STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Holocron

Xavier looks around, "Well Rianna its either me or Rand or Usled."

If Dak is able to walk under his own power Xavier will help Galder.

"I'll walk on my own," Rianna says stubbornly.

Fair warning, anyone that tries carrying Rianna is likely to get punched. So yeah 😛

Rianna is still suffering from spasms and must rely on Useld for support. Galder and Dak are incredibly dizzy with pain and need to lean on Rand and Xavier for help.

"We're going to kill Sael," Rand says to you, Xavier.

"Don't you mean take him in?" Useld says, irritably.

"Right," Rand mutters.

Well, Rianna will grumble unhappily under her breath the entire time, wishing death upon the entire native population of this blasted rock.

You all crowd into the dark, damp entrance to the old Jedi Temple. Its stone halls are unlit, and you are deep enough in the forest that light is having a horrendous time penetrating the dense gray mass that is the jungle's canopy.

Not to mention that sundown is coming.

You can sense Sael somewhere ahead.

Xavier looks over to Rand then Usled and chooses his words carefully to convey his meaning to Rand, "Don't worry Master Rand Sael will 'pay' for his crimes."

Well not much left to do but keep going at this point. Do we have any thing that can produce light?

Dak will try to curse Sael and immediately growl in pain, leaning on Xavier.

Rianna will ignite her lightsaber, giving them some light to see by.

Senses say anything?

Xavier will also be using senses to try and feel where Sael is.

Lightsabers are enough light to see by.

The halls are reminiscent of the Jedi Temple's lofty open corridors, but overgrown with moss and vines. The odd creature scuttles out of your way and off into the darkness. Molded frescos of great Jedi heroes line the hall. Despite the appearance of the ruins from the outside, the interior is oddly preserved.

You follow the corridor until it opens up into a large central room. It is still very dark. You notice that the roof is missing from this place, and in the center there are great gnarled trees clustered together.

"This is...almost eerie," Rianna says, looking around the inside of the temple as they walk.

"I know," Xavier replies to Rianna. "Let's keep going."

You are approaching the center. The grove of gnarled trees is quite obviously dead, with their branches totally bare and the bark flaky and dry. They are unbelievably twisted at odd angles.

You all sense... something...

"The Holocron!" Rand says, moving forward. "Look!"

Between the trees you can indeed see a dim glowing object upon a pedestal.

Rianna will immediately call it to her with the Force.

Force roll says... not happening! It won't budge when you try to pull it to you.

More troubling, Rand tries it... and gets no result. It resists his attempt.

Dak will stumble up to retrieve it by hand, then.

"...someone go fetch it, then," Rianna says, annoyed. She'd do so herself if she could move easily on her own.

What exactly does she sense?

Edit: Damn you 😛

Dak enters the clearing, slipping through the gnarled trees.

The Holocron is BIG, Dak. Having never studied at the Jedi Temple, you haven't seen many of these things. But this is bigger than you would have imagined. It is half your height and glowing a deep red. It has intricate layers of crystal matrices all meshed into a five-sided ornate shape.

You feel drawn to it.

Well, Rianna's not about to let Dak just waltz up and take it by himself, so she's going to go for it as well 😛

Dak will hurry to touch it before Rianna can get to him, wanting to claim the victory for himself.