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Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731

Force is so not me!

by Aerena 'Relentless' Kolene

One half of my face is covered, and it should be sticky and gooey, but it is not. It is moving around on my body in a vaguely slime-like method. I can see the droids around Spook still aiming at our group. I stop and take a moment to stand still and determine what has happened to me. I can see that Davish, Vanya, and So' Zen are glowing. There is a glow around Reece that has a different texture - more like water. I concentrate on that glow and try to see if I can find more glowy things. There is nothing around the droids, but the Sister of Battle does have some kind of glow. It is almost like I am peeling back fog and can see her, but when I glance away, I can't see her anymore. Vance has a bit more of a candle glow versus the lanterns of the others. Then I glance back into the room where the marble was, and I see that guy from the hologram. He is looking directly at me and then says, "That was unexpected". He walks over to Bishop and then there is an itching in the back of my mind like I have forgotten something or like someone is watching me. I do a slow pivot to see if I can pin down the source while keeping one eye on the ghost? hologram? apparition?
 
I hear So' Zen say something about a strong force and then he bows to that hologram guy. At least someone else does see him. Then So' Zen starts doing the talky talky thing. I swear he has more words than an ocean has water! They have a long conversation and then the guy disappears. So' Zen turns to me and says something about I need training. The only response possible is "the hell I do. Get this damn thing off me!". I know that we have to wait until action is slowed down before we can deal with my new................friend, helper, armor, scary ooze? Anyway, I check to see if Spook has managed to control the droids around him yet and that would be a no, but they are not firing at the moment and I do not want to set them off. I move south to Bishop and do a quick repair. He has a blown motivator in his lower half, but I am able to work around it and get him moving. He won't win any races, but he can at least keep up with us - whenever we move on.
 
Combat slows and stops with Vanya cleaving a droid in half. I am about to request help with the ooze thing when it suddenly starts constricting around me and I get an image of some kind of cat creature - maybe a Catharr? There is also an overwhelming sense of fear and danger. I say out loud that whoever is doing whatever needs to stop. So' Zen said he was just trying to communicate. I told him to stop! Then I focused on trying to exude peace. I can hear Vanya telling me to think about flying and I get an image of flying around a beautiful wreck to salvage and no one that I have to share with - beside Spukamas of course. Then the ooze slides around and slides off me and back into a marble shape. I immediately grab and hand to Vanya! She isn't sure what to do and stuffs in into a pouch. I already tried that, but she is a Jedi.
 
Then Reece and Vanya start discussing something and suddenly she is pointing out facts with her light saber and both So' Zen and Davish got to interfere. The data pad is dashed to the floor and Davish and Vanya have a quiet and intense conversation. Then both Spook and Bishop began screaming and I know that they are also under attach from whatever had gotten to Reece and Vanya. Next thing there is another batch of those droids and then the ones surrounding Spook turn and fire on me. I manage to get my shield up just in time, but it only is able to withstand MOST of the fire and a shot gets through to hit my right arm and I am having issues staying focused on the fight.
 
Vanya runs up to me and is babbling about moving a shield wall? My eyes are still seeing double, but I can see well enough to unhook and grab the emitters. Then comes the serious question - is Spook on our side of the shield or their side? I am very seriously hoping I do not die regretting this decision, but we need to push her buddies out of our safety bubble while keeping Spook (and I will be slapping a restraining bolt on her!). I am not sure how we are going to manage this since her buddies are closer to us then she is, but then she slides past the group and we are able to slide the shield in between her and her buddies and have all of the current batch of enemies out of immediate reach. Then Bishop goes over to her, inserts a probe, and she goes dark. OH NO!!!!! Not my Spook, how will I survive without her? She kept me straight - not necessarily legal, but she did provide lightness and fun in my life and also enough profit that we could manage to keep flying. Something needs to die!
 
I cannot handle that right now as I have to get this shield in place to keep the rest of the team in place. I do my best to focus and do a good job, but I am more worried about Spook and how to help her. I manage to get it braced and reconnected on my side. I glance over to Vanya to see how she is doing and she is connecting her side just fine and then the energy field is now filling that hallway with all of the bad guys on the other side. Let's hope they can't go back up into the ceiling and just come over to the other side of the shield. I glance again at Spook, just in time to see her eye go dark as she reaches out to me. NO!!!!!!
 
I try to stay focused on the fight we are in, but it is very hard. I check through the shield and see that the small batch that had been defending Spook are shooting the big batch. They might be defending us or they might just be defending themselves. The big batch is rather obviously trying to take out the shield, but they are not making progress. I glance to my right and see that there are no problems down that hallway so I can stand looking through the shield and try to control my emotions and be ready if the fight comes to us.
 
Then another problem erupts. A droid with a problem and So' Zen is all take charge and does things. The end result is that we split the party and some go to that library place and the rest of us head to our doom.

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