Training(Open to jedi etc.)

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven Entari, lightsaber flashing, was currently training against about 15 training remotes, firing off little bolts, each being blocked by his Shien style, but most of them just missed. He had started with 20 about a minute ago. Another remote fired a bolt, but the remote was too close and he reflected it back, hitting it so it spun to the ground and exploded(They explode easy o-o) And continued to do this sort of thing, blocking and reflecting their attacks with Shien, never moving from his spot. This was a personal challenge. Take down the remotes, without moving from the center of the room. Every three minutes five more remotes would appear. So he had to hurry. And he could only take out remotes with their own shots. Three remotes fired simultaniously, and three remotes dropped to the ground, fried.

Raven grinned as he continued his excerise, waiting for more shots.

[Jenno]

An electric buzz rung through the air, its pitch constantly constantly attacking the ears of passerbys. Varen twirled the golden double ended blade in fluid and precise movements and, although the room was completely empty, each strike was enforced with as much strength as the growing boy could muster.

It had been a while since he' been able to practice in the serenity of the jedi temple, opposed to the confined space he would have on a transport ship. His missions rarely required the use of a lightsaber, and the constant hopping between masters for random missions was really providing the young pupil with a good teaching source. Many of those he accompanied had extremely varied styles of teaching and after being assaulted by so many, the boy made little progress. But still, he wasn't one to give up and quit, he wouldn't leave this life behind just to wonder what could have been. No, he was stronger than that, so he used this time to prove that fact to himself.

Finishing his combination training, Varen let the sweat drip from his now drenched, and slightly darker, blonde hair. It fell onto the golden blade with a violent screech before sizzling away into a thin trail of smoke. Catching his breath, the young boy headed out of the training area, but as he did he walked across the door of another training padawan. Watching as three remotes fell, Varen's eyebrow naturally raised, most of the padawans were not that great a blaster deflection, he watched this young padawan train with a slight interest.

(sorry, had to finish it up quick, gotta go eat.)

[Raven BlackStar]

(Tis ok XD)

Raven, Unlike many other padawans, spent most of his time training and reading, since he had no master and thus rarely went on missions(His master died if you didn't know.) So he would naturally be better at reflecting etc than most young jedi. Unusual, though, is when a remote came within range of his lightsaber, he simply watched it, and, when it fired a bolt, reflected it into it's face, downing another one. Patience. He was multitasking. He was learning to deflect blaster bolts more efficiently, learning to watch multiple oponent's, and learning Patience. Two more fired, one bolt hitting the floor as Raven deflected it and the other hitting a remote that hadn't fired, which crashed into another one, causing them both to hit the floor, the explosion of the damaged one destroying the one it hit."Two birds, one stone." He would mutter to himself."

With the increased usage of Bounty Hunters, Soldiers, and blasters in general, he had learned to use Form V Shien so as to survive. He was also learning Djem-So, a counterattack-based offensive style, Niman, the Negotiator's style(His first style other than Shii-cho) And obviously Shii-Cho. None of which was even close to mastered, but it's good to have variety right?

Another remote fired, bolt deflected into a totally different remote, which fired too late, now spinning, and hit another remote."Hehe. Kind of fun." He would mutter to himself, continueing the excercise.

[elessar]

After a thirty-minute light duel with a sword-wielding training droid, she had finally decided to end it by cutting the droid's wielding arm off its torso. After quickly signaling that repair was necessary to the droid, she sat in a chair in the room, somewhat sweaty and tired. She left the outer part of her robe alongside, hanging on a hook, as she sat in her inner robe, breathing with slightly labored breath, and sat on the bench of the training room, looking out across the hall toward the unknown teenager. She knew him to be a padawan, but she did not recognize him by sight. She came closer to the teenager's area of the training room, watching the boy train against remotes.

He's not bad, she thought, regarding the padawan before her, A bit mixed in his forms, without focus, but he seems...promising.

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven suddenly switches style, going from Shien to Ataru,"Hah." Dodging four shots by moving, aided by Repulsor Skates and force speed, he was a blur, 'skating' along walls, floors and ceilings."Hup!" He would 'hop' off a wall, spin in midair, taking out three more remotes, landing, and continueing his speed demon act. He would hop again, landing on a remote and hopping, slashing a different remote, leaving the one he had hopped off of to rebalance itself while he cut through another one in midair, landed, and continued to 'richochet' all over the place, panting softly."Too easy!"

[Jenno]

Varen watched with surprise as the padawan quickly changed from a defensive style to an offensive one. Even though the amount of potential in the fellow student was revealed to Varen's young eyes, he couldn't help fend away the nagging feeling he was getting, in the voice of the masters he had trained with briefly. "Too reckless" came the voices, striking out definitively in his mind. And then, watching the boy, Varen couldn't help but come to reason with the voice. It was right, no matter how you looked at it, weather it be skill or talent, it was still too reckless for a Jedi. But still, Varen wasn't one to talk, he was known for being reckless on a regular basis. Yet those days were growing old, with the threat of expulsion hanging over, he became more and more serious about his training.

The golden haired apprentice was quick to notice the high level of stamina the other student had. Yet there was still a limit, he saw the sweat pouring from the hard working boy's body. Varen was surprised that there was no trail left behind, for the amount rolling off his skin seemed enough to mistaken him for a snail. Yet this snail was no slow mover, quite the opposite in fact. And so, plucking up the strength and courage to interrupt the training, Varen moved from his vantage point in the doorway over to Raven.

"Hey there," he said in an upbeat and carefree manner, as all children spoke to one another, "those are some great moves you've got there. Your master must be pretty good." He smiled softly, trying hard to think too much about his own masterless situation.

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven blinked, hopped off a wall, and hit the off switch of his lightsaber, landing infront of the other padawan, panting softly. He wiped a bit of sweat off his forhead. He was wearing miraluka eyebandages in a cross formation like most miraluka, which made it appear as if he couldn't see. But he could see just fine. He just covered his eyes to 'train' his natural Force Sight ability."I don't have a master. Instead of going on missions I train." He would frown softly."I've trained on my own since he died." He clipped his lightsaber onto his belt, the remotes leaving him alone now since he didn't have a weapon activated.

Raven walked over to a water dispenser and removed the bandages, taking a long drink and soaking his face, drying himself off with a towel and then replacing the bandages. He sat down in the center of the room and rested."Hey, when i'm done resting, you wanna spar?" He asked the other.

[Ice]

Elona Nubinar strode silently into the training area where the Padawans were interacting. Her robes swished around her legs and down her back in rythm with her movements. She paused for a moment, studying each one carefully.

Behind her, Kesan leaned in and whispered. "Is this really necessary? I mean, for me to be here?"

Kesan wasn't really needed, but Elona had been nervous about coming to see the Padawans on her own. This she knew was a huge commitment and it partly effected Kesan as well, though he could back out of it far more easily than she could, that was for certain.

"I know the choice is mine, but you never know... maybe you'll learn something useful about Jedi?"

He scoffed. "Not likely... You swing sticks and make things float, that's enough for me..."

Shaking her head, Elona stepped over to where the three Apprentices were gathered, as Kesan went to take a seat out of the way. She bowed her head in greeting. "Hello, I am Elona Nubinar and I am here to watch you train." She paused, wondering if she should get their hopes up or not. "I will be selecting a Padawan today, but I do not want this knowledge to affect your performances."

She knew that was a difficult thing to accomplish, when you knew someone was watching, studying you. She had undergone it herself as a student, but she had succeed and she knew they would as well.

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven turned towards the jedi knight, and smiled."Welcome. I don't mind." His eyes, as previously mentioned, were covered by miraluka eyebandages, so he could only see with the force. It helped him with training."If it's alright, could you spar with me? Remotes are boring." He would frown softly. He was pretty much the youngest one there, only 14, but he was pretty good for a padawan.

[Ice]

Raising her eyebrows at the young man, Elona wasn't entirely impressed with him. "I would prefer it if you spared with the other Padawans. I am here to observe them as well."

She exchanged a look with Kesan, then headed for the benches to join him. The Padawan had wanted to spar with her, as though he were the only one there to be studyied. That didn't sit well with Elona and she could tell Kesan also had picked up on it.

As she sat beside the cyan skinned Twi'lek he leaned over, whispering her ear. "That kid has a big head... "

Elona just nodded.

[Malace Dekk]

Malace stood in the way of the door, his steps had been silent, unintentially ofcourse. The raggy piece of cloth he had tied around his head instantly put him out from the crowd, he was a Miraluka. It seemed that there was another of his kind here. He didn't react to it though. He looked around the room, almost scanning it, taking in the fine details, looking over everybody in the room. Although looking wasn't exactly the term most used to describe how Malace actually saw.

He remained near perfectly still, keeping himself to himself and watching for now. He took note of the Jedi Knight and her Twi'lek Companion, and also the three other Padawans that were in the room. It appeared to be that they had already been training when the Jedi Knight had entered the room.
His hands remained by his sides as he made a quick movement out of the way of the door. Standing to the side of the door now he focused his attention back onto the group of people that had gathered in the room. Malace prefered to step back and observe first. He hoped that for the moment, that the padawans would be to busy trying to get picked by the Knight to notice malace standing there. He was a padawan too and had been trapped at the Jedi Temple while a new master was found for him. But he didn't believe, at this moment, that this Knight would be the one. A feeling in the force, the sight. At this moment, it didn't look right to him but he would see how things played out.

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven would frown."It's not training unless you are pushed to your limits. If I did it with another padawan that would be sparring, not training. With another padawan i'm fighting someone on the same level as me aren't I?" He would ask curiously."Hey, how come that twi'lek's here? ...Oh well." He would turn around and 'hop' with the force, landing near a control panel and entering another part of his daily training excersize. Two padawan-level saber droids would come out of a door, full-sized lightsabers set to their lowest setting(Basicly the same level as a training saber.) Ready. Raven turned off the remotes, which dropped to the ground, and removed his lightsaber, igniting the light blue blade."I've covered Form V Shien and Ataru, now I need Niman Shii-Cho and Djem-So..." He would say out loud."Okay then." He removed his boots and got into the Niman stance."Let's Begin." The droids charged, each one using Shii-Cho.

One droid spun it's blade over it's head and slashed, while the other circled around behind him."Hup." He hopped, blocking the droid's blade as he did so, and redirected himself with a midair summersault, landing behind the droid that was trying to get behind him and only AFTER Landing did he stab towards it, but it moved and slashed, only to be blocked again, while the other one tried to get behind him."Repetitive. Huh."

Raven would suddenly push up, pressing the attack using Djem-So, then suddenly backed up, flipping over the droid behind him. Both droids turned to face him, his face emotionless, the force flowing around him, focused. If his eyes could be seen, they'd be blank. Both droids charged, and he fended them off with Niman while moving backwards. Then, suddenly, he deactivated his lightsaber, and rolled forward, the droid's blade going through the spot Raven's blade was a half second ago. Raven activated his lightsaber mid-roll, which went through the droid's waist. He hopped back up without a word, lost in the force and the battle as sweat rolled down his face, only to be stopped by the bandages. He panted lightly, ready to face the remaining droid.

[lestin]

Zhar had been sitting in a chair the entire practice. No one had noticed him though, this was his tactic in battle, and out. To be close to invisible. He watched as the two padawans fought, and how two Jedi walked in-probably hoping to find a padawan-but Zhar had been watching the two, either Raven Entari, or Varen. Both of them held prowess in the art of lightsaber combat, and deflection.

"Hmm..." Zhar thought of both of their shatterpoints-Entari's was tempation from anything. While Varen's was anger-"Hmm..."

Zhar watched as the two fought, extremely reckless. Extremely reckless indeed.

[Raven BlackStar]

ooc:( EXCUSE ME!!! I NEVER AGREED TO BEING YOUR PADAWAN ICLY D< AND THAT'S METAGAMING. YOU DO NOT TELL ME WHAT MY CHARACTER DOES YOU UNDERSTAND ME!? You have to EARN Him as a padawan. >>)

[Jenno]

(OOC: whoa, calm down a little, I understand you'd be upset/annoyed by it, but try just normal text opposed to caps, doesn't really give a good impression.)

Varen remained quiet as the Knight arrived, somehow she reminded him of Janis a little, a previous master he had had briefly. But he didn't get the same feeling in the air from this Elona. He wasn't sure what it was, yet in many ways, it felt better. And so he intended to give this sparring match his all.

That's why he was disappointed when Raven talked about the droids and started fighting them, as he did so, Varen quietly sat down, and began to meditate slightly, it always made him feel better about fighting, now he understood why the master did it so often.

As Raven came to brief stop, with now only one more droid to go, Varen spoke up from his meditating position. "Wouldn't it be better," he asked "to spar another Padawan, instead of a droid. Even with their saber skills they don't have the versatility, reflexes and use of the force like a Padawan. So a droid set to Padawan level should always been beaten." Taking a deep breath he returned to his meditative state and his breath steadied, extending beyond the normal limits of humans. Slowly the young Padawan slipped into the vast ocean of the force, he could feel for miles, yet he could control only a droplet of the ocean. And then the feeling passed, it was moments like that which left Varen in awe of the force, catching a glimpse, even for a moment, was enough to stun him.

Now able to control the force more easily, having reminded himself of it's depth through meditation, he slowly stood up and spoke again. "I am ready to spar if you wish."

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven turned off his lightsaber, and then turned off the droid, and sat down in a meditative position."One moment." He took about three minutes to let the Force flow through his body, washing away the fatigue... He then stood up and said,"Shall we?" He reignited his lightsaber, spinning it in a brief flourish before bringing it into a Niman stance."Your move." He kept his eye bandages on.

(Short but XD)

[Ice]

Raven's lack of team effort made Elona even more uneasy as he began to fight against the practice droids. She exchanged another glance with Kesan, who shook his head, frowning in disgust. Elona agreed.

She knew that Raven was not the perfect match for her, so she turned her attention to the others. She noted the Miraluka who had entered, but he kept out of the way, staying in the shadows where he seemed to listen and feel the events taking place. Then her gaze wandered to Varen, who seemed more relaxed and open than the other students.

"Wouldn't it be better," Varen was saying. "to spar another Padawan, instead of a droid. Even with their saber skills they don't have the versatility, reflexes and use of the force like a Padawan. So a droid set to Padawan level should always been beaten."

At his words Elona smiled and Kesan nudged her arm as if picking up on the same thing. As the two Padawans faced each other, preparing to spar, Elona began to make up her mind.

[Raven BlackStar]

ooc: Raven was remade. I'll continue this through his new... uh. Version I guess XD.
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Raven chuckled softly... "Ho hum... I grow bored." He muttered to himself, flourishing his lightsaber, and turning to the jedi knight."There is no point fighting another padawan. Wouldn't it be better if a Knight fought another Knight?" He grew in stature, the illusion breaking."Shall we, then?" He smiled, bringing his lightsaber up infront of him, then flourishing it in a quick midair X, A makashi salute. It's pretty much a formal challenge.

[Ice]

Elona sighed and rose from her seat. This young man needed a lesson and not of the physical sort. His eagerness could be used to fuel good energy, but in this case he was far to reckless.

"Two Knights may spar and learn much from the other, so it is true of Padawans. Never assume there is nothing for you to learn, young one, for each passing day brings forth new knowledge." Elona did not turn away from him, instead she stared into his face. She saw the potenial for greatness, yet there was no way he would reach it in his current mind set.

She shook her head, saddened that she could not help Raven. "I will not spar you, for there is nothing you would learn from it. My reasons for being here are now fulfilled."

It was then she turned her back on Raven, striding away from him and approaching the young Varen. "If you agree, I will take you as my Padawan."

[Raven BlackStar]

Raven began to laugh in a creepy, dark sort of way..."Ha ha ha ha ha ha... There is MUCH You could learn from me, Jedi..." He fully let go of the illusion, now in pitch black, velvety robes, lightsaber deactivated, grinning. His aura was of the Light, yet his face was dark."In this case, Jedi, you don't have a choice. I'm afraid if you don't fight... your twi'lek friend's gonna fry." He laughed again, dark and echoey..."However, don't come to the conclusion I came here only to go nuts. I'm a Dark Jedi, not a mindless berserker, you know."