OOC: Sorry I just dropped off without ending it like I had planned. I had some major pains the day before I had surgery and had to go to the ER. But I had my surgery as scheduled and even recovered faster than expected (I was told I wouldn't be out of the hospital before Thursday but I'm got home around 5 o'clock today). Thanks for the good thoughts everybody, and no, TG, surgery definitely wasn't fun haha. But its a necessary evil and am grateful that I was able to get through. So without further ado, on with the story!
IC:
"Ok," Dero said. "those of you who are coming with me, we're heading out. Deefive, switch with rough-terrain mode."
D5-22's two legs split into four and bent outwards. Bigger tires with deeper treads came from the bottoms. Dero started to walk south, towards where the two Padawans were supposed to be.
OOC: I'll post up something tomorrow morning to start the search party. It'll give ryu a chance to read and catch up if he wants and others to sort of check in so I know who's coming. So that gives you guys...I dunno...like 14 or so hours. If you guys wanna RP this part well try to be on about that time.
Dero, D5-22, Jaeh, Jisko, and Sunather made their way through the Ithorian jungle towards the spot the Jedi Padawan should have been. They all felt some what anxious, as they had no idea what happened to the padawan and only thought the worst. The three Jedi had their lightsabers in-hand, although powered down, while Dero kept his clipped to his belt. However, he had extended the claws from both the wrists on his suit. He activated the poison cells that were hidden on the tips of the claws, so whoever he cut next would be poisoned. Not a deadly poison but one that would knock the victim unconscious for a while and then leave him or her paralyzed for a couple hours, enough to get him back to the temple for questioning.
"Everyone stay alert," Dero said. "This jungle is thick and mysterious. We don't know what kind of things are hiding around the corner."
A twig snapped to the right of them. They all spun in the direction. Sunather clumsily ignited his lightsaber while Jaeh and Jisko raised their own, ready to ignite them if danger should be found. When nothing attacked they all relaxed.
"Calm down young apprentice," Dero said to Sunather. "No need to ignite your weapon unless the danger is obvious. You can accidentally threaten someone that wasn't intending on fighting in the first place."
Sunather powered down his weapon and the group continued. Dero walked over to Jisko and leaned over to him. "Can you do me a favor?" he whispered to him. "Keep an eye on Sunather. He's still not a trained Jedi and if this is the Yuuzhan Vong he may be in over his head."
He was looking at Jisko for his answer when Dero tripped. He caught himself before he fell flat on his face but he was horrified when he saw what he had tripped over. It was one of the padawans, a female, with her clothing tattered and torn from an obvious fight. He could see the obvious fatal wound that had finished it, a cut, probably from a vibroblade of some kind, going across her abdomen.
Dero couldn't do anything except sit there and stare in disbelief.
OCC: Sorry for the delay. The pain killers I'm taking make me groggy and I sometimes fall asleep. But I wanna take this opportunity to talk a little bit about my character's suit.
A Jensaarai's suit is as important to him as a Jedi's lightsaber is to a Jedi. Creating their suit is a step in their training as the creation of the lightsaber in the Jedi tradition. The suit is weaved with cortosis fibers, making it capable of protecting the wearer from lightsaber attacks or blaster bolts.
Some Jensaarai's suits are fashioned after an animal. Dero's is fashioned after a Corellian sand pather. Its a predatory feline that had venomous claws that it used to weaken its prey. This is why Dero's suit has the retractable claws that can secrete poison.
His suit is also equipped with a couple dosages of bacta to help Dero out in tough situations.
His hemlet is equipped with macrobinoculars that can see in the dark and infrared. It also has enhanced hearing capabilities for being able to hear at a longer distance, usually used for spy missions. He's kept his suit capable of being upgraded with other things that he comes up with later on.
* nord was meditating in the newly made meditation room*
'' oh no.... i feel a very bad disturbence in the force ''
* he makes his way out of the room to the south forest*
'' they couldnt get that far... i did live here i know these forests.... evee stay here contact me if there troble...''
OOC: man i wish i could rebuild the CIS...
nice suit i looked up Jensaarai on wookipedia, i sept a day looking up stuff on that....they remind me of mandilores
Originally posted by Marxman
Sunather powered down his weapon and the group continued. Dero walked over to Jisko and leaned over to him. "Can you do me a favor?" he whispered to him. "Keep an eye on Sunather. He's still not a trained Jedi and if this is the Yuuzhan Vong he may be in over his head."He was looking at Jisko for his answer when Dero tripped. He caught himself before he fell flat on his face but he was horrified when he saw what he had tripped over. It was one of the padawans, a female, with her clothing tattered and torn from an obvious fight. He could see the obvious fatal wound that had finished it, a cut, probably from a vibroblade of some kind, going across her abdomen.
Dero couldn't do anything except sit there and stare in disbelief.
OCC: Sorry for the delay. The pain killers I'm taking make me groggy and I sometimes fall asleep. But I wanna take this opportunity to talk a little bit about my character's suit.
Jisko's reply was delayed by the sight of the corpse and when it finally came it was an emotionless "Yes... sir." After a while, Jisko broke the silence of the stunned group, "We need to track down the killer before they return to the rest of their group. We should see if Deefive can detect their footprints, or, if not, perhaps we should split up to find the killer quickly. I don't think it would be too dangerous, as any one of us, except for maybe Sunather, is stronger than she was, and he can go with you, Dero."
Dero continued to stare. It felt like a thousand pounds of guilt was just dropped on his shoulders. He half heard what Jisko said. He shook himself then finally responded.
"Uhh, good idea, Jisko," he said. He tore his gaze from the girl and looked at D5. "Deefive, scan the area for footprints or any other sign of life." Dero hesitated then turned and looked back at the dead Jedi. "Also scan for the other Padawan."
Still looking at the corpse he gave the others their instructions. "Ok, spread out," he said. "We'll comb the jungle heading south. Sunather, I'd like you to stick close to Deefive, I don't want this happening to you too. Don't worry, even though he may seem like a simple astrodroid, I've made some modifications to Deefive that makes him quite capable in combat."
Dero unbuttoned a small case on his belt. He took out three ear pieces and gave them to each of them. "These are open channel communicators. Keep these on and we'll communicate using these. It'll be just like talking next to each other except we'll be a couple yards away."
"Ok move out." Dero turned and began to make his way through the thick jungle.
Jaeh stared at the body. "By the force..." Jaeh shook her shock off, and put on the earpiece and walked towards the bush. "Nothing in here yet..." Jaeh said, pushing some vines away from her face. "Wait, i found something..." She moved closer to the gleaming object... "A lightsaber here guys... but nothing else."
Originally posted by JaehSkywalker
Jaeh stared at the body. "By the force..." Jaeh shook her shock off, and put on the earpiece and walked towards the bush. "Nothing in here yet..." Jaeh said, pushing some vines away from her face. "Wait, i found something..." She moved closer to the gleaming object... "A lightsaber here guys... but nothing else."
"Do you remember if the dead padawan had her lightsabre with her?" Jisko asked Jaeh.
"No I don't remember seeing a lightsaber on her," Dero said. "Pick it up and keep it with you. We'll take it back with us. By the way, maybe we should contact base and give them an update."
He tapped his chest to switch his communicator on. "Eevee, we've headed about 120 yards south of the temple and came across the corpse of one of the padawans. I'll send you the coordinates, you should have someone come and retrieve the body and bring it back to base for proper Jedi death rights." He pressed a few commands into the keyboard in his forearm and the coordinates were sent. The image of the mutilated body flashed in his mind again. "If you send another Jedi, tell them the body is quite messed up. Try to prepare them for a nasty scene."
He continued to make his way through the foilage, using his claws to cut an unusually thick area of vines. "We're continuing south in search of the culprits of this vile act." He tapped his chest again to shut his communicator off.
Jisko got himself out of the tangled brush and continued into the jungle. He then entered a muddy area, and almost tripped and fell. Looking back at what had caused him to do so, he saw a footprint. He searched ahead and found they continued for at least a little while. Tapping on his communicator, he said, "I found some footprints, and they seem to be leading directly south, do you want me to continue and investigate Dero?"