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RE: Unna Hi Chaanu
Unna ventured to the flight deck of The Vengence to rendezvous with Sola and Duncan for their lunchtime meeting. As she waited, she took her music player out of her bag and inserted the mixtape she had just purchased from Josie. "It really was all about the music," she laughed to herself as she pressed the play button and closed her eyes as she listened to the music and waited for the others.
After the meeting, Unna excused herself from Duncan and Sola to follow Master Stephen to his library. She felt she could gain more insight into him alone than she could in the company of Duncan, who Master Stephen seemed closed off toward. Master Stephen showed Unna the modest library and shared with her the reasons why he seemed so apathetic toward the people of Fray.
First of all, he never wanted to be stationed here. He was supposed to be exploring the origins of the Jedi on Oasis, but was pulled from the task due to being perceived as someone who could work with Guardian Exports without offending the locals of Fray. The only silver lining was being in Baku, which he loved for how it reminded him of Alderaan. He tried to reach out to the people of Fray, only to have a precious one of a kind book from his own personal collection torched. He managed to save it and showed the half-burned book to Unna. With tears in his eyes, he turned the pages to show Unna what remained of the images inside. Unna saw half-charred images of people and worlds long lost to the galaxy. The book was so old that the name of the temple that Master Stephen found it in was long forgotten. Unna could feel his pain through her empathic abilities and tried to give him a comforting hand on the shoulder, despite knowing her efforts would likely be of no comfort.
Once she left the Library, Unna contacted Duncan and Sola to let them know she would be a while. She then ventured to the Garden of a Thousand Fountains. She thought of her dear friend, Tristan, the former Lady Baku. Unna knew she could not find the peace needed to commune with the memory of her friend outside the wall, so the only place she could think to go to connect to the memories was the garden that was built for her. For the first time since Unna first heard the heartbreaking news, Unna took the time to feel the emotions ripping her heart from her chest and destroying it like the vandals destroyed Master Stephen's book. It was the first time Unna let her sorrow flow freely since the death of hers and Auro's families. Tristan was the first and only person she had allowed into her heart since the Enclave. Unna leaned over one of the fountains. Her tears hit the surface of the flowing waters like the pouring rain as she wept for her beloved friend.
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