Getting out of the Temple (firefox)

[Cadyren]

Cadyren walked off the transport he had taken to the planet of Zoist; a forest planet that contained the destroyed remains of Sith fortresses and seemed to resonate the Dark side of the Force. Cadyren had been to this planet only once before, to train with another Sith that had decided to help him learn some new skills, but he found himself drawn back to the place. It was far quieter then the Academy on Korriban, where there were too many other Sith initiates around. As he walked from the transport, he looked around at the site of a new Citadel that was being built by the Sith Order. He didn’t know what the purpose of it was, but it didn’t matter, as this wasn’t his true destination.

Cadyren wore a grey tunic with black pants that fit him well, so they would not hinder his movements in any way. He also wore a belt around his waist, which normally contained credits and any other small things he might take with him, but right now it only had his Lightsaber clipped onto it, his most prized possession. Cadyren also carried a bag with two straps on it, which he carried on his back. It contained a few remotes in it that would float around and shoot at a specified target. Cadyren had borrowed these from the Academy on Korriban to use to help him practice Shii-Cho, the most basic form of Lightsaber combat.

Cadyren began to walk through the trees of the dark forest, trying to find a good place to begin his training. I just need to find a simple clearing and I should be good. Cadyren thought to himself as he looked around, finally finding a clearing that would be adequate for his training. “Alright, let’s get to work.” Cadyren thought, aloud this time. He dropped the back pack and pulled out two of the remotes, holding the spherical devices in his hands for a moment before activating them. They quickly burst into life, floating around in the air, and beginning to target Cadyren.

One of the remotes fired at Cadyren mere seconds after being activated, but he had already pulled out his Lightsaber, and quickly activated it to block the shot. As these were training remotes, the blaster bolts weren’t made of the same plasma as normal blasters, so as the bolt met the Lightsaber blade it dispersed. The second remote shot soon after, and Cadyren blocked it as well. Cadyren then allowed the Force to flow into him, bringing up memories of his deceased girlfriend and master. These memories sparked a hatred that was inside of him, hatred of himself for not being able to save them. The rage that began to fill him corrupted the Force as it flowed into him, twisting it to do his will. He began to focus better, and could almost sense where the remotes were going to shoot him.

As Cadyren continued to block the remotes, using the Live Form of Shii-Cho, he found that he wasn’t really testing his skill with the form. The remotes did not fire that fast, so he only had to block to blaster bolts every couple of seconds. Very annoyed by this, Cadyren reached out with his Dark power and lifted two more remotes from the backpack, activating them as well. He then used the Force to move the remotes, making them surround him.

Now it was much more difficult for Cadyren to block all of the remotes at once. He drew more heavily upon the Force as he progressed in the exercise, occasionally getting stung by a blaster bolt that had hit him. Sweat began to bead down from his forehead, getting caught in his tunic and moistening it. He remained in the same spot in the clearing for thirty minutes, blocking blaster bolts from all sides when he was stung on back by one of them. His continues use of the Dark Side to sense the location of the blaster bolts had worked him into a rage, so he turned and sent a blast of dark energy at the remote, sending it flying backwards into a tree were it smashed into tiny pieces.

Still angry Cadyren deactivated his Lightsaber, reaching out again with the Force to grab the three remaining remotes and slam them into the ground, causing them to deactivate and bounce back into the air for a moment before landing back onto the dirt and rolling around.

Cadyren stood perfectly still as he took three large breathes, trying to clam himself. “Damn it, why can’t I learn to control myself? Every time I use this power it takes control of me, no matter how hard I try to resist” Cadyren exclaimed, clearly frustrated with his inability to control the Dark Side. He let out a sigh and picked up the remotes, putting them back in the bag. He considered to pick up the remains of the fourth remote, but decided that it was too broken to be worth fixing, so he left it. Once he put the remotes back he walked back into the clearing yet again, activating his Lightsaber. The blade made a hissing noise as it activated, the green blade illuminating the darkness around Cadyren. He quickly got into the opening stance of Shii-Cho, and began to practice sequences of the form.

Cadyren drew upon the Force once again, but this time was more selective of what memories he used to build anger inside of him, to further fuel his power. He did not want another fit of rage, and needed to learn to better control the dark side. As Cadyren began to use his dark powers to increase his reflexes, his movements become sharper, more precise, his Lightsaber performing an elegant dance in his hands. Cadyren went through sequences of Shii-Cho for a couple of hours, wanting to try and improve his skill in the form. He got so into the training that he became oblivious to everything else, becoming to occupied by his training.

[Foxfire]

The sun was trying to make god rays through the canopy of the trees and Cho was trying his best to enjoy them. Having a rare moment of warmth on this planet was often hard it was either ice or more ice. But Cho traveled into the equator belt finding that small belt of warmth this cold and force darkened planet would allow.

Earlier in the week he had cleared a small section for a training area VIA a small maelstrom. This though was not enough for Cho he had too make a better place for his force focusing training. So near a babbling brook and in a void spot with in the force Cho found the perfect place. Sitting with out the hindrance of the force and with out the nagging cold wind blowing Cho was finally able to meditate properly. That was until Cho heard the familiar vroom vroom vizpit vizpit of a train droid.

Who on the this twisted world would find the only place Cho was trying to train with out disturbance. Getting up Cho listened where the sound was coming from. It was the training ground of course. Fixing his mind to emerge the void in the force with his signature completely hidden from the force, Cho silently stalked out of the void bubble and into the woods near to where the sound were coming from.

With the stealth of a training noghri stealth stalk Cho came up perfectly to the darkened edge of the training ring and there a young dark one was training with all his might. Cho watched in mock grimious at seeing the young one try to focus but the failure to hold unto and direct the darkside of the force led to this one's anger flaring and the following smashing of a training droid.

To himself-Good thing those things are a dime a dozen. He need the focus training more than I do. But let's see how he recovers.

Cho waited still watching the young one compose himself and gather the droids up and walk so near to him that Cho could smell the sweat of this one, for the smashed droid was less than eight feet away from his current location.

So when this one tried again and refocusing his mind the results were by far better. Cho nodding his head knew this one was going to go far but not quickly enough to survive this planet. The local predators would eat this one for a midnight snack. Knowing this Cho made that fateful move.... he spoke.

Speaking gently as he can-Your form is getting better but not enough for you to survive long on this planet. You would do better if you had some one looking after your back, but... you had better be able to carry some of the weight of everyday life here.

Cho slowly rose from the greenery still hiding his force signature.

I'm Cho Wroth. Welcome to the warm spot of Zoist.

[Cadyren]

(I didn't have much time to write this, so I apologize if it is full of mistakes. I will look through it tomorrow and probably edit it if you haven't posted.)

The young Sith finished his last sequence and he deactivated his Lightsaber, letting out a sigh. Sweat dripped from his forehead onto his tunic, slowly covering it. Clipping his Lightsaber back onto his belt Cadyren began to walk back to his bag when a voice reached him. He had sensed no presence nearby, so he quickly turned to the voice as it spoke. “Your form is getting better but not enough for you to survive long on this planet. You would do better if you had some one looking after your back, but... you had better be able to carry some of the weight of everyday life here.”

The voice came from a smaller creature walking towards him from the tree line. Whoever it was stood nearly a foot shooter then Cadyren and appeared reptilian. Having grown up around other sentient species, he quickly realized that the creature before him was a Noghri. It was after figuring out where and from who the voice was coming from that Cadyren thought about what he had said. He had complimented Cadyren’s skill with a Lightsaber, saying that his form was getting better. Shortly afterward he had said that Cadyren would not survive long on the planet despite this, and that he would need someone to watch his back for him.

Cadyren had not planned on staying long on Ziost, but the idea of staying now seemed more interesting. If the wildlife on this planet were really so powerful that they could take down a Force-User, even one as young as Cadyren, then they most be worthy foes indeed. The Noghri said that he would have to carry some of the weight, but Cadyren would be fine with that. Cadyren wondered if the Noghri was a Sith like him, he could tell from his comment on Cadyren’s form that he was definitely trained to use a Lightsaber, so he reached out with the force to try and sense his ability. He sensed nothing coming from the Noghri however.

Puzzled, Cadyren looked at the Noghri for a moment, trying to figure out why he couldn’t even sense a whisper of the Force from him, when he remembered his first visit to Ziost. His former master had tried to teach him to hide form the Force, to make himself undetectable by Jedi or other Sith. The Noghri seemed like he was very skilled in the art, even when he stood so close to him Cadyren couldn’t sense his presence.

As the Noghri exited the surrounding foliage he introduced himself as Cho Wrath, then welcomed him to the warm spot of Ziost. Even though he was exhausted, Cadyren managed to speak clearly as he too introduced himself, “ Pleased to make your acquaintance, I am Cadyren Caldin. As for carrying some of the weight, I think that I am capable enough to. Also, thank you for telling me; during my last visit I hadn’t met any such creatures. ” Cadyren said, his voice barely showing how tired he was. He also seemed somewhat at ease, after the initial surprise of seeing another life-form while training Cadyren had relaxed a little bit . He knew that most people would be a little cautious and tense when confronted by a random person while on a planet with no one around, but Cadyren was not worried. He was was willing to risk it for a change in environment, at least for a little while. The Sith Temple had grown boring, he needed to find a new place to train for a time being, and perhaps if he was lucky Cho might decide to teach him a trick or two as well.

[Foxfire]

(Occ-sorry for the short post time was limited to night)


Hearing the young ones words Cho noticed the Sith hound not more than twenty yards away. It was not by the force Cho knew it was there but it was but the subtle sniffing growl that they often make when they hunted. Not to worry the young one Cho just waved his hand for this one to follow. Mainly because the Sith hound here hunted by sensing force presences and the force void bubble was the safest place for the moment. Sith hound were never solitary hunters they send one out and hunt those hunting the lone sith hound.

Turning Cho moved into the deeper brush and back into the clearing that had the void bubble. Going over to sit in the middle of the void bubble Cho had first wondered if the young ling would follow. Even if he did he did not know either if this one would willing step into a void force bubble, that is if this one could feel it in the first place.

With crossed legs Cho rested his mind and relaxed his body to take in all the sensory information he could with out the aide of the force. This training helped him to better focus his mind when he was outside the bubble. Listening to the sounds of the woods the nearing Sith hound and the bumbling sounds of a young one stomping through those same woods.

[Cadyren]

Cho didn’t respond to Cadyren after he had finished talking, he seemed to have been focusing somewhere else. Confused, Cadyren opened himself to the Force and extended his consciousness to search his surroundings and see what had disturbed the Noghri. At first he only sensed himself, it seemed that Cho was still hiding his presence in the Force. He then found the darkness of the planet, the dark side having twisted and corrupted it with its power. He thought that maybe he could sense something else, something that radiated the dark side, but he couldn’t make out what or who it was and had no idea where it was located. Damn planet, I can’t sense anything when the Dark Side of the Force is everywhere around me. That alone will make this a challenge for me, but I will just have to adapt. Cadyren thought as he reached his hand down to the hilt of his Lightsaber, ready to unclip it and activate it should someone, or something try and attack him.

Cho waved for Cadyren to follow him. Reaching out with the force, Cadyren picked up his backpack and brought it to his left hand. He then fitted the straps around his shoulders as he followed the other Dark Sider, looking from side to side as he walked, not wanting to be snuck up on. He was a little bit worried about getting snuck up on. He didn’t like not being able to even sense the general location of something that could kill him. He hoped that Cho would tell him if whatever it was got close, but he still felt that he should be cautious.

Cadyren kept his senses open until he felt something strange along the path the Noghri was leading him, a spot where he didn’t sense the Dark Side energy of the planet or the Force at all. It disturbed him, and he hesitated when he reached what seemed like the edge of the area. Cho had walked in already, and sat meditating in what Cadyren could only guess was the center of it. Taking a deep breath, Cadyren walked forward and into the place where there was no Force. He felt no pain, but he felt empty as his body entered this place where he could sense no Force energy at all.

“What is this place? I’ve never seen anything like this….I’ve never felt so…. Empty inside.” Cadyren said, his voice curious and worried about what would happen to him. When he had met Cho he hadn’t sensed the Force in him at all, could it be that this place drained the Force out of someone? No, if such a thing had existed Cadyren would have read about it before, or have heard about it somewhere. Recomposing himself, Cadyren sat down a few feet away from Cho Wrath, facing his front. He got into a cross-legged position and waited for Cho to explain this strange place to him.

[Foxfire]

Cho waited for the new one to have a set before him before he answered any questions. The forest had it's own noises the wind blowing, leaves rustling, and the hungry hunting noises of the Sith hounds coming closer.

In a quiet low voice-This place is a void pocket. A rift in the force where neither light nor darkness takes hold. It is to here that ones that want to hide come from those that hunt with in the force. Here the physically strong out match those who are strong with in the force.

To hide and for the advantage in battle this is a place where those truly focused win. Now listen to the sounds, sniff the air, and look about you for here you will find your focus. The void removes the noise of the force and clears the mind. Empty you will feel but disabled you are not. With in the bubble hunt out the hunters and ready yourself for what comes.

Cho slowly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of some rustling of leaves. Cho knew that the force bubble would not keep the Sith hounds from the hunt they nearly always follow their prey till either it is dead or they find that killing it is futile. So Cho knew too that he would have to show his hand of the level of his power to this new one, but not until the lesson of focusing this ones young mind was over.

[Cadyren]

Sitting cross-legged in front of Cho, Cadyren listened as he explained to him what the strange place was. It was a ‘void pocket’, a place where neither the Dark nor the Light Side had any hold. The Noghri then went on to explain that those who were physically strong beat those strong in the Force, that one could focus hear without the noise of the Force. Cadyren didn’t agree, he didn’t feel any more focused then before. He felt as though one of his senses had been taken from him. He felt like he had been made blind by this void, that he had been deafened.

Cadyren made no indication of his discomfort however, well, he tried to anyway. He caught himself glancing from side to side every now and again, worried that the thing he had sensed earlier would approach soon. If it was some beast, Cadyren knew he would be able to beat it in a straight fight with his Lightsaber, even without the Force. A sentient however, would be difficult. Without the Force, he wasn’t sure if he would be able to deflect blaster fire, or be but so skilled in Lightsaber combat.

Cadyren admitted that it was a weakness, being so reliant on the Force, but it wasn’t a major one. Up until now he had never been in a situation where he couldn’t feel the Force around him. That being said, he wouldn’t mind training in the strange place, at least to better his skills. As he sat there, he did as Cho told, him, and listened to his surroundings. He could hear the air as it passed around him, moving his dark hair off to the side as he sat in the clearing.

As he sat there, listening with his ears, not the Force, he heard a rustling in the leaves behind him. It seems that this void bubble didn’t stop whatever is trying to find us.. Cadyren thought, looking at the Noghri for a moment. Cadyren wondered if he had been tricked into coming here, so that he could be killed and have his possessions taken from him. However Cadyren figured that Cho could kill him without any help, so that assumption was most likely false. Cadyren unclipped his Lightsaber and turned his head to look behind him, still sitting down. “What exactly is hunting us? I sensed a Dark presense before we entered the void bubble, but I couldn’t figure out what it was..” Cadyren said aloud, his eyes still looking in the direction of the rustling leaves.

[Foxfire]

The noghri had for many years been able to tell much about a person's being just by the smell of them, and this one was no different. As he listened to the sound of the Sith hound coming closer he could smell the very subtle change of the young Sith's being going from a trusted fear to, that, for that lack of a better word, distrust. The air Cho sniffed was beginning to fill with it.

So it was not unforeseen when the young one asked,.....

“What exactly is hunting us? I sensed a Dark presence before we entered the void bubble, but I couldn’t figure out what it was..”

With in these words Cho could sense distrust and some regret. He should not and was not surprised most Sith were this way until some event made them to be forged together. This event was just like that, a place where either they were forged together or ripped apart.

Cho had had his eye closed at this time but he could not keep his calm for much longer. It was either the young Sith or the Sith hounds with had to go. The hounds had often let him be but they were getting ever so annoying coming about driving away his prey making him feed upon vegetation like some stupid nerf. So with a mind cleared of what had to be done Cho opened his eyes. A deep burbling growl escaped his lips followed by a hiss and a noghri curse. Cho rose and stalked past the young sith and to the furthest edge of the force bubble. Picking up a small rock Cho turned to the young sith.

In an angry tone-Fear and doubt is what clouds your focus. If I had wanted you dead you would have been looking back up at your body as it fell upon your separated head. Nothing hinders ones mind and body but oneself. Learn it or die quickly.

These Sith hounds care not whether your skilled with a saber or in a force skill. They see only whether your stronger than they are. So either with force power or with out, one must show their determination and their hunger to live.

With that Cho threw the stone at the younger sith hound. It yelped and a growl came from other sith hounds that had been near by. The younger and now injured sith hound came forward to see who had challenged him. Cho stepped out of the force bubble with his signature masked and diminished. The younger hound was soon followed by three other hounds each hound being bigger than the next. The shortest one being the size of a large dog to the tallest being a head taller than Cho himself.

Cho snickered at these pitiable excuses for sith hounds they were thin and their muscle structure was poorly developed. Rejects out casts these were, the main group did not want them and now seeing them himself he did not either. So removing them from this life and giving them back to the force would be a blessing to them and Zoist.

The youngest hissed at Cho. Dropping back into the fore Cho back handed it and sent it flying into the woods to smash into a tree. As for the others they immediately saw Cho force power and dropped back a bit they hissed and cowled back each seeing they were in for a fight that they might not win. Cho growled and inhuman growl. Letting his cloak fall Cho reached back to grab the three foot crystalline rod from the small of his back. Spinning it around with Ataru style Cho readied himself for their first attack.

Directed toward the Sith hounds-Rejected ones! You have no honor here your pack has forsaken you and thus to the force. For here is the last day you will see so die well, and ..... ..... don't make me run after you.

With a snap hiss Cho's duel sabers leaped to life and he lowered himself to make his profile very small so that he could jump into the middle of them to 'gill and gut' the lot.

[Cadyren]

Cho did not answer Cadyren’s question, instead he just got to his feet and walked past him, heading in the direction that Cadyren had heard the rustling. Getting to his feet,. Cadyren turned and watched him go. He admitted that he was still a bit worried about being killed, but it was more because he was near a more powerful Sith and something that was hunting them, not because he actually thought that the Sith would try to kill him. He wouldn’t be surprised if he forced Cadyren to fight whatever was hunting them though, some Sith enjoyed putting young Initiates against stronger opponents to see just how strong they were.

The Noghri picked up a rock, holding it in his hand as he turned to face Cadyren again. “Fear and doubt is what clouds your focus. If I had wanted you dead you would have been looking back up at your body as it fell upon your separated head. Nothing hinders ones mind and body but oneself. Learn it or die quickly.

These Sith hounds care not whether your skilled with a saber or in a force skill. They see only whether your stronger than they are. So either with force power or with out, one must show their determination and their hunger to live.”

Cadyren knew that the Noghri could have killed him easily if he had wanted to, he had come to that conclusion already. He was now more worried that the Noghri would have him fight whatever was hunting them, to try and make him prove that he could ‘carry some of the weight’.

As he thought this Cho turned around and tossed the stone, and Cadyren heard a yelp and a growl, and a strange creature walked out into his view. Cadyren had read of creatures that looked like what he saw before him, could it be that he was looking at a Sith hound? Is so, Cadyren was disappointed. The creature before him looked starve, weak, and over all just pathetic. Cadyren had read that Sith hounds were powerful creatures that were worthy of protecting the Sith.

More hounds appeared, all larger then the first. These beasts seemed stronger, but they still looked pathetic. Cadyren felt that even without the Force Cadyren could destroy these creatures, only using his Lightsaber. Cadyren did not move forward however, Cho seemed to have it handled. He had simply backhanded one of them, and had sent it flying backwards with ease.

He just stood there and watched as Cho removed his robes. On his back was a crystalline rod, which he removed and held in an Ataru fighting style. Cadyren had seem the style before, his former Jedi Master had used it once to show him what it looked like. Cadyren watched with surprise as Lightsaber blades sprung from the crystal rod, he had never seen a crystal sued as a hilt before. The Noghri then lowered his body, and Cadyren prepared himself for what would most likely be a slaughter.

[Foxfire]

(OCC-reworded post from Maelstrom to maelstrome like)

Cho looked at each one in turn, waiting for them to strike but none did. Anger boiled with in him and with a force enhanced leap Cho exploded from the ground and into the air.

In a roar-Cowards!!

At the peak of Cho's jump, he quickly focused his will into a small maelstrom ready to release it upon landing. Though the Sith hounds were a poor lot they were very watchful and they moved apart when Cho landed. Their retreat only made Cho's anger grow ten fold.

In an even louder voice-I said no running!! Now DIE!!

Letting Cho's primal force power swell to a great height, Cho then released a massive Maelstrom like explosion. The force blast ripped one hound apart while tossing another into the void bubble. The strongest hound was able to maneuver to cover and not get hurt. Cho then bolts over to the strongest hound leaving the last one for the young sith to handle. The hound was not going to be much of a fight for it had a gapping hole in it's side and it was bleeding badly.

The two predators engage to a close-combat fight to the death slashing and biting. Cho sunk his teeth into the hounds neck. The sith hound jumped and rolled trying to shake loose the noghri to no avail. The noghri hand the upper hand with his hold upon the hound Cho deactivated one side of the saber and sunk the other side into the hound's right chest between the third and fourth rib. The smell of burning flesh was all consuming and made the clearing stink. As the hound fell asleep in death and crashed to the ground Cho slowly stood and roared in victory.

[Cadyren]

The Sith hound flew through the air, stunned by the massive dark side blast that had hit it. It landed on the ground hard, letting out a yelp. It got to its feet slowly, trying its best not to do further harm to the gaping hole in his side where his skin had been ripped off from the blast. Blood poured out of it, but the hound had more important things to deal with.

At first it began to move toward the strange creature that had attacked his pack, when he noticed that it could no longer feel the darkness around him. Confused, he looked to his left and right, as though he could maybe see what was causing it to lose touch with the darkness of the planet.

As it looked, it heard a strange sound behind it. A snap and then hiss, like the sound of the creatures strange weapon when its blades sprung out of the hilt. It could smell another creature as well, though this one was different from the first. Hoping that perhaps it would be weaker prey, the Sith hound spun around, ready to jump upon his new prey.

The last thing he saw was the color of a green Lightsaber as it swung towards its neck, neatly cutting it out at the base. Then everything went black as life left the newly beheaded corpse.

Cadyren deactivated his Lightsaber and clipped it back onto his belt, looking down at his kill. The head had landed a few feet from the body, and looked as though it was staring at its own headless corpse. Chuckling at the ease of the kill, Cadyren looked over to Cho to see how he was doing with the larger hound. It seemed that he was having more fun with his kill. he had sunk his teeth into the beasts neck, and it tried its best to knock the Noghri loose, however it failed. Cadyren watched as one of the blades from the saberstaff entered the hound’s chest, ending its pathetic existence.

Cho let loose a roar of victory, and Cadyren watched his with a look of curiosity on his face. The Noghri was certainly an interesting character, who seemed to enjoy playing with his prey even if they were far weaker then him. He was also very powerful, Cadyren had seen nothing like the Maelstrom that Cho had unleashed on the hounds, he looked over at the pieces of the hound that had not been able to escape the blast quickly enough for a moment, before looking back at Cho, waiting to see if he wanted to talk to him further.

[Foxfire]

Walking back to the young sith Cho looked down at the dead hound before him. Nodding Cho said .........

Come let us leave this place and let the scavangers eat their fill. I'll take you to a near-by temple where you can make a place for yourself.-Offering his hand in a welcoming hand shake.-Welcome to Zoist and to the Temple of the Beasts.

Cho lead the way to a cleared path of ten feet wide, made by many animals of very large size. This temple was just two clicks from the ruined templeon on the far south area of the void bubble and the training clearing. As the they neared the temple darkness radiated from it. Not the type of darkness of an abandonded temple void of life but on which housed many life forms. Nearing the main steps two Sith hounds of ten feet tall looked at Cho and then at the young ling. Cho walked up to one and let it sniff him. it started to sniff and then burbbled a slight growl. Then is when the other turned to Cho and sniffed. These two smelt the oder of the hounds they had just killed.

Cho hissed and raised his force power to the point that the air started to crackle with force static. The hounds norted at him and layed back down. Cho waved the young one on by and followed shortly after. The temple simply brimmed with life that was attracted by the darkness. Moving through the halls they entered and area that was sealed off to beastial creatures. This area was a set of complete living quarters and a small kitchen area. Waving to the young one Cho entered one of the quarters to let the young sith chose which of the remaining three quarters he wanted.

[Cadyren]

Cho wanted them to leave, apparently there was a nearby temple where Cadyren could stay while he was on Ziost. Shaking the Noghri’s hand, Cadyren followed him toward the Temple he had spoken of, the Temple of Beasts. They had to walk a short distance to get there, and when they did Cadyren could sense the Dark Side radiating from within the place. It was almost intoxicating, however it was not something Cadyren wasn’t sued to. After a year in the Sith Temple, Cadyren was used to be around Dark Side energy, even to the extent of the temple before him.

As Cadyren and the Noghri approached two Sith hounds could be seen, and Cadyren was surprised by their size. They stood at ten feet tall, and looked a lot healthier then the hound Cadyren had slain. These were beasts that Cadyren could respect. Once they reached the entrance Cho walked towards one of them and allowed it to sniff him. They growled at him, and Cadyren felt his left hand fall once again to his Lightsaber, ready to slay these powerful beasts should he have to.

It seemed that Cho had it handled however, he growled back and called upon the power of the Force, scaring the beasts into standing down. Cho then waved for Cadyren to follow him into the Temple. Cadyren took his hand off of his weapon and entered the Temple, which seemed to be full of creatures that were drawn to the Dark Side energy that filled the place. Eventually they got to the living quarters, where there seemed to be no beasts. Cho motioned for him to pick one of the quarters so Cadyren looked through the three that seemed empty. They seemed the same to him, so he just walked into the nearest one and set down his bag.

Cadyren wasn’t sure how long he would stay on Ziost, probably for a few days or so. Most of his stuff was still at the Temple on Korriban, including his brother’s data pad which contained both his and Cadyren’s knowledge of the Force. I’ll stay for a few days, it’ll be nice to be away from Korriban for a little while Cadyren thought as he sat down on the bed which he would be sleeping in for the next few days.

[Foxfire]

Cho changed from the blood covered clothes to a flight mech's cover alls which he wore half on and half off. Letting the top drag on the floor Cho retrieved a holo disk from his room and went to the only workable player which was in the common room. This room was central to all the other rooms. Here he sat down and engaged the holo-player. Up popped Reylin his first master. He twi'lek beauty and grace could still be seen through the black and white of the holo-emitters. She yammered on about the darkness within each and every thing, and how one could twist it to their needs.

Cho growled at the holo.

So little did you know your master was more useless than my first master. He let himself be influenced into killing himself.

Switching over to earlier holo-recordings Cho watched as an insane Dr. Eikbar, a dark Jedi Mon Calamari healer tweaked and made his last victim squirm in pain. The being before him in the holo was an aleena of the age of 30 some. The being named Halc Greimer twisted and writhed in pain screaming. The doc hit the aleen with another jolt of fresh pain by a stun stick. Halc shrieked in pain then the being filming started to wobble and eventually fell to the floor the recorder bounced and when it came to a rest it was about four feet from the dead human with a massive scar upon his fore head.

The being twitched again as Halc shrieked in pain once more. Leaning forward Cho took a closer look. The being in the room were doing the same thing swaying and falling to the floor.

Hmmmm. The little one must have acquired force scream to do that to that many beings at once. I wonder where that poor creature is now.

Cho leaned back and continued to watch the holo until another being came in and picked up the holo-recorder and filmed Dr. Eikbar picking up a power drill and boring his brains out the other side.

[Cadyren]

(I'm really sorry about not posting, I thought that when your character went to go watch the vids that meant that the thread was done.)

It had been awhile since Cadyren had last slept, fourteen hours at least. That plus his training and fighting the hounds had left his extremely tired. Laying himself onto the bed, Cadyren felt himself begin to fall asleep, drifting off into unconsciousness.

That was until he could hear screams coming from outside of his room. Cadyren’s mind was thrown back into awareness as he jumped to his feet, his Lightsaber flying into his hand. He did not ignite it however, not wanting to draw attention to himself if there was someone in the Temple. Instead he quietly walked to the doorway, ready to ignite his Lightsaber if there was some beast or man waiting for him.

Cadyren was nearly overwhelmed with embarrassment when he saw Cho was sitting down and watching a holo tape. He could tell from the video that it was the source of the screams; a man that looked to be either a scientist or a doctor was using a drill on an Aleena. It was a rather disgusting scene, but Cadyren didn’t mind it that much. He was sure that he would see worse things in his life time, and not all of them would be on a holo tape.

“I’m guessing that this isn’t some horror film you’re watching?” Cadyren asked as he walked over to Cho, clipping his Lightsaber onto his belt. He was still a bit tired, but he was curious enough about the holo tape that he wouldn’t mind staying up a little longer to find out what it was.

Cadyren found a seat and lowered himself into it, moving around for a moment to try and get comfortable. He then glanced at the holo tape for a moment before looking back to Cho. He was positive that the vid wasn’t one of those holo dramas, that the vid Cho was watching was of something that actually happened. “So is one of them a friend of yours or something?” Cadyren asked, a yawn escaping his mouth shortly after he voiced the question. He then readjusted himself again to try and get more comfortable as he waited for Cho to answer him.

[Foxfire]

(Occ-sorry for the poor posting)


Sighing Cho spoke.....The Mon Calamari is.. or should I saw was my master's teacher, her master. I did not know how twisted these two were until just recently. In my mind they were the ones to follow, but she had enslaved my mind. It was twisted with the only desire to feed upon the primal ways of the force. Now with my focus back within my control I see that my way within the force was corrupted and my potential was wasted.

Cho had never really spoken about his former master and her teacher to anyone, yet nor would any care. They would have said it was the will of the force, Cho knew better. His skills were slow sluggish and weaker than they should have been he needed to go back to retrain at the Sith temple. How could he rumors about him being exiled had started to surface the closer he got back to the temple.

Looking at Cadryen....If you choose a master make sure they are worthy to have you for you are what makes them not them making you. For often it is the student that teaches the teacher and thus makes them both better.

[Cadyren]

Cho told Cadyren that it was the crazy doctor that he knew, the one that was drilling through the skull of the creature that was strapped down. It was his master’s master. Cadyren had never known who either of his former masters had been apprenticed too, so the fact that Cho knew his master’s was rather interesting.

Cho then went on to tell Cadyren that he only recently found out how twisted both his master and his master’s master were. Looking at the holo tape again Cadyren could tell that the Mon Calamari was indeed very twisted. He wondered how Cho could not have realized that they were crazy when Cho explained that his master had enslaved his mind and had used him. Cadyren wondered how Cho felt when his mind was enslaved, if he even felt anything at all. Cadyren knew very little of mind control, but he knew it must have been horrible for Cho to find out his mind had been corrupted so that he could be used as a tool.

“I can’t imagine what that must have been like.” Was all Cadyren could say. Cho said that his mind was free now, but the experience must have done some sort of damage on his mind. He wondered if that was why the Noghri seemed so… different from the other Sith he met at the Temple. He didn’t seem as rude or cruel as most of the other Sith, and he struck Cadyren as a bit odd as well even when compared to other sentients he had met. Cho was a unique person, Cadyren had to admit that.

Cho then gave Cadyren advice, telling him that he should pick a master worthy of him. After a year in the Temple without being asked to become an apprentice, Cadyren would take almost any offer to become an apprentice to a more powerful Sith. That being said, he definitely wouldn’t accept the offer of a crazy mad scientist if he had the choice, and wouldn’t willingly become the apprentice of something that tried to control his mind.

“Thank you Wroth, I will do my best to keep that in mind.” Cadyren said, he did agree with Cho to a certain degree. The Sith and Dark Jedi were certainly changed by their apprentices, they had to make sure they were in control of themselves to not seem like fools to their apprentices, they had to learn to be patient with their apprentice. An apprentice may or may not change depending on their relationship with their master however.

[Foxfire]

(occ-sorry if it's short)

“I can’t imagine what that must have been like.”

Cho thought upon those words, and when he was thanked for his thought on who to join to he almost felt.......good. It quickly faded into his memories of his unbridled rage.

How it felt? Like some one who opened up your darkness to the world. An endless flood of hate and rage. Even your sleep would be filled with the wontedness of death and destruction. Forget about a civil conversation the only thing that mattered was the fight and searching out power to tap into to revel. That is what it was like. Wide awake watching it all go by an never in control with the focus needed to do greater things, a Sith hound on a bloody leash.

Cho rose with a huff and stepped away from Cadyren fearing that this young one would be to close to his claws if he snapped. thinking that it was getting late Cho offered another bit of helpful information.

Oh ... uh um if you go to your room make sure you manually lock and mag lock your door and set a shield in your vents these creatures around here will eat you when your sleeping especially the carrion Beatles.

[Cadyren]

How it felt? Like some one who opened up your darkness to the world. An endless flood of hate and rage. Even your sleep would be filled with the wontedness of death and destruction. Forget about a civil conversation the only thing that mattered was the fight and searching out power to tap into to revel. That is what it was like. Wide awake watching it all go by an never in control with the focus needed to do greater things, a Sith hound on a bloody leash.

Cadyren felt the anger surge through Cho, and instinctively got out of the seat he had lowered himself into a few moments before. His hand reached down to his lightsaber, but he knew that if Cho attacked him he wouldn’t last a second. It didn’t seem he would attack Cadyren however, as he turned away from the young man.

There was a silent moment between the two, Cadyren’s eyes glancing over to the door that led into the hallway that led to the front of the temple. Would he be able to run if Cho snapped? He took a moment to try and figure out the approximate distance between Cadyren and Cho, and himself and the door. No, if he snaps I’m dead.

Fortunately he didn’t and only told Cadyren that he needed to activate a few shields in his vents so that insects wouldn’t eat him in his sleep. He made sure that he listened carefully, he didn’t want to wake up and find that his arm or leg was on the floor and that there was a bunch of giant insects crawling all of it. “Um.. thanks.” Despite being shocked by Cho’s kindness, Cadyren’s thanks sounded sincere. He meant it, he was grateful that Cho had warned him about the creatures, and had also not killed him. He waved to Cho a he made his way back into the room, following Cho’s instructions and then lowering himself into the bed. He fell asleep quickly, he had had a long day.