Private Familiar places

[Valery Noble]

With her situation growing more stable, the Jedi Master was finally traveling between worlds to begin a new journey, one that she hoped would lead to her establishing her own Enclave. As a first step, she decided to return to planets she remembered from her past, especially those she had spent time on. Perhaps she could learn more from visiting them She had woken up on Onderon, so she decided to first travel to a world close-by: Alderaan, a planet she had been to many times.

Without a specific idea as to what she was going to be looking for there, she decided it was best to begin within the capital city of Aldera. So after several hours of hyperspace travel, she landed inside the large spaceport.

She didn't mind people knowing she was Jedi but right now, she preferred to go as unnoticed as possible. So she drew some robes around her signature tunic and pulled the hood over her head. All set, Valery began to move through the city, just taking in the changes from the past few thousand years.

However, she had a feeling that something more interesting would happen.

| Noah Corek |​

 

[Noah Corek]

Valery Noble​

Noah Corek and Noah Corek Junior, father and son, walked through the streets of the city of Aldera side by side with intent looks on their faces. The younger man looked towards his father and let out a small sigh. "Remind me again dad why I have to come with you to get an anniversary gift for my and buir...when its not mine but your three's anniversary and YOU forgot?"

The senior of the pair let out a small sigh and looked towards his son before speaking. "Well Junior if I'm not mistaken it was your fault that I was distracted because I was tinkering with your lightsaber...something that you should know how to do yourself."

The son redden at his fathers words before crossing his arms, the action showing just how young he really was no matter how he acted. "You know technical things aren't my expertise...Morgan got that part of the genes."

Noah chuckled a bit at Junior before giving his son a gentle pat on the shoulder. "You are smart than you give yourself credit for ad'ika...your sister is smart yes but no smarter than you, she just applies her intelligence differently...now how about you apply that intelligence to helping your old man find your mothers a gift so I don't have to sleep in the guest room for the next month?"

 

[Valery Noble]

After some time of walking around, Valery found herself entering what looked like a market area. Stands were set up all around her, selling anything from fresh vegetables, to clothing. While she wasn't visiting to go shopping, she figured it wouldn't hurt to get some supplies, and perhaps a kit she could use to fix up her robes if they took damage again.

Until now, she had spent much of her time adjusting to her new situation, but things began to look brighter So she carried around a smile and hummed a soft tune while she maneuvered her way through the large crowds that formed around and between the various stands. She lowered her hood, not having a reason to cover up in public settings like this, and stopped at a stand to buy some fresh fruit and food for the rest of her stay.

"Hmm.. perhaps a backpack would be useful too." she thought to herself.

With that thought, she looked for a place where bags, purses, and backpacks were being sold. The stand also sold locally made jewelry and other neat little items for decoration.

| Noah Corek |​

 

[Noah Corek]

Valery Noble ​

Noah and Junior perused through the market, Noah set to looking for one gift and Junior for another. Noah's own eyes fell on a wide variety of jewelry, wondering if these would get him out of the dog house he was currently in with the loves of his life. From the corner of his eye he noticed the woman standing nearby but paid her no mind as he looked through the items that the stand offered.

He felt a poking at his elbow and turned to find Junior there holding some quality looking gardening tools. "Do you think buir would like this? She's been talking about expanding the greenhouse and knowing her a practical gift is probably the best choice." Noah gave his son a approving smile and nod before turning around to look again at the jewelry.

"How about a necklace for your mother then...or maybe a book. Perhaps we should hit up the book store later..."

 

[Valery Noble]

Valery smiled at the woman who was running the market stand and began securing a few straps of the backpack she was trying out. It was quite large, but it was likely that she'd be traveling a lot, so it was perfect. While she waited for the woman to confirm the transaction, she spotted Noah and his son.

Seeing the interaction between parents and their kids always made her smile, as it was something she desired herself, but was never able to experience.

"Hmm.." she hummed to herself after a moment. She needed more equipment but had no idea where to find it, so she decided to approach the stranger to ask for some help. With the straps of the backpack secured around her torso, she would walk over to try and get his attention.

"Excuse me, can I ask something?" she smiled and briefly looked at Noah's son, before looking back at him. "I'm looking for survival gear. Would you have an idea where I could find that here?"

| Noah Corek |​

 

[Noah Corek]

Valery Noble​

Noah made sure that Junior had paid for the gardening tools, putting them into a small burlap bag they had brought with them along with a small necklace he had also bought, already planning in his mind to go to the bookstore later to pick up a more substantial gift for his wives. His attention was then drawn by a nearby woman and he turned towards her with a smile as her words registered in his head and he began thinking on her question.

"Of course miss, that's no problem." Thinking deeper on her question he began to formulate a list of shops that she could visit. "Alderaan isn't very well known for its abundance of survival gear shops...luckily you've decided to ask one of the few Mandalorian's on the planet so you've got a pretty good reference...do you have anything that I can write on? I can give you a list. If you have anything specific I can give you some product recommendations as well."

 

[Valery Noble]

Valery tapped around her torso a few times, thinking about whether or not she carried anything that could be written on. No luck. She sighed and shook her head lightly, "I'm afraid I don't have anything on me that could be written on."

But as she said that, she remembered she had a datapad that held her personal journal as well. She had it in her backpack and reached for it, making sure to open a blank page before offering it to the man.

"I'm looking for survival gear specifically meant for the jungle. I'm.. technically also looking for a place that sells ships. But I expect that to be quite expensive on Alderaan." she chuckled.

"If you have specific recommendations, I'd appreciate it a lot."

Valery smiled warmly and ran a hand through her long hair while she'd let him write down his recommendations on the datapad.

| Noah Corek |​

 

[Noah Corek]

Valery Noble​

Noah watched with a somewhat bemused smile as the woman obviously looked for some kind of writing utensil and something to write on. He raised an eyebrow at the offered datapad but gave a shrug and took it, listening to the type of gear she was looking for.

Instead of Noah speaking it was Junior who responded to the environment she was looking to tailor her equipment for. "Ah jungle environments...your favorite type of environment dad." The sarcasm practically dripped from Junior as he grinned at his dad, only to receive a gentle flick to the forehead from Noah, who didn't even look away from the datapad.

"Excuse the smartass...unfortunately he gets his mannerisms from me. His mothers have tried to teach him better but even they have had difficulties. Anyways...jungle gear is pretty straightforward. Moisture wicking clothes, water purification tablets, a sturdy knife and machete, a hammock and a insect net. Pretty basic gear, I've wrote down a few of the better models that some of the shops around here sell...of course if you have the time I could get you some stuff you can't here."

He handed her back the datapad with his recommendations and then nodded to her words about the ships. "Yeah...Alderaan isn't the best place to buy ships. My suggestion? Go to ship building worlds like Kuat, Corellia or Fondor, you can usually find ships for good prices there."

 

[Valery Noble]

Valery pursed her lips and looked at the Datapad as he began to enter some of the equipment, and where she could get it. Hearing his son, she would smirk for just a moment before looking at Noah again with a smile.

"That's perfect, thank you." she took back the datapad and looked over the list quickly.

"I also have plenty of time, so if you can help me get some stuff I could use, I'm definitely interested. I'd rather take time to prepare than rush into traveling, to then need something later." she said before she stored the datapad away in her backpack again.

"As for the ship, I'll follow your suggestion and travel somewhere else for it. Just have to get my hands on some credits first.." she hummed in thought. "You don't happen to know a place or person here who could use help with something in return for some credits? I'm not looking for a long-term job, just something to earn a little extra."

| Noah Corek |​

 

[Noah Corek]

Valery Noble​

He gave a small smile and nod to her thanks. "No thanks needed. I'm more than happy to help a traveler."

"Of course you have certain female anatomical characteristics probably helped too." Junior snarked, only to receive another, less gentle, flick to the forehead from his father. Turning from giving his soon a slightly amused and scornful look, Noah caught her words about people or places to earn credits.

"Well it depends on the type of work your looking for. I figure nothing menial or mundane and nothing too illegal, so your best bet would be the bounty office. Alderaan's a pretty tame place so there usually isn't anything too difficult or dangerous on the bounty board, usually just bail jumpers or criminals. Like I said, nothing too dangerous but the pay is usually good and it's honest work."

 

[Valery Noble]

Valery blinked at Junior's comment and raised an eyebrow for a moment, which she lowered after Noah flicked his son's forehead and turned to her. She listened intently to his answer and offered a soft smile.

"Danger isn't too much of an issue, but I'm certainly not looking for anything illegal. If the bounty office's work includes bringing people back who committed crimes, that is something I can get behind." she said.

"Could you point me in the right direction for it?"

| Noah Corek |​