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Post by anjea on Dec 20, 2009 20:06:52 GMT -5
Anjea offered Nick a half smile as he recognized her. She nodded to him and spoke quietly. "Technically, it is my husband's ship." As he turned to talk to Caitlin, Anjea reached over and turned on the holo recorder for the medical bay. She wanted to make sure she had every word on record. When Nick addressed her again, she turned to look down at him, taking the dagger from Caitlin. "Lek, and you should be thankful it was me who found you. Anyone else would have left you to die, or finished you off."
She turned to one of her mercs standing back towards the door and offered the dagger to him, speaking to him in Mando'a. "Take this and see if you can't match up those prints." He nodded, taking the weapon, then disappeared to do what was requested of him. Anjea turned back to Nick and looked down at him, returning to a tainted Basic. "By order of the Czerka Corp, you are under arrest for the murder of Kratos and members of security, breaking, entering, and theft of medical supplies. My orders are to bring you in to Tyrol."
She sighed and looked up to make sure the recorder was on, which it was, then looked back down to Nick. "I investigated the scene, and with him previous knowledge of you, I am convinced that you were set up, but with the evidence against you, its going to be hard. I can't clear you without your help. Whatever you can give me on where you were, and proof, will be most important. We can find out who is truly responsible."
Anjea pauses for a moment, tossing a stray lock of hair over her shoulder. "I understand you are weak and in need of more treatment, and we can do that as we take you into Coruscant, but the more you help me, the faster we clear you."
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Post by Nick Cousland on Dec 21, 2009 12:34:48 GMT -5
*He looks at Anjea and breathes out painfully. He nods his head.*
Very well. I'll tell you all that I know.
*He leans his head back and closes his eyes.*
About a year ago, when Athena was still alive and Empress, I joined forces with her and began my descent into darkness. Camulus had been born out of the darkness that had enveloped me. Athena and I had caused so much chaos and destruction across the galaxy. One day, she was in a duel with another Jedi on Naboo and got struck down. I felt her death across the galaxy and raced to the planet. Once there, I found the remains of the battle site. I was in anguish and called out for Cait through the Force. The next thing I know, she does something to me and the darkness that was Camulus was expelled from my body.
*He sighs and opens his eyes.*
Thing is, Camulus wasn't banished like we thought. Somehow, he assimilated a sentient being and took over. Camulus had been reborn. Now it seems he seeks revenge on me for returning to the light. He seeks to destroy everything I hold dear. It was Camulus that attacked the Spire and killed Kratos and the guards.
*He sighs and looks at Cate and then back at Anjea.*
I was with Cate at the old Jedi Temple and then from there we headed to the Spaceport. We were on our ship, the Ithilnaur and enroute to our new homeworld at the time Camulus killed them. I wasn't even nowhere near the Coruscant system.
*He shakes his head in disbelief.*
I was at our new homeworld when I got a call from Cate that Aeron, the Kage of the Grey World was gravely injured. So, taking an old friend of mine who in fact told me of the murder and the warrant for my arrest, we went to Zonoma Sekot. I was there for several days when I got a message from my droid saying I was needed urgently at home.
*He shakes his head in slight anger.*
Little I knew that I was walking into a trap. Camulus had arrived at my family estate and had killed the servants that were there. He knew I'd respond to the distress call and I did. He killed Elissa, my childhood friend and then we fought and the next thing I know, I'm waking up here. Anjea, I can get you the security holos of the fight at the Castle. You want proof, I'll give it to you. My R4 unit can tap into the security and pull those for you.
*He sighs quietly and looks at her.*
You know me. You know I'd never do this to anyone.
*He then glances at Cate and back at Anjea.*
Tyrol issued the order? Something doesn't seem right.
*He looks at Cate.*
You know, he did seem highly agitated when I discovered the first incident. He was even more surprised when we found the ID tag. This seems like something more than it is.
*He looks at Anjea.*
You must feel that something is not right about this. You were once a Jedi yourself Anjea. What do you think?
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Dec 21, 2009 18:52:19 GMT -5
*Cate rubs her forehead and sits down to wait for Nick to speak.*
*To Anjea*
We were both lucky weren't we?
You could have shot first and asked questions later.
*To Nick*
The Force was and is with us.
*On seeing Nick grimace with pain reaches over and strokes his forehead gently allowing some of the healing force to flow into him from her to ease his pain so he can talk more easily.*
*Cate sits as he talks with a serious expression on her face some of this she knew already.
Some of it is new and somewhat a surprise.
The surprise crosses her face but quickly leaves only if someone was watching her they would have seen it.
At his mention of Tyrol she frowns with a thoughtful expression.*
I agree there was something very odd about his reaction.
I sensed that when we talked to him.
Yes, he was and it wasn't the normal agitation of someone discovering a robbery either.
He was very afraid about something.
Though he was hiding it well on the outside.
Especially when I mentioned the Black Sun as a possible culprit behind the robbery.
*To Anjea*
Maybe you need to find out why that is.
It might give you a clue to who is behind this all and who set Camulus set on Nick's track.
I don't think he did that on his own.
He doesn't have all of Nick's knowledge or his memories.
Only those up to when Nick expelled his darkside from him.
And he will have neither Nick's intelligence or talents.
He will be limited in those things by the body he possessed.
*To Nick*
And you can't kill him unless you banish his spirit afterward or he will only possess someone else.
And then we will have to go through this all over again.
I can do the banish part and you can too when I teach you but no running off again alone.
If I had been more aware when we brought you back from the darkside this wouldn't have happened.
I had only done once before and that was a long time ago.
I'm sorry Nick.
*Her expression is grave and worried.*
I don't like this.
There is something very wrong about this more than just Camulus.
He is only part of it and a very small part if what I'm sensing is right.
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Post by anjea on Dec 22, 2009 19:17:52 GMT -5
Anjea nodded with a soft sigh, listening to Nick as he spoke. She checked the recorder periodically, making sure that it was getting everything. She leaned her hip against the side of his bed after a while, crossing her arms over her chest. "I do know you, but haar'chak, Nick. You are on the security recordings." She shook her head and pushed off the bed.
She walked over to the doorway that leads into the medical bay area, then back over to Nick's bed again. She reached to her belt and pulled off her datapad. She pulled up the recording of the murder from the Spire, then held it up for Nick at Caitlin to see. "I know something isn't right, but convince me that that isn't you." She really wanted to believe him, that it truly wasn't him, but the recording, and her hatred of jetii were winning out in her mind. Anjea's eyes half glowered, half pleaded as she looked to the jetiise.
"I don't want to send an innocent man in for a crime he didn't commit." She paused the holo recording on the image of the man they thought was Nick jabbing his saber into Kratos. "If I'm missing something, and you have an exact twin, tell me."
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Dec 22, 2009 20:07:13 GMT -5
*Cate leans forward to watch the recording.
She frowns in concentration as she watches closely.
Her eyes narrows as she watches thinking of the last time she saw Nick and Kratos together at the spaceport.
She watches the way the man moves and his size.
She immediately notices two obvious differences.*
He looks similar to Nick but that is not Nick.
One thing he is several inches too short and much too stocky for Nick.
His movements are not as fluid as Nick's.
If we had the audio I would bet his voice is not like Nick's either.
And the other big one is there...
*points to the hand that is holding the saber.*
The person who did this is right handed.
That is definitely not Nick.
Can you freeze the image on the face?
I can show you a couple other differences.
Though who did this is very close to looking like Nick and would fool anyone that didn't know him well at least for a short time.
And those who know him well not at all.
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Post by Nick Cousland on Dec 23, 2009 20:05:28 GMT -5
*He sits there quietly watching the holo recording that Anjea is showing them. He sighs and shakes his head.*
That is so not me.
*He mutters quietly to himself. He sighs and looks at Cate.*
You're right. Camulus is right handed as shown in the holo. I'm left handed. His lightsaber is blood-red.
*He grabs his lightsaber and pointing it away from them activates it, emitting a silver blade.*
As you can see, my blade is silver. It was a gift from Cate and her brother Colin.
*He deactivates the saber and replaces it back on the clip at his belt.*
Plus, he's got no tattoo markings on his left and right shoulders. I do.
*He looks at his torn shirt and sighs. He grabs hold of the seams of his shoulders and pulls until the shoulder sleeves separate, revealing the dragon tattoo on his left shoulder and the eagle tattoo on his right shoulder, signifying his guardianship of Bakura.*
As you can see, I have the tattoos. I guarantee, you apprehend Camulus and check, he won't have them. I also have the ability to heal quickly or regenerate as is due to my bloodline. He won't.
*He looks at Cate and nods his head and then looks back at Anjea. He then pulls out his datapad and looks at it then back at Anjea.*
I had R4 locate the trajectory of Camulus' ship after he left. It appears he took off in the direction of Ruusan. He may be garrisoned there. Its worth taking a look.
*He looks off in the direction that the merc took the dagger.*
Plus, we've got the DNA of whoever's body Camulus took over. We can track him down easily.
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Post by anjea on Dec 23, 2009 23:55:55 GMT -5
Anjea glanced at Caitlin, then at Nick. She stared at him for a moment, then watched as he drew his weapon. One of the mercs behind her quickly moved forward and stood between Anjea and Nick, but Anjea lifted her hand and laid it on his shoulder, "Udesii, vod." He turned to look at her, then moved back to his guarding position at the door. She looked at the blade, then at the tattoos as Nick brandished them, always glancing back at the datapad.
The first merc came back into the medical bay, walking over to Anjea with a datapad. He handed it to her, whispered something into her ear, then turned and left the medical bay. She looked down at what she was given, a small snort issuing from her nose. With a shake of her head, she turned back to Nick. "Well, I have good news, and not so good news." She cleared her throat, then stepped over to Nick. "The prints we took from the scene match the prints on the dagger. Trouble is, we don't know if its your prints matching, or his."
She sighed, motioning to his lightsaber. "And, your in custody, I'm going to have to confiscate your weapons, at least until you are released. You have my word that they will be returned to you undamaged." Anjea turned and nodded to the med tech that was standing near by. "I want a set of prints, and his weapons taken to the hold."
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Dec 24, 2009 0:58:55 GMT -5
Yes you are right Nick.
I forgot about your tattoos he wouldn't have them.
In fact he couldn't copy them even if he wanted to do so because of how they were created.
*She gives him a look to remind him of how they were made.*
That information will help but that doesn't mean he will stay there for long.
*To Anjea*
You probably should take my prints as well since I also touched the weapon when I handed it to you.
Do you want my weapon as well?
*She unclasps her lightsaber from her belt and offers it to Anjea.*
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Post by Nick Cousland on Dec 24, 2009 7:43:11 GMT -5
*He shakes his head.*
Well, of course some of my prints would be there. They were there before when me and Cate both were there.
*He closes his eyes.*
Frak it. Next time I'll start wearing bloody gloves.
*He mutters quietly and then he unclips his lightsaber from his belt and holds it out to her while reopening his eyes.*
I understand Anjea. Here you go.
*He nods his head.*
Prints? Okay, I guess I could do that for you. But after that, I need to try and get some rest. I'm worn out.
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Post by anjea on Dec 28, 2009 22:52:38 GMT -5
Anjea glanced at Caitlin, then sighed. With a nod to the medic standing by, Anjea turned to walk across the bay while the medic moved in. The medic was a tall, blond woman in mid forties. She moved in and confiscated the weapons, placing them into a medical storage box, then handed them off to another younger medic, who left to take the box and its contents to the cargo hold. She turned back to Nick and began taking his prints, then Caitlin's. It was apparent on her face that she did not trust or like the jetiise. She worked quickly, but efficiently, then moved off out of the medical bay to have the prints examined.
Anjea looked up from her datapad as the medic left, then looked over to the jetii. "Alright, we need to be moving towards Coruscant. Nick, we have prepared a Bacta tank for you." She lifted her hand and pointed behind him, the medical droids moving over to begin preparing him for the tank. "One dip should suffice. If you need more, they can be arranged."
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Dec 30, 2009 18:45:39 GMT -5
*Cate follows the medic and gives her prints to the medic.
She sighs slightly as she picks up the medic's attitude but doesn't say anything, knowing it wouldn't do any good.
She walks back to stand next to Nick when she finishes.
She is about to say something when her com-link beeps.*
Yes?
*Her padawan assistant Kiimi Sollia's voice is heard.*
Master Windancer I'm sorry to interrupt you but there is something I just heard on the holonet I think you should know about.
Utapau is thought to be under attack.
*She then repeats the contents to the holonet newscast.*
Alarm was raised today when a distress call, thought to originate from Utapau, was received by the pilots of a merchant vessel traveling through the Tarabba Sector.
The message, broadcasting on a near defunct frequency, claimed that the world's capital was currently under attack, and that most communication on world was no longer in working order. The pilots of the merchant vessel 'Invidia' decided against going in close to the origin of the transmission, instead bringing the message to the attention of the authorities of their destination, Tarabba Prime.
"It was unclear at the time, weather or not the distress call was, in fact, a hoax." Stated one planetary security official today, "But further investigation is taking place as we speak, and we can confirm that the call was indeed genuine."
We were unable to obtain a recording of the message and for legal reasons cannot repeat precisely what was stated, but sources inform us that the message explicitly requested that the Jedi go to the world's aid, which leaves us with many questions as to what, exactly, is taking place on Utapau.
What shall we do?
We need to send someone to investigate.
Who is available to go?
No one is here at the moment other than Master Kenobi.
Hmmm. I can't go and neither can Nick.
Don't worry Kiimi I will take care of it.
Inform Master Kenobi to stand by in case we need to send reinforcements.
Yes Master Windancer.
Right away.
Kiimi out.
*To Nick*
You have any ideas who we can send that is available?
This sounds serious.
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Post by Nick Cousland on Dec 31, 2009 1:56:26 GMT -5
*He listens quietly to Anjea and nods his head.*
Yeah, that should be enough. I heal fast enough.
*He looks at the bacta tank already filled up.*
Yuck, I hate bacta.
*He mutters quietly to himself. He lets the droids get him ready and then he starts to climb into the tank carefully. He puts his rebreather into his mouth and then hears Cate. He takes it out of his mouth and looks at her.*
Did she a situation on Utapau? That's just great.
*He shrugs his shoulders and then cringes painfully as his collar bone starts hurting.*
I have no idea who we can send Cate. I don't even know where everyone's at. We'll think of something. But first...
*He puts the rebreather into his mouth and then slides into the tank. The droids close the hatch and Nick closes his eyes and falls into a restorative meditation sleep. Quietly through the Force, Nick's voice can be heard.*
Anjea, go ahead and take us to Coruscant. I trust you.
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Post by Caitlin Windancer on Jan 4, 2010 19:27:33 GMT -5
*In reply to Nick*
I know it always seems to come at one time doesn't it?
Hmmm.
I think ... Hana and Jael are free to go.
I will contact Jael and Hana and have them do some recon.
If they find something serious we will send in more people or contact the Republic military.
I know it is not the best solution.
But that is the best we can do at the moment.
First we need to get you completely healed then get this murder/robbery mess straightened out.
*When he goes to into the Bacta, Cait contacts first Jael and then Hana on her comlink.*
*First Jael*
*Cate from aboard the Dar'jetii having come to a decision on who to send to Utapau coms Jael on an encrypted channel to Jael's ship.*
Jael I don't know if you have heard about what is happening on Utapau. But I need to send someone to check it out. If you are not busy could you please check out what is happening on Utapau.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
Oh and considering the possible level of danger of this mission and the time you have been a padawan.
I will consider this your Knight trial.
I know this is a little unusual since you haven't learned how to make a saber yet but I think you have the necessary abilities to be a Knight.
What you lack is knowledge and experience that this mission will give you.
Remember what you have learned so far and let the Force be your guide.
Trust in it and yourself and you will do well.
Take someone with you who you can trust to back you up and be careful.
May The Force be with you,
Cate.
*end of transmission.*
*Then Hana*
*Cate from aboard the Dar'jetii having come to a decision on who to send to Utapau coms Hana on an encrypted channel to Hana's ship.*
Hana, I don't know if you have heard about what is happening on Utapau.
But I need to send someone to check it out.
I have a very bad feeling about this.
If you are not busy could you please check out what is happening on there.
You are on an information gathering mission.
So no fighting unless you can avoid it.
Get in and out with the information.
I have already asked to Jael to help and I want you to back her up if she gets into something she is not ready for.
But don't do so if she doesn't really need it because she is on her Knight trial.
Remember what you have learned so far and let the Force be your guide.
Trust in it and yourself and you will do well.
Be careful.
May The Force be with you,
Cate.
*end of transmission.*
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Post by anjea on Jan 5, 2010 21:17:43 GMT -5
Anjea secured everything in the medical bay before leaving for the cockpit. She slumped into the co-pilot's chair, glancing over at the pilot. She did a double take before blinking as the man in the chair wasn't the usual pilot. Anjea just shook her head and laughed. "Get bored, cyare?"
Jass gave his famous rogue-ish smile before switching the engines of the Dar'jetii from stand-bye. "Where to, min larelk?" he asked her. Anjea smiled and sat up in her chair. "Coruscant... we have a bounty to deliver."
The ship pulled out of orbit and jetted off into hyperspace.
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Post by Inquisitor Camulus on Jan 14, 2010 16:43:55 GMT -5
*The Transport ship carrying a platoon of stormtroopers emerges from hyperspace. Captain Trian engages the cloaking device that had recently been installed and the ship begins its descent down to the surface of Bakura, heading for the Stonewycke Castle estate.*
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