[OOC] You never see it coming[Freedomliveson/The Elvenqueen]

[freedomliveson]

The Galactic Alliance might be a good placeholder for now. Once we get to Act II(Yerbol and Aria off to find the Master), we can come up with something more permanent. Sound ok?

Also, sorry about the "Act" designation, but that's how I'm keeping things separated in my head xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Sounds good to me, I shall keep brainstorming in the meantime and post here if I come up with anything that sounds more fitting XD (I also scrolled through the OOC looking for the Master dude's name the other day and I think it was Renso, or something like that? :P)

Nah, I like it actually! makes it sound more official haha

I wanted to use Mirialan for the language but there isn't enough canon sources on their language so I had to use Twi'leki instead, forgive the slight inaccuracy >:L xD

[freedomliveson]

Yes! Posted it in my characters list :)

Obviously his bio can be changed as we go.

No worries on that! Impressed at your species variety...need to work on that myself xD

Ok, so my post is up and I warn you now, Yerbol went NUTS. Have fun xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Oh gosh, wow, didn't expect him to lose it THAT much O.O Don't really blame him though, dang poor guy D: It's okay, Ari's on her way! Tomorrow, though, because I'm too sleepy to write another one today unfortunately xD But when I get home tomorrow it shall be up! :P

Haha, I find them fun to play around with (and Togruta and Mirialans are just really cool looking XD) and it makes it a little more interesting that way XD The other Jedi Master that I was going to play is probably going to be human though just to balance the species ratio in my lot out again :P

[The Elvenqueen]

Regarding everyone's reactions to the Padawans, I wasn't 100% sure whether Janika and Manso had relatively treatable injuries or whether they'd all died so let me know if necessary and I can make a quick edit to the end of my post to accommodate that if I need to xD

[freedomliveson]

Oh Udike's dead. Bleed out scene is in next post...

Man this is getting even darker xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Yeah, Udike I figured wouldn't make it but wasn't sure about the other two. One sec then lemme replace the one paragraph with the other one where Janika and Manso aren't dead xD

I knooooww ;w; I have a potentially really nasty scene in plan for Ari that will lead to them having 'the mom talk' later too mwahahaha just got to find the right moment to put it in :P

[freedomliveson]

Awwwwwwwww snap! I can't wait to read that! Well, both the mom scene and where Janika and Manso are alive.

Typing out a response now!

[The Elvenqueen]

Tah dah, edit done! XD

Mwahahaha it's going to be unpleasant for our dear little Ari though (Bol may need to give her a VERY tight hug afterwards O: and POSSIBLY may include a little bit of Roan's soft side if it seems appropriate to add :3 xD

[freedomliveson]

Oh man, I'm sure it will require a hug!

Aaaaaand, I hit refresh while I was typing my post, so now it's lost :/

Will get at it again in a minute...didn't like some of it anyway xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Oh gosh, no worries! Totally had that happen to me before, kinda sucks when it happens... but at least you get another go at it to redo stuff you weren't happy with the first time ;) xD

[freedomliveson]

Post is up! Nar Shaddaa incoming! Also, I have a few thoughts about where we should go next in terms of plot...will post that here in a minute

Edit: CRAP! Forgot to mention Korriban being bombed! Give me a minute xD

Edit edit: Done!

[freedomliveson]

So, we talked about this before, but just to review:

-They get to Nar Shaddaa, get supplies, etc.
-On Nar Shaddaa, Neta reaches out to contacts in SIS and Imperial Intelligence, calls meeting of contacts to find out status of galaxy.
-Neta wants Yerbol and Aria to meet with contacts to lay out their idea about striking back against the Sith
-A handful of contacts leave, but three stay behind that want to help, agreeing to send out feelers to find Masters and get them to safety
-Roan meets up with them? <---Maybe?
-They decide to flee to Wild Space where they can not only go undetected by the Sith, but be closer to the abandoned(why?) Sith homeworld where they can try to figure out the sith's ultimate motives.
-They find moon in Wild space near the Sith planet. Find old city on Moon that's abandoned and can be used as base of operations.
-Masters are flown to moon by SIS and Imperial contacts, who are disgusted with what's going on and decide to stay on full time to help gather allies to their cause
-Masters along with Ari and Yerbol debate about what to do, eventually decide to join forces and first go to Sith homeworld to find out motives
-Go to Sith homeworld

What do you think?

[The Elvenqueen]

Sounds good as a plan so far! Some small additions maybe (?)

-I could see Roan joining back up with them yeah, Ari could twist his arm and get him to help them ;) XD Plus side being he hates Bracknell's guts, so something along the lines of "help us and you get to kill Bracknell" will PROBABLY be enough to bribe him hahahaha
-Would they (the Force sensitives/Masters + Ari and Bol) ALL pack up and haul themselves across to the Homeworld or would it make sense for Ari and Bol to go and take maybe...idk, two or three of the more co-operative/sensible Masters with them?
-If we do that, the rest can stay at their new 'base of operations' to welcome/introduce any new recruits pulled in by the SIS/II officers recruitment? Perhaps train them in Force resistant techniques (if that's possible with non-sensitives, I think Revan's little assassin sect when he was still Dark Lord, that Atton was a part of (I know Atton was anyway but I don't think all of them were?) to give them some protection against Bracknell/Soto's followers when/if they come up against them?
-If the group are gonna trek to the Sith Homeworld to look for stuff, Bracknell could be waiting for them there and ambush them and that might lead nicely into that 'mom talk build up' scenario I was talking about?

I also have a couple possibilities for later on near the end of "Act I" but I think that's a little TOO far ahead to be talking about just yet? XD

[freedomliveson]

-Sounds good in terms of Roan. Can't wait to see him and Bracknell go at it...that's going to be AWESOME
-Oh no, I think it would just be Roan, a Jedi Master and our duo. That way the Masters can oversee the others like you said.
-Sounds good to me! It would make sense that Bracknell would intercept them sooner or later. The man is a master tactician, so yeah, that would make sense.

Oh please do tell! I'm still trying to sort that out in my head. Love to hear your ideas so that we can have a trajectory to take down Bracknell...cause that's going to be hard to do with ALL the Empire and Republic backing him up.

[The Elvenqueen]

Oh yeah, it's gonna be goooood (ESPECIALLY after what Bracknell does to Ari. He's gonna go nuts.) The others are gonna see a whole other hidden side of him which I can't WAIT for, I normally play him out as a totally narcissistic jerk who's only interest in her mother was to "pass on his (great) genes" as it were, so it's nice to play around with a version of him that actually CARES about Ari, even if he doesn't show it outwardly all the time)

Aaaaalllrightyy then, here goes! XD:

-So, eventually everything will culminate in some kind of "final showdown" type thing (the when/where EXACTLY it would take place can be hashed out proper closer to the time ;) lol), where Ari, Bol and the others develop enough of a following to form some kind of army to fight back in retaliation, perhaps where it ends up being the two sides/armies in a pretty big battle but where there ends up being a split between the main Force users and the trooper-type dudes so they end up fighting almost in separate fields kinda thing
-I was thinking something like Ari, Bol (and Neta/Janika/Manso, if she sticks with them and/or Janika and Manso are still alive by then? XD), Roan and Vano (Takree's PROBABLY gonna die sometime before they get that far so that's why he's not factored in here lol) end up trying to track down and kill Soto and Bracknell, who could maybe be the only two "big guns" left of the other Force-users army after the other Masters eliminate the lower downs
-Obviously big fighting stuff happens; Bracknell leaves Soto to "deal with them" thinking she can manage it with the help of half (or all *shrug*) of his Ubese personal guard. They fight, Soto kills Vano, Roan or one of the others kill Soto. Bracknell returns to find out why Soto's dawdling only to find they've killed her, Roan orders Neta and Bol to take Ari and the others and get back to the other fighting while he "deals with Bracknell", sends his Tuk'ata with them as an escort to make sure they do as they're told
-They comply at first, but eventually the Tuk'ata get restless and Ari makes the decision to go back for Roan (Bol and/or Neta could come with her if they wanted to)
-Bracknell and Roan fight, Bracknell has either learnt new techniques from The Master to make him stronger or he cheats somehow (I like the first thought better in terms of flowing properly?), Bracknell kills Roan and there's maybe a tear-jerker scenario there where they get to Roan as he's dying so he and Ari have a final goodbye thing while Bracknell calls a retreat/regroup to his forces since at this point their side is winning and they basically have the war in the bag
-Ari loses it after Roan's gone, and vows to hunt Bracknell down and kill him in revenge (might be slightly cheesy, especially what she actually SAYS when she loses it (which I won't spoil just yet ;) other than some pretty nasty plots involving Bracknell choking to death on his own blood slowly and painfully xDD) but I mean...Roan was her dad and she's kind of a daddy's girl if that hasn't come across already xD), then there's two slightly different ways that the "end" part of that could possibly pan out that I've thought of so far, either:
A) they (Ari/Bol/Neta/anyone else with them) run Bracknell down and kill him then and there
or B) Bracknell escapes THEN, to go and do command-y/authority things on behalf of The Master to "wrap up" the conflict in their favour, and they have to actually hunt him down vigilante-style and THEN kill him, thus tipping the conflict to their favour and we can then work on Ari and Bol being contacted by The Master and moving into "Act II"

It's kinda a text wall so sorry about that but I had a brain fart when I woke up randomly at 4am this morning, as you can tell ;w; XD Of course any changes/additions etc. always welcome! :3

[freedomliveson]

Wait, WHAT?! Bracknell is going to do something to Aria?! Awwwww no. Yerbol is going to be maaaaaddddd xD

And then I read your stuff...ouch. Roan's gonna croak, eh? I like him. Ah well, such is the way of our space drama. Death does make things more compelling!

Right, so to address your points:
-That sounds like a good trajectory. I can see how after their visit to the Sith homeworld, the Masters + Ari and Yerbol realize that the Sith's goal is for total destruction of Force Users in an effort to "kill" the Force. This, obviously, is alarming. I assume that they would be able to get some proof(holos, scrolls, etc.) from the planet and get it safely off world while Bracknell hounds them. I also assume that even though Bracknell intercepts them, Roan and Matt can be an overwhelming enough Force to at least thwart Bracknell's initial attempt at squashing their rebellious movement and escape off the Sith homeworld. I think something that could help turn the tide initially is information warfare, which is where Neta's contacts would come in. They could release the information to the holonet instead of other sources, seeing as they don't trust anyone they know(they could be Sith). With the information out there, the Sith exert their powers of influence to maintain some control over the newly formed government, but more and more questions start getting asked. Defectors approach Neta's contacts and begin to send resources(including footsoldiers, agents, etc.) to help build up a resistance. This SHOULD take a while, so I'm thinking a few months of sneaky missions to take out important Sith targets to cripple the hold they have on the government. (we can do a time skip summarizing that time period)

-After ticking Bracknell off to the point of no return, he finally finds the base where the resistance has formed and sends the remaining forces he has on the planet. This is where YOUR sequence of events begins, culminating with Aria(with Yerbol's help?) defeating Bracknell. Yerbol will obviously get out of Aria's way to deliver the final blow. While this is all going on, Saresh has been mobilizing the resources she has to help stop the conflict, issuing a cease fire. Bracknell's remaining troops not being influenced by the Sith retreat under penalty of death(Saresh is mad xD) and this new government tries to wrestle with the idea that it was built specifically to commit genocide. With the resistance not needed, most of the allies disperse, allowing Yerbol and Aria to spend time alone(He MIGHT profess a desire to be together then...don't know yet, but the way they're bonding, it'll probably happen) and lick their wounds before heeding a call from the Masters later in time(Three months? I don't know, but some time off would be nice for the two of them xD)

What do you think?

[The Elvenqueen]

Mwahaha, yes! I told you it was nasty, and it's REALLY nasty. Not gonna spoil TOO much but it involves illusions, and trapping her with no escape (until Matt, Roan and/or Bol manage to help her get out) and is waaaaaayyy better than the PTSD/nightmares angle I was gonna go for for that plot point originally (though, of course, it may lead to some form of minor PTSD as a side effect anyway which could be pretty good for them as a development point in and of itself where she basically can't/refuses to sleep properly at night without Yerbol in the room with her because he's the only thing (sans maaaybeee Roan, but as much as he cares for her he's not gonna let her stay with him at night at twenty years old cause y'know, he's still a badass Sith Lord and they don't do that lol) that keeps the flashback/nightmare of that event away which could be quite fluffy and adorable if a little bit cheesy XD)

Yeah, or at least I'm THINKING about killing him off from a character progression point of view for Ari herself and also to develop Ari/Bol's relationship more...cause otherwise it could be difficult to move past the "Daddy disapproves of this entire shenanigan and even though Ari WANTS it to be a thing, she's a daddy's girl and wouldn't want to incur his disappointment" thing XD
It would ultimately end with him finally accepting/approving the whole thing on his deathbed, cause I kind of thought he would have this thing (being a stickler for the whole "Jedi suck/are weak/I hate them" viewpoint despite everything that they've been through at this point) where he basically NEVER refers to Yerbol by name and either just calls him "(The) Boy"/"Kid" or "Jedi", up until the moment he tells Bol and Neta to take Ari and the others and run (perhaps he has some kind of premonition vision and knows he has to kick it if they're gonna win) where he finally ACTUALLY calls him "Yerbol" O: Though if it works out differently when we actually get there and I can't bear to kill him off (I like him too XD) then I'll figure out some way for him to come to terms with it and remain alive (can you imagine the kind of grandpa he'd be? omg! XD)

ooohhh, I like the idea of an information warfare thing, yeah!
And as far as Yerbol accompanying her to take out Bracknell that's good on my end too, I can't see him letting her go on her own especially since by then he'd know she was livid enough to only be thinking about actually killing him and not being sensible enough to avoid getting HERSELF injured at the same time xDD
And as far as building up to that end point goes that sounds good too. (and they DEFINITELY deserve some time off after all that, poor dears! Where they can just be them and not worry about saving the galaxy, maybe that's when they can hit Taris and find Bol's parents and visit with them a while, perhaps? ouo)

EDIT: Also on a slightly unrelated note to all this epic big plot stuff, love the image you have for Bol there now. It suits him :P

[freedomliveson]

Awww, yeah that would be sweet. I think it would be nice to have Roan approve of it in some way, seeing as he would be a looming presence that would indeed get in the way of their togetherness. He doesn't HAVE to die, but yes, approval in some way would sort of be the final piece of affirmation for the two to get together.

Info warfare! It's cool to think of Ari and Yerbol teaming up with Republic and Imperial strike teams to take down Sith targets. I know it'll be a time skip, but we can certainly embellish those tales later on during the thread. Also, the time skip is cool with you?

YES. I can't wait to visit his parents. They're going to be so not what Aria is used to (Friendly, goofy...basically where Yerbol gets his personality from)

Sorry about brevity of post, by the way. Didn't want to have Yerbol ramble on too much. Feel free to skip to Nar Shaddaa :)

Edit: Oh good! Tried to find someone that had black hair AND blue eyes...hard to find xD

[The Elvenqueen]

I shall work on an alternative solution for if he doesn't die in the meantime then, in that case! xD

Oh yes, I forgot to talk about the timeskip thing even though I read it pahahaha XD Yep, time skip and alluding to it as background info type thing sounds good to me!

Aww, I can't wait either, Ari's gonna feel so awkward at first but I bet she'll like them. I could see her having verbal sparring matches with his dad and him always trumping her with a really terrible dad joke thing and silly stuff like that XD

Aww bless him, I love how it's unfolding so far in that they're both kind of fumbling awkwardly with this feeling of attraction that neither of them know how to deal with just yet XD Cool, I shall have them hit Nar Shaddaa at the end of my next post then!

Dad just got back so I've got to pop off for a wee while, so if I don't get back in time I hope you have a good weekend! ;)