A light touch from Quantros brought Lyla out of her trance. The scene she awoke to was one of disarray. The underwater city was subdued. Order was beginning to be restored in the market with many Sedrians recovering from wounds received from stinger fish. Around the Great Shell Dome were the bodies of many warrior monks and renegades. Also just at the entrance to the dome were Tera, Klyn and Chu-Shkar, a captive Sedrian unarmed was with them.

As the worked out what to do with the captive Sedrian the leader of the Sedrian people came to them. High Priest Cardo thanked them for coming to the aid of Fitsay.

The High Priest looked at Chu-Shkar and his injuries "what I am about to show you is the greatest gift that was ever bestowed upon an unworthy people. I ask only that you show proper respect to this power we have been given" with that Cardo manipulated a hidden mechanism near the slight opening in the dome. Even the small amount of light that spilt out was blinding. A low grinding hummed filled the water. The bright golden crack widened further and even more incredibly bright golden beams shot out into the sea. The once green waters turned from yellow then to gleam with gold, dazzling eyes and filling all to witness it with the a feeling of immense power. A golden glow surrounded Chu-Shkar, its power held him, he felt his wounds heal and his anger fade.

The dome continued to open further until the walls receded into the ocean floor. Inside lay an entrance to a coral cave. As far as the eye can see the ocean had turned gold in colour.

OOC Chu-Shkar heals all damage.

Chu-Shkar had never felt such a feeling before. It was like being bathed in warm water, but from the inside as well. It washed over him, filling his very essence with warmth and peace. Letting out a soft growl, of pleasure, Chu-Shkar basked in the light. He was unable to thank Cardo, as the feeling was too intense for him to speak. Looking at Cardo though, he could see he didn't need to. The Sedrian understood the look all too well.

Tera was in awe at the golden light. the light alone was enough to draw her attention, but the healing properties had her moth open. "Such a gift....I'm speechless. Thank you for sharing this with us." A small secret part of her was curious to figure out what exactly was going on. Her eyes watched everything, drinking in the experience around her. Something she could never forget.

Snapped out of her trance/nap, Lyla was bewildered, finding herself suddenly some place completely different and all cruk going on around her. 'What—?' she began, with too many questions to ask as she gradually got her bearings again. Then the pain hit her again; duller and not as great as before, but no less debilitating. 'Ow...' she groaned, inspecting her wounds, finding them shallower than she remembered, with the blood washed away and clotting and scabbing over. 'Huh. Mustn't have been as bad as I thought.'

She found herself with the others, High Priest Cardo was there, and before she knew it, he was opening a giant clam. Okay... She was too stunned and sleepy to know quite what was going on, before the golden light flooded out and engulfed her. In reflection, Lyla's orange twi'lek skin glowed golden in the light.

She felt... like she was in a warm, relaxing bath, all her aches and cares washing away. It numbed her to the pain, to the feeling of flesh and skin crawling, knitting back together. Soon the glow was gone, along with the savage narglatch claw rents, as well as old blaster burns, grazes, and scars, until she was good as new again. There was no way the sceptic in her could deny that, and it hadn't needed Jedi tricks either. 'By the Goddess,' Lyla breathed in awe, 'The Great Bantha, the Jedi Force, and the Golden Sun too.' She touched her tails in gratitude. 'Thank you, we're honoured by your gift of healing light. Is this the Golden Sun?' And the Imperials wanted to turn it into a weapon.
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Jason is rather amazed by this golden light that seems to have almost regenerative properties. Yet at the same time it concerns him. With such a power, the empire will never leave these people alone. They will want that power for themselves. There are also the signs of a battle everywhere around them.

"What happened here? It looks like a warzone.."

Klyn too was impressed by the strange power and watched in amazement his small wound heal itself incredibly quickly.

His first rational thought, as soon as he closed his gaping mouth, was that the Empire should never get its hands on this, whatever the price.  This was all too much mysticism for him, so he decided not to think about it anymore, leaving it to people more used to strange things.

He was relieved to see Lyla's terrible wounds were healed too, as her arrival in such a dire state had him really worried.  The looks he shot at the two who were supposed to help her could have melted an iceberg.  But settling this would have to wait.

"There is more dissidence among those people than we thought." answered Klyn.
"A small group took matters in their hands and decided to attack. We were ill equipped to be off any effective help - curse those bloody waters - so they wounded many but, mainly, they stole a strange crystal and fled with it." 
He turned to face the priest before adding:
"Which prompts the next question: what exactly did they steal?"

As the Rebels basked in the golden light the coral reef that had been hidden by the Great Shell Dome was visible to all. The reef had hollows and passages that formed a network of chambers which Cardo explained was called the Sun Caves.

"They have stolen a part of the Sun Caves" the High Priest shook his head "why?" he asked and turned to the prisoner Chu-Shkar had captured and asked again"why?"

The renegade held himself proudly. He wore a blue armband with a broken sea shell pattern engraved upon it "not only have you locked away the Golden Sun from our people High Priest you have taken to dealing with thieving aliens" the Sedrian snorted at the Rebels "we will free the Golden Sun and make it available to all our people. That is Karak's dream, that is what we fight for. Those aliens that stand beside you are weak and unable to breathe the life-giving waters of our planet. We know, for we have one in our camp. A prisoner who shall pay for his crimes against the people".

Tera beamed with happiness. "Do you hear the song too?" she asked the others, excitedly.

She turned to the renegade, frowning "You realise what you've done isn't give the golden sun to your people. It is to give the golden sun to those who would enslave your people. This isn't an internal dispute. Your leader is collaborating with the Empire." she paused for a moment "You know the prisoner you are keeping is the one we are looking for. What crimes has he committed?"

Almost incapable of getting angry while the light was on him, Chu-Shkar was nevertheless alerted by the statement that the renegade stated. [Language unknown: "Onen ecouesto, ni a linus ul nc utven Ortlinera Fonti? E iswh a lamo ulntal diheal ic alla evethithevir?"]

'We don't want your Golden Sun,' Lyla retorted to the Sedrian prisoner, and clarified 'We don't want to take it from you. We want to stop the Empire, the fish-killers, from stealing it and using it as a weapon.' On the other hand, she figured Cardo could stand to share it for the sake of peace on Sedri, but that wasn't the issue right now, and it wasn't worth annoying him.

She was more worried to hear of the prisoner, knowing in her tails it had to be Mors Odrion. He'd been there all along, she realised with dread, but at least the dissident confirm one thing – he was still alive. This dissident could tell them where Karak was camped out, where Odrion was held, if they could break his faith and get him to talk. 'We have proof that Karak is dealing with the fish-killers, look.' Lyla pulled out her camera, and played the footage she'd taken of Karak's meeting with Aban, his promise to break the Great Shell ahead of an attack on Fitsay in three days' time. 'And we heard from the fish-killers themselves they plan to steal the Golden Sun.'

"And you know the fish killers are just as incapable of breathing water as we are. The real question is, do you want to ally yourself with people who will leave you alone when the waters settle, or people who will come in and take all that is yours?"

The exchange gave many clues about the situation, and especially the part about the prisoner.

Adding his words to the many information given to their prisoner he continued
"And we have proof those fish killer attacked one of your people near the surface, without provocation, only because he could have said something against them."

The renegade barked to Tera with boldness "the prisoner is being held prisoner because he is a thief".

When Lyla presented him with proof that his leader Karak was corrupt his defiance slipped away and his broad shoulders slumped in defeat "no" he cried to himself "I renounce Karak" the renegade was clearly depressed. Aghast he shook his head "I believed Karak was a leader of truth and goodness".

"Well, in fact he was a greedy bastard who didn't care a bit about your people but just wanted more power and more coins... how unsurprising..."
commented Klyn. Apparently, he had met others like him.

"And what did he steal?" he asked, a bit curious.
"While we are talking about prisoners, what did you do to the poor woman who was with him but managed to escape?"

'Well, you wouldn't be the first to follow a politician who promised change but turned out to be a corrupt, power-hungry scumbag like the rest.' Lyla told the captive dryly. She showed the footage to Cardo and other interested Sedrians before putting her camera away.

'If Karak lied to you about the fish-killers and everything, then he probably lied to you about your prisoner as well. If it's Mors Odrion, then he wasn't here to steal anything. He was here to warn your people about the Imperials, same as us. So what did Karak say?'

Tera talked calmly to the renegade "Well, more importantly. Do you think this proof would be enough to sway the other renegades? Can you tell us more about where Mors Odrion is kept? And perhaps most important...what does he intend to do with the piece of Golden Sun that has been taken from this place?"