I admit that this next chapter is technically going to be filler. Typical disclaimer I sound like a broken record you get it now onto the story!
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"Ignore the passions ye doth have do ye? Then consume thou's flesh and thought, once a taste you do have consume you it will if you aren't careful." -Sith Pureblood Aron, jedi master
Chapter 3- Consume Thy Heart
Yavanna was meditating in her apartment when city wide alarms went off. And it was no drill. She felt being responsible own emotions enraged and confused at being trapped on this planet, enraged as people tried to shoot it. Every step it took shook the buildings as Yavanna quickly collected what she knew she needed: her sabers, a high powered tranc gun modified so it can easily fire any type of tranc usually, her commlink, and of course a key to her modified speeder.
It was modified because she suped it up so it didn't look like a hovercraft reject as she put it. Basically she took a model of speederbike broke it down rebuilt it to her desires. So it doesn't look like a swoop bike which looks like a bike version of a floating lawnmower up front. In its stead you got one hell of a hot rod the red with silvery ghost flames. This can pull off maneuvers that a typical run of the mill speederbike could only dream of. Running to mount up the bike which was like riding a rebuilt harley davidson if your into that thing.
Her own family was good with mechanics so taking it and making it better is child's play to her. Which is why her mothers half siblings run a shop based on fixing them. Despite everything you aren't making good money despite this the fact the shop pays a consistent rate and not commission* helps create a reputation for good work. But that didn't matter; she put the key into it, granted the key was little more than an glorified card really.
It roared to life as she revved it taking off as it flew off much like your land based typical cars, not the hovercraft versions, the vehicle had gauges for fuel, heat of the motor, speed and altitude. Brakes are on the handlebars with the shifter into another gear being on the right, the foot rests themselves allowing them to gain altitude or lower it. Gaining a licence to pilot one for some might be an achievement but for others it becomes a chore and thus holds no meaning.
As her hair wildly whipped around her as she sped towards the danger. That's when she saw it breaking, bringing it horizontally across the road. Towering above the buildings was a creature she had only heard about. Said to sleep centuries and have about a dozen young in that time. The dragonic thing looked like a creature out of a fairy tail except this fairy tale is real and is currently terrified.
"For the love of the Force! They brought a denergath here of all places?!" She shouted seeing his form tower over several building enough to tell what it was.
Its fifteen types of immediate danger and immense stupidity due to the sheer population of Coruscant. The fact the city is layered making it twice as dangerous because if it burrows as its known to do it could do more than collapse a city block. It could collapse a topside city block and fifteen to twenty others under it if not more. A nervous creature by nature yet powerful it was known to be violent when provoked. Like now. The lack of nature to sooth it boded ill.
It has six eyes on its head beaked and lupine vaguely in shape massive in size wyrm like segmented body with a maw full of broad yet sharp fangs. Its hide was a brilliant orange and purple and had streaks of red flowing down its lateral line having multiple legs all of which can burrow through rock and stone like its nothing, surely duracrete is nothing to it. It looked vaguely canine; she drove fast and commed Yoda on the now rampaging confused and irritated creature.
A lack of forested region or anywhere with no people made the whole situation worse. Its so deeply connected to the earth and nature that it avoids people for that reason. Its Leviathan size is the other reason you would think that such a creature's bones would shatter due to its immense weight. You would be wrong defying the laws of physics by simply existing, people tended to act irrationally when faced with a kaiju-sized monster. With rattling spines about the size of a very large scorpion bolt.
"We got a problem!" She shouted over the wind.
"Noticed this I have." Yoda grimaced trying to subdue the creature failing as a limb flicked him away. Into a shop's window landing with a harsh crash into the cases holding jewelry ironic that. He had plenty of cuts caused by the glass he smashed through thankfully his race is hardy otherwise he wouldn't have walked away without breaking something or cutting something important as Yoda pulled himself out of that using the force to move the pieces of glass out of the way. The light glinting off the shards alongside reflections the shop itself was abandoned and even had the closed sign on.
The security forces, mercenaries who decided to join in after the favorite bar of mercenaries the Iron Drakkar was destroyed. The jedi were having little effect on it currently they were just trying to contain it but its sheer bulk and size is proving problematic.
"Who's bright idea was it to bring a skittish apex classed Kai'rai Denegath?" She growled as she flew down the streets.
"The research institute of xenobiology thought it was a fossil apparently it wasn't." Karba noted with a tone dripping with sarcasm.
"Obviously the idiot scientists were tempting fate."
"Fate apparently decided to screw us over." A Mandalorian wearing beskar armor in red and orange said as she flew around and unleashed her flamethrower. Unfortunately for her the denegath was immune to fire at that temperature as its one set of eyes on its right side narrowed with a flick of its powerful claws with such precision her jetpack was disabled and with a single roar that was absolutely deafening did something that no one expected made the mercenaries run away in absolute terror.
Recalling what was once said about denegath '...capable of inflicting terror in certain select people at a whim a truly terrifying move which leaves the people in a state for hours. It takes years for some to come to terms with it and the fear twists into phobias enhancing them further if any are present at the time'. Truly a terrifying prospect that a number of mercenaries will be cowards for the next few hours and even after the effect wears off they will not truly be the same.
"I got an idea but it requires us to stop firing blasters at it." She said irritated that someone would still shoot at something that could crush you. It would require several open comms fortunately her commlink system allowed for simple voice interface shutting off the holographic projector integral to typical calls nowadays. Allowing for her to cohesively coordinate between multiple people the update patch also made it easier to transmit ideas.
"How do you take one down?" Uiar asked he was a jedi that was recently knighted and was a half human half togrutan he was odd indeed. In a good way.
"Usually electrical stunning lines but he's too worked up we are better off trancing it and getting it back home, but we don't have the stunning lines. If it decides to burrow then we are dealing with a couple million creds if not more of damage and a lot of people dead. But …" Yavanna had a crazy thought as she saw a music shop nearby stopping suddenly a idea spawning inside her head.
"They love music. They can be calmed with music, harp music is the best." She breathed.
She looked at the shop with the sign saying "Cal's Music shop" and the hoverbike going into the shop and she had to work fast going through the shop as people cowered inside. Quickly as she scanned through the force what would work most assuredly, certain amps needed an external power source but a number of the most expensive ones didn't need one having an internal power conductor much like our lightsabers in a way. Turning on with a turn of a knob. The rest of the Jedi scrambled to try and stop the blaster fire and follow Yavanna's lead as Yoda barked orders to them.
"I need to borrow your amps and electric harp."
"Take it!"
The panic in the room made her uneasy like a sickening pit inside her stomach of unease if this was what needed to be done then so be it she will not fail. Using the force to lift the amps and the harp she chose. The blue one its been a while since she's played one of these she has a smaller harp at her apartment.
Heading in the direction of Denegath setting up the amp plugging in the amp wire whatever it was called. The harp isn't an easy instrument to play by no stretch of the imagination no instrument is. Putting the strap over her head and beginning to play the tune was a old lullaby one could describe music like a voice without words that held so much emotion before it turned into something else.
He stopped visibly calming down the bristling spines were no longer rattling dangerously on his head. His head may seem lupine in shape but he had a beak ful of teeth and despite all this the species of Denegath were very attuned with the force but in a different way. They are said to be the progenitor of the quadrupedal race known as Tchuukai which were like triceratops in a way except with omnivorous tendencies they revere them as a sort of god. Less god more like ancestor they do worship their ancestors basically though being a secretive race has its drawbacks. They aren't xenophobic they just aren't fond of being used as pack animals, enslaved to be used as such, they can't stand being caged like a horse. Those kind of things leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth which is why they allied with a force group known for punishing slavers harshly if they dare come into their sector.
As the song itself was slowly joined by others eventually becoming a small band each one providing soothing tones adding to the layers of the song which rang out. I hardly noticed that Yoda actually was playing a violin for an elder ikkari you wouldn't have expected him to tune and grab a violin sized for a lannik ironic that. It was indescribable to describe a violin's sound like that it sings clearly yet spoke with clarity that was richer than any sound producible like gold it was rich and clean and spoke with more emotion. When you're in a large group of people playing together the feeling is indescribable like being in sync all at once. It slowed down and lowered its head and body, its six legs lowering it closer to the ground. Enjoying the musical ensemble as it rumbled its content, its blue eyes showing approval with our solutions. As the violin sang its lament for the harp telling a story one between two lovers who could not stay together because they're parents forbade it.
The violin is capable of so many sounds due to its bow becoming full and high and yet thin and soft gentle it speaks in complexity. To describe it was more than sound more than liquid gold it brings out emotion and beauty to patterns of music which with other instruments or even other string type instruments it can sing bring out emotion that expresses its true harmony and capability of reaching new heights. Which is why no author can accurately describe the way it sings belting out full notes then be drawn into a whisper turn from a screech to a howl and still sound good. Complimenting the harp even as it was joined by a small ensemble of force blind who were from the mercenary bar and got out just in time.
As the song was joined by voices of many different instruments as each one instrument wind, string or horn giving it depth and character. No one could have guessed that Yoda was a talented musician then again it might explain a few things.
"I have lived long and yet my work is still unfulfilled. Millennium I have lived waiting for the one who would change the fate of what is to come. A dark storm is brewing alone we are nothing together we are stronger remember this Jedi and Wayfinder. Together only will you survive the one who will be the one to chase the storm will come. She shall be known as the Oncoming Storm, Stormbreaker. I leave the rest to you to live well. Do not fear the attachments and joy it will bring; however long or short it will last. Life was meant to be enjoyed and sometimes that means being a little selfish, think of yourselves more Jedi no one should have to be alone in a crowd of people. Wayfinder take care of the egg. I leave her to your care. Fare thee well." the ancient one left an egg that seemed to look like living fire and magma on the ground its voice was double layered and deep its blue eyes spoke with ancientness that one couldn't match. Turning its ancient head and blue eyes towards the Jedi who looked on with wonder. It's then Yavanna realized who this Denegath was Feûria the Venerable his scales had aged and turned brilliant instead of their brownish grey.
Fear yourselves you do sense it I do smell it I do. The greatest threat you face is within. He spoke telepathically as he bowed his head fading away like green energy before becoming one with the force. Leaving behind an egg that was glowing like inner fire.
"Well I think I need to verbally dress down the morons responsible." Yavanna growled irritated at the turn of events seeing the damage which was minor some major others really can be replaced. Hovercars smashed amongst hoverbuses with various high flying vehicles that mark the atmosphere crashed with thousands wounded or dead from such.
What's done is done. Nothing that can be done except tend to the wounded, dead and see to the damage done to the city itself. The roof of the science building of xenobiology was totaled and there is no doubt that several of the scientists died because of their arrogance. That they could control what they weren't meant to control at all. Denegath as they are known in Yavanna's tongue are wardens of the order of nature as well as the only beings who can keep the Devourer at bay Feûria the Venerable was one of the few who was revered for battling it out with the devourers which once terrorize Altraa long ago.
She picked up the egg which was a bit bigger than a football. Only the weight of the electric harp reminded her she should return to the shop to return it considering she didn't buy it and her stipend wasn't exactly for such large expenditures. While Yoda was kind of ignoring everyone else after all this happened with a dopey smile on his face was weird. I guess somethings are better left unsaid.
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So that's that. Yoda apparently is a talented violinist and Yavanna's a harpist. And the monster was actually a manifestation of the force in a way. Connected deeply to the earth and considering that Coruscant isn't exactly ecofriendly at all with all native life going extinct because of big corporations control over the political climate ensuring that groups who would have gone for saving forests, rivers and that shit never gained a foothold. Even Yoda finds this uncomfortable especially on a bad day. Also Yoda doesn't care what your species is that's something that come with age for his species though not everyone is like that.