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Day ends at 11:59:59 PM Thursday, November 11th, Eastern Time USA
Qui Ul'pat was on her way to the Apprenticeship ceremony, when she sensed great danger approaching. She looked around for cover, but there wasn't any in this barren corridor. Then she saw the figure approaching from the far side of the corridor, right in the direction she was supposed to be heading. She turned and ran for cover, but the blast doors behind her closed.
Unknown: "Leaving so soon? Don't you have to report to Miss Sunrider for your promotion, Jedi?"
Qui Ul'pat: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm just wise enough to avoid it when possible. Don't bother trying to intimidate me."
Unknown: "Oh, you will know fear, Jedi. I promise you that much before you die: you will feel fear, and anger, and all those other feelings that you foolishly deny yourself."
Qui Ul'pat: "Quit stalling and get this over with."
Unknown: "Good, I am glad to hear you're so ready to die. But here, pitiful one, why don't you at least try to give me a challenge?"
The dark figure tossed Qui Ul'pat a lightsaber, which she quickly ignited. It burned brilliant white.
Qui Ul'pat: "What is this for?"
Unknown: "You were to be promoted to Padawan, and this is the saber you were going to be granted. Why don't you prove that you were indeed ready to wield it, Jedi?"
Qui Ul'pat: "Very well, it seems I have no choice."
Unknown: "With that kind of attitude, you'll never defeat me. Why not tap into your feelings, and let the Force flow through you?"
Qui Ul'pat: "I've been trained to resist the Dark Side."
Unknown: "Why resist what you cannot defeat? Give yourself to your emotions, let your passion give you strength. It is your only chance of survival."
Qui Ul'pat: "There are more important things in this life than simply surviving. Everyone dies.... you cannot run from it forever."
Unknown: "...Don't presume to lecture me, 'Jedi'.... I am a hundred thousand times more powerful than you could ever be. Maybe you should shut up and learn something."
Qui Ul'pat: "Power is not the same as wisdom. It is a shame that a being as powerful as you would be so naive as to think that they know so much, that they cannot learn something new from everyone they meet. You would be wise to cast aside your faith in the Dark Side of the Force, and let go of your ambition and hatred. All they do is blind you."
Unknown: *sneering* "What does a Jedi Initiate know about wisdom that I do not?"
Qui Ul'pat: "At least you have the courage to ask the question. Now you're learning."
Unknown: "I hate Jedi. I hate the smug condescension, I hate the moral superiority complex, I hate the lectures, and I hate how pathetic and weak you all are. Killing you will prove which of us is right."
Qui Ul'pat: "If you kill me, all you will have proven is that you can kill me. I will still be right."
With that, the dark figure roared with frustration, and ignited the crimson lightsaber....
Unknown: "Here's a lesson they didn't teach you at the academy.... how not to die like a mewling infant."
Then the being ignited the other end of it.... revealing that it was in fact a double-bladed lightsaber.
Qui Ul'pat: "I am honored that you think it will require two killing strokes with a lightsaber to defeat me. You must find me very impressive."
Unknown: "There's that smugness again. I will hear more of your jokes after I've removed my saber from your cold, dead body."
Qui Ul'pat: "Happy to oblige."
Annoyed by this, the cloaked being roared again, and the entire deck began to shudder and buckle from the stress. A ripple of the Force was felt, and it tore rivets clean out of the bulkheads. The young Initiate grinned slightly, seeing how her words were affecting this being.
Unknown: "You're really starting to make me furious. Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little lady?"
Qui Ul'pat: "If you're so powerful and wise, how is it that merely my words can cause you to lose control? An automated assembler droid has many powerful tools, but they are useless and dangerous when the droid's control unit is removed. Often the unit simply.... self-destructs."
Unknown: "Then perhaps one day I will self-destruct! But before that happens, I will make sure every last one of you Jedi are dead. That is enough for me!"
Qui Ul'pat: "And what will that have accomplished for you? You won't even be able to enjoy your victory. What will you have gained?"
Unknown: "Glory.... victory over my enemies.... unimaginable power.... and deep satisfaction. My name will be echoed throughout the ages, and no one will forget who it was that took down the Jedi Order. And no one will remember who you are, you simple insect!"
Qui Ul'pat: "If my words are lost on you, and all I have done is delay you from harming others, then I will still have prevailed over you in my own way. You have failed to truly defeat me, and your premature gloating has failed to impress me."
The cloaked being simply grinned. This time, all the anger vanished from the being.
Unknown: "Did you really think this was about impressing you, or defeating you, in your mind, on your terms? All I need to win is to see you lying dead before me, and I can already see that in my mind. It is your destiny to die by my hand. That is when I will have beaten you."
Qui Ul'pat: "You will have beaten me when all the Jedi on this vessel, and all across the galaxy, and all sentient life forms with the desire for freedom, have been wiped from existence, and not before. And when you die.... and you will die.... all your accomplishments will be for naught."
Unknown: "Dying? On the contrary, I plan to live forever. I don't intend on being some powerless Force Ghost like your friend Jacin Sky. I will become so powerful that death cannot touch me. And the Jedi will be the ones who face death.... no matter what happens, I still win. If I have to be the last one standing in the entire Universe, I will still be victorious!!!"
Qui Ul'pat: "That sounds rather lonely. Who will you gloat towards?"
Unknown: "Your lifeless bodies, and your pathetic force ghosts, if need be."
Qui Ul'pat: "In order to enjoy your victory, you still need us around? Perhaps you seek our approval after all? Maybe all this really IS about impressing us, even though you deny it."
Unknown: ".....WHAT??? What are you blathering on about now, you idiot?"
Qui Ul'pat: "It just seems like you're expending your entire existence and all of your power attempting to prove something to the Jedi, and all who oppose you.... which that you can wipe us all out. And, even if you theoretically succeed, there will be no one left who is capable of being impressed by this. And your goal of living forever in a universe entirely populated by you and everyone who bows down before you.... it seems rather boring and pointless to me. Perhaps one day, you will be forced to end your own life, just to experience something different."
Unknown: "Hahahaha.... I do believe that removing your head from your frail little body will be the most enjoyable thing I have ever experienced. Let's shut that annoying little mouth forever, shall we?"
Qui Ul'pat switched off the white lightsaber that the cloaked being had given her, and tossed it at the creature's feet.
Qui Ul'pat: "Seems I didn't need this after all. If you must silence me in order to win, then you have not truly defeated me. So certain are you, that I have nothing to teach you?"
Unknown: "Quite certain."
The cloaked being stood in a Form VII stance, and quickly closed the space between them, and sliced clean through the unarmed Jedi's neck, killing her instantly. When the cloaked being looked his victim in the eyes, just before her death, he saw no fear. An instant later, her expression was blank. Something about this was unsatisfying to the creature, but he quickly shook it off and savored the look of the fallen Jedi. Then the being disappeared into the night.
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Stre-don Rett was almost to the cargo bay, when he sensed danger approaching. He quickly masked his presence and hurried down one of the side corridors, and turned the corner. Then he waited. Sure enough, a cloaked figure was coming down the main corridor.
Dark Figure: "Come out, come out, wherever you are....."
Stre-don said nothing, and remained perfectly still and out of sight, re-directing the thoughts of others away from his body.
Dark Figure: "This little Jedi was going to the Apprenticeship ceremony.... but this little Jedi stayed home. This little Jedi was going to have a lightsaber.... but this little Jedi had none. And this little Jedi squealed for his life and BEGGED FOR MERCY, AND THIS LITTLE JEDI GOT NONE!!!"
Stre-don concentrated on masking his presence, and blocked out the taunting from his mind.
Dark Figure: "Cute creature had a little dad, little dad, little dad, Cute creature had a little dad, whose saber was white as snow. And everywhere that daddy went, daddy went, daddy went, and everywhere that daddy went, his doom was sure to follow."
Stre-don heard a clattering noise at the hallway intersection. The cloaked being had tossed Rett a lightsaber.
Dark Figure: "Tag.... you're dead, Jedi."
Stre-don couldn't believe it. Somehow, his mind trick wasn't working. The being had found him, and began speaking in a mock Yoda voice.
Dark Figure: "See through you, I can. Sense great fear in you, yes.... and soon, the satisfaction of watching life drain from your body, I will feel. Yes.... hehehehehee."
Stre-don came out from hiding, and kicked the saber back towards the dark figure.
Stre-don Rett: "Do what you came here to do. I won't give you the satisfaction of being your plaything."
The cloaked figure summoned the lightsaber back up from the deck plating, and began speaking to it in a mock child's voice.
Dark Figure: "Did you hear that, mister whitesaber? Daddy doesn't want to play with us. He's a big meanie! What are we going to do? Whatever are we going to do? What do we do with big, grumpy meanies who don't want to play with us? Maybe we should cheer him up....."
Stre-don Rett was puzzled by what he was hearing.
Dark Figure: "I know what mister grumpy-pants needs in order to cheer up. So let's give it to him! Let's give him a..... big.... HUG!!!"
The Dark Figure ignited the white lightsaber and threw it directly at Stre-don's head, causing him to duck. When he stood back up, the cloaked figure had both hands outstretched, as if compressing something durable with all his strength. Stre-don felt his windpipe begin to close up, and he felt as though he had been kicked in the stomach. All the air left his lungs, and his ribcage collapsed. Blood shot out of his nose, and he went limp.... but remained upright, as if suspended by an invisible force. His body continued to compress and crush, until the wounds he sustained were lethal. The lifeless Jedi was tossed against the end of the corridor and crumpled as it came to rest.
Dark Figure: "Hush little Jedi, don't say a word.
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird don't sing,
I'll blow its lifeless body out the nearest airlock."
With that, the dark figure cackled hysterically, and hurried to the turbolift, leaving behind the lightsaber that would have belonged to Rett, if only he had made it to the apprenticeship ceremony alive.
Ushan Nihlek was not attending the Apprenticeship ceremony, and was busy guarding another part of the ship, down in the Engineering section. Armed with a brand-new double-bladed lightsaber, Nihlek felt ready to face any challenge posed by the Sith. Sure enough, he heard a tapping on one of the nearby blast doors. After a few tense moments, the door slid open, revealing a cloaked figure. Strangely, the cloaked figure began to sing and dance.
Cloaked figure: "I got a plan for you and I
Let's journey across the Venetian skies
Can I have some of your cookies? Can I have some of your pie?
May I cut the first slice? So won't you
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body's feeling right
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body's feeling right"
Ushan Nihlek: "I don't understand your sense of humor. Am I supposed to find this amusing?"
The cloaked figure just shrugged, and unleashed a scream unlike anything Ushan Nihlek had ever heard. To be precise, Ushan didn't hear this one either, as it rendered him instantly deaf. His body, his lightsaber, and half of the corridor, was torn apart by the violent vibration and force of the scream. Ushan's bones shattered into a thousand pieces, and what was left of his body splattered against the far wall.
Cloaked figure: "Scream at the top of your lungs if your body's feeling right....
Scream at the top of your lungs if your body's feeling right...."
The cloaked figure continued singing and dancing, as the blast doors closed once more.
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Taun Jan was heading somewhere, when Jan sensed danger approaching. Using the force, Jan managed to avoid detection, and duck into a nearby room.
The cloaked figure turned the corner, expecting to see Taun, but found nothing. Reaching out with the force, the figure sensed nothing. The figure raised his hands and tried to do something..... but nothing happened. Disappointed, the cloaked figure walked away.
Jax Revus returned from his disappointing outing, and considered going to the Apprenticeship ceremony after all. But really, would Nomi Sunrider give him a lightsaber? Would the other Jedi accept him as one of their own after everything that happened? Besides, wasn't tonight the night that.....
A cloaked figure turned the corner, interrupting Revus' thoughts. A familiar presence.... Jax was already enraged just by the sight of this one. He quickly ignited his red lightsaber.
Unknown: "So, Jax Revus, we meet again for the first time for the last time! And I see your lightsaber is as big as mine! Let's see how well you.... handle it."
Revus simply growled at his cocky foe, and took a standard Shii-Cho defensive stance. The anonymous attacker ignited his purple lightsaber, and stood in a classic Soresu form. Wasting no time, the two powerful beings advanced on each other, clashing sabers and meeting each other blow for blow.
Jax Revus: "You don't really think you'll win, do you?"
Unknown: "Oh I don't know, Jax, while you've been rotting in the morgue, I've been training. And I did kick your 
all over the ship the last time we met. Who do YOU think will win this contest?"
Revus simply scoffed.
Jax Revus: "Whatever. I cheated death the last time, I'll just do it again. But who will save you, fool? What will you do when I climb back out of the morgue and shove my lightsabers through your pointy little head?"
Unknown: "I don't think you've got that kind of skill, Darth. Now be a good little boy and stay dead this time."
Using a mind trick, the cloaked attacker misdirected Jax into thinking he was going to sidestep to the right, but he went left instead, and impaled Jax through the chest, and then kicked his red lightsaber out of his hands. The figure grinned victoriously.
Unknown: "Hope it's not too cold for you in the body storage freezer."
The cloaked figure withdrew the purple lightsaber and watched Revus crumple back against the deck, and fade into lifelessness, then the figure disappeared into the night.
Another figure appeared, and raised its hands in the direction of the fallen Revus, but nothing happened. The stranger left the scene.
Nomi Sunrider stood in the cargo bay, which was filled to capacity with Jedi Initiates seeking to become apprentices, as well as mountains of cargo containers. She called each of the Initiates up to her one by one, and congratulated them on their accomplishments, and handed each of them a lightsaber, and gave them a warm hug.
Nomi Sunrider: "Well done, congratulations. You've all taken the first steps into a much larger world. You've come much farther than most other Force-sensitives ever do, along a path that will bring you wisdom, strength, and perseverance even in the darkest of times."
The newly-minted Padawans looked around the cargo bay nervously.
Nomi Sunrider: "Yes, you have every reason to be afraid. My visions never stopped, and I've been unable to sleep for some time. I recorded all my thoughts in the Jedi Holocron, as my time with you is coming to an end. The cargo bay is not safe, but then again, none of the rooms on this ship are safe. You see, the Dark One can see the future as well as I can. No matter where I held this ceremony, you would have been in the same kind of danger. The setting of the attack was the only thing I could control, and that is why I chose this cargo bay. You are all very brave, coming here after what I told you. To face your fears is to conquer them. You must conquer your fears if you are to defeat the Dark Side. Do not let the fear of loss deter you, or cause you to stray from the path."
Nomi smiled.
"I have foreseen a great victory for the Jedi Order. The future, always in motion, is very difficult to predict that far out. But I know it is possible, and if you continue to fight on and stay true, you will not be defeated. Even when it seems hopeless.... even when it seems unfair. The Dark Side will trick you into thinking that you cannot win. They do have powers that are well beyond anything I can counter alone. That is why you must be trained.... you must learn the ways of the Force, and become full Jedi. You must become STRONG with the Light Side of the Force.... only then, will you be powerful enough to defeat the Sith.
But it is not impossible. Never for one second allow yourself to think that this is so. The Sith have been defeated before, under far graver circumstances, with impossible odds. Through the Force, nothing is impossible. Although we may not be able to change our fates, at times.... we still control our collective destiny. And we will live on, through the Force. And we will shine brightly, through the darkness. And we will not be defeated, even in death.
Always remember.... and may the Force be with you."
As Nomi finished speaking, a cloaked figure opened the interior airlock, held up a device, pressed the trigger, and fled the scene, laughing maniacally.
No less than 20 of the cargo containers inside the hold blew open, revealing giant thermal detonators strapped to cylinders of matter and anti-matter. Each of the detonators was on a timer, and there were only five seconds left remaining on the timer.... just enough for the Sith to escape the scene.
Reacting quickly, Nomi Sunrider reached deep into the Force, and lifted each of the Jedi Padawans off of the deck, and unleashed a massive Force Wave which knocked them through the interior airlock, back into the main corridor, where they collapsed onto the ground, unharmed. Then, Nomi reached out with the force, and slammed the airlock shut.
Two seconds remained on the timer, and there was enough explosive contained in the cargo bay to blow up half the ship, and take most of the Jedi with it. Nomi turned toward the exterior cargo bay door, and unleashed a massive Force Whirlwind, blowing the metal hatch and overloading the outer force field. The pressurized atmosphere inside the cargo bay blew Nomi and the cargo containers out into space, where they passed through the ship's powerful deflector shields.
The containers exploded harmlessly in space, with the ship's deflector shields blocking almost all of the impact. The ship shuddered, and some power relays blew out, but the shields held.
The only casualty from the attack was..... the one who spared the rest.
Nomi Sunrider - Former Grandmaster of the Jedi Order
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Sprig- Qui Ul'pat
Andres- Stre-don Rett
Rebel Jeb- Ushan Nihlek
Beskar- Jax Revus
Askthepizzaguy- Nomi Sunrider
Sol Jade- Grandmaster of the Jedi Order
The next morning, Jedi Master Sol Jade found the Jedi Holocron had been left inside his quarters. The Holocron immediately began playing the last thing that was recorded on it.
Nomi Sunrider: "Congratulations, Master Jade. As the eldest and most experienced Jedi Master, you are the most qualified to lead the Jedi Order into a new era. Contained within this Holocron are all my logs, notes, and observations.... everything I know about the Sith and their ways. And some of the things I've discovered about the Light Side of the force as well. It is my hope that you use this knowledge to aid the Jedi in their struggle against the Sith. But be careful... some of the knowledge contained within is dangerous in the wrong hands, because it tells you about the Dark Side. One must be prepared before viewing this information, because it is corrupting.
Lead them to victory. May the Force be with you as well, my friend."
Grandmaster Sol Jade approached the mourning Jedi, and reviewed the security recordings from the night prior. He was a bit overwhelmed by all this, and needed to take some time to study the information kept in Nomi's log.
Sol Jade: "Please continue with the voting as normal. We will have time to mourn our losses later. For now, let us do the fallen Jedi, and Nomi Sunrider, a service and honor their memory the best way we can... which is bringing their murderers to justice."
With that, the long, horrible night was over. And a new hope began.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
There have been promotions in Rank.
Promotions to Padawan are not announced.
Jedi Grandmaster- Sol Jade
Jedi Knight- Sky Yi'do
Alive: (47/68)
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Autolycus
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Belisarius II
ByzantineKnight
Captain Blackadder
Cecil XIX
Chaotix
choxorn
civplayah
classical_hero
Csargo
Cultured Drizzt fan Replaced by Sasaki Kojiro2
Cute Wolf
dcmort93
Death is yonder
Diamondeye
Diana Abnoba
Frozen in Ice
God Emperor
Greyblades
Ibn-Khaldun
Ignoramus
Ironside
Jarema
Johnhughthom
Jolt
Joooray
Kagemusha
Khazaar
landlubber
Link
Major Robert Dump Replaced by Slysnake2
Nictel
Nightbringer
Niklas Replaced by Yaropolk2
Psychonaut
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Renata
Robbiecon
Secura Replaced by Zack2
Seon
Soup567 Replaced by Stuck in Pi2
TheFlax Replaced by Raskolnikov2
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Winston Hughes Replaced by Double A2
Force Ghost: (1/68)
pevergreen- Jedi Master Jacin Sky (Killed Night Four)
Dead: (19/68)
Raskolnikov- Jedi Initiate Mas Amdu Kof (Killed Day One)
Slysnake- Jedi Initiate Kerren Cae (Killed Night One)
Stuck in Pi- Jedi Initiate Si-At Unesh (Killed Night One)
Double A- Jedi Initiate Mun Farlander (Killed Day Two)
Zack- Jedi Initiate Yogal Sec-barr (Killed Night Two)
Yaropolk- Jedi Initiate Yala Edak (Killed Day Three)
Sasaki Kojiro- Jedi Initiate Sec-sar Jor (Killed Night Three)
Skooma Addict- Jedi Initiate Ker-oth Ex (Killed Night Three)
Yaseikhaan- Jedi Initiate Kaz'an Neimoidian (Killed Night Three)
Tincow- Jedi Initiate Lo'son Galeb (Killed Day Four)
ArpeggiateTHIS- Jedi Initiate Azurine Kadu (Killed Night Four)
YLC- Jedi Initiate Drafo Tylum (Killed Day Five)
spL1tp3r50naL1ty- Jedi Initiate Ker'ral Fisid (Killed Night Five)
Sigurd- Jedi Initiate Cah Andwal (Killed Day Six)
Sprig- Jedi Initiate Qui Ul'pat (Killed Night Six)
Andres- Jedi Initiate Stre-don Rett (Killed Night Six)
Rebel Jeb- Jedi Knight Ushan Nihlek (Killed Night Six)
Beskar- Jedi Initiate Jax Revus Sith Apprentice Darth Fermanagh (Killed Night Six)
Askthepizzaguy- Jedi Grandmaster Nomi Sunrider (Killed Night Six)
Will of the Force: (1/68)
Romanic- Jedi Initiate Pla-den Krul (WOGed Night Three)
Day ends at 11:59:59 PM Thursday, November 11th, Eastern Time USA, if 24 of you have voted.
I already have most of your results and promotions written up in advance, so you will all get them in short order.
Thread re-opened early. Begin Day Seven.
Re: Star Wars: Fall of the Order [in play]
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