The lower level of the temple the cultists had taken over was vast in size but not in terms of complexity. There were a single door ahead at the end of the stairs and nothing else of note. If a Force blind person were to decent the stone steps they would find the stone walls and stone door rather dull, the room nothing out of the ordinary save, perhaps, for being a touch cold.
But none of those venturing down was Force blind and the entire experience was different to them.
Every surface was pulsing, almost in a grotesque parody of breathing, the stone flexing and pulsing as the Dark Side ran through them. Each stone was dripping an ichor visible only through the Force, the taint of the Dark Side growing so strongly that it was visible in ways that it otherwise wouldn't be. Max took a breath and stepped at the base of the staircase.
The Dark Side had been like a cloud hanging over their every action from the jungle and it had only gotten worse here. There was more beyond the doors but Max knew, instinctively, that with the Force so against them, there would be no chance of victory. Kneeling down at the base of the stairs, Max reached deep into the Force, into the well of the Light he kept within himself. His connection to the Force was a warm lake to him and he needed to widen it - to burst it open until it was closer to a sea than a lake.
"I will pierce the shroud of the Dark Side so that it doesn't impede your connection to the Force." he spoke up to the others with a grimace, "This may feel... slightly unpleasant to begin with so I apologize."
Battle Meditation was not something Max had some suddenly amazing skill in. He wasn't some kind of prodigy of the art but he didn't need to be; all he needed to do was touch the minds of his allies... so he did. Through the Force he reached out and connected to each of his allies, each one adding a weight to his shoulders as he forced their connection to shine brighter. For the Light to flow through him, into them all so that the Dark could not obstruct their own connections to the Force, to the Light.
"We shall succeed." he closed his eyes closely and the next words were repeated within the minds of his allies, "May the Force be with you."
The doors opened.
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