[center][b]~| Day 1, 12:17 GST |~[/b]
~| The Tranquility Spire, Jedi Temple |~[/center]
Sitting crosslegged on the dias [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2689671]Som[/url] listened carefully to his inner thoughts, the echoes and dreams of his mind swimming inside his head. It had been at least two days since his Trials, but he'd yet to learn anything from his experiences and he still felt disconnected from his fellow Jedi, even though the Force seemed to ring through his body quite clearly. [color=fdc68a][i]Is it really something wrong with me?[/i][/color] He had begun to wonder, [color=fdc68a][i]Or perhaps something wrong with them?[/i][/color] Either way there was a darkness hanging over the Temple which he couldn't explain, something which made him want to leave.

As the door opened behind him Som felt his concentration waver. With a sigh he tilted his head to the side and simply said [color=fdc68a]"Occupied,"[/color] hoping whoever it was would take the hint and leave him be.

He heard the door close but now there was a presence in the room, a person moving quietly as if trying to hide themselves from him. After two days of silence however their every step, every breath and every heartbeat sounded out like a gong in the quiet chamber. Frowning Som began to wonder what the stranger wanted, a few weeks earlier he'd have guessed it was [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2673795]Xid[/url] playing a trick on him, but since his colleague had been promoted the two of them had had little time to spend together.

When the familiar snap hiss of a lightsaber activating filled the air Som's reflexes took over, launching him high into the air as his arm reached out summoning his dual-blade into his hand. The space he'd been in only a moment before was sliced through by a glowing blade, a glowing [i][b]red[/b][/i] blade.

[color=fdc68a][i]So, this is what my foreboding was about,[/i][/color] Som thought as he inspected his opponent carefully. The plain dark robes of a Sith apprentice as far as he could make out, one of low rank possibly. Som knew better than to risk finding out just how good of a fighter the assassin was, and he wondered how one of the followers of the Dark SIde he'd been warned about in training could've made it so far into the Temple without being detected.

As if to answer his question two more Sith stepped into the room, their lightsabers held unignited by their sides and manner suggesting they were to be spectators to the duel between the Padawan and their companion. Som knew then what the outcome of this battle would be and dropping to his knees he carefully placed his staff down in front of himself and bowed his head.

[color=fdc68a]"I concede."[/color] He said, his voice clear and free of emotion while his mind roiled trying to understand what was happening.