Journal Session 02

## Rinyn's Journey

Instead of going with the party to raid the Empire base on Onderon, Rinyn was instructed by Kilix to remain behind on the Dxun base to practice her meditation and learn to center herself in the Force. While there, she was approached by R5-DI4, an astromech droid that the party had found and salvaged, and Rinyn had affectionately named Red Diamonds. The droid had been scanning the surrounding area when it discovered something strange, and through a bit of pantomiming (At this point, Rinyn could not understand droid) he got her to hook him up to the computer terminal on the Dxun base. Once hooked up, Red Diamonds showed her a strange, pyramid-like structure that was nearby, and Rinyn, thinking it might be some sort of Empire trap, decided to look into it, bringing Red Diamonds because he could report back if something happened.

On the way over, Rinyn and Red Diamonds had an encounter with a Cannok, which the two were able to defeat with very little trouble. With the small beast taken care of, they continued onwards towards their destination.

It wasn't long before Rinyn and Red Diamonds happened across a strange and ominous pyramid-shaped temple, that seemed to radiate danger. Despite this, Rinyn felt drawn to the temple and, almost without thinking, went inside, followed by a frantic Red Diamonds. Once inside, she discovered several dead bodies, one which held a strange blade that she claimed for her own - an old Jedi Warblade, though she didn't realize it at the time. Rinyn decided that if she'd found a cool sword just by walking in, the temple might have even more cool treasures just waiting to be found, and other things that could be used for the sake of the Rebellion. They found a door with an old terminal that Red Diamonds set about to trying to open - while she waited, Rinyn found another door that looked like it had a triangle-shaped keyhole. Filing away the information for later, Rinyn regrouped with Red Diamonds, who had just gotten the other door open. The path now open before them, the two moved onwards.

Rinyn and Red Diamonds entered a winding, almost maze-like hallway, where Rinyn saw Kilix run past her. Confused about why he was there, she promptly followed him in search of some answers, losing sight of Red Diamonds in the process. Upon finding him, he began asking why she was there and not at base - Rinyn defended her choice to come here and then asked why *he* was there instead of on Onderon with the rest of the party. Kilix claimed he'd come to check on her then headed down a hallway - Rinyn quickly followed but had lost sight of him as well. Confused and growing nervous, she called out to try and find him, only to be approached by a strange man in some sort of cloak. Rinyn found the man to be somehow suspicious, and yet felt inclined to speak peacefully with him for reasons she didn't understand. Upon discovering that she was a Jedi in training, the man attacked her using a red lightsaber, and Rinyn barely managed to defend herself with the new blade that she had found. He managed to convince her to stand down and follow him, but Rinyn kept her distance and her sword drawn due to a lack of trust and faith in the man. When they arrived at a strange door he wanted her to open, but she refused to, he attacked her again - only to seemingly vanish into thin air. It was at this point that Red Diamonds found her, and after taking some time to rest and recompose herself, the two continued onwards.

The two found themselves in a strange room with glowing red lights and a strange pyramid-like structure in the center. Rinyn almost decided to take it, but decided against it due to not liking the feel that the thing gave her. It was at that point that Rinyn heard a commotion in the next room over, and went to investigate. Here she found Rar Jar facing off against some Imperials, and after accidentally shooting one of his allies (due to not being familiar with said allies and thinking they had him cornered), she joined the fray to fight alongside him. However, the Imperials proved to be too much for them, and they executed Rar Jar, upon which Rinyn snapped and attacked the Imperials full force. Even with Rinyn attacking full force, the Imperials were still able to overpower her, and she wound up unconscious on the floor. Upon waking up and not seeing any signs of a battle, nor feeling any pain from the shots she took - as well as realizing that Red Diamonds, who was now fussing over her, had not been present in the battle - Rinyn came to the conclusion that what had just unfolded was some sort of strange illusion-like thing. No sooner than she realized this the man was back, offering to teach her how to prevent the thing she'd seen from happening, and to help her grow stronger. Rinyn declined - while she did want to keep that from happening, she didn't want to go about it in whatever way this crazy red-lightsaber asshole would teach her how to do. Even when he threatened Red Diamonds, she refused to accept his teachings, and the man vanished into thin air. Rinyn checked on Red Diamonds, and upon determining that he was okay, decided it was time to leave. Red Diamonds agreed.

On their way out, while passing through the glowing red room with the pyramid again, Rinyn realized that maybe the thing was a key for the door she'd seen earlier, and picked up the strange pyramid and took it back to the door that she'd found when they came in. Her hunch had been correct, and the path opened to what looked like a tomb - but no sooner than they had taken a few steps forward to investigate, some robotic guards woke up and began approaching. Deciding that they'd had quite enough of this, Rinyn and Red Diamonds pegged it, heading out the way they'd come in and firing on the doorway, making it collapse on itself and keeping the robots from reaching them. Glad that they'd escaped relatively unscathed, Rinyn thanked Red Diamonds for all his help, only to find him panicking for some reason. When she asked what the problem was, he revealed that the pyramid from the temple had somehow found itself outside with them. Rinyn examined the pyramid to try and figure out what to do with it, and seeing no harm in it, decided she would bring it with her back to Dxun. With that, the two headed back to the base to wait for their party to return.