STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Holocron

"Don't make me harm you," Rand snarls, blocking your lightsaber with his own. "It will be that much harder for you when I get you out of here if I have to. And I need you intact!"

(I'm assuming that knocked some things back into place)

Xavier stands up shaking his head something he is not very happy about that but his mind clears some, "This seem weird what do you mean we aren't Jedi anymore. I only have memories of being a Jedi."

"I have no idea what you are talking about, but you are sadly mistaken if you think I am going to give in to someone speaking from the Dark Side without a fight," Rianna snaps back, attacking again.

"Even as a Jedi you are impulsive and quick to attack," Rand says, before locking you firmly into a non-lethal Grip. "But you are no match for me in here, so long as I realize that none of this exists and you are stuck in your delusion."

"Dak is alive, by the way," Rand states.

Rianna is going to try and break out of that Grip, of course!

"What do you mean...we saw him die, we felt it in the Force!"

Xavier seeing Rand attack Rianna, goes to help her break free. While he does so he attempts to reach out with force to feel Dak's presence.

You cannot feel it... but you sense that Rand is telling the truth.

Rianna is not going to do any such thing.

"Search your feelings," Rand says, curtly. "And cut out this nonsense!"

Xavier wants to keep attacking this Rand person, but when searching for his feelings he notices a hint of truth in his voice. It does explain everything that happened here.

Xavier doesn't want to believe it though. He wants to keep attacking the Alien hoping that if he kills him, then everything will go back, that this wouldn't have been fake.

Hello Xavier, it's good to be back A dark voice creeps into Xavier's mind harsh and familiar.

Xavier nearly comes to tears as memories start to come back. Things he would have rather forgotten for all time. He lowers his head and deactivates his lightsaber as the cold sadness of the situation overcomes him.

"Let Rianna go Rand," Xavier responds, his calm cold voice coming back.

Rianna is going to keep struggling to break out of Rand's Grip until either she succeeds at doing so or he lets her go.

However, as she does, the more she thinks about the fact that Rand is familiar to her, provokes very strong emotions in her, and that she senses the truth in what he says...and the more she remembers what she actually is. And the less happy she becomes.

"Put me down right now, Rand..." she says quietly. "What if I prefer this? Actually being needed, being useful? You know full well I had not wanted to leave the Jedi in the first place..."

Rand grins and releases you.

"You have no choice in that matter," Rand says. "You've acknowledged that this is not real, and eventually it will drive you mad. Like Rallo. And you certainly have no future in here. Neither did he.

"Besides, Rallo is breaking it apart from the inside, now."

The Temple is beginning to collapse, you can sense that clear. Or can you? You aren't sure now if you can actually sense anything or if this is all just simulated.

Xavier is confused by all this, he doesn't like it, then pauses, "How is Rallo doing that?"

"He's acknowledged that none of this is real," Rand says. "And as he has had a very long time to meld with and break down the system of his prison, he is now simply trashing it as he tries to escape."

"Then do whatever it is you need to do to get us out of here," Rianna snaps angrily. "But first - did you know about this when we came here? And have you already pulled out Galder?"

"Galder has 'died,'" Rand states. "He was awakening by the time I returned to Nuvar's Box. Now, take my hands and concentrate..."

He offers his slimy hands to you both.

"...Nuvar's Box? Is that what this is called?" Rianna asks, slightly puzzled. "But then that means...Nuvar, and probably the others as well...actually existed?"

She'll do so with a look of utter disgust.

Xavier hesitates to take his hand. He doesn't really want to leave he was 'happy' here.

"Fine let's get this over with," He says while grabbing the alien hand.

"Hush!" Rand says. "I'll answer your questions later. Now, concentrate! Concentrate on your bodies, focus your mind and push it out of this place..."

With the systems of the prison failing, you can somewhat sense that your forms are elsewhere... it is a very odd sensation, almost like an out-of-body experience.

It will come down to Force rolls to leave the "Holocron."

Do we get our Master Jedi game bonuses 😛

Xavier relaxes his mind, and focuses on all this training and attempts to push himself out towards his body.

Rianna will concentrate on that, then, though she's still weirded out, confused, and just plain angry at Rand right now.

Not in the least.

As the Temple begins to falter and flicker around you, simply ceasing to exist and crumbling down onto you, you notice that you start to feel very light and very free. You are floating and fading out yourselves.

It is in this last moment that you see the Padawans- Brath, Coll, Nuvar, and Tilith- standing in a row on the opposite side of the room. They wave goodbye sadly...

And then you are out. You both sharply intake breath and sit up, your minds restored to your bodies. You are both very cold, having been laying on the mossy ground around the "Holocron" for hours.

Rand is already on his feet, this all having been not as much of an effort for him as it was for you.