Lord Aequitas
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Djinn's Training((report))
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Djinn
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((Reporting for duty. Sir.))
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Lord Aequitas
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((lol. These, (( )) mean OOC. Double-parentisis. OOC means Out-Of-Character. I'm sure you knew that, but you know...
We'll start like this and then go IC. That's In-Character. lol
Name:
Desired Sith Name:
Desired Order:
Preferred Lightsaber form:))
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Djinn
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((Name: Djinn
Desired Sith Name: Darth Djinn
Desired Order: The Sith Mages
Lightsaber Form: He's untrained in all, but I like Juyo/Vaapad.))
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Lord Aequitas
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((Ok, we'll get started  ))
Aequitas stood in the small park he had cleared for today's training with his new apprentice Djinn. The wind was cool and the sun was high. It was indeed a beautiful Kuati day. He sensed his apprentice near the park, evidently lost. Aequitas sighed and then smirked as he remembered his first day of training. But, he was trained by the Emperor. It wasn't that hard to find him.
Djinn, this is Lord Aequitas. I am in the park. Come immediately. We must make up for lost time.
Aequitas noticeda bench nearby and sat down to wait for his apprentice. He noticed a squirrel approach. He frowned before using the force to break it's neck. "I said nothing in the park", he said loudly.
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Djinn
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Djinn only snickered a bit as he heard the crunch of bones just in the distance. The words that fluttered through his young mind instantly seemed to vanish, but not before pointing him in the proper direction. Djinn looked to his newly gained master, before giving a slight, but humble bow of respect.
"Forgive me, Master, for my late arrival, this place is quite large, and," Djinn looked around a bit before letting his eyes fall back upon his master, ".. this place is simply amazing. But I'm here now. And I'm ready for my training." His words came to a halt, his low, almost monotone voice twirling through the air.
Djinn now stood erect, with nearly flawless poise, his leather clothes sticking to his skin in a sunny atmosphere, his hair wild and seemingly unkempt, thrown back in a rugged ponytail, hands at his side.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas looked at the young man with an expressionless face, almost bored looking. "Well, we shant dilly dally anymore then. We should get straight to work. I do hope there is not much ahead of us." The Grand Mage looked around before standing up from his seat on the bench. Quietly and unnoticeably, he sensed the apprentice's feelings. He could sense pride, caution and arrogance. He smiled. "Your birth name will no longer be used here. Well, it will if you want it to, but I sense from you it is something you want to discard."
Aequitas walked a few feet before turning to the south of the park, his back turned to Djinn. "Until you gain your Darth name, I will simply call you Djinn. That will be satisfactory." He turned back to the young man, clasping his hands behind his crisp, purple robes. "You are fit. Quite muscular. Well able for the lightsaber form your report says you wish to learn."
He sighed slightly. "The Mages. Why?", he said simply.
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Djinn
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For a reason unknown to even Djinn, he seemed to get comfortable, if not more confident in the presence of his new master. He continued to stand in his current position, hands at his side, legs evenly apart, looking as though his torso were flaring out a bit. At the question from the Grand Mage, Djinn did nothing but stare for a moment, searching for an answer, perhaps, but then after a moment he smirked.
"Why not?" Djinn simply answered in a dull voice, matching that of his masters. "I have a certain set of talents, and they all point to the Mages." his voice, again, toiled away, as if what he had to say were unimportant.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas looked up at Djinn. Although Aequitas was at least 15 years older than him, Djinn was taller. This did not matter to the Grand Mage. "You are confident, young one, that I will let just anyone into my wonderous Order? You would be mistaken. It would depend on these talents that you boast of, that you rely on, it seems." Aequitas looked at Djinn in the eyes, transfixing him to the spot using the Force. "The Force will always be your greatest weapon. It will always be with you, your knives and, in time, lightsabers may not."
Aequitas stepped back, releasing the young man from his grip. "Power. Unlimited power. Sidious said that. My idol, and patron. And I agree. Joining the Sith does open that to you." He smirked befor sending a small force blast at his apprentice, knocking him off his feet. "Tell me, Djinn, can you fight?"
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Djinn
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As if still propelled by the force of the push his master had sent upon him, Djinn flipped his body, pushing off the ground with his right hand, and springing himself back up to his feet, all in one fluid motion. He found himself in a battle stance, slightly hunched over, as if in a fist-fighting stance. He scuffed just once, looking to the side a bit before he looked to his master once more.
"Master, I might not be up to par when compared to you, but trust me, I have plenty of fight in me." Djinn said with unusual confidence, knowing full well he couldn't measure up to his Master, the Grand Mage of the Sith Mages.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas scowled. It seemed as if the cocky apprentice thought he could measure up to a Sith Lord and an Order Head. "My dear boy, that little push wouldn't even have bothered me. You grow too arrogant. Arrogance is good to a point. But, I wouldn't even bother with me. I read people well. I know that your arrogance and confidence is a shield from your shabby upbringing. Why, I was the son of a Senator. I probably would have scoffed at you."
He looked around. "What do you know about me, from you stay here?"
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Djinn
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Djinn let himself look approachable again, as if he were letting down his guard, but I'm sure both the men there knew that was far from possible. He smirked just a tad, but let the senator remark slide off his back, ignoring it completely.
"I'm arrogant, yes, from my past, that's correct, but it's not quite blinding to my judgment." Djinn now folded his arms "Well you're polite, at the beginning, allowing people to get comfortable with you, just to soften them up so you can bring out your usual serious nature. It's not horribly serious, it's tolerable, but I don't think you know the difference between the need for seriousness, and the need for good humor. I'm assuming you use twin sabers, not because you like them, but because you like to get things done fast. And judging by the way you hold yourself, you're 'I'm better than everyone' persona," his fingers making quotes as he said that last line, ".. I'm assuming you were trained by either someone very high ranking, or the Emperor himself, which could also lead to your favoritism with the twin sabers."
Djinn seemed to have it down to a basic science. He didn't quite know everything about his master, but just had a simple assumption of how he acted and what he did. "You'll probably not trust me for quite some time. You don't look like a real people person, and that's in part to to you rich, snobby upbringing, pardon my language. Speaking of language, I think you're probably multi-lingual." Djinn simply waited for a response, his face lifeless and unmoving.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas smirked. "Almost right. I do not use twin sabers. I just carry two because it's pretty to have different colours. I was trained by the Emperor, yes. And of course I think I'm better than other people. I'm head of the Traditional Party for Sidious' sake, I don't like aliens." He walked around the apprentice. "You have a good eye for people and their behaviour. You will be very handy in the Mages."
Aequitas looke at him. "If you know that much about me, you will also know I refuse to draw my saber until absolutely necessary. It is beause of that I give you your first task. Seek out Prophet Crozeus. He is skilled in the lightsaber forms you wish to learn. Duel him and learn from him."
He smiled. "Go, and may the force be with you, young one."
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Djinn
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"Sir." Djinn returned in time, a simple bow as he turned and began for the exit of this garden area. He might be new, and he might be a lowly Sith, but Djinn was sure he'd get to Crozeus somehow, and when he did, he knew he'd put up a fight that was better, if even by a small level, than mediocre.
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Djinn
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((Sir, I'd like to continue my training, even if it's only OOC.))
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Lord Aequitas
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((we're gonna do an RP now...check the Personal RP forum.))
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Djinn
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((Master, I require a lightsaber. I have only daggers to utilize as weapons, should we not construct a lightsaber for my training?))
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Lord Aequitas
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((Sure....))
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Djinn
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((Well from what I understand, everything must be RP'ed out for it to actually mean anything on this site and in this Empire. There's much to be done, and with all due respect, and no harm intended, you're not exactly seeming eager to train me in necessary fields, my Master.
I still need basic knowledge in Force techniques, a lightsaber of unique craft, and basic understanding of any lightsaber forms, which are slowly being provided by Prophet Crozeus. I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining, but I'm incredibly eager to train and learn things, and I feel as if I'm not a semi-major priority for you.
I'd just like to be trained. Even if we're undergoing a RP, there's still things we can do here.))
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Lord Aequitas
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((I am, I just have important exams coming up and i'm trying to get study in. I am very interested in training you and there's a reason I got Crozeus for your lightsaber stuff. Believe it or not, I actually have a plan. I will be doing the Force stuff as well as constructing your lightsaber and research too with you.))
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Djinn
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((Very well, I simply misunderstood. What you say is studying, I thought was negligence on your part as a Master. All is explained, and understood, I shall not doubt you nor your methods again, my master. If it makes things simpler for you, I'd like to begin certain things on my own: personal study, constructing my saber, I'll bring all information to you for approval in the end, but I'd like to prove I can work on my own time, and accomplish things, if that'd be alright by your standards.))
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Lord Aequitas
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((No, I've just been studying my rear end off. We can go with your idea. I think you should have some say in the way you're taught.))
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Djinn
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((I'd just like a constant flow of training, either IC or OOC, I care not, so that when it comes to the Knighting, they don't doubt my skill, since I took large 'breaks' to do certain things, if that's at all understandable. I simply want to be trained how you'd like me to be, I am what you make me, so to speak.))
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas sat in the dark. He looked around the room impatiently. Where is that...boy. Aequitas was going to start training with the force today. He thought that the Force was crucial in being a Sith. A weapon was just an object.
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Djinn
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Djinn finally appeared, Aequitas not hearing the metallic door opening to the room, as if he simply took form in the darkness. Stepping for doth, his new darkened robes billowing in the ghostly wind, Djinn wore a simple grin as he looked to his master.
"I'm here, my Master. What do you wish of me?" Djinn questioned, somewhat rhetorically as he had imagined it would be a lesson in the force.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas looked at the boy and using the force, but without moving a muscle, turned the lights on. He was sitting in an elaborate throne like chair. "This was Sidious'. It's mine now. I can still sense his power flow through it." He rose out of his seat, like a phantom, unaware of anything else but Djinn. "We will start today with a little lesson in punctuality", he said simply.
Aequitas grinned and sent a flurry of lightning into the young apprentice. Not enough to do damage, but to punish him for his tardiness.
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Djinn
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"Has it ever occurred to you that I'm not the one who's late, you're simply the one who's early?" Djinn asked in a serious tone, as he knelt on one knee now, before his master, standing up and shrugging off the pain in a swift motion. His eyes keenly focused on Aequitas, his words smooth and crisp, clearly trying to be meaningful. "I've never been late, sir. It's always you who gets there early, and I that must deal with unjust punishments."
"I came for a lesson, Sir." Djinn said, standing at attention under the billowing robes of black, "Teach me something, don't punish me for being on time."
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas turned away. "Pathetic. My other apprentices never had your problem. They realised I was always early and tried their best to get their before me. You haven't even tried." He turned towards what seemed to be a solid wall and touched it. It moved. It was a curtain. Moving it acros manually, he allowed Kuati sunlight to enter the room.
"Who said shocking you wasn't a lesson? You're too arrogant and self-centered to notice these things."
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Djinn
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"Or maybe, just maybe, I like to play games with you. I like to bring out your true colors so you realize how lowly you, yourself really are, and how easily you choose to personally assault people, instead of correct them?" Djinn crossed his arms as the sunlight filled the room in an instant. "Perhaps I understand, fully, every single thing you do, but choose to act ignorant and self-centered, my Master." Djinn was lifeless in his motions, his words, cold as ice.
"What makes you right, and me wrong? you sophisticated and humble, and me self-centered and arrogant?" Djinn shook his head a bit, "I came here for a real lesson in the force, not to increase my tolerance to pain."
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas chuckled. "Insulting, or trying to insult a Sith Lord, will not help you, worm. My true colours are always on show and the only one who is playing an act here is you. The very fact that you think a Sith Lord, an Order Head, can't see through your lies is reason enough for me to see that you are not cut out to be a Sith." He walked closer to his chair. "You should know from your studies, not every apprentice passes his apprenticeship. Some defect, then die, or some are killed because they are weak, insolent or annoying. Or all three in some cases", he added.
"I know you can be a Sith if you matured enough. I am not a Jedi, who just corrects his apprentice's mistakes. I need to get you not to make those mistakes again." He sat down and crossed his leg. "And your tolerance to pain is quite important actually in learning to use the force. You will understand that soon enough."
"But", he said, "what make me right and you wrong and quite simple. I have been trained. By the Emperor infact. By telling me I'm weak, you are telling me the Emperor was wrong. By telling me I'm weak, you are telling me that the Emperor has mad a wrong choice. Questioning the Emperor is a treasonous act. I should know, I wrote the Law. Well, re-wrote it anyway. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you. And don't be brazen. Even you know I could kill you easily."
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Djinn
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"Because if you kill me, it'd pretty much just be a way of saying that you aren't ready for an apprentice that doesn't just change his lifestyle, or let himself be manipulated to your beliefs. And I'm sure you're not the sort of person that could deal with something like that for your remainder of time here." Djinn said coldly, his voice chilled, and nearly inaudible, as if he didn't particularly have any interest in the threats. "Because despite my fiery personality, and my arrogance, I'm worth the wait when it comes to me 'maturing' and coming around. And it's not just something I'm saying, it's something we both know."
Djinn stood firmly, utterly confident, not cocky, and sure of what he had said to be fact, not assumption.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas shook his head. "No, I could say the truth and tell His Highness that you were an insolent pup who was extremely impatient and wouldn't let me get on with my work in the Empire. Frankly, it's the truth and he would side with me." He smiled. "You think you're important but you are just a nobody. Noone would notice you gone. And don't try to convince me otherwise, I'm the former High Prophet, I can see the future - potential and certain. Your attempts at insults, belittlements and judgements are all falling on deaf ears. I have risen through this Empire far faster than some other Sith who were here before me and for that I am sometimes resented. I am deaf to your attempted arguments."
Aequitas uncrossed his legs and went to stand up. However, he thought better of it and stayed where he was. "If you want to learn something I'd advise you to shut up and just be obidenent. In case you haven't noticed, my former apprentices tend to be succesful. One is a second-in-command, the other the Head of Covert Operations in the Royal Guard. They are now in a position to voice the opinons you do now. Not about me, granted, but about other Sith."
Aequitas turned his head to look out the window. "You can insult me all you want. But let it wait until you are actually out of training and have established yourself."
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Djinn
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"I do not insult you, my master." Djinn said with a cool, confident voice. "But with all due respect, if you can see all things, past, present, and future, how did I catch you off guard on our recent mission, by catching a glimpse of your thoughts? I don't question your power, simply how self-centered you are, caught up in your titles and whom you were trained by." he looked to Aequitas, meeting eyes, not nearly a clash of pride as one would assume.
"I don't question, nor call out anything you do, my Master, I just wish to learn, not as an obedient dog, but as your apprentice, as a young, inexperienced sith."
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas chuckled. "I admit I am self-centered, but I do not need titles to prove you are weaker than I, far weaker than I, come to think of it. As for that little incident, I can see into the future yes but not on little things like that. Those..incidents teach me."
He stood up. "As for you being a young, inexperianced Sith, I agree. On two counts. You are young, and you are inexperianced. However, you do not have the right to call yourself Sith untl you have passed through the trials."
Aequitas bet down and pressed a button the chair. Out flew three solid spheres. "Manipulate them".
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Djinn
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Djinn chuckled just slightly, leaning forward a bit as he did as to brush some nonexistent dust from his thigh. He looked to the solid spheres as the only thing between him and getting out of this hell-hole. With a quick jerk of his hand, the first sphere crashed viciously into the wall, a simple technique, he knew he'd hear, but effective nonetheless. The second found itself the bearer of a Force Crush, with the closure of his hand, Djinn shattered the orb into nonexistence. The third fluttered about for a brief moment, before it wildly began to shoot out flares of electric static.
With the simple wave of his hand, Djinn allowed the final sphere to explode in brilliant orange and red flare, having manipulated the metallic workings of the orb to self-destruct. Djinn looked to Aequitas, his maser, unimpressed and showing no confidence in his decisions, so he didn't have to hear any more about how he performed, and simply placed his hands on his hips.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas rolled his eyes. "And where did a simple street urchin learn how to do that?" He sighed. "Djinn, I am forbidding you to go to the library or any archives anymore. I am forbidding you as your Master. If you do go again, I will be forbidding you as High Historian. Trust me, you don't learn like that. Only use them for research, not to impess me." He sighed but he stood up. "However, it was effective. Good Work."
Aequitas felt that the boy needed some encouragement. He didn't want a disgruntled apprentice. "Tell me, where in the order of your choice, would you use the Force?"
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Djinn
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With all due respect, my Master, my intentions through study were never to try and impress you. Just because I seek out other ways of furthering my knowledge in the force doesn't necessarily mean I'm attempting to impress, I'm just curious.: Djinn said quietly, but honestly, as he looked at Aequitas, grinning just slightly as he took a step backwards.
"I'd imagine in making the first assessment of a planet, probing thoughts, sentient beings, etc. Determining danger, marking areas, I'd imagine the list went on and on, the Force seems like an important factor in the Sith Mages." Djinn said calmly, maintaining eye contact with his master.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas nodded slightly. "If you want to be a Sith, you need to suck up until your knighting." He fiddled with his Ring of Office while Djinn rambled on about how the Force was important in the Mages. He wondered what contributions Djinn would make to the Order. He sighed as Djinn's arrogance would not be tolerated. The Grand Mage hoped Djinn would quench the ever-burning fire of arrogance.
"Tell me Djinn", he began, "before we get back to dicussing the Force, what contributions can you bring and make to the Mages?"
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Djinn
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"I think I'm doing fine as I am right now, my Master." Djinn said confidently, beginning to think his master took his confidence for arrogance, not bothering to say anything about it since he wished these problems done. He looked out the window incredibly quickly, before letting his eyes fall upon Aequitas.
"An outside mind. Somebody who hasn't been fixated on the matters of the Sith Mages, someone who's thoughts and worries are free and clear of those of the Mages." Djinn answered plainly, having no real answer for the question, not knowing one to speak of that his master wouldn't mistake for arrogance, "Other than that, I know not, my Master. What do you expect to be brought by me?"
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas nodded. "A clear mind is essential. Obidience is too. And yes, as much as I get frustrated by your back-chat, you are doing quite well." He thought for a moment. "I expect obiedience. I expect results. And from you, I expect leadership."
"Indeed", he continued, "a clear mind is essential. The Mages are the ones who explorer previous unknown regions of space. For that, I expect them to, moreso than the Military even, have the proverbial balls to get through previous unknown dangers."
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Djinn
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"In terms of the leadership, I'll see what I can do. But when it comes to the 'having balls' thing.. I'm your guy." Djinn said with a chuckle as he rested his hands on his thick belt, resting a bit as he looked to Aequitas.
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Djinn
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"I'm done with my duel, my Master." Djinn said in a calm, cool voice as he looked to Aequitas, a slight grin on his face.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas nodded. "Good, good. I will get a report from Prophet Crozeus. He is good...but I am better. And I say that with no arrogance. Now Djinn. I have some questions to ask you."
He stood up and walked around the room. "What more do you wsh to learn from me?"
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Djinn
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"My quest for knowledge and power is nearly insatiable, my master. From you, I wish only to learn more of the force, manipulation of matter and such. Perhaps expanding my mental capacity, allowing me to think before speaking, using my mind over my muscle." Djinn answered honestly, looking to Aequitas before gazing out the large window near the two.
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Lord Aequitas
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Aequitas nodded. "Tell me what you know of the Force, young man." Aequitas hated the sun, but it helped him to think. He could still see the future, even if he wasn't the High Prophet anymore.
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Djinn
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"That the force, not a lightsaber, is the true weapon of the Sith." Djinn said with a slight grin, blinded just slightly by the sunlight, before turning to his master, keeping himself standing tall, hands on his waist.
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