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

[freedomliveson]

That's true! Yeah, I'll explore the options in my head tonight and post with a solution tomorrow :)

[The Elvenqueen]

Sorry for the huge delay in response, I'll get you one out tomorrow evening. I've had an absolute nightmare of a weekend and I still have so much to do and not nearly enough time to do it all in. Thanks for being patient!

[The Elvenqueen]

Phew, got one up! Sorry again for the delay! ^^;

[freedomliveson]

No problem at all!

Will post something about some thoughts I've had here in a while...work is starting soon xD

[The Elvenqueen]

No worries, whenever you have the time! no rush as always! xP

[freedomliveson]

Alright, so I was about to sit down and write a post when I realized that this is a really crucial part of our story. Here are some thoughts I had on where we can go from here...let me know what you think?

-So the True Sith, from what we've constructed so far, seem to be a race that was much more balanced in the Force than either Jedi or Sith, which make them a rather appealing order to join. One vision I have is that projection the duo are interacting with now convince the both of them to stay and learn the ways of the True Sith of their own volition for a time before choosing to commit. They could accept and gather intelligence before deciding to hightail it back to known space to report their findings. However, Yerbol(or Aria...or both) discover through their wanderings that there are a number of True Sith Masters in a sort of stasis field. They could choose to break the Masters free and risk certain death OR murder them in their sleep and leave the planet a husk. Either way, the same projection enters into the chamber to inform them that the masters will only awaken when the galaxy has become too "unstable" for their liking. Of course, according to our character's luck, that just so happens to be very, very soon. In archives they had uncovered, the duo remember that the True Sith would denounce both Sith and Jedi as heretical and seek to wipe them out, but NOT the governments in place. So in essence what we've got is a Force wielders war. Eek! xD

-They could reject the True Sith's offer, forcing them to engage in combat with the projection, who they defeat, which unbeknownst to them, grants them the titles of True Sith, giving them access to the sprawling complex of archives located nearby. What they find is a number of holo recordings sent back to the archives from leading politicians and Masters from both Orders recording their daily activities as they snake their way through the system, situating themselves in high ranking positions before they make their agenda clear: total eradication of the Jedi and Sith. They would have both the Republic and the Empire turn their backs on the Force users as unstable maniacs seeking nothing but the purporting of their own agendas. Enter the True Sith masters, which this group of infiltrators have been seeking. They make mention of a tomb on the planet that holds the Masters in a kind of stasis. Yerbol and Aria choose whether or not to flee back to known space to warn others and expose the corruption or try to deal with the masters.

What do you think? Comments? Suggestions? Subtractions?

[The Elvenqueen]

Oohhhhhh man! They both sound so awesome it's kind of hard to pick between them! O__O

The author in me is jumping up and down and squealing like a little fangirl at the proposition of causing an all out Force wielders war because the potential behind that could be pretty epic with lots of death and blood and carnage...

Argh, it's a really hard pick, I'll give you that; so bravo for coming up with them both and forcing me to sit and scratch my head for a while to think it through! XD I actually really like the idea of going more towards the second option I think. Would be much more of a challenge perhaps since there's no clear cut "this side are the good guys and this side are the bad guys" with the Jedi/Sith because the True Sith kind of throw the spanner in the works there? I've always kind of headcanoned the whole idea of the Jedi not being as good and pure as they make themselves out to be and I'm all for sticking my characters in the morally grey area (also the whole idea of Grey Jedi makes me squeal like the fangirl I am XD), would be interesting as an idea to have Aria and Yerbol end up as Grey Jedi of sorts as a result of their trials on this planet, maybe trying to keep themselves alive while fleeing from True Sith hunters and trying to find and rescue as many Force users from either side as they can, perhaps as a kind of parallel to Order 66 of some kind? But instead of it just happening with them totally unprepared there's the option that a handful of people from either side believe Aria and Yerbol and they try to band together to fight back?
would it end with the True Sith being successful in their mission and essentially wiping out every member of both Orders, and how would Aria and Yerbol survive (if they did survive at all I guess, if we wanted to get really dark or whatever there's also the option to go for that the True Sith do eventually catch up to them despite their best efforts and yeah O.O)?

ugh I feel like I'm rambling again and not making any sense. I'm going to have a major facepalm in the morning when I reread all of this and realise what an idiot I sound T_T xD

But yeah I really really like the second idea overall, feel like there's a lot more flexibility in terms of how we could write it? Let me know what you think (or whether you could understand any of my babbling at all, I can also try and reword it tomorrow when I'm more coherant if need be, do excuse any rambling or repitition it's very late and I should be in bed, but I got really excited and started running potential plots for it in my head and yeah XD I'mma go to bed now before I explode or something ahaha :P)

[freedomliveson]

And see, that's what I was thinking. I think that both Aria and Yerbol aren't exactly extremes when it comes to their respective allegiances, so it would make sense for the both of them to subscribe to a more balanced philosophy. I think it would be VERY interesting to see how that would play out, especially with the higher ranking government officials and Masters conspiring to turn the entire might of both Republic and Empire on the Force wielders that have supported their agendas for so long.

I would think that with Yerbol and Aria's help, they could indeed smuggle some Jedi and Sith out into Wild Space, maybe even on the planet they're on now, and form some kind of ragtag group of Force wielders that need to figure out how to survive while the "new" True Sith followers slowly take hold on the entire galaxy.

Well, this got very, very big very fast, didn't it? I may or may not be SUPER excited to do this xD

[The Elvenqueen]

I would totally be lying if I said that I WASN'T internally bouncing off the walls with excitement about where this is gonna go! :D XD *cough*because I so totally am*cough cough*

Exactly what I was thinking! =3 They could use this new planet (we should probably come up with a name for it too I guess? XD) as a home base, perhaps using the old temples etc. as sanctuaries or enclaves where they could hide/protect Jedi and Sith they manage to rescue from the True Sith's officials, we could have some GREAT tension building potential to build up to some kind of final confrontation eventually where despite their best efforts to avoid the True Sith entirely it all comes to a head when they finally find out where they've been taking all the "escapees" O.o

Super pumped for this now, not gonna lie lol

[freedomliveson]

Yuuuussssssss

Will get you a post today! We first have to make sure our wonderfully flawed duo take down this weird Force projection sith dude xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Awesome, I shall be waiting eagerly!

*chants under breath* fight fight fight fight! XD

[The Elvenqueen]

Here we go, hope this is okay! Didn't want to drag that one fight out too long so hope it's not too abrupt, let me know if you want to extend it a little or anything else! XD

[freedomliveson]

Well that was awesome. They're going make an AWESOME tag team.

[freedomliveson]

Hey, so my head is spinning from grading essays...will get back to you tomorrow :)

[The Elvenqueen]

No worries, no rush! XD Having issues with connection atm so might be a little slower till it decides to sort itself out, hopefully after a couple of restarts it should be back to normal by the end of today but just in case it isn't :P

[freedomliveson]

Gotcha, no problem!

Sooooo I may or may not have introduced a concept from KOTOR. Let me know what you think, seeing as I've wanted to play with this for a while, but if it feels too shoehorned in, let me know.

[The Elvenqueen]

Aaaaaaaaaaaa Force bonds Force bonds! *flails around squealing excitedly*

That was totally one of my favourite parts of the game (even though being attached to Bastila and/or Kreia as a character was REALLY annoying because I never liked either of them that much! Lol)
All the thumbs up for that one, I'd love to expand on the stuff they gave us in game and explore it with our little duo as well!

Internet is hopefully back to normal so should be able to get you a reply out tonight! :3

[freedomliveson]

Yay for force bonds!

Haha, yeah, I feel you there. I liked Kreia more than Bastila just because she was old and grumpy xD

Yay for exploring force bonds! I love how grumpy Aria seems about the notion xD

[The Elvenqueen]

Yeah Kreia was more entertaining (and taking the piss out of her behind her back with Atton was just pure gold XD) Bastila was just sooo irritating and so hypocritical. Like when it got to that end point in the game with her and Malak I was literally like "ARE YOU FRACKING KIDDING ME?! *flips laptop*" after all the lectures she gave you... *shakes head in disapproval*

ahaha aw it's less about the actual being attached to Yerbol per se and more like "shit I'm so dead when people find out" XD

[freedomliveson]

Hey, sorry for not posting yesterday. Was grading like a madman plus students. TODAY, though, I'll be grading while students are doing college stuff, so will get you a post here in a bit. Might even be able to do multiple posts today! Yay!