a fateful meeting; Yvette and Ellie
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There's a few that are probably big enough, but it might be tricky to carry all that way.

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Hmmmmmm.

She surmises she can rig up a thing to carry the tablet with her thermal blanket, debates speed on getting this done versus using up her last ration bar, and then goes to see if she can scarf down a single helping of gloop before running off to accomplish this mission.

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There's gloop available, but the cafeteria is almost deserted. The other acolytes emanate despair. These are the ones who know they're not going to be the survivor.

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Poor things. But she can't help, she's too busy saving herself.

She scarfs down her single scoop of gloop for the calories, and then returns to get the largest wax tablet available, spends a little while rigging up a way to more easily carry it using her thermal blanket, grabs a stylus just in case her plan doesn't work, and then it's off to the tombs.

Where's her competition?

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Well on their way. She had better get a move on.

She might find a shortcut that'll make up some time by consulting the map.

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She consults the map!

Is there a shortcut?

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There's a hidden staircase that comes out near where she needs to go. Follow the clifftop down that way.

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She follows the clifftop down that way, smiling a little.

While walking, she tries to poke at her Force abilities; she turns them inward, to see if she can figure out how to enhance her body like the acrobatics book said. Every now and then she checks to see that no one's near her, and for updates on her rivals' progress.

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She can get brief bursts of Force-enhanced speed, with a bit of trial and error. The path is deserted, and she seems to be gaining on her rivals.

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Ooo! Ooo! Force-enhanced speed! Force-enhanced speed!

She is really excited about this and practices it, though she won't use it to exhaustion if it looks like it tires her out too quickly.

And of course, she minds where she aims while using it. She is near a cliff.

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Eventually she gets to the stairs. They're pretty steep, and there is a distinct lack of handrails.


Now would be a good time to work on that sense of balance. Force powers, activate!

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Force powers, activate, indeed!

She is going to be very careful with the stairs.

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One step at a time, that's the way.

She makes it to the bottom safely. No sign of the others, just another forbiddingly dark tomb entrance. What fresh horrors await her here?

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She'll just have to check with her Force powers before she goes in, won't she?

Anything obviously dangerous that she can sense?

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Vague intimations of lurking danger deep within. Nothing close to the entrance.

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Caution's going to have to be the word of the day.

She goes over the layout of the place again before entering, so she can be sure she gets the right room, and then after deeming it suitably memorized, in she creeps.

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She gets about halfway to her destination when she comes across a large chamber which a pack of tuk'ata seem to have made their nest in. There's no way to route around. Only about half the pack are home, five or six dogs.

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Well. That's a problem.

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She read about mind tricking people, but there's no reason it wouldn't work on animals to, is there? Can she pick out one that's furthest from the others, push the idea of an interesting sound coming from that way? In a direction she doesn't need to go? With significant willpower behind it.

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The animal perks its head up, but doesn't seem inclined to get up and move.

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C'mon, she can do this, they're surely not very smart, she cannot be out-willpowered by some tuk'ata.

She pushes again, stronger this time, a bit annoyed.

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Curious whine. Sloooowly streeeetch and stand.

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Interesting sound! Interesting smell! That way! C'mon, tuk'ata, it's fascinating in that place over there, go look!

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It trots off. Four more to go.

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She can do this. Shove, next tuk'ata, go join your friend, follow the pack mentality, interesting smell and sound thing over there go hunt it down with your pack!

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The rest of the pack sits up, and after a bit of grumbling among themselves, follow after the first dog. The room is clear.

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