An adventure with Damasa

Firith Mobak said:

"'I'm not what any of you think I am. I wish I was, and I'm sorry I'm not. The person you want, the person I'm an echo of...If he knew where to find Damasa, he would have told you already. Or he would have gone there himself long ago. He was so afraid of what might happen. He wanted to try to save something for the ones who would come after him. I don't think it turned out the way he wanted it to. So I can't reach the people you want me to reach. I don't have the answers you want. But I do have Firith's memories. And maybe if I can find the ones that are important, it will matter for something in the end.'"

You see a hazy vision of a person in robes crouched next to a prone figure. The robed figure is holding an outstretched hand over the prone figure's abdomen, and you know they're using the Force to heal the other person. The image sharpens, and you suddenly recognize the person doing the healing as a younger version of Lilikai - in this vision, she's not much older than the padawans are now. The person lying down and being healed is someone you've only seen in a holoimage before, but you're certain it is Damasa Kovani.

When Lilikai and Damasa begin to speak, their voices are audible to anyone through the speaker Vic set up.

Lilikai: I said hold still.

Damasa: I am holding still. It's the ground that's moving.

You hear a low rumble and feel a vibration run through you. You hear Firith's voice next, and realize you're witnessing this scene from his perspective.

Firith: Are you sure it was a good idea to blast open the door back there?

Damasa: Of course it was. Well, I mean, that's what causes the earthquake, but that's okay.

Lilikai looks at Firith with an incredulous expression - like "are you hearing this shit?"

Lilikai: That would have been nice to know about before we set the charges.

Damasa: If I'd told you, you never would have done it, and then we'd be walking away empty-handed. I said it's going to be okay. Trust me.

Firith looks away from Damasa and Lilikai and down into a bag slung across his body - the same bag the artifact was in, you realize - as if to reassure himself of its contents. Looks like it contains a weird assortment of very old bits of circuitry. From somewhere in the distance you hear blaster fire.

Firith: Those sentinel droids are catching up.

Lilikai stands up and ignites her lightsaber. By the light of the blue blades you can see that this is all taking place inside some sort of cave. The shaking beneath you worsens. Damasa sits up.

Damasa: Get ready to catch the stalactite.

Lilikai: What?

Firith looks up just in time to see a huge chunk of rock breaking off from the ceiling and plummeting toward him. With the Force, he deflects it into one of the far walls. The ground beneath you abruptly tilts at a sharp angle and sends you sliding down a long way. The three Jedi end up in a heap at the bottom - but you can see daylight somewhere ahead of you. When Damasa speaks, she sounds very satisfied with herself.

Damasa: See? Took us right to the exit.

Blaster fire erupts again. Lilikai deflects a bunch of bolts.

Lilikai: And there's still a couple dozen droids between us and it.

Damasa jumps to her feet and grins. She ignites her own lightsaber, a single yellow blade.

Damasa: Then we make a hole. Try to keep up.

She takes off running toward the source of the blaster fire. Lilikai groans and runs after her, and Firith follows as the dream, or memory, or whatever this is fades away.