A Ruusan Cult

[SophiaM]

Luna left the Temple and headed down into the valley. She had no idea as to where she would find the remains of these cultists, but she had a nack for finding things that wanted to stay hidden, and now that they were supposedly dead, it would be easier, no masking powers. She wandered through the valley and kept an eye out for caverns. It was a long shot, because they could be hiding anywhere on Ruusasn, a whole planet, and she had narrowed her search to this one valley. Every now and then she wandered into a cave and went down as far as she could. These caves had been stripped of any crystals or ore that would be of use. It would have been easy to hide in one of these caves, too easy. She carried on deeper into the valley where she no longer had a view of the Temple.

 

[SophiaM]

After a few hours of exploring Luna found an out of the way cave with a small entrance. She saw that the sand by the entrance had been disturbed and carefully made her way in. She went all the way to the back of the cave and the light became even darker. There was a lychan type growth on the moist walls that seemed to flouress slightly, but the light was barely enough to see by. She needed more light, she unclipped her lightsaber and ignited it. The cyan blade broiled forth and gave her just enough light to see where she was going.

Man carved steps...

She made her way down the steps. It was a long way and she couldn't see the end. She kept her witts about her as she got deeper, she knew something wasn't wuite right here.

 

[SophiaM]

Luna reached the bottom of the steps. It opened out into a small cave witha pool in the corner and other caves parting off from this main one. The floor was slippery and there were now small light cones set every few yards or so. She disengaged her lightsaber and clipped it to her belt. One of the offshoot caves was blocked by a curtain. She used her staff to push it aside and she could smell the stench of death and spilled blood. There had been seomone here recently. She kept on her guard and went through.

 

[Lillianne Crasse]

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Luna reached the bottom of the steps. It opened out into a small cave witha pool in the corner and other caves parting off from this main one. The floor was slippery and there were now small light cones set every few yards or so. She disengaged her lightsaber and clipped it to her belt. One of the offshoot caves was blocked by a curtain. She used her staff to push it aside and she could smell the stench of death and spilled blood. There had been seomone here recently. She kept on her guard and went through.
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OOC: About 2 years have passed since anyone has been there. All should be in disarray if anything is left behind as well as the decaying bodies of persons killed.

 

[SophiaM]

ooc: kk, maybe it's smuglers, i dunno

 

[SophiaM]

Although Luna could tell that it had been quite some time since the cultists had been here, she could tell that the cave was now a dwelling for a more sadistic creature, what, she didn't know. All she did know was that it had fed, and recently. She carried on into the darkest depths until she finally found what she had been looking for. A holocron surrounded by bones. She could feel the power of the dark side here and it was most likely what had attrackted the creature.

 

[SophiaM]

Before Luna could get a good look at the holocron, the creature made itself known. A young rancor, not what Luna needed right now. She could have taken it down, given a little more room to move, but in this cramped space, it was impossible. She resigned herself to grabbing the holocron and leaving as quickly as she could. She carefully propped her staff against the wall by the entrance, eyed the rancor and, throwing a large stone in it's eye, dashed round it, grabbed the holocron and dashed back through the entrance, picking her staff up on the way out and ran for it. She wasn't sure if the rancor would be able to follow. It was most likely that the cultists had taken it down there as a baby and it had grown down there, feeding of shyraks and the other cave dwellers.

 

[SophiaM]

Luna had made it to the surface with no further trouble. It had taken a god few hours to get there and back and she was most unimpressed when she got back into daylight and saw that her dress was covered in dirt and filth. Grumbling under her voice she made her way back to the Temple.