Semater

The first order of business was defense. As the Jedi knight made a few slow swings, Semater would intercept them with a good, equally slow defense. it was more of a training session than a spar at first. However, as the Jedi's attacks got faster, Semater had to pick up the pace. He stumbled a few times, however, his defense still held up. However, when it was time to go on the offensive, it was clear that that it was his weakness. He attacked by swinging his arm, not using his wrists like he was doing defensively. Not only that, his attacks left his attacking arm open, along with other openings that the jedi could pick out. It was obvious he was going to need training as far as offensive technique was concerned, but the Bothan was pretty solid when on the defense.

Semater's concentration was broken by the sudden outburst intrusion that seemed to then leave as suddenly as it came. He gave the jedi a nod before following the knight. When instructed to, he removed a sword from the wall. Fighting with a sword was going to be a much different experience than what he was used to, fighting with a staff. He held the sword, feeling the weight of it. Taking a few steps back, the bothan took a few practice swings in an x like manner to get a better feel for the vibro-sword. Once he felt confident, he held the sword in one hand, close to his chest and horizontal, leaning his upper-body back some. His weight was placed on the back foot, readying to either push forward or backwards. He gave a nod to the jedi when he felt he was ready.

Semater watched as Nemo hoisted the book into the air using the force. It was one thing to 'see' using the force as he recently did, but this was manipulating the force. Although it looked simple and sounded simple, nothing in life was truly that simple. Following Nemo's instructions, Semater closed his eyes and calmed his mind, clearing it of idle thoughts. Once agian, he saw as he did before, only this time he would focus his thoughts and force vision on the book itself. Lifting out his left paw at the book, he tried to project his arm towards the book, trying to use the force as an extension of himself. It would take a few minutesfor him to actually make a connection with the book, He began to lift it, but his grasp was shaky. Only a few centemeters off of the ground and it was fumbling about. Semater was straining to lift it. Then Semater shook his head to clear out the strain and took a deep breath. The book itself stopped shaking all about. Semtaer held his paw out withe the palm and fingers flat, facing upward and held out like he was holding the book in his paw and then lifted his hand slowly upward. The book would rise at the same speed his hand did. Semater kept a rythmic breathing cycle to keep his mind from straining too much with the excercise.

Semater gave a nod and closed his eyes, clearing his mind of idle thoughts until all was still within. As he relaxed, he could see the auras of the other force sensative and that of the jedi knight before him. The jedi's aura was much larger and focused than his own and the other. Everything else also radiated with a light glow, as though he were seeing what he saw before but through different eyes. "I see the room and both you and the other human, but not with normal color. it's like, everything is radiating with differentstrengths and colors of aura. the floors and the walls only faintly glow, while yours is larger, more solid. Rufus also holds a glow, but it is not solid like yours. I see my own a swell but it too is not solid. I can't really see much detail. It's like a shaded blur, but with some definition. I'm not sure I can really describe it" he says. He looks at his own limbs yet his eyes remain closed, as though he were looking through a virtual reality helm.

Semater gave it a biot of thought, but would relate his answer to what he felt to be true, at least for him. "It is the heartbeat of the universe. A sort of natural balance that flows in all things. On one hand, you have that which brings up, heals and creates; the light side of the force. On the other you have that which purges, destroys and culls the opposite side; the dark side of the force. Both are nessicary, even if we don't like one side more than the other. Too much good will weaken people's ability to defend themselves and others, as all things would eventually becomes stagnant. Too much evil will bring chaos, destruction, oppression and death to many." He related most of what he felt the force to be based on nature itself and his personal observations of how nature works. It was something that was neither inheritantly evil or good; it simply exists and unites the universe together.

Semater gave a bow of his head to the Jedi Knight. "I am Samater Rukario from the planet of Bothawui. A pleasure to meet you sir Nemo." Semater replied to the jedi knight Nemo. "I have some combat skill, but only self-taught self-defense with a bo staff and blaster." He added. He felt if he was going to train it would be best to at least let the knight know that he at least had a foundation to work upwards from. He could hold his own in a normal fight, but not much more than that, and he had only been in a scarce few fights defending himself from thugs and muggers on his travels towards Gala.

"Thank you very much good sir." he introduced himself in a calm and respectful tone of voice. Semater followed the Jedi Knight to the Jedi training chamber. The training area looked quite advanced compared to other types of training areas he had seen before, and certainly more advanced than the training driods he had built back on his homeworld when he was training with his bo staff and blasters. "Wow, this place is amazing." he spoke quietly, almost to himself as he looked around. However, he soon stoped gazing about and looked to the Jedi Knight. He would wait patiently then to see what would happen next. He was eager to learn about the Force and had been ever since he learned that he was sensative to it, able to 'feel' it where normal people could not. Obviously not as well as a padawan or jedi could, or anyone trained in the ways of the Force, but it was still there. It was a curiosity that had called to him for a long time.

Semater stumbled forward a bit as the someone bumped into him. Turning around, he saw it was a human. And judging from the human's response, the guy was as new to the temple as he himself was. "It's alright. It's my first time here as well. It certainly is grander than what I was told it would be like." Semater replied. He was still a bit confused as to where he needed to go. There wasn't any map he could look at. Instead, he would simply clear his mind and start walking where ever his intuition would lead him. In a sense, he was trying to let the Force guide his feet, though in reality he was simply letting his gut direct him through the hallways.

After his arrival into the Republic base, Semater was then shuttled over to the Jedi temple by one of the Republic transports. Semater looked in wonder at the temple. All he had ever seen of the world was mostly his homeworld and a few other planets on the outer rim. He felt a bit anxious, excited, yet at the same time determined and realistic. He had no delusions of grandure about becomming a Jedi, no thoughts about being some great hero. He wanted to help people and planets in ways that only a Jedi could. Once the transport dropped him off, Semater and his remote droid began to head into the temple. He neded to find someone who could direct him to where he needed to go and who he needed to see to begin training with the Force in order to become a padawan.

CHARACTER SHEET Real Name: Semater Ra'sava Nickname: none Age: 18 Species: Bothan Height: 5ft 2in Weight: 145 lbs Fur: Brown, well groomed Eyes: Blue Sex: Male Homeworld: Bothawui Alignment: Neutral Good [Helps people he feels actually need help;frowns upon giving handouts when what's needed is simply education and experience. Can sometimes do things outside of the code/law to ccomplish a greater good, but not too far outside of the rules.] Clothing: Weapon: Wooden Bo Staff, Gee-Tech 12 Defender, Hold-Out Blaster Force User or Non-Force User: Force Sensative Inventory: Wooden Bo Staff, clothing, driod repair kit, Tinkering kit, Gee-Tech 12 Defender, Hold-Out Blaster, datapad, holocrom, R1M5 Remote Droid