TheElvenJedi

Star Wars: Enclaves

Merak Shenly

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Location: Dantooine, approaching the ruined enclave
Interacting With: @DirtyDingo's Alessia, @Delta44's Aether

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With the briefing out of the way, they could part ways with Blitz Crew and focus on their part of the mission. As they approached the enclave, the trio took cover behind a large stack of crates before making an initial move into the courtyard out front, which was just as well for at that moment a patrol of about fifteen or so Mandalorians appeared. Craske and the rest of his men had already disappeared from view. They were on their own.
It made Merak nervous. He had been hoping for a ‘creep in, creep out’ approach where they completely escaped notice from their enemies. Of course, fate, or the Force as his Jedi companions might have said, had other ideas…
He should have of course been used to their mysterious ways by now, but it still caught him off guard slightly to hear their voices in his head, especially for the pair to exchange words as casually as if they were having a verbal conversation. The smuggler would sit there for a while as Alessia and Aether both proposed strategies for moving forward.

He realised that they couldn’t just sit there and wait for the Mandalorians to pass them, and that the Jedi were waiting expectantly to hear his input. Blinking at them both, Merak shook his head and, with some difficulty (he never did understand exactly how to do this whole ‘talk inside other people’s heads’ thing the Jedi had going on), managed to put forward his own thoughts without speaking and just hope that they could hear him.
Well...we can’t risk them doubling back and finding us while Blitz is busy, can we? he pointed out. So Alessia’s right, we’ve got to put them down or we’ll be in for more trouble later. Using the crates as cover sounds like a good idea, and we do have the element of surprise on our side. of course none of the trio had considered the possibility of backup being sent once the fifteen-man patrol never returned to their leaders to deliver their report; but that wasn’t their chief concern in the moment. The patrol was getting closer, a moment longer and their window of opportunity would pass.

Hefting his vibroknife into a better grip position, Merak nodded again. I’m ready when you are.
Whether they chose to use the crates or not, they would have to move quickly once they revealed their position to the Mandalorians in order to dispose of them before they could make enough noise to alert any more of their allies. Though he was less skilled with a knife than with ranged weapons, it would be easier to get past the heavy-duty armour the Mandalorians wore with a blade that could slip through the gaps in the plating than it would be trying to blast straight through the thickest parts with gunfire. He’d learned that during the war and hadn’t forgotten it.

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

-Oh yeah, definitely a good idea to make them stay on the ship at least for now since they ARE pretty terrifying ahaha they can always introduce them later on once they're a bit better acquainted if it becomes necessary XD

-Ohh, good idea, yes! I hadn't thought of that, but good thinking batman! XD I shall work mention of it into my next post then! Which will be up for you by the time you're back tomorrow cuz I gotta hit the sack soon :P

Also, I love Vol already, just gonna put that out there. He's great XD

EDIT: post achieved! Excuse any typos in the beginning bits I wrote them right before crashing out last night hahaha
Looking forward to meeting Bol's mom though, didn't want to go too far ahead to give you an opening to do that how you like so I kinda focused a lot on Ari's reactions XD figured the "oh my God do I REALLY sound like that?! O_o" was a good little thing to add cause it'd be much more obvious in a mostly Republic base lol

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Okidoki, no worries! Haha whenever you get round to it! :)

what has the avatar above you been put in jail for and why?

Jailed for breaking some guy's neck

Holy heck i feel inadequate

I mean thats the thing. Im not sitting here floating my own boat. Ive definitely got experience under my belt when it comes to multi para posting. I used to be abel to consistently post probably a good 3 or so paragraph response without trailing off the subject matter. But i still cant even comprehend how people make those massive ones that are as rich with content as they are and how they stay on topic lol

@Rockerman403

Honestly, as someone whose own post length varies dramatically depending on each RP, the best thing I can say to possibly help you out here is: stop trying to overthink it.
Not every advanced roleplay is 7-10 paragraphs of posting, every post. As I said it varies depending on the roleplay. Depending on not only how into the roleplay I am, but also on what is actually happening. Recently some of my more recent posts for a certain roleplay dropped down from our usual 7-11 paras, right back down to 2-3 paras, just because there was less to say in each post without getting too far ahead of each other

I would suggest starting out with a 1x1 in this area, find yourself a partner that doesn't mind fluctuating post lengths for a while till you can get back into it, you aren't going to improve and get back to that level if you don't keep trying :D (or heck, find a partner that doesn't care about post length so much as post quality, because really that's what should be important)

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Beating up baddies!

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Slightly shorter one from my end as well, but wanted to leave it open for you to do your thing with introducing Yerbol's parents :)

Have a good weekend, too! :D

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Aria was all to pleased to skitter out of the compound and back to the ship, only to stop abruptly before the overhang at Yerbol's unexpected suggestion. In the back of her mind, she had considered the idea herself, but every time she tried to think about it in any great detail Aria found herself feeling upset again and she quickly had to abandon her train of thought or risk sinking back into that horrible feeling of all-consuming despair again. Though her throat tightened slightly, she found that Yerbol quickly ushering her onto Neta’s (it’d take a while to get used to calling the freighter ‘theirs’, it still seemed strange) ship and proclaiming that he had come up with an idea of his own helped her to maintain her calm demeanour.
It wasn’t long before they landed again and Aria found that they were in a very familiar valley. She nodded slowly as she let her gaze sweep over the peaks, letting out a quiet contemplative sigh. “Yeah, yeah...I remember.” Aria murmured, nodding her head. Glancing sideways at her friend, she stepped forward to head towards their last dig site, it would be the easiest place to start. “Then let’s find the best one. It’s got to be perfect.” she mumbled, crouching down there and scanning over the exposed crystals that glistened in the rock face. She looked thoughtful again for a moment, her jaw quivering slightly as she swallowed the lump forming in her throat and spoke up again:
“I’ve got an idea, something….something similar. I...I don’t know if it’d work but we must be able to work it out with the Force somehow.” her hands were shaking ever so slightly as she plucked the saber from her belt; it felt heavy in her hands, and the sharp curve in the hilt made it awkward to hold, she never understood how he had managed it, or why her father had chosen to build a hilt with such a design flaw in the first place. She’d never gotten the chance to ask, she wished she had. But there was no time to think of that now. Aria managed to activate the blade, letting out a quiet breath before she drove it into one of the fissures they had made on their previous excursion, letting it imbed in the facets of the crystals. After murmuring a few quick words and some careful restructuring of the crystal’s molecules to ensure it would not come out of place, she sat back again.
“I-I was going to keep it but…..the crystal probably wouldn’t re-imprint to me and I can’t figure out how you’re supposed to hold a hilt that shape anyways.” she glanced at Yerbol again and smiled. “I guess it’d also be like part of him was still here, watching over everyone. We could carve a little inscription underneath.” she suggested.

She felt better afterwards, like the weight of Roan’s loss wasn’t pressed quite so heavily down on her shoulders. She didn’t need the saber. She could do this. Keep going. They’d won, now. It was time to go and relax and….do things normal people did. And meet Yerbol’s parents. She tried not to overthink that part on their trip to Taris, instead occupying herself by focusing on their piloting. It seemed like barely a day had passed before the planet loomed into view. Suddenly her nerves got the better of her and she jumped to her feet as Yerbol shut off the engines, flitting back towards the map console, where both Tuk’ata lifted their heads in surprise and snorted at her in concern. She waved them off and they returned to their nap, Aria pacing back and forth until Yerbol joined her again, flashing her a concerned look.
“I-I don’t think I can do this, Bol…” she mumbled, teeth sinking into her lower lip. “What if...what if they don’t like me or they think I’m weird or a bad influence on you…?” No. No, she HAD to do this, she kept trying to tell herself. They were just his parents, for Force sake, she’d faced far worse things: murderous, backstabbing acolytes, bloodsucking tomb beasts, a TIE fighter crash, intangible apparitions and a vindictive Sith Lord trying to wipe them off the face of the galaxy, and yet the thought of engaging in conversation with her best friend’s parents terrified her more than ALL of those things put together...

Star Wars: Enclaves

@DirtyDingo Aww no worries man, we can wait! No point stressing yourself out over it, you'll only make yourself feel worse! :3

You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

Aww haha don't worry about it, it just looks so tiny because the past page or two have been made up of MASSIVE posts O.O XD No point in purple prosing just to make it longer after all :P

Aaaa yay! I'm so excited for that, you have no idea! I can't wait to meet them XD