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Re: Dawson - Vision Quest
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2014, 02:17:08 PM »
Not dying seems like a pretty good idea, all things considered.
I struggle slowly to my feet, with each dehydrated muscle and joint screaming in agony as I do.
I look around slowly, trying to get a clear image of my surroundings.. but it is hard to focus.
I do not know if this blue man truly has my survival in mind, or if he means to lead me to my death.  But much more of this endless sand sand and more sand will be the death of me, regardless.
"Please... water... " I rasp.

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« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2014, 03:10:59 PM »
He turns and starts to walk away. You stumble on behind him, not entirely sure where you are going. It seems to go on a long time, but somehow you find yourself underground. It is cold here - colder even that outside, but through your suit's rebreather you can smell it - water. Your pace quickens and he matches you, as you round a bend in a cave and see a glorious pool of water about a foot across, shimmering in the reflected light of your blue glowing friend.

You drop to your knees in front of the pool and rip off your mask, drawing deep the tangy taste of high-mineral content water. It tastes terrible, but it is water. You can almost feel it soaking into your tissues and cells.

You hear a voice say, "I must rest, but I will return when I can."

The blue figure vanishes.

You don't remember much after that. Just water, and blessed silence with no wind howling over the rocks. You wake some time later, feeling much refreshed, and with a clear head.

Your blue friend is back, clearly no delusion this time.

"You look better. Now, take what water you can carry and leave. Only death waits for you at the shrine."

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« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2014, 03:43:14 PM »
"Leave???  and go where? "
I don't understand.  All I have seen for days.. weeks it seems, is sand, sand and more sand.  I don't think I could survive the trek back. And even if I did survive.. what would there be for me to return to.
Ari will not want me while my demons still haunt me.  My old life in the cell seems so distant.. so unreal. 
It seems like forever ago that I set out on this quest..
I have already violated the admonition to speak to no one.. altho.. does speaking to a blue apparition count?
"Am I to come to where you are?  Where do you keep disappearing to? "  I blink at the absurdity of my own question.  "Nevermind that.  You have told me WHO you are. .but WHAT are you??  And why must I not go to the Shrine??  The quest...."

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« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2014, 03:48:11 PM »
He shakes his head. "I am a Jedi Sage who came to the shrine long ago to investigate rumours of a vergence in the Force."

She pauses. "The shrine was infested by a Sarlaac over two centuries ago. It has consumed every pilgrim that came to the shrine in that time. If you go there, you will feed it as well. You must turn back."

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« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2014, 02:22:52 PM »
I shake my head, confused.  Surely Cali would not have sent me on this route if none had ever returned. 
A sliver of a conversation with Ari pierces my thought..
"When I came back from it, I was a very different person than when I left"  Ari returned from it. 

Khaliss knew noone personally.. but he knew OF someone..   but would he not have known that Ari had completed it?  Or perhaps that is not something that is spoken of..
I am so very very confused..

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« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2014, 11:52:08 AM »
[OOC: Some meta info for you. many pilgrims that takes this journey never make it to the shrine. Ari undertook the journey, but never made it all the way. Such things are not failures exactly, as the journey in the important part, rather than the destination. Hope that clears things up. The goal of this thing is self-discovery. The shrine is just a physical goal to work towards while you discover yourself. You've made it farther than most pilgrims.

Dawson doesn't know any of that though.]

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« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2014, 12:55:48 PM »
My eyes sting with rising frustration, but tears do not come. 
If I do not proceed.. where will I go.
I do not believe I can survive a journey back.  I have barely survived to this point.  But if the shrine is home to a Sarlaac, I could never hope to defeat it. Even were I in top condition, such as when I was part of the rebel cell, I know that I would just be counted among its victims. 

"You dont understand.. I ... I can't go back.  And if I can't go forward.. then what?  Do I just sit down here in the sand and wait to die? "
Something strikes my mind..

"You say you came to the shrine long ago.. and yet.. here you are.. sort of.. "

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« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2014, 06:35:29 PM »
He stops and sighs. "Yes. The Sarlaac... takes a thousand years to digests it's victims. The creature is able to keep victims alive as it digests them, even to the point of extending life. There are hundreds of victims in here with me, many far older than I am."

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« Reply #23 on: June 26, 2014, 09:26:04 AM »
I swallow hard
"In there.. with ... you?"
I cannot even begin to process the horror of that idea.  It is the very definition of a living death.  My mind tries to somehow focus itself.. trying to recall something.. anything.. about Sarlaac's.  All that springs to mind is the old tales told to frighten children.
"Can I.. is there anything.. "  my mouth stumbles over the words, trying to find the right thing to say..

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« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2014, 12:41:23 PM »
He shrugs. "Unless you can kill a sarlaac... No, there is nothing to be done. Go from this place, and spread the word. Let others know the shrine has become infested. That will at least give us some peace, knowing that there will be no more joining us. It will ease our suffering."

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Re: Dawson - Vision Quest
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2015, 12:10:43 PM »
[ooc: Bump.]