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>>27567869
You're pretty good
Without further delay, we return to Anonymous, Dark Jedi.
>Previously...
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>The ride to the space station gives you an opportunity to think.
>This is the first time Lord Scorpan has sent you away on your own to accomplish a task.
>Is it a sign of him beginning to trust you again?
>Doubtful.
>After all, you still have a bomb in your head.
>More likely it is a sign that he considers you sufficiently obedient.
>Which you have been, of course.
>If you were a fool, you would take this chance to escape.
>And likely be destroyed when he activates the detonator.
>But surely the signal cannot be so strong as to him being able to kill you from anywhere in the galaxy?
>The chance that it is makes disobedience a fatal prospect.
>And where would you go now, even if you did?
>The Jedi?
>What reason would they have to take you back, even now with what you have done?
>Noteworthy thought that they would, but you are not Noteworthy.
>And he is not you; he never could be.
>It seems hardly surprising that he couldn't stomach what it took to be a Sith.
>He abandoned the Jedi, but they are merciful.
>Trying to do the same to the Sith would only have ended worse.
>Perhaps, then, it truly is a mercy what you did to him.
>With some fortune, he may yet rededicate himself to the Dark Side, if only to save his life.
>And yet...
>There is a part of you that remains, buried deep beneath, that feels sorrow for him.
>Maybe he was never meant to wield a lightsaber, getting swept up in forces much greater than his own.
>>27567882
>You can understand what that is like, being the puppet of a mad man.
>As much as you can say that he made his choices, perhaps he felt as if he had no choice, much like you do now.
>What terrible circumstances he found himself in.
>And yet, even at the end, he found some measure of hope when he learned who you once were.
>He believed you could be saved.
>Admirable... but foolish.
>You push aside troubling thoughts on him; whatever his fate, it is his.
>Instead, you take out the gift that Lord Scorpan bestowed upon you for this mission: the silver crystal from Mestare.
>It is strange to see it before you.
>When last you laid eyes upon it, they were your own, not these false eyes of a droid.
>The spirit that you spoke to, or you believed you spoke to, told you that if you took the crystal now, it would become a weapon.
>And through it, you would become a weapon for the Dark Side.
>But that has happened regardless.
>Did you truly speak to anything at all upon that world?
>Was it truly the Dark Side, reaching out to you, making you think you could find balance?
>Scorpan's words, his cackling laughter, ring in your mind and you close your hand around the crystal.
>What truly happened upon that planet?
>Why is nothing as it seems anymore?
>>27567888
>You are struck, then, with a terrible sense that you haven't been in control of yourself since the beginning.
>What if everything that came before---the Jedi Temple, your friends, the visions upon Mestare---were all simply part of a dream?
>Scorpan has brought you out of the dream, and there is pain and rage, yes, but at your core you feel an immense emptiness that has begun to form.
>Is it apathy?
>What truly fueled your desire to turn in Noteworthy?
>It was not anger over him wanting to leave the Sith, it wasn't out of some perverted sense of justice or malign righteousness.
>You felt nothing.
>This is what Scorpan has instilled in you, why he mocks you for being like a droid.
>Your emotions have become robotic.
>There exists the passion to avenge yourself, for a great rage yet burns within you, but it has made you callous and cold.
>Or, perhaps, it was losing everything else that did this to you.
>Your friends, your mentors, your chance at happiness... Opening up your
>palm again, you look upon the crystal.
>It reminds you of something else, from long ago.
>Your first focusing crystal that you used in your original lightsaber, the first one you constructed: Arbitrator.
>Anon's lightsaber, that is...
>>27567898
>But you remember the crystal, given to you by Coco.
>What has become of her now, since your return?
>That moment of passion you spent with her, that wonderful night...
>It seems so distant now, like a dream within a dream, no longer something you can feel.
>There is a cold, freezing terror that has since taken its place.
>The terror of never knowing if such a thing could ever come to be again.
>Instead of treasuring this memory because of that, it causes you to despair.
>Despite this hardened and cold exterior, inside there blows a storm of violent despair, tempered by control over your emotions but constantly threatening to overwhelm you.
>Why does this crystal evoke such memories and feelings from you?
>What does it truly represent?
>Once, you thought it would only come to you when you had discovered balance.
>You feel anything but balance within you now, and here you hold the crystal.
>Your rage, your despair, the empty hollowness within you, a void within
>your core... This is not grey, nor is it balance.
>This is the Dark Side, and you belong to it now.
>This crystal is a tool, a weapon to be used against your enemies.
>Whatever you may have felt about it once, no more.
>Now you have but one purpose: to serve the will of the Dark Side.
>For now, that means being dutiful and loyal to your master.
>But one day it will not be.
>Through use of the Force, you disassemble the Vehement as you sit in a meditative pose.
>Its components come apart, floating in the air as you remove the previous focusing crystal from its activator.
>>27567908
>Ever practical, you put the old crystal in a small pouch on your repurposed mining outfit before moving the new Mestarian crystal into its place.
>After making the necessary adjustments and securing it within the activator, you once more seal the crystal energy chamber around both it and the primary crystal, itself snug in its mount.
>The remainder of the lightsaber is then rejoined like the pieces of a puzzle, a unique combination that only you, as its creator, can master.
>The weapon is complete once more.
>Taking it in hand, you activate it, hearing the crisp snap of the magnetically-contained plasma spring to life from the hilt.
>The blade is still a fiery orange, but with the new focusing crystal, it has taken on a slightly different, brighter quality.
>You remember, in what seems a lifetime ago, the research you did at the Jedi Academy with Twilight.
>A flurry of painful memories accompanies the appearance of the twi’lek in your thoughts.
>You wonder if she has woken up, if she is well… what she must think of you now.
>Closing your eyes and breathing a deep breath through your mask, you focus on what you learned with her.
>She was the one who learned of the Mestarian crystals and their ability to cut through cortosis, which strangely enough, is one of the things that set you on the path to where you are now.
>It was said that they produced slightly curved blades, and observing your lightsaber now, you can see a very subtle curvature within the plasma itself.
>The magnetic field itself is still, for the most part, rigid and straight, but the plasma within is slightly narrower and thinner along two of its sides that meet to form a cutting edge, causing it to resemble a more traditional sword.
‘Similar to the ancient Force-imbued blades of the Je'daii Order…’ you recall the words from the book.
>Perhaps this is what gives the crystals of Mestare their cortosis-cutting ability?
>>27567916
>Or it could simply be a byproduct, as cortosis normally causes a lightsaber to short-circuit and deactivate, and the crystal may simply render the plasma immune to the harmful feedback.
>Regardless, it seems that now is the time to test the theory, because as you look upon the blade, you feel a shift in the ship around you.
>You are dropping out of hyperspace.
>You’ve arrived.
>True to the intel, the cloning facility orbits a dead planet.
>Approaching it, your ship is not hailed, nor does it detect anything but the basest of power with its sensors.
>That is a troubling revelation.
>Life support is up, but shields are down across the station, and it seems to be running on minimal power.
>Surely this is not normal?
>A standard space station would have many facilities and, presumably, a faculty that would require more energy than your ship is picking up.
>The hanger bay doors are sealed.
>No matter, you have another way inside.
>You take manual control and fly the ship towards the dark and lightless station, landing upon its side.
>Extending a docking tube, you lock the ship in place with magnetic landing clamps and power it down.
>You approach the docking port and open it up, seeing the metal of the hull.
>Lightsaber in hand, you jump upon it and carve a hole for yourself.
>>27567924
>Once complete, you use the Force to push it inwards.
>Darkness looms beyond, and the metal circle kicks up dust.
>You enter it and activate the lights in your mask to illuminate your path as you begin to explore the station.
>Your thoughts seem to be confirmed: it is abandoned.
>Room after room seems like it was hastily evacuated, with empty crates and turned-over tables.
>Where is everyone, you wonder?
>Did they know you were coming, ever since your battle on Manaan and your capture of the kaminoan?
>Determined to find evidence, you press onwards towards the heart of the station.
>Here, things start to become clearer as you open a door and discover a laboratory.
>The room has several tables with various instruments, but on almost each one is a tray with a dissection still on it, some in several states of decomposition.
>Upon investigation, you see that these are ysalamiri they were dissecting.
>The strange furred lizards are spread open, with small organs and bones removed.
>Some are more hollow than others, with jars containing various bits of their internal organs suspended in fluids.
>Seems like they were solely interested in the ysalamiri, as no other animals can be observed.
>What were they hunting for?
>Even with your relative inexperience with them, you would guess that the immunity to the Force possessed by the creatures is on a cellular level, not an organ that can be removed.
>Beyond this chamber is another door, leading to what appears to be an armory.
>>27567940
>Within this room is several sets of cortosis armor.
>Their weapons are not here, but the black-grey armor of the Force Hunters sits upon tables.
>Seems that they were in a hurry to leave, and left some of these behind.
>Approaching the armor, you inspect it.
>Holding up a helmet, you stare into the black eyes of the mask.
>It is much like the previous Force Hunters you encountered.
>Memories of those fights yet burn in your memory.
>Lightsaber in hand, you raise it and swing it at the cortosis helm experimentally.
>Like a hot knife through butter, you slice the mask in half.
>The upper half falls to the floor with a clang and you inspect the cut on the half still in your hand.
>The crystal works, it seems.
>It’s a shame there are no cortosis blades here, as they would make useful weapons---but perhaps you can make due with something else.
>You drop the mask and look on the table, spying a left arm.
>The arm is empty, as though it was waiting to be grafted onto one of the clones.
>Picking it up to look more closely at it, and to feel its weight---surprisingly light---an idea comes to your head.
>You take the components of the arm and put them away in your pack for later keeping.
>At the other end of the laboratory is a large door, leading to a massive central chamber.
>The circular room is lined with large tanks full of a clear liquid, each big enough to hold a full-grown man.
>Tubes and strange harnesses float within.
>Bacta tanks, perhaps?
>>27567997
>Or some other nutritious gelatin-like substance?
>Each of them are empty, however, with no subjects, so you can’t be certain.
>The room, except for a large computer at its heart, is empty.
>The terminal stretches up to the ceiling and appears to be powered down.
>Upon approaching it, you notice a single command prompt on a dim screen.
>Wiping the dust from it, you begin a startup procedure.
>Dim lights begin to come on from above, and each tank around the room lights up as well.
>A soft humming can be heard as power begins to return to the station.
‘Maybe now we can get somewhere…’ you think as the system reboots itself.
>Taking out the disk that Scorpan gave you, you insert it into a slot on the computer.
>It begins to download files at an alarming speed, even before the system fully finishes turning back on.
>As you watch its progress, indicated by a small readout on the device itself, a small beeping noise catches your attention.
>You move to the side of the computer and push aside a chair to look at the screen it is coming from.
>A ship is approaching the station.
‘Now what?’
>The scans cannot recognize any specific frequencies emanating from the vessel that would help identify it, but it is small, about the size of a freighter.
>It is approaching the station at a fast speed, and making towards the hanger bay.
‘Maybe it’s the owners… but I doubt it.’
>You feel something… strange… from the Force.
>>27568007
>As the ship grows nearer, it grows stronger, a resonance that is as familiar as it is difficult to discern.
>Where have you felt this before?
>Something strange about whoever is on that vessel…
‘The Force is with them!’ you realize.
>Who could it possibly be?
>The Jedi?
>Another Sith sent by Scorpan?
>Your hand hovers over the controls for the hanger.
>After a moment, you press down upon it, as though inviting the ship inside by opening the hanger up.
>The ship seems to take notice and its captain flies into the hanger.
>You try to bring up security feed, but cannot; someone has sabotaged it.
>You feel their presence as they disembark the craft—and it is more than one person, you realize.
>And the Force is with them both.
>Lightsaber in hand, you mask your signature in the Force as you have been trained and make for the shadows.
>Even with the power fully restored, the room is still quite dim, with plenty of places to hide.
>Pulling the hood of your cloak over your head, you wait.
>You feel them drawing nearer and nearer, until they’re just outside the room.
>Who are they?
>Why are they here?
>And why do they feel so… familiar?
>You hear the door opening with a hiss as it slides open, revealing two figures in darkness, one taller than the other.
>Their cloaks are dark and worn, with their hoods pulled over their heads.
>>27568018
>Something about them…
>They enter the room, their faces obscured from the light.
>Their robes are Jedi-like, and yet not quite…
>”I don’t detect anyone, master,” the shorter one speaks in a frighteningly familiar voice.
’That girl… no, it couldn’t be…’
>”Precisely,” the older one replies. “They will come to us.”
>They reach up to remove their hoods and your throat clenches as you find yourself short of breath.
>Master Luna… and Sunset.
>You are completely frozen as you watch them from your hiding place, unable to believe your fake eyes.
>It’s not possible…
>”I’m going to check the computer to see who has been here,” Sunset says as Luna inspects a nearby tank of fluid.
>The zabrak moves up to the keyboard and begins typing; as she does, you look upon her.
>Her fiery-colored hair has gotten longer, and her eyes still shine the same radiant color as before…
>She carries herself with a determination and confidence that you almost don’t recognize.
>She’s grown more powerful in her training… under Master Luna?
>But wasn’t she Celestia’s apprentice?
>Your eyes now stray to your former master.
>The pantoran looks much the same, only more battle-hardened.
>Her cloak and skin bear small scars, evidence of her time spent away from the temple.
>What adventures have these two been going on?
>And why are they here…?
>>27568050
>”Security systems around the station are fried,” Sunset says. “No video, no records…”
>Her hand curls into a fist and she slams the keyboard.
>Master Luna immediately turns around and approaches her to rest a hand on her shoulder.
>”Patience, Sunset. We have not yet exhausted this lead.”
>”I know, master, I know, but…”
>”We will find him yet.”
‘Him…’
>Could they be speaking of you?
>You feel something stir within you, something you have not felt in such a long time…
>Could it be hope?
>”Wait, what is this?” Sunset says, spying the disk you inserted earlier.
>”It appears to be a modified storage drive,” Luna says, walking around and inspecting it without removing it.
>Her eyes, suspicious of someone else being here, scan around the room.
>”Which means we are not alone…”
>As Sunset reaches for it, intending on pulling it out of the computer, you jolt upwards and step out of your hiding place.
>They both turn and look upon you as you stand perfectly still, staring at them from beneath your hood.
>You still cannot believe your eyes and ears that it is truly them…
>Sunset reaches for her belt, where a saberstaff hangs.
>”Identify yourself!” she demands, but Master Luna steps in front of her.
>The pantoran is looking upon you with burning, unblinking eyes.
>Her stare unnerves you; for some reason, it rattles you to the core.
“Step away… from the computer,” you say in a breathless voice.
>>27568056
>”Master… He’s a Sith,” Sunset says, her saber now in hand. “I can sense it.”
>”I sense something else…” Luna says, taking a step closer. “Something he wishes to hide…”
“Stay back, Jedi,” you warn her, but even to you your threat sounds empty and hollow.
>She shakes her head. “Something burns within you, dark one. Something you do not wish to come to light…”
>Sunset’s eyes dart between yourself and her. “Master?”
“I’m… I’m warning you, stand back!”
>”You wish to hide it so powerfully, so completely… and yet you cannot. The mask you hide yourself behind is almost as strong as your fear of the truth being discovered, but it isn’t.”
>A blue hand drifts upwards and she uses the force to gently lift the hood from your head, pulling it back.
>Upon the light reaching your mask, your body shakes somewhat.
>You close your eyes and turn your head, and you realize what you feel is shame.
>You don’t want them to see you, to see who you are or what you have become.
>Luna’s voice, firm and commanding, reaches your ears. ”Lift your head. Show me.”
>Slowly, you do as she bids, raising your face until the light of the room reveals your face and eyes.
>Your former master’s face now wears a visage of pain.
>”Oh, Anon… what did they do to you?”
>Sunset’s eyes widen and her jaw drops.
>”No, it can’t be, can it?” she moves up alongside Luna. “Anon, I---“
“Stay back!” you shout, suddenly fearful.
>You hold up your left hand, the mechanical fingers drawing their attention.
>>27568069
>Sunset gasps. “Your arm…”
>Luna is undeterred. “Anonymous, please, calm yourself.”
>Only now do you realize how quickly you are breathing.
>Your heart is racing---your grip on your lightsaber in your other hand is so tight that your fingers are turning white.
>The only thing you can do is ask a question.
“Why are you here?”
>”Looking for you!” Sunset says, putting a hand to her chest. “We’ve been searching the galaxy for---“
>She’s about to advance, but Luna stops her and you react by stepping backwards.
>Sunset looks as concerned as she is confused. “Anon… It’s okay. It’s me. It’s Master Luna!”
“No… Anon has died.”
>Sunset is still held back by Luna, who calmly and rationally speaks, “Then what do you call yourself now?”
“Nito,” you reply, barely a whisper.
>”Did you give yourself that name, or was it burned into you? I can see your scars… I can feel them.”
>”Please, take off your mask…” Sunset says.
“What do you think is underneath?” you reply, meeting her gaze. “I can’t remove it. It’s fused to my skin.”
>She gasps as she sees the skin around the mask and the scar tissue around your eyes.
>As she and Luna look upon the ruined husk that you have become, you sense their pity and it makes you feel horrible, like a ruined monster.
>But that is what you are now.
“How are you here?”
>”We have been tracking information relating to the Force Hunters,” Luna says. “…In the hopes that it would lead us to you. We knew you were searching for them.”
>>27568076
“But the Sith were the only ones who knew about this station!”
>Sunset’s eyes twitch with painful realization. “Then it’s true… You did join them…”
>You stare at her, meeting her gaze, knowing that the only thing she can see are milky white, emotionless orbs in your sockets.
>”Information about this station and its connection to the hunters was leaked only a few days ago,” Luna says. “We secured it from an information broker on Sullust.”
>Slowly, you start making your way over to the computer, keeping your distance from them.
>Luna speaks to you every step of the way.
>”Anon, when I returned to the Jedi Temple, I learned what happened to you. What you did.”
“They exiled me,” you say.
>”You have done that to yourself,” Luna replies. “I know that you felt you had no choice at the time, but---”
“I wanted revenge!”
>Her hand remains pointed in your direction, palm open and up to reflect her calm, rational manner of communication.
>”I know. You were lost. But you don’t have to be any longer.”
>You pause, halfway to the computer.
“I can’t go back…”
>”I’m not asking you to go back to the Jedi Temple, just to come with us.”
>Sunset’s eyes are pleading. “Anon, you don’t have to run anymore.”
“You don’t understand. They’ll kill me. There’s…”
>You avert your eyes, not wanting to tell them the truth.
>>27568084
>”We can protect you!” Sunset insists.
“No! There’s a bomb in my head.”
>They both stop as you point to your eyes.
“Behind these… When he tore them out and replaced them with these things.”
>Luna blinks as her brow furrows. “We may be able to remove it. There are ways to---“
“No,” you interrupt her. “You can’t. It’s tamper-proof. I have to do what he says or else he’ll kill me.”
>”Who?” Luna asks. “Who has turned you into this?”
“Scorpan,” you reply. “He… He is my master now, and I am learning the ways of the Dark Side.”
>Luna is passive, but the reaction from Sunset is much more visible.
>She mouths the name as if in disbelief.
>”Scorpan was my…” her voice trails off.
“What?”
>”Anon… I never told you, but before I joined the Jedi, I was on Korriban. I was a Sith in training, just like you are now.”
>You stare at her, wordlessly listening as she continues, “Scorpan was my master. He tried turning me into something horrible, and for a time, it was all I wanted… But I reached a point where I couldn’t continue and I knew I had to do something else.”
>She stares back at you. “But he never did anything to me like what he did to you.”
“It’s because he learned that I never meant to be a Sith,” you whisper. “I wanted to become powerful enough to avenge Master Luna when I thought she was---you were dead.”
>”You no longer need avenge me,” Luna insists.
“You’d do better to try and find Flash instead of me. He’s a prisoner of the Sith.”
>Luna’s brow raises. “I am glad he yet lives… But I would rather rescue you both.”
“I can’t leave now,” you once again insist. “You don’t understand what happened. He broke me. He cut me open and found what made me tick and put parts in that mean I can’t leave.”
>>27568094
>Sunset tries to move closer but is again held back by Luna, sensing your jumpy state.
>”Anon, please! Just come with us. We can hide and find a way to fix you.”
>You hear her pleading voice and you want to.
>Having seen them now, a surprisingly large part of you wants to, the part that still clings onto hope that you can go back to the way things were.
>And yet… you hold yourself back.
“I can’t,” you say, faltering a bit. “I just can’t.”
>Luna lowers her hand and continues her attempts to appeal to you. “Anon. I know what you are experiencing. Both Sunset and I do… We have, all of us, been to the Dark Side. You are in its thrall, but it has not claimed you fully yet. I know this.”
“There’s nothing,” you insist. “Nothing but the Dark Side. I know this now. I thought---I was fooled into thinking that I could find balance. A middle ground.”
>”And you can,” Luna says. “We all live with shades of darkness. Each of us in our heart carries doubt, and fear, and pain. But if you return, if you mean to face this alone… it will overshadow you and take you completely.”
>”Have you faced the sacrifice yet?” Sunset asks.
“The what?”
>”Every Sith reaches a point where they must take an innocent life to progress to their next level of training,” she explains.
“I’ve killed for the Sith,” you explain, thinking you’ve already been through such a trial. “I’ve become a weapon for them.”
>>27568107
>”Who have you killed?” Luna asks. “Soldiers? Mercenaries? Combatants? What about prisoners? Civilians? Someone with no means to defend themselves, at your complete mercy?”
You hesitate before answering. “No…”
>Sunset places a hand upon her heart. “I had to face that horrid trial, and I failed it. I ran, escaped… found the Jedi. I never took an innocent life for the Sith.”
>”It’s not too late,” Luna says. “You can still find balance. Sunset and I have both left the Jedi in search of you.”
“Left the Jedi? Like I---Anon did?”
>Luna then surprises you once more by opening her dark robe and removing a lightsaber from it.
>Not her own---but yours.
>The Arbitrator, constructed out of parts you scavenged on Ord Mantell.
>Seeing it brings back a number of memories---the most recent of which is handing it over to Grand Master Celestia.
>That can only mean that she took it from the Grand Master…
>”I know not if we have been declared Dark Jedi, but it would not surprise me for Celestia to label us as such. We are like you, Anon. We have faced the darkness, just as you have… but you needn’t face it alone.”
>You are very still.
>You know you could go with them, and you want to.
>But you can’t.
>Your legs won’t carry you towards them.
>Having backed towards the computer, you remove the disk and put it away in your cloak.
“I’m sorry,” you say. “Once, I would have. In a heartbeat. But I’m not the same person you left.”
>”I don’t believe that,” Luna says. “I think you are, but you are afraid. And that’s fine, because we’re all afraid. Sunset and I both fear for you.”
>>27568133
>”Listen to Master Luna. She’s been teaching me how to become a seer, and I’ve been learning a lot of things while we’ve been searching for you. We’ve tried to look for you in the Force but it’s been difficult.”
>”The Force is cloudy where you are involved,” Luna says. “But I have known this ever since we first met.”
“I don’t understand. What do you mean by ‘cloudy’?”
>”While you were a student at the Jedi Academy, I sensed a great many strange things about you. I tried to look into your future, but all I saw was a grey mist… And I thought that, if you confronted the things in your past, you might have a clearer future. So I used a gift of mine, and through the Force, I changed your dreams.”
>Again you are still, as you remember the dreams you used to have.
>The spice mines of Kessel, the energy spiders…
>Your brother and his sacrifice for you.
>The guilt that wracked your young mind until you convinced yourself that none of it was real and you forgot it all.
>And the grey mist…
“That was you? All of it?”
>”No, Anon, it was you. Everything in your dreams was your creation, from your consciousness. I merely allowed it to come forth. Through the Force, I watched and felt your dreams---felt your fear. I knew that you needed my help. It was one of the many reasons I wanted to become your master.”
“There is no grey anymore,” you shake your head. “I don’t have those dreams.”
>>27568147
>”That is because we have been separated. But now, we can continue your training, we can---“
“No, you don’t understand. There isn’t any grey anymore!”
>You storm over to the computer and remove the disk, shoving it into a pocket.
“Maybe once, long ago, I could have learned balance. But I can’t now.”
>”You can!” Luna insists. “No matter how far gone a soul seems swallowed in darkness, it can be saved! You always have a choice!”
>”Even those who have taken innocent life can be redeemed…” Sunset adds.
“I can’t choose for myself. Someone else holds the control. I’m just a tool for the Sith now, a weapon! He took away the control and this… thing… is all that is left!”
>Sunset pushes past Luna and starts moving towards you.
>Still jumpy, you turn and activate your lightsaber, holding it up in front of you defensively.
>She stops, halfway between both you and Master Luna, her eyes a storm of emotion.
>Your orange blade burns, but the hand that holds it is unsteady and nervous.
>You quiver as she speaks.
>”Anon, you’re not a ‘thing’ and you’re in control. All we want to do is help you. We’ve been looking for you ever since we left the temple.”
“You’re looking for a ghost,” you say with a trembling voice. “You’re not going to find Anon anymore.”
>”You’re wrong, because I’m looking right at him, no matter what he says.” She takes a deep breath. “I’m looking at the person I love.”
>Now you no longer shake, nor tremble or quiver.
>You are completely still as she steps closer to you.
>”And that’s why I know that you---Anon or Nito---won’t hurt me.”
>>27568161
>She steps past your lightsaber and slowly wraps her arms around you, pulling you into a tight embrace.
>It’s wonderful.
>She feels so warm and comforting.
>You deactivate your weapon and let it drop to the floor, like Sunset once did for you when she refused to fight you.
>Your arms find their way to her back as her face turns towards your neck, allowing you to feel her breath.
>She feels alive and warm and wonderful.
>For a moment, there is no dark nor light, no Sith nor Jedi, no wider galaxy to worry about.
>It’s just you and her.
>”I’ve missed you so much…” she says, bringing up a hand to feel the back of your head.
>Her fingers trace the straps of the mask that have been burnt onto your skin.
>”You’re in such pain. I can feel it inside of you. But I’m here for you now.”
“I want to,” you admit, choking a bit. “I want to go.”
>”Then come with us!” she says, laughing a bit. “Just come with us…”
>Luna lingers nearby, watching with uncertainty.
“I can’t…”
>”You can!” she replies, planting a soft kiss on your neck that sends shivers down your spine.
“I’m sorry, I…”
>”We can go somewhere,” she whispers. “Away from all of it, all of this. It could be just you and I.”
>A vision comes to your mind at that moment---that of you and Sunset running through the fields of Mestare, laughing, playing, loving each other.
>Free, without a worry in the galaxy.
>And for a moment, all you want to do is say yes, and go with them.
>>27568171
>Her hand wraps around your mechanical fingers, gently examining them.
>”I don’t know what he did to you, but we can fix it,” she says, before stepping back to look you in the eyes.
“Maybe you’re right,” you say. “Maybe there is hope for me.”
>Her smile broadens and she wipes a tear away from her eye.
“But not now.”
>You let go of her hand and step back.
“Not until I finish what I started.”
>Her smile vanishes. “Anon, please, just come with us.”
>Luna steps up alongside Sunset. “If you go back to Korriban, we can’t guarantee your safety.”
>”We spent all this time looking for you!”
“I have to do what needs to be done,” you say. “I have to return, or else I’ll die, and that won’t allow any of us to get what we want.”
>Sunset is about to step forward again, but Luna holds her back.
>When the Padawan looks up at the master questioningly, Luna speaks, “I have never been able to properly discern your future, Anon. It is fogged and grey, obscuring my sight. But I know what I have felt, and continue to feel: you are heading towards something.”
“What do you mean, master?” you say, accidentally referring to her once more as your master out of old familiarity.
>”You are approaching a shatterpoint. I know not when, or where… but the thread of your life, a single cord up until the moment, will unravel into many fibers.”
“Shatterpoint…”
>You remember reading about the strange Force-technique and pseudo-philosophy surrounding a mysterious phenomenon known only as the shatterpoint.
>>27568187
>Simply put, every physical object has a weakness that can be exploited in order to destroy or change it.
>But when applied to time itself, it refers to a moment of critical juncture, during which even the slightest small changes or choices could have wildly different effects on the future.
>”I detected a shatterpoint in your future but I have never known when it will manifest… but I know that it will happen soon---but not today. And neither Sunset nor I will be there for it.”
>Sunset doesn’t understand. “Master… you don’t mean to let him leave, do you?”
>”I want him to come with us. I want us to help him and heal him.” She looks back at you. “But I also know that he will not come today.”
>”And we’re supposed to just let him leave?” Sunset says. “After all we’ve been through together, looking for him? We can’t follow him to Korriban, the Sith would outnumber us a hundred to one!”
>”The choice won’t be ours to make, my apprentice.”
>At that moment, as predicted by the master seer, the station rumbles.
>The lights flicker for a moment.
>”What was that?” Sunset asks.
>”The station is under attack,” Luna says. “I only just now sensed their approach.”
>You and Sunset both look back at the computer screen to see multiple ships approaching.
>”This was a trap,” Luna says. “The Force Hunters evacuated when they learned their position had been compromised and waited for both the Sith and the Jedi to show up. They are the ones who leaked the information about the station to the information broker. I see it now…”
>”Then we need to leave!” Sunset says as the station once more jolts from another attack. “Anon! Come with us!”
>A nearer explosion causes the floor to shake and the lights to once more flicker.
>>27568196
“I can’t,” you say, shaking your head. With your real hand, you summon your lightsaber. “I have to go back.”
>”You could die!” Sunset says as more explosions begin to rock the station.
>The wall nearby cracks, the metal breaking open.
“I won’t,” you promise. “I never knew that I had you as a choice, but now I do!”
>You back up towards the exit of the room you came through.
“I’ll find a way to come back to you, I promise!”
>”Anon!”
>Sunset tries to run, but another attack from a ship outside causes the computer to explode in a shower of sparks and flame.
>Luna grabs Sunset once more and they make for the exit.
>Across the shaking room, you turn and look upon them.
>They make eye contact with you one final time, their eyes lingering, with Sunset’s far more pained.
>But Master Luna knows something---she has seen the future, and knows you are heading towards something that not even she can alter.
>The shatterpoint…
>You make for your ship, running through the crumbling halls.
>Life support and structural integrity is fast failing.
>Leaping up through the hole, you reach your ship and quickly deactivate the boarding coupling.
>Reactivating your systems, you disengage the landing clamps and float away from the station.
>You can see several ships of varying sizes attacking the station with volleys of lasers.
>And you can also see a freighter---Luna and Sunset---turning towards them and attacking them!
>Their ship is small, but fast, with little hope of destroying them.
>You realize then that they are just giving you a distraction, to ensure your escape.
>>27568210
>The notion once more touches your heart, when you thought nothing else could.
>Even now, they still care for you, to give you a chance to do what must be done.
>And Sunset still loves you…
>With renewed hope, you set course for Korriban.
>Perhaps there is a way to escape this terrible fate after all.
>When you thought there was only darkness, light came back into your life for the briefest of moments when she held you.
>And what of Master Luna's words about the shatterpoint?
>Could they be true?
>You've never detected it, but she is a master seer and would know more of such things.
>Are you heading towards a shatterpoint, a moment of great choice?
>Between light and dark?
>Or, perhaps, there is still a path to balance?
>As your ship kicks into hyperspace, you can only wonder at what lies ahead... and the choice you must eventually face.
>>27568234
That's all for now! More will be coming very soon.
It feels good to be back. The pastebin will be updated shortly with all the new material.
In the meantime, I've posted the link of this thread to the Steamgroup, so hopefully the other writers will be coming back so share their material. Regardless, I'll be continuing to write and share material until we reach the end of the story---the Shatterpoint.
Stay tuned for more!
>>27568263
Well, it appears I've exceeded the maximum space for a pastebin with Anonymous, Dark Jedi.
So here's a link to a new paste I created for part 2.
http://pastebin.com/c4yYUP6S
>>27567869
Been a while since I saw this thread again, what happened to you all?
>>27568425
I was on vacation.
>>27567869
Feels good to back in this thread
>>27568779
It does.
I've been in talks with the drawfriend, and something special is still planned and on the way.
>>27568796
can't wait!
btw just read the update and i must say you did a good job as always.
>>27569103
Thank you, Anon. More's on the way.
I'm really in the mood to write Star Wars lately because I picked up a lot of old EU omnibuses while I was on vacation.
You ever read about this dude Dass Jennir? I never did until I read his comics and he's one of my new favorites behind Kyle Katarn.
>>27567869
And the threads return just as my holidays end.
>>27569271
Nope, never heard of him myself. Would you be so kind to enlighten me on who he is?
>>27569421
Sorry for the timing.
>>27569434
A Jedi general fighting during the Clone Wars against the nosaurian people who had allied with the CIS, he finds himself targetted by his own soldiers when Order 66 comes. Forced to fight alongside the nosaurians, he becomes their new general and leads them into battle against the clones, but the overwhelming numbers and resources of the newly-formed Empire crush their army and Dass, along with his new lizard-buddy Bomo Greenbark (think Rambo if he were a short lizardman) are forced to escape with a crew of smugglers.
Over the course of his adventures as a Jedi-in-hiding from the Empire, Dass struggles to maintain his Jedi ethics and ideals in a galaxy that has turned to darkness as he faces the Dark Side when forced to murder a slave trader who had sold Bomo's daughter. Dass goes on to grow a wicked beard and bang a few hot chicks.
I highly recommend picking up Marvel's omnibusses "Empire" Volume 1 and 2 for his complete story.
>>27569521
Well it does sound like an interesting story. Maybe i'll pick them up in the near future.
I definitely recomment them.
I also picked up New Republic volume 1 and 2, The Other Sons of Tattooine, Early Victories and Infinities (one of which ends with Yoda crashing the Death Star into Palpatine).
>>27569653
>Yoda crashing the death star into Palpatine.
Wait what?
![SWI_ANH_DeathStar_Destruction[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NKePuVc.jpg "SWI_ANH_DeathStar_Destruction[1].jpg")
>>27569777
"Star Wars Infinities" are what-ifs that portray alternate universes.
"What if Luke missed the shot on the Death Star" ends with Yoda crashing the Death Star onto the imperial palace on coruscant with the Emperor inside.
A lot happens between Luke missing the shot and that moment, obviously.
So where is everyone?
I imagined there would at least be some discussion going on right now.
Now we just need the other writers to com back.
I hope they haven't forgotten about us.
>>27570267
>>27570331
Just going through some pastebins. Still a shame there was never more about starfighter pilot Anon.
If I was any good at it I'd try my hands at some ace combat type stuff, but I can't write dialogue or characters to save my life.
>>27570267
I'm here. Ready to talk about anything.
What is your favorite ground-vehicle in the SW universe?
>>27570331
I'm confident they will.
>>27570340
>If I was any good at it
You'll never know unless you try it.
Give it a shot, don't be shy.
>>27570349
I'm a Separatist guy but they don't really have any vehicles in that sense, so i'd probably have to pick the AT-TE.
Yours?
>>27570400
They may not have had vehicles in the traditional sense, but I always liked the CIS vehicles in the Battlefront series.
>>27570386
If I get a good idea maybe. But as said earlier my holidays just ended so no clue on time.
>>27570349
>>27570400
The only decent looking SW tank.
>>27570452
Posting some more of my collection.
>>27570532
>>27570543
>>27570331
Child of Mandalore standing by.
>>27570554
>>27570532
>>27570543
>>27570554
>>27570575
Organized as fuck.
>>27570567
Good to have you back bounty hunter.
>>27570575
Clones
>>27570601
CIS droids
>>27570613
Rebels
>>27570349
I've always liked Grievous's ride.
>>27570629
Oh, I've got that one too!
Posting Grievous
>>27570596
Thanks Anon. It's good to be back.
Sarge, you have a fantastic collection. I'm jealous.
>>27570567
>>27570663
Good to see you, Solaire!
Thanks. The four in the upper left of >>27570532 are all fringe characters---Tuskens, jawas, ugnaughts, various alien races---all sorted and separated into different sections, segregated like god intended.
>>27570680
Serge. Has Scorpan by chance put recording device in Anon/Nito's head? I hope not but I wouldn't put it past him.
>>27570745
Hey, thanks for the idea!Don't worry, no.
>>27570760
Thank goodness.
>>27570797
"Haha, I was recording you all along AGAIN! Time for torture!"
In fairness, it would be a good lesson for Anon to learn, but I don't think I would pull that a second time.
>>27570629
I want to get off Grievous' ride
>>27570267
Reading the Inquisitor and Bounty Hunter Anon stories. I've been thinking about revamping my Sith Warrior Anon attempt from two months(?) ago. Just need to really decide on what era I want to write in.I feel the Old Republic is an over-done era.That and video games have been distracting me.
>>27570349
Hands down the AT-AT. They are the cause of me being an Imperialboo.
>>27570349
TIE maulers are my go to vehiclesin EaW at least.
>decent firepower and mobility, with fuck-you tank treads to annihilate infantry.
>>27570830
While I have your ear. Could Anon ever get his real eyes and arm back? It would be a perfect way of getting back at Scorpan, all that work to make his new slave bend to his will all for nothing. Imagine.
Scorpan has gotten some very interesting reports from Mestare. So he takes Anon/Nito back to that temple Anon found. Once they arrive they are greeted by the spirit of the temple, and the spirit being all like 'You hane come far young one' and spirit tells Scorpan that he can't go with Anon/Nito. So Anon/Nito goes through the trials and eventually comes to which if filled with gray smoke. A voice tells him stand in the middle of the room, he does and the voice tells to meditate on every thing in his journey so far. When he meditates Nito finds himself standing in a white and black void. Anon stands opposite him, he is wearing white robes. Nito in the same but black instead. Then they fight but are evenly matched. A third man appears wearing grey. Nito attacks but is killed quickly. Anon thanks the mysterious man, but the man attacks and kills him. Someone wakes up, his head hurts like hell and he can't see because everything is to bright. He quickly realizes that Scorpan is coming but he's too tired to even stand. He tries get up but his hand slips on his old metal arm lying on the floor. The last thing he sees before losing consciousness is Scorpan standing there with complete shock in his eyes.
This is not me telling you to make it so, but you know food for thought. Let me know what you think.
>>27568263
>>27568339
aww yis. Can we hope for a couple epilogues after the end?
>>27571627
Personally I'd love for him to get his face and eyes back, but not his arm. Giving him back his true face seems like pretty good justice to me, and probably a more 'normal' looking arm.
On a side note, I really want Flash to see what's happened to anon because of his refusal to escape with him
>>27571910
I don't want to spoil anything, but when the Shatterpoint comes, the readers will get to choose their own ending.
>>27571627
You definitely have a lot of interesting ideas, and rest assured, more Mestare and justice for Scorpan is on its way, but I have plans for where the story is headed. Scorpan is convinced that Anon saw nothing on Mestare, and that nothing is there. Anon isn't sure anymore if he actually did see anything, due to Scorpan's influence. Did anything actually happen on Mestare, or did he imagine any of it?We'll find out.
It pleases me that Zephyr's color scheme can also fit a Mirialan.
Stay tuned for an update coming today.
So how long has it been since Sepnon posted here? I'm thinking of rewriting my CIS story with an opener similar to his, with Anon taking his fleet to Equus and manipulating the locals for the advancement of his agenda.
>>27574029
Sepnon hasn't posted here in over a year.
>>27574048
feelsbadman
>>27574048
Alright, looks like I'll be busy then. Here's a link to my story as it is if anyone wants to read it. When I eventually do this, it's not going to be the same story at all, so keep that in mind.
http://pastebin.com/i5yNCzPK
>>27574101
Really looking forward to it, after watching TCW that era has become one of my favorites, clones can be extremely badass.
I actually like Kylo Ren.
just woke up bump
I have no idea how many there is in this thread right now (because of different timezones and the like.)
but what's your favorite army in the SW universe?
Mines the separatists Droid army.
>>27575429
I like the Old Republic-era Sith ground troops
going out for a little while so can't bump the thread
Holy shit this thread is actually back and sarge has posted a shit ton of green i can barely contain this erection
I'm gonna reread everyone's stories before I update mine. I wrote tons during our vacation, but I scrapped a huge chunk of it, so I need to write more.
Plus, everything I do want to use still needs to be edited and revised and everything before it's post worthy. So it might be a little while. This thread's return was a pleasant surprise for me, but a surprise nonetheless. I'm not ready yet.
>>27575429
This man has good taste.
>>27572031
The reason I him to get his arm back is because I think the cyborg thing has be done to death.
Anakin Skywalker, Malak, Malgus, Maul, Grievous, I could go on. Don't me wrong I love the story,
and sarge baby I love you too BUT.(And this a big fat smelly but) The hole 'Ha ha you're a droid now'
thing that Scorpan repeats ad nauseam got old mindblowingly fast for me. I know it's your story,
so by all means ignore me. But please fix Anon's body, give Scorpan a fate worse than death,
resolve the Coco situation, and have Anon set out to defend the force hunter like he wanted in the beginning.
Sincerely that one unimportant anon.
>>27567869
I think you took the others by surprise. so it may take a bit for them to get back. I hope you more in store for us or else this could get boring fast
I happy to see this thread is back.
Welcome back everyone, hope you had a good break.
A quick riddle!
Why is the Jedi never lonely?
>>27576848
Because he is one with the force?
>>27576445
Rest assured that in 40% of the planned endings, Anon gets a normal arm.
>>27576857
you could say that but not really the answer i wanted.
>>27576848
Why did the angry Jedi cross the road?
>>27576883
I don't know. Why did he cross the road?
>>27576898
To get to the Dark Side... I'll show my out.
>>27576904
Is it bad that i actually laughed a little at that one?
>>27576904
How many Jedi does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Depends on the Jedi, Anakin and Luke need a hand.
>>27576927
>>27576939
Why is Grievous so lonely?He got no body!
>>27576954
...Ha
Why do younglings have trouble using the Force?Because they're all dead.I'm sorry
>>27577614
>>27575429
My favorite is the Sith Empire from The Old Republic. The combination of man and droid forces crushed the Republic.
>>27575952
Mah man.
>>27576445
Malgus is not a cyborg, though. He just has a respirator.
>>27577685
No. He is definitely a cyborg. Nowadays you are considered a cyborg if you have a hearing aid ffs
>>27577722
Just double checked the Wookieepedia page. A respirator counts as a cybernetic. Doesn't really make sense, but whatever.
>>27577746
>>27577722
>>27577685
>>27576445
I think, fundamentally, cybernetics are an important part of the setting. We deal with people who wield laser swords and limbs are easy to get chopped off. A lot of people in the SW universe have some kind of mechanical augmentation, it's just a normal part of life.
I think it was this thread I made some drawing of a modded Venator with some Reb transport in front of it for.Was that for your story Sarge? Not all that far into it yet.
I can't for the love of me find it on my own HD anymore, does anyone have it saved?Might've been /co/
>>27577799
I know you have a reputation for being the Valve of these threads and all. But when can we expect more from you? Hours? Days? Weaks?
>>27577859
I'm writing at the moment.
>>27578235
Remember dude. The best writing is often rewriting.
>>27578382
I often do, but thanks
Does anyone have the lightsabers from Sarge's story?
>>27578737
Drawings or 3d models?
>>27578737
Yeah, I have all of them.
Which would you like?
>>27578830
>>27578795
Both if possible. All of 'em if you could.
>>27578927
>>27578961
>>27578970
>>27578982
>>27578995
>>27577831
I do remember someone doing that but I can't for the life of me remember what it was for, do you think it could have been just something so we could get a feel for your work?
>>27575429
Republic, I really like the teamwork between Jedi and clones. Although Sith empire is a close second because it was pretty similar,If it was still cannon it might have been my first choice.
>>27579009
>>27579034
>>27579047
>>27579057
Shit man did you draw all of these? They look fantastic. I'm really liking Rarity's and Luna's.
>>27579081
No, Saberanon made them. I wish I could. He said they were easy to make, but I can't do it.
>>27579032
I honestly cant remember how we got around to doodling stuff. I think I just felt like drawing and asked if anyone wanted some ships or vehicles drawn.
Someone requested the droid fighter and someone else the modded cruiser.
Acclamator not Venator now that I think about it.
>>27577831
>Was that for your story Sarge?
No, definitely not, sorry
>>27579089
I'm new to this thread. Where can I read what has been writen so far? The pastebin in the OP has been removed.
>>27579131
It's still there, try refreshing.
>>27579131
I just opened it and it works fine on my end.
Thread Steam group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/swmlpg
Sergeant Nonymous: Jedi Anon-
Anonymous and the Jedi Academy: http://pastebin.com/4CnRuKCP
Anonymous the Padawan: http://pastebin.com/2TtnN1yu
Anonymous, Dark Jedi: http://pastebin.com/ANySBUK2
Jedi Archives Entries for Sergeant Nonymous' Story: https://imgur.com/a/2SssF#0
GonzoAnon: Rarity (Sarge sidestory)-
http://pastebin.com/7x5pkGeh
ChurroAnon: Rainbow Dash (Sarge sidestory)-
http://pastebin.com/jDNuQENh
http://pastebin.com/eyRDS33E
http://pastebin.com/Sf3HWx2T
Sith Inquisitor Anon-
http://pastebin.com/zbdGipz8
Cap'n: Mane 6 (Sarge sidestory)-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6V152ZogJj_82PPMzGeyvPD0hI0LhIn7Gq6sUDgyJ4/edit?pli=1
Onii Chan’s Fables: Jedi Anon-
New Beginnings: http://pastebin.com/T6KQ2pye
A Jedi in Training: http://pastebin.com/50D3pmdD
Initiate Trials: http://pastebin.com/Rp4WaYCJ
A Galaxy at War: http://pastebin.com/TWuK9gby
The Unseen Enemy: http://pastebin.com/TacHTag3
Friends and Foes: http://pastebin.com/Asupikew
Konseiga: Jedi Anon-
http://pastebin.com/k9WAshDe
Solaire of Astora: Mandolorian Bounty Hunter Anon-
Chapter I: http://pastebin.com/BfGdWid4
Chapter II: http://pastebin.com/fRByb9Y0
Killer /b/: Sith in Training Anon-
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w8LX8aUYL_hF0qbFIPOiCL9lUvaRPgCID6dmPlE2NOQ/edit?usp=sharing
Palpanon: Sheev Anon-
http://pastebin.com/SKk8MYKQ
NotAnEnglishman: Cantina Anon-
http://pastebin.com/fe3VZCef
http://pastebin.com/AHgj3TC2
Sepnon: Separatist leader Anon-
http://pastebin.com/v82Jra62
Poppy: Clone Trooper Anon-
http://pastebin.com/WnPwhLVA
http://pastebin.com/HN9wpfMX
http://pastebin.com/LNUSp6NB
RGB-ABC: Mercenary Anon-
http://pastebin.com/8zJAUwkC
TenTwentyFour: TIE Anon-
http://pastebin.com/RRMBKDEy
Weezil: Imperial Commando Anon-
http://pastebin.com/uYBZ91mX
Dapper4: Gray Jedi Anon-
http://pastebin.com/j3GGiM8n
>>27579159
Dangerzone: Jedi Pilot Anon-
http://pastebin.com/gznzfxeh
Droid Anon: Separatist leader Anon-
http://pastebin.com/i5yNCzPK
Drawfag/yourfriend: Sith Anon-
http://pastebin.com/W6Xvk6UF
https://imgur.com/a/UjOcb
>>27579179
The imgur link is what our former drawfriend drew the porn is at the bottom
>>27579251
>former drawfriend
He's still around. I talk to him on Discord.
He's working on something special for the story.
>>27579159
>>27579179
So this is what about a year and a half adds up to, we've done a damn fine job.
>>27579286
Of course, I'll have to update the pastebin for the next thread, since Anon, Dark Jedi is now too big for one pastebin.
Part 2 pastebin: http://pastebin.com/c4yYUP6S
>>27579057
are there more?
>>27579331
Here you go
>>27567916
>>27568133
>>27579316
Here's one
>>27579391
And here's an earlier design for Anon's first saber
>>27579391
Whose lightsaber is this? Looks very similar to Malgus's.
>>27579406
Scorpan I think.
>>27579406
>>27579431
It was made for a friend based on the charts I made for the voting process, it doesn't belong to anyone in the story.
I'll post the charts.
>>27579462
>>27579475
>>27579487
>>27579462
Now i really miss Saber anon.
I can't believe this thread is back
I'm so fucking happy.
>>27579091
Seps need love too, anyone up for drawing a providence destroyer?
>>27577614
What happens if Anakin Skywalker grills you a burger?
>>27580519
Its a little on the DARK side.
>>27568234
>You find your mind reeling.
>You had thought everything lost, with nothing left to turn to but the Dark Side.
>But now you have felt the warmth and comfort of someone who loves you once more…
>And Master Luna, despite not wanting you to turn down the path you have set yourself upon, still believes in you.
>It is as though the Force itself preordained them to be upon that station, to see you, speak to you, and give you hope once more.
>Is it true, then?
>Can you obtain the balance you sought from the beginning?
>Could this be the Force showing you that the Dark Side is not the only option?
>Perhaps there is only one way to truly find out.
>With newfound elation, you quickly go about your work, busying yourself with a new task while your ship travels to Korriban.
>Your fingers fly to your pack, excitedly taking out the cortosis gauntlet.
>Motivation and energy surge through you as you examine it.
‘Calm down,’ you think to yourself. ‘You can’t let them know that anything has changed, Anon.’
>Wait…
>You pause as you realize that you just thought of yourself as Anon and not Nito.
>Then not only have you found new hope to escape the Sith, you’ve learnt that Anon is not truly dead yet.
>Underneath your mask, you smile to yourself; despite the slight pain it brings your cheeks as they stretch against the seal.
>Returning to your focus on the cortosis gauntlet, you take out your saber and begin to work on it.
>Using the sharp blade of the Mestarian-crystal-focused blade, you are able to carve several chunks out of the hollow arm.
>>27580566
>By superheating one side of each piece, you can then graft them onto your mechanical arm.
>The process takes up the entire duration of your trip as you carefully put each piece into place, positioning them so that they will not disrupt the normal functions of your arm.
>Having finished the work, you now observe your new, cortosis-armored limb.
>It looks and feels heavier, no longer seeming quite so skeletal.
>In fact, it almost looks normal.
>As you stand up and test its weight, getting used to how it feels, you feel the ship drop out of hyperspace once more.
>Heading up to the cockpit, you look out and see Korriban beyond, the reddish-orange ball of dust and darkness that it is.
>You no longer face it with dread or apathy, but you must hide your elation and hope.
>If Scorpan smells it out, he will only make your time here worse.
>What’s more, you could be making another horrible mistake.
>What if he finds out the truth, that you still now plan to leave?
>Perhaps you shouldn’t…
>Maybe the path of the Sith is truly the path you must take.
>Shaking your head, you banish such thoughts.
>Now is not the time for conflicting feelings---he will detect them.
>Preparing yourself, you take a few deep breaths and fall back into the proper persona.
>No feelings, no emotion, no drive---only Nito.
>Guiding the ship to the hanger at the academy, you submit the entrance codes and land it within the bay.
>>27580578
>You walk down the exit ramp and back onto solid ground for the first time since leaving.
>As you stride towards the nearby door, a voice calls out.
>”Nito! Halt.”
>You stop and turn to look over your shoulder at an approaching figure.
>Ahuizotl.
>The trianii is approaching you, and he bears a look of ill-temperedness upon his feline face.
“Ahuizotl.”
>”That is LORD Ahuizotl to you, whelp,” he says, stopping a few yards away and folding his arms. “It is customary to kneel to a lord.”
“You are not my master.”
>”No, but I am your superior,” he says, taking a few steps closer.
>At this moment you notice that his prehensile tail is coiling behind him with one of his three lightsabers wrapped up in its grasp.
>You meet his yellow-eyed gaze.
>”I think it’s time you were given a proper lesson about your place underneath my boot.”
“Your paw, you mean, kitty-cat.”
>He scowls, showing yellowed and sharp teeth.
>Both hands come out, holding his other two sabers before all three click on.
>”I have not yet retaliated for your insult when you destroyed one of my sabers! You think me beaten? Had Lord Scorpan not interfered, I would have destroyed you!”
“I would like to see you try.”
>”Your wish is granted, fool!”
>He dashes forwards, all three lightsabers at the ready.
>With one quick motion, the Vehement is in hand, blocking two of his attacks.
>The third, his tail, comes across his side and aims at your midsection.
>>27580586
>A quick jump gets you out of the way, but Ahuizotl is on you once more, attacking relentlessly with unpredictable strikes.
>You keep mobile, keeping your feet moving, blocking or dodging his attacks in a reactionary state.
>But even falling back upon Soresu can be physically taxing.
>His stamina is great and more than a match for your defense.
>But you don’t plan to wear him down through defense alone, oh no.
>You need only wait for the right moment…
>He goes for your legs with one saber while chopping downwards with his tail, keeping his third reserved for where you end up.
>But you surprise him by pushing off the ground and leaping upwards, onto a nearby docked ship.
>He growls and leaps after you, landing on its wing.
>”You cannot run from me, Nito!”
“Why run from a house pet?”
>He leaps forth again, striking with all of his rage.
>Playing right into your hands.
>Once more you are defensive as you switch your lightsaber to your left hand, blocking each strike until you see your opening.
>After parrying one of his attacks, you purposefully leave yourself open to attack from the left.
>Having successfully baited him, he raises all three lightsabers and spins towards you.
>This attack would not kill you, but wound you.
>He wouldn’t risk truly killing Scorpan’s prized toy, but because of this, you are able to defeat him.
>>27580621
>You place your arm---your fake arm---right in the path of all three of his weapons.
>You can see his smile as he thinks you beaten, but when his lightsabers connect with the new cortosis plating upon the arm, his smile disappears.
>Each of his weapons deactivates, short-circuiting and shorting out.
>His eyes grow wide as all three crimson blades shrink back into their hilts.
>He leaps back and presses on them again and again, trying to get them to activate.
>”What? No! How did---“
>He looks at your arm.
>”You… You little---!”
“For someone who prides himself on his unorthodox fighting, you are terribly predictable.”
>So stunned is he, that when you swing your lightsaber, he barely has time to react.
>But you weren’t aiming at him, not specifically.
>With one swipe, you slice through the hilts of the two sabers in his hands, causing a small display of sparks as the two heads of his weapons hit the ship at his feet only to roll away.
>One simple attack, and you’ve achieved double Sun Djem---a personal first.
>The Sith looks upon you with shock and utter disdain.
“First it was one, now it is two. Next time it will be all three, and perhaps a limb as well,” you warn him.
>Hopping off the craft, you make for the exit, putting your lightsaber away.
>You can feel his frustration and anger mounting, but you leave before he can properly retaliate.
>After all, it will be several minutes before his only remaining lightsaber functions once more.
>You allow a small smirk at the effectiveness of your new cortosis arm---no wonder the Force Hunters are covered head to toe in the stuff.
>But you quickly compose yourself as you round a corner, only to come face-to-face with Maud.
>You haven’t seen the grey-skinned girl since your mission to Manaan.
>>27580640
>Her half-lidded eyes stare blankly into your own, her face not conveying any emotion.
>She is blocking your forward path, and the mere sight of her raises frustrating emotions.
>”So, it is true. You’re alive.”
“I can almost sense your disappointment.”
>”You’re wrong, as usual. I prefer you alive.”
“And why is that?” you ask, holding up your fake arm. “Do you actually anticipate the moment when I will pay you back for this?”
>”I anticipate the moment when you will try and fail.”
>You drop your arm back to your side and stare her down.
“You don’t know the kind of power I wield now. Do you think your little rocks and telekinesis could save you if I wanted you dead?”
>Again, she betrays no emotion as she speaks in her monotone voice.
>”You already want me dead. But you’re just a slave under Lord Scorpan’s will. And as he has forbidden you from killing me, you could be the most powerful Force-user in the galaxy and it still wouldn’t matter. You’re just a slave.”
>You take a step closer, brazenly towering over her and looking more closely into her eyes.
“And what are you?”
>”Someone who still has their arm.”
>She steps aside and allows you to pass.
>”Go on. I’m sure Lord Scorpan is waiting for his favorite pet.”
>You are about to walk on, but something occurs to you then.
>Turning to face her fully, you cross your arms.
>>27580651
“You want what I have, don’t you?”
>She doesn’t immediately reply, but continues staring.
“You want to be his pupil. The one he teaches his dark secrets to, the one he grooms to become a true Sith.”
>She seems about to speak when you approach and place your metal arm against the stone wall of the dark hallway, pinning her to it.
“You’ve coveted my position ever since Dromund Kaas, haven’t you? When you abandoned me to die in that temple and tried to earn Scorpan’s favor.”
>She maintains her emotionless face. “You know nothing.”
“But I could. As much as I hate him, Scorpan has taught me valuable secrets… things he would never teach you.”
>She suddenly breaks her emotionless visage and lets pride slip through her lips.
>”I deserve it.”
“Do you now? Even though I’ve bested you at every turn? Even though he recognizes my power, and has shown you no favor?”
>Once more she is about to protest before you raise your other hand and hold it near her head.
“You left me to die because you’re afraid you’re only second-best. And that is what you are: a second-rate Force-user, all sad and alone. Fit for fodder in the academy’s army, but not for a Sith.”
>She doesn’t react, not outwardly at least.
>But you can sense something stirring beneath.
“Have I touched a nerve? And here I thought you had no nerves to touch. Is there something resembling a soul beneath that grey flesh?”
>Reaching inwardly with the Force, you begin to use the power that Scorpan has taught you.
>All the while weakening her mental barriers.
“There is, as it turns out. You might like to hide it, to appear as though nothing matters, and perhaps most of the time you truly feel as though nothing does---but it was not always this way.”
>>27580667
>”I’ll… I’ll kill you…”
“You could try and kill me. You’d fail, of course, but it would at least give me an excuse.”
>Her eyes twitch slightly as your hand grows nearer, gently touching her now-sweating forehead.
“What is this I feel inside of you? A memory? Why, in the face of knowing you aren’t good enough, does your mind conjure an image of… a farm?”
>Her eyes widen and she reaches for her lightsaber.
>With your mechanical hand, you grab hold of her wrist and pin it to the wall, keeping her from her weapon.
>Now your hand is upon her forehead, draining the knowledge.
>Her brow furrows as she attempts to fight you with her telekinesis, but you are in turn flooding her mind with static noise, distracting her and making it difficult for her to concentrate.
“Yes, I see a farm… You picture it so clearly. A rocky planet. Why did you run away from it?”
>”S-stop…” She struggles against your power.
“You can’t fight off this power. What makes you think you deserve to wield it?”
>You probe more deeply, finding the root of her insecurities.
>You see the farm, and then it is burning.
>A family in peril, screaming---swallowed by flames.
>Maud suddenly gasps and falls to her knees, her back sliding down the wall.
>When you lower your hands and step back, you look upon her.
>The only thing that tells you the truth of how she is feeling is a single tear running down her cheek.
“You killed them, didn’t you?”
>She is silent, but her silence speaks volumes.
“Your pain doesn’t make what you did to me right, nor does it mean that you deserve power.”
>You turn and walk away, pausing only briefly to add one more thing.
“It also doesn’t mean that the way of the Sith is the only path open to you.”
>Leaving her behind, you walk on, allowing her to reflect on what just happened.
>>27580681
That's all for now. Pastebin is updated!
More coming soon.
>>27580688
It's so awesome to have you back and writing, Sarge. Hope you had a nice holiday.
Also, really loving this change of events in the story.
>>27580688
Now that was intense.was kinda hoping that maud would tackle him to the ground and viciously hatefuck him
>>27580804
>Hope you had a nice holiday.
Was a great time, I really needed it.
>>27580904We're not done yet, trust me.
good work
>>27577831
It was for Churros's story.
Also, It's good to be back. I need to catch up after a wild May.
>>27582967
>>27582979
>>27580904
Fuck you m8, you're paying for my new desk.
>>27584021
>you're paying for my new desk.
https://youtu.be/pdMCLZKCcuA
It's nice to see that Anon is still an asshole despite his newfound hope. Was worried he was going to go full-on good guy again.
We need more discussion guys.
Let's talk about how godlike all the prequels were.
>>27586628
The only good thing to come out of the prequels was the EU material that came after.
Alrigt discussion time dont want this to end up like last time. What are your favourite comics/ novels in the nucanon so far? Also they're going to release the new han solo comic this month and there's an ahsoka novel coming out in october.
>>27586773
I'll be honest I read exactly zero comics on SW.
>>27586792
Same here
>>27586794
Ditto.
>>27586628
To be honest, I thought the prequels were good from a story side, they just were executed poorly.
>>27586637
>>27586911
George Lucas did nothing wrong. All hail Supreme Leader Binks.
>>27587459
Getting into the inquisitor story (http://pastebin.com/zbdGipz8), and just asking if it's actually finished, or is on hiatus for the next forever?
>>27567869
I was just about to make a thread asking if this was done forever
>>27588044
everything went on hiatus forever. I'm hoping the other authors come back but so far I don't know if he intends to keep writing.
>>27588156
All we really need right now is the other writers to say something along the lines of "Green inbound". Then we're good.
>>27588186
If it's anything I'm still trying my damnest to get at least a few scenes for something new involving pilot/mercenary Anon out.
Might take a while though at the speed I'm writing this as is, and given that I don't have a big picture yet.
No promises and all that jazz though.
I remember I had this idea for a bumbling imperial officer who had the galaxy's worst luck somehow becoming really high ranked due to a series of mishaps. Eventually he would wind up either crushing the rebellion, or crushing the empire (it doesn't really matter) by accident. He'd wind up killing several skilled force users by total accident (think Janitor Anon from PeteQ), evade a team of bounty hunters by getting so fucking lost that he flies into an asteroid field, and destroy the headquarters of (insert rival faction) by forgetting to open the doors. He doesn't have to have force powers (in fact the story might be better off without) but the idea of a bumbling sith apprentice accidentally killing a jedi because he gets disarmed and his poorly made lightsaber explodes in the jedi's hand, is hilarious.
>>27586773
I've only read two cannon books, Dark Disciple and Lords of the Sith, but I plan on reading more. If you have any interest in what happens to Ventress after TCW I would recommend Dark Disciple but Lords of the Sith is the better novel and I would recommend it to everyone in this thread.
>>27588648
Roger Wilco?
Sarge here. I wrote pages today but I was just put on a 24-hour duty with no internet. So, I'll have to postpone posting until tomorrow morning, but the update should be longer because of it.
>>27589134
>Longer updated
All forgiven.
I hope I'm not being rude, but, is onii chan here?
He's the only guy I've read the full story of and I'm really exited for the continuation of his story.No offence Sarge, I just haven't gotten round to finishing part one. I got bored and stopped accidentally.
>>27589351
It is what it is, anon.
The story is now quite long. I understand.
>>27589374
Somehow, you understanding just makes me feel like even more of an asshole. Why must I be so self loathing?
>>27589411
No one is a bigger critic on you than you.
While I was on vacation, I had moments where I felt really bad about how I had put this story on hiatus. I didn't like how the thread had died because of me and I felt like I let a lot of fans down.
We're anyways hardest on ourselves. I understand, anon.
>>27589474
You might have just given me incentive to finish your story because you're such a nice guy.
P. S.Has nothing to do with the conversation or the thread.I'm really looking forward to Halloween this year because of the possible furtherance of Anonymous werewolf in Canterlot, fucking love that one
>>27589566
Anon Werewolf 3 is definitely coming.
I too am looking forward to it, but I need to get off my ass like I've done for this story and write those epilogues.
>>27589600
Go look at discord.
>>27589686
I'm on duty with no internet access. I'll see if I can get it on my phone.
>>27588749
Lords of the sith is pretty good i recommend lost stars it's fukkin great. And the comics i recommend are kanan the last padawan and shattered empire. The Kanan comic is the best nucanon comic out of all the other ones in my opinion
We need to do a writefag check. So.. Who's here?
>>27590078
Present
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>>27590078
Sorta new, but I'm here. Working on my project atm
>>27589351
Hey man glad you're reading my story. Unfortunately I'm a little busy at the moment, and will not have any time to write until this weekend. I've essentially written nothing in the last 6 months and I'm trying to get back into it.
Being in school while working a part time job, and looking for apartments can be taxing.
>>27590078
Lurking while writing.
>>27590349
Oh sweet are we going to get you spamming octavia picture and then no green again? It will be like old times.
>>27590656
You're a funny guyeven though it's true.
It'll be hard to spam, sadly. Had to build a new computer since my old one shit out on me, which involved losing everything on ye olde hdd. Including my Octavia pictures.
That's why I keep my progress in hard copy.
>>27586911
I'll second this. While I thought the premise of Ep3 was really cool - the once most promising Jedi in the galaxy turns to evil - the change in his personality was way too quick. If they'd made some (stronger?) references to how loved General Skywalker was by his allies in the clone wars, and how many battles he won, then maybe we'd begin to not only sympathize with him, but actually even agree with him somewhat.
Take a look at the end of the Clone Wars (series), and the Jedi bureaucracy that forces Ahsoka out of the order. If something like THAT had been included, we might have felt Anakin's internal struggle to be a lot more dramatic. But as it was, it just seemed like "I want more power! I don't want my loveydovey to die!", and it's pretty difficult to believe that he ever lead ANYone.
>>27588648
If you can pull this off, I'd read the hell out of it. I'd even cheat on Sarge's story for it.
>>27588749
>two cannon books
Were they a blast?
>>27586911
plus people forget how much the prequels gave us for the star wars setting. The prequels were stretched too thin
>>27590912First of all, fuck, wrong canon, second the star destroyer being blown out of the sky was a blast.
>>27590633
I just noticed the "while writing" part of your post, I eagerly await. pic unrelated
>>27590078
I'm here too
Update incoming.
>>27580681
>You discover Lord Scorpan in the primary control center of the academy, leaning over a holotable displaying a map of the galaxy.
>Your approach is flanked by two Sith footsoldiers in silvery armor.
>The bothan obviously notes your approach, but does not pay you any mind.
>He seems content to let you stand for several moments before he finishes looking at the map, stands straight and looks at you.
>"Nito. I assume your mission was successful?"
"No, Lord Scorpan. Not in the way we had hoped."
>He cocks a brow. "Oh? Well, fortunately for you, I'm in a good mood and can take disappointment. Tell me, how did you fail?"
"The Force Hunters were not there. The intelligence was leaked in advance of my arrival, likely because they knew about the capture of the kaminoan doctor."
>"And how do you know this?" he asks as he drags a finger across the surface of the map.
"Because Jedi were there."
>Now you have his full attention.
>He faces you and leans down a bit. "Oh? Jedi, you say? And just who were they?"
"Master Luna and her new Padawan, Sunset Shimmer."
>You had every intention of telling him enough truth to ward off any suspicion while keeping the true details of your meeting with them to yourself, but you had looked forward to this moment.
>Sunset was Scorpan's previous pet project; that much was clear from what she told you.
>His reaction is interesting, to say the least.
>"Sunset..." He chuckles to himself. "Under Master Luna, you say?"
"They attempted to apprehend me. I escaped, with the disk you instructed I use on their computers. But I doubt the Force Hunters and their masters left much for us to use, my lord."
>You take out the disk and hand it to him, but he doesn't take it.
>>27595192
>Instead, he waves his hand, and commands everyone else to leave the room.
>When they are gone, and you are alone, he lowers his hand.
>"Tell me, Nito... did they recognize you?"
"Yes, master."
>"And what did you feel upon seeing your former master in the flesh? And the girl you cared so deeply for?"
"Nothing."
>He narrows his eyes.
>Your reaction is cold and calculated---but perhaps a bit too much so.
>He doesn't believe you.
>"I don't think Anon is completely gone, is he? Surely there must have been some reaction, some will or desire to flee with them."
"This is my place now, Lord Scorpan. To flee would bring only death."
>"That it would." He takes out the remote, maintaining a tight grip on it.
>He moves his thumb over a red button while pointing it squarely at your forehead.
>"Now, tell me: of what did you speak?"
"They tried to appeal to Anon. They wanted me to come with them. To heal."
>"And what was your response?"
>You maintain a clear state of mind.
>He would not press the button, not while he thinks you are obedient and useful.
"I told them that he is dead. Nito is all that remains."
>>27595195
>He stares into your eyes, waiting for some hint of deception, some clue as to any real truth you may be intentionally obscuring.
>After a moment, he lowers the remote.
>"I'm proud, Nito. If there was one person who could have persuaded you to turn, it would have been one of them. But you denied both."
>He puts the remote away, and with how close you are, you take note of which pocket he puts it into on his robe.
>Then, he takes the disk from your hand.
>"We shall analyze this. It is a shame that the Force Hunters knew we would be coming, but that is understandable. We will simply continue pursuing other leads."
>He walks around to the map, turning it off.
>"However, this news of Master Luna intrigues me. I was not aware that she had returned from her last sighting."
>After taking a moment to consider this news, he makes a decision.
>"Come along, Nito. There is someone who would like to receive this news personally."
"Who, my lord?"
>"The master of our academy."
>Your pace quickens as you follow along behind Scorpan, silently considering this latest turn.
>Ever since your arrival, you have heard only whispers of the man who rules the academy, and whenever Scorpan would mention him.
>Proceeding to the main hall, he begins to walk up the large stone steps leading to the massive doors of the academy master's office.
>You maintain pace just a few steps behind your master, watching as he reaches the top.
>There, he stands before the great doors with his arms behind his back.
>You stop behind him, waiting for him to do something.
>>27595202
>As it turns out, he needn't do a thing, as the doors behind to open.
>A great rumbling and dragging sound can be heard as the doors scrape along the floor, leading to another chamber beyond, one bathed in darkness, only dimly illuminated by burning braziers.
>Statues of Sith Lords line the walls, with tapestries of the Empire's symbol hanging between them.
>At the heart of the room is a large desk, taller than your head, made of stone.
>It seems more like an altar than a desk to you.
>Red cloth stretches across its surface, with strange artifacts laid upon it that you can barely glimpse.
>A mote of orange-colored light from the sky above the temple bleeds through a single hole in the ceiling, through which the smoke from the braziers exits.
>It shines upon the table, and behind it upon a stone throne sits a massive figure.
>At first you cannot see him at all, but as you draw near, his silhouette becomes apparent.
>Easily twice the size of a standard sapient, he exudes both physical power and an aura of the Dark Side that radiates even more strongly than Scorpan.
>His skin is red like blood, though you can only see his bulging arms resting upon the table.
>The head, shrouded in the shadow of a black hood, has two massive horns that rise from it, each at least the size of your arm.
>They curve out from his skull and point upwards, appearing as though a great obsidian crown.
>Scorpan approaches the table and kneels before it, standing in the ray of light from above.
>You do the same, not wanting to offend whatever creature of the Dark Side sits on the other end.
>When he speaks, it is a voice that rumbles so deeply it seems that even the pebbles on the floor shake.
>"I know not why I am interrupted in my time of meditation, Scorpan, but if the next words that drip out of that sneering face of yours are not worthy of my attention, I shall personally remind you the cost of wasting my time."
>>27595205
>He maintains his bearing, but you notice a slight shift in his body language.
>He clearly despises being talked to in such a way.
>"My humble apologies, Lord Tirek. I bring news on the efforts to eliminate the Force Hunters... and the Jedi."
>The way he speaks to this 'Tirek' and the way he is spoken to are radically different from any interaction you've ever had with Scorpan.
>Or perhaps they aren't...
>It suddenly occurs to you that you are to Scorpan what Scorpan is to Tirek, and suddenly it all makes sense.
>"I care nothing for the insignificant gnats that would dare presume to call themselves hunters of the Force. Do not speak to me of them again."
>"Of course, my lord. But on our most recent endeavor to eliminate a cloning facility associated with them, my pupil Nito encountered none other than Jedi Master Luna."
>"Is that so?" Tirek leans over the desk to look at you, and for the first time, you see a pair of black eyes staring at you from beneath the hood. "He does not seem like very much."
>Speaking for you, Scorpan continues, "He completed his assignment and fended off both Master Luna, and her new apprentice, Sunset Shimmer."
>When he says her name, his voice carries an edge of innuendo and barely-concealed discontent.
>Tirek does not immediately respond, provoking Scorpan to stand up and continue, "I am wondering why I was not informed of Master Luna's return, nor her new apprentice. Surely you knew."
>>27595218
>"I did. I knew of Luna's return from our last battle. She arrived at the Jedi Temple some time ago and left with your former apprentice."
>Tirek's eyes narrow as he then adds in a lower voice, "I am wondering why you think I would report such matters to you, as if I am obliged to."
>"This is key information about our enemies!" Scorpan defends himself. "Furthermore, Sunset was---"
>Suddenly, he ceases to speak and clutches at his throat.
>Tirek has lifted a single hand and is using it to effortlessly choke him through the Force.
>"When she left this academy, it was your failure to properly indoctrinate her. When she escaped with her life, it was your failure to kill her. When she set herself upon the path of the Jedi, it showed me you are not fit to teach at this academy with more failures behind you than any other."
>He lets go, dropping Scorpan to the floor alongside you.
>"Were it not for our Dark Lord, I would never keep you around, you mewling, pathetic excuse of a Sith. That I ever trained you at all is a black mark upon my record."
>Scorpan grabs at his throat and coughs, staring up at Tirek with eyes containing a hatred so fierce that any hate you felt for him feels weak in comparison.
>You look back up upon Tirek as he lowers his hand and turns to you.
>"And this is your new pupil. He was able to fend off both Luna and Sunset? I doubt this."
>As Scorpan is still recovering, you decide to speak for yourself.
"My lord, they sought to capture me alive. They were clouded by sentimentality."
>"Yes, Jedi often are. But Luna is no mere Jedi. She knows the Dark Side, quite intimately. Once, she fought with us. Now against us, both in the last war and recently against me. She is powerful, but like all Jedi, she limits herself by restricting her passion. What do we gain through passion?”
“Strength, my lord.”
>>27595231
>”A child can read and understand the code. But what do you know of passion?” Tirek looks you up and down once more. “I sense little passion in you. Scorpan has made you into a machine.”
“I have great hatred, my lord.”
>”At him, no doubt. But what good is it for you if you cannot use it?”
>He holds out a hand, and in the light, you see something forming above his palm.
>You begin to sense a great amount of power gathering as he manifests a glowing red orb.
>Energy swirls about it, and for all intents and purposes, it seems as though he conjured forth a fireball from nothing.
>”Do you see this, apprentice? This is pure hate. This is malice, fury, contempt, disgust. This is power made of passion. With this, I can destroy my enemies, topple buildings, annihilate all in my path.”
>He clenches his hand back into a fist, crushing the fireball, banishing it with a whisk of smoke.
>”Whatever hatred you carry, it is meaningless unless you can wield it to its full potential. I sense what Scorpan has done to you, shackling you to him as though you were a hound, or perhaps he is merely afraid of failing once more and having you run off.”
>He turns to look at the bothan, who has stood up and composed himself.
>In an unimpressed tone, he says, “Why did you bring this ruined pupil before me, Scorpan? Was this supposed to be humorous?”
>”I merely desired to inform you about Master Luna, my lord.”
>”Lie to me again and see what becomes of you, Scorpan. Perhaps your pupil would find it amusing if I were to break you as you have broken him. Leave my presence and do not return unless you have a matter actually worthy of my attention.”
>Scorpan thinks about replying, you can tell from his eyes, but instead he merely bows.
>You do the same and leave behind him.
>Once you are both free of his chamber and the door is sealed shut, Scorpan turns to you and uses the Force to push you up against the wall in a surprise and petty move.
>>27595239
>As you slide down to the floor, you watch him storm off.
>Already, your mind is reeling from what you have witnessed.
>Despite his power, his influence, his position, he’s nothing but a pawn to someone else---just as you are a pawn to him.
>He hates Tirek, you can see it in his eyes, feel it emanating off of his person.
>And yet he must serve him, because Tirek is stronger, and this ‘Dark Lord’ he spoke of is undoubtedly even more powerful.
>Does Tirek hate him, you wonder?
>Would he bow and kneel before him?
>He must.
>This is the way of the Sith, then, the true nature at the core of it all; it is what the code speaks of, what the Sith model their very way of life around.
>Your master trains you, but he is your enemy.
>If you can kill him, you have earned his place.
>Otherwise, you are nothing but his subordinate.
>Scorpan loathes his position, as assuredly as he loathes the fact he isn’t strong enough to kill Tirek.
>Is it this desire that drove him to do what he did to you?
>Has it all just been a reflection of his own anger, turned to cruelty now that he can torment others as he has been tormented?
>This revelation only serves to make you hate him more, to know that you are the product of such a thing.
>Then something else occurs to you: each and every Sith is playing a game of Dejarik with their master, and their pawns are their subordinates.
>Only, their master is also playing the game, with the Sith apprentice as one of his own pawns.
>And each piece is also looking to kill their owner, in order to become a master and have pawns of their own.
>And on and on it does, perpetuating the system as pieces are killed and replaced, just as their masters are.
>Somehow, it all seems so clear and simple now.
>Is this all the Sith can offer you---a life of betrayal, murder and scheming while guarding against the first two?
>Could it truly be the right path for you?
>Or… perhaps…
>Could it be changed?
>>27595244
That's all for now.
Pastebin is updated and more is on the way!
>>27595251
Thanks for another well written update Sarge!
>>27595251
Am I the only one thinking Anon will have a new master very soon.
>>27595384
I like that thought.
>>27595244
>Or… perhaps…
>Could it be changed?
anon pls
>>27595244
>Could it be changed?
Doubt it since anon could take power try to affect change and all it would take is one ass hole that the dark side has in spades to show up and start up the old ways. The order had existed as is for thousands of years. There's a reason for that.
>>27596390
I think he means change his path, not change the sith.
>>27595251
wait, I thought tirek was the big cheese, but now there's an even bigger cheese? Who dat?
>>27596808
Well, Tirek is the master of the academy, a very high position indeed, but he is not the Emperor.
Look what just came in the mail.
Time to sort, count and catalog!
>>27567869
Good to see you're back in the saddle Sarge.
>>27579089
It takes a little time to get the hang of it, but I often forget that not everyone has the same patience with vector art.
>>27579517
Still here, only just realized the thread came back up.
Been spending my time writefagging for the "Alone in Equestria" thread, which if you've hung out, essentially the only one...
>>27598250
>TIE tanks
I was unaware they actually made figures of these.
