Sense

Feb 24, 2019 10:48 am
OOC:
This thread is for Evelyn,
Piodas, and Kit.
The lesson comes to a close and you all head off to perform your various chores and traing schedules. After a short while, Master Selak comes and finds you. He takes you deep into the caves and into a pitch black room.

Meditate. He orders, simply.

Feel the force as it connects with all living things. Feel the hearbeat pumping lifrblood through your body. Extend your feelings. Feel the force flowing through your friends, through me, grasp the force and focus it, cast it like a net.

In the next room there are a few creatures. Tell me how many living creatures are there in this room and I will give a gift to the first person to tell me the correct number.
OOC:
You could either meditate and make a force roll, and use a light side or dark side result to correctly sense the number of creatures in the room

Or

You can listen, as you have been previously taught, extend your senses out and try to detect the number that way. In this case, please roll 2 force die and use either result.
Feb 24, 2019 1:09 pm
Evelynn, still riding a bit of a thrill following the meeting in the cave where their Master declared them to be Padawans, had gone off to her quarters to meditate on what happened and to think through all the implications. She knew that every one of the newly minted Padawans was off acclimating in their own ways, and this was hers. Quiet meditation and patient waiting.

That was where she was when Master Selak found her. Gathering her up as well as Piodas and Kit, she found herself being led deep into the caves. As the others entered the cave, aside from Master Selak, they stumbled a bit in the apparent darkness and she could hear them struggling to orient themselves. With her Force-granted vision, however, the darkness was no impediment to her sight and she calmly walked in behind Master Selak and found a comfortable rock to sit upon as he ordered them to meditate.

Once comfortably seated on the rock, Evelynn began to meditate, to focus on the life force around her. She instantly felt connection with Piodas, with whom she had meditated before as well as Master Selak. Kit's life force she also felt, strong and steady in his beliefs. Drawing on their energy she reached outwards with her senses to the next room and felt for life there. And found it almost immediately.
OOC:
I don't know if you, Arina, remembered that Evelynn has no vision penalties for darkness or concealment, but figured that this was a good way to remind you of that. I'm not entirely sure what you're looking for here, so I'm going to make a Perception roll with 2 Force Die added, representing the second of the two options as she senses life without using her sight. I'm not sure if you want us to just say how many creatures there are there, since I'm the first person to post, I'll pick a number.

Edit to test if a post can be edited and keep the same dice results, allowing us to interpret on the same post as opposed to a new post. Seems like it does, cool. I also tweaked my post slightly following your edit.
As her senses stretched out, enhanced by the life force of her friends and into the adjoining cavern, Evelynn felt the life there. Carefully, she tallied them up, not wanting to be wrong. Once she was sure she'd gotten the right count, she hesitantly opened her mouth and said, "Yes, Master... I can feel them out there. I count twelve. No, thirteen creatures in the next room..."
Last edited February 24, 2019 1:40 pm

Rolls

Perception with 2 Force Die

1 Success, 1 White Force Point, 1 Black Force Point

Total: 1 Success

Feb 24, 2019 1:15 pm
OOC:
I don't need the perception roll. Just the force die. All I need to know is that you took the second option. Totally forgot she was a Miraluka. Have edited my post slightly to compensate. Thanks for the reminder!
Feb 25, 2019 1:06 am
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@Evelynn: Also, the light side and the dark side are both tempting you to use them. How does she respond?
Feb 25, 2019 1:15 am
As Evelynn felt within herself for that tiny spark of connection with the Force, she felt it suddenly swell as power and energy surged into her. It was a relatively new feeling, this sensation of opening herself to the Force and allowing it to flow through her, but it exhilarated her every time she did it. It also scared her a little bit, and every time she did she had to repeat her Master's words, "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate. Hate leads to the dark side.

Calming her mind, Evelynn mastered her fear, letting only peace and serenity flow out from her as she stretched her senses into the next room and tallied up the number of creatures there.
Last edited February 25, 2019 4:32 am
Feb 25, 2019 1:36 am
OOC:
You could probably write that in character lol
Feb 25, 2019 7:13 pm
Piodas went ahead and followed his Master as they went deeper and deeper. In his mind, he just wondered what kind of instruction this would be, but he just waited patiently as the events were about to be unfold.

The room became dark, they were used to the dark... but the cave where they usually resided eventually came to be lighted by various mechanisms and even the ship buried underground.

As he was instructed... as soon as they were close to another room within the cave... he just took a sit in lotus position in the ground and did as he was told.

The young adult closed his eyes and began to breath regularly, time them well as his mind began to go over what he could hear at first... but then, as the first couple of minutes passed, he began to take advantage of the silence that left the words of Master Selak to take more notice to himself... how his heart felt, how he could hear the beats and even picture it in his mind... how the blood began to circulate through his veins and what that meant... the silence even allowed to slowly hear the breathing of the ones present and that was slowly extended to where they were in relation to his own position in the cave. Among all, he could feel Evelynn stronger than the others, even his Master... all due to their previous experiences and time with one another... and for some reason he felt that Evenlynn would mostly feel the same way since the connection through the Force felt in both directions.

Piodas raised his eyebrown as he managed to feel even more... and he could actually get a feeling on the formation around him, how the walls felt and the area as an overall... he then smiled but struggled to keep that momentum and connection with the Force... it was a remarkable feeling that filled him completely.

Force Result-Using Lightside

As he reached out towards the other room, he focused in calmness and the warm that the Force generated around him... that could be felt as the others also reached out through the Force and he just felt soo good that eventually allowed him to feel clearly the beings in the other room... and how they connected through the Force and how they were marked regardless if they were aware of it or not to the bigger ecosystem within the caves... he just felt as peace invaded him and such clarity allowed him to clearly point the beings around the other room.
OOC:
We should just guess the number after doing the roll?
Last edited February 25, 2019 7:29 pm

Rolls

2 Force Dies

2 White Force Points, 1 Black Force Point

Feb 26, 2019 6:25 am
OOC:
as Evelynn got there first we will go with 13 creatures in the next room. Just waiting another 24 hours to see if Kit wants to add a post
Feb 28, 2019 1:00 pm
OOC:
Ok that's enough time. Sorry both of you.
Your master nods as both of you say thirteen at the same time.

He hands each of you a small shape which you cannot see in the dark. It feels cold and hard as if it were made of metal.
[ +- ] Evelynn
You move into the next room and you hear the creatures moving around the room.

One of these creatures could do you harm. Which one?

Master Selak has you meditate again.

Please roll a force die and try to sense the motives of these animals. Why does it wish you harm? Is it an aggressive predator? A mother looking to protect its young? Or is it something else?
Feb 28, 2019 2:26 pm
Evelynn takes the object, a confused expression on her face that none of the others can see in the dark, but follows their master into the next room and listens to his instructions.

A spike of fear threads through her as she learns that one of these creatures might mean them harm. Is it a snake? A predator of some sort...? Surely Master Selak wouldn't want them killed, but he has said before that sometimes bruises are the best lessons one can learn.

Shoving down her fear, she sits down, the object their Master had given them in her hands which are folded in her lap, and tries to find that calm, quiet place within herself as she reaches out through the Force, intentionally not using her own special vision as she feels that would defeat the purpose of this test.
OOC:
She will use that light pip to sense the creature, and its intentions if she can. Do you want me to interpret the result, or are you going to do it?
As she sits, breathing deeply and feeling at the life around her, thinking on Master Selak's constraint refrain that the Force flows from all life, connects it, and binds it she can't help but hear the rustling as the creatures move around the room. She can feel Master Selak, a solid pillar of life, of energy and power under incredibly contained resolve. She can feel Piodas and Kit, both like her, slightly nervous, but each a font of life energy as well. Outwards from them she feels the creatures, moving about, some startled by their group's sudden arrival, others merely going about their business. As serenity and the peace of harmonious life energy washes over her, she suddenly feels it.

Of the thirteen creatures that had been in this room prior to their entry, most either don't care about the new arrivals or had already reacted to their presence and gotten over it. All except one. As she sensed it, she knew it. One of the odder denizens of their cave structure. She didn't know the name for it, Xenology was never a subject she studied, but she knew a few things. The creature was aggressive, territorial, and could be vicious. It was also a coward, in a way. Master Selak had used them in a lesson, many years ago, about something he called "a bully". He said that, like a bully, these creatures acted far, far tougher than they were and the best way to deal with them was a strong show of force.
Last edited March 1, 2019 7:59 am

Rolls

Force roll for Sense.

1 White Force Point

Feb 28, 2019 10:32 pm
As an instinct, Piodas just looked down to his hand and tried to look at the metal kind of thing that was handed to them... but as expected, he couldn't see what it was... instead, he just followed his Master's voice and what he could feel from his connection to the Force.

As they moved to the other room, he just remained as calmed as possible at the possible threat... not because he wasn't afraid or anything, but because he trusted in the Force and because he knew quite well how to defend itself and others if it came to that... afterall, he has been practicing Soresu quite a lot.

Without sitting in the ground, the young man just remained still. He closed his eyes although it wouldn't make a difference with the cave as it was. As he began to spread across his connection with the Force... and touch in a metaphysical way to the surroundings like if it was a web connecting everything... Piodas just began to reach out and as he did so, he just extended his right hand without even thinking about it... it happened automatically...

As he did so, he began to feel the creatures... all 13 of them... most of them were scared, they were flying around the place trying to stay away from Piodas and Evelynn... but being there didn't cause the same effect in all the creatures. One or two were completely oblivious of their presence and didn't care, they were minding their own business... but one of them... just one...
OOC:
Is it possible to use one of the two lightside points from before and save the two darkside points? For other time?
Last edited February 28, 2019 10:33 pm

Rolls

Feeling the dangerous one

1 Black Force Point

Feb 28, 2019 11:36 pm
OOC:
@Evelynn: Yes please. I'd love you to interpret your die result.

@Piodas: No you cannot save force points like that. You can either use the darkside pips and write how your character gives in to temptation or voluntarily fail the roll.
Mar 1, 2019 8:00 am
Standing quickly, she called out to Piodas because, having succeeded in their mission as far as she could tell Evelynn had opened her normal sight and saw that her fellow Padawan had also been given a present from their Master, who no doubt knew what had been waiting for them in this room as he stood ready with his own. "Pi, activate the saber you're holding and remember our Master's lessons on how to deal with a bully."

With a sudden snap-hiss, she ignited the blade of the lightsaber she was holding and turned to face down the creature, knowing that violence wouldn't be necessary. Merely the show of force, and the light created by their ignited blades, would be sufficient to drive the beast off. As she did so, she saw with her special sight, Master Selak's face break into a small smile as he too activated his own saber.
OOC:
I took some liberty there, I hope you don't mind. I can change it if need be. I also split this part off from my previous post so that it followed Piodas response instead of being ahead of it, for timing's sake, I hope that's alright.
Mar 1, 2019 11:06 am
OOC:
Definitely not what I had intended but it works. Very interesting.
Mar 1, 2019 11:08 am
OOC:
Was that not the previous sense check I made? I can make another, but the impression I got was that the first one was to sense which creature could do us harm.
Mar 1, 2019 6:51 pm
Piodas gave started to feel the threat the creature represented to them and with his eyes closed, he heed her words... taking the metal shape that was handed out to him, he quickly realize what it was and looking forward to defend himself and Evelynn, he just ignited the blade just knowing through the Force which side was and where the switch was.

The blade came to life, it didn't feel what an actual blade was based on what his Master has told them, but it felt pretty much like a lightsaber... there was just something off with the crystal emitting the blade but Piodas didn't mind that. For a moment, the thrill of battle came into him and it invaded all his emotions, the desire to use the blade against the creature and just show what he was capable of... what he has trained for... but then a few words came into his mind: a lightsaber is not a weapon... it's a tool... using it is the last resort.

With that in his mind, he just pointed to the general area where the creature was and slowly used the Force with newfound calmness at the words he remembered and slowly pointed towards the creature that was a threat to them... and there he just stood there pointing at it.

"That is the one Master... that is the one that might jump in... but it doesn't seem like it wants to do that now..." it was 3 after one afterall "...it doesn't seem to be eager now to attack us"
Mar 2, 2019 1:21 pm
Smeeg699 says:
OOC:
Was that not the previous sense check I made? I can make another, but the impression I got was that the first one was to sense which creature could do us harm.
OOC:
You caught me mid edit lol. You are right. That's why I deleted that line from my post :)
Mar 4, 2019 2:06 am
You see a pair of glowing green eyes regard you coldly. They look cruel and aggressive but not in a predatory way. More like a territorial Rhino, or a trope of monkeys who decide to murder one of their members for fun.

As you ignite your sabres, the beast backs down and whimpers. Like all bullies, it was after an easy mark and you feel the fear oozing off of the creature.

Master Selak smiles at you all and leads you out of the caverns and back into the light.
Well done everyone. He takes back the lightsabres and you watch as he disassembles them, removing the focussing crystals and other components. Then he hands the empty hilts back to you.

These will he important for your next task.
OOC:
Congratulations both of you. You now have the sense power and can use it at will. In addition, Master Selak has given you superior lightsabre hilts.
Mar 4, 2019 2:55 am
Back in the light, Piodas smiled as he felt he was actually closer to the Force and felt so proud in a good way to the fact that he was more in touch with himself and the Force... as they went outside, he just smiled at Evelynn and then at his Master.

Perhaps it was the fact that the crystal didn't just resonate with him as he expected or what he was taught would happen... but Piodas was just quite surprised that he was holding a real lightsaber. He just looked kind of astonished as he noticed that he broke the parts from one another and handed over just the hilt to each.

"Master... I am quite honored for your guidance and also for the chance to feel the Force in this way... I just hope that these first steps in the ways of the Force allow me to be a good Jedi as I learn further".
OOC:
Oh nice! Editting the char sheet!
Last edited March 4, 2019 3:06 am
Mar 4, 2019 3:02 am
OOC:
In addition, please gain one point of conflict per dark side pip used and one additional point of conflict for taking the easier path. I probably should have warned you about that. I promise to do so in the future.
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