Muz and Kir are on leave of absence. Let's PARTAY!
House Odan-Urr QUAESTOR REPORT 05. May, 2011
Hello little Odanites!
Before I start this report let me both apologize for the length of time it has taken me to send this out and thank you for your patience. Being my first semester as a grad student and a teacher (yes my title is TA, but there's nobody I assist... I do it all myself :P) it was pretty stressful, but you all were very supportive and for that I thank you.
Although I have, unlike a certain uber-l33t-k1ng member, only been in this club three and a half years, I have never felt more welcome and am glad to have made so many friends (in our house and others). You all kick ass and I'm glad to count you as my pals! :)
All things considered, the house is doing extraordinarily well. We are the non-contestable king of DB-gaming, with nearly half of the trainers hailing from our house. Not to mention our BT has a whole pile of you gamers, who also happen to be the best the club has to offer. We already dwarf a couple of the other houses in activity, energy, and well... coolness... and if we keep up like this we won't be an "experiment" for much longer. So let's enjoy the upcoming Summer story arc and get pumped for the GJW! (btw, expect it late August, early September)
~~~NEWS~~~
The run on has been completed! The final post will be released in this report wut wut! Thanks to Ronovi and Quejo for their hard work on the post and super special thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in the RO-proper.
The battleteam has been named! After a neck in neck race between FLUFFY BUNNY DEATH SQUAD and OSTAD the fluffy bunnies were defeated (I really wanted that name, jerks :P). So henceforth the gaming BT will be known as O.S.T.A.D. - Odan-urr Special Tactics And Defence
There have also been many shifts in house leadership! Akhera has resigned and transferred out after several very happy months as Aedile. We wish him luck in his future endeavors in Arcona.
Our old Rollmaster Quejo has stepped up to fill the Aedile's roll and our very own Kaira Rohana has taken over as Rollmaster. I know a couple of people were upset that I did not take applications, but I felt very strongly that Kaira and Quejo would give us a diverse, experienced and active summit. Sorry Sev, I love you madly but I didn't want a summit run by three white nerd-dudes :D. We'd be like clones and clones are what ruined Star Wars (well... and Mandos).
That said there is also more battleteam news! Habib has taken over the OSTAD battle team and I have no doubt that he will lead it with the same energy and skill that we see from him every day. Also let's congratulate him on his new job, woot!
There will be a fiction battleteam formed in the next month or so to be led by Severon. The nature of this BT will depend heavily on the Summer storyarc, so stay tuned! ;)
Finally, in the next couple weeks we will be developing a system of rewards including land grants, titles, and tribal protectorates. You will earn these through service to the house including summit jobs, participation!, and just being generally friendly people.
Lots of news, I know! I'm probably leaving some stuff out, but drop by IRC and I'll update you ^^
~~~COMPS~~~
There are no house comps this week. Trust me, there's a really... really cool reason for this ;). We'll be spending this week working on the beginning of the new plot and there are some really cool competitions planned. Stay tuned!
~~~RO #1 - The Finale~~~ (stay tuned for epilogue)
Ji did not blink nor falter in the light of the Arconan's saber. The little search party they had brought looked tough, but intimidation was not a tactic that the Gand succumbed to so easily. Letting his own saber spray forward in blessed light, he let energy blades lock in a criss-crossed pattern above his head and in front of his enemy's eyes.
"Sanguinius!" he heard one of the Arconae, dressed in Mandalorian armor snarl. "Take out the others!"
However, Sang already had enough on his hands. His brutal energy had begun to waver under Solari's blows, the droid executing graceful sweeps only fitting of his order. The trickle of water from the wall was the only percussion for this fight, as the third Arconan, also bedecked in sleek armor, swooped in to intercept Murtallica.
The hums became buzzing, then angry growls adding to the din rattling in everyone's ears. The lightsabers attempted to lick their targets' faces with white-hot tongues, caressing the air as if ironing thin fabric until it became nothing but steam. Ji's gray eyes narrowed as he faced his opponent, who he sensed had the name Timeros. While Timeros was stronger, Ji's Force powers were essential in guiding his saber through the choreography of Makashi and Dun Moch. Hurtling through the air, he parried two swings from Timeros, his breath hissing out in small, funneled bursts as he moved.
Then he heard the rumble.
The Arconans looked around in surprise as the wall where Sanguinius had been standing appeared to open up like a large, gaping mouth, the stone splintering like breaking teeth in a fractured jawline. Emerging from the fissure were two other Odanites, Quejo and Malik, as the latter allowed his tree-like bulk to settle around the clouds of dust.
"Typical," Quejo murmured, clucking his tongue before his saber spun like a green whirlwind in his grip.
***
Severon and Sa Ool, contrary to Krandon and Akhera, were on the move. The swarms of rioters around them did not phase them, and they were able to disappear through the alleyways of Menat Ombo unseen. Severon let his eyes close momentarily as he walked, then let them flutter open as the air sifted through his nostrils.
"I sense that some of our friends need help," he said to the Kel Dor before him, his dark beard twitching on his chin.
Sa Ool simply nodded. The two looked in the same direction, then sprinted off to where the aura they felt palpitated violently in the distance.
***
A loud guttural sound escaped from Sashar's throat as he moved to confront Malik. The Jedi's shape and appearance did not phase him, and he knew his mastery of Shien would assist him greatly. The hilt of his double bladed lightsaber grew slick with sweat as he repelled Malik's dual sabers, the flurry of blue lighting up their faces.
He would not kill them, not unless he had to. These Jedi were not worth spilling blood for, not when the city was alight with carnage and fury. All he had to do was clear the path for Sanguinius, before it got too rough.
Then he cursed as he saw two more Odanites charge into the fray, lightsabers raised. Besides the Gand and the droid, all of them fought with dark movements palpable in the air. No matter how strong their conversion, the dark side would never quite leave them. Throwing his weight forward, Sashar let the air rush past him as Murtallica stumbled back and left space for Sanguinius to move.
"Retreat!" Sashar ordered, and the Arconans scampered away from the scene, the hiss of their sabers dying out with them. Ji let his arm drop, looking with glossy eyes at the fading silhouettes.
"They will find gluttony within the population," he said. "Let's go before too many are killed."
***
Dust and decay. The hewn bodies strewn about the perimeters as the cacophony puttered out like a worn out engine. Strafed and ruined by a team of Dark Jedi as their armor glistened in the dwindling light. Harakoans and Tythonians alike lay dead, but the siege had lasted hardly any longer than the ensuing defeat.
Whenua raised his bloodied face to the skies as he departed from Menat Ombo, dragging a lame foot behind him. His war party was almost entirely depleted - only a few followed. The setting sun pulsed around his head, fraying his hair and threatening to burst the shredded capillaries about his arms. He turned his head one last time to look at the city.
The scattered Odanites would be moving now, to restore and to heal. The Gand would lead them. Others would join them. It would not end. It would only grow.
The battered war chief could only exhale all the chagrin and dishonor from him as he melted in with the foliage.
~~~ORV-SEKSINESS~~~
Warchief Whenua
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