The two girls who were chastised by Master Channing seemed more reluctant to accomplish their task now that they were informed that their emotions needed to be calmed. One, a Sith; the other, a Jedi. Neither a friend or enemy of Kardge's for the time being, but they were part of his unit. In Kardge's mind, military might meant that everyone pull their share of the duties and accomplish them without fail. Failure was not an option, and Kardge refused to fail on the account of two estrogen-filled females. He approached them slowly and calmly, placing his hands on their shoulders, standing between them. "We have a task to accomplish ladies. Lets not disappoint our superiors, no matter how untrusting they may seem," Kardge whispered to them, nodding his head in the direction of Channing.

He stood at attention between the two girls, mostly to keep an eye on them and make sure they didn't go into another dramatic episode, but mainly to see that the task was accomplished. Many of the other students hadn't begun to assemble themselves yet, and Kardge, being new to mastering the Force to manipulate objects, found that charging headlong into battle against several thousand Wookiees would be easier than taking on the trials demanding his attention at Ispen's. Man, woman, and child alike... all were mysteries to Kardge, and the young mercenary would have to learn there was more to the universe than aiming your shot and taking the kill.

Kaylee Channing
Meditation Courtyard, Ispen’s Force Academy

Kaylee did not want to interfere with the students thought process — she wanted to see how they did on their own. Happily, it seemed they were doing pretty well, for students who had never done this before. Lierka and Rai approached the task tentatively at first, but Kaylee noticed Kardge urging them to concentrate. They did, and the ball began to wobble. As Kaylee observed, it slowly rose up about half a meter about the ground.

“Good work everyone, keep it up,” Master Channing urged.

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Vic continued to manipulate his pedal for several moments. Suddenly, the alterations grew harder as his concentration began to fade. He then slipped completely out of his trance, and the pedal fell to the ground. Vic gave a scowl at the source of his distraction; two ladies talking with the one named Kardge. Luckily, the headmistress intervened in their conversation, and Vic closed his eyes once more.

Vic didn't get very far in manipulating the pedal; a noise was heard in the center of the circle Vic and the rest of the students had made. He opened his eyes, allowing the pedal to fall to the ground again. Rising on a platform was a huge ball that looked like someone went to the junkyard and rolled up as many metal objects as they could into a ball.

"I don't recall exactly how much this thing weighs, but it's an awful lot," said Master Channing, her voice sounding as beautiful as she looked. "The first exercise was individual; now you need to work together. The other masters will have my head if this thing stays here any longer, so let's get it off the platform and over there so we can have a maintenance ship pick it up." She gestured to the far left corner, which was a distance Vic could not move even the small pedal over. "Again, this is all about control, but also exploration. See what you can do when you work together."

Vic closed his eyes, stretching out with the Force, grasping a hold of the metal heap with his mind. He attempted to lift, but it was too large to do by himself as he suspected. He reached out for the other students, feeling that they were all doing the same as he was. All the students melded together through the Force, and all were concentrated on the huge heap of metal. Vic tried once more to lift, and so did all the others. The ball felt lighter; far lighter. It was as if he were lifting the pedal again, as the heap of metal moved half a meter above the ground.

"Good work everyone," said Master Channing. "Keep it up." Her words fed strength to Victor, and he felt the ball move even more. There was no doubt that the metal heap would be in it's designated spot in no time.