Brawl Among the Books

[Tynian]

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The library in the Jedi Temple on Tython was fairly good sized. Shelves filled with books lined the walls and were set up throughout the room. Tables and chairs were set up in various places so that any Jedi could come a read at their leisure.
It was here that Tynian sat studying as the attack on the temple began... He had been there pouring over books on healing and lightsaber combat. He sat at one of the larger tables with several books stacked in front of him, and had just gotten into the second book on the physiology of the Zabraks, when the sounds of battle reached his ears.
Standing up he looked around for any other Jedi who might have heard the same thing... Luckily he was wearing his deep blue armor and as always, he had his lightsaber hanging on his belt.

Quickly using the force to put up a shield around his mind, he began making his way to the front door of the library to possibly catch a glimpse of what was going on.
As he walked, he stopped. The presence he felt was unfamiliar... full of hate and malice. And it was moving in the direction of the library.

He slowly took his lightsaber off of his belt and backed up to the middle of the room. Creating space to move around, just in case there would be a fight.

Looking around to the other Jedi in the library, Tynian motioned to them to "fan" out and get ready for whatever was coming...


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[Kane]

Kane stood in the library with Tynian, similarly shielded. He wore his armor and usual accoutrements but no outer cloak for mobility, these days it was better to be ready for a fight at all times.

At his son's gesture he fanned out to the far left of the room and drew his saber, keeping it inactive for the time being but hisnthumb on the switch to activate in a second.

 

[Baalryc Ysirath]

The attack had been swift. The first wave had poured through the Jedi defenses, pursuing key targets within the temple. Baarlyc and his Bombardiers were a part of the second wave, pushing through the Jedi and into the interior of the temple. Their objective, to eliminate the Jedi. Of course, Baalryc as always had ulterior motives, and during his recovery from the regretful loss of his lower legs, he had grown more powerful. But more power brought more questions, questions that he hoped could be answered in the libraries of the Jedi. It was a longshot, but perhaps this temple's library held answers. Taking an opportunity within the battle, a temporary gap in the Jedi lines, Baalryc led his men through the breach, penetrating into the interior of the temple. The rancorous din of battle echoed down the halls, growing quieter as the robed form of Baalryc limped along, left arm leaning on his cane with each step. His right hand gripped the hilt of his unlit saber, the comfortable curved grip resting easily in the palm of his hand.

The heat of battle from earlier still curdled his blood and lit a fire in his eyes. His aura radiated malice and bloodlust, his mind filled with hatred and despair. "Oh woe to the Jedi, how they have fallen." His voice brimming with disgust and delight. "Oh, i do believe..." Coming to a stop before a pair of grand double doors, Baalryc chuckled with delight. "This is it boys." The words leaving his lips just before his saber ignited and swept upwards to slash the hinges. A pair of fingers came off his grip on the cane as he pushed forwards, the door tumbling off its hinges as it was buffeted by the power of Baalryc's hatred. The squad of Bombardiers with him breached the entrance, opening fire on targets of opportunity.

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[Zanna Kressh]

Zanna found herself on another Sith mission, this time with a man she had met a while ago on Korriban. They were both in different places now, and she had even become a Sith Master by now. She was adorned in her armor and had two sabers on her, charging into the temple along with the others. She let the Bombardiers open up first, taking off the door and bursting in to take on any Jedi that were lingering around. Zanna kept behind them, her eyes scanning the horizon for Jedi to attack.

This was the beginning of the end of the Jedi. Word had traveled far and wide about the incident on Ruusan that resulted in the deaths of four Jedi and Darth Evandrus. Losing a husband had sent the Empress into a rage and hastened the campaign against the Jedi. Tython was one of the last main temples still standing, the Sith moving to attack all key targets the Jedi held.

Zanna drew out her saber, spotting the two men in the other end of the library. She knew they were preparing for a fight as they called the Force to themselves to shield them. The Sith pureblood made no moves yet, drawing the Force to herself to prepare for a fight. She knew there would be no mercy today, not when the Empress was so angered. The Jedi would pay for everything they had done.

 

[Tynian]

As the doors burst open and the soldiers entered the library, Tynian quickly used the force to tip over the table he had just been sitting at onto its side... he dove behind it and used it as a barricade against the oncoming blaster fire, but he knew it wouldn’t last forever.

He then used the force to push the table and chairs toward the right group of soldiers so that they couldn’t fan out and surround the Jedi.
Standing up his eyes fell on the two Sith entered the library. The Jedi knew that this wasn't going to be an easy fight, so he slowly reached up and unfastened his cloak, letting it fall to the ground.

Tynian ignited his double bladed lightsaber... the white blades coming to life as he eyed them both. "You have no claim here. Leave this place... this is your last warning."


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[Kane]

Kane watched as the Imperial troops stormed into the library, to say he was irritated would be a massive understatement. Yet again the Empire was attacking the Jedi unchecked, the spineless republic allowing them free rein to do whatever they pleased.

He used the force to fling a heavy table at the left group of soldiers, smashing them into their companions and the wall. Most would be incapacitated by this, some may have died. Kane didn't care which as long as they were out of his way.

His yellow blade snapped to life with an angry hiss, and he opened himself up to the force. Allowing it to flow through him as he took a defensive stance.

"As the boy said, leave now and you keep your dignity. And your lives."

 

[Baalryc Ysirath]

Anger flared in Baalryc's eyes as he sent his men to their deaths. Lifeless or broken bodies crushed by the Jedi's destructive use of the force. The Jedi of this age were so careless with their use of the Force. Hatred boiled in his gut as the Jedi's lightsabers blazed white and yellow. The aura of malice the Jedi had felt would bloom as Baalryc's ire soared. Focusing on the younger Jedi, Baalryc sneered as the man presumed to threaten the Sith. All while standing idly by as other Jedi died to defend their temple.

The fingers on Baalryc's left hand stirred on the hook of his cane as he reached out with his malice, gently at first. Meanwhile the saber in his right hand raised to point at the Jedi, the black core of the red blade appearing as a pinpoint to the Jedi's eye, like a black sun with a crimson aura. As Baalryc's fingers performed a wave upon the cane, extending before once more wrapping around it, Invisible fingers would tighten around the metal bracer of the Jedi's right arm, like a snake coiling around a post.

As he probed for resistance, he spoke up, perhaps drawing their attention away from his actions. "Our claim is the right of conquest!" His shout echoing gently in the library, muted by shelves of books. As he shouted, if his probing had not been met with some sort of resistance, the snake around the Jedi's arm would constrict, the metal starting to creak as Baalryc's fingers clenched into a white knuckle grip on the cane. If nothing was done, the Jedi would soon find his forearm crushed beneath the metal of his armor.

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[Zanna Kressh]

Zanna watched the Jedi quickly react to the Sith rushing in, but there was nothing to do to save them. She had her yellow eyes set on the older Jedi, watching him prepare himself. For being a supposedly peaceful people, the Jedi sure seemed to like wearing an excess amount of armor. Zanna ignited her saber and eyed Kane, not even giving him a chance to finish his sentence. She wasn’t here for conversation, and she simply wanted to get to the point.

Without hesitation, she coiled the Force around him and attempted to slam him to the right, into a nearby wall. At the same time, Zanna darted forth with her saber, preparing to do a horizontal slash that would cut across his torso (her own left to right with saber in right hand). She was prepared to adjust and react to anything he did in response to her attempts, knowing the fight had become dynamic.

 

[Tynian]

Tynian felt the probing of the dark side on his arm as if it was a slight nudge... The hairs on the back of his neck bristled indicating that he was going to be in trouble if he didn't react. So as quickly as he could, he raised his arm and used the force to send a smaller, half-sized bookshelf in the direction of the male Sith, to try to break his concentration. The Sith wouldn't be able to keep up the control of the force and avoid the oncoming bookshelf at the same time...

Tynian then moved to close the distance between them, keeping up his guard just in case the dark sider tried anything else...

 

[Kane]

Kane felt the force tendrils grip him, and made a cushion like bubble around himself which caused him to simply brush against the wall rather than slam into it.

As the sigh charged his blade came up, intercepting the blade of the sith before he sent a blast of force into her midsection.

With the momentum of her attack and the proximity they were in he reasoned that the blast would be very difficult -nearly inpossible- to dodge, but he was ready to react to anything that she might try.

 

[Baalryc Ysirath]

The Jedi responded with a predictable application of telekinesis. The cold and calculating mind born of decades of war analyzed, while coiled muscles acted on memory instilled on the blood-soaked fields of war. With a quick pivot into a double backstep, Baalryc maintained his white knuckle grip on his cane as he pointed the metal length side-on at the Jedi's arm, he neatly dodged the small book case which went tumbling to the ground on his right. His lightsaber was held easily by his side, blade angled towards the floor from the hilt, held at hipe height and slightly away from the body.

Baalryc may not have born the rank of a Sith Master, but his concentration and power were no lesser than one. His concentration unbroken, he poured his dark will into his grip on the Jedi's vambrace. The already strained metal would begin to twist and crumple, pressing painfully into the forearm in some places, and digging deeper into the flesh in others. If the Jedi didn't think quick over the pain, he would soon find the bones of his right forearm being crushed beneath the very armor that was supposed to protect them. "Armor in the library? What is this, Mandalore?" Baalryc taunted, his words another nagging distraction on the Jedi's now pained mind.

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[Zanna Kressh]

Zanna felt their blades connect and she had expected as much. Her free hand was reaching for her tri-blaster as their blades met. She hadn’t anticipated the push, however, and it sent her skidding back away from Kane. She used that opportunity to aim and fire two rounds from her blaster. It was a total of six bolts, but the equivalent of two heavy ones. They were aimed at his legs, below where his saber was. At this close range, he would have a difficult time deflecting or dodging the bolts in time. His focus had been on putting a Force bubble around himself, intercepting her blade and now doing a Force push.

Zanna was prepared with her saber for any other attacks or deflection attempts. She pivoted to the side of Kane’s right, ready to make another approach quickly based on what he did.

 

[Tynian]

The grip on Tynian’s arm didn’t lessen as he planned by throwing the shelf at the Sith, and the pain was beginning to be feel much more than before.

So as not to let it continue, Tynian threw up a force shield in front of him to break the hold of the Sith’s power on his arm.

Immediately he felt relief and the grip let go...
Tynian was an accomplished duelist and he wasn’t going to allow this Sith to get any further into the Temple.

And so not to let the Sith gather his strength again, the Ysanna Jedi rushed toward him with his lightsaber, attacking the Sith with a series of thrusts and jabs designed to drive the dark sided backwards, as well as being prepared to defend of necessary.

He had already felt the Sith’s grip, so he wouldn’t underestimate him again...


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[Kane]

As soon as the Sith's hand hit her blaster Kane was moving, leaping several feet to his left and using the sudden lack of resistance against his saber to sweep it down and intercept a couple of the bolts, sending them harmlessly into the floor. The others sailed by him.

After making sure he was safe Kane kept his saber in a middle guard and the force coiled in and around him, ready for anything that came next.

 

[Zanna Kressh]

Zanna didn’t stop pressing her attack. As the bolts went to the ground, she kept moving forward. Two fingers were lifted off the gun to coil the Force around Kane’s neck to Force choke him. As the same time, she darted in and swung her saber up to clash with his, resulting in a saber lock. She wouldn’t let him ease back or allow distance between them.

She still had the gun drawn, locking their sabers together while Force choking him. She was prepared to react if he attempted a push or anything to move her back. Zanna didn’t fire her gun again, letting it cool off for a moment.

 

[Baalryc Ysirath]

Baalryc was dissapointed as the Jedi broke his grip on the bracer. Denied the satisfaction of crushing bone beneath metal, Baalryc snarled as the Jedi began to rush him. Fury burned at his core, and the rush of battle filled him. Fuled by his rage, the darkside once more answered his beckoning call.

As he dropped into a defensive stance, his left side angled forward with his left foot leading and knees bent, his left hand rose as two fingers pointed off his cane. As if attached by a string, the door that lay broken on the floor in front of him righted itself sharply just before the Jedi would have rushed over it. The Jedi would have little opportunity to avoid rushing into it, and would most likely smash into the heavy wooden door face first. Even if he didnt, the move would be disruptive enough to the jedi that he would not be able to carry out any series of attacks he might have planned.

He would be ready for any new attack the jedi might come up with as his weight rested lightly on the soles of his feet. Left arm forwards with his cane clutched between his thumb and two little fingers, while his first two fingers stuck out, holding the door aloft. His right arm again hovered by his right hip, held outwards in a relaxed grip, ready to react in an instand.

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[Tynian]

Tynian almost slammed into the door that had just popped up in front of him... Instinctively, he reached out with the force and using his own momentum with it, the Jedi pushed the door aside to the left and sending it crashing to the floor once again, and clearing the way to the Sith with the cane.

Now as he stepped up to the Sith, Tynian came in slashing horizontally from right to left, at the Sith's chest. If the attack wasn't blocked, the Sith would be cut in two.

The Jedi also stayed alert for any counter that the Sith may try...

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[Baalryc Ysirath]

The Jedi's reflexes were fast, using the force to cast aside the makeshift obstacle that Baalryc had placed in front of his path.

The Jedi's slash wouldn't be so successful however as Baalryc was ready to counter. As the blade came in from the left, aimed for his chest, Baalryc took a step back with his left foot, the lightsaber in his right hand swinging up from its idle guard at the same time. His crimson and black blade would intercept the Jedi's in an upwards parrying motion, redirecting the Jedi's blade up and away from Baalryc, with his saber interposed between them.

Rolling his wrist to keep his own blade between himself and the jedi's saber as the strike went wide, the tip of Baalryc's saber was now pointed directly at the Jedi's chest. He would make a swift short slash at the Jedi's saber hilt, a slight thrust and chopping motion aimed at right hand on the hilt before withdrawing the blade once more, ready to defend. With his blade inside the center of the jedi's dual blades, he was ready to shift the angle of his saber at a moments notice to defend against either blade while he carried out his own swift strike.

 

[Zanna Kressh]

Without defending against her choke, Kane was quickly subdued. Zanna stopped her attack as Kane slumped to the ground, unconscious. She quickly whipped around to see Baal engage the Jedi he had been fighting. While she didn’t think it was safe to interject when they were in such close combat, she knew she could assist from afar. Zanna rapidly constricted the Force around Tynian, applying a crush to his torso. If he didn’t find a way to interrupt, it would make his chest cave in and crack his ribs. This was timed right as Baal went to attack him, meaning he had to split his focus to try and defend. Zanna wanted this fight to end quickly, and with Kane out of the fight, the path to victory was clear.

 

[Tynian]

In order to avoid loosing a hand, Tynian let go of the right side of his weapon.

The Sith’s blade cut into his own lightsaber making the double bladed weapon into a single bladed one. The lost of the second blade was unfortunate, but not debilitating.

At the same time the Sith’s blade hit his own hilt, Tynian’s ribs began to feel a tightening around them, so he surmised that Kane was somehow incapacitated, and he was now on his own.

Pulling in the force, he quickly closed his eyes, and sent a blinding flash of light all around him, which worked much like a flash grenade would.

It would temporarily blind both Sith, as well as make them disoriented for a few seconds... and give him a chance to renew the attack against the one in front of him.

Once the flash went off, he stepped forward and swung his weapon down, aiming his blade at the Sith’s wrist... the one that held the lightsaber.


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