IC: To Dxun
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A second one leaps at Anjali, this time connecting. The armor helps yet again, but a second claw hits a vulnerable spot.
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A third one leaps at Monty and tries to rake him with front and back talons. Monty ducks and the beast latches onto the tree instead. Monty stumbles from a hunched-over position and tries to regain his balance (Upgrade next attack).
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BA shouts and slams his axe towards the beast.
Then BA maneuvers himself to be a more tempting target towards the other creatures, hopefully drawing their attacks away from his allies while he helps finish them off.
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BA uses his momentum to slam the axe back down into the creature, mockingly howling at it as it falls.
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The Maalraas is split entirely in half.
The vicious predators continue to engage. (Anjali may go next)
The vicious predators continue to engage. (Anjali may go next)
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Anjali tries to repeat the maneuver on the second assailant, but can't quite get connect.
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Monty is in bad shape as the Maalraas that was on the tree leaps down onto his back and digs in.
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The Maalraas near Anjali turns on her again. This time it pounces on her, knocking her to the ground (Triumph). This 2m long creature is standing directly over Angali with it's four paws spread apart (+1 Melee Defense). It lunges with a bite, but misses.
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Monty has a tough one on his back. He tries to aim his blaster pistol and fires several shots, missing on all of them. He hits home and the beast goes limp, falling to the ground.
"BA!!! HELP ANJALI!!!"
"BA!!! HELP ANJALI!!!"
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From this spot under the beast, Anjali has easy access with her fusion cutter, and it is BRUTAL.
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The fusion cutter does its work, cutting into the ribcage and lungs. It is deeply wounded, perhaps fatally so. The *burn* kicks in on it's turn.
(BA can go with the Boost from Monty. A hit should finish on it.)
Melee is Red-Purple-Black.
(BA can go with the Boost from Monty. A hit should finish on it.)
Melee is Red-Purple-Black.
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BA spins over to the final creature on Anjali.
He slams his vibroaxe down at it.
He slams his vibroaxe down at it.
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There are now four corpses of these Maalraas on the ground. Typically night-hunters, they have braved the shadows of the underbrush in search of prey.
The jungle has become quiet for a few moments after the chaos. All in all, the jungle paused for about 20 seconds. Slowly, the sounds of the birds and other critters come back to a crescendo. Overhead, the shadows of Dxun and Onderon overlap each other as the atmospheres mix together.
The jungle has become quiet for a few moments after the chaos. All in all, the jungle paused for about 20 seconds. Slowly, the sounds of the birds and other critters come back to a crescendo. Overhead, the shadows of Dxun and Onderon overlap each other as the atmospheres mix together.
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"Everyone okay?" asks Monty as he nurses a deep wound.
"Anjali, do you have a spare stim pack?"
"Anjali, do you have a spare stim pack?"
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BA glances around, double checking there are no more anywhere nearby. Satisfied, he jogs over to see if he can help Monty or Anjali with any wounds they have.
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Anjali tosses Monty a stimpack and then stabs herself with one, too. She doesn't seem overly fluster by the ambush. "Let's hope that sends a warning to any others like that lurking around here."
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After dismissing the scavenging beasts, the groups rests. The terrain becomes more rigorous moving forward. Where we think the shuttle went is in the vicinity of a large hill (or small mountain) up ahead. The course will be a winding one.
As has been Anjali's habit, she pauses to 'Sense' her surroundings once they reach an unfamiliar place (4 Lightside Pips!!). The Force is STRONG here. VERY strong. But, it is not the planet speaking to her through the ground and the earth. It is not an aggressive, volatile sensation, but calmness. Peace. Somewhere on this god-forsaken planet is a peaceful place!! STRONG with the lightside of the Force, it is! (1 Triumph)
With the Force calling her, she diverts slightly from the path and down a hillside. At the bottom is a cave. One may even call it a gaping crevice since the top opens up to the sky. Monty and BA follow. They also feel a calming sensation in their souls.
As has been Anjali's habit, she pauses to 'Sense' her surroundings once they reach an unfamiliar place (4 Lightside Pips!!). The Force is STRONG here. VERY strong. But, it is not the planet speaking to her through the ground and the earth. It is not an aggressive, volatile sensation, but calmness. Peace. Somewhere on this god-forsaken planet is a peaceful place!! STRONG with the lightside of the Force, it is! (1 Triumph)
With the Force calling her, she diverts slightly from the path and down a hillside. At the bottom is a cave. One may even call it a gaping crevice since the top opens up to the sky. Monty and BA follow. They also feel a calming sensation in their souls.
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The 'cave' is about 40 meters tall from where you stand. Perhaps 30m tall once inside. A mass of natural stone fills the inside. It fills about half of the cave and is about 20m high. A thick, foggy, mist lingers about farther inside. Beams of light come through the opening on top. A stream trickles long the right side. It flows into the cavern. Anjali senses no significant 'life', but does sense the force permeating this area.
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Anjali's jaw drops a little bit as she stands mesmerized by both the beauty of the cave and the strength of the Force serenity emanating from it. "Can you feel that?" she whispers to BA and Monty. "There is something significant about this cave. I'm not sure how I know it, but I just...feel it. We need to take a closer look."
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Monty's interest is peaked. "I never took much interest in that force stuff, but I feel something as well. Peace. Relaxation. Calmness." Suddenly, the threats out there in the jungle don't seem so threatening.
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BA is uncomfortable with the peacefulness of the area. "Peace is only really a thing when your dead," he mumbles half-heartedly.
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The sunlight gleams off of a rock crystal laying in the water. It is small, maybe 2-3" long. About as big as a thumb. It has a cascade of colors in the sunlight, moving from white, to green, to aqua, to blue, to indigo, and to violet.
The cave rises up on the stones and then goes farther back into the crevice.
The cave rises up on the stones and then goes farther back into the crevice.
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Anjali catches sight of the crystal and inhales sharply. "Do you see that?? It's beautiful!" She moves forward and kneels down by the water to look at it, considering if she dare reach for it....
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"I see it. What is it?" asks Monty, looking at BA and shrugging.
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Anjali has a feeling, more than an active thought, identifying the unusual crystal shimmering there in the shallow pool of water. She extends her arm and reaches out, but instead of leaning forward to dip into the water to retrieve it, she extends her feelings through the Force and connects with the crystal lying there. The crystal quivers there for a moment, then gravity releases its hold on it and it starts to gently float up through the water, breaking the surface with hardly a ripple, and glides slowly through the air to Anjali's waiting grasp. Anjali's hand encloses the crystal, somehow warm even though submerged in cold water moment earlier, and she closes her eyes and inhales deeply. The warmth of the crystal pulsates like the beating of a heart, like it's meant to be with her.
"Amazing...," she whispers, and opens her eyes again to inspect the crystal closer visually.
"Amazing...," she whispers, and opens her eyes again to inspect the crystal closer visually.
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