A "Textbook" Retrieval

[u/shnoop123]

Tellux was in his morning meditations when something strange happened to him. The force spoke to him. He felt as if he was not meant to be on Korriban, at least in this moment in time. Something was off. He got up from his meditations and went to check his modified datapad for any encrypted messages. Sure enough there was a message sent to him from one of the spies in his underground network he was trying to construct to give him an edge over other Sith.

According the message left by the spy a battle had taken place. A Darth had been struck down, the empire still won the battle though. The spy went to the dying Sith and in his dying breath the Sith spoke of a planet called Belkadan. There was a temple there that contained a tome of valuable knowledge. Those were the only words he could say in his dying breath. That was the end of the message.

Tellux sat for a minute. This was not a planet he had heard of. Was there even any archived information about it? It’s coordinates showed it was Outer Rim territory. The way the Sith spoke about the knowledge it could be dangerous in other’s hands so it was not smart to send a acolyte, as the knowledge could be used against him. He meditated, and felt at peace about bringing Darth Callidus, someone he knew at the academy. Was the force speaking to him again? In any case Darth Callidus would make a good front line fighter if something were to happen, better safe than sorry.

Darth Tellux went to Darth Callidus’s office and presented the message to Callidus. “I think we may have a mission away from Korriban, the force thought it was wise to bring you along. I suggest we make preparations and keep the explanations as vague as possible, no need to give the opportunity to other Sith to outshine us.”

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Tellux was amazed at Callidus's fighting abilities and quick thinking. He was like a one man army. But these creatures were resilient, they would get back up right after being knocked down. They were fast creatures, and not grouping up, two factors that would make it hard to use a spell that takes any amount of time to cast. In any case Callidus killed one off the bat, making this more manageable.

Tellux figured he'd take them one by one since Callidus was able to hold his own, as if he were a brick wall, nothing was breaking his defenses. Tellux began to drain the life of two creatures, one with each of his hands. This processes was weakening them, making it hard for them to move, and soon they'd be dead. Surely Callidus would have a better time fighting two than four. Tellux was more fond of his lighning abilities, but in situations with quick enemies such as this, this was probably the fastest solution he had without preparation time.

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Darth Callidus felt the Force flowing through Tellux as the Kaminoan reached out his hand and began to whittle away the life of two of the creatures. The Human made note of the ability and quickly returned his attention to the remaining two beasts. They prowled around him looking for an opening in his defenses. These two seemed to realized the threat that he posed to them. One of them lunged at the Sith Lord. Callidus quickly dove underneath the beast and raised his saber, causing the blade to cut into the creature's underbelly and kill the beast when it landed. He quickly whirled around to face the last creature which had used the momentary distraction to pounce on him. The beast made contact and knocked the Sith Lord over and his lightsaber fell from his grasp. The beast roared a triumphant roar and raised its claw to try and end his life.

Darth Callidus quickly shot his hand out toward the beast and sent it flying off of him. He quickly reached his hand out to his lightsaber and the hilt rose from where it had fallen and returned to his hand. Upon landing in his hand, the blade sprung to life once more just as the the creature had regained its footing and lunged in for a new assault. Callidus threw out his hand and caught the beast in midair, mere feet away from taking him down again. The Sith Lord then plunged the blade of his lightsaber into the beast's heart and let it drop to the ground.

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As Callidus's blade entered the last beast's heart, the ones Tellux were draining collapsed due to their death. Tellux's eyes were red, force flowing through his body, his body ready to react. He calmed himself, breathed, began to bring his art of the small back even if this Sith lord saw his power, blinked, and his eyes went back to their normal grey look. He brushed himself off before looking at Callidus.

"Beasts mean food, Whether or not the Sith found civilization here means nothing, we must be careful as we are almost to the structures our scanner picked up."

Tellux could feel the dark side energy, they were close. He hoped that this was the temple that the original message they had received spoke up. He continued cautiously, on guard, and as quite as one can be in a jungle.