I figured some good ol' nostalgia was in order there! :D Throwback to their first fight and all haha, and I think that's part of what makes it her wildcard. People don't expect that kind of power from someone who barely scratches the five foot mark so they're just like "OH GOD O.O" XD You have noooo idea though, there's a reason she's so sensitive about it ;) XD

Awesomee, I can't wait! :D And me too, I honestly just preferred the female Exile, it seemed to...mesh better?? maybe I'm too diehard of a Atton x Exile shipper though so who knows XD I could talk about how much I love them all day tbh haha

I look forward to it! :D

Oh boy, I was doing some thinking about this post on my way into work this morning and fair warning: stuff is about to go down AND this post might be the long, long side xD

Questions before I work on this:
-Did we agree on Vitiate possessing Arcann and Vaylin during the fight?
-Are you ok with Meetra dying in this post or do you want me to wait until you have a chance to reply to this one?
-Does Vano make an appearance here or after this fight?

Ohhhh man am I excited for this post now!! XD

-I think we did yeah, and that sounds absolutely awesome so let's go with it anyway even if we didn't :P
-Ooohh, if you feel like you want to pop her off in this post by all means go for it! :D I can roll with it, plus more drama and all (and somebody might have to drag Revan out of there cause he might flip just slightly hehehe XD)
-I was considering having her pop up towards the end as they're fleeing perhaps? They're gonna need some help getting away after all ;)

So the whole "tendril" thing was the only way I could think of manifesting Force leech/drain in the physical world. Basically what Arcann/Vitiate and Meetra were doing was an advanced version of that.

Oh man, oh man, OHHHH MAAAANN, dude that post was so good it actually made me tear up a little!

Meeetraaaa, nooooo! D: And I am a little worried for Yerbol, because that last part does NOT sound good, nope nope nope O.O

*cracks knuckles* Okay, I shall get cracking on a response and hopefully have one out to you sometime tomorrow :3

Yesssssssssssss. I tried to make Meetras exit as dramatic as possible considering she only got two posts xD

I'll explain what happened in full once they retreat, but I'll be alluding to it as we go :)

Nice! Looking forward to it:)

Tah daahh, man this on[url][/url]e was fun to write hehehe, hope it works for you!

My turn for a slightly more obscure power that's difficult to describe, but what Vano's doing is essentially Shadow Stride (it's technically a Jedi Shadow power in-game, but I don't see any reason lore-wise why a Sith couldn't learn to use it and I've always had the idea in my head that shes kind of an expert at it XD)

It won't STOP Vaylin of course, but it's enough to irritate her and occupy her attention while the rest of them fleeeee for their lives hahaha XD

It's official: we are SO back. Seriously, this is some of our best stuff. Loved Vanos appearance and the chaos you managed to weave together.

I'll post more later; it's getting close to bed time :p

Pahahaha thank you, this one was super fun to write! :D were definitely back into the swing of it now, and its AWESOME

No worries, take all the time you need, as always! I look forward to it :D

Questions:
-Are they headed back to Odessa or would Revan want to take them somewhere else to make sure Arcann/Vitiate doesn't follow them.
-Is Vano going to follow them or hang out distracting Vitiate and Vaylin?
-Does Vaylin know Vitiate took over Arcanns body or no? I would assume she'd know something is up xD

-Hmmmm, I feel like the tactically smart thing to do would be to go hang out somewhere else for a bit to throw them off and then make their way back to Odessa after they think they've "lost" them?
-I imagine once the others are clear Vano will book it after them, she's not really going to be able to handle both Vaylin AND Arcann, even with Vitiate's "extra" strength or whatever hahaha
-I would imagine Vaylin would be able to sense it at the very least, being as strong as she is in the Force! :)

Also switching internet providers today so post from me may be delayed till after the weekend depending on how long it takes to re-activate everything! XD

Hey hey! Hope your internet switch-over went well :)

Question for you: would you like to get them back to Odessa or should I? Up to you :D

Heyaa, yep it did, so far so good. I have a much more stable connection now :P

And I can definitely get them back onto Odessa, no problem! Will start working on it today so I should hopefully have it up for you by tomorrow :3

Well...that came out a lot longer than I thought it was going to be when I plotted it out...ooops? :'D

Hope it's good though, I went ahead and jumped them back to Odessa. Figured Revan would want to check up on Yerbol and try and test his theory before they all jump straight to "OMG YOUR FORCE IS GONE, PANIC!! D:" so I hope that's all ok as well XD

Haha, looks great! Yeah, that makes sense for sure.

Hey, by the way, you know what doesn't make sense? Me forgetting that Yuno accompanied the party into the ship.

Heh xD.

I'll pull something out of my hat in the next post to explain that...or at least try to, anyway! 8)

Oh my gosh, I totally forgot about poor Yuno too! XD

Oh man, now I feel bad for the guy *facepalms* hahaha look forward to seeing what you come up with, as always :D

HA! Made him useful xD

Tried to give Revan a segway into briefly explaining Vitiate, which might fill in how Vano managed to find them. Wonder how Ari is going to react to this? I mean, Vano was just your friendly neighborhood librarian and now she's former wrath of the Emperor who, by the way, can teleport across vast expanse of galaxy? Looking forward to reading :)

Eyyyy there we go Yuno, but oh man did reading that part about him feeling like he's failed hurt my heart DD: Ouch, ouch ouch XD

Ohhh, yep, Ari's NOT going to take it well, I'm sure ;) I shall try and get you something out before I leave for my folks' tomorrow night but if I don't manage it I will most definitely have you one out by Monday :D

Alrightyyy, so this one is very dialogue-heavy, but Revan and Yuno had to explain it to them somehow right? hahaha

Also, I tried to re-write the end part so many times to give Ari a bit more chill but, ya girl's PO'd and she wanted to punch something no matter what I tried XD so I had to cave in the end LOL

I don't ever remember Aria using that before, but man, I imagine that we might see that in battle sometime?

Anyhow, so with Meetra dead and Vitiate officially introduced, I'm thinking:
-Revan is going to be worried about Vitiate trying to find the Heralds, so he might be proactive in terms of disabling any kind of threat to his order. I mean, the Heralds have managed to remain a secret so far, but I imagine that Vitiate will be able to find them sooner than later. Better to divert his attention somewhere else?
-Vitiate managed to sustain himself enough to maintain a presence in Arcann, but I imagine that his goal from here on would be to find a more permanent host. Wouldn't that be Revan?
-I'm conflicted as to what Vitiate's ultimate goal would be. Is it complete annihilation of organic life like Nihilus? Or would it be the consolidation of power within himself by disconnecting any and every person with a connection to the Force? I would think more the latter because he did choose to rule over the Eternal Empire, which has human subjects who are doing quite well thanks to his rule.
-In terms of next steps, Revan would probably want the Heralds to somehow scatter, right? So that Vitiate won't find them all in one place? Or would he want them all to stay together? In any case, they would have to find ways to weaken Vitiate and rob him of his power, right? If so, what ways would they consider? A thought just came to mind about the True Sith potentially crafting sabers that could drain one's connection to the Force and hiding them in remote corners of the galaxy as a safeguard from any one Force user completely shifting the balance of power to him or her. What do you think?