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[Malleus]

The Jedi woman, no.. the Jedi girl, as Malleus's knew and addressed Larana dodged and backed away from his initial strikes obviously being smart enough not to engage the Sith head on especially after witnessing his fight with her now deceased master years ago. Shorkattatha had seemed to have engaged the two remaining Jedi as Maleus expected but one of the two, the Zeltron woman that seemed like the most trouble managed to try and get in between the Zabrak and Larana firing a blaster bolt at the rushing Sith.
He had heard the bolt fire and even while not facing the Zeltron realized where the shot was coming from. Deciding to commit to his primary target he opted not to turn and deflect the blow but rather let his armor absorb it, after all stuff like this was the reason he went out of his way to wear such armaments that have long been all but rejected by the Sith. Positioning his shoulder towards where he assumed the bolt was coming from as he attacked Larana the brunt of the shot would be absorbed by his shoulder plate and only slightly inbalance the initial few strikes he threw, strikes that the Jedi dodged in any case. However if the Wookie's Force maneuver worked and he managed to make Nykoria miss her shot than all the more better for Malleus.

Larana quickly realized that continuous dodging would soon put her back against the wall quite literally and decided to strike at Malleus's open left side. The hulking Sith pivoted swiftly in almost a full 360 degree spin and dodged the blade with the Jedi's next strike already commencing. As his spin finished he met Larana's horizontal strike with his own lightsaber held vertically and slightly to the side with one hand and locked the two weapons together. Both of their faces were colored with mixed dye's of their clashing plasma blades, the light reflecting off of the Sith's metallic jaw. His eyes narrowed in what seemed to be sadistic pleasure and a slight mechanical sound that could be interpreted as a chuckle perhaps came out ''These past few years made you any better ?'' he said with a tone of slight exertion as he pushed the blades forward towards the Jedi girl

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[Nykoria Tallis]

Before the Zeltron could take aim, an invisible force tugged at the blaster hard, intent on yanking the weapon from her hand. The kriff?! Instinctively, Kori held on to the grip tighter, so as not to let go of the weapon; even the blade in her other hand got extinguished because of the distraction. Holding onto the gun as tight as she could also meant that Kori had to pull the trigger. Naturally, the shot was taken too early, and went way off target. At the very least, the sound of it and Kori's intent seemed to have provided a momentary distraction for the Zabrak.

Holding on to the blaster also meant that Kori's entire arm got pulled after it, stretching out even to keep a hold on her gun. It was now pointing roughly in the direction of Nara and the Wookiee; but the trigger was still squeezed from the previous shot. That's why no third shot wouldn't follow immediately; it was delayed by the Wookiee's use of the Force.

Meanwhile, Nara charged at the Wookiee. If the beast were to defend itself from the human Jedi's speedy assault, it would have to break concentration on Kori's weapon. The Zeltron would use the extra moment assume a convenient firing position, take aim and fire two consecutive bolts aimed at the Wookiee's wide chest, which was quite above Nara's head. The delay between the shots would be approximately one second and a half. That way, the Zeltron could control the recoil and follow the beasts possible movements between shots.

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[Shorkattatha]

As the human flew in to engage, Shor ceased his influence on the Zeltron's blaster and split his saber into two, one hilt for each clawed hand. The left ignited and swung down and left in a firm tip-down parry, blue blade meeting crimson and the power of a wookiee behind it and locking the blades together, Shor's blade checking his opponent's weapon from his own body as well as a proper guard of her own. At the same time the madclaw's right blade, still guarding his body, adjusted slightly to absorb the stun bolt. It also twisted left 135 degrees, pivoting around the guard point to facilitate a forward left to right cut with the upper third of the extra-long blade and quite possibly burn through her left arm and up the left side of her torso and shoulder. It transitioned smoothly back into full guard, rotating into place.

He'd ordinarily go for a more aggressive move, but the Zeltron's presence necessitated more defensively-minded swordsmanship from the madclaw, his strike designed to allow defense as well as offense. Her follow up shot, which took longer than Shor had expected to come, would meet his lightsaber well after it reset back to its close guard. The madclaw had plenty of experience fighting opponents smaller than himself, which included being shot at, and his style of saber combat matched defense with counter-offense. A single blaster wasn't much threat on its own.

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[Juniper]

Nara's blade met the Wookie's, and she felt the power behind him. When the first stun bolt was absorbed by the other saber, Nara took that second to break the guard, moving to her left and away from the swing his saber had been making, twisting in a little more towards the Wookie's right hand side.

Still with the saber in both of her hands, she ducked as the other saber moved around in the left-to-right cut. As she did, she attempted to slice towards the creature's legs, in a crude motion that'd slice through fur and flesh. Unfortunately, she'd miscalculated the stroke that the Wookie was making. The extra-long blade bit into her coat, slicing through some of the skin and flesh of her shoulder on her right hand side. As the stroke continued, the blade cut towards her ear, slicing a painful chunk off the side. The air filling with the smell of cut, burnt flesh and singed hair as Nara grunted, trying to hold back a scream. The sudden, searing pain making her slice erratic and slower.

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[Larana Basai]

It took all of her strength to hold him back as he bore down on her weapon, the furious hum of their blades held together drowning out the erratic beating of her heart. Larana breathed heavily, looking into his yellow eyes, illuminated in a fire of yellow and red. They were hollower now than she had recalled and they sucked her in, but to freeze in her fear would prove fatal.

"You are the one who ran. With your tail tucked between your legs like a wounded animal." She pushed harder, feeling the heat of his blade tear into her left shoulder. "You were beaten by a child and your pride has never recovered. I can see that it's eaten you up inside, hasn't it?"

Using her words as a momentary distraction to build the force within her, she aimed to hit in direct in the chest with a concentrated blast. If this would disrupt his balance, forcing him to pull back his weapon, she'd take the window of opportunity to move away from the building and avoid a situation where he could trap her.

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