Ask Yavin IV The Beast of Yavin IV: Chapter 4

[The Storyteller]

Northwest of the Jedi Temple
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The jungle of Yavin IV had once more fallen into an eerie silence; all manners of creatures simultaneously came to a singular understanding…The beast was near. In the presence of a predator, all prey instinctively went quiet, lest they draw in its fatal attention. This was no ordinary beast, however. Its motives were not driven by primal need. It did not hunt out of hunger, nor out of necessity. This particular creature, an anomaly in its own right, stalked for an entirely different reason.

Malice. Pure, uninhibited malice.

Out of spite, it had attacked the pack of howlers, displacing them from their established territory. In accompanying bitterness, it had snatched the youngling. Indeed, there was nothing habitual about any of this. It was as if the jungle very law of nature had been wretched into a twisted manner, especially as under the light of the Yavin’s three other moons, the beast revealed itself to be a mamien.

Mamiens were large simian creatures native to Yavin 4, and were known to be rather solitary; most of these creatures were otherwise shy and skittish, impossibly difficult to approach (though one or two had been known to possess a curious and casual demeanor). True, they could be very protective of their young, even turning violent if their infant was threatened but this beast (though female) had no offspring with it.

Instead, the mamien, standing at a height of over three meters, was simply a walking mass of aggression. For such a large creature, it would move swiftly, lumbering on two legs at surprising speed; crashing through the branches and thickets was little more than a nuisance to the jungle giant. Its thick, wooly hide was littered in scars, the shapes ranging from that of jagged slashes to a curious cluster of blaster burns. Drool escaped the gaping maw and fangs snatched at nothing, all whilst its bulbous nose scented the midnight air. Though long and floppy, the mamien’s ears were especially sensitive; it could hear the rowdy travel of footsteps breaking the quietude of the jungle. Another quick snort of the air confirmed it, and with a mighty bellow, the beast gave chase once more, crashing out of cover with its three-pronged claws.

It took only one look. One look at its crazed, amber eyes to know that this mamien had been driven mad.

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[Pêro Erval]

Pêro focused the Force on the hurt male hoolamander. Soon, its wounds would start to heal. There were many of them and the Knight wondered what could have fought against an entire troop and left the largest male in such a state. Whatever happens next, they would need to be careful.

After finishing the healing of the woolamander, Pêro turned to look at his Padawan. He saw that Hailee also had healed Davï. This was good, she had learned well after their training sessions. The G’weneen were right to believe that she was a fast learner. “Yes, we are going now.”

He turned to look one last time at the woolamanders. “Thank you.” Pêro said to the creatures, before walking away. “We are going to help the others. Once we arrive here, you will stay behind to protect the Youngling.” the G’wenee instructed Hailee what she was going to do. His Padawan only had a training lightsaber and they barely trained anything regarding how to fight.

“Also, stay alert. Whatever these woolamanders fought, is still close.” he hoped that they would not be surprised by it. After seeing the damage that it left in these poor animals, he doubted that alone he would be able to bring it down.

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[Hailee Lightwood]

After Hailee had tended to the youngling's foot she handed him his shoe back. "Here. This will make it better. You can be glad that we have found your shoe, otherwise your foot wouldn't be happy now, but I am very glad that i could return it to its rightful owner now" the Padawan's voice was still soft, but she winked at him with a grin, hoping that a little humor would lighten his mood and additionally keep him soothed.

Davï didn't seem frightened anymore, which was very fortunate. When Hailee had first touched his shoe, she had felt an immense amount of fright and horror, but right now she could sense that he was rather exhausted. She helped the youngling stand, while she got up herself.

With a nod, she signaled her master that she agreed to his plan. Protecting Davï was her highest priority, but at the same time she knew that this beast must be stopped as fast as possible. If it weren't for the woolamanders, Davï might have been dead. She didn't want to think about it, but she knew that it was the actual truth. "You're right. But let us not waste any more time" she answered as calm as possible, but she could actually sense this strange feeling of a looming danger overshadowing the usual tranquility of the jungle. The beast had to be close already.

She turned towards the monkeys one last time, gratefully nodding in the direction of the largest woolamander. Instinctively, she grabbed the youngling's hand while she started to walk into the direction of the others, ensuring that her body was always protectively in front of his, while her other hand rested on the hilt of her training's lightsaber. She stayed alerted and kept all of her senses sharpened while at the same time she was trying to remain calm for Davï's sake, but after a few meters she realized that something was indeed following them. Directing her gaze back up, she noticed that the whole troop was following them, their ears attentively, if not even nervously flapping while they were jumping from branch to branch. Having the woolamanders with them was probably an advantage, but as the largest one leading the troop started to holler, apparently as some sort of warning, the blood was seemingly freezing in her veins. "It's almost here" she whispered tensely under her breath, rather to herself as to anyone else, while she began to realize that there were actually about to encounter this terrible beast.

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[Edaara Tonor]

Edaara gathered her breath, trying to regain some semblance of strength. Perhaps she had just taken the med stim when Kyo had first offered it to her. She squeezed her eyes shut before opening them again. She heard the hooting and hollering of another animal and opened her eyes, looking up. Monkey-looking creatures swung into the muddy clearing they were in, followed by Knight Erval and his padawan, Hailee. She could not help her sigh of relief, as she leaned closer to the tree. She noticed Davï was walking beside Hailee and this time she did not try to hide her sigh of relief. She recognized the youngling and she could tell when his eyes widened and a small smile started to creep across his small face that he recognized her too. "Edaara!" he exclaimed, forgetting to address her as Knight but Edaara didn't mind the informal address as she managed to squat down, her back leaning against the tree as Davï ran towards her. She was glad she was leaning against the tree because she would have fallen over when he embraced her.

"Hey, buddy," she said, smiling, ignoring the pain in her chest. "Are you doing alright?" she said, once he released her from the death hug.

He nodded, pointing to Hailee. "She helped me feel better," he said. Edaara leaned against the tree and managed to stand up right again, giving the padawan a smile.

Their brief moment of peace did not last long; the roars of the beast echoed even closer.​

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

"Glad we're all okay, but it's still out there. Probably close." Kyo attentively looked around for any sign of the beast, a little surprised and distracted by the monkeys that lurked nearby. He and Gremlin were both a bit confused and cautious because of them, but nonetheless the pair maintained their vigilant watch for the beast.

"One of us should take Davï toward the temple, while the rest of us escort them in a flexible and protective formation." He began to walk towards the edge of the group, staying closest to the most recent shrieks of the beast. He could feel a hint of fear crawling up the back of his spine as he stared into the dark of the night, doing his best to hold his courage together while he attempted to focus his ethereal Sense in on the last known location of the creature.

"You should be the one to take the Youngling back, since the rest of us are Knights and probably have more combat experience." He gradually turned his gaze to Hailee as he addressed her with a courteous yet serious tone, and gave her a small polite bow to show that he didn't mean her any disrespect. Knight Yamato also made sure to give her master a respectful nod to show that he wasn't trying to step on his toes.

"We'll hold it at bay while you get him to safety."


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[The Storyteller]

The calm before the storm had shattered; from atop the trees, woolamanders gave a cry. A warning. Not a moment later, a behemoth broke through the trees, its sheer size and scale leveling all within its path. Trees snapped, toppling as the massive mamien pushed against them, their groans of protest drowning amidst the animal's raging assault. With a grunt and a snarl, it surveyed the entire party, snorting at them before thumping its mighty chest. It sought their terror. It demanded their fear.

"The beast!" Davi cried, "It's the b-beast!" Startled, the youngling ducked behind @Edaara Tonor, seeking safety as chaos ensued.

The mamien was surprisingly sentient, with enough sense to arm itself with the trunk of the fallen tree. In a fit of fury, it began to swing, lashing out at the Jedi party as if they were the creatures of nuisance. Back and forth it swung, its brute strength handling the weaponized wood as if it weighed nothing. Down it crashed, missing @Kyosuke Yamato by mere inches before the beast rounded on the others.

@Pêro Erval became its next target; charging at full speed, it narrowly missed trampling @Hailee Lightwood. Incessant wailing erupted from the creature's chest as it began its ruthless bombardment; again and again, it swung the tree, slamming it in @Pêro Erval's general direction before finally growing frustrated. The last blow came with an accompanying strike. The tree might have missed Pero, but not the mamien's meaty arm; it slammed itself into the Jedi Knight's chest, with enough force to fling him away and onto his back.

Roaring in abandon, the beast took advantage of the winded Jedi and advanced once more. Heaving the trunk of the tree high above its head, the mamien readied to send it crashing down, right on top of @Pêro Erval

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[Pêro Erval]

Hailee had barely finished talking when the woolamanders started to scream. Then, the sound of trees being snapped and falling on the floor alerted the group that something really big was approaching. Pêro’s left hand moved toward the hilt of his lightsaber. Whatever was coming, the Knight believed that he would be prepared to deal with it.

However, before he could even activate his weapon, the creature that was destroying the trees appeared. It was a mamien carrying a trunk. Immediately after its arrival, Davï had started to scream that it was the beast. Pêro watched the creature with caution. He never saw a mamien acting this way. It was out of control.

Then, the creature attacked the group. Pêro watched the mamien miss an attack on Kyosuke and then moved against him. He saw that Hailee was nearly stomped by it and felt concerned for her. However, before he could move to protect his Padawan, the G’weneen ended up needing to avoid the trunk that the rabid animal swung against him.

While he was able to avoid it, the mamien moved its heavy arm against him. This time, Pêro couldn’t avoid it. The young man was sent flying, falling on his back in the ground. Still feeling disoriented, the G’weneen saw the creature raise the trunk over its head and prepare to smash it on him.

Acting fast, Pêro rolled to the left. The mamien smashed the tree on an empty ground and became even more furious. The Knight grabbed his lightsaber and prepared to make his move against the creature. However, due to his disorientation, his reflexes were affected and he failed to hit the creature’s arm with his lightsaber. Due to that, the mamien saw an opening and slapped the Knight away. Pêro went flying once again and this time he hit a tree. This time he would need some help to get up.

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[Hailee Lightwood]

In one moment, they were still talking, the mood was tense, but they all seemed to be alright, but in the next moment, in the glimpse of a second, the Beast came crashing in. Knight Yamato had just addressed and instructed her to take Davï to the temple, but before she could even start to nod, the huge mamien was at them.

It charged through the trees with brute strength and it was suddenly armed with a tree trunk which it swung at the Jedi. Davï and Edaara were fortunately the ones with the largest distance between them and the beast, but before strategic discussions could be held, the beast started its ruthless attack. It barely missed Kyosuke before it started towards Pêro and herself and if Hailee wouldn't have jumped out of the way, it would have overran her with ease.

The Beast seemed furious, maybe even a little frustrated, at least that was what one could tell from the desperate swinging directed at her master. Since she had grown fond of him, she was immediately worried that it would actually hurt him, and so she sprang back to her feet and charged forward without thinking twice.

The creature was huge, but the adrenaline kept her from feeling intimidated. Davï was safe, out of the Beast's reach for now and so Hailee felt like an attack was the right thing to do. She reached the Beast in the exact same moment when her master was sent flying. Furiously, she activated her own lightsaber, bringing the illuminated blade right in its face. She aimed for its left eye, hoping that it would be too distracted to slap her away as well, and the lightsaber went indeed through it. She felt Pêro was hurt, but they had to neutralise that raging creature first, before she could try to help him. Without its full vision, its precision would definitely deteriorate, so she really counted on that.

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[Edaara Tonor]

The breath stilled in Edaara's lungs as the mamien burst into the clearing, swinging a tree trunk at Pêro. She herded Davi behind her, wondering if it wouldn't be better if she took the youngling back to the temple, since she was in no state to fight. She pulled out her saber again and ignited it, holding it out in front of her, prepared to fight. She was mildly surprised when Hailee managed to poke the beast's eye out; pulling a similar move that Edaara had executed earlier.

With the Force, she managed to pick up the stick the creature had dropped and swung it back in the direction of the mamien. He was big enough and slow enough that she managed to knock its feet out from under it, sending crashing backwards to the floor. She prepared to run; maybe she should take this as her chance to take Davi and take him to safety.

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

"Tch!" Knight Yamato slid back across the swampy grass after he'd narrowly leapt away from the beast's attack. He wound up next to Edaara and Davï, his gaze on the battle that was just a few meters in front of them. With the Padawan furiously jumping into the fray he figured it must've been a sign that she didn't agree with him, or that she had other issues with balance that her master was going to have to help her through. It wasn't his place. Either way, that creature had enough strength to throw around Yavin IV's massive trees, and leaving the youngling anywhere near the fight didn't seem like a good idea to Kyosuke.

"That thing can cross this distance in an instant." The Shadow's bright blues flickered as he flicked them to Edaara at the corner of his gaze. He didn't really have time to think about whether he could effectively go in for a killing blow while leaving the kid nearby, so he opted to protect the main objective instead.

"I'll get Davï back to the temple myself." Not that he had much stamina left. Kyo then swooped an arm under the youngling's chest and slung the boy over his shoulder like a sack of supplies, regardless of any protest from either of them. Then without hesitation the raven-haired Knight concentrated to pull the ethereal essence into his limbs, and burst forth with enhanced Speed toward the distant Jedi temple.


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[The Storyteller]

"W-wait! You don't understand-" Davi had, at first, began to protest but @Kyosuke Yamato 's speed cut him off. He could only watch on as the chaos grew more distant, but not before uttering a single warning. "Watch out!"

From its fallen position, the beast had grasped at the closest thing within its grasp. Rocks. Seething from its blinding, it began hurtling the stones with such force and speed, they nearly shattered into fragments on impact. It howled in abandon, thrashing and swiping as it clumsily found its feet once more. A portion of the mamien's face was now a smelted mess, the empty eyesocket still steaming with heat. Though it had thrown the improvised projectiles with much power, its aim was greatly impeded; most the rocks hard not quite hit their marks, but they certainly landed close to @Kyosuke Yamato or @Edaara Tonor. If the two knights did not take cover swiftly, they would surely be struck.

Hollering at the retreating pair, the beast turned its attention elsewhere. Seeming unconcerned with @Pêro Erval, or the woolamander alpha helping him to his feet, the mamien instead decided to focus its fury on the one who had struck the most grievous of blows. Padawan @Hailee Lightwood.

Despite its lumbering size, it snatched at the padawan quicker than expected. It didn't so much as strike her, as rather, it entangiled her in its long, sinew arms. Once she was in its grasp, the beast slowly began to crush the young padawan @Hailee Lightwood, its powerful muscles constricting about her like a power python. The intent was clear; the mamien was going to squeeze the very life right out of her. And it could have been done so quickly, if not for the intervention of the woolamanders. Shrieking and shouting, the troop of animals seemed set on meeting the challenge; they flung their own collection of rocks, aiming for the creature's back and head (careful not to strike at Hailee in the process). Some that were even braver ran directly down from their treetop covers, sticks in hand, to start striking at the mamien's legs and knees. Admittedly, it might not have been enough to hurt the beast, but it was enough to annoy it. Grunting and growling right in the padawan's face, it would rear this way and that way, trying to see exactly where its attackers were. Being blind in one eye had certainly hindered its field of vision.

Little by little, its hold on @Hailee Lightwood was loosening.

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[Pêro Erval]

After he crashed against the tree, Pêro tried to get up from the floor. Even if he had used the Force to protect himself during the collision, the Knight still felt pain. Most of it was due to the slap that he received from the mamien. However, he needed to move or the creature was going to kill all of them.

To his surprise, one of the woolamanders approached to help him get up from the ground. Pêro noticed that it was the same one that he had healed early. “Thank you.” he said to the animal, before turning to look at the mamien. The others had been able to hurt it, but it only made the creature become more furious.

Before he could move to help, the G’weneen saw the mamien turn to stare at Hailee. To his horror, the beast moved its arms and grabbed the Padawan and was going to crush her if it wasn’t for the intervention of the woolamanders. The entire troop started to scream and throw rocks and branches at the mamien, distracting it.

Using the distraction that the woolamanders were providing, Pêro used the Force to move fast toward the beast. He still felt pain, but his desire to save Hailee was greater than it. When he was close enough, the Knight moved his lightsaber to make wounds in the mamien’s arms. Hopefully it would be enough for the creature to let go of his Padawan.

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[Hailee Lightwood]

Once she had attacked the beast, she was still aware of the fact that her own master had probably gotten hurt badly. She was not only worried, but also starting to lose her nerves as she didn't have enough combat experience yet and this was literally her first real mission and everything had gotten out of hand rather fast. However, she managed to keep it together for now, but before she could roll away and dodge the mamien's savage counter attack, his huge, muscular arms were wrapped around her.

The air was pressed out of her lungs while she could literally hear one of her ribs break. An immense pain shot through her abdomen while she let out a desperate scream for help. However, her voice was almost completely swallowed and all that came out was merely a pained wail. The beast's hug grew even stronger, but out of a sudden she could feel a slight relief around her torso. She gasped panicky, hoping to catch some more air, because she had been quite close to fainting, but the hairy, fleshy, vigorous arms were indeed slowly letting go.

Her vision had grown blurry, but she could see Pêro rushing back, even though he was obviously hurt himself. He charged at the beast, saber extended and this next attack was apparently enough for the beast to finally let go of her. Panting, she fell to the ground, roughly landing on her side, but since she still faced the mamien in a way, she brought her saber back at the beast's legs, teeth gritted in pain. Just then, she was also realizing that the woolamanders had helped her and she was more than thankful for it. However, she wasn't sure whether she would be able to withstand the pain any longer.

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[Edaara Tonor]

Edaara turned away from watching Kyo run off with Davi, even as the child exclaimed something. She knew he would be safe. She turned just in time to see Pêro charge the mamien, who had a hold on Hailee. Edaara ran with a limp behind him and used the Force to pull Hailee away from the feet of the mamien after she had slashed at its legs and right before it slammed a massive hand where she had been seconds previously.

Edaara released Hailee when the girl was at her feet. She fell to her knees and placed a hand on the padawan's shoulder. "Are you alright?" she asked. The way Hailee held herself, it looked as if she too had broken a rib. Edaara had passed pain due to the adrenaline and now her middle-section just felt numb and heavy. She didn't look down at her wounds.

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

A ping of danger stabbed in the back of Kyo's neck as he'd suddenly Sensed the incoming projectile from the beast. His reflexes triggered just in time with an enhanced jump to take him into the large canopy above while the thrown rocks crashed into the ground where he and Davï had been seconds before. Gremlin cheered at the sudden velocity, though it was cut short as the trio landed in one of the splayed tops of one of the massive purple-barked Massassi trees, which was just out of reach of the battle with the Beast of Yavin IV.

Kyosuke's ankles tilted up with the slight bend of his knees, his body arched forward, and he'd begun to direct the ebb and flow of the ethereal essence into his legs once more so he could continue falling back to the temple, but then he felt another sharp pang at the back of his mind, and heard the painful wail of the Padawan he'd hoped he could've protected from the beast. Kyo froze, Hailee's cry echoed throughout his entire being. His attention immediately shot back to the action, whipping little Davï through the air on his shoulder in his sudden pivot to face the commotion.

"Tch!" He clenched his teeth and a fist, struggling to weigh the limited options before him. Strategies quickly churned and played out in his mind as the young man dropped to a knee and set Davï firmly onto the wide open treetop with him. He let out a deep sigh as he let one of his hands rest on the boy's shoulder to comfort him for what was about to happen.

"Grem, stay with Davï." The little scout droid nodded with an affirmative grunt, then ran down his bestie's arm and hopped over to the Youngling. The valiant Knight then turned his gaze to the young Nautolan. "Davï, stay with the monkeys." Kyo then looked over at one of the large and thick tree limbs to nod at a lurking cluster of smaller woolamanders that had been keeping their distance from the action to remain safe. Their eyes were wide as though they weren't sure if they should flee or stay while they looked up at the trio that stared back at them. Then Kyo swept his left hand back through his robes to the rear of his hips, and pulled forth his collapsed plasma bow as he began to turn toward the clearing where his comrades were engaged.

"If you don't hear or Sense anything from us, then run to the temple as fast as you can." He stood at the edge of another thick limb as he barely looked back over his shoulder to the group he'd have to keep at a distance. If he drew the beast's attention with them still around, then it would only endanger them. "And --" He hesitated, still struggling to balance the morality and impact of his choice. But he couldn't ignore the fact the he was running away while Edaara, Hailee and Pêro all suffered in his stead. He should've been the one to engage it first so he could draw its aggression, but now... Kyo shook his head, a futile attempt to shake the guilt from his conscious. Either way, he couldn't waste anymore time. His left wrist snapped forward with a short jab to unfold and activate the bow with a smooth snap and pop of teal energy. "May the Force be with you."

He then leapt from the large limb and disappeared through the canopy as he began to use the athletic tree-running skills he'd been honing on Endor with Seela to flank the encounter. Within seconds he'd be a safe distance away from Davï and Grem, with a clear view of his comrades in battle with the beast. Without hesitation he took a deep sharp breath, and focused as he thrust the outstretched fingers of his right hand toward the humming energy of the bowstring.

His concentration moved with the Force, gradually channeling a telekinetic blast across the energetic string while he weaved the essence around it and bound them together. The entwined blast shook along with the energy in a steady charge, maintained by the Shadow's control as the fingertips of his right hand's index and middle fingers slid against it and pulled back. His left arm extended and swept through the air as he brought his aim to the prone mamien a fair distance away. The energy cackled and seemingly stretched back as he firmly pulled the bowstring back towards his right cheekbone.

Then the poised Knight maintained his focus and concentration as he held his attack, his breath strong and steady as he remained vigilant and ready to loose the enhanced arrow of plasma that jittered and shook at the beast's next attack towards one of the other Jedi. Hopefully the powerful blast that would erupt from his location and slam into the beast's attacking appendage would be enough to prevent it from hurting one of his allies.

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[The Storyteller]

The wild malice in the beast's remaining eye shook with unbridled rage. Every attack, every moment served to only engrage the mamien further. The behemoth wailed and roared from the combined attacks of Knights @Pêro Erval and @Edaara Tonor. Its seared hide smoldered from the lightsaber wounds across its arm and legs, but the limbs still seemed functional regardless.

This would become especially apparent as the beast pushed through the pain and rolled its heavy body onto a handful of woolamanders that had been futilely attacking it. Though the much smaller monkeys had succeeded in helping @Hailee Lightwood survive the beast's deadly grapple, the overwhelming mass that suddenly barreled down on top of them would cause a pair of the woolamanders that couldn't get away to be crushed almost instantly. The squelching pop of the small creatures would then be followed by the deep gutteral snarl of the hateful beast as it pushed itself to its feet and snapped its massive maw down onto another of the monkeys, squishing the critter between its teeth before it turned to face the three Jedi near it.

A thunderous roar bellowed through the clearing. Chunks of meat and drool shot through the air towards the nearby Jedi. The woolamanders that had bravely charged the mamien now trembled and began to shrink away from the brutal scene. The behemoth lunged for the broken tree that it had when it entered the fray that still lay close by from when @Edaara Tonor had used it to trip the creature. With it's grip tight around the trunk it then quickly moved with a surprising speed toward the center of the three Jedi, where it would run in swinging the improvised weapon in a wide arc intended to smash the oversized weapon across all of them in one fell swoop.

Then the teal glow of @Kyosuke Yamato's plasma arrow flashed from the canopy, and burst across the beast's shoulder with the combined telekinetic blast that further pushed the behemoth's attack off balance. The creature growled and seethed as the energy bubbled and sizzled across its upper left shoulder, nearly knocking the wide area attack away enough that the three Jedi, @Edaara Tonor, @Hailee Lightwood, and @Pêro Erval might have an easier chance of avoiding the attack or mitigating the damage.

The powerful swing would cause the tip of the extensive tree to bash into and break apart against another tree next to the G'weneen, nearly dropping it on top of him. Without hesitation the raging creature would then pull the tree it had wielded up near its head, and would then chuck it up toward the canopy at the Shadow, @Kyosuke Yamato, while a long and furious bellow echoed out from its gruesome maw. Even with the successful attacks the Jedi had unleashed on the mamien, it would no doubt be clear to them that it would take much more than a few lightsaber strikes to fell the Beast of Yavin IV.

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[Hailee Lightwood]

Suddenly everything seemed to go way too fast. Hailee barely noticed that Edaara was helping her back to her feet and the next thing she noticed was that they had to finish the beast fast, as it already began its counterattack again. "I'm...okay" she coughed breathlessly, the adrenaline in her veins helping with that lie. The truth was that the pain as immense. There was at least one rib crushed from the beast's tight embrace, but this was not the time to assess damage.

Breathing heavily and with her heart unrelentlessly pounding in her chest it was admittedly hard to concentrate, yet she knew that they had to finish the mamien here and now, in order to finally end its reign of terror in this part of the jungle of Yavin. Without thinking twice, Hailee charged forward again, diving under the tree it swung, just to bring her lightsaber right through the extended beast's leg.

Hailee had already managed to blind the feral creature, but no it was time to end this. She couldn't fully execute the strike like she wanted as she was too afraid of getting hurt again, and additionally the pain was already restricting her movement. After all, the blade still effectively slashed at the creature's leg, however Hailee immediately sprang out of its range afterwards, trying to avoid staying in melee range for its next attack.

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[Edaara Tonor]

The creature was staggering around blind now, and this factor added to Kyo's attack made it easier for the Jedi to dodge the tree trunk the mamien swung. Edaara ducked, her bad (likely broken) leg buckled under the sudden change and shift in movement and she found herself on one knee, pain shooting up her leg and into her torso. It must have been bad, if she could feel it through the adrenaline.

She ignored it nevertheless and pushed herself back to her feet. Her saber was still ignited and she took a massive risk: she used the Force to boost her jump up to on top of the mamien's head. She landed hard, trying to put as much weight on her good leg as possible, while swinging down her saber in a brutal plunge. She managed to get her saber embedded in its neck a good amount but the hide was so thick she just sprayed herself with dark blood and made the beast angrier. She fell forward and clung to the beast's neck as it reared up.

When it fell back down to all fours, she raised her self up and pushed her saber even farther forward, eliciting a cry from the beast that left Edaara's ears ringing. She hoped the others would take this chance to help her out while she had it distracted.

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[Kyosuke Yamato]

There was just enough time for Kyosuke to thrust his right hand forward and bind the broken log with a powerful Stasis before it reached the treetop he was in and skewered him. His instincts kicked in with adrenaline, and he ran to the edge of the splayed treetop he'd been in. He kept his concentration on the log as he leapt onto the horizontal object, and sprinted across it with catlike balance.

A moment later he jumped hard and high, throwing his arms out and up while tucking his legs tight in the process. His focus shifted away from the log he'd held through the Force, causing it to resume its previous momentum and crash into the tree he'd just been standing in.

Without hesitation, the Shadow took aim in midair. His left hand brought the plasma bow in line with the mighty mamien, while the index and middle fingers of his right hand snapped to its energy bowstring. He was able to pull back and release two quick shots towards the beast's oversized face before he extended his feet to the ground in time to spring forward into a roll that would disperse the impact of his skillful landing and bring him to a crouch several meters away from the creature's flank.

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[The Storyteller]

There wasn't enough time for @Pêro Erval to evade the beast's attack. His body made a loud crunching thud as he was slammed into the tree next to him, and then again as the force from the mamien's swing collapsed most of the large purple tree down on top of him. Any other sounds that escaped his lips were suddenly snuffed out as he was pinned facedown in the muddy grass, barely a breath escaping the unconscious Knight.

Another combination of attacks from the remaining Jedi brought it down on all fours, but it was still far from finished with them. It cried out with an ear-splitting roar that would cause @Hailee Lightwood, @Edaara Tonor, and @Kyosuke Yamato to all flinch with a stunning pain inside their skulls, Knight Tonor being affected the worst due to her proximity to the vocal shockwave.

Crimson trails would run down from @Edaara Tonor's ears. Everything she'd hear would be muffled by a loud painful ringing. Then the meaty mamien's massive hand would tighten down on top of her to crush her and yank her from its neck so it could sling the Jedi through the air straight towards @Hailee Lightwood. There was such speed and strength in the throw that it would be extremely unlikely for either of them to even be capable of standing after their heavily damaged bodies collided.

Two sizzling blast marks smoked at the side of the mamien's cheek and forehead while it turned with a frothy growl to face the Shadow. The beast's single remaining eye focused in on its prey. Then it roared, and charged on all fours. In seconds the behemoth crossed the short distance, opened wide its monstrous maw, and went to slam its jaws down around @Kyosuke Yamato in an enraged attempt to devour the Jedi whole.

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