Years Before (Sayga's Training)

[Gio]

Almeda made a mental note. This ma was witholding something from him, of which Almeda could not determine. Whatever it was, it was driving Almeda mad. He found the errors of his ways. How could you question your master, how could you question a man on a higher level than you. Someone who could potentially kill you. What was wrong with Almeda? He shook his mind free of this 'rebellion'

"I apologise master. Your wisdom far downcasts my own. I will be obedient from this point forward. forgive my insolance, punish me as you wish once we return to battle training. i was cocky when i arrived here. I wanted to leave a good impression on you, maybe I could have made the training go by smoother. I see there is no way around this now." almeda entered the library, heading to the Holocrons of Ancient History, attempting to find any parcels of kowledge that portrayed the beginnings of the Bogan alliance.

 

[Insomnium Savant]

The other man seemed penitent about something, though the meaning of his words vaguely escaped Nikoj. Perhaps the man was just apologizing for his attempted testing. If so, then the Dark Jedi would file that little bit of information away until he could use it later; potentially when he wasn't going to beat the man into a pulp.

As they entered the Library, Nikoj's long strides carried him from the door towards the journals that had been kept by acolytes and masters for years, and then filed within the very room they were in. As he wandered about the volumes, he reflected briefly on his considerations over Almeda. Overall, he still saw a lot of potential. The man had some kinks to work out, but he was already thinking like a Crusader. Good.

When he found what he was looking for, he turned about, calling for the other man. "Come, Acolyte. Our history is a long one, and if you wish to get sleep tonight, we will need to finish this soon."

 

[Gio]

Almeda stopped his snooping and scurried over to his Jedi master.

"Of what is this Master?"




(You have to forgive me. i have the most severe writer's block just now. I was making up a song. Ill make a better post next time)

 

[Insomnium Savant]

The Dark Jedi took a seat at one of the reading tables, pushing the volume disk into the holo-projector that would play out the information that they had called for. When he tapped the thing into motion, it practically spluttered into life, carrying with it both true light and the figurative light of knowledge. As if for them alone, a voice began to speak.

"We are the Dark Jedi of the Bogan. Our powers are fueled by the darkness that we can find within ourselves. We bring chaos to an already chaotic existence, using our powers to their fullest extents. We live life to the fullest or die a swift death. Peace is a lie, so hoping for it us useless.

Our fire was fueled during the last war between the Galactic Republic and the Alsakan Union, for we were once part of the Jedi Order. The Jedi Grandmaster, Banik Kelrada, went rogue, assassinating the Alsakan Vicar and murdering one of his own Jedi Masters - Edo Tesu, the late husband of one of the original members of our people to leave the Jedi. We became the Ospion Guardians; we were not of the light, yet we were not of the darkness. We existed only in a thin shade of gray while we attempted to align ourselves with the Galactic Republic as the galaxy’s true defenders.

We were weak and pathetic then." *

The projection continued for several more minutes, and Nikoj leaned in, listening to each word as if it were a sacred litany.



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[[OOC: No worries, I know how that goes.]]
*Exerpt taken from here

 

[Gio]

Almeda paid ever closer to the holovid projected in front of them. he himself had served in the military during the Alsakan Crisis. It came to no surprise to him that the war was filled with more backstabbing and treason than he could have imagined. he sighed as the video logged every ancient memory and event of the Bogan, playing so far back to the Great Journey of the First Bogan. he came to a higher respect and understanding of the philosophy in which his people lived. Weakness is in beleiving in peace and tranquility, for there will never be peace, there will never be universal bond. This broke Almeda's spirit. He watched as the Bogan took his final seat, as the single most powerful man in the universe. Almeda sat as the video ended, with a single tear in his eye, from his weaker spirit being broken, and an elightened bewilderment of what he had just seen.

"My entire life. All I beleived. i fooled myself."

Almeda was beginning to grasp the sheer intensity of what he was learning. Any normal man, any normal human, would have left a broken soul. But Almeda sat strong and firm, wiping away the tear with his right hand.

"If peace is false....then i have no choice but to embrace the darkness in order to get stronger, right?...."

He meant to mutter this, but it came out surprisingly louder than he meant it.

"I'm sorry for showing weakness by tearing master....IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN"

A darker prsence began to fill Almeda, he felt it's flow. He felt the power of knowledge begin it's long journey on elightening him further.

:Are there any more videos master."

As if being devilishly handsome yet dark at the same time wasn't prominent on Almeda as it was, black, thick rings began developing around his eye lids coloring then in, possibly already existant, but hiding under his weaker self.

After all, even if he didn't remmeber, Almeda had learned all this before.

 

[Insomnium Savant]

The other man appeared to be tearing up, and Nikoj’s nose crinkled; which was something that happened as rarely as a kind word from the Dark Jedi. He expressed his disdain, while vaguely considering slicing Ameda’s arm off. Perhaps he would keep his own countenance if he lacked a certain literal handiness.

And then the man abruptly apologized, and the Master could only let out the faintest of growls, before pushing himself up to his feet. He refrained from the caustic answer that naturally flowed to his tongue. So many other of the Bogan masters would have simply slain the other man; but there was such passion in him, that he couldn’t, at least not until he was sure that the promise would be overshot by the inconsistency.

A had lifting, he dismissed the words. “Your emotions are what will fuel your power, so hold onto them, push them deep into yourself so that you can call them forth and unleash them with a force that will shake worlds.” He paused as he moved towards the door. “Just…be sure that they don’t come out quite so…weepily.” He suggested as he pulled the door to the Library open.

“There are no further lessons here for you now. However, we must make our way to the ship harbor. I want to see some more of your skills in action, on the field where they can be put to good use.

 

[Gio]

His eyes were so dark, oh so dark. Almeda finally realised what he was. Through these eyes he saw a new world. He was a Bogan. he still could not remember, but he knew it. He felt it.

"You have done wrong by not slaying me for my weakness master. I follow you, and humbly thank you for sparing my life."

Almeda's voice was deeper, darker, and his eyelids were now pitch black. he stood just as abruptly as his master had.

"I follow obediently o' master of passion."

Almeda followed close behind his master as they walked to the ship yard, his head hung, attempting to grasp at his new found energy that was within him. he was beginning to learn again, beginning to fully grasp his old power and understanding. He was trying to focus all his emotion, all his energy, internally just as his master had said. he would follow obediently, as he knew he could harness his understanding further.

As they arrived in the shipyard, a large open area filled with ships docked and leaving, Almeda lifted his head and asked,

"What would you have me do master?"

 

[Insomnium Savant]

As the pair came to a stop within the ship yard, the man turned around to face his dark eyed Acolyte. Long fingers lifted so that they could press into the pad at the entrance of the small fighter ship, letting a code ding itself into completion before the heavy door slid inward to reveal a way into the narrow hull. With a motion, he lead the way to the cockpit where hopefully the other man would pilot them to one of the pits on the far side of the planet.

“We’re on our way to deal with a mission so that I can see you in action. Fighting in a controlled environment is one thing, but I want to see what you can do when you’ve not got safe ol’ me to deal with.” He chuckled inwards to having described himself as safe. He didn’t give any more details. He knew that Almeda had at least a basic knowledge of the Bogan ethos, and could use a light saber, but he still needed to see some more Force use.

 

[Gio]

Almeda nodded slightlyy, taking full cotrol of the ships tageting a movement computers. Once they were both seated and buckled in, Almeda launched the craft upward and out with ease, qucikly zooming out of the hangar all together. he spoke not a word as he flew, fully concentrated on getting to the large pits that were a few miles away. The beauty of the other, glistening part of Ando Prime faded into a dark, forboding abyss. The pits were hollowed out almost scorrched it seemed. Almeda quickly found a place to land his craft, several feet away from a sunken in pit. As they landed and got out, Almeda sked

"What am I expecting here Master?

 

[Insomnium Savant]

The flight was rather perilous and quiet, allowing Nikoj a few moments of rare contemplation, with one leg crossed over the other, arms folded about his chest. When the ship landed, the Dark Jedi found himself practically gliding off of the fighter, only to lock the door in its closed positio. There would be no escape.

"These pits are the natural habitat of the Kragan; species of large mamals who hibernate nearly three fourths of the year to deal with the cold of Ando Prime. However, we happen to be here in that dangerous one fourth of the year, just after mating season actually. Of course, the lumbering beasts won't be happy that we're in their territory."

He folded his arms over his chest, glancing about for the slightest movements. The Kragan had snowy white fur, and where literally about five times as large as a man, so they probably wouldn't take long to see one.

"Our mission is to find one of their birthing nests so that we can harvest cub fur, fur which will be important to your graduation." He paused as he heard a roar that would have split a normal man's ear drums. "I believe that would be one now."

 

[Gio]

Almeda turned at the words of his master. A large quadraped lumbered nearby, sniffing the air. almeda turned his head slightly, wondering what the animal was looking for. It's fur matched the pale of the snow, and finally, it's large yellow eyes bored into almeda, who was not but a few yards away. The beast roared with the intensity of an earthquake, rushing toward him. almeda drew his lightsaber, readying it as the beast prepared to swipe at him with a lubering claw. Almeda ducked under it, swinging and slicing his lightsaber on the back hand. it barely even burned hair on his fur. What? The beast once again struck with it's other paw, catching Almeda by surprise, picking him up. As he was in the air, Almeda Force Pushed against the oposite position, as to land on the beats's back. the momentum brought him on top and he came down wih his light saber.

The beast was prepared however, and opened his mouth, attempting to catch Almeda inside. it worked. Almeda landed on the beast's large tounge, and before he could bite down with his incredibly large, sharp teeth, Almeda sheathed his lightsaber and ran to keep the beast's mouth open. Still standing on the tounge, Almeda used to force to hold back the powerful upper jaw of the beast. Every second ticked by, and his Force was being drained. His master just stood and watched. Almeda' sforce power was diminishing, and now the beatst's frontal teeth bore into his hand. Almeda felt the intense pain. it was excrutiating. but Almeda, with his superior will power did not lose his composure. He knew it was a losing fihgt, thus he jumped back onto the creatures tongue, its huge jaws closing in around him, surrounding him in black.

"No peace only chaos."

Almeda withdrew his lightsaber, still ignoring the pain from the large holes which now existed in his [palms. He readied it, thhrusting the sword with all his might into the pallet of the beast. As he retracted it, the beast swung violently, and blood poured out from the hole. It yelled in pain as Almeda jumped out. Almeda landed in the snow, hand dripping from the bors in them, and light saber ready. he lept, and with one last plunge into the beast's forehead, it fell dead. Almeda turned to his master, palms still bleeding from the gaping whole. Almeda surpressed his pain and anguish just as his master commanded, showing no signs whatsoever of anything being wrong with him besides the blood dripping into the pale white snow..

"Was this large one here a child, or an adult? Either way, it's gone."

Almeda's eyes were now red. Well, they were already red, but now they were darker, more intense, more bloody of a red."

 

[Insomnium Savant]

The master watched the fight with some interest, a smile not bothering to grace his lips as the other man worked with the beast, trying desperately to fight it. He had neglected to mention that they were amazingly strong, and had just a tiny resistance to energy based weapons; something to do with their very thick skin being difficult to transition through. None the less, the man was able to fel the beast, which was much to Nikoj’s mutual displeasure and enjoyment. He was somewhat proud that the other man was doing well under his tutelage; and yet simultaneously ponderous as to whether all of the work would be worth it, or if the man would be unable to cut it.

“Very nice, Almeda. However, you are only showing me your Force Pushing, which causes a few problems for me. You see, there are quite a few other abilities that you must show that you are adept in the use of before I can rightfully okay your becoming a Crusader. I do hope that you are able to show me at least some of them when the rest of the pack comes back.”

He paused briefly as he glanced down to the multi-link on his wrist, peering at the time. Letting the Force swirl round him like a whirlpool careening into the air down onto him, he propelled himself upwards, flipping backwards to land on his feet upon the top of the fighter. Once there, he pulled his saber, not igniting it; but holding it free should he need it.

“That should be about now.” He said finally, as the ground began to rumble with the force of 5 of the lumbering beasts barreling down the sides of the pit towards them. "Try not to die."

 

[Gio]

As the beasts came barelling towards him. almeda once again felt helpless he felt weak.......NO. he was strong and he would show it. Almeda put his lightsaber back in it's holster. he focused. closing his eyes. With the force, he could see there total amount. Four large males, and one child male. His Force Sight had returned to his instinctive memory. With that he reopened his blacked eyelids, revealing a much darker red eye color than before. At they all approached, he refocused on them all, putting energy into the giant white monsters coming towards him. Suddenlly, they all began to run slower, they seemed to be going in slow motion, as if Almeda was slowing them down. That he was, with force Slow. They now moved at his speed, running much slower, and as they surrounded him, he realised he was much faster than them all. As on attempted to claw him, Almeda dodge rolled away. He quickly moved behind the beast, putting both palms forward in front of him. Sudenlly, the beast began to float above the air, kicking to hit the ground, This put a tremendous muscular strain on Almeda, but within a second, he threw the beast ove a nearby cliff, to fall for several miles down. Almeda was weak, as three males and a cub stood before him. He closed his eyes, pulling on his reserves of enrgy, from the pain and passion. and with that, he was revitalised in the dark side of the force. Almeda put his hands to the ground, jumping up, and Force Jumping onto one of the three males.

Almeda sent a shockwave of Force lightning into the head of the male's head on which he stood. The entire beast shook with brain electification. he died a mental, then a physical death. as he fell, another swipe was snt Almeda's way, but he Force Pushed it back, making the beast stumble. he jumped to his new target, stabbing him in the eye with his lightsaber, twwisting it around, making the blood seep out. he then ripped through the creatures soft skin face. he fell as well, and with his last surge of power, Almeda jumped on top of the young one's head. It attempted to claw him, but he ducked away. Almeda breathed in as deep as he could, filling his lungs, and with a loud roar, more powerful than the one's these creatueres exerted, he scared away the final male. It ran back t it's original point as Almeda tore away at the child's head. It died gruesomely, but the job was finished.

Almeda hopped down, walking closer to his Jedi Master.

"I now what i am capable f. Force Push, Lightning, seeing, roar, jum, run, and telekinesis. i am losing much blood from my hands, an i feel faint. But I also feel powerful." Almeda walked over to the dead child moster, stabbing his saber into the bare flesh... the force impact negating the laser resistant skinn. He cut away a chunk, larger than he, butting away the bloody skin from the fur. he walked holding it betwen his armpit as not to get blood on it. he passed the fur to his master,

"Here. It is mine. i need medical attention Master. I'm losing blood from my hands." Almeda's head swayed in dizziness from blood loss. He passed out.

LATER

He awoke in the medical chambers. A note nearby read

"Your training is half complete acolyte. You must resume your second half with another master"

Almeda nodded rising from his bed with bandaged hands, walking out the door ready for more

(OOC: Teachers activity dropped, so edited to accomodate a new master to finish my training)