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I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - Gar - 08-08-2017
Ni awoke with a headache. It took a moment for her to remember where she was. She inhaled sharply as the memories flooded her consciousness. "Stop, stop, stop," Ni mouthed silently to herself, squeezing her eyes shut and willing her thoughts to turn to the story that Bay had read to her. The Zeltron carefully slipped out of bed and made her way to the bathroom, entering to discover that she had left it a mess. She scolded herself quietly for being so inconsiderate.
Ni began washing the dirty towels in the sink, deliberately ignoring the pile of clothes on the floor. She rinsed and rung out the water from the fabric, then hung them on the shower rod to dry. Ni took several deep breaths before finally turning to collect her dancing outfit and underwear from the floor. As she balled up the clothing tightly between her hands the image of a tortured, empathetic face with black curly hair surfaced in her mind.
Zay.
Ni bit her lip nervously and started walking, once again busying her mind with details from Bay's story, the girl that lived in the forest. She wondered what it would be like to live in the forest. Then, abruptly, she recalled that Gadeon had planned on leaving the planet today. A cold chill ran down her spine and she stopped in her tracks. "Gaddy..."
The Zeltron quickly walked back to the room where Bay had collected the samples. Sure enough, her datapad was there, sitting off to the side. She saw that the time read 0604; she had only been asleep for a few hours. Ni knew that Gadeon would be awake for his morning meditation. She typed him a message on her comm:
Quote:Good morning, Gaddy! Its a beautiful day!! Can I talk with you?
Then she typed a message to Bay as she exited the ship:
Quote:Hey Bugsie, I'm sorry if I worried you last night, I guess seeing your sister in her current situation really got to me. But I'm confidant we can crack this one! I'm on my walk to talk to Gaddy.
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - aipsylon - 08-08-2017
Gadeon was taking the opportunity to train. He had been meditating and during that time he had realized it had been months since he had used his lightsaber. Not wishing to become rusty, he had activated a pair of training remotes. Letting them Hoover in the air he was having them each step up their difficulty, starting at their lowest level. When Ni's call came in he finished the level he was on then headed over to look at the message.
He stopped for a moment, sending a message back to Ni.
:: Certainly, I am in training room C of the temple.::
Setting down the com, he at the remotes back three levels and began in again, training until Ni arrived.
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - Gar - 08-08-2017
As Ni made her way through the dock she tossed her bundle of clothing into one of the public garbage collectors and immediately felt an immense sense of relief. By the time she reached the Falcon she received Gadeon's response. The Zeltron tip toed through the corridors and loosened the draw strings on her shorts, stripping down as she went. When she reached her bunk she wasted no time in slipping into her normal leather outfit and stuffing Bay's clothes deep into her wardrobe. She hid away her light saber into one of her leather straps.
To Gadeon she replied:
Quote:Almost there, about 20 minutes away.
Ni finally arrived almost an hour after her initial message. She smiled apologetically and sat a fair distance from Gadeon to give him room to train, waiting for him to finish.
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - aipsylon - 08-08-2017
Gadeon finished the level that he was on, the shot stinging his arm as he deactivated his light saber. Stepping over toward Ni. The bruises on her neck evident enough to bring a frown to his face. Headed over, never having really approved of he rough choices, but they were hers to make. "Good morning Ni, what did you want to talk about?"
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - Gar - 08-08-2017
"Good morning! I'm not used to seeing you with a light saber!" commented Ni cheerfully, sitting up on her knees and gently taking his hands to inspect the spot where the shot had stung him. The Zeltron channeled the force for a moment to heal this minor injury, then sat back on her ankles and placed her hands in her lap.
Ni looked up at Gadeon with an apologetic expression and blurted out emphatically, "Gaddy, I found a damsel in distress. Her name is Zay. She is Bay's sister. We gotta help her, Gaddy! But she isn't the only one, a lot of clones are suffering, they all need our help. I can't leave Corruscant until I can do this for them." She worried her lower lip as she paused to await his response.
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - aipsylon - 08-08-2017
Gadeon nodded. "Well it is always with me, I just find little need for it. I have thought about that and with everything that comes at us I have decided that I should need to keep my skills with it sharp even if it is not how I choose to fight. Where I come from these weapons stood as a symbol of order, and order that handles peace. It seems that the force has guided us to stand for order and for light both.
He gave a little frown. "Ni, I don't know what to tell you other than what I said when you asked about a meeting with the chancellor on the same topic. I looked at it and well simply put the proponents of the free clone movements have gone more and more with the OPA, Zay there may be a way of helping, but I cannot see a way within my power to sway the opinion of a galaxy nor to free them by any means. Can you?"
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - Gar - 08-08-2017
"I have to try, Gaddy!" answered Ni passionately, "Besides, the chancellor is being a dummy! This Orchid person is helping to free clones, and they have emancipated clone armies! Which means not only a massive race of people are against us--the people that hate slavery have reason to hate us as well. Which also means the people that DO like slavery end up on our side and--" she sighs, "that is just terrible! Its in the best interest of everyone to free the clones!"
Ni pauses thoughtfully and frowns. "But I can't speak to the chancellor alone. I'm a Zeltron, no one takes us seriously..." her eyes narrowed, "Unna isn't taking me seriously. She said she wanted me to interpretative dance my proposal. I won't be getting any help from her..." she shrugged, "I don't even know why I should need to explain to some big-time leader like Syrdash why slavery shouldn't be allowed! It is common sense!! But I have to try, and if I can't succeed...Then I don't see any good reason to help the Republic stay in power. If anything..." Ni had to avert her eyes as she confessed, "I'd like to join the OPA. None of their complaints seem unreasonable! And at least they have the common sense to give sentient beings the freedom they deserve." The Zeltron kept her eyes turned to the ground, wary of Gadeon's reaction.
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - aipsylon - 08-08-2017
"If you can tell me a way that you can succeed, then I will do what I can to help, and more and more I wonder if the republic as it stands is worth defending. What it once stood for, that I believe is worth defending. People can be made to see what it is right and what is wrong, but they need an example to show them that. It is something I have learned from Graff. He tells lies to seem a Lord of light master of the church of heaven. Much of what he does is wrong, but not all of it Ni, he shines as an example of what he believes is right and lives by it." He pressed his lips together. "We cannot oppose the republic on its path to slavery, we cannot change the chancellors mind, the votes have been far too far off." Then his face turned to that, his pensive face.
"You know I think that I have come up with a way, If you and Unna work together you may be able to make a difference, but you will have to work with her, you will have to work with the system, Work with Unna, I will go with you if this is what is truly important to you, but these battles are not like the ones we fought in the outer rim, these are far bigger and take far longer. Ni, if you want to make a difference like this, you have to become someone that I think you were, and someone that I believe you will be again."
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - Gar - 08-08-2017
Upon hearing Gadeon's last words, Ni reflexively laughed. The laugh seemed out of place, tinged with a bitter edge that Gadeon had never heard from her before. "Gaddy, the only thing I was and I ever will be to anyone is a Zeltron. I've made my peace with that." She shook her head and squeezed her hands together in her lap, sighing, "As for the votes, you said so yourself that they were rigged. Is Unna really the only option? I'm open to hearing your suggestion, but she always seems much too absorbed in her own private affairs to bother with something like this, let alone work with me."
RE: I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this. Have a nice day! - aipsylon - 08-08-2017
GAdeon did not miss the bitter twinge in her laugh, was Ni jaded from something, when had that happened, he closed his eyes and shook his head before opening his eyes once more. "I know you Ni, you lie with the best of them so maybe you have pulled the wool over my eyes, maybe you pulled the wool over Master Henoch's eyes as well, but look me in the eyes and make me believe that Master Henoch saw you as nothing but some Zeltron no more worthy than any other." He paused not even long enough for her to take a breath. "Don't laugh it off or joke, or oh Gaddy me either, Ni." He looked to her eyes and would not break away from them.
His mid was racing as he looked to her, she would definitely see that in him and he had never been one for hiding his feelings, he was filled with anxiety and hope both in equal measure. One thing that was absent from him was doubt as he watched to see what she would choose.