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TARAK


He waited in irritation, knowing already what the Imperials would do. He despised moments as these, but his Master had said that if they wanted the plan to go well, the best move was Coruscant, and not to have the Empire breathing down his neck just yet. Not unless they made their deaths completely necessary.

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"This is pointless. You were the one who said the Empire was weak, thanks to Sidious! Why help them at all? Why even to pretend?"

He stood in the room where he had been trained with his Master, a human of light complexion and dark hair, a man with a most inquisitive stare and no end of phyiscal or mental talent, it seemed. From his seat in the corner of the room, the Sith Lord smiled.

"It is BECAUSE they are so weak and frail, Mr. Tarak. That pale and shriveled creature, huddled in the dark like a spider... He used fear, and he manipulated well, but he allowed for no power to rival his own that he could not personally possess, and thus every Imperial person was a weak link in a very long chain. Such things have been known to snare, oh yes, but strength in numbers is not as great as strength in strength, AND numbers. Because they who were strong in the Force were broken, that which their power held together broke, and they will be desperate to latch onto anything which can gain their grip once more. My dear fellow, it is as easy as falling off of a mountain."

"That is a boast only you could make. Why NOT press the Republic instead? They have power and could easily overcome! Surely, they have the resources we desire, as well."

At this, the human smirked and let out a brief snort of amusement.

"At that, they might, but they shall not know if I walk among them or not. It was the Force that held the Empire together, and the Force which broke it. There are Jedi yet still, and for that we take pause. They must be eliminated, and so their allies we will not aid. It is as simple as that."


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The orders to accompany them to a ship for questioning came through. Tarak grumbled in irritation and simply sent back "Fine." before going along. He glared at the Ties giving him escort angrily.

It would be a simple matter to kill you all.

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Singe


This was not what Goggles had expected, but in a sudden inspiration and amusement, Singe had decided to have a pixelated face. On her way to The Taste of Mon Cal, she started typing on her Slicer deck and wrote a fun little program into her holographic projections. She could already do things like project fake walls which would be highly-convincing as long as she didn't move. Why not have her system take pictures of her face and then project a blurred and pixelated image to give her this jumbled appearance? It was weird and funny, at least to her. The Tynnan, on the other hand, recoiled in shock when he looked up and saw it.

"What the heck is that?!"

"Just a bit of fun."

"You're not gonna eat like that, are you?"

"Why not?"

"Have you SEEN you lately?"

"This is what I do to unwind, Goggles. I fiddle around with things and play around with my machines."

"...you've got some weird hobbies there."

Ironically, if there were any cameras at the restaurant, this would be a little more stand-out-y, in reality, though...mainly because it was weird, not because it was risky, per se. It was, in fact, how she would be eating...all while compiling Imperial-friendly sites in Hutt Space.
He was careless, foolish and careless. He should not have held back. In the end, he still won out, but there was a certain sense of having only lucked out there. Rica was as tough as tough can be, a dangerous opponent for anyone...and that is why he should have pushed the envelope, used his technique, but he didn't want to. Niko didn't want to use the last thing that Athena taught him, the technique that he had not even mastered perfectly at the time, and it had almost cost him. It was not only that Rica was dangerous, but because he'd also left himself open. Yes, she too had been low on strength, but he'd been debating on whether to let her wear herself out by defending or immediately attack, and after the fact...he was pretty sure she would've drained herself almost dry...EXCEPT that she'd unleashed her technique.

She had a special move, and if not for his having felt it, he might've missed the execution. As it stood, he knew what happened, and it was what he was being escorted off of the battleground for now. It'd been quick...and so precisely thin that only the evidence after - the bloody slice upon his body - allowed him to put together what he was seeing there. Oh, she was good, very good. And if she had fought or studied by Lee's side, then there was no question in Niko's mind that Lee could very well be the new Champion Martial Artist of the World. Others had hope. They who had emerged victorious thus far would prove to be - no question - his rival, but who would truly win it in the end?

These rounds were just flying by. He was sure that the previous rounds were only a few seconds long, with moves that some in the audience will not be prepared to see. Because of that, Niko stopped once they were off of the fighters' ring. The man helping him along urged him on.

"Sir, we need to stop the bleeding. You took a nasty hit. You're barely on your feet."

"Can you just patch me up and let me watch the next round? I don't think it'll be long."

He looked at the wound, which was down his chest, but close to the side so that it mainly harmed ribcage and reached no organs. It was now VERY painful, but he wanted to see how Angela did. Niko felt that, apart from Bakuto, she and him were the ones who would see this tournament to the end. And more than just wanting to study how she fought, he felt like he wanted to see her succeed. In any case, the attendant nodded, and worked on bandaging him through his torn shirt, saying that "If you start to pass out, you're going, no questions asked.". Niko agreed to that, at least.
@Sam Quint I'm not in charge, but it's a fairly-open game, so if you wanted to start work on a character and wait for the GM's approval, that'd be fine.
@Balthazar007 I think I may have goofed when I didn't do a Serious, but I wasn't sure because I'd also hit alot of exaustion there. Damn close. Anyway, I hadn't used Niko's technique because I dunno if I needed to discuss it with you and In-Character he was trying not to use it yet anyway. Now, however, he'll probably use it in his next match. (Probably be giving him a post for aftermath and recovery, BTW.)
Niko VS Rica


Holy shit, she fought exactly like him! I mean, not exact exact, but he noticed immediately that she favored speed and sacrificed defense in her reaction to his attack. He'd been a bit off on his opening move and she'd countered almost immediately, forcing herself through the pain as she had done previously to strike at his neck. Niko juked right and he got hit in the shoulder-meets-the-neck region, instead, and in no time registered 'Holy shit, she's a killer!' as he worked to deflect or dodge further blows. He had little time to think, mostly to react, because just as he thought, Rica's brutal!

The two of them were pulling some serious speed, and Niko knew already that neither one of them could keep that up forever. At the first chance - at the first sign of slowing down while she was attacking, he was going to grab the offending limbs and pull her into a hard body-blowing kick, going for torso because it was an easy enough target, but specifically diaphragm especially to try and knock the wind out of her. Wasn't much on defense in a move like that. He needed to be fast to make it work, or at least to get out of the way if it didn't. It left Niko with barely enough time to clench.

Grab and Disabling Torso Kick
Power Level: 86
Health: 63
--Attack: 30
---Speed: 50
-Defense: 6
Okay, thanks. Needed to be sure.
@Balthazar007 Just to clarify: There was a strike to the neck, and now there's a series of swift strikes coming at Niko?
I do that, sometimes, when it's appropriate.
@Jerkchicken

This sounds like something that needs to be discussed more, partly because I'm not sure what you mean.

The Discord is live now if you wanna talk more directly.
@BigPapaBelial

You mean like guns and hound dogs? I got no problems. This game featured main characters who wielded a BFS, had big guns mounted to their arm, used fist-fighting techniques, had magic staffs, were literally animalistic, was apparently a ninja, was a remote control toy, and of course used different guns.

Speaking of Cait Sith, since he's not a real boy, his controller is still here, but the creation has not been created. Just clearing that up.
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