“Remain in your hermitage, and you will remain ignorant to the inevitable destruction of your pathetic order. Return to the Council, and your ignorance—and /life/— expires.” The slightest hint of a smirk tugged at the Count’s lips.
@JediConArtist (C) on the topic of the mundane, I cannot help but behold those religious robes you wear so valiantly... I myself have been a /fan/ of the Jedi for as long as an old man can remember. Could you be one of the rumored “reborn Jedi” we’ve all been hearing about?” He inquired. (c)
@JediConArtist With effortless posture and the slightest hint of inquisition, the Count looked down upon the seemingly heart-attack harboring con, “Of course not...” Sensing nothing in the surrounding force but inadequacy, Dooku merely smirked at the cloaked man. “Although, now that we are (c)
(C) this embarrassment, enough to send Tyranus to potentially turn the code-breaker. More likely, however, he was a fraud that the Lord would take pleasure in striking down.
And so, he set foot on the planet on which the ‘Jedi’ was last heard from, and began his pursuit.
(c) bring the tale up to the Emperor. The Jedi Code put an essential ban on money in exchange for heroics... They would instead demand complete power and tyranny they claimed to be ‘protection’; Dooku knew these truths all too well. Sidious deemed it necessary to investigate (c)
Dooku stood stoic within a transporter ship, arms set behind his caped back as he stared out into the dark abyss. A single planet met his eye.
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Rumors of a ‘Jedi Bodyguard’ circulated this system, peaking the Count’s interest enough to (c)
@SithHermit And abruptly, the presence fled, Dooku instead recognizing Hego. “Magister Damask, my apologies.” He bows faintly and respectably, “Too long indeed, though I do grow tired of our political disputes. I’d much prefer a companion in this /terrible/ time of turmoil.”
@RevanIncarnate (C) him to a wall aside them. This assault, if fruitful, was then followed by a dual-handed summoning of his azure lightning, its serpentine form streaming into Shan’s expectantly collapsed body, exploring and besieging every fragile piece to weaken him.
@RevanIncarnate “Enough talk...” He spoke, his saber finding Shan’s with every motion, deflecting strikes with a near balletic grace, “Jedi or not, you will suffer their fate!” A casual hand gesture of the force sent a surge of energy spiraling towards his opposer, with the intent to toss (c)
A wave of dark energy nigh suffocated the Count for a brief moment, as he felt the powerful presence. Eyes shut to focus on the source of this aura. https://t.co/cp6kTa8LFr
@RevanIncarnate (C) hand, the saber intruding on the lightning struggle, ricocheting Shan’s bolts to the ground with an accompanying sidestep by the elder sith.
@RevanIncarnate “You cannot be both the dark and the light. The force /needs/ separation, boy.” As his lightning reverted back to him, Dooku realized his position and took quick action, retrieving his blade with his free hand. Its roar to life came with a horizontal whip of his now armed (c)