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Post by Satele Shan on Apr 18, 2015 8:53:50 GMT -8
In the more open area of the room Satele had prepared herself to use some of her own power and skill to defend from the Kinrath if they were to attack. Luke was putting his own saber away and looking out over them before she could make any move though as he lifted them into the air. After a panic all three of them were dropped rather unceremoniously to the ground before scattering away and out the same way they had come. Satele made sure to stand out of their way as they ran along, but then turned to look throughout the cave again when she heard Luke's voice ask in concern for her.
She glanced at him, taking a moment to consider what he had just asked before it registered and she nodded. "Oh, yes I'm fine." She commented with a nod, looking him over all the same. If anyone had gotten hurt it was far more likely to have been him while she had stood back and let him do all of the fighting in defense of the two of them. "What about you?" She asked, not seeing any tears in his uniform or visible blood.
She had faith after his display at the temple with the Jedi Master that he was fine and had been able to hold his own against a foe as basic as the Kinrath, but it never hurt to ask in her opinion, and now that they were in the cave she had no problem taking a second or two to make sure everything was in order. It wasn't like the crystals in the cave would disappear.
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Post by Luke Skywalker on Apr 18, 2015 21:20:01 GMT -8
"That's good to hear" said Luke with a smile as the older Jedi's eyes checked his body to make sure he was okay. She would then ask the young knight if he was okay which was understandable considering how he was the one who was fighting these creatures though Luke had faced more deadly foes in his fight against the Empire making this fight incredibly easy. "I'm okay, I've been through a lot worse" said Luke before he felt the echos of past Jedi who have ventured into the cave as well as two strong imprints that were left by two incredibly powerful Jedi. Luke himself had no idea who these Jedi were but the Jedi of this era would know these two as Revan and the Exile, two of the Jedi Order's most famous knights. He would then begin to walk around the crystal cave sensing that the crystals contained energy that was much stronger than the energy he sensed from the first crystals he encountered. He also sensed similar energy coming from the kinrath eggs, which was due to the fact that the dantooine crystals form inside these eggs.
"This energy I'm sensing, do all natural forming lightsaber crystals have this energy?" asked Luke as he looked over to Satele having no idea that these crystals absorbed excess energy of Force sensitives. Luke would then catch a dark green crystal out of the corner of his eye coming out of a near by wall in a diagonal and would walk towards that crystal. Placing his left hand on the crystal Luke's skin was suddenly cooled by the crystal's aura. Little did Luke know however, this crystal was a pontite, which was a very powerful variation of the Adegan crystals which are known to produce the best lightsaber blades. While they were typically found in the Adega system there were some cases of these crystals appearing in caves like these. "Hey Satele, what kind of crystal is this?" asked Luke hoping that she wasn't too busy looking for crystals of her own to answer his question.
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Post by Satele Shan on Apr 20, 2015 18:47:19 GMT -8
She nodded in agreement as Luke mentioned he was fine, and had been through far worse then something as simple as these Kinrath... a sentiment she could easily agree with as she too had been through far worse battles then something like this. Still she didn't dwell on it for very long before she took a step away from Luke, shutting her eyes for a moment in order to locate the one crystal in the cave that called to her. She extended her hand reaching around for it, feeling the draw from it on the far wall, but opened her eyes to hear Luke's question, tilting her head a little. Her eyes caught the special gleam of the crystal that was almost certainly the best fit for her in the whole room, but then looked to Luke, knowing she could find it again just as quickly as she had then.
He asked his first question about the energies, and she shook her head a little. "Only Force crystals.." She explained to the man at his first question, but then saw him touching one of the crystals that must have bought his attention much like she had felt the one calling to her. She walked quietly back up to the wall that he was near and looked to the crystal, tilting her head a little as she got a better look at it.
"It seems to be an Adegan Crystal... not a common find off of it's world. That's one of the special things about this crystal cave... it seems to be able to create crystals that shouldn't be found here..." She explained thoughtfully for a moment, but didn't move to even so much as brush the crystal. It was Luke's find after all, and he had been talking about picking one up here.
For herself though she stepped back around the stalagmites and stalagtites that reached up from the floor or dripped down from the ceiling of the cave. She looked around for a second, trying to locate the one she had found to begin with before her eyes fell on it again and she moved over to it, holding it between her index finger and thumb, gently pulling it out of the wall as if it had wanted her to remove it with such ease. "I think I've got mine." She announced as she held it in the palm of her hand and looked down to it.
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Post by Luke Skywalker on May 4, 2015 20:19:05 GMT -8
"How are places like this typically found? Are they found by accident or can Jedi use the Force to sense locations of these places?" asked Luke as he pulled crystal off the wall with ease and placed it in a pouch in his utility belt. He personally hoped to hear that the Jedi could discover places like this by sensing their location through the Force since his Jedi Order would have a lack of natural lightsaber crystals if he were to start it when he goes back to his own time period. She would then explain to Luke that the crystal he took was an adegan crystal which weren't common off it's world which made this place special. "Is there anything special about adegan crystal compared to normal crystals or even synthetic crystals?" asked Luke as he turned to Satele with her back facing him as she pulled out the lightsaber crystal she discovered.
The older Jedi would then announce that she found her lightsaber crystal which made the young Skywalker curious as to what kind of crystal she discovered. After making the announcement, Luke walked over to her and looked down at the palm of her hand as her head did the exact same thing. "Is the crystal you found an adegan crystal like mine or is it something different?" asked Luke who hoped it was different than the crystal he had since it would give him the opportunity to learn more about another crystal. The young Jedi hoped that he wasn't getting on Satele's nerves by asking all of these questions that the average Jedi of the old Republic probably knew, but due to the short time his training was completed under, he felt lacking in knowledge. Knowledge that would be useful if he ever decided to rebuild the Jedi Order and pass on what he has learned like Yoda wanted him to before he died and became one with the Force.
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Post by Satele Shan on May 10, 2015 13:30:04 GMT -8
Realizing they had both drifted over to look at her crystal, and away from their original topic Satele decided to return in answering Luke's question when he had asked about hoe these Crystal caves could be found. She thought for a moment, and had to admit that she herself had never seen it personally. However that's not to say she hadn't heard the stories about how they could be found. "Well... a little of both. Most of them are found accidentally... this one wasn't even believed to be real until one of my own ancestors discovered it again. But yes, you can feel the energies with the force... you would probably have to know what you were looking for though. I only found it because i knew it was out here." She looked up at him and away from her crystal for a moment, seeing the concern in his eyes. Clearly he wanted to take the knowledge back with him, and so she decided to add. "Now that you know what they're like though... maybe it will be simple for you to find one again." She said in an attempt to reassure the young Jedi.
Turning back to her crystal now, Luke asked about what kind of Crystal her's was. It took her a moment to examine it, but after a moment she was nodding and speaking up. "A Phond I think... It's incredibly strong... like yours." She nodded, before deciding to go into further detail about it. "The Strength of a Synthetic crystal reflects the strength of the one who made it. It usually creates a special bond with the wielder too." She explained the first question before going on to the next question. "The one you just found, is incredibly strong... just like this one. Of course any crystal will provide a Saber to cut through almost anything... but sometimes the extra strength goes a long way in a fight."
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Post by Luke Skywalker on May 11, 2015 8:18:49 GMT -8
"Your ancestor discovered this place? How many generations of Jedi are in your family?" asked Luke with a hint of interest in his voice. The young Skywalker knew that he was a second generation Jedi Knight, but he had yet to meet anybody like him or anybody that had a long line of Jedi in their family due to the fact that romantic relationship are forbidden in Jedi Order of this era. He also couldn't help but wonder what made the Jedi even decide to forbid such a thing when they used to allow the practice. It's not like every single Jedi has ever turned to the darkside after falling in love otherwise they would have banded the practice before Bastila's ancestor's could procreate. And love did have the ability to redeem people and bring them back to the light, a belief that Luke strongly believed in after what happened with his father. "We'll see and worse case scenario we'll start using synthetic lightsaber crystals insteadof natural ones" said Luke who wasn't entirely confident in being able to find them.
After all, the Jedi would have had thousands of years to discover other sources of lightsaber crystals and it's not like the Sith of his time did not have the ability to sense out such energies as they destroyed all of the sights that contained such lightsaber crystals. Plus he had more important things to focus on like how he was going to train the next generation of Jedi Knights now that he was the last one. The only three things Luke had definitely decided regarding his New Jedi Order was starting up on Yavin 4, allowing adults to join the Order and allowing members of his order to fall in love. After asking what crystal she had, she told him that it was phond and like his, it was a very powerful lightsaber crystal. She would then explain to him the strength of a synthetic reflected the strength of the one who made it and creates a special bond with the wielder. Which made sense to the Jedi since he created and shaped his syntethic lightsaber crystal through careful manipulation with the Force.
"And here I thought that natural forming lightsabers were the best crystals" said Luke with a playful grin after she explained to him the benefits of a synthetic lightsaber after telling him earlier that the natural ones were better.
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Post by Satele Shan on May 14, 2015 18:07:03 GMT -8
She looked to him for a second more as he asked how many generations of Jedi were in her family, and she thought back a little on her family history before she answered after a moment. "I'm the Six or Seventh generation... but not everyone between me and the ancestor who found this cave were Jedi... or even Force sensitive in general." She explained to him with a small shrug. Before too long he was speaking again, showing a little bit of apprehensiveness about his finding the Crystals on his own and then eventually commented on how she had only just a moment ago explained that the natural growing crystals were the stronger of the two varieties.
Satele looked back to him, arching her brow a little at him before she realized he was teasing. She smirked a little but spoke with a mildly amused tone; deciding it was still better to correct him on it. "Well that's not exactly what i meant. You create a bond with natural crystals too. Some of them so strongly that no one else can wield them; though that's rare and sometimes a problem if you ever wanted to pass the saber to someone else. But I meant that the Crystals Color will reflect your personalities. Blue's, green, purple, red... it all means something for your personality." She explained a little further, slipping the newly acquired crystal into her belt pouch as she turned now, moving for the exit of the cave.
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Post by Luke Skywalker on May 21, 2015 19:39:28 GMT -8
"Is it common for Force sensitives to have children that aren't Force sensitive?" asked Luke wanting to know more about this. After all, he expected that whatever children him or his sister had would be Force sensitive and be guaranteed to be members of his future Jedi Order since the Force was strong in the Skywalker family. But even if their children were Force sensitive, he would still have to search for other people to join the order and he didn't know where to even begin with that. After all, there were trillions of people living in the galaxy and only a very small percentage of them were Force sensitive making the search equivalent to finding a needle in a hay stack. The young knight hoped that the Force would aid him in this search as it did with his fight against the Empire if they were to return to their own timelines.
The older Jedi would then explain to Luke that Jedi create a bond with natural crystals too with the rare cases of the bond being so powerful that no other person aside from the creator can wield it. She also explained that the color of the crystals also reflected the personality of the Force sensitive which raised a question in the young man's mind. "Does that mean if a Force sensitive were to undergo a sudden personality change and utilize a new lightsaber crystal that this crystal would be a different color from the original?" asked Luke knowing full well that the only way a sudden personality change were to happen was if the Force sensitive suffered from brain damage or fell to the darkside. After all, his own father was a good man and ended up being an agent of evil who didn't even bat an eye as a planet was destroyed.
"Since you come from a line of Jedi, does that mean that you have a different opinion on love?" asked Luke as he began to follow her towards the exit of the cave.
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