Ask Coruscant Ripples of a Supernova

[Kyosuke Yamato]

"There!" Kyo pointed to the distant clothing shop below the ship. Gremlin hooted excitedly, then hunkered down even tighter against his bestie's upper back knowing full well what was about to happen. "Alright... Shini!" Kyosuke yelled toward the airlock next to him. "Hover here and aim the bow down towards the 1,998th floor!"

"Affirmative, Key-Oh." Shini's voice echoed back up through the airlock. Within a moment the Shinigami would gradually begin to tilt downwards, revealing more and more of the lower levels to Kyo as he watched down the front of the ship's nose. He'd wait for a few more moments until the angle created a slide, then he'd disable and retract the anchor attachment of his Peacemaker to suddenly begin skating down the surface of the smooth hull with the bottom of his boots.

Gremlin held on even tighter and hollered with a long cheerful, "wooAAAHHH!!!"

Shini maintained the angle of the wings with just enough propulsion from the thrusters to keep the ship afloat at it's downward tilt. The hoodie and loose equipment would beat around Kyo faster and harder as he'd gain more and more speed. The hood definitely couldn't hold onto his head, and flew back to whip around in his wake. His raven bangs danced back and forth rapidly, revealing his shining gaze as he steeled his resolve and focused all of his attention into the athletic maneuver, which was, of course, something he did quite often.

The Shadow kept his limbs and shoulders out to the sides, which were aimed in front of and behind him, almost parallel to the ship's bow and aft. He'd also keep his hips and center lowered enough to stabilize himself, while he bent his knees a tad, and crunched his abs to lean back and forth in the rampant ebb and flow of the wind around him.

He'd continue to slide even faster with every moment, pushing him closer and closer to the edge of the bow until he'd finally pool the Force along the joints and muscles of his legs for an empowered Jump. After a moment of concentration he'd take in a sharp deep breath, and would then leap with all of his enhanced might. Gremlin cheered louder and longer.

As he took off into the air, Kyo would curl his legs up under him and let his arms swing out behind him. His body turned back forward and aimed towards the cluster of rooftops a few levels down. Gremlin dug halfway into the neck of the hoodie as he did his best to hang tight in the ruthless airflow that battered both of them.

Kyo narrowed his focus, quickly gauging his most likely landing spot -- as long as nothing went wrong mid-jump. He could feel the items in his clothes and boots wriggling as if they were trying to escape, though they didn't have quite enough wiggle-room to get out. The clinic's undersized hoodie lifted halfway up his torso, revealing most of his abs, which engaged to keep his form steady while he tried to keep his descent decently controlled.

"Grem, get ready!" The young Knight called out to his comrade, who chimed back affirmatively and braced himself with a little wiggle like a loth-cat that readied itself to pounce. Kyo would also prep himself for the next step, readying himself to land properly on the expected clearing of the ever-nearing rooftops. 'Don't worry Seela, I'm almost there. Just hang in there a little longer.'


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

@Seela
Bol's hot rancid breath bore down on the slave's lavender skin as he brought his face within an inch of hers. He let out a low growl through his rotten teeth as he'd slowly drag his fingers down the girl's face and to her neck.

The Dark Side would begin to creep up the edges of the helpless girl bit by bit, poking and prodding at Seela's being as though it tested her to see just how vulnerable she was. As each moment went by it would continue to swarm around her like a swelling tide.

"It'd be sooo easy..." Bol's bulbous fingers slowly wrapped around Seela's neck as the massive muscles in his arms and chest would begin to bulge. The pressure of his grip tightened, squeezing the new shock collar against her throat while the silver torque would be pressed hard against her. The look in his eye became almost feral as the giant succumbed to the Dark Side, and gripped down even harder to begin cutting off the girl's ability to breathe...


@Kyosuke Yamato
The angle, arc, and power of the unarmored Knight's lengthy Jump all left Kyo airborne for several long moments. The closest airspeeders were a good enough distance away that they wouldn't even notice the speck flying through the air that was Kyosuke Yamato.

It'd be a few more moments of uninterrupted hang-time as the focused Jedi soared toward the messy cluster of rooftops on the 1,998th level of the cityworld. The area also seemed to be devoid of pretty much anybody else, and had more than enough darkness in it to cover Kyo as he'd descend toward his destination unnoticed.


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[Seela]

Seela was brought back to herself when she felt her ability to breathe was diminished, and she felt the cold syrupy touch of the dark side prodding her. Diving in her light to protect herself, she tried to embrace herself with the force, wincing at the pain of the collar's prongs digging in her throat from the behemoth's grip.
Doing so, she also entered a meditative state, which happens to be Force Sustenance, but Seela isn't aware of that, it's just something her body does when it's ability to survive is threatened.
Not wanting her throat crushed, Seela waits an appropriate amount of time before she fakes passing out, and goes even limper in the man's grip, internally groaning at the strain of her shoulders. Yep, if she survived until then, her shoulders would hurt tomorrow!

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

"Alright Grem, NOW!" Kyo's legs whipped down, the front of his feet aimed at the rooftop as he reinforced his legs with the ethereal essence of the Force and slammed down fast.

Gremlin hopped up and back to redirect his inertia while the Shadow sprang forward several meters from the intense momentum, diving out of his landing and curling himself so the back of his right side shoulder would roll through to his upper back, and then roll on through to his lower left hip in order to pad him against the impact of the metal roof. His body would continue to slide forward as his muscles all tensed and braced so he could safely follow through the maneuver onto his left shin and right foot. His body would remain low, head tilted downward, right palm outstretched on the roof, and left arm extended out to the side.

The little scout droid tried to contain his volume as he cried out joyfully from the huge air he'd caught. Kyo, who was still sliding forward in his three-point landing, would be aligned directly with Gremlin's trajectory. The droid's displaced velocity meant that he'd skillfully drop right down between the Knight's shoulders. "Hnn!!" Kyo braced himself and let out a grunt as his metal companion landed on his upper back. "Good job, buddy. Map."

Kyo's head tilted forward as he slowly began to stand and gaze out over the obstacle course of random rooftop doodads in his path. The holo-map popped up in front of him from over his shoulder, projected by the scout droid. The Shadow's bright blues flicked across the layout of the level while Gremlin quickly panned it over to the nearby service corridor that was highlighted with a yellow icon to designate it as the next waypoint.

"Got it. Let's go." After taking the moment to catch his breath, Kyo would then lean forward, pull the Force back into his legs, and dart forward with his Speed greatly enhanced. Gremlin would try to contain his glee as the determined Shadow would push his expert athletics to the brink, and make his way toward the service corridor that dropped down near the place where he'd tracked the comm bracelet that Seela had taken. 'These weak obstacles won't slow me down.'


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

@Seela
"What's this?" The giant's clouded eyes would narrow as he Sensed the Force in the girl. His primal concentration shifted as he also noticed she seemed to be going unconscious at the same time. An insatiable hunger began to overtake Bol, who would snarl and quickly grab the top of her outfit to suddenly jostle her and lift her by the ripping fabric. He'd then mash down the button on the black collar's shock remote to jolt the girl back into attention.

"It's been so long since I've gotten to devour a Jedi..." He'd let out a throaty snarl as he'd release her top and thrust the broad fingertips of his left hand right above her heart. He'd wrongfully identified her in his unstable condition, but that didn't matter. The Force around the two of them would bend and twist to his will, suddenly converging around the spot between his fingers and Seela's chest to begin a painful Drain so he could gradually rip the essence right out of the helpless girl.

The Dark Side would whip up around her as she'd be forced to writhe, bearing down on her with every moment she remained vulnerable. Without the Light to repel it, it would begin to sink into her mind to grasp away at any negative emotions she allowed to overtake her. With the recent shock and Bol draining her it would be extremely difficult for Seela to resist enough so she could even call upon the Light...


@Kyosuke Yamato
The darkened rooftops seemed to be void of any others, making it easy enough for the Shadow to breeze through the underworld level with no resistance. A few gaps between the buildings would take more than an average jump to cross, but that wouldn't be a problem for the Force-fueled Knight to clear.

If Kyo kept up his pattern of speedy bursts he'd be able to cross over the various rooftop appliances and fixtures with relative ease, given that the urban terrain was very much like parts of Nar Shaddaa, and wouldn't pose a problem for the athletic young man who was proficient at traversing such environments.


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[Seela]

Seela was jostled roughly, then a shock would overtake her mind for a bit, the pain wracking her battered body.
Once the residual spasms were over, the scary man started to do something weird, not really touching her...
Seela felt her strenght in the force drsin way quicker than she liked, and she knew that if she had to act, it needed to be now! And so, engaging her arms and her core, she quickly brought a foot towards the guy's family jewels with all the might she had left... now, she could die in peace, knowing that she at least tried to resist...
The pain from the shock had morphed somehow. It now felt like her insides were being pulled out of her slowly... because of course she couldn't be granted a quick death...

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

Kyosuke leapt and bound over and across the miscellaneous obstacles in his path like he'd done it a thousand times before. He'd focus his concentration into every maneuver as he expertly crossed the underworld rooftops with bursts of the Force empowering his Speed and Jumps. He could feel the tug on his stamina, but he could bear a little enhanced freerunning, no problem. He was used to stuff like this, it was practically a hobby of his.

He'd quickly cross the environment, konging his way over a large appliance that looked like it didn't even function anymore. Kyo would then kick his feet forward, dropping a fair distance before he'd land and perch upon a thin metal beam above the service corridor to the level below.

Without hesitation he'd drop to a hang, swing his legs back, then he'd crunch his abs and kick them back out front as he yanked his body forward using the beam. He'd then release it at the apex of the swing to shoot down into the dark tunnel.

Gremlin whooped with excitement, though he'd try to keep it down now that they were getting close to the designated location. Kyosuke's legs, hips, and lower back would all land on the slanted surface of the inconspicuous route down to the 1,997th level of Coruscant. He'd keep his arms tucked in and readied himself to avoid more obstacles.

A few seconds later Kyo would come sliding out of the collection of pipes. He'd finish catching as much of a breath as he could by the time he saw the end of the short tunnel split wide open into the dim lit level below.

Then he could feel some sort of ethereal pain. The Dark Side. Seela. Not far from where he was...

Without waiting to fall off onto the walkway next to the exit, Kyo quickly curled up, tucked onto his feet, kept his balance with his arms, and focused his concentration into another risky stunt.

The Shadow would bound a great distance out of the end of the corridor, pulling his right arm back while he'd begin to concentrate the Force into his right hand. Gremlin would cling tighter and tighter, trying not to hoot as he peeked over his bestie's shoulder to see a large glass sunroof admist a wide rooftop that they were very quickly approaching. 'We got this, we got this!'

The scout droid's head popped up with a, "Wuh Oh!!" then down as he hunkered down as tightly as possible.


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

Cross was walking down one of the hideout's long narrow hallways, his eyes tilted down as he passed into the abandoned repair shop's conference room. Three other gangsters sat around the large wide table in the center of the room, which had a decently sized skylight above it.

Kenn, the bald lifeless gunner, was slumped in one of the chairs with an untouched dinner in front of him. Nothing was in very good condition, and it seemed like some kind of rot had taken over the place. Even the ceiling window had several cracks in it, and it was so filthy the gangsters below could barely see through it.

"Bol's going to go too far again..." The man in the duster tried to tell the others as he squeezed the handle of the hypo-spray in his large pocket.

"Look 'ere, Cwoss, you wanna stay awive then ya betta' stay outta his way, ya hear?" A lanky gangster said as he stood in his chair next to Kenn, whom they'd been unable to save in time. It was clear to Cross that all of these men were pissed about their comrade's death. He let out a disappointed sigh and went to open the closet where they'd been keeping the lavender Twi'lek they caught earlier.


A purple vein had begun to show across Bol's jaw, who clenched his teeth and groaned like he'd eaten some delicious meal. Then as he rolled his neck back to Seela he'd see the movement from her leg as she went to kick him. He'd break his concentration on the Drain and quickly thrust his injured arm down through the bandages that formed his sling, breaking it apart while his hand wrapped down around the bottom of her thigh, just above the knee she tried to use to kick him. The action would cause the shock remote to get pinned between his palm and her leg, causing it to shock her while he maintained the grip.


The duster wearing doc opened the door to the small dark room, illuminating it with the artificial light of the conference room on the other side. A few of the men glanced inside just as Bol released his grip on the recently shocked girl and pulled away from her with the remote once again in his hand. "You got it?" The giant held out his empty palm to take the item from the doctor.

Cross would glare through his glasses as he began to take a couple cautious steps forward, slowly pulling the handle of the hypo-spray from his duster pocket when there was suddenly a loud crashing sound from the skylight in the conference room just behind him.

All of the gangsters would immediately whip their attention back to the large table in the middle of the room, where Kyo's body would land facedown and outstretched with a loud thud and a breathless grunt, completely stunning every one of the gangsters that were present.


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[Seela]

Seela's kick attempt was deftly foiled by the brute, ending with the girl getting shocked, again.
The twi'lek cried out in pain against the gag, spasming against the rope holding her up.
She panted, trying to catch her breath, eyes glazed, barely holding on to her consciousness at this point. She really wished they'd hurry up and kill her soon... but of course, it wouldn't be the case, as something crashed in the other room, distracting her tormentor...

@AdventCore

 

[Kyosuke Yamato]

Kyo lay silent and still. Gremlin poked his little head up and looked around at the speechless crowd, then back down to his bestie. "Uh-oh!!"

The Knight without shining armor let out a low weak groan. He'd managed to blast through the glass, but he'd barely had enough time to brace himself for the landing. He couldn't think straight, his mind dipping back and forth until he finally felt something at his fingertips.

The adrenaline stim had fallen out of his pocket and rolled next to his outstretched left hand. His dizzy blues glanced down at the booster next to his hand, then to the stunned gangster just a few meters from him, then back down to his thigh.

Kyosuke then took in a deep breath, wrapped his fingers around the adrenaline stim, and went to jam the tip of it into his femoral artery.


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

"Stop him you idiots!!" Bol began to march pass Cross, leaving Seela alone in the small dark closet while he pushed the doctor aside to slip through the doorway. The three gangsters would all jump into action, crawling and reaching up onto the table as they tried to get to the young man that was just out of all of their reaches.

Cross released the hypo-spray and dipped his other hand into his other pocket, where the sedative had been waiting. He'd then quickly remove the cap and took a sharp breath as he went to stab it into the back of the giant's neck.


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[Kyosuke Yamato]

The adrenaline boost acted quick, surging through Kyosuke's body by the time the first gangster would come into reach. Gremlin poked his bestie's back with a worried hoot, before Kyo would swiftly yank the emptied stim out of his leg, then stab it down toward the first hand that reached out for him, buying himself just a couple more seconds for the adrenaline to really kick in.


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[Seela]

Seela could have sworn she heard a distressed Gremlin just now, but it didn't make any sense! Gremlin was gone with Kyosuke! Her brain had to be tricking her! Yeah, her brain had suffered from the hits and the shocks! It couldn't be them! But still, she had to try one last thing!
Looking up, she analysed the knot holding her. A basic double column tied off with a square knot. Nice work, but simple! Maneuvering to get her fingers on the knot, Seela got to work to untie it. Untying a knot when it is under quite a bit of tension is hard! Seela pulled, squeezed her fingers between the coils, tried to hook the rope, but only succeeded in snapping her very long acrylic nails against the ropes... frustrating!

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[The Storyteller]

"GWAHHH!!" The lanky gangster yelped and staggered back once the tip of the adrenaline stim's needle pierced the back of his hand. He lost his footing, staggered back, slipped on the edge of the table, then lost his balance and fell toward his chair. The impact of his head against the back of the furniture would nearly knock him out, causing him to roll to the floor dazed for a little while.

The other two gangsters on the large table would continue to reach for Kyosuke's nearly limp body, one of them attempting to pin the young Knight's head down while the other would go to restrain the young man's right wrist and ankle.

Bol would turn back to Cross, grasping the doc's hand with the sedative. The giant would then roar out and continue to crush the man's wrist while he'd use his overwhelming strength of his barely healed forearm to push Cross back into the edge of the doorway.

Seela's knots would begin to loosen ever so slightly, but not yet enough to set her free. The constant strain on her wrists and shoulders would begin to take their tole the more she'd struggle, but there was still a chance that she could do it.


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[Seela]

Seela's shoulders were on fire, but it wasn't new to her, so she just pushed on, ignoring the pain, knowing that now was her best chance to escape, since there seemed to be a fight breaking out.
Finally managing to get the right loop of the knot hooked in her fingers, she hurried to pull and free it, methodicaly undoing the knots.
Seela did her best to avoid collapsing when the rope finally gave in and let her free. Her legs barely held under her, shaking like a newborn fawn trying to walk.
Catching her breath, she silently took hold of the rope, looping it a few times around each hand, with a reasonable lenght between her hands, of maybe around 50 centimeters.

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

Adrenaline raced through Kyo's body, but it would take just a little longer before he would be able to make much use of his other muscles. He'd start to move slightly, groaning from the unexpectedly bad landing. Some of the aches across his body would gradually begin to tense then numb, but not before he'd be grabbed by the gangsters and held down.

Thankfully he'd blasted most of the glass away during the entry so he wasn't laying on too many shattered pieces, but he'd still taken a few cuts to his exposed lower torso and face in the process. The hand that pushed down against the back of his head caused the right side of his cheek to scrape along the edge of a window shard, drawing a thin line of crimson along his cheekbone while he'd grunt through his clenched teeth in pain.

Gremlin would cry out loudly, extending his spark projector before he'd leap at the gangster with two hands on Kyo. The little scout droid would release a digital warcry while his jump would take him up toward the man's shoulder. Whether or not he reached his destination, Gremlin would shove his shock stick against any part of the gangster he could reach.


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

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Gremlin's courageous attempt to protect his bestie would fail as the gangster quickly released his grip on Kyo's limbs to grab the scout droid instead. The man would growl through his teeth as he held his hands on both sides of the droid's head and kept the shock projector away from hitting any part of his body while he'd struggle to keep Gremlin still.

The other gangster that held Kyo down would slide forward and aimed to stab his knee into the young man's back. He'd then pivot on the knee and his other foot while he'd try to pull Kyo's wrists together behind the young man's hips to restrain him further.

Bol was too busy tightening his grapple on Cross that he failed to notice that Seela had managed to escape her restraints. He'd continue staring into the smaller man's shaky eyes, then would use his overwhelming strength to twist back on the doc's wrist and tried to plunge the tip of the needle into the doc's esophagus before he'd then snarl and yell, "You shouldn'tve crossed me, fool!!"


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[Seela]

Seela took a deep breath, centered herself. She visualised each step, the jump, the loop of rope coing over Bol's head, to his throat from his back, and then gravity dragging her down, hanging on the rope. She could feel it in her bones, in the Force... she just... knew how exactly to do it.
In a blur, she was gone, precisely like she had seen in her mind, then she coiled herself and jumped, striking fast as a cobra, sending the rope in front of Bol's face, the rope crossing in the back of his neck, and pulled!
The height difference that had forced her to jump also made it so gravity was on her side on the pull, and so Seela hoped it would work. In that moment, she didn't feel pain. In that moment her soul sang for justice, for rebelling against the oppression. And also, a new thirst for blood!

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

Kyo's pupils widened, his heart beat faster, and his blood fizzled across his muscles. He tilted his head just enough to see the source of the commossion in the closet at the end of the room. The lavender Twi'lek he could faintly remember looked like she was in a poor condition, perhaps fighting back with the last bit of her strength.

'Seela.' The flurry of energy in Kyosuke's chest ignited across his frame.

"There you are." The Knight took in a full breath, and would then push up with all his might just as the man on top of him reached for his wrists. Kyo would then quickly twist and turn his body to spin counterclockwise on his side, pivoting his body around his hands and shoulders while he'd sweep out at the gangster's ankles with his shins.

Gremlin would flail his little legs wildly while he shifted and struggled as much as his shell allowed. As long as he could keep the guy away from his bestie, then that was good enough for him. In the meantime, he'd try to break free of the gangster's grasp, potentially getting a shock in if he could.


@Ahryia

 

[The Storyteller]

"Huh-GAHGG!!" The rope came down hard and fast on the front of the brute's neck, the sudden force from Seela's manuever crushing down on his windpipe before Bol could brace himself.

The giant immediately reacted by clenching his fingers down on the shock remote to Seela's new shock collar, causing it to jolt her hard while he'd continue to keep the button pressed for as long as she was choking him. In addition, he'd stagger back in the doorway, slamming his back, and Seela, into the door's narrow edge while he'd collapse to one of his knees, still gagging with distorted gasps for breath. The hand that held Cross also released, and would begin grabbing back toward the head of the pinned Twi'lek that would continuously be getting shocked.

Cross hesitated for a moment as he gathered himself, then he'd look over at the random Kyo who began to fight back, before he'd look at Seela and then Bol who both seemed to be struggling. The doc would then take a deep breath, and lunge forward with another jab of the needle toward the bulbous veins in the arm that held the shock remote, determined to get the raging bull with the sedative.

The gangster who was trying to keep himself from getting shocked turned and threw the little scout droid as hard as he could toward the durasteel wall next to him, attempting to break the droid if he could.

The man who'd tried to pin Kyo was quickly thrown off his balance and began to roll to the side with a loud exclamation before he'd feel the only foot he barely had on the table suddenly get swept out from under him, sending him crashing down onto countless bits of broken glass.


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