NJO 006

Caleb, 7:14 PM

Ok so previously on NJO your group fought mad clones of a couple of the knights of Ren and you shut down an old Jedi cloning facility under a Jedi temple. You all then dealt with some personal issues and prepared to rest the night in the temple.

Caleb, 7:15 PM

((Anyone want to do anything before resting for the night?))

Esren'nilos, 7:16 PM

((I did all the things, I feel like.))

Zubaidah, 7:17 PM

Zubaidah probably ends up sleeping next to Coil again, unless he doesn't want to.

Zubaidah, 7:17 PM

Zubaidah is a snuggler.

Coil, 7:17 PM

Coil has no issue with that.

Caleb, 7:18 PM

(Ok can I get wisdom saves from everyone?)

Zubaidah, 7:18 PM

Zubaidah is a platonic snuggler, mind you.

Esren'nilos, 7:19 PM

((6!))

Coil, 7:20 PM

((9, off to a great start.))

Zubaidah, 7:20 PM

((Mine's still loading. Sorry.))

Zubaidah, 7:21 PM

((16.))

Caleb, 7:29 PM

Dawn rises

Zubaidah, 7:31 PM

Zubaidah snuffles, and wakes up.

Caleb, 7:31 PM

You hear some strange howls and other interesting wildlife noises as the day starts

Esren'nilos, 7:31 PM

((Oops, sorry, didn't mean to hit that.))

Zubaidah, 7:32 PM

… what's that?

Esren'nilos, 7:32 PM

Esren'nilos wakes...uneasily.

Esren'nilos, 7:32 PM

"...you felt it too?"

Coil, 7:32 PM

Felt like there was something watching us.

Zubaidah, 7:33 PM

... no, I didn't. Strange.

Esren'nilos, 7:33 PM

"It tried to get into my mind, I think.  I only just managed to avoid it."

Zubaidah, 7:34 PM

No, I meant the animals howling and things.

Zubaidah, 7:34 PM

... that's scary. Are you all right?

Esren'nilos, 7:34 PM

"I think so."

Esren'nilos, 7:34 PM

"...keep your eyes peeled."

Coil, 7:35 PM

Coil nods. "We are walking into the den of some supposedly scary animals, so."

Zubaidah, 7:36 PM

What is a kinrath?

Coil, 7:37 PM

Big... mantis things. Long legs.

Zubaidah, 7:38 PM

How big is big?

Coil, 7:38 PM

I would think any size is too big for a creature of that description.

Zubaidah, 7:39 PM

I'm sure they're an important part of the ecosystem.

Esren'nilos, 7:40 PM

"Chest high, roughly, if my recollection is correct."

Zubaidah, 7:41 PM

Oh.

Zubaidah, 7:41 PM

... are they aggressive?

Esren'nilos, 7:41 PM

"To force users, right?"

Coil, 7:43 PM

I'm not sure. I think they're poisonous.

Zubaidah, 7:43 PM

... well, I'm sure they won't like being electrocuted.

Coil, 7:43 PM

I remember some auctions for kinrath poisons.

Zubaidah, 7:43 PM

Why would someone buy that?

Coil, 7:44 PM

To kill people.

Coil, 7:44 PM

Coil shrugs.

Esren'nilos, 7:44 PM

"Point is, they are quite dangerous.  We will need to be careful."

Zubaidah, 7:44 PM

They should just use knives or blasters like normal people.

Coil, 7:44 PM

I quite agree.

Zubaidah, 7:45 PM

How would you even duel someone with poison?

Coil, 7:45 PM

Usually you poison your blade and don't tell the other person.

Coil, 7:45 PM

So any wound becomes fatal.

Esren'nilos, 7:45 PM

"Or slip it casually into their food."

Zubaidah, 7:47 PM

Oh. ... but that's why you shouldn't keep it around in the first place. The very first time you get angry with somebody you'll kill them, even if you would normally just yell and throw things a little.

Esren'nilos, 7:48 PM

"I am sure that's not an issue for the people who use it."

Zubaidah, 7:48 PM

They must have much better tempers than mine, then!

Zubaidah, 7:48 PM

I have some dried fruit if you want any for breakfast?

Esren'nilos, 7:49 PM

"That sounds lovely."

Esren'nilos, 7:49 PM

Esren'nilos will take some.

Zubaidah, 7:49 PM

Zubaidah shares out the fruit.

Coil, 7:49 PM

Thank you.

Coil, 7:50 PM

Coil nibbles.

Zubaidah, 7:50 PM

Zubaidah does too.

Zubaidah, 7:50 PM

Do you think we'll have to fight the kinrath to get the crystals?

Coil, 7:51 PM

We'll have to deal with them in some way. I'm sure that's part of the trial in getting them.

Zubaidah, 7:51 PM

... maybe we could lure them out? Is there anything they like to eat?

Caleb, 7:52 PM

((Anyone can roll lore at disadvantage))

Coil, 7:53 PM

(14)

Zubaidah, 7:53 PM

((12.))

Esren'nilos, 7:53 PM

((6))

Zubaidah, 7:55 PM

... maybe one of us could be bait, lure them out and the other two run inside and get the crystals?

Coil, 7:56 PM

As I recall, they're blind. And carnivorous.

Esren'nilos, 7:56 PM

"...that seems far more dangerous than just killing them."

Coil, 7:56 PM

We should figure out what we're dealing with first.

Zubaidah, 7:57 PM

Killing them might disrupt the local ecosystem.

Coil, 7:57 PM

I don't think we're talking about exterminating them.

Esren'nilos, 7:58 PM

"I am not.  I doubt we are that capable."

Zubaidah, 7:58 PM

Well, no, but removing any large apex predator has consequences. Unless they're pack predators.

Coil, 7:59 PM

I don't know if they're the apex. Preferably we don't have to fight at all.

Coil, 7:59 PM

Maybe we can avoid them.

Coil, 7:59 PM

Maybe we can scare them off.

Zubaidah, 7:59 PM

Maybe. If they're blind they probably hunt by smell or sound.

Esren'nilos, 8:00 PM

"Or feeling vibrations in the ground.  Hence the legs."

Zubaidah, 8:00 PM

Oh, maybe!

Esren'nilos, 8:01 PM

"Good skill for cave dwelling creatures.  Lots of burrowing creatures to feed on, and you'd feel the tremors."

Zubaidah, 8:02 PM

Could we lure them out with vibrations?

Esren'nilos, 8:03 PM

"Possibly.  Keep them busy, maybe."

Coil, 8:03 PM

I think we should figure out what we're dealing with before we get too far into the planning stage.

Zubaidah, 8:03 PM

Okay. Let's go look!

Esren'nilos, 8:04 PM

Esren'nilos follows Zubi

Caleb, 8:06 PM

You all head out you see a couple small scaly rodents hopping away from the path and some larger about neck height quadrupedal horned green and yellow speckled creatures collected around the speeder.

Zubaidah, 8:07 PM

Those are pretty, what are they?

Esren'nilos, 8:08 PM

"...no idea."

Zubaidah, 8:08 PM

((15 lore to find out!))

Zubaidah, 8:11 PM

They must be iriaz!

Zubaidah, 8:11 PM

They use them as pack animals.

Zubaidah, 8:11 PM

Zubaidah cautiously goes up to one.

Esren'nilos, 8:11 PM

"What about these rats?"

Zubaidah, 8:14 PM

Quenker?

Zubaidah, 8:14 PM

They spit acid.

Caleb, 8:14 PM

You go up to the closest Iriaz they seem a little skittish but you get within arms reach

Esren'nilos, 8:15 PM

"...swell."

Zubaidah, 8:15 PM

They're very cute but they don't make good pets.

Caleb, 8:16 PM

Looking closely you can see a lot of pitting and exposed areas in the sides of the speeder that weren’t there yesterday

Esren'nilos, 8:16 PM

"They're melting the speeder!"

Coil, 8:16 PM

Oh, come on.

Zubaidah, 8:17 PM

Maybe we can tow it behind the iriaz?

Coil, 8:17 PM

It might just be cosmetic damage.

Zubaidah, 8:17 PM

Zubaidah offers a hand to the iriaz she's close to, very slowly.

Esren'nilos, 8:17 PM

Esren'nilos yells and waves his arms to scare off the Quenkers.

Caleb, 8:18 PM

((Roll animal handling zubi ))

Caleb, 8:18 PM

((With disadvantage because of the noise))

Esren'nilos, 8:18 PM

((Sorry))

Caleb, 8:18 PM

((Esren roll intimidation))

Esren'nilos, 8:19 PM

((6...for the third time in a row.))

Zubaidah, 8:19 PM

((5. Oh dear.))

Caleb, 8:20 PM

3 of the quenkers spit in your direction esren they all miss but the ground around you is smoking a little

Esren'nilos, 8:20 PM

"GAH!"

Caleb, 8:21 PM

Zubi as you approach it gets spooked by esren and the herd takes off you get knocked over as it runs by you.

Zubaidah, 8:21 PM

Well if you scare them they'll spit a lot more! Wahgh!

Esren'nilos, 8:22 PM

"...sorry."

Coil, 8:22 PM

Coil goes to help her up.

Zubaidah, 8:23 PM

You can't just yell at animals you know.

Zubaidah, 8:23 PM

The more scared they are the more dangerous.

Esren'nilos, 8:23 PM

"I assumed this was how other animals dealt with animals."

Zubaidah, 8:26 PM

Maybe, but we're not animals, we're people.

Zubaidah, 8:26 PM

Zubaidah tries to work out where the animals went.

Caleb, 8:27 PM

You see some of them around the side of the temple

Coil, 8:27 PM

Coil goes to check the speeder.

Caleb, 8:27 PM

((Roll investigation coil))

Coil, 8:28 PM

((8))

Esren'nilos, 8:28 PM

"...why are you trying to get the animals back?"

Zubaidah, 8:28 PM

I'm not necessarily.

Zubaidah, 8:28 PM

But that might be one way to get the kinrath out of the cave, you know.

Esren'nilos, 8:29 PM

"...intriguing idea."

Coil, 8:30 PM

Coil tries to start the speeder up.

Zubaidah, 8:30 PM

Their hooves make sound and tremors. We wouldn't even have to kill them.

Esren'nilos, 8:31 PM

"You are aware though that it is quite likely the kinrath will eat them."

Zubaidah, 8:31 PM

They run pretty fast.

Caleb, 8:31 PM

Coil goes to start the speeder and you all hear it start up and then hear the engine make a crunching noise and the speeder falls back to the ground

Zubaidah, 8:32 PM

Zubaidah tries again with one of the iriaz.

Coil, 8:32 PM

Coil sighs.

Zubaidah, 8:32 PM

Zubaidah speaks to it in a low, reassuring voice while she does.

Coil, 8:32 PM

Coil then starts trying to fix the engine.

Coil, 8:32 PM

Coil --again.

Zubaidah, 8:32 PM

Aren't you pretty and sweet? Yes you are. Now you know I'm not going to hurt you. I wonder what you eat.

Caleb, 8:35 PM

((Coil roll me investigation with advantage because you were in the vehicle this time))

Caleb, 8:35 PM

((Zubi roll me animal handling))

Esren'nilos, 8:36 PM

((Can I use a force power to help Zubi? I wanna try Affect Mind on it.))

Esren'nilos, 8:36 PM

((Give her advantage, maybe.))

Zubaidah, 8:36 PM

((9. Wow, the dice hate me today.))

Esren'nilos, 8:36 PM

((I have rolled nothing but 6s.))

Caleb, 8:36 PM

((Ok what’s the save esren?))

Esren'nilos, 8:36 PM

((WIS))

Coil, 8:37 PM

(15 on investigation)

Esren'nilos, 8:37 PM

((It needs to beat a 14))

Caleb, 8:37 PM

((Roll animal handling again with advantage))

Zubaidah, 8:37 PM

((18!))

Coil, 8:39 PM

It'll take me about an hour to fix this. Then it should be fine until we get it back to the ship, unless it falls into a volcano.

Coil, 8:39 PM

Or something.

Caleb, 8:39 PM

You manage to get right next to a couple of them and they don’t run this time still looking at you a little warily

Coil, 8:39 PM

Coil shrugs, and gets to work.

Zubaidah, 8:40 PM

Zubaidah tries to pet one, and offers it a bit of the dried fruit.

Esren'nilos, 8:40 PM

Esren'nilos seems distant, staring at the animals.

Caleb, 8:41 PM

It accepts the petting and eats the fruit.

Zubaidah, 8:41 PM

See? I'm all right.

Zubaidah, 8:41 PM

Zubaidah offers scritchings or pettings, whichever it seems to like more.

Caleb, 8:42 PM

Zubi You spend the hour it takes coil getting the pack a little comfortable with you

Caleb, 8:43 PM

The hour passes and this time when coil starts it the speeder comes to life the hum a little less smooth but it is running

Zubaidah, 8:43 PM

All right, I think they'll help us.

Esren'nilos, 8:43 PM

"Good.  Smooth speeding from here."

Esren'nilos, 8:46 PM

Esren'nilos will help her get one or two on the speeder.

Caleb, 8:46 PM

You manage to get two Iriaz onto the speeder

Zubaidah, 8:46 PM

Zubaidah pets them once they're all on there.

Zubaidah, 8:47 PM

They're so tame.

Zubaidah, 8:47 PM

They haven't bitten me at all.

Esren'nilos, 8:47 PM

"Yes, interesting that."

Coil, 8:49 PM

They might have come from a local farm or something.

Zubaidah, 8:49 PM

They must belong to someone.

Coil, 8:49 PM

Coil sets out in the direction of the cave. He drives carefully.

Coil, 8:49 PM

They might be chipped.

Esren'nilos, 8:50 PM

"...not necessarily.  I was using the force to help acclimate them to you."

Zubaidah, 8:50 PM

Ohhh. I've never tried that before.

Caleb, 8:50 PM

As you drive you notice the plains a give way to more tree covered areas

Caleb, 8:51 PM

Some of the trees you see are quite tall but also very wide and bulbous trunks

Esren'nilos, 8:51 PM

"Works on people, too.  Just makes you seem...friendlier."

Caleb, 8:51 PM

You also see some large long necked animals in the distance

Esren'nilos, 8:52 PM

"I didn't realize life was still thriving out here like it seems to be."

Coil, 8:52 PM

Why wouldn't it.

Zubaidah, 8:52 PM

When were you here last?

Esren'nilos, 8:53 PM

"...well...never, but I'd heard them say it was...well, I didn't hear it was like this."

Zubaidah, 8:54 PM

Them who?

Esren'nilos, 8:54 PM

"...people."

Caleb, 8:54 PM

You do see some flying animals and some smaller mammals as well

Zubaidah, 8:54 PM

The same people who lied all the time and made plans to murder their "friends"?

Caleb, 8:54 PM

As you approach the coordinates the forest gets denser and you see cliffs up ahead

Esren'nilos, 8:55 PM

"Cautionary plans.  They weren't going to do it...necessarily...not like...for a while."

Zubaidah, 8:55 PM

That you know of.

Coil, 8:56 PM

Coil raises an eyebrow at the conversation, but doesn't comment, not having the context.

Esren'nilos, 8:57 PM

"...I guess I just assumed most places with these connections to the force were...dead or dying or desolate."

Zubaidah, 8:57 PM

Maybe they were wrong about a lot of things.

Zubaidah, 8:57 PM

And maybe murdery friends aren't good friends to have.

Caleb, 8:58 PM

As you approach the first of the coordinates the cliffs are right in front of you there is less wildlife around and you notice the Iriaz looking like they want to bolt

Esren'nilos, 8:59 PM

"They were indeed wrong.  Hence why they're now all dead.  And why I'm now joining the Jedi."

Zubaidah, 9:00 PM

Zubaidah tries using the Force on the Iriaz this time.

Zubaidah, 9:00 PM

It's all right, I'll stay with you. I won't let them get you.

Caleb, 9:03 PM

They both calm down and look at Zubi

Zubaidah, 9:03 PM

Well. How should we do this? Let them walk around out here and then put them back on the speeder, and try to keep the speeder a little ahead of the kinrath while they chase us?

Caleb, 9:03 PM

You see the mouth of a cave up ahead maybe 100 feet away

Zubaidah, 9:04 PM

And have someone go into the cave to get the crystals while we do?

Esren'nilos, 9:04 PM

"Then those who go in to get the crystals don't have a speeder to run back to if there are more kinrath inside."

Zubaidah, 9:05 PM

Oh, that's true. They must be able to outrun the kinrath anyway, so maybe two of us could ride them and use blasters to discourage them from getting closer if we need to, and the cave person would have the speeder if needed.

Esren'nilos, 9:07 PM

"...do you have blasters?"

Zubaidah, 9:08 PM

Well, no. I could lightning, though.

Zubaidah, 9:08 PM

I think they'd be all right with it. I tried what you said and I think they like me now.

Esren'nilos, 9:08 PM

"Yes, you seem rather adept."

Zubaidah, 9:09 PM

Oh no, I just had all kinds of animals at home, that's all.

Zubaidah, 9:10 PM

Most of the time you just need to speak in a low, quiet voice and move slowly.

Caleb, 9:10 PM

((Roll perception))

Zubaidah, 9:10 PM

Of course then you have the high-strung ones, like Mimi, but they're usually very worthwhile if you can train them properly. The most loyal and steadfast.

Zubaidah, 9:11 PM

((17!))

Esren'nilos, 9:11 PM

((GUYS! I ROLLED ABOVE A 6!))

Esren'nilos, 9:11 PM

((It's an 8!))

Coil, 9:11 PM

(13)

Zubaidah, 9:12 PM

((Jeez man, you must REALLY miss Arakas.))

Coil, 9:13 PM

Coil narrows his eyes toward the treeline.

Zubaidah, 9:13 PM

I think I should stay with the animals, though.

Zubaidah, 9:13 PM

... oh, there's two of them.

Zubaidah, 9:13 PM

One to the left, one to the right.

Esren'nilos, 9:14 PM

"You and I know how to influence them with the force.  Coil, are you ok entering the cave?"

Coil, 9:14 PM

… yeah. Don't die.

Zubaidah, 9:14 PM

You don't die either.

Esren'nilos, 9:15 PM

"Nobody die."

Zubaidah, 9:15 PM

I'm pretty sure I can't heal that.

Coil, 9:15 PM

Coil goes in.

Caleb, 9:48 PM

So esren and Zubi are 100 feet from the cave entrance still mounted and near the vehicle

Caleb, 9:48 PM

Coil is just emerging from the cave entrance

Esren'nilos, 9:48 PM

"OK!  Everyone on the speeder!  We're leaving!"

Esren'nilos, 9:48 PM

Esren'nilos rides the iriaz onto the speeder.

Zubaidah, 9:49 PM

Zubaidah has her iri just hop up onto the speeder.

Esren'nilos, 9:50 PM

"Coil!  Start her up!  We've gotta move!"

Zubaidah, 9:51 PM

Are you okay? Did you get any crystals?

Coil, 9:52 PM

Coil jumps into the speeder. It's pretty cool.

Caleb, 9:52 PM

About 25 more kinrath pour out of the cave as Coil jumps in

Esren'nilos, 9:52 PM

"...oh...ok, you know then."

Coil, 9:53 PM

Yes.

Coil, 9:53 PM

Coil starts up the speeder!

Caleb, 9:54 PM

You start speeding away you seem to be followed for a bit but by the time you get to the thinning of the forest you see none of them pursuing you

Coil, 9:55 PM

Coil will, once we're clear, drop a crystal into each person's hand.

Coil, 9:55 PM

(I have no idea what colors they are.  :) )

Esren'nilos, 9:55 PM

"Thank you."

Coil, 9:55 PM

(That is up to the DM and also the Force.)

Zubaidah, 9:56 PM

I knew you could do it.

Coil, 9:56 PM

You guys make out okay?

Zubaidah, 9:56 PM

You move the quietest of anyone I've seen.

Zubaidah, 9:56 PM

Of course!

Zubaidah, 9:56 PM

Zubaidah snuggles her iriaz.

Zubaidah, 9:57 PM

I wonder what I should name her.

Esren'nilos, 9:57 PM

"We escaped from, by my count, about 14 kinrath so..."

Coil, 9:57 PM

We can set up an enclosure in the cargo bay, since we won't be freighting anything, probably.

Coil, 9:57 PM

There were about 20 underground that I sensed.

Esren'nilos, 9:58 PM

"Oh...good source of milk."

Coil, 9:58 PM

Coil pulls out his own crystals.

Coil, 9:59 PM

I don't know if I did it right. I tried to think of each of you when I picked your crystals. Didn't really look at them.

Coil, 9:59 PM

So if you hate your color, sorry.

Zubaidah, 9:59 PM

Is that how the old Jedi did it?

Coil, 9:59 PM

Coil shrugs.

Esren'nilos, 10:00 PM

"So long as it means I can use my lightsaber without burning my hand, I call it a win."

Zubaidah, 10:01 PM

What kind are you going to make?

Coil, 10:02 PM

Not sure.

Coil, 10:03 PM

Coil has likely had a lightsaber design ready to go since he downloaded schematics from the holonet when he was 12.

Esren'nilos, 10:03 PM

"You gonna make a new one, Zubi?"

Zubaidah, 10:03 PM

I don't know. I probably should, shouldn't I?

Coil, 10:04 PM

Coil nods.

Coil, 10:04 PM

Make something that's your own.

Esren'nilos, 10:05 PM

"Fair enough."

Zubaidah, 10:05 PM

Well, it was part of the training in the old days, wasn't it?

Coil, 10:07 PM

building your lightsaber was a big deal.

Zubaidah, 10:08 PM

It was?

Coil, 10:08 PM

In the stories, yeah. It was a rite of passage sort of thing.

Zubaidah, 10:08 PM

It doesn't mean you have to get married or something, does it?

Esren'nilos, 10:09 PM

"To your lightsaber?"

Esren'nilos, 10:09 PM

"Pretty sure if anything, Jedis were not fans of marriage."

Coil, 10:09 PM

They had a complicated relationship with relationships, yes.

Zubaidah, 10:09 PM

Well no, they didn't seem big on property.

Zubaidah, 10:11 PM

Our teachers don't even have proper beds.

Coil, 10:11 PM

Well. We don't have to do things the same way they did.

Coil, 10:11 PM

I like my bed.

Esren'nilos, 10:12 PM

"I do too."

Zubaidah, 10:12 PM

I do too! I like everybody's though.

Esren'nilos, 10:12 PM

"...good for you."

Zubaidah, 10:12 PM

Sleeping alone is weird. Don't you get cold?

Esren'nilos, 10:13 PM

"I have a blanket.  ...also a sleep shirt."

Zubaidah, 10:13 PM

Well, yes, so do I.

Caleb, 10:13 PM

you keep driving sun is beginning to set you will reach the temple in about an hour or at a push you could get back to the ship by midnight or so

Esren'nilos, 10:14 PM

"I say we just push for the ship.  Not risk another visit from the watcher."

Zubaidah, 10:14 PM

Right.

Coil, 10:15 PM

Coil nods.

Coil, 10:15 PM

I'm fine to keep driving.

Zubaidah, 10:15 PM

Don't they have cuddlepiles where you come from?

Coil, 10:15 PM

No. That might be a Zeltros thing.

Zubaidah, 10:16 PM

That's so sad, don't you think?

Esren'nilos, 10:17 PM

"Some people enjoy personal space."

Zubaidah, 10:17 PM

… why?

Coil, 10:17 PM

Cultural differences, I suspect.

Coil, 10:18 PM

Also just... lifetime experiences.

Coil, 10:18 PM

Some people aren't as comfortable with physical proximity.

Zubaidah, 10:18 PM

People are very deprived.

Coil, 10:20 PM

Maybe. But maybe they don't know what they've never had.

Caleb, 10:20 PM

You all keep going  hearing stranger and stranger animal noises as you pass by the temple and keep going as the moons rise and night falls

Esren'nilos, 10:21 PM

"Maybe we're just very comfortable separate."

Zubaidah, 10:21 PM

And you should do what makes you happy! Well, I'm glad you let me stay with you anyway, Coil.

Zubaidah, 10:22 PM

... I wonder what's making that howling sound. I'm pretty sure it's not kinrath.

Coil, 10:23 PM

It doesn't bother me. Your company. It's kind of nice. Different then I'm used to.

Esren'nilos, 10:24 PM

"...maybe we should swing by, see if we can find the source of the howling."

Zubaidah, 10:25 PM

Anything in the old Jedi temple probably isn't going to be bad, right?

Coil, 10:25 PM

… animals howl.

Coil, 10:25 PM

I'm content to live and let live.

Esren'nilos, 10:25 PM

"..................I don't trust that temple."

Coil, 10:26 PM

We smashed it. We'll tell the Jedi at the academy about what we found there.

Esren'nilos, 10:26 PM

"Someone had to have built it.  Someone who clearly didn't want to be found."

Zubaidah, 10:26 PM

I think we should go and look, and make sure no one has come in and redone it.

Coil, 10:27 PM

The speeder is on it's last legs, I have a lightsaber to build. HOw about we just stay on the ship tonight, and go back to the temple in the light of day.

Zubaidah, 10:28 PM

Oh! That's smart.

Coil, 10:28 PM

Now tha tI know where it is, I can land the ship right nearby.

Esren'nilos, 10:28 PM

Esren'nilos says nothing.

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

Zubaidah eyes Esren.

Zubaidah, 10:30 PM

You're not going to go sneak over there by yourself or something, are you?

Caleb, 10:30 PM

You all pull into town fairly late at night, the speeder is sounding really rough you see a couple lights lit and the spaceport is open but everywhere else is completely sealed.

Esren'nilos, 10:30 PM

"No.  I don't want to go back, period."

Coil, 10:30 PM

Coil gets the speeder loaded up in the ship's hold.

Zubaidah, 10:31 PM

Zubaidah gets the animals situated. She'll have to get some straw and food for them tomorrow.

Caleb, 10:32 PM

You get the speeder and the Iriaz loaded into the ship

Caleb, 10:33 PM

Once you turn the speeder off it clunks down some pieces just falling off the engine

Coil, 10:34 PM

Ugh.

Zubaidah, 10:34 PM

... I don't think it's supposed to do that. Is it?

Coil, 10:34 PM

That was goign to happen as soon as I stopped.

Zubaidah, 10:34 PM

... at least it didn't do that before we stopped?

Esren'nilos, 10:34 PM

"Can it be fixed?"

Coil, 10:34 PM

Yeah.

Coil, 10:35 PM

Not tonight, though.

Coil, 10:35 PM

I've already spent way too much time in the last couple of days repairing this speeder.

Esren'nilos, 10:36 PM

"...how about we just get some sleep, tonight?"

Zubaidah, 10:36 PM

That sounds nice!

Esren'nilos, 10:38 PM

Esren'nilos goes to get ready for bed.

Zubaidah, 10:38 PM

Zubaidah does too!

Caleb, 10:40 PM

So you all get ready to rest in the ship and actual beds not just the stone slabs from the enclave last night.

Caleb, 10:40 PM

((Anyone want to do anything before bed?))

Zubaidah, 10:41 PM

((NEVER ask a Zeltron that.))

Esren'nilos, 10:41 PM

Esren'nilos brushes his teeth.

Esren'nilos, 10:41 PM

((He's a former Sith, but he's not a monster))

Coil, 10:41 PM

Coil has started building his lightsaber. He actually has most of the components assembled, he was just waiting for a crystal to put them all together.

Zubaidah, 10:41 PM

(("Aren't you going to wash your hands?" "No. Because I'm EVIL."))

Zubaidah, 10:42 PM

Zubaidah is impressed, but still goes to bed, probably before he does.

Caleb, 10:43 PM

Coil roll me a wisdom check with advantage

Coil, 10:44 PM

((oh, goddammit, here we go.))

Coil, 10:44 PM

((yeah, 13.))

Caleb, 10:46 PM

You get fairly far and get a lot of the saber assembled but that takes you about two hours and you are exhausted

Coil, 10:47 PM

Coil will eventually give it up and go to bed.

Caleb, 10:48 PM

You all rest no weird dreams comfortable beds

Caleb, 10:49 PM

In the morning any of you near the cargo hold hear loud bleating from the iriaz

Zubaidah, 10:49 PM

Zubaidah runs in there to check on them, still in her fuzzy jammies.

Esren'nilos, 10:49 PM

Esren'nilos enters shortly after. "What's the matter?"

Caleb, 10:50 PM

They are wandering around and anything that was in the area they were left that isn’t metal has been chewed on and they still seem to be looking around

Zubaidah, 10:50 PM

Oh, they're just hungry, that's all.

Zubaidah, 10:51 PM

Zubaidah runs and fetches them some food.

Esren'nilos, 10:51 PM

"...good call."

Zubaidah, 10:53 PM

Zubaidah returns to feed her space goats some fruits and veggies, and tries to soothe them down a bit, too.

Esren'nilos, 10:54 PM

"...ok...so, we now have two options.  Option one, we go back to the academy, continue our training, and maybe let someone know about the clone lab here.  Option two, we go back to the creepy temple of science and death."

Zubaidah, 10:54 PM

Creepy temple!

Coil, 10:56 PM

Coil is back to tinkering with his saber.

Zubaidah, 10:56 PM

We'll just make sure nothing's wrong there and then we'll go home.

Coil, 10:57 PM

We could do both, contact the academy, let them know what we found.

Caleb, 10:58 PM

(( if you examine the crystals they all appear to be perfectly clear))

Zubaidah, 10:58 PM

I was hoping we'd find a pretty red one.

Esren'nilos, 10:59 PM

"...you're aware that the Sith kind of...primarily use red, right?  I actually tore my lightsaber apart to remove the red crystal because it might've identified me."

Zubaidah, 11:00 PM

Oh. I didn't know that at all, no! Well what do the other colors mean, then?

Zubaidah, 11:01 PM

Red wouldn't suit you at all anyway. You should go with a nice green, or blue. Or maybe purple, purple would look nice with your skin.

Coil, 11:01 PM

Coil is still tinkering.

Zubaidah, 11:02 PM

... do we have to make sabers? Is that a rule?

Caleb, 11:02 PM

(( on lightsaber or speeder coil?))

Esren'nilos, 11:02 PM

"I think green would be nice."

Coil, 11:02 PM

((Lightsaber, he needs a break from speeder maintenance.)

Caleb, 11:02 PM

((Another wisdom check with advantage))

Coil, 11:03 PM

((OH FUCKING COME ON.))

Zubaidah, 11:03 PM

((Is it something I can assist on?))

Coil, 11:03 PM

((My wisdom isn't even that bad.))

Caleb, 11:05 PM

You work for another hour on the lightsaber but something just isn’t feeling right and you still can’t finish it.

Esren'nilos, 11:05 PM

((Assistance just gives a player adv in 5e. Coil already had adv.))

Zubaidah, 11:06 PM

((oh, right.))

Coil, 11:06 PM

Coil gets frustrated and takes a break.

Coil, 11:06 PM

Did we come to a plan as to what we're doing?

Zubaidah, 11:06 PM

Isn't there something smaller and... cuter, I could make?

Coil, 11:08 PM

Coil calls up a collection of lightsaber designs on his datapad. "There are a lot of different schematics."

Zubaidah, 11:08 PM

I think we should go to the old temple just to check on it, and then come back and go home.

Coil, 11:08 PM

Plenty of smaller designs.

Zubaidah, 11:08 PM

... there are so many.

Coil, 11:09 PM

We're not going anywhere in that speeder. I'll just fly us to the temple if we're going to go.

Esren'nilos, 11:09 PM

((Can I fix my lightsaber in the meantime?))

Coil, 11:11 PM

Coil points out the Lightdagger schematics to Zubi.

Caleb, 11:11 PM

(( just switching crystals?))

Zubaidah, 11:11 PM

That looks much better. Less of a ... terrifying murder laser of death and chopped-off limbs.

Esren'nilos, 11:11 PM

((Yeah, if that'll work.))

Caleb, 11:12 PM

((It’s a civilized weapon :D))

Zubaidah, 11:12 PM

((Only if you take "disarming" really REALLY literally.))

Caleb, 11:12 PM

((Roll me a wisdom check with advantage esren ))

Esren'nilos, 11:14 PM

((12, none of us are getting lightsabers tonight))

Zubaidah, 11:14 PM

Zubaidah picks up some of Coil's spare parts and looks at them, frowning.

Coil, 11:14 PM

There's also no rush for you.

Zubaidah, 11:14 PM

((15.))

Coil, 11:14 PM

Don't feel like you have to.

Coil, 11:16 PM

I just... I've been waiting for this for awhile.

Coil, 11:16 PM

Coil seems a bit ashamed to admit this.

Zubaidah, 11:16 PM

Zubaidah tries to put some bits together.

Zubaidah, 11:16 PM

Maybe you're overthinking it.

Caleb, 11:16 PM

Esren you try and carefully take the hilt apart to  switch crystals a couple pieces go flying as something twangs you manage to switch crystals but you can’t reassemble the hilt back to working order.

Esren'nilos, 11:17 PM

"DAMMIT!"

Coil, 11:17 PM

I think my impatience is getting the better of me.

Caleb, 11:18 PM

Zubaidah you look at the schematics and working on it for about 45 minutes manage to get the crystal in a Small hilt and you think you did everything right as you seal the last but closed.

Zubaidah, 11:18 PM

Zubaidah tries turning it on.

Caleb, 11:21 PM

A short gold beam of light extends with a snap and a hiss.

Zubaidah, 11:21 PM

... they tell you what to do if you don't, um... listen so hard.

Esren'nilos, 11:22 PM

"...what?"

Zubaidah, 11:22 PM

The crystals.

Coil, 11:23 PM

Coil blinks, and goes through a gamut of emotions. Maybe the first you've seen from him.

Coil, 11:24 PM

Coil laughs, just a short laugh.

Coil, 11:24 PM

Of course.

Coil, 11:24 PM

I'll get us to the temple. We can figure out what to do there.

Coil, 11:25 PM

Coil goes to the cockpit.

Zubaidah, 11:25 PM

Zubaidah nods.

Caleb, 11:25 PM

Roll me piloting coil

Zubaidah, 11:25 PM

I think he knows too much about what he's doing.

Esren'nilos, 11:25 PM

Esren'nilos tries to make sure all the pieces of his lightsaber hilt are together and gently sets them aside very carefully.

Coil, 11:25 PM

(That I get a nat 20 on, of course.)

Caleb, 11:26 PM

You have no problems silently and quickly flying back to the Jedi conclave passing the old rebel base on the way.

Zubaidah, 11:28 PM

Sometimes feeling things is better than thinking about them.

Esren'nilos, 11:30 PM

"You don't plan the perfect lightsaber at six.  You're gonna have to figure it out as you go."

Coil, 11:32 PM

Coil lands close to the conclave and grabs his blaster and rapier. "Okay, let's give his place a once over before we're on our way."

Esren'nilos, 11:33 PM

Esren'nilos grabs his vibroscythe.

Zubaidah, 11:33 PM

Right.

Zubaidah, 11:33 PM

Zubaidah takes her little lightsaber and the big one.

Esren'nilos, 11:33 PM

"If we all die, I blame you."

Caleb, 11:34 PM

You all enter the conclave. The lights are on there are no droids around not even deactivated ones.

Zubaidah, 11:34 PM

What happened to all the droids?

Esren'nilos, 11:35 PM

"Bad vibes."

Caleb, 11:36 PM

You hear nothing as you stand In The entranceway

Esren'nilos, 11:36 PM

Esren'nilos enters.

Zubaidah, 11:38 PM

Zubaidah follows.

Coil, 11:40 PM

Coil goes with.

Caleb, 11:40 PM

Walking in to the first floor you see the main hall leading forward to a large room, the hallway you went down yesterday and another hallway opposite it. Also some doors set in to the wall

Esren'nilos, 11:41 PM

Esren'nilos opens one of those doors set into the wall.

Caleb, 11:42 PM

You see what appears to have been a kitchen a long time ago

Esren'nilos, 11:42 PM

Esren'nilos goes down the hallway opposite to the one we took.

Zubaidah, 11:44 PM

Zubaidah whispers, "Should we call out and see if someone answers?"

Esren'nilos, 11:44 PM

"Almost certainly not."

Zubaidah, 11:45 PM

Oh. All right.

Caleb, 11:46 PM

You all go down this hallway there is one door at the end of it

Esren'nilos, 11:46 PM

"...Coil...any chance you can check for booby traps?"

Esren'nilos, 11:49 PM

((...he may have gone AFK))

Esren'nilos, 11:49 PM

Esren'nilos will open the door.

Caleb, 11:51 PM

You open the door to the room it is dimly lit you see various data pads and also a large hologram of a map in the center of the room

Esren'nilos, 11:52 PM

"...........that seems like a domination thing.  ...and not in the cool way."

Zubaidah, 11:52 PM

... probably not. Some people like that kind of thing, though.

Esren'nilos, 11:53 PM

"Let's check out these data pads."

Esren'nilos, 11:53 PM

Esren'nilos does that

Zubaidah, 11:53 PM

Zubaidah looks over his shoulder.

Coil, 11:54 PM

Coil looks at the map.

Caleb, 11:54 PM

As you enter the room the lights come on and the map switches to a slightly distorted and altered first order symbol

Esren'nilos, 11:55 PM

"..........well, that brings back memories."

Zubaidah, 11:55 PM

What's it mean?

Coil, 11:55 PM

First Order remnants, I'm guessing.

Caleb, 11:56 PM

You hear a heavily filtered voice “so you came back, saves us the trouble of hunting you down. You have been a slight inconvenience with the lab destruction.”

Caleb, 11:57 PM

You hear rolling from the hallway you just came from as the image vanishes and the voice cuts out

Zubaidah, 11:57 PM

Who is... they're gone.

Coil, 11:57 PM

… we should leave.

Coil, 11:57 PM

grab the datapads.

Esren'nilos, 11:57 PM

"I said we shouldn't've come back."

Esren'nilos, 11:57 PM

Esren'nilos grabs the datapads.

Caleb, 11:58 PM

Three droidekas roll into the room and set up positions

Zubaidah, 11:59 PM

Zubaidah gonna hand her big lightsaber to Coil first thing.