Private Engarde!

[Jasper Olpher-Javik]

Jasper stood tall and took a deep breath in. Allowing himself a brief moment of respite to clear his thoughts as he looked out from the balcony into the scenery, the deep, lush forests of Kashyyyk. As an initiate on the Silver Rest, he had attended many sparring classes, and he had done his due diligence in his studies. Despite the current situation, the instructors were trying to keep as much normalcy as possible for the Padawans, when people had the time they were still being trained. Jasper had informed the instructors that the first lightsaber form he wanted to learn was Makashi, Form II. It was elegant, in a way that he specifically liked. He took one last breath, eyes closed as he allowed himself to feel everything around him, letting the force flow through him. Jasper then began his stretch routine, he had some time and he knew that his first time with a lightsaber, even just a training lightsaber, was going to be physically extraneous.

Jasper walked back through the debris, the Silver Rest was slowly being reconstructed. Having to dig initiates and Padawans out of the rubble of the explosion had taken a high mental toll on him, and he desperately wanted to get back into his studies, his training. His first instructor in Makashi was to be Master Travot Ravenna , Jasper hadn't met the man yet but he had heard that he was one of the best duelists in the Order. He was excited to learn from him.

He picked up a training lightsaber, a default design with a green crystal, and made his way to where he was to meet Master Travot. Jasper sat on the ground while he waited, lightsaber placed in front of him. Staring ahead, allowing himself to think, to feel the Force before his training began. He waited patiently.

 

[Travot Ravenna]

Travot stood on top of one towering Wroshyrr trees and looked across the vast devastation left in the wake of the attack on the Silver Rest. Unimaginable. He allowed himself a brief moment of thankfulness that he had been offworld when the attack happened. Yet he was not immune to all that had occurred. Yet some sense of normalcy was returning - including training - which lifted up his spirits. The man gingerly swung down the branches and made several more leaps to land on the ground before returning to the path. In a short while, he found himself at a clearing where Jasper Olpher-Javik awaited him. He offered the padawan a smile and a brief nod as way of greeting.

"I am Master Ravenna," said the jedi, "I understand that you are looking to get some instruction on Form II. Tell me a little bit about what you know of it and any experience you've had with it."