A Fresh Start (Garrett Swenson's Training)

[glswenson]

Garrett stepped back a pace as he brought his lightsaber down to his left, reflecting his opponent's attack, he moved to his left, the opposite direction of where his master's lightsaber was headed and struck for his chest.

 

[JMocks]

Taking a page out of Garrett's book, Josh rolled in the direction the attack came from. As he rolled, he used Force Push to nudge Garrett a few yards from him. Once he was on his feet again, he slashed slowly at Garrett's waist, then sped it up by slashing from his right shoulder to his left waist.

 

[glswenson]

Garrett jumped backwards and hand planted before throwing a force push at his master then running at him with his lightsaber drawn back in an offensive position.

 

[JMocks]

[OOC: I sure if you would of went to do a back-flip, your feet or legs would of got sliced. But whatever.]

Josh controlled himself as the Force Push did very little. He then waited for Garrett to get within three yards of him. Once he did, Josh went from standing completely still, to running right by Garrett, using the Force to increase his speed, his saber out to his right, smacking him in the stomach. Then he turned, smacking him in the back. 'Running at your opponent with your saber high leaves your very vulnerable to attacks below your waist.'

 

[glswenson]

[OOC: Oh.. I never even considered the implications of putting your legs up in the air.. Oopsies. -_-]

Garrett fell to his knees and coughed up a small amount of blood, the attack had hit him hard since he was traveling so quickly.
He tightened his grip around his lightsaber and let out a yell as he swung his lightsaber up, towards his master's upper torso.

 

[JMocks]

Josh thwarted the attack, smacking Garrett in his right shoulder, his left, then spun away. His Padawan was attacking foolishly. 'You must concentrate, Padawan. Do not use your anger or aggression. It will not help you as a Jedi. It will only hinder you,' he said walking over to him with his lightsaber deactivated. 'I'm going to stand here. You there. And I'm just going to defend your attacks. No Force to be used among us. Just skill. Now,' he said as he ignited his lightsaber, 'begin.'

 

[glswenson]

Garrett climbed to his feet and shook his head. He tried to gather his thoughts and let himself think logically.
"Yes." he said as he focused, his eyes fixated on the light of his master's blade.
Garrett slowly let his blade sway left and right before he swung for an attack to the low left.

 

[JMocks]

Josh simply turned his saber in a counter-clockwise rotation to block the attack. He then returned to the defensive stance of Shii-Cho. 'It would probably help if you made your attacks, unpredictable, Padawan. Its also better to try and string combos together. Allowing your enemy to never let his guard down or to concentrate. Being unpredictable and stringing together combos could be the difference between life and death.'

 

[glswenson]

Garrett nodded slowly and looked for the weakness of the form, he knew it was developed for multiple opponents, not a singular enemy, and the wide movements made it not very precise.
He studied his master's stance.
Garrett stepped to his right, a distraction and fainted a strike to his master's saber arm, getting very close to his arm before quickly swinging the blade under his master's arm and redirecting his strike as a stab to the torso.

 

[JMocks]

Josh tried to block Garrett's attack, but he couldn't. The saber stabbed him right in the stomach. He'd feel that in the morning. He smiled at Garrett. 'Good Padawan. That's how you strike. Unpredictable and quick. Now,' he said as he deactivated his training saber walking away from Garrett. 'Follow me,' he said making for the hallway. 'So far, you are doing good, Padawan. Only two more tests stand in your way, before you're Knighted. The first, constructing your own lightsaber. Second, the mission we will be departing for after you construct your lightsaber. Now. Before we begin. Are you aware of the specializations of the Jedi? If not, there are Guardians, Consulars, and Sentinels. Guardians focus more on lightsaber combat. Consulars focus more on the Force. And Sentinels, balance their focus on the two. So, Padawan. Which specialization do you think you fit?'

 

[glswenson]

Garrett smiled and deactivated his lightsaber. He had a feeling that his master let him win, but he wasn't going to say anything.
He walked in stride next to his master.
"I have heard of these paths, I imagined myself as more of a Guardian, but I would like to focus myself and become a Sentinel."

 

[JMocks]

'Interesting. Anyways,' Josh said as he fumbled through a pocket in the inside of his cloak, pulling out a yellow lightsaber crystal. 'You'll need this,' he said giving the crystal to Garrett. 'Now. In this room behind me, you'll have ALL the parts you need to craft your lightsaber. Remember, you are using the Force to help you build this. In doing so, you'll make your connection with the Force stronger. Good luck, Padawan. Nobody had died from crafting their lightsaber. But, there is a first for everything,' he finished, giving Garrett a smile, walking away.

 

[glswenson]

Garrett tried to laugh along, but honestly he was worried.
"I've had worse luck before." he mused.
He set the yellow tinted crystal on a small table in front of him and looked at all the parts around him.
There were emitter shrouds, focusing rings, focusing crystals, power cells, power conductors, belt rings, and many many more components.
"This is going to take forever.." Garrett said quietly.
He reached out with his mind and all of the components slowly began to rise into the air. A small diagram in his book instructed him how to arrange the components in mid-air and he slowly slid them together, not allowing them to move out of their position.

The components were arranged now Garrett walked around the room, looking for a nice Hilt and Shroud that he liked. He found a hilt that was slightly longer than most of the others and a half-shroud that fit the entire design very nicely, it looked very sleek.

Garrett placed all of the components inside of the hilt and sealed it shut, it would never be able to be easily dis-assembled again. He reached into the air and grabbed his creation, he examined it slowly in front of his face, rotating it in his hands and feeling the cool metal against his skin.

He was scared to ignite it, but he pressed the ignition switch and the yellow blade of energy sprang to life, extending itself from the shroud. Garrett let out a laugh and twirled the lightsaber around, getting the feel of it, he liked this one. Garrett clipped the lightsaber onto his belt and left the room, triumphant.

 

[JMocks]

'Padawan, meet me at the hanger. We disembark for our mission. Come with haste,' Josh said telepathically. He stood in the hanger, tall, with a strong posture. He couldn't help when a smile creeped across his face. His Padawan was close to becoming a Knight. He'd be the first Padawan to advance to the rank of Knight if he did well on the mission under his belt. He couldn't help but feel accomplished. Ten years ago, he was trying to become a Bogan. Know he was a Jedi Knight, spreading the word of the Jedi.

 

[glswenson]

A smile spread across Garrett's face, a mission! He was going to help bring resolve to a situation and make people's lives easier.
'I'll be there in a second' Garrett responded.
He ran towards the hangar and as he stepped into the room he saw his master standing there, he could tell he was pleased.

"So what're we doing? Are we stopping a fleet of invading ships? Stopping the reign of a tyrannical government on a far-away planet? Oh wait, I know! We're stopping a dark force from corrupting our Jedi!"

 

[JMocks]

'Hahahaha. I'll brief you on the flight Padawan,' Josh said with a chuckle, climbing aboard the ship that was going to shuttle them to their next destination. Once aboard, they awaited the presence of another man who was going to join them on this mission.

((That is it. You've passed the training portion to my standards. After the mission, its up to Kali, the Grandmaster, if you'll be advanced.))

 

[glswenson]

Garrett laughed at his own ridiculousness, he must have sounded absurd.
"I suppose it is my first mission." he said with a laugh.

(So do we move this to a new thread now? You did a very good job for your first training!)