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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 3, 2005 4:36:30 GMT
The The Silver Streak comes out of hyperspace, and gently lands in the jungle of the planet Arkania. Anakin comes to the calling through the force, the calling for the first steps into his destiny. He knows the call may have drawn others to.... He hops out of his modified jedi starfighter, and strides towards the place that calls to him. Step by step, he trudges through the vast jungles of the planet... Following, tracing....
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 3, 2005 5:04:03 GMT
The winds rustle the trees, and make anakin's cloak sway in the air. Anakin looks upon the deep green trees, almost lurering anakin towards them. He continues his steady pace though, feeling through the force, absorbing the call, following it. He knows, that the call's origin is comming close, somewhere in the vast jungles, or the rocky mountains. The call is strong, it very well could be the beginning of the prophecy....
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 3, 2005 5:13:04 GMT
Striding further and further into the jungle, he feels the call, and the strain of it become closer, stronger... His cloak danlges behind him, brushing lightly on the dirt surface of the jungle. He then comes to an end of the jungle, where a large cliff stands...
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 3, 2005 5:17:15 GMT
He studies the cliff, feeling the call comming from somewhere within the rock. He feels his own determination, and the urge of the call urging him on to find a way in.... He then studies it more, looking at the deep green vines, which are climbing little by little, twisting up the cliffside. He then gives a short blink, and a arch of a cave lies inhead of him. A cave, where the call is comming from. In the cave, he sees a light, but towards the middle of the light lies a darkness.. A shadowy figure.....
Who are you?
He calls out, puzzled to spot someone within the cave, but it seems right... perhaps the figure has soething to do with his destiny..... The figure must have been the one calling through the force........
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Post by Veran on Apr 3, 2005 5:29:16 GMT
The being itself do not move to Anakin's calling, as if it simply have not heard its words, or even ignored him, it simply stood in the very same spot it always had been, like a statue, eternel sentinels guarding this path with their unliving force... Even though, Anakin knew this wasn't the case, the shadow standing before him was breathing and living. He tried to observe the details and traits of the person, but they were cloaked by the dark fog which could be clearly visible from even afar...
Anakin's echoing words ended and so silence established itself into the cavern... Nothing moved, not even Anakin nor the figure. Until itself, it simply turned towards the end of the cave and started to walk, slowly.
The sound of its boots taped against the marvelous crystal, enlightening the entire cave with its light but but the figure, cloaked by a stretching shadow which leaded itself to the mystery's of the cave. Seeing that there was no other path to the calling and that curiosity consumed his thoughts, Anakin decided to go on and follow the shadow... Towards his destiny...
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 3, 2005 16:24:19 GMT
Anakin walks on, his brown cloak burshes against the crystals, which lie on the surface of the cavern. He continues, following the shadow, stepping towards his destiny.... He feels the dark aurora around the being, as he gets closer, he can almost sense, make out who the person is... It feels familiar, but anakin thinks: That Can't be.... He continues on, following into the cores of the cave, where the force is chillingly strong. Soon swords are found, stabbed in the surface of the cave.. The swords seem to have the mark of the lightside of the tai-shueldon. He smiles, but yet quivers with the aurora of darkness around te figure. The aurora around anakin glows a deep shining blue, which lights up the walls of the cave. Anakin trudges on, behind the figure, following him, listening to the soft drips of water dripping off the roof of the cavern. They walk on...
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Post by Veran on Apr 4, 2005 1:08:45 GMT
What may have been minutes seemed to be an eternal spawn of time as both Anakin and the shadow walked along the path, which ornated itself further more with the symbols of the Tai Shueldon and their enlightening aura in which the cave seemed to be bonded with for what may have been millenias, eons or even yet... Eternity.
With each taken steps, the light within the cave became more blindfull to Anakin's eyes, as the shadow of the figure became more dense making a rather dark silouette even in this rather unique environment. Not only did both of these opposite aura's became stronger but the crystal which had only been on the floor of the cavern was now completly decorating the tunnel from which the path was still hidden...
Many would have been amazed and certainly would have stopped to admire the magnificent work of nature in this place yet, the figure walked on at its usual pace, not even bothering to take a look at the beautifully polished crystal and ancient swords lying in its very foundation.
The light of this place made perhaps, both being loose the very sense of time, thus the surface was no more visible... As it has been for hours and as Anakin still followed the figure, he almost did not realise it had stoped before he had walked beside it. The aura was so... Familiar. He observed the cloaked person without actualy seeing any traits nor physical details because of the cloak, and this damned fog which had been there ever since he first layed his eyes on the figure. He only realised moments after, that the figure was pointing towards something, he followed the hand as it stoped to direct him to a gigantic double door, itself made of the purest of diamonds one could ever dream of seeing and behind it, layed the source of the light...
The shadow did not move its lips though into Anakin's mind, words echoed...
[glow=purple,2,300]There lays, your destiny... Walk through the door and see what your future holds...[/glow]
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 4, 2005 1:11:23 GMT
He staggers throught the door, and sees one alst blinding shatter of light, and the figure infront of him. Anakin is almsot shocked to see who was calling him, and he begisn to spill out words..
Ranka!? What are you doing here? You are a sword lord?!
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Post by Veran on Apr 4, 2005 1:33:28 GMT
The figure lifts its hood which had cloaked his identity for the time he has walked with Anakin, revealing thus his silvery hairs and emerald eyes to the light of the cave... They stop to stare into Anakin's letting the coldness of their very own aura establish itself into Anakin's soul making him realise further why such a dark aura runs throughout his soul yet, the reasons for such phenomenan are still clouded by the darkness of his mind... Impenetrable as always. The eyes inspires neutrality, a dangerous foe and an extraordinary ally for the one using its propretys. Showing that he is neither good nor evil, thus making his actions entirely unpredictable even for one who has a habit of reading the future throughout the force, one from which all limit bounded by destiny and the force are inexistant, giving him something many do not; Free will...
[glow=purple,2,300]I am suprised that you have only presume this now... Ask yourself if it is so hard to beleive Anakin, is it either impossible or implausible that I am one of the members of this instiguished order? When I fought you back on Kamino, have you not felt the echoe of my sword as it clashed with yours? The same echoe that your own blade creates as it clashed with mine? The echoing aura of a swordlords soul...[/glow]
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 4, 2005 1:49:01 GMT
He nods, and somewhat smiles. He had a feeling all along... With the auroras, the way the wield the weapons of melee, and the force...
I guess it was always there, but I just had to reach for it.. And that piercing echoe of the swords, the echoe of the sword lords....We have always been equally skilled whenever we dueled, never outmathced by the other.... Now I know why.... My destiny, I am ready to take the first steps towards it.....
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Post by Veran on Apr 4, 2005 1:59:55 GMT
Ranka lets his look derive to the majestic door standing before him as Anakin speaks and pauses... A silence which would frighthen the dead came into the hallway of light... Without looking towards Anakin Ranka speaks in a voice he had only used as he teached him the ways of the Nem'Vaah, long ago...
[glow=purple,2,300]Be mindfull of what you intend to do Anakin; It is neither fate nor destiny that decides the path you take, it is your own decisions. The force will only guide you to the choices that you will make.[/glow]
Another minute passes without them speaking any words as Anakin thinks on these words into the silence... The silence itself, being brutaly broken as the great door opens before them. Ranka waves his hand towards the entrance as he faces Anakin.
[glow=purple,2,300]Enter, and discover your destiny Anakin...[/glow]
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 4, 2005 2:11:56 GMT
He nods, and strides in the chamber from waht is seems, through the large doors. Winds rustles in the chamber, and carvings glitter the wall. Glows appear from the walls, and tons of spirirts fill the room. A chant fills the room.... Lishto. Lishto. Lishto! Lishto!....
The chants become more rapid, and anakin waves his hands for them to quiet down, which they do.. Then, a spirit, which seems to be a leader, comes infront of anakin....
[glow=cyan,2,300]As the ancient leader of the light tai-shueldon, I permit you, anakin lishto as the prophet of your people! The tai-shueldon! May the sword lord take the first steps into prophecy, along with my old apprentice, and now sword lord, Ranka Darkbroode, or Kel Kabraz! May the force be with you![/glow]
Anakin wakes up on the ground, with his swords moved to his waist. He looks at them, and sees them with a hreon mark of the tai-shueldon on each blade. He smiles. He sees his purple lightsaber hidden in his boot, and his double bladed saber strapped to his thigh. He gets up, and stares at ranka. Amazed with the power within....
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Post by Veran on Apr 4, 2005 2:30:41 GMT
Ranka comes towards Anakin and put a hand on his shoulder into a friednly gesture...
[glow=purple,2,300]Welcome in the Tai Shueldon Anakin... Remember though what I have told you about the force; Its power is limitless, though your entity will only be able to withstand a certain amount of this energy. Never cross this limit or you shall be destroyed... Completly for neither your soul, your body nor your heart shall remain in the very force, not even a whisper. You will become totaly inexistant...[/glow]
Ranka stares at Anakin for a short while as he regains his focus of the moment and then smiles and starts to walk from the way they came...
[glow=purple,2,300]I do beleive it is customary to have some sort of entertainment when we just saw such event... How would you like to battle against the spirits of a thousand swordsmen as we make our way out?[/glow]
Anakin looks at Ranka, rather confused by what he realy meant by that. He would have like to ask though he suddenly realised most of the swords, impaled in the crystal had vanished and so did the blinding light which he had been used to see after all this time in the cavern...
Ranka pointed towards the stairs, going up to the surface, in which many shining silouette appeared...
[glow=purple,2,300]There lies your first choice; Will you simply walk along the path and ignore the spirits? Or will you grant them, and yourself some fun into fighting your way out?[/glow]
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Post by Senior Master Al'Kan on Apr 4, 2005 20:20:12 GMT
Anakin smiles, and wields his two heron mark blades. He brings them so they make an 'x' infront of him. As he walks closer to the stairs, he undoes them from the 'x' making sparks, and lunges with a series of swirls, and dozens of smooth swings. Ehoing whistles shrudder the decks of the caves from the weving of the heron mark blades through the air. Each swing meets a spirit, and the spirirt disapears. The spirits seem to be happy, because they fight in honor once more. As he takes his first steps on the stairs, he sees more spirits flooding down. He swirls up, and crahses down on spirits witht he fine cut blades. He motions for ranka to follow
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Post by Veran on Apr 4, 2005 21:12:22 GMT
Ranka half smiles as he see's Anakin enter the melee, he takes his own Katana as dagger in his right hand and presses his other hand against the hilt into a rather agressive position as he readies his Katana for a heavy strike from the right.
Ranka quickly looks into Anakin's eyes as a signal for him to jump out of the way, moments before he swings his Katana into the air. Tough his swing could only be noticed by the fact he held the Blade now above his left shoulder.... Soon, the crystal which had resisted eons of erosion and time were risen from the ground to fly into a gust of wind. Crystal dust had risen and an echoe of metalic clash emerged from the cave... Anakin only saw something within this misty fog; a wave of voidness which sliced the tunnel with its extremitys, directing itself directly towards the spirits, and him... He wasn't sure of what he saw this moment as he jumped, though all that he knew as spirits had dissapeared!
He looked behind him to see a stretched mark of an attack on the crystal stairs behind him. He observed the mark and tried to find how deep it had scared the earth, but couldn't perseive anything, not because of the lack of light, but simply because of the very limitations to the naked eye. Strangely enough, he did not sence any risidual force out of this attack as if it would have been made purely out of a physical feat! He dared not to ask how he did it though he knew that he had never used such things against him or targets back in the training grounds on Nam'vaar.
If lightsaber couldn't slice through cortosis, this would have sliced through anything!
Like most of the times, Anakin did not feel nor see Ranka ahead of him, already having fun fighting with the countless spirits against him. It was obvious that he was waiting for Anakin to follow, for he was only blocking the many attacks directed towards him with his lone sword, effortlesly yet in such swift manner, that it spinned and moved through the air faster then lightning...
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