Haruun Kal

[Serpe]

"Open the... doors?" Moon repeated, dumbfounded. She looked at her hands and thought. She closed her eyes hard, and imagined the Force being pulled into her and concentrating in her hands. She imagined it as a blue wind, wrapping her body and then eventually around her hands. She clenched her eyes closed even harder, her white skin gaining a pinkish hue around her cheeks and neck. Her teeth flared, she finally imagined throwing the two balls of energy as one at the door...

 

And managed to knock it off its hinges only slightly. The door opened far enough for them to walk through and a large dent sat in the center of the door. She looked at her hands again, blinking hard. She then turned her head to Kautra. "How did... Did I seriously just do that?!" She exclaimed, pointing to the door.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra smiled, at the question. It had been some time since someone so unskilled in the force had been with him. He gave a wink to her and rose his hand towards the door.

 

"You did just do that, but I was hoping for somthing like this." As he finished his sentence, Kautra pulled the force to his palm, and unleashed it on the bent doors. They blew off their frame, and flew into the room ahead of them. The clanged and clattered as the moved down the room. They came to a stop against a large piece of equipment.

 

He was content on his show of force. Not wanting to show up his apprentice, but to allow her to see what one could do with the force. "You'll get the hang of it"

 

They stepped into the room and began to look around for the main console. Passing by many dusty construction droids, and workers. They made their way to the far corner of the room, where the console was housed in a small glass room.

 

Kautra stepped into the small room, and flipped a few switchs on the pad. What few lights that worked, flickered on with a slight humm. Lighting up the expansive room. The damage was worse then Kautra had thought. There seemed to only be roughly 50 construction and worker droids that wern't under large piles of debris. A little dis-heartened, Kautra pressed a few buttons and opened the security panel of the console.

 

Kautra stopped to think for a few moments, it had been a while since he had had that knowledge, and he had to think about it for a second. He input the code, that unlocked the maintance selection on the computer screen. Within a few minutes, Kautra had the few remaining droids activated. He input instructions to begin cleaning away the debris, and to get the lifts up and running.

 

With some creaking the droids began their teadious work.

 

"There we go, now we head back up. We have to make our way to the nearist village"

[Serpe]

"Townsfolk..." Moon said, beginning to think back as they made their way up the stairs and back into the main floor. "Hopefully they're not like Mando's. Killing those they feel unfit..." She paused, and smirked. "At least, for you I hope. People like that are my kind of people!"

 

She let out a slight laugh, obviously not worried about the upcoming village people. Moon was the joker at both the right and wrong times; making her friends laugh when they need it or cracking a joke as they're in perilous danger.

 

This should be fun. She thought, watching as two droids made their way to the Temple floor and working diligently. Rebuilding a fallen Jedi Temple. I like that idea.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra allowed a smile to pass his lips, but only briefly. The statement concrened him a little. He worried about he aggresion, and anger. All these traits were paths to the dark side. He would have to work on that with her.

 

They made their way back to the top of the stair case, passing by several droids hard at work. They were placing large chunks of wall back in their place, and repairing bent metal. They had already cleared a decent path back out of the temple.

 

"You will be staying here young one, I need you to watch over this area incase they need direction, and such." He handed her a small screen, that showed the plans that Kautra had made for the new Temple constructin. "And incase you need to contact me, that screen has a comlink on the back. I should be back soon, hopefully with a good work force to help rebuild this temple."

 

They had made it back to Kautras ship. He ran inside real fast, and grabbed a few items out of his baggage. He came back out, and handed them to Moon. One item was a training saber, much like the one she already owned, and the other was a training remote.

 

"In your spare time, I would like you to practice with these. If the droids need you they will come to you, but alas if they need you, you must be here."

 

(( I want you to use the training remote, start without any incumbance, but then go into using it with a blind fold. The droids will be bugging you from time to time, so you'll have to paitent with them. Try not to destroy them, the training saber might be able to do such a thing if you beat the crap out of them with it. ))

[Serpe]

Moon took the items in hand and nodded to Kautra. "Yes, Master. May the Force be with you." She said, and walked back into the Temple. As she did so, a droid bumped into her.

 

"Excuse me, miss." It said, stumbling back a tad.

 

She waved, almost dropping her things. "It's fine." She said with a smile, and walked into the center of the Temple - it was clear there.

 

Here, she set her stuff down and took the training saber. With a touch of a button, it snap-hissed to life. Blue. Pretty. She thought, waving it around a little and getting the feel for the weapon. Feeling ready to practice, she picked the training remote up and activated it. It floated up on tiny repulsorlifts and began to move around. She kept pace with it, until...

 

"Oh, sorry!" A droid said as it hurried past and ran into her. The remote happened to be firing at that instant, scalding her leg for under a moment.

 

"Ouch!" She yelped, and quickly maneuvered the saber away from endangering the droid. "Oh, sorry. It's okay. I'm fine." She said, smiling at the droid. She helped it pick up some debris and then got back to work as it hurried off. "Okay..." She sighed, readying herself for the remote.

 

It moved... Moved again... Moved... Shoot! Got it! She said as she quickly moved the saber to safely deflect the bolt into the sky. "Haha!" She yelled triumphantly - but was cut off as the remote fired again, hitting her in her back. She turned to it, rubbing her back. "You just love to ruin the moments, don't you?"

 

She lifted the saber again. Okay... She thought again, drawing in on the Force. She left her eyes open, but was staring at a droid putting a wall back together. The droid fired four times, and she caught three as one whizzed past her. She kept her eyes on the droid... Until she was surprised as it lifted in the air!

 

The droid itself was caught off guard, dropping debris and looking around. Her concentration broke quickly, causing the droid to drop harmlessly to the floor.

 

"Gotta learn how to control that..."

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra smiled as Moon made her way back into the Temple. Seeing her bump into a construction droid he let out a smalll laugh. Please dont destry the droids, we have very few.. He turned into the direction of the nearest village and began to make his way down a well beaten path.

 

The path had been around for many years, used by the locals, and the Jedi. It led to the Ghôsh tribes that controlled the area. They had been peaceful when Kautra had first arrived, but he was unsure if they still were. Considering they had some other visitors in the time the Jedi had been away.

 

Kautra walked down the unscathed path. Passing by a log or two from time to time, and raising leaves as he strode. The trees swayed from side to side with the wind, making his journey peaceful. Kautra had always felt at home in the wilderness. When he was far from the chatter of civilization the force spoke to him more clearly.

 

During his time on Myrkr, Kautra felt at home in a small tree that he had built up for minimal survival. He developed his skills in the force without the incumbance of distraction. It was there that he had met Neada, his companion Vornskr. She was called to him by the force, their paths would forever be together from then on. Ill be back soon he said to her, getting a feeling of reassurance back.

 

Kautra had been walking for some time now, and he decided to check his map to make sure he was still on track to the Villiage. After varifying his location, he continued forward to his destination. Kautra knew that the Korunnai were force sensitive, and he began to fill the air with a peaceful presence. It was a symbole of respect and good intentions. He had no desire to try and hide his presence from the Korunnai, for they might have taken it as a sign of aggresion, and that was the last thing Kautra wanted.

 

The Haruun Kal was the birth place of the infamous Mace Windu, so they had strong ties to the Jedi for generations. Some of Mace's children were still active in the Jedi Order, so hopefully they would take him in with out incident.

 

"Who goes there?" a voice called out in the local dialect of Korunnal.

 

I am Jedi Knight Kautra Nadio, on a mission of peace from the Jedi Counsel he called back to the disembodied voice in Galactic basic, with the aid of the force to help them under stand what he was saying.

 

A human figure stepped out of the trees. Kautra was surprised that he had not sensed them being so close, but left it to the fact that they might have been able to hide their presence as he would have been able to.

 

I wish to speak to the head of your tribe, if that is okay with you said again in basic.

 

Follow me the man replied, this time in galactic basic.

[Serpe]

Moon saw through the debris of the temple a dark-skinned man speak to Kautra in the distance. She smiled, it seemed to be peaceful. As she looked, she realized that Haruun-Kal was the birthplace of the infamous Mace Windu. At that moment, she realized that asking them to help rebuild the Temple would be but a meager task. Hope filled her mind as she reactivated her new lightsaber, and the oh so familiar snap-hiss filled her ears.

 

She picked up the training remote, moving to a somewhat clearer place just a few steps away from where she set the rest of her supplies down. She activated it, the small repulsorlift on the bottom tickling her hand as it activated. It lifted, moving a few times before firing five times in three different directions.

 

She caught them all, deflecting them all harmlessly into the sky.

 

"Yes!" She cheered with pride, lifting her arm and spinning once. Her celebration was cut short as the remote decided it would be funny to shoot her again in her thigh. "Haar'chak!" She yelled, turning to the remote and raising her saber at it threateningly. "I swear, if you weren't the only remote I have, I'd reduce you to dust."

 

The thing is after me, I know it. Her thoughts were silenced when a construction droid dropped what it was doing as it fell to the ground. It got out of the debris that dropped on it, but it looked disappointed. She sprinted to it, after deactivating the remote and her lightsaber. "Need some help?" She asked, picking up a few large bricks.

 

"Oh, thank you miss." The droid said, hurrying to pick something up and put it back where it belonged. Moon put one of the bricks in place and and put the other on top of it.

 

"These okay here?" She asked, holding the other one.

 

The droid looked at her, and then to the wall. "Those are fine. Put that one here." It pointed at the brick and then to an empty spot on the wall. She placed it there and then made her way back to her things, waving at the droid and catching a glimpse of Kautra walking into the village in the distance.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra was greeted by many small huts of people looking at him curiously. He bet the had never seen a mustafarian before, and his tall stature was far off from their menial regular heigth. He bowed to most everyn that passed by, trying to be as respectful as possible to every one. The man leading him held his hand up to stop Kautra from following further before he went into a larger then the rest hut. Kautra figured that this was the tribe leader hut, for it was bearing flags of the tribe, and seemed very official.

 

A proud man stepped out from the door with a smile on his face. Apprently they were still very friendly with the Jedi, so Kautras efforts would be easier. A smile crossed Kautras face and the small man embraced him in a firm hug. Kautra hugged the man back, though he disliked being touched. He didn't want to be rude, so he held off his instincts of pushing the man back.

 

After letting go of Kautra, they walked into the chiefs hut. In side there were many relics from the pillaged Jedi temple adornin the walls. Many light sabers, and armor. Kautra looked at them with a sad expression. He knew many of the Jedi that these belonged to. He had fought by the side of many of the owners. He tried not to make it a big thing infront of the tribe leader. He was here on business, and if he could maybe he could reclaim the artifacts for the Temple library.

 

Kautra sat and spoke of the Jedi's plan to bebuild their Temple, and asked the Chief for their help in the process.

[Serpe]

Moon sat down, cross-legged, trying to meditate. She closed her eyes softly, having placed one brick in front of her, two brinks on top of each other to her right, and five bricks stacked behind her. Her lightsaber, her father's, and the remote sat on her left. She concentrated on lifting the first one. She thought of using her hand to lift it without actually touching it. She slowly opened her eyes, and sure enough it was in the air. She smiled, and it dropped.

 

The smile quickly fading, she tried again with her eyes open. She lifted it again, no trouble. She then lifted the the two to her right and concentrated on placing them on top of the already lifted one.

 

Done. Now for something harder. She lifted the three behind her, no problem. But she decided to lift it over her head and place it on the existing three. As they floated, she put all of her focus into it, and all six were floating in front of her.

 

Wanting a challenge, she then placed the remote on it with her mind. She did this easily, along with her lightsaber... Then she lifted her father's lighsaber and memories filled her mind.

 

The bricks, remote, and lightsaber all dropped to the floor, still stacked. She held her head and closed her eyes, fighting to clear her mind of the painful memories. She sat again, cross-legged, and meditated to keep her mind clear.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra and the Chief of the local tribe stepped out of the hut, and continued to walk around the small village talking. They had aggred that the Korunnai would help rebuild the Jedi Temple, and would continue to serve along side the Jedi. This time with the Chief made Kautra quite happy. To have such a strong ally on this planet would serve the Republic well. The Chief had aggred to return the Jedi artifacts back to the Temple after its construction, if the Jedi were willing to help train the Korunnai in the ways of the force further, and to help arm them against the Empire.

 

Kautra was not able to agree to these terms right off the back, but promised to speak with the councel on the matter. This seemed to please the Cheif for the time being, which made Kautra comfortable enough to act on the matter. He would have to bring it to the Councels attention when he made it back to the Helix station. Though he was not sure when that would be. They continued to walk amoungst the hard working people of the village. They already had much to do in their own village, and to extend a helping hand to the Jedi was an admorable move on their part.

 

The Cheif began to gather his people around them, instructing them on their next task, that would hopefully be complete soon. He told them of the Jedi's offer to help them in the ways of the force, and that the Jedi would bring prosparity to their people. The crowd cheered and hollard with joy when the Chief had finished his speech. Kautra had remained silent during the Chiefs speech.

 

The Jedi are proud to have the support of the Korunnai. We look forward to a long and prosperus relationship with you he said after the cheers had settled. But alas, we must get to work, to restore the Jedi presence on this planet. Before Kautra had left, he made sure that the Chief would talk to the other villages and local populas on his behalf, to ensure the rest of the planet was in support of the Jedi cause.

 

Kautra led a group of 150-200 Korunnai back up the path he had taken down. They were all carrying shovels, and other materials to help rebuild the Jedi Temple. They made it back to the construction site in no time, though things had changed in the short time that he had been away. The droids seemed to be hard at work, and a bit of the walls had been erected already. The ground was mostly cleared of the clutter, and it seemed that the stairways had been rebuilt. He could only imagine how much was complete on the inside of the base.

 

He came to a clearing and saw Moon lost in meditation. He decided it would be fun to teach her something a little new. He surpressed his force presence, and dimmed his physical presence as well, making him seem like a transparent dream in the air, he had not gotten the technique down perfectly, but this would do for the time being. he began to creep forward towards Moon. Trying his hardest not to aleart her to his returning.

 

He was right behind her before he knew it, and she had not suspected a thing, she was still deep in meditation. He slowly knelt down behind her and whispered into her ear.

 

There is no emotion; there is peace.

There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.

There is no passion; there is serenity.

There is no death; there is the Force.

 

He recited the Jedi Code

 

These are the words the Jedi live by, you will learn this in your travels young padawan.

[Serpe]

Moon, lost in deep meditation, repeated Kautra's words.

 

There is no emotion; there is peace.

There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.

There is no passion; there is serenity.

There is no death; there is the Force.

 

She repeated this twice, like a robot. She opened her eyes slowly, and began to stare straight in front of her, without blinking. She said it again, and then blinked, turning to Kautra. "Oh, hello Master." She said, standing and bowing slightly. She looked around, a look of small surprise crossed her face. "Looks like you got them to help us. We're gonna need it." She said, smiling. She then glanced over Kautra's shoulder at a droid struggling to push a pillar up. She pointed, and said, "I'm going over there. He looks like he needs some help."

 

Moon walked over to the droid slowly, and stopped ten feet away. She pulled the remote that Kautra gave her, and punched in a short command. In almost an instant, the droid stopped struggling and backed away slowly, allowing the pillar to lay on the ground. Smiling, she closed her eyes and and breathed in slowly. She opened herself to the Force and pulled it into her. Like she lifted the bricks before, she simply imagined her hands picking up the pillar. She imagined her hands pushing the pillar up to touch the ceiling, and imagined her hands holding it in place. She then breathed out slowly, opening her eyes.

 

She did it.

 

She turned back to Kautra. "It was like lifting bricks. Wasn't even that hard." She said, humbly smiling.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra allowed Moon to mil over the Jedi creed, and watched as she walked over to the struggeling droid. He felt a sudden fluxuation in the force, as she held her hand up to a large pillar. He was rather amazed to see the thousand pound pillar quake, and lift off the ground. She was very strong in the force, even for being so new to it. He considred the possibilities of her skills. She could unlock many secrets of the force.

 

He walked over to her as she set the collum in place.

 

It was like lifting bricks. Wasn't even that hard. she said in a childish glee, Kautra couldn't help but smile at her. He reliazed that he was smiling a lot more these days, perhaps it was his new apprentices young innocence.

 

Very good young one, you are very skilled in the ways of the Force, with concentration and disipline, I know you could do great things"

 

He looked around for something that he could use to demonstrate another technique to her. He saw another pillan on the ground, that seemed to have rolled when it fell, it was 30 feet from its base.

 

When you push something with the force, it is different then lifinting, you have to concentrate on the movement from side to side, instead of just the upward momentum. When pushing, you have to worry about breaking the object in half, or shattering it completely.

 

He stopped pushing and motioned to Moon to take his spot.

[Serpe]

Moon paused, and then walked over to Kautra as he motioned for her. She stood, gathering her concentration. She took a deep breath through her nose, and let it out in a hard sigh through her mouth. "Yes, Master." She said, raising her right hand; palm facing the pillar. She focused hard on it, her brow furrowing. She pursed her lips, and concentrated on lifting the pillar.

 

She got it up. Easy. Now to put it in place. The other pillar was easy, it was against a wall. This one, not so much. Her teeth clenched as she struggled to move it from side to side into place. It wobbled and trembled, and she placed both her hands in front of her. Her eyes clenched shut, and the pillar began to move as she willed it to...

 

Then came the part of setting it down. "Uhm, Master, if I start to lose grip, help!" She said, losing her concentration and the pillar dropped to the floor. Lucky for her, the pillar was close enough it didn't break.

 

She whiped the sweat off her brow, breathing a tad heavily. "Phew... that was hard."

[Kautra Nadio]

It is very hard, it takes time and dedication to get down. It also take a lot out of you physicaly. You must learn to take a break when practicing. Kautra was very proud of his apprentice, she was showing great skill, and the will to learn.

 

One of the villigers came up behind Kautra when he finished speaking, and asked about an issue that needed dealing with. Continue with pushing until you can move the pillar 50 feet without dropping it, or blowing it up. Don't worry too much about the latter, we have the material to replace it. He walked off and spoke to the man about the issue, leaving his apprentice to work things out on her own.

[Serpe]

"Right." Moon said, focusing on the pillar. She pushed herself, lifting it off the ground. She then began to breathe deeply, inching it off the ground... Then it fell at ten feet. She then fell to her knees, panting. She again wiped sweat from her brow and sat, cross legged, to meditate and rest. Next time... she thought, next time I'll get it 25 feet.

[Kautra Nadio]

(( Just keep working on force pulling, Im going to let you have at it, try to get as descriptive as you possibly can, have fun with it, and try to do a little back story for Moon. Im posting now to allow you to just really give it your all. When I come back, we'll work on pulling, and then allow you to meditate and center your mind, I have a training technique for it, one that you can use IRL. Remember were working on posting descriptively. I know Im not the best at description, but dosn't mean I can help others post well" ))

[Serpe]

Moon moved, not ready to give up. She stretched her left foot in back of her and bent her right knee to bring her body forward. She placed her hands out, and focused on the pillar in her mind. She felt it, all the cracks and bumps and even the shatterpoint as if she was running her hands along it. She shifted her weight, bending her left knee and straightening her right. Her cheeks became rosy with strain but her face remained unwrinkled. Her brows weren't furrowed, her mouth not frowning. Her eyes were at the normal size, her purple eyes blazing with different beautiful shades.

 

Her hands, same as her face, seemed relaxed, both palms turned into each other and her fingers relaxed. The pillar slowly rose, and began to inch toward her. She didn't see it... No, she wasn't looking with her physical eyes. She was looking in the Force. She could see herself, she could see the pillar. She could vaguely see the droids, but she could see Kautra and the native beings of this planet a little more clearly. She could see the Force around them, flowing through them; she could feel the Force in the very planet itself.

 

Moon then straightened her body and held only her right hand out, pals outward and fingers flat as a board. She stared at it, unblinking. She was concentrated on the pillar and the pillar only. She focused on moving the Force; using the Force surrounding the pillar to move it towards her and away from her. The pillar moved slowly, as if time itself was slowed down. Moon's breathing slowed visibly. She could hear nothing but her heartbeat; not even the pounding of the droids around her working.

 

She raised the pillar... Ten feet, twenty feet... Thirty feet...

 

Then it hit her like a boulder...

 

"Get away from me!" A small, white skinned girl yelled at two Rodians with weapons. They were armored, heavily. They carried Imperial issue E-11 blasters. She could tell, neither of their safeties were engaged and they were not set on stun. They were here to kill the daughter of a poor Jedi from Manda'yaim. They didn't want any more jettise corrupting their planet.

 

"Oh, you're afraid? That's just too bad." One said.

 

"I'll enjoy this." The other said.

 

They both raised their blasters, leveling them at her forehead.

 

"Get... Away... From me..." Moon said through clenched teeth. Even those completely blind to the Force could she was getting very, very angry.

 

"What's wrong, little girl?"

 

"She fears death. She fears us."

 

That statement made Moon even angrier. She clasped her hands to her head, fear churning into anger and hatred, raising the shorter Roidian up into the air. He dropped his blaster clean, both hands raised to his throat. "Ahh!" He screamed in agony, his organs crushing in Moon's blind fury. His neck made a sickening crunch as his head flattened to his shoulder blade. She had broken his neck.

 

Moon raised her head, her white skin beat red and her eyes bloodshot from the Dark Side's cold fire of hatred burned through her bones. "Die." She said, raising her palm once more and lifting the taller one up, and smashing him into the ground numerous times until most of his bones were shattered. As he died, the anger jumped out of her. She then realized that, in her blind rage, he had killed two people.

 

Killed two people.

 

She looked at her hands, now overwhelmed with grief and sorrow, she quickly ran as fast as she could to Keldabe.

 

She had just killed two people.

 

The flashback ended, leaving Moon dazed. She gave her head a clearing shake, and looked in front of her. Her anger had returned to her for that moment, and she crushed the pillar as she had crushed the Roidian.

 

She sighed in disappointment, and then realized her Master most likely felt what had just happened. He wouldn't be very happy...

[Kautra Nadio]

(( That was beautiful, very descriptive *wipes tear from his eye and says to himself "My little padawan is growing up"* j/k, I love it though ))

 

Kautra was in mid-sentence when he felt the cold touch of the dark side. He turned on his heel, and began to run towards the source of the intrusion. He knew that his Padawan wasnear the temple, and he felt the touch of the dark side around there. He rounded a delapitated corner, to see Moon looking distressed. He scanned the area to make sure that there was not a Sith around. Only to find the source of the dark side was his own apprentice.

 

He watched as the pillar began to crumble in air, before shattering in mid-air. He knew that she was in distress, but he knew he had to let her come out of it on her own. To rip her from the moment could damage her, or even destroy her grip on reality. When he saw that she had opened her eyes, and look around.

 

He engulfed her in the light side of the force, allowing her to feel comfort in the light. She had experienced much in her younger life, and it would eventually lead her to the dark side, if he did not intervien. He sent feelings of reassurance, and comfort.

 

Once he felt that she was safe, and secured. He walked over to her quickly.

 

"Are you okay Moon?" he asked in a neutral tone, he didn't need her to feel that he was worried, she had enough to deal with at the time. It was all he could think to say at the time, he had not had an apprentice with such conflicting emotions before, so he was some-what new to helping deal with them.

 

He helped her to her feet, and looked around. He had hoped that the locals hadn't picked up on the vast influx of the force, they might have taken it as a sign of aggression.

 

Come, we shall retreat to the woods for a short time. In order to help you clear, and center your mind. He began walking towards the path that he had taken eailer, hoping that Moon would understand the urgency of the situation. Before they stepped into the woods, Kautra turned towards the villagers working, called to the force, to ease their minds as they left as a safty precaution.

 

(( kk, we're going into the woods, so now is a good time to find some info on the local vegitation of Haruun Kal, google it, and there should be a wiki at the top of the search list, it has a ton of info on the planet. don't worry about making a fabulous post like you last, just a simple one heading into the woods.))

[Serpe]

Moon held a hand to her head, her face still blank. "I... I had a flashback." She started, and then straightened while walking beside her Master. "Master... When I was little, six or seven, right after my father died... I killed two people with the Dark Side. I'm not sure if I've killed more, I lost quite a bit of my childhood in the injury I suffered on Dantooine." She then looked ahead as they entered the forest. Moon looked on the horizon, seeing gaseous clouds her gut told her were unsafe.

 

She sighed audibly, disappointed in herself. "I'm sorry, Master. I just can't seem to control my emotions..."

[Kautra Nadio]

Emotions a hard to controll when you are starting out, your past has a habbit of creeping up on you. However I am going to teach you how to control the physical outbursts, that your emotions send you into. Kautra said as they traversed the forest path. He had been down this way a few times before, and knew that there was a secluded clearing comming up.

 

There is no need to feel disappointed in yourself, its not an easy thing, dealing with your past. He thought back to his own past on Mustafar, working the lava flows, and watching the Sith enslave his people. His charcol eyes produced the equivilant of a tear that rolled gently down his elongated cheek.

 

The clearing came into view, as Kautra wiped the tear away, now was not the time to dwell on the past. He had an apprentice to train.

 

The clearing was not that big, a few meters in diameter, surrounded by rather tall trees. They walked around the circle before taking a seat on the damp ground. All Kautra could think as he took his seat was I hope I left all my metal in the ship

 

I want you to rest your mind, and to do that we are going to center it. I want you to close your eyes, and reach out and see your surroundings with the force, this will give you a sense of self awareness. And the awareness of whats around you. Stretch your mind as far as you can, see everything out there. You have done this a little, back inside the Temple, when you were able to see the ground, and the path with your eyes closed.

 

(( Too easy, I would like an extreamly detailed, like crazy, OMG detailed post here. Dont worry about back story on this one, do a little research on the plants and stuff, look at different colors, and try to explain them. But most of all have some fun. Remember that the temple isnt far from us, the droids are still messing around, and the locals are working as well. So have some fun. You should be able, giving the story so far, to see very far, but when you'v reached out as far as you can describe, bring it back to you. ))

[Serpe]

((Please excuse my absence.))

 

 

 

Okay, this shouldn't be to hard. She thought, sitting down in the classic six point meditative position. Her hands placed limp on her knees, her back straight as a pole. Her eyes were closed shut, but she could still see. She could see Kautra, she could see some of the plants around her. She spread it farther...

 

The temple, the hustle and bustle of the droids cleaning up - They were progressing much quicker than she expected - the natives working in their daily lives, some stopping to see the droids or watch them work... Now she could see the gaseous clouds that surrounded their uplifted haven, poisonous gas that made the farthest down point of the planet inhabitable...

 

The trees, she could see the trees with relative ease. She could see life within the trees - grassers, ankkoxs, even an Akk dog eating a branch leopard. She could really see the Akk dog, it seemed to radiate a powerful field of Dark Side energy around it... She made a small mental note to watch out for them.

 

Pushing her mind past its limits and feeding it with the Force, she could now even see the various colors of the plants. The vibrant greens to the dull purples, color was everywhere. She would get a tingle every once in a while as a grasser would prance through, close enough to touch, grazing on the low vegetation. That showed how tame the Haruun Kal made them...

 

And then suddenly, a cold chill ran up her spine. She used to get chills like this all the time in the presence of danger, but now she had only sensed something coming. With the Force pouring through her, it amplified her danger sense.

 

Fungus. She had taken her comlink with her. I'm glad I left Father's saber back in the Temple... Instantly, her concentration broke as she rushed for her comlink... Only to find it partly eaten in several spots be the native fungus. "Haar'chak..." See cursed silently, placing it on the ground. "Looks like this isn't useful anymore..."

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra was in his own meditation when he heard the words cross hisapprentices lips. "Sorry, I should have told you about the fungus. No worries though, we'll get you a new one.

 

Kautra stood up, and allowed Moon to continue her meditation.

 

 

(( keep going with this one, Im sorry this post is so short but I have little time to go get food=P Make the next one simple I guess, the Temple should be done about now, we'll just have to set up the electronics before we head out. ))

[Serpe]

((I'm sorry. I've been extremely busy lately.))

 

Moon stood, throwing the comlink on the ground, watching it get decimated by the fungi. She sighed audibly, and stretched her arms out far. "I needed that." She said with a smile. Her emotions and her thoughts were no longer clouded, her anger had seeped away. She turned, keeping her eyes fixed on Kautra. "Shall we head back to the temple?" She asked. "They should be done by now, no?"

[Kautra Nadio]

That they should be, we still need to set up some defences for the Temple, I wont see it go down again. Kautra led Moon back down the path, and as they walked, he attempted to search her mind for any dark side influence, he knew that she has been through a lot, but fear and hated did not have a major presence in her.

 

They made it back to the temple, just as they crew was finishing up putting up the last wall. All it needed was a good paint job, and things would be nice. He stepped throught the front door, and began to make his way to the main security room. And sat down at the computer. He pressed a few buttons on the screen, and brought up the main menus.

 

He slipped in a basic deffence responce program. And began uploading the data, that would set the standard attack responce sequnce.

 

(( I am going to do some research on ground defence, and the next post Ill put up will probly be the last one here, then we'll try to get you on your own after building your light saber. ))

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra was lost in thought over the security specs of the Temple, he had successfuly restored the security measures of the former temple, the ground defence, and self-destruct mechanism. But strengthend the signal between the links. The Temple would have a full 30 min notice if the space around Haruun Kal was invaded by the Sith, or the Empire.

 

He also set up a com-link between the Locals of the planet, and the Temple, to have their aid in case the Jedi were over ran. The people of Haruun Kal were strong warriors, and had some skill in the force. They had their own planetary defences as well.

 

----Current defence, and offence set up for the temple -------------

 

6- v-180 Planet Defender anti-orbital ion cannon, which maintains its own power generator, so if the power is out to the temple, the Ion Cannon still works. the are placed at the corners of the temple. spaced evenly apart, and re-loads its security programs every 2 1/2 minutes. Any program hack that is installed in its security program will be deleted by its re-storing from the master source.

 

20 - Heavy Plasma cannons, spaced around the temple grounds, to fight armored vehichles, and heave mech infanty. Fireing a strong EMP that disables electronis systems with in its blast radius.

 

6 - Flak Cannons, which destroys or deflects incoming fire before it damages the temples position, the idea is soundly applied against proton torpedoes, concussion missiles, starfighters, and mass driven rounds. they too are spaced evenly around the Temple, and even has 2 opposite facing flak cannons at the top of the Temple.

 

8 - Bp.2 anti-infantry turret, a light emplacement weapon built for taking out light infantry. Consisting of a self-powered rapid-firing blaster cannon mounted on a fully rotatable turret base, it could easily defeat most attacks by infantry and was particularly effective against soldiers in close formation. Firing a stream of blasts every few seconds, it was also capable of damaging or destroying lighter vehicles.

 

4 - Bp.5 anti-aircraft turret, a light emplacement weapon designed specifically for use against low-flying aircraft such as those attempting bombing runs, the turret mounted a twin light flak pod on a short base. Including its own power generator to keep it functioning no matter the state of any external power supply, it was designed with simplicity in mind and could be quickly set up.

 

(( I think it is safe to say that these are decent defences, and with as long as we have been here working on it, it would make sense that they were set up with in the last month irl ))

[Serpe]

((Sorry again...))

 

Moon walked around the main floor of the Temple, high-fiveing a few droids here and there and complimenting their jobs. She smiled as she entered the center of the complex and gathered her things, throwing them over her back. She looked around, admiring the work the droids did along with the visible defenses. It truly was a strong, important place. And then she thought about it for a moment.

 

She helped rebuild a Jedi Temple. She didn't do much, but she still helped. A freaking Jedi Temple. Back on Manda'yaim, she could have never imagined this.

[Kautra Nadio]

Kautra finished the final inspection of the Temple, walking through the underground coridors, and pathways, checking the security, and reliability of the passages. He had programmed the basic computers controls for entry to sections of the Temple. The training room was finished nicley, with plenty of room to hold well over 100 trainees, and hopefuls. The dorms were nice as well, enough room to hold 400 Jedi, and staff comfortably.

 

Kautra stepped into the hallway, after claiming a room for him self, similar to the room he had here before. I was perfect for a Jedi on the move constantly. But suited for his extended length.

 

He sent a comm to Moon, then realized that she had lost hers to the metal eating fungus in the woods. So he decided to see what kind of skill she had in the force.

 

Moon, I will be at the main lobby of the Temple, meet me there he said through the force to her, hoping that she heard him.

 

On his way up to the lobby, he sent an encrypted Comm to Jedi Master Scorp

 

l---------------HIGHLY ENCRYPTED MESSEGE-------------------l

 

he finished the message, as he rounded the corner to the lobby.

[Serpe]

Moon had just finished walking with a droid through a corridor when a voice in her head spoke to her.

 

Moon, I will be at the main lobby of the Temple, meet me there.

 

It was Kautra's voice, he was speaking to her through the Force. She smiled, happy and excited that she actually understood him. She turned and pulled the droid with her, as it was giving her a tour. It kind of forced it upon her, and she didn't have the heart to say no. It was showing of it's work, and she found it to be cute.

 

She reached the lobby in due time, letting the droid go. "Thanks for the tour, I'll see you around, okay?"

 

"Affirmative." It replied, and then began to tend to the keeping of the walls of the Temple, clearing dust and such.

[Kautra Nadio]

Ahh, Moon glad you could join me. There are dorms here in this Temple. I am sure that you have not had a home since you were young, and a this temple has always felt like a home to me. So go grab your self a nice room with a view while there still availible, and then gather you things, we are heading to Dantooine.

 

Kautra watched as she ran off, and though to himself She has grown considerably, though the dark side is still around her

 

He walked over to his ship, which sat nicley out side out side. he climbed into the captian seat, and began to boot every thing up. He waited for Moon to return before taking off.

[Serpe]

It had taken Moon only a few moments to gather her things into her new room, which overlooked the small village nearby. She quickly made her way through the temple's structure, making it outside in time to see Kautra booting up. She rushed into her ship, but stopped abruptly in front of it, examining it closely.

 

I wonder...

 

She crouched, as if to jump, but held the position. She gathered the Force, focusing on her legs. When she finally felt she had gathered enough of it, she shoved it through her feet and into the ground abruptly as she straightened her legs; shooting her about ten feet higher than she could usually jump.

 

She landed in her cockpit out of balance and quickly fell over. As Moon regained her composure and strapped in, she pushed a few buttons and the cockpit closed and the engines heated up.

 

"Dantooine, eh? May I ask why, Master?" She asked through the cockpit's comm. Then, frowning, she turned it off, and closed her eyes. She focused on Kautra, near her, and focused on his ears and mind. She then thought as if she was thinking inside his head.

 

Check, check. Is this thing on? She thought to him through the Force.