In character game chat

[rythmicjea]

Nova — 02/18/2021
Nova is in her room now.
Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
After the meeting, Durro goes to find Tesara.

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
Tesara is in the largest room. Practicing with her lightsaber & remote

Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
"Well done. I can see your skills improving."

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
Tesara powers down the lightsaber and turns off the remote. She is quiet. She turns to look at him, waiting for him to speak.

Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
"I got ahead of myself at the meeting, and neglected something important. What happened between finishing my lightsaber and the Queen picking me up."

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
Tesara stands, watching him.

Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
Durro looks at her, knowing she will just listen for him to continue. He gives a wry smile.
"I finally met your sister."
He holds up a hand at her subtle look of surprise.
"Yes, she was on Lanus. Came for you, she said. We had a short confrontation, nothing too serious."
"She is strong, but solely in the Dark Side. The conditions on Lanus feeds her abilities, and diminishes ours. It made our meeting... challenging. The Force was with me, and she did not prevail. I had managed to subdue her before the Queen actually arrived."
"An observation and a warning, though. She was hit full force by a derelict speeder I hurled at her. She walked away from that with only a few scrapes and a bad limp. How much of that was Lanus feeding her, and how much of it is her own durability, I have no way of knowing. Not until we cross paths again."
"I don't see her as a grave threat, personally. I am warning you though; do not underestimate her."
Durro smiles before continuing.
"Though, I don't think she means you any harm."

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
She waits a moment to see if he will continue but when he does not, she speaks. “I would be a fool to underestimate her. However, I do not believe she means me any harm. In fact, she believes that you are the one causing me harm. She says you are a liar and that I will someday come to understand that she’s right. However, I am glad that you were not injured. She indeed is very powerful. She is me from this timeline if I were twisted with hate and treated cruelly and manipulated to the Dark Side. I am her, treated with love and kindness, instilled with gifts of the light side of the Force.” Tesara speaks quietly.

Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
Durro sighs.
"Do not blame yourself. She is not beyond redemption, not unless she wants to be. You are proof to her of what she could become. Be mindful of your teachings and continue to shine the Light of the Force for her. Perhaps she will follow it to a better place. If not, you've done what you can. Nobody is beyond redemption, but at the same time they have to want it. If someone does not want to be saved, then you cannot save them."
"It's a hard truth to accept, even for the Jedi."

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
“If I could save everyone, I would. But there is no light without the dark and no dark without the light. All I can do is my best each day. I am not perfect, and neither is anyone else.”
“I care for her, in an odd sort of way. I wish peace for her.”

Durro Skywalker — 02/18/2021
Durro smiles at her.
"That's good. If a Jedi loses their compassion, then they've lost their way."
He gestures behind her.
"I'll let you get back to your exercises."
He turns to leave and adds with a smile in his voice
"You're not done until you can best me in lightsaber combat."

Tesara Anerin — 02/18/2021
“Then I have a long way to go. But I still beat you at hunting.” She picks up the remote and her lightsaber, powering it on and closing her eyes.

Nova — 02/19/2021
Nova waited at Durro's door for him, having checked if he was inside. She tried to be calm and collected but she almost seemed uneasy and was trying to keep herself from just hiding like she did after her little spat with Lysire long ago.

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
Durro's voice comes through the door.
"Come in, Nova."

Nova — 02/19/2021
After a few moments of hesitation, Nova opens the door and carefully enters. She made sure it shut but didn't move anymore inside. "Hello Durro, I suppose we should probably talk in depth of what I learned and why due to not knowing the full extent of the information caused the mess as it did....Well the mess I caused."

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
Durro gestures for her to sit, and offers her some of the tea he had brought for meditation.
"What do you want to know?"

Nova — 02/19/2021
Again with some hesitation, Nova moved to a chair, moved it so she can sit and hug the back of the chair. "First off, I should probably explain why I was so far away from the crew at the dinner meeting." She fiddled with the design on the chair not looking at Durro. "The only people I know enough about is Ryan, Ava, and Sinya... And a bit of Lysire at the morning meeting. Due to not know how to approach any subject about your history or anything else, I went about it the same way I did with Sinya and that was giving information and getting something greater in return which is what I knew Vala wanted but due to not knowing what you knew, caused me to go about it thinking I had the better outcome of getting the greater information." She then shakes her head as she continues, "But everytime I gave you or even Tesara information I never got anything in return. Which caused a rift in trust of the information you give to me in return. Sadly I know that approach isn't exactly fool proof and I knew that but as you said tonight, we are stuck together now." Nova looked up slightly at Durro. "Due to our lack in communication and relaying information, I made everything a mess but at the same time not really. Because I didn't know that Lysire had that dark spirit in her, I couldn't relay that she was reacting with Lanus... Vala was interested in that, how much did Lanus' storms did Lysire react to. I only was able to relay what I saw on our 30 day trek to the cave, how she wasn't doing well to the storms but probably not to the extent Vala wanted which is probably why she let us leave easily since she might think that the ritual was never completed."

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
Durro can sense the conflict swirling around the room. He sips his tea.
"I know the Jedi can seem aloof much of the time. Our practices are alien to most species and cultures, most do not understand them or even attempt to. We are used to keeping to ourselves, save what we do to help others."
He sighs.
"That was made worse by the Empire. Once there were 10,000 Jedi Knights keeping peace and order in the galaxy. Then the Republic declared the Jedi traitors and wiped them all out. I was spared, and I was told a small handful of others survived and are in hiding. In such a hostile environment, keeping to ourselves is how we stay alive."
He paused for a moment and looks at Nova.
"We are a crew now, though; I'll do my best not to hide from you. I know you like learning about people through databases, but I would not have been easy to find in our universe, due to the Imperial ban on Jedi knowledge. And of course, we are not native to this universe. What do you want to know?"

Nova — 02/19/2021
"You are alive doing the clan wars, correct? Even fought during it? I am only asking because Vala was able to know about the clan wars which is odd since this time period probably hasn't had that happen yet. And I am not sure if what she said is true about my parents, since she has said that they, or my family name fought in the war." She then softly smiles, "Right now I want to get back to the holonet and see what is going down with Baklid."

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
"Yes, I fought in the Clone Wars, alongside my master and countless clone troopers."
Durro furrows his brow.
"It is odd that she would know of the Clone Wars. I know there is at least one other ship that made it through to this universe from ours. Perhaps she gained information from another source native to our reality."
"I will meditate on this. You should research current events on Baklid. Let us know what you find."

Nova — 02/19/2021
Nova pondered for a moment. "Actually thinking back on it, it wasn't that my parents fought in the clone wars, more so that they became refugees afterwards. Regardless of that small mistake involving my family, I will go back to my research. Actually so that I don't relay something you probably already know since your talk with the Queen of Baklid at the end of those 30 days. What did she tell you about it before she left?"

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
"She mentioned that the planet is locked down tightly. There has been fighting between the Coruscant Jedi and the Olivan Jedi, as well as between Republic forces and the resistance movements on Baklid. In short, there is conflict everywhere and more on the horizon."

Nova — 02/19/2021
Nova gives a nod. "That seems about right with what we heard on our way up to Vala's palace." She then got up to leave. "Well I should probably go do my research so that we know what we are approaching."

Durro Skywalker — 02/19/2021
Durro nods and returns to his tea and meditation.

Nova — 02/20/2021
Nova calls a meeting at the common room where the holo-net is. She informs Ryan that travel to Baklid will be very difficult as it is full lockdown which includes the space in the system around Baklid. (( @Tesara Anerin @Ava Forma @Kaleb Wren @TheTraveler ))

TheTraveler — 02/20/2021
Sinya's Signs is this woman for real

Nova — 02/20/2021
Nova signs Mhm, I know.
Nova is snickering on the Arc 1.
Nova gets up and heads back up to the Arc 1.

Ava Forma — 02/20/2021

On the ship headed to the planet ava will seek out nova and find her. She approachs nova " hey, so I have an assumption but was curious if it matches. Why didn't you answer when I called you? "

Nova — 02/20/2021
Nova was currently in the kitchen after having given Ryan the information. "Because it isn't hard to read what was happening when you were sitting right next to her doing it." She stated before sitting at the table.

TheTraveler — 02/21/2021

aboard the ARC-175, in the crew bunk area

Lysire walked up and set down on the edge of Kaleb's bunk. Her eyes were soft as always, "I heard the mission was a success," she said with clear confusion in her voice.

"Though there appears to be a tension with the crew upon your return," she added softly.

"Can you tell me what happened," she asked. Her tone was intentionally set to keep her voice low and calm.

Kaleb Wren — 02/21/2021
Kaleb put down the weapon he had with him ever since he helped rescue her. He had stripped it and rebuilt it so many times now that he prob could do it blindfolded. This was his way of processing things, to return to the basics that he had been taught. Which was to know the weapons you were using because your life depended on it. He was doing the same to the armor, which was currently off to the side, as well. He took a deep breath and then began to tell Lysire everything that had happened on the ship and afterwards. He held nothing back from her.

TheTraveler — 02/21/2021

Lysire listened attentively as Kaleb spoke. Her eyes betrayed her emotions. It was clear the news bothered her.

She let out a heavy and long sigh, "hatred for the Jedi run deep."

She shifted uncomfortable as if facing her own demons as well. "Growing up in a Jedi Prison was nothing compared to what I know Sinya has gone through."

She shook her head as if catching herself, "I mean, I am not making excuses for what she did. Well tried to do."

Her frown grew as she gazed in to his eyes as if searching for some measure of understanding. "I can understand why she hates so much."

Hopefully that what she saw was understanding, "I am glad you didn't shoot her." She then allowed herself a slight bit of laughter. "Stun or otherwise," she added.

Kaleb Wren — 02/21/2021
"I was close." he told Lysire. "There are those that believe that anger can give you focus, and for the most part that is true. But as I was taught it can also blind you to what is needed. Keep you seeing for the greater good." he said as he remembered being told that it was because of his grandfather's hatred of the Jedi that had been passed down for generations that he was clanless. You he had the name, but that was it. But here in this time he could change that. He knew the clan existed here.

TheTraveler — 02/21/2021

She nodded slowly, "you are not wrong. But that also completely ignores the wound in which the hatred," she paused and backed up. "Anger really isn't the right word here."

She leaned back trying to get more comfortable on the military style pull down bunk. "This is beyond anger Kaleb."

She blinked softly as her eyes traced his face, "she hates them and all those who embrace them." She fought the frown, "I understand why."

She motioned back towards him, "she is like our big sister who has been wronged. Have you ever set down with her like you have with me and spoke about the source of her hatred."

Finally she found a smile, "you know she and you have more in common than you know. She was raised a partisan fighter. Her childhood was nothing but conflict."

She leaned forward and rested a soft hand on his knee, "wouldn't you inspect a malfunctioning weapon for the cause rather than just toss the weapon away?"

Durro Skywalker — 02/21/2021
Once the party has gone their separate ways aboard the Jupiter 1, Durro knocks on the door of Tesara's quarters.