Kavaraa fidgeted as she held her hands in front of the portable heater, she'd made sure to get the best one possible and it was certainly paying off right now Ilum was colder than she remembered. She saw Theron doing his best with that flamethrower of his it was taking some time but they seemed like they were getting somewhere with it, she could see what looked like an open chamber through the ice now. She'd didn't like all this waiting around it gave her too much thinking time, she kept going back in circles about everything that happened. She hoped the alliance was doing ok without her she just needed some time away from it all, Lana could handle it all right? she helped everyone be a little less crazy. It was still all so confusing, it didn't help this planet was the perfect example to bring back those memories. Malgus back, even thinking it made her stomach turn but was the alliance planning on working with him that seemed like a bad idea, she hoped they knew what they were doing still it would've been nice to have been consulted about it. Her mind shifted back to Kyradia, Kavaraa didn't know wether to feel bad about it all, she didn't say anything wrong right but to be fair she could be quite rash about sith tactics and they'd won against Valkorion she may need to be more trusting. Kavaraa sighed, she couldn't condone Kyradia's recent methods though no matter what, she hoped Kyradia felt bad but Kavaraa somehow doubted that. She could at least try to see if she's ok right there was nothing wrong with that she had the time anyway and it's not like she was being intrusive shewas just checking up. Kavaraa took a deep breath and reached out with the force trying to focus on Kyradia she felt her vision shift far across the galaxy somewhere in the outer rim what was she doing there? she could sense Kyradia's presence weirdly quiet but then she felt that presence clouded with an immense dark energy it felt potent and dangerous. Kavaraa jumped back startled focussing back on Ilum she took a few deep breaths oh Kyradia what have you gotten yourself into now.
She looked to see Theron making his way back down the tunnel how long had she been focussing for, she put the thoughts to the back of her mind one thing at a time. Theron looked very tired and seemed to be dragging his left arm, holding the flame thing up that long must have been rough.
Theron folded his arms "alright we're through to some kind of chamber can i rest now" Kavaraa nodded standing up giving him a thank you peck on the cheek and quickly scurrying down the chamber however with the melted ice she quickly lost her balance slamming down on her back with a thud.
Kavaraa winced as her back recoiled with pain "owwwww" she saw Theron stand over her trying to hold back a grin
he raised his eyebrow holding his hand out "yeah running on an ice floor with recently melted ice not your smartest plan ever" Kavaraa screwed her face up sulking as Theron helped her up. Kormel was standing behind him with a small smile at least she'd managed to make Kormel smile that was rare. Kavaraa turned around this time optioning to walk slower as they proceeded through the makeshift tunnel, soon they reached a small open chamber with what seemed like a marble door.
Kavaraa chuckled "I think we've found it" Theron gestured to the map they were right on the coordinates they were doing so good.
Theron walked up to the door "I would advise we don't take too long here, that ice has a chance of closing back up and I don't have enough fuel left in this thing to do that twice" Kavaraa nodded sure she could do quick, she went up to the door trying to open it but it wouldn't budge there was no handle and as much as she tugged the door wouldn't move. Theron frowned "you have a lightsaber right?" that seemed a little like cheating
Kavaraa continued trying to open the door to no avail "That'd kinda be disrespectful to the temple creators don't ya think" Theron sighed gesturing to the tunnel "ugh fine" Kavaraa ignited her saber cutting the door off it's hinges hopefully so it could be put back later. She focussed with the force putting the door to the side, she could put it back later she then gestured to Theron and Kormel to follow.
They made their way down the marble stairs, Kavaraa couldn't help but notice this temple was far better made than the last one she wondered if a lot less people would find the second temple. Without the map they had she could imagine people giving up on the temple hidden in an ice mountain, those were probably just treasure hunters who got lucky anyway she was a Jedi well sort of. At the end of the stairs was a large room with holocrons lining the walls, at the end of the chamber was another door looking a little stronger this time. She could see alcoves in the wall either side of the door with some writing underneath, they moved into the room Kormel immediately going to study the door while she perused the holocrons. She focussed on one that and in response she heard a name spoken "Zez-Kai Ell" she frowned had she heard that name somewhere before? she moved to the next one "Jelph Marrian" each one she checked had a name. She moved to the other side opting to see if the trend continued the first one she checked the name "Voren" moving to the next the name "Bandon" she knew that one Darth Bandon apprentice of Malak.
What were these names for? there was still the alcoves and the writing, she could see Theron looking at the room with confusion "I'm not even gonna try to understand what's going on in here" Kavaraa smiled "call me when you need practical assistance"
She put a hand on his shoulder "that's probably for the best I think it's Jedi and sith history" Theron sighed sitting down he deserved a rest after helping them get here. This had to be some sort of puzzle right like the last temple maybe Kormel had found something out, she made her way over to him as he was reading the writing underneath the alcoves. Kavaraa bent down next to him "any ideas Kormel" Kormel seemed to break out of a daze turning to her a little suprised
Kormel smiled "I'm not sure yet but this says 'Status' in an old jedi language" Kavaraa nodded status huh well a darth is a status right what about the other side though
Kavaraa frowned "Kormel have you heard of Zez-Kai Ell" Kormel looked surprised to hear the name
he nodded "uh yes he was a jedi master during the mandalorian wars he was one of the masters who banished the Jedi Exile Meetra Surik" Kavaraa definitely recognised that he was a jedi master huh well that was status too.
Kavaraa was onto something "so the holocrons on the wall are names of jedi and sith so if we place the masters and darths maybe we can open the door" Kormel nodded clearly processing the information
Kormels face lit up "yeah that makes sense and I'll uh try my best to know who everyone is" Kavaraa beamed back man they were puzzle masters
After about 30 minutes of working out who was who and who actually had 'status' they placed the holocrons in the alcoves and were pleased to hear a cachunk as the door began to open.
Kavaraa fist bumped the air "yesssss nice one Kormel" Kormel was smiling too, he certainly was a quiet induvidual but in this environment he really shone.
Theron came over looking a little more rested "so I don't need to hear about the ranking system of force users anymore" Kavaraa chuckled looking at the chart they had made to classify them. Kavaraa nodded gesturing for them to follow, these trials were definitely helping them prove themselves this must be a knowledge trial if the last one was about problem solving she wondered what the other ones were gonna be about.
They came to the end of the second set of stairs into a large open chamber with large marble statues, she could see a similar door at the end this time with a horizontal alcove. Kormel as expected shot over to the door leaving her to examine the statues again, there were four statues each of a scene. Upon first examination she noted each statue had a holocron in an alcove, she could see Revan fighting Mandalore, what looked like the destruction of Telos (which time was unclear), what looked like the reclaiming of Korriban but most notably a group of individuals fighting Kavaraa could see three sith purebloods, a zabrak, a twi'lek and a familiar face. Malgus again admittedly without his respirator damn she could just not escape him today, these were clearly historical scenes maybe the group represented the great galactic war.
Kavaraa made her way over to Kormel who was studying the writing again "what does it say this time" Kavaraa had a hunch it'd be a timeline
Kormel didn't turn around "it says order" Kavaraa silently celebrated behind Kormel
Kavaraa grinned "alright I got this one we need to put the holocrons in the statues in order" Kormel considered it seemingly agreeing. They quickly got to work ordering the holocrons, in the process Kavaraa determined it was the second destruction of telos but also when examining the great galactic war statue she swore she recognised something about the purebloods but the statue wasn't amazing so could just be a coincidence. Soon they had them all in order and the door cachunked open, Kavaraa smiled this hadn't been so bad maybe they could be worthy. They headed down the stairs reaching a similar room to the last temple with a single holocron sitting in the middle.
Kavaraa turned to the others "ok we know what's up this time don't freak out and we will have the next clue" they both nodded. Kavaraa was excited they may actually find out where these secrets were…