23 PM

And yet, here we are.

Caleb, 11:23 PM

As the weight of the hilt settles on the table all eyes except for the Jedi are on your table.

Esren'nilos, 11:24 PM

"...I'd hold on tight to that hilt, Zubi."

Zubaidah, 11:25 PM

I don't like it. Things shouldn't want things.

Caleb, 11:26 PM

Li-geba: indeed that looks like it dates back maybe pre empire, most of those were destroyed.

Zubaidah, 11:27 PM

It didn't work before either.

Coil, 11:29 PM

What does it want?

Zubaidah, 11:30 PM

Well, it doesn't want anything now. I don't think.

Zubaidah, 11:30 PM

It wanted me to fix it. The little thing was out of alignment.

Zubaidah, 11:30 PM

And then the other... thingy... was cracked, so I had to find a new one.

Esren'nilos, 11:31 PM

"The crystal?"

Coil, 11:32 PM

If it bothered you, why did you do it?

Zubaidah, 11:32 PM

The silver thing was out of alignment.

Zubaidah, 11:33 PM

It felt like the right thing to do. I just don't like things that want things.

Zubaidah, 11:35 PM

Zubaidah picks it up and hands it to Coil.

Zubaidah, 11:35 PM

Here, you check if it works.

Coil, 11:36 PM

Coil takes it and points away from everyone before turning it on.

Caleb, 11:37 PM

A silvery white blade extends with a hiss.

Coil, 11:37 PM

Seems to work.

Zubaidah, 11:38 PM

Did people really use those without cutting off bits of themselves all the time?

Esren'nilos, 11:38 PM

"Depending on which holos you look at, they did not."

Zubaidah, 11:39 PM

Maybe they all had shaved heads.

Zubaidah, 11:41 PM

Or just... extra toes.

Zubaidah, 11:41 PM

And fingers.

Zubaidah, 11:41 PM

... and lekku.

Esren'nilos, 11:42 PM

"Hands were the big casualty as I've seen it.  Did you know how to fix a lightsaber before that one?"

Zubaidah, 11:42 PM

No, and I still don't.

Zubaidah, 11:43 PM

I'm hopeless with mechanical things, really. It's all right though, I just ask people for help until I find somebody who's good at it.

Zubaidah, 11:44 PM

That usually works for most things, really!

Esren'nilos, 11:44 PM

"Not a bad rule.  Always find an expert."

Zubaidah, 11:45 PM

Or a friend.

Esren'nilos, 11:46 PM

Esren'nilos peers at the saber a bit then goes back to his food. "Well, I'm sure you'll get a pick of others if this one's not right for you."

Zubaidah, 11:46 PM

Zubaidah makes a face.

Zubaidah, 11:47 PM

It is or I'd just give it to Coil. He even knows how to hold it.

Esren'nilos, 11:47 PM

It might like that. I think it likes Coil.

Coil, 11:47 PM

Coil deactivates it and hands it back to Zubi. "It's not mine, though.  Wouldn't be right."

Zubaidah, 11:48 PM

Exactly. But if we get into trouble I'm going to throw it to you.

Esren'nilos, 11:48 PM

Be careful doing that.

Zubaidah, 11:48 PM

Well I wouldn't turn it on first.

Zubaidah, 11:48 PM

He's much cuter with his head on.

Coil, 11:50 PM

Coil looks about to respond, but just blushes a bit instead, setting the saber in front of Zubi.

Esren'nilos, 11:50 PM

Esren'nilos smirks.

Zubaidah, 11:51 PM

Zubaidah picks it back up and puts it away.

Zubaidah, 11:52 PM

Most people are.