He Who Follows The Blind (Open to All)

[Aeth Deschart]

Eshan, Medical Complex/City Streets

She rotated her arm once forward, and once backward as she was instructed to do. Each test was more tiring than the one before.

"Very good, Tes. I think that's all we can do for you," the doctor said, ticking off a box on her chart.

"What about my eyes?"

"Unless we install cybernetics, we can't fix those. Your optical nerve was completely destroyed."

"No cybernetics," she said, completely unaware that most of her body was now cybernetic. "And no droid assistants either."

The doctor sighed. It wasn't the first time she'd been told no about droids. It was becoming a trend in her treatment. She didn't like droids, and she didn't like cyborgs. It wasn't completely without merit. She'd spent a lot of time fighting droids and cyborgs prior to her accident. Strictly speaking, Thessela was essentially a luddite. She didn't carry a commlink unless she was forced to by a superior. She didn't even own a datapad. Her sword was finely crafted from ultrachrome with phrik inlays and a custom leather handle. It wasn't even a vibroblade, and she refused to carry a blaster. The doctor could only shake her head as she redid the ties on Tes' dress.

"Fine, but I don't see how you're going to get around without help."

"I'll manage, as I always do. Your concern is noted, and I thank you for it, but it's unnecessary. And thank you for helping with my dress as well, Zarra."

She held out her hand and accepted the sword when it was given to her. Though her hand was cybernetic, she still felt the coldness of the weapons sheath, which gave her no inkling of her cyborg fate. She stood, a bit shakily at first, and held one hand before her as she made her way towards the door. She knew its placement from when the doctor had entered, and because she could hear people walking past beyond. She stepped through it, but stopped when Zarra's arm grabbed hers.

"Don't return to combat duties, Tes. You can't handle that right now."

Thessela smiled, which reminded her of the blindfold across her eyes as it pressed upon her cheeks.

"I will do only what is necessary of me, I promise."

Pulling her arm away, she navigated, slowly at first but with increasing confidence, through the medical center and out into the cold world beyond. The cold was refreshing. She shivered once, and then smiled as she walked through the crowds of the planets capital. Inadvertently, she bumped into several people, though she quickly apologized for this before continuing on. For the most part, she wasn't struggling too bad. The only time she struggled was when the noise got to be too great, and then she was forced to stop, as she had at that moment, stopped at a street corner, her hand resting on a cold wall, sword clutched to her chest.

[member="Alexander Sannes"], @Anyone Else

 

[Alexander Sannes]

Alexander chewed on a fruit he had gotten from one of the vendors he visited and talked to often, laughing and enjoying their company now that he was free to roam the streets again. It was common for him to be out and about before he had served the planet and now with him more or less out of a job and back to enjoying the life he had been born into. He had been fine with sitting about his home for a few weeks after Eshan had left the Republic, but now he was becoming bored and that is what had brought him back into the streets to talk with the people he had not seen in a few years now.

His smile grew a bit as he passed by a building, turning his eyes to it and remembering the group he had found up to their neck in spice, and the one he had helped through quitting it. That had been a long time ago for him, four years or so. Still a short time in comparison to the time some had passed in their live thus far but still long for him.

His own clothing obscured his features, for the most part, hood pulled up to help with the chill and his coat a size or two larger than it need be. His eyes and hair being the only things really visible and only if someone looked on from the front. From there they would see a pair of grey eyes and slightly longer hair, which was normally well kept. Aside from that he was a rather plain man and that was what helped him move about and stay out of sight for the most part.

He bit into the fruit once more, looking up and seeing someone leave a building, what caught his attention was two things though. First, the blindfold he had barely caught a glimpse of, not an unusual sight for him after meeting his fair share of Miralukan but this one definitely carried themselves in a way that better fit Echani. The second was the sword that tipped him off, something alot of Echani still swore to and that included himself, though his sword was a weapon with far more uses. His hand touched the saber he hid in his coat and then pulled it tighter and secured the case that was strapped over his shoulder.

With interest now catching hold of him, he started to follow the woman until she stopped and rested against a street corner. For a moment he watched her, then looked around at the place around him. He honestly did not need to guess as to her reason for resting, his empathy enough could tell him but in this crowded place it would be a pain for him to focus on her alone and figure out what she was feeling. So he listened and looked around before concluding it was probably the sound, using the fact of her blindfold to tell him she was blind and perhaps she was unused to how her senses were compensating. It was a guess, alongside his second guess of simply feeling tired from whatever it had been she was doing before this. His mind traveled back to where she had come from but could not name the place, having paid it little attention when he had been near it.

With his curiosity getting the better of him and taking hold of his body, he approached her from the side and only spoke when he was a good meter from her but out of the way of others. With his head turning to look at her he spoke, careful to watch how she reacts so he didn't lose his head from a swing of that blade.

"Nice weather today, isn't it?"


[member="Thessela"]