Carving my place through History.

[Alexander Sannes]

Alexander sighed as he pulled at vines and dirt that had founds its way into a centuries old bunker he had finally found the records to the other day. There were two things in this world he loved beyond all else, that was the Piano and History... Third if you count a good old fashioned brawl. He rather loved diving into something historical, searching through the ruins and learning everything he can about the past. It was like an insatiable hunger in him and his body moved unhindered as he had found the bunker after a long time searching for it. What was the benefit in finding it? Absolutely nothing.

The Bunker was an old shield generator control area for the Second Death Star, by all right the only thing hes found in there were old blaster rifles, some armor, and the long ruined controls of the generator but none the less he found himself surrounded by history. Alexander was a simple echani, his hair was short and his eyes a bright blue color in them, he always smiled even if he was missing an arm or a leg, and he never turned from helping someone in need. None the less though he did find the solitary life of a Jedi... boring would be the word. They also continuously lost battles and it worried him if they would ever be strong enough to be the sith. If that was possible.

But history always told the truth, in the past good always found a way to triumph evil and the sith were just that. Especially after killing millions just so they could have a new fountain or what ever that thing is they made. It made him sick and he collapsed against the wall before pulling out a ration bar to eat. His clothing was rather simple, a largely leather outfit, meant to be energy resistant with some physical saving to it and nothing overly special.

While he sat there, his teeth cut through the bar until he blinked and glanced up. Someone was here, why?

[member="Snowflake"]

 

[Lief]

The intricacies of the past were not entirely lost upon the youngest of the Zambrano siblings, even with the effect of the Gulag Plague on the Galaxy and its historical documents. Since residing under the same roof as her eldest brother Kaine, albeit a very large roof, she had come to hear a great many things. Most of it was official business, some of it tactless rumours, however one thing had outshined the rest. Mention of an old datacron, nothing too special, which resided upon Endor. While its contents were frightfully average, Saeth still had interest with it. After all, she had tumbled into Panatha with little more than a selection of clothes and Ebiah's belongings. Servelus had kept the rest within his own abode, perhaps to further scorn the girl for the bastard she had bore. Something of interest to study, that was her own, would not be amiss.

She hadn't had much to go on, truthfully the individual had spoken in quite the riddled tongue; however, the mention of a more modern construct amidst the tribal backdrop led her to have a decent enough idea as to where it was hidden. For days she had studied the terrain of Endor from maps and documents lying around her brother's archives. That's not to say he had a brilliant collection specifically on the Ewok-inhabited planet, only that he had a lot of books on a lot of subjects. It was easy to find at least some relevance when that was the case! At any rate, feeling prepared and with a little knowledge on where she was headed, Saeth had bundled up Ebiah, grabbed one of her brother's female servants - of which he seemingly had many - and set off from Panatha in one of his many vessels. She did not pilot the ship, of course, she had never even owned one. That fell to some poor soul who would likely feel Kaine's wrath if he knew. If Kaine even cared for his sister's whereabouts.

Swaddling the child and keeping him close throughout the short journey, it was not until the very end that she relinquished the babe into the hands of the servant. "Try not to wake him" she told her as he settled down. "I will be back within a few hours." No doubt the serving girl would simply place the child into a cot, safeguarded with pillows to stop him from rolling, and make good use of the ship's facilities. The thought maddened her but she could not say for certain that was what would happen. Perhaps this one was loyal to her bloodline. Exiting the ship, which had landed not too far from the site she had been intending on visiting, Saeth made her way through the thick jungle toward the bunker. While she was not trained in the Force to any great extent, the woman was still very sensitive to it. As a result, the closer she came the more she could sense the being within.

And she saw how he pulsated with the light. This had certainly not been the plan!

Still, perhaps this journey would prove more fun than she had initially believed. Just do not forget that your boy is waiting for you... No, she could not dawdle in her task for too long despite how tempting it might have been. Slowly stepping down into the bunker, Saeth allowed her eyes to adjust to the darkness before peering through. Feigning total ignorance the woman simply continued to walk, her path indirectly toward the lightsider. Best she act unaware of the Force for now, Jedi did have a soft spot for your every day civilians!

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Snowflake"]

When she would find Alexander he had not moved so much as a centimeter in which his eye opened to look at her in the darkness with only one blue orb. He was sitting and his hands crossed over his chest as he had been sitting there waiting for the touch of the force to arrive. And now she has and he didn't do anything to stand, move, or even look on with both eyes, but he did speak to her and he drew an eyebrow up at the woman as he tried to study her a bit more closely for a second. She seemed normal enough to him, definitely a bit older than him, ten years at the least if not more. There were other features he picked up on like her hair and skin, determining a number of races and variants that could fit what he saw.

"I must say this is a rather amazing coincidence, here i thought i would be the one to go through this bunker for an old relic or two." He didn't know what she would do or why she was here but it didn't matter to him as he had no intention to really ask. He was far more interested in the piece of history around the two of them and could care less as to her reason for being here. Unless she meant to hurt him, but if that were the reason he had a feeling that she would not have come in without a weapon, not to say she wasn't hiding one. That is why he simply spoke once for now, seeing how she would answer and react.

 

[Lief]

Epicanthix are a rather distinct people, if the light is correct and the individual looking has seen or heard from them; the epicanthic folds of their eyes as perhaps the most discerning feature, though not wholly unique to their species. Add that to their general height, and broader shoulders, and they were virtually impossible to miss. For the most part at least, for there were exceptions. Shorter, skinnier ones. Even Epicanthix whose folds were so minute that they could pass as your standard human.

The woman's gaze caught upon the boy for a moment, and she studied him from afar. White hair could indicate a number of species; Umbaran, Echani, Arkanian... His skin was not pale or ashen enough for the former, and he was lacking the hands and eyes of an Arkanian. While there were many other humanoid species' with his hair and complexion, it was the calm way he presented himself, the glowing air of confidence that bade him remain where he was and likely assess the situation, that led her to believe he was Echani. No doubt taken in by the Jedi if his presence in the Force was anything to go by.

But the real question was, what was an Echani Jedi doing out here, so far from Republic and Sanctum space? And from the sounds of it he was wondering the self same thing of her. Now, she could lie and pretend that she had found this place accidentally, however she had walked into the room in a way that suggested she knew where she was going. Instead she turned her emerald gaze from him and through the bunker in a ponderous manner. "I was told I would find someone here" she said, with a cool air about her. Perhaps she would find out who he was before she grabbed the datacron and left.

"Perhaps it is you. You are the Jedi, right?" Let's see if he would lie.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Snowflake"]

He smiled and watched her as she came into the room, studying her in the same way she had him but not dwelling so long as she had. He had a good idea what kind of heritage she had so there was no worry on that for him, infact he found it perfectly fine. Granted he didn't know who she was and her force signature didn't even register to him simply because he did not look at it. Instead he focused on her physical being rather than that of the Force, which caused him to look her over once more before speaking an answer out to her.

"I am -A- Jedi. If im the specific one you are looking for i don't know. Oh and please do not tell the locals. If Rumors are correct one of them is a Sith and i really do not need that today, already dealing with these vines." He glanced up at one and sighed before shaking his head as it was probably in his way at one time or another. He played off almost no worry of harm or caution in how he sat there. Half knowing this woman meant him no harm and he had no harm to give her. That was stupid even if she did feel a bit darker, attacking someone without being provoked was no better than being a Sith, was it not? So he just shrugged off the thought and looked at her once more while he spoke. "And what are you miss? I don't suspect you are a archaeologist too?"

 

[Lief]

The woman tilted her head to one side curiously. "They said it would be an Echani Jedi; your appearance could make you an Umbaran, Master Jedi, but then you would have no need for these artificial lights" after all, Umbarans could see quite well in the darkness, probably better than they could in light! At the mention of locals and Sith Saeth was curious, did her brother know that there was a Sith presence on Endor? Perhaps it would be useful news for him, or maybe it was something to keep to herself for the time being.

Then the boy divulged yet more about himself. Had nobody told this Jedi that giving away too much wasn't necessarily a good thing?

"As a matter of fact, I am" she said, going along with the facts he presented her with; and it was partially true anyway. Was she not here hunting down artifacts, in a way? "That is why I was sent here, and told you would be here... I'm supposed to help. I've never met a Jedi before" she said, with a soft frown of thought, "What exactly is it that you do? I've only ever really heard rumours." In a Galaxy so large and vast it was not an oddity to have people who knew nothing of the present Jedi. The Gulag Plague had wiped out a lot of history, too.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Saeth Zambrano"]

Alexander turned his head to the side and raised a brow as she discerned his species with but a single thought. Clever, that much he had to admit but it was the second thing that caught his attention fully as she said she was too which caused him to stand so fast that his entire sight blacked out for a moment from the rush but he didn't really get too effected by it. He had only been a jedi for a small time and it was only his life before this that had nurtured his love for history. Most could not afford the texts and records people were able to recover but between that and a piano this was the only thing he really cared about was history... ok he did find the need to help people important too. More important than his love for history but when he met someone else who sought the past he went into... well he called it curiosity mode.

"What is it that you like most about old ruins like this? The stories they tell, or no the purpose they had, maybe the last occupants, or the people that constructed it. Doesn't all of that come to a bit of a wonder?" He was cut off from more questions about what a jedi was exactly suppose to do and he shrugged. "We are suppose to help people but all it is is war lately. I mean i understand that things are suppose to be all good and evil, light and dark but i cant help people if im stuck fighting like a warrior. It doesnt help anyone to cause more death. Right?" He glanced at her for a moment, his mind drifting as he leaned against a wall to stare into the opposite one rather than her.

When he had joined he had thought that even during this war they would have the chance to train under a jedi, to see what it was like and to understand and help people. But the only thing they did was prepare and learn to fight, probably for the next war rather than to help those that needed it. There was that fact that annoyed him, that this whole stupid constant war between the Jedi and the Sith only stopped them from helping people like they said they would. Maybe you cant actually help people. No you always can, there is only one way that stops you and that is death.

 

[Lief]

She watched as the boy turned from suspicion to curiosity in a heartbeat. It was amusing, but he did not even notice the manipulation at all. She had twisted his words to her own accord, and he was so struck by a sense of familiarity that he was being caught up in the moment. It seemed like the Jedi weren't doing so great in the whole conquer ulterior motives department. Still, she could have some fun here.

"I like all of it, it creates its own story when viewed as a whole - its initial purpose, what it was developed into, the circumstances which surrounded its construction and its abandonment" she shrugged; it wasn't entirely untruthful either. Saeth did have a thing for information and learning, it had been a more predominant feature of her life while she was pregnant with Ebiah. Being effectively a captive with an ample supply of books would do that to you.

When he spoke of the Jedi she could not help but sense a trace of malice in his tone. Oh, so the boy did not entirely agree with his Order? "If you pardon my saying, Master Jedi, but what do you expect from an Order who paved their way through History on the backs of children?" Was that a little too heavy for her first step? Perhaps, but she would see how he reacted.

"If children are taken at such a young age and raised into it, they don't know any better than to follow orders. I'm not saying anything bad of your people, Sir, but I think that they've been taken advantage of more than a few times by the Republic they serve, if history is anything to go by I mean." She bit her lip, and looked away, feigning a coy appearance.

"Forgive me, Master Jedi, I mean no ill by it, I sometimes forget to bite my tongue. Should... Should we continue to explore the bunker?" No doubt she would find her prize along the way. Saeth was conscious of the time; she could not leave Ebiah with the servant for too long. But oh, this could be fun...

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Saeth Zambrano"]

He nodded at her words as he turned to look over a wall for a few moments beforelooking back at her again. For a few moments he just stared at her as if trying to gather whom she was from any of the articles he knew and had read before he was a Jedi. There were so many faces and people it was hard to really tell and he did walk closer for moment to stare at her before smiling. "I must say i have never seen you before in any of the former papers ive read on old findings. And please, there is no need to call me Master Jedi, not even much of a Jedi yet so there need be no reason for the master part."

He had turned by the time that her question had come out and was crossing his hands behind his back with one over the other. Thinking over her qeustion before shrugging and looking at her. "You really do not need to apologize, i know the history of the order and what they have done in the past quite well. It remains why i chose to join the jedi though not with a full heart. I had met their grandmaster once, before knowing it and had a long talk with her, teaching her about what it was like to be normal. Well trying too. She is a hard nut to crack on that aspect of being normal. None the less though part of the deal was to think about giving the Jedi a chance." He started walking through the bunker, as if agreeing about the exploration without a word and mind still on the thought. "You are right, but that could be said about any organization in the entirety of history. Some do good when their overall history is evil. some do evil when there are many doing good. The works of a few can alter the perception of the many and in the case of what you pointed out... dark times occur in all societies."

 

[Lief]

"Then what is your name?" she inquired, before laughing at what he said, "Oh I haven't made any real discoveries yet, I'm not surprised you don't recognise me. My name is Maria." Had she really just stolen the name of her cousin? Well, it worked for now she supposed! "And if you're not much of a Jedi, then you're here on the same business as I am then? Are you sure you weren't warned of my coming here? You seem to fit the bill on who I was supposed to be meeting."

Stepping through the old bunker, Saeth kept her eyes peeled. For now she spoke no more on the Jedi, sometimes it was better to allow little seeds to sow in the mind. "I can't stay too long" she warned, deciding to add a little truth to her words, "I have a child waiting for me back home; but I can help with whatever you need for today and perhaps I could return and help you again more in the future?" This could be fun... Oh most definitely.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Saeth Zambrano"]

He looked at her as she talked and nodded in response to his being warned or not. "Alexander, sorry about that, i tend to forget about giving out my name. As for being warned you were coming... No, i don't believe i was, infact im quite sure i was going to be alone as its mere coincidence that someone would choose now of all times to come to this place and find me whom is the first to go through it in many years. Its... enticing really, knowing what could be learned about the past that we had forgotten. Ive always wondered something more though as i come to this planet... how is there not moon sized pieces of metal just crashing to the planet... i mean, it seems rather amazing not a single piece of the second deathstar struck the surface. Right?"

His ears picked up about the child and for a moment he wondered if she lied but a quick look into her emotions, atleast the surface ones, with his empathy told him very much so that there was that hint of love and care only a mother could hold. Very curious, what was she doing here with a child he wondered. "I assume shes on the planet? Or is it a he?"

 

[Lief]

"Well, Alexander" she began, glancing around the bunker, "Perhaps I came to see the wrong person, but either way you and I are here now, and there's a lot to see. This would make an excellent paper" she bit her lip slightly as she pondered the possibilities. Tapping her chin slightly she nodded to his puzzlement concerning the death star. "Oh indeed, though I suppose it depends on the effect the explosion had and its distance from the planet. It could have missed the world all together, there'd likely be debris all in the atmosphere though. Strange, I didn't notice any coming in. Then again, it's been a very long time..."

Blinking, having gotten quite lost in her thoughts, Saeth sheepishly smiled and began to walk further into the bunker. "A little boy" she truthfully told him, "and yes he's here, but he's asleep and watched by another. He will be fine." Her stomach had been in knots for the entirety of the time she had spent away from him, however. He was her boy, and not being with him was horrible. "If you don't see eye to eye with the Jedi, why are you becoming one? I mean, their ideals are the centre of their Order, are they not?" This time it was genuine curiosity which bade her to ask him such. That would be like her worshiping the Pantheon when she didn't agree with their creed.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Saeth Zambrano"]

He looked at her as she asked the question and for a moment his mind drifted back to the conversation he had had with Corvus Raaf before joining the Jedi Order. "I suppose i wanted to help people, to use my body to give what ever i could to in the end make things better. Its hard to explain but i believe a logical explaination would be that i have some level of a hero complex... Its where someone will give their health and their safety, no matter in what sense, in order to help others. Some people even set up situations in which they can save or help those people... but that is far from my intentions. I want to be proactive, to be there before it happens and help those people suffer through it... its hard to explain..." He ran a hand over a nearby console with his eyes running over the words. "Do you understand what i mean?"

 

[Lief]

"I understand" she said, though she didn't really agree with the sentiment. The only people she cared about were her people, the Epicanthix who inhabited Panatha. That was her piety coming into play though, her Gods favoured her kind above all else, and they were not kind Gods. Still, she couldn't help but frown, and feel somewhat bad for the fate of those who were brought to the Jedi at such a young age, without any say in their future.

"How old were you when you joined the Jedi?" she asked quietly, glancing around as they wandered further into the bunker. "I heard that the Jedi once took babes, I couldn't imagine anyone ever taking my son from me, especially not to then raise him to be a pawn in a war he never agreed to fight." No, that thought terrified her. How could the parents do it? How could the Jedi do it? It was indoctrination, and people just accepted it. It was wrong. At least the Sith tended to take people who were of an age to decide for themselves. It was rare to see a child amongst their ranks. "I hope that didn't happen to you."

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Saeth Zambrano"]

"Dear gods no. If I'd had I'd probably be some insufferable stiff spouting the good word of the jedi from house to house. And how the great space magic of the for can achieve such miracles. Granted their opposite the sith are just as annoying, I don't see the value in causing pain and suffering for any reason, with the exception of war, but innocents are too far and should never be brought into war." He shook his head as his hands drifted over a console and he looked for some way to power it up.

"No I only joined a year or so back, after a bet made with the now grand master... well rather a deal than a bet. I showed her how a normal person spent a day and how to have fun, and then I would join the jedi after. It's been enjoyable enough, but their teachings just seem weird at times. I'm not sure if you understand what I mean."