Faction A Camping We Will Go [Open to Jedi & Allies]

[Roman Vossari]

Tags: Thea Nyko | Jack Wright

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Roman's brow furrowed slightly as he processed Thea's explanation. "Dathomir…" he repeated, the name rolling off his tongue with a hint of curiosity. He knew of the planet, of course. It was hardly a secret, even in the quiet corners of the galaxy where he'd spent his formative years. But his formal education had always focused on the broader strokes of galactic history and politics, glossing over the nuances of individual cultures like Dathomir's. The planet had always been a blip on the star maps, more a point of interest than a place to understand. He realized with a jolt that his ignorance was showing. He certainly hadn't meant to trigger any defensiveness from her, it had just been genuine interest.

A big, cheesy grin spread across his face, his eyes crinkling at the corners as he spoke. "Well, if everyone else from your world is like you, I only think highly of it." He genuinely meant it. He wanted to understand, not judge. "Plus," he added, gesturing to her face again with a playful flick of his hand, "those tattoos add to the whole elegant yet intimidating look."

His mind whirred for a second, picturing dark, hooded figures and swirling green energies from the stories he heard of Dathomir, a shiver of excitement replacing his earlier sheepishness. "So… can you do magic then? Any tricks?" He punctuated the question with a mischievous grin. His gaze flickered over to the distant Jedi who had chosen to remain on the shore, a plan forming in his mind. "If so, we should trick him somehow," Roman said, pointing in the Jedi's direction with a conspiratorial wink. He was already picturing the possibilities, his playful side taking over. A little harmless fun would be in order, and the idea of involving Thea and her so-called magic was irresistible.

 

[Jack Wright]

(Tags: Roman Vossari Thea Nyko , OPEN)

"I can hear you," Jack quipped from his perched spot; on the contrary, having his renewed focus intently upon the pair of Jedi.

More specifically, the young woman, once he heard her claim of the ancient, mystical species. The amazement couldn't be wholly mistaken from his tone.

"A Nightsister," He whispered, hazel eyes watched the female Jedi with newfound wonder. Cocking his head, Jack would then inquire in courteous desire to know, "What Clan, if I may ask, my dear?"

Index finger tapping his 'pad with a new side of eagerness.

 

[Thea Nyko]

"Sorry to burst your naive bubble, but not everyone on Dathomir is like me. There's some real nasty witches on the planet, and there are some who just want to live their lives one day at a time. There's more to our species than the Nightsisters." Thea answred Roman, a hint of venom in her tone when she uttered the name 'nightsisters'.

When the other Jedi asked what clan she comes from, she figured she could answer that alongside Roman's question about doing magic. "I come from the Icefang Clan...not the Nightsisters or remotely affiliated with them" Thea placed emphasis on that. "As for magic, my clan does use it, which is uniquely situated for us. I started to learn some basics before I was brought to the Jedi Order."

Roman Vossari Jack Wright

 

[Kuhbee]

TAG: Inanna Harth Resh

Kuhbee noticed that two people had gotten started on their hike. It looked like a master and an apprentice doing a training mission. He did not want to interfere with the training. He supposed he could always go swimming, of course everyone would then have to deal with that "wet dog" smell when his fur got wet!

He jogged up to catch up to the master and apprentice and waved in a friendly way.

[Hello! May I join your hike? Unless... I don't want to interrupt your training session.] Be bowed respectfully at the Jedi Knight who he did not know.

 

[Resh]

Inanna Harth - Kuhbee​

Resh chuckled awkwardly. He did not want to imagine dealing with that. Although being raised by power hungry Sith was probably a close enough comparison, metaphorically speaking.

Inanna daringly reached into the foliage to check out the source of the rustling herself. Whatever it was promptly bit her on the hand. Resh startled as if he himself had been the one bitten, and stared in shock at the welling black blood. The perpetrator clambered up a nearby tree, and cackled at the two hapless Jedi with deliberate malcontent.

"Hey!" Resh cried, finding a swell of confidence - or more accurately, defensiveness. He suddenly scrambled up the tree himself as if to pursue the creature. When he reached the crown, and looked up into the branches for the creature, he was struck on the forehead by a large nut, "Ow," causing him to lose his balance and fall backwards. The cackling of the little creature resumed.

 

[Caelan Valoren]

ATTIRE: Link
COMPANION: BD-F8
TAGS: Vera Noble | Colette | Aadihr Lidos

He and Fate had just finished getting the fire started when he heard some others approaching the camp. It sounded as though they brought something large, as when they set it down, it made quite the noise.

"Dwooo-beep bwoo-dweep?"

"Not sure, but sounded kind of like an entire log," he said as he stood and moved away from the fire.

Fate followed him as he maneuvered his way to where he heard voices. They arrived just in time to hear the mention of dragons, which interested him. He'd never seen a dragon before, but he knew there were a large variety of them within the galaxy. Krayt Dragons were pretty infamous. Most people had heard of them even if they hadn't been to Tatooine to see them.

"You've seen dragons?" he asked as he approached them. "That's pretty cool. Always wanted to see one."

He noted the log they'd brought in, and how the one girl was using a saw on it.

"Firewood? I just got some sticks going so we can put the logs on it. I was about to go grab some bigger pieces of wood, but this will work better."

 

[Inanna Harth]

Resh Kuhbee​

[Hello! May I join your hike? Unless... I don't want to interrupt your training session.]

A startled Inanna whirled around to face the young Wookiee who seemed to have randomly appeared in their neck of the woods. Behind her Resh could be seen shimmying up the tree like a monkey, trying to reach the creature who had bitten her.

"Uh..." Inanna stalled for time to think while she applied pressure to her bleeding finger. It had been a while since she had brushed up on her Shyriiwook, but she thought she understood the gist of what the Wookiee had said. Before she could reply, however, she sensed danger. Resh had been knocked from his perch high up in the branches.

Inanna didn't think; she just reacted. Her telekinesis stopped her apprentice's fall in midair, gently easing him back down to the ground. Only when he was safe did she reply to Kuhbee : "We're a little busy, yeah. I'd be careful, there's some sort of vicious creature up high in the trees..."

As if it knew it was being talked about, the little shithead screeched its annoying laugh yet again.

 

[Roman Vossari]

Tags: Thea Nyko | Jack Wright

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Roman's playful grin faltered slightly, his brow furrowing again, but this time in genuine confusion. He hadn't intended to stumble into such a complex topic. Nasty witches? Different clans? He shifted his weight, the sand gritty beneath his bare feet. He'd thought the "magic" angle would be a fun, shared experience, a bit of lighthearted mischief. Now, he felt as though he'd stepped on sensitive ground, a sudden awkward silence falling between him and Thea.

A glance darted to Jack, who was now peppering Thea with questions about her clan affiliation, eyes sparkling with undisguised fascination. Roman felt a small pang of… well, he wasn't sure what it was.

He could feel the edge of a familiar defensiveness creeping in, a feeling he usually tried to suppress. He didn't want to bicker, he just wanted to learn more. But clearly, this wasn't the right time or topic.

As Jack and Thea's conversation continued, Roman found his gaze drifting towards the camp, suddenly feeling out of place here. He took a step backward, then another, until he was wading out of the swimming hole, water sluicing off his legs. He mumbled a quiet, "Right, then," and headed towards the path, feeling a strange mix of embarrassment and disappointment. Maybe it was best if he just focused on setting up camp.

 

[Jack Wright]

(Tags: Roman Vossari , Thea Nyko , OPEN)

Jack slowly nodded, having forgotten the lesser-known clans of Dathomir beyond the typical, domineering dark witches. Observing the Padawan start to leave the hole, feeling a big bad for the guy, knowing he meant no offence. Passing a small smile in acknowledgement, he leaned back against the tree, remarking in kind wonder.

"I'd be fascinated to hear the kind of Magick your clan exclusively uses sometime, my dear." And Jack sincerely meant it, returning to his work on the datapad. Brand new inspiration struck his soul from the mere conversation.

'The Light Witch.' Hm, that's a promising name! Would it work for a chapter or its own separate story...?

 

[Thea Nyko]

Thea let out a sigh, like she was trying to calm herself down. Not to mention she did feel a little bad for probably ruining the fun mood they had going before the conversation took a turn. "Apologies for souring the mood. Its just a bit of a touchy subject for me." Her words were more directed to Roman.

"I'm trying to be better about it, but guess its not working too well." She muttered as she looked towards both Roman and Jack. "If you two would be still be interested, we can continue this conversation later. That is if you're still that interested in learning about my people."

Roman Vossari Jack Wright

 

[Aadihr Lidos]

Outfit: Casual Attire
Weapons: Walking stick / Lightsaber Pike

Aadihr set down the firewood next to the small clearing circled with stones.
"I haven't yet met the dragons yet, but I also haven't had much time to settle in on any one planet anyway - I'll get around to it eventually though," he replied sheepishly - truthfully he hadn't heard about them until he was already about a starship heading back out of the secret route to the planet.

The Miraluka kept his clairvoyance up while navigating based on sound tactile sense, using his staff as a cane.
The presences at the watering hole seemed stable, despite some tension - though nothing like before.

More concerning was an aura with a sudden ripple of pain - Aadihr zoomed in with his Sight, spotting the signature of semi-intelligent fauna fleeing from Inanna Harth - the knight that was hiking near both Resh and Kuhbee . The knight didn't seem to be significantly injured, but alarm pulled Aadihr's focus away from himself, watching closer in case someone needed healing or help.

He was so zoomed in that he didn't realize he'd been motionless and silent for the better part of a minute. He only realized halfway through the sentence that young Lord, Caelan Valoren , had approached the Noble sisters while he was motionless.

"Firewood? I just got some sticks going so we can put the logs on it. I was about to go grab some bigger pieces of wood, but this will work better."

Aadihr shook his head to reorient himself and anchor his Sight to his physical presence once more. He kept the sensation of the hikers in the back of his mind as he contributed a few mid-sized kindling to the tinder already forming the base of the campfire.

Vera Noble | Colette | Caelan Valoren​

 

[Kuhbee]

TAG: Inanna Harth Resh Aadihr Lidos

Objective: 2 Hiking & Then 1 Return to Campsite

Kuhbee did not want to interfere with the training excersie at all, especially considering it didn’t seem to be going well. He could smell blood and when he looked down he saw that the knight was bleeding.

She indicated an animal and Kuhbee heard it laughing. Kuhbee reached into the pocket of his sash and produced a small leaf.

[Wrap this around your finger. It will stop the bleeding and numb it.]

He knew a lot about plants that could be used for medicine. During his time in the gladiator pits he had healed many wounds with berries and herbs.

He could climb the tree easily but he did not want to disturb the training assignment. Kuhbee was great with wild beasts and trees but maybe this was a skill her apprentice needed to learn. She had said they were busy after all. Maybe catching the laughing creature was a type of training.

He growled lowly at the creature up the tree but was a good cub and turned away so as not to disturb them further. He made his way back to the campsite where he saw the Jedi with the walking stick! This was the same one who the Mandos had attacked!

[Its you!]

He growled with enthusiasm.

 

[Vera Noble]

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Tag: Colette Aadihr Lidos Caelan Valoren

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Vera stretched her arms overhead, enjoying the subtle pull in her muscles before planting her hands on her hips. She grinned as Colette pulled out her foldable saw, her movements precise and efficient as she assessed the log.

"You're really prepared, huh?" Vera teased, watching the saw's teeth sink into the wood with practiced ease.

Her multi-colored eyes flicked toward Caelan and Fate as they approached, her grin widening at his enthusiasm for dragons. "Dragons are something else," Vera said with a nod. "I want to ride one."

Yeah, that would be cool.

She stepped closer to the growing pile of firewood and crouched to examine it. "Good call on getting the fire going already," she said, shooting Caelan a quick smile. "I don't like to get cold."

Vera glanced at Aadihr, who had been unusually quiet. His head tilt and subtle tension caught her attention, but before she could ask, he seemed to snap out of whatever trance had momentarily taken him. He contributed kindling to the fire, his movements calm and purposeful.

"Everything alright, Aadihr?" Vera asked, her tone light but her fiery gaze curious.

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[Aadihr Lidos]

Outfit: Casual Attire
Weapons: Walking stick / Lightsaber Pike

Vera Noble 's question hovered at the edge of Aadihr's perception; he responded, his voice sounded as distant as his Sight, sounding more natural as he 'returned' to himself.

"Nothing serious, it seems; just a small bite on one of the knights - already being treated."

He set another wedge of firewood onto the flame.

"I'm just keeping my senses near the fauna to track it in case it slips past them. We wouldn't want it to sneak over to the watering hole and nip at Jack Wright 's toes."
Aadihr continued, tensing slightly as one of the force signatures climbed after the mischevious bipedal creature.

The enthusiastic growl of Kuhbee pulled the Miraluka once more back to himself. Now that they were closer, Aadihr immediately recognized the signature of the Wookie Padawan.

No longer with any distance on his expression, Aadihr smiled, relying on the force to comprehend the speech of the Wookie.

"You escaped the Mandalorians?"

Aadihr's chest swelled with emotion. It was one thing to hear rumors that the Padawan excaped, another to confirm with his own perception that they survived.
Aadihr couldn't help but laugh from relief.

"Oh, thank Ashla! - I had to escape in a rush, I wasn't able to go back and - " Aadihr sighed and knelt, leaning on his staff. He visibly relaxed and let the excuse go; all that mattered was that's even some of the last of the evacuees was alive and well bode well for the others he had sent ahead back then.

Besides, this was not the time for him to dwell on warzones and tragedies.

"Regardless, I suppose a thanks is in order - without your battle cries, I might not have been able to escape with their full attention."

The wooly white-haired miraluka extended his hand in greeting - both to Kuhbee and Caelan Valoren in turn "My name is Aadihr Lidos, Knight. A pleasure to finally meet you!"

He was equally glad to meet the young lord. Caelan Valoren 's commitment to fighting nonlethally on Iridonia was a bright spot in a city of darkness, in a way, Aadihr admired the young Lord. He has the conviction to keep to his virtues and the courage to charge in the vanguard regardless.

"How has your padawanship been? Have you taken to any particular fields of study?" Aadihr asked the group; both of the newcomers and the Noble Sisters as well.

Colette | Vera Noble | Caelan Valoren | Kuhbee​

 

[Kuhbee]

TAG: Aadihr Lidos Vera Noble Colette Caelan Valoren


Kubee was so excited to see more people he knew! The young cub was full of energy since he was still a youngling and not only was he seeing Aadihr, he was seeing Caelan too! Caelan and Kuhbee had a droid adventure together and the young Wookie was so excited that now they would be camping together too!

"Regardless, I suppose a thanks is in order - without your battle cries, I might not have been able to escape with their full attention."

Kubee was not aware that he had helped the knight at all. Last time when the Mandos attacked Kuhbee had been in a berserker fear rage due to the fire. Kuhbee was terrified of fire because of what the slavers had done to him. All along his body he had bald spots that showed burn scars where his fur would never grow back. Even now as the padawan wandered closer he froze when he saw the campfire. Instinctively he reached for the necklace that Roman Vossari had given him during the fire festival. The talisman was supposed to help Kuhbee overcome his fear of flame. He held the wooden totem in his paws and took a deep breath, willing himself not to freak out. The necklace was made from wood that had survived a forest fire and it was supposed to represent that one could survive the flame.

He tried to concentrate on the knights words instead of the flickering flame.

My name is Aadihr Lidos, Knight. A pleasure to finally meet you!"

[I am so glad to meet you Sir Lidos! My name is Kuhbee]

She rubbed his talisman with his paw and eyed the campfire warily but so far he was remaining calm.

[I've just started exploring other paths. Healer and Beastmaster seem like good paths though! Those are the ones I am reading about now!]

 

[Colette]

Vera Noble / Aadihr Lidos / Caelan Valoren / Kuhbee

She sure was ready, alright! Colette was always ready to engage survival mode. She gave her sister a confident nod and began trimming down the branches into tinder with relative ease.

"The dragons were very kind. They teased us, but they were kind if you consider what they could have done to us." She said and nodded as Caelan approached the group. She stopped, gave the man a nod and then went back to processing the cut down tree. "Firewood, yeah. Always good to have reserves in case something happens."

Her arm swayed back and forth, it almost seemed easy.

And then a little wookie approached!

"Hey, kid!" She smiled. "Good to see ya."

They had never seen each other before, but being nice never hurt. It seemed their name was Kuhbee. A tension seemed to rise in the kid and Colette quickly stopped to look around. She tried to figure it out, her eyes wandered in the direction the kid was looking and the campfire that Caelan had started.

Colette stopped sawing her logs and focused on the kid instead.

"Those are all great." She said and slowly reached out to put a hand on Kuhbee's shoulder. "And hey, it's alright. It's okay to be scared. Are you okay?"

 

[Caelan Valoren]

ATTIRE: Link
COMPANION: BD-F8
TAGS: Vera Noble | Aadihr Lidos | Kuhbee | Colette

"Ride a dragon?" he asked when Vera mentioned it. "Will they let you ride them?"

Maybe someone will skills in talking to beasts was able to. He didn't know. That wasn't his area of expertise. Though he also knew some dragons were just as intelligent as they all were, so maybe they would allow themselves to be ridden in certain circumstances? He should meet some dragons. Might be fun to get to know them.

The Miraluka knight took some of the wood and put it on the fire Caelan had made, for which he was grateful. Wouldn't do if it died out.

"Thanks," he said before looking back to Vera. "I kind of figured the people swimming would want to warm up and dry off when they were done. Plus we'll need a fire to cook."

Shortly after saying that, a giant furball he recognized appeared.

"Kuhbee! Good to see you again."

Seemed the wookiee knew the miraluka, as the two started talking about something that had happened to them. Probably during that raid the Mandalorians had made. Caelan's nose still hurt from where he'd been bounced off the ground by a giant Mandalorian. But he took the offered hand from the Miraluka and shook it all the same.

"Caelan Valoren, padawan."

"Bwoo-dweep vrrt-beep bwee-dwoo!"

"Right, and my droid friend here is Fate."

He also noticed the way Kuhbee looked at the fire, and decided that maybe the wookiee didn't like the flames. To help, he moved so he was between it and his friend.

"Good to meet you all, some of you for a second time."

 

[Resh]

Inanna Harth​

Resh shut his eyes in anticipation of a nasty fall, but the impact never came. He eventually reopened them, and looked down to see Inanna had held him in place, before bringing him back down. He stumbled onto his feet, regaining some sense of composure, just enough to notice the fuzzy wookiee boy now retreating from the scene. He had left almost as soon as he had come. Resh barely had the chance to even register that he had been there. Probably for the best though, lest this unpleasant monkey make a fool of another padawan. Resh rubbed his forehead, already noticing a slight welt forming where the tree nut had struck him. He winced, and stared back up at the canopy, "What now? Can't he just leave us alone?"

 

[Kuhbee]

TAG: Colette Caelan Valoren Aadihr Lidos Vera Noble (i think is with us?)

"And hey, it's alright. It's okay to be scared. Are you okay?"

Kuhbee let out a high pitched whine and tried to smile as the other padawan (Colette) comforted him. He had never met the other padawan before but knew she was somehow connected to the other Noble children. Kuhbee had met the little triplets at the fire festival. He thought she was a padawan because he'd seen her around the temple but he wasn't sure. She looked like she was at the age where she could become a knight soon.

"Kuhbee! Good to see you again."

Kuhbee waved at Caelan. He had met the prince padawan earlier and was happy to see him again, but the Wookies wave was more subdued than usual. He noticed that Caelan moved himself in front of the fire and Kuhbee felt a little embarrassed at how obvious his fear was. He gripped the necklace around his neck even tighter.

[Fire scares me] He answered Colette's earlier question and let his eyes stare at the ground in embarrassment and shame. He was doing better this time though. At the fire festival he had gone berserk and tore up a few merchant stalls but this time he was at least not destroying anything. His downcast eyes traveled to Caelan's boots.

[It's good to see you Caelan. I'm glad you came camping.] The young pup was slowly making friends and that made him happy at least.

 

[Aadihr Lidos]

Outfit: Casual Attire
Weapons: Walking stick / Lightsaber Pike

"Caelan Valoren, padawan."

"Bwoo-dweep vrrt-beep bwee-dwoo!"

"Right, and my droid friend here is Fate."

"My apologies little guy, inorganics are harder to spot amongst with the light of all the fauna around" Aadihr said to the droid, kneeling to shake one of the BD-F8's legs in greeting as well.

"Good work thinking ahead with the campfire started" he continued, lowering his tone as not to draw attention to the flame for the Wookie's sake.

Aadihr brought his attention back to Colette and Kuhbee , giving a nod of thanks to both Caelan and Colette for the kindness shown comforting the Wookie.

The Miraluka didn't know enough about the nature of the dragons of Veridia to contribute to the conversation, instead addressing Kuhbee once more, offering talk of his studies as distraction from the flames.

[I've just started exploring other paths. Healer and Beastmaster seem like good paths though! Those are the ones I am reading about now!]

"Both are very virtuous choices! I haven't had much experience in influencing the minds of fauna or biological alchemy, mostly I only just scratching the surface level with sensing the intent and surface level emotions of critters. If you ever need training with healing, however, I'd be happy to help!"

Aadihr recalled something from monitoring the injury earlier - the force presence of Kuhbee handed something to help treat the bite just before arriving at the campsite.

"You seem to have some experience already with healing herbs, if I saw correctly. I don't mean to pry, but what was that plant you handed to the pair out hiking?" The revelation that one was watched from afar could be discomforting to some. Aadihr hoped the Padawan understood that he was watching for everyone's safety on outingss like this, not spying for fun.

Dead organics also were harder to spot amongst life. Identifying plants at that distance in a lush environment through the force, while possible, was like finding a particular puzzle loose piece fresh out of a box - while he could methodically solve the puzzle to find it along the way it would take more time, effort, and concentration than necessary for a bit of trivia.

Caelan Valoren | Kuhbee | Colette​