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Rhy_Kanar
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posted 06-13-2004 08:10 AM
((OOC: Rhy_Kanar enters into play with this introductory post, thank you.)) Rhy peered from a crack in the wall panel of the ship he was hidden in, seeing a twi’lek clad in a black cloak enter. Rhy could feel a dark presence about the man, and, by the lightsaber at his side, assumed it was a Dark Jedi. Rhy got his first good look of how the Dark Side could twist a body as the Jedi lowered his hood. Extremely pale white skin stood out against the black clothing. Not the natural white that appeared twi’leks occasionally, such as that on the tips of Rhy’s lekku, but a pasty, sickening white. Colorless eyes sat above...He inhaled sharply disgusted by the site. A cauterized wound sat where a nose should have been. He watched how the sinister man operated the ship closely, he would need to know later. He said goodbye to his mother and the few friends he had in his head as the ship rumbled and left the only planet he had known his entire life, bound for somewhere unknown. The noise from the ship was deafening enough, before the boom they created entering space. Rhy was grateful for how thin Ryloth’s atmosphere was, for had it been any more dense, he surely would have lost his hearing. Once again he was reminded the error of hiding in the spot he had chosen. As the ship’s speed increased entering hyperspace, the temperature rose as well. Panicking would help nothing, but he couldn’t help it. As fear rose, so did his heart rate, only worsening matters. Just as he was sure he would dehydrate and have a heat stroke, a thought entered the back of his mind. There was no air in space. In the moments it took him to calm down, he realized it wasn’t nearly as hot as he had imagined. A trickle of sweat still dripped from his pores, but Rylothean heat storms got much worse. He chuckled lightly to himself, realizing how foolish he had been. The Jedi’s head whipped around. Rhy’s jaw dropped, he had barely heard the titter himself, an asset of long Force use, possibly? Rhy had found that holding the Force made senses extremely acute, but this twi’lek didn’t have a hold on it. After a long while they suddenly slowed, jarring Rhy a bit. After collecting himself, he realized they were still moving fairly quickly, but slowing. He covered his ears hard, knowing what was coming. BOOM!!! For minutes afterward he thought he was deaf. But slowly hearing began to return. He didn’t know how those thin walls between him and the rest of the ship sealed out that sound, but they must have, or know one would ever want to ride in a ship. The landing was smooth and quick, and as soon as the ship stopped the Jedi jumped to his feet, lightsaber leaping to life. A red blade, just as Rhy suspected. A ramp smashed down, and the Dark Jedi soared through the air into a heated battle. As he did, Rhy removed the panel and stepped from his hiding space. Standing so long had tensed him terribly, and he took a moment to stretch before stepping toward the ramp. He took one look around and decided to stay within the ship, but just as he got ready to turn, some one pointed at him. No one else seemed to notice, however, and thus the man--a Jedi of the Light Side, it seemed--rushed forward. Dark yellow blade met pale violet above their heads. They were too close, Rhy was losing ground. Having a double-bladed saber, Rhy would need to force him back. He lashed out with the Force, trying to shove the man, but even at that incredibly short distance he was too far, reminding Rhy of his weakness. But some things he excelled in, and thus he filled his body with what he would later recognize as the Dark Side, his leg shot toward the Jedi in a daring move. Rhy caught him under the chin, driving him to the ground. Seeing his chance, he severed the man at the waist. Deeming it foolish to stay in such a battle any longer, he ran to the control console to leave the planet. He couldn’t remember which switch close the ramp, so he picked one at random he remembered the Dark Jedi picking. Throwing the switch, his eyes hopefully shot toward the ramp, he had to close it before any one else noticed him. The engines fired. Oh Light! Quickly he pressed buttons and threw switches. The massive blaster cannons on the ship fired as it lifted from the planet. He sighed with relief, at least he was in the air now. From there it didn’t take him long to learn to operate it. Very simple, actually. He spoke to soon. The Dark Jedi had noticed his ship being stolen. He leapt toward the closing ramp, just catching it as it shut. Rhy barely heard the scream as the fools fingers were slammed between metal. From a side window Rhy could see him take the only solution--his hand. He activated his saber and removed it, falling the surface below. He must have slowed himself with the Force, for he survived the fall. Rhy told himself he had bigger problems. Where he was to go, namely. The map of the galaxy on the console didn’t help a thing, he didn’t know anything about any of these places. He shoved that from his mind for the time being. He still had to get off of this planet without blowing himself up... [ 06-13-2004 04:51 PM: Message edited 1 time, lastly by Graysith ] |