Attack on Ziost: Destruction of the Arena

~ Theme Song ~

Emerald sat on a filthy mattress looking out of a second story window of what she assumed was suppose to be the Zoist version of a cantina. With the invasion going on in full force, the majority of the warriors were off busy preparing for the inevitable possibility of a ground assault. She was busy staring out towards the arena, they'd been given orders to see the building destroyed. A pity, she'd have given anything to test her skills against some of the finest the Sith Empire had to offer if given half the chance, but orders were orders and Emerald was actually looking forward to what was to come.

Along with her there were a small handful of Jedi, even on the transport to the system there was little conversation between them. Few words were left to be said when Jedi were going to be landing boots on the ground of Zoist. The world was steeped in darkness, Emerald could feel the temptaion of her beastial self calling to her, she though she'd left that behind on Hoth but it seemed she had been wrong. Fitting though, that it's be on another tundra world where she'd risk embracing what she'd once left behind in the ice half a galaxy away from here.

Luckily there didn't seem to be many people about, at least not in this part of the small city. Even still, the arena had its guardians. What most might have assumed to be a feeble old man, Emerald knew better, any sith that lived to their elder years was a force to be reckoned with. The Horansi smirked, perhaps the green skinned sith would prove more fun than the sith she'd faced on Urce during the Liberation of Ithor. Emerald had yet to meet a sith who'd proven a proper challenge though. The only time she'd ever lost to one was back on Belsavis, but he'd played a dirty trick rather than use skill with a blade or the Force. There was no honor to be hand in that.

The Horansi had her scars, she'd proven herself in battle, from the left side of her face, down her neck, and across her chest and back, including her left arm, her skin had been hideously scarred by the use of Firespray. Her fur had never grown back to any extent more than a few patches here or there. Emerald wore these, as well as many other scars, as badges of pride and as reminders. She wouldn't underestimate her opponents, she'd never give the sith less than they deserved. Death was all that awaited those that stood between her and her orders. The arena would fall.​

@Fyston​

Emerald followed the other Jedi, the six of them moved in groups of two, Celtar leading and Emerald acting as the rearguard just so the others would have cover incase someone were to attack them. Celtar had arrived around back of the arena, even as Emerald was only about halfway there. The Horansi was kneeling behind what she could only guess was an old broken down landspeeder when she'd heard the Imperial's jetpack soar overhead as the, presumably, man rose to the top of the arena to gain the high ground. Emerald had to be quick before her fellow Jedi were spotted, but just as she heard the rushed footfalls of the green skinned sith an idea came into her mind.

Emerald abandoned her position as rearguard, instead making a beeline directly for the wraparound walkway of the arena, she didn't have to do much else than aim and pull the trigger, she'd dashed the fifteen or so meters between the edge of the building and the arena as fast as she could, and as a Horansi she was faster than most, there was no possible way for the sith to know what she was to do, at least none that she could see. The Jedi Knight would aim her heavy blaster, engaging the dual firing port, and then let off three pulls of the trigger aimed towards the (@Faster Than Light)sith's hip, lower back, and upper back respectively, totaling six particle bolts in all.

She could sense his use of the dark side, it's smell repugnant even as she sensed one of her own in danger. Luckily, if the sith was so focused on one of the other Jedi, he's have an even greater difficulty evading all six of her own particle shots.. Without waiting to see if her shots struck true, Emerald instead ducked into a barrel role and took cover behind a metal pillar of the arena's architecture just incase the Imperial (@christhebarker) had in fact seen her. No use shooting someone in the back if you got shot in the back in the process.​

~ Battle Song ~​

Emerald was already moving to cover by the time the Imperial had made his descent, even as he started shooting suppressive towards her position the Horansi was easily able to evade getting shot. As the Imperial moved for cover behind his pillar, Emerald stood with her back against her own pillar. She saw as a grenade flew past her from the Imperial's direction, bounced off the pillar across from her and landed near her feet. The Jedi Knight was no fool, regardless of what type of grenade it was she didn't want it to go off anywhere near her so she kicked it into the street without letting it come to a rest at her feet. It clanked against the stone about a dozen meters until detonating harmlessly away from anyone else. It was shame she hadn't had more time to throw it back at the fool though.

Even if the Imperial was attempting to force her out of cover by way of the grenade, he hadn't needed to worry about that all that much, given their close proximity and her clear advantage in melee combat, Emerald simply let her rifle drop, swinging it behind her shoulder on its strap before drawing one of her lightsabers in her right hand and her electro whip in her left hand. She would rush him, she would give up her cover. Hell, she might just tackle him and physically bite his neck until it snapped, but for now Emerald would simply use her lightsaber to defend herself from any more blaster bolts he might try to send her way and her electrowhip to attack him. Few people, even among her fellow Jedi, knew how to defend themselves against such a weapon and even those that did were hardpressed to do so with any proclivity.

The nearly eight foot Jedi Knight would be able to cross the 12 meters quickly, though she had no need to do so, not in full. Her electrowhip totaled four of those meters. Using the Force to enhance her speed, the first four meters were crossed in the blink of an eye, the second four meters followed just as fast. She held her silver hued lightsaber in a defensive position diagonally across her torso as a 45 degree angle, her whip already swinging above her head. Once she made it within 3 meters of the Imperial, she'd swing the whip around the pillar in an attempt to pin him to the stone and metal, if he's already moved from cover she'd swing for him directly, attempting to disarm him of whatever weapon he wielded.​

@Fyston @Faster Than Light @christhebarker​

As the vibrosword was pulled from the Imperial's hand by her whip, Emerald pushed outward with the Force, the three meters between them hardly an obstacle to her well practiced hand at the telekinetic arts. The Vibroblade would arch backwards before being driven into the man's chestplate,(@christhebarker's armor can take one stab form vibroblades, he is otherwise unharmed}, before falling to the floor.

Even as the Imperial attempted to turn his flamethrower upon her, Emerald would drop her electro whip and launch herself at him, plunging her lightsaber through his chest as her full weight came down upon him, likely breaking bones underneath her wake. With a roar of anguish and fury as the flames embrace her armor in a searing pain all to familiar to the Horansi, Emerald would seek to sink her teeth into the man's neck through his armor, likely denting the metal slightly without harming him, though she would hold her position atop her prey until the twitch of life left his body.

(OOC - @christhebarker by striking you with your own sword your actions following dropping the weapon are interrupted, if you wish to follow through with the flamethrower that's fine, but Emerald will attack your character with her lightsaber before pouncing on him as I have stated above.)​

Emerald dropped her electro whip as the vibrosword was cast aside by the gauntlet of the Imperial's armor, the Horansi never even heard the metal weapon clattering to the stone below as she leaped forward with her lightsaber rushing forward like the tip of a white hot spear. The silver plasma pierced naught but air as her intended target managed to back roll under and away from the lightsaber's blade. The Jedi Knight wasted no time with her reaction, throwing the silver lightsaber forward, towards the chest of the pseudo-mandalorian as the Imperial engaged his jetpack. There was no outrunning what was essentially a Force guided missile, not even with the jetpack as it's propulsion would not be instantaneous.​

@Fyston @christhebarker @Lightspeed​