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Riordan instinctively snatches George's wrist in a fluid, graceful movement and twists sharply, the Jedi's lightsaber clattering to the ground as pain shoots up George's arm. Riordan's eyes narrow and George catches a glimpse of the burning fires there.

"Don't," he growls, losing his calm. "I warned you, Jedi. Kain is not known for his tolerance of your kind and now is not the time for acts of bravado. Know your place," he snaps coldly. "Unless of course you believe being ripped in two would be a pleasant experience then by all means... feel free to proceed."

Riordan watches George's reaction carefully. The Jedi was confused... to put it mildly. However, he seemed to at least somewhat grasp the threat to self. It would have to do for now.

"I understand you have little reason to trust me or heed my orders but I assure you I have only your best interests in mind. Simply leave this matter to the professionals, Master Jedi. Even if it comes to blows I would advise you don't get in the way. If you cannot calm the wild beast... you must simply tire it out."

A gleam shines in his eyes as he releases George's wrist, regaining his calm demeanor in the process. A roar somewhere nearby causes Riordan and George to both look around, searching for the source.

"Don't move, Jedi," Riordan orders.

Out of nowhere, two tattered pieces of what George can only guess are the remains of a speeder violently tumble by them at an incredibly speed. Riordan smiles slightly. My, my, Kain. You certainly are getting worked up about something. The noble quickly and inconspicuously observes his surroundings, noting the mangled bodies in the street he assumes are all that remains of more of Kain's victims.

He sighs heavily. How many this time, brother? How many more faces to haunt your nightmares? Ten? Twenty?

A very loud, gruff, and exceedingly violent voice followed by a large crash off to the side pulls Riordan from his thoughts. "YOU BASTARD!"

Riordan cannot help the faint chuckle. Well, you decided to keep an eye on him after all...

Suddenly a man appears in front of Riordan, surprising George. The man stands a little over six feet, his height and well-built frame plenty enough to intimidate. His short, shaggy golden blonde hair is splattered with a few specks of blood, smut, and tiny particles of dirt. His white open trench coat -coated in dirt as well as other substances- seems to wave out and float angelically around the bottom; the tails of his silvered collared shirt -the last few buttons at the top and bottom left undone- as well as his black tie moving easily in the soft wind.

He dons blue tinted sunglasses, the left lense bearing a small crack from either a distant or recent ordeal. A death stick is held between his teeth but he reaches up and removes, bending the cigarette in half before he drops it on the ground, grinding it into tiny pieces with one of his black boots. He lets out a heavy sigh, smoke shooting from his noise like a crazed bull from children's cartoons.

George's eyes widen. This man... he used a... a flash step?! Was he a Force vampire?! Was Riordan working for them?!

"It's been a while," the man speaks, his voice giving George a cold burn. It was like boiling liquid helium, extremely cold and yet sounding like it was something so hot it couldn't stop bubbling. Cold and violent. It put the Jedi on edge.

Riordan nods politely. "It has. I see you have taken to stalking Kain after all."

The man huffs and looks away as if annoyed. "I'd be a bad person if I let someone like him just run rampant all over the 'verse. The boy needs someone to kick his ass from time to time; remind him he can die just as easy as the rest of us."

"I see," Riordan replies. "Enjoying yourself, Slade?"

The man chuckles, turning his attention back to Riordan. "I'd be lying if I said no. You know me. Normally I don't like violence but Kain just makes it too much damn fun. I can't seem to help myself," he grins sadistically.

Both men suddenly step apart as a vending machine flies between them, inches away from their faces. Heads immediately turn to find where the projectile came from. Kain stands a good ways down the street in an aggressive, animalistic manner, legs spread apart to make himself appear larger, breathing labored and chest heaving as he tries to control his shaking body.

The veins in his neck bulge. "SLADE! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Slade frowns with disapproval and waves Kain away as if to say 'don't be stupid'. This infuriates the raging man further and he charges forward. Slade looks at Riordan. "Might take a while for me to cool him off but I'll do my best."

He uses a flash step to divert Kain's attack away from Riordan and George's location. Before Kain's fist can impact with his body, Slade brings his arm up and brushes the attack to the side, his other hand flying up to grab the side of Kain's face and throw him into a nearby building.

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Another character?! Who's a Force vampire?! o_O Hell yeahs. ^_^

May I introduce Slade. Rule Slade. And yes his name is Rule... it's important later. He prefers to be called Slade though so that's what he will be referred to throughout the RPG. He's a Force vampire. As you can see he's not as bulky as Kain but he is just as strong. This comes from his inability to feel pain (as the brain shuts down muscles in response to pain in order to prevent serious injury) and from his age as a Force vampire.

Slade was turned when he was in his late 20s or very early 30s (even he doesn't remember any more) but he'll never age. Kain was turned at age 25; Riordan tainted at age 22.

Though he doesn't like violence, Slade is, in fact, a very aggressive and violent person with a short fuse. Much like Kain, his personality allows him to somewhat tame his taint so he does not become a murderous monster. And while his anger does not result in berserker rages like Kain it does led to the same things: damages, injuries, and deaths.

Also a flash step is what the vampires do when they disappear and then reappear somewhere else.

It depends on how it happens really. Like for the FU2 I didn't mind at all. When it seemed like MC had disappeared into the void of space never to return again, however, I was extremely pissed. But I knew they wouldn't let the Halo series's greatest hero go like that.

He died. lol I don't think there's much more fail than that.

But does she look like me eh?

I already have that.

It's all good Atrox. ^_^ Life happens.

I don't know.

Just a straw dear?

Oh, I’m sorry dear. That must be a bit of a bummer. But its like mama always said: there are plenty of other fish in the ocean.
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Riordan hesitates with an answer, reluctant to tell the Jedi about his brother. Kain was not the type of person his kind simply allowed to wander the streets freely but if the Jedi interfered with Kain’s rage it would only result in further catastrophe.  Riordan mentally berates himself. He should not have let Kain wander off like that; he should have been more cautious. The man was on edge with recent events and it wouldn’t have taken much to throw him into a bout.

But Kain hadn’t gotten far; Riordan could sense him not too far down the central street. It was possible Riordan could get to the man and calm him down before he did too much damage. The noble sighs heavily. Unlikely. Kain had yet to berserk but he had more than likely killed any unlucky souls who happened to be close enough for him to grab as well as wrecked a building or two in the process.

Riordan silently studies George for a moment as the man waits for his answer. He was a Jedi... Riordan did not know how wise it was to allow him such access to his personal life; especially when Kain was involved. One wrong move and even Riordan would not be able to avert the disaster to follow. And a Jedi’s body was not an easy thing to make law enforcement forget... even with the credits he had.

His hands trail over Shouten Yaiba’s grip. “When it is such as this I am able to sense fluctuations of power. The taint grants certain... abilities. I can sense others who bear it.”

Screams of terror reach their ears causing both men to turn their head towards the disturbance. Riordan straightens slightly as if the small act with allow him to see over the crowd. Kain was coming this way? It was possible but it was more likely that he threw something down the street. Or someone.

“Jedi... I must warn you,” Riordan continues, his voice as icy as ever. “What you are about to witness, very few have seen firsthand and have lived to speak of it. Consider yourself fortunate,” his gaze cuts to George and his voice suddenly takes on an aggressive and somewhat threatening tone.

“I advise you exercise caution and know your place if you wish to survive, Master Jedi. It would be wise to rein your actions and curb your tongue no matter how much your pride or precious codes of honor you cling to are insulted.”

The noble abruptly pushes forward through the crowd, in the direction of whomever or whatever was causing such chaos.

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The sound of bronzium creaking causes the small group of people using the large inactive sweeper droid as cover to immediately crawl away frantically, pressing their backs against the nearby wall. The droid is suddenly lifted into the air by the terrorizing monster they’d been trying to hide from.

Kain growls, his eyes narrowing at the sight of such sniveling cowards. With a roar of rage he sends the 17 ton droid crashing into the helpless group, the machine tumbling into the wall behind them, forcing it to crash down upon Kain’s newest victims as well, completely burying them.

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Had to do some research for this one. Even though this is Star Wars I figured they'd need something to pick up all the litter and everything right? Thus a street sweeper droid. ^_^ The average, everyday, run-of-the-mill street sweeper truck weighs between 7.5T and 15T.

The world's strongest man dead lifts 1,000lbs. This being Star Wars and Kain being a Force vampire and all of incredible strength with Force capabilities, lifting 17T is Kain using I'd say a little more than 40% or his normal rage strength. So in a normal rage Kain's limit is roughly 42T.