Heir of Fire

[Ayumi Pallopides]

The world was something beautiful to see, even more so since Kashyyyk had all of these places the jedi and rangers went. Ayumi stood prepared for anything really... except this. She had not been expecting to come back here, she had not been expecting to well do much more but Denon was not as helpful and few places had need of a senator. Sos he was expecting a little interest. She was a jedi master in many cases skilled in pretty much one place. Then she had heard tell that someone she knew was back... Caelog Vass had been... different. SOmeone not interested in what she could do for her, not interested in credits though she would happily have gotten her things. Ayumi stretched out as she was in the wookiee village.

Ayumi was looking over it all and the beautiful sight fo the ocean, the sun rising and the sounds of nature around with all of them. The woman had opened up a beautiful place here, she had a small apartment in one of the villages for the visitors. She would and could find her own place on one of the other planets. She had opened her place to have a meal and when she had seen who was within the order... well the rangers. She had to try, their last meeting had gone decently well before the fall of the Republic. Vass could be a little odd but no more then any of the other people she had met. So presenting to her a chance to really step up and build a place for the two of them to get a meal. Some food cooking in a fire pit, the invitation coming from a droid since a message wouldn't help much with a miraluka.

 

[Caelag Vass]

It wasn't really a question of if Caelag would come.

Not because of some sentimental attachment to [member="Ayumi Pallopides"], nor because of some sense of duty to do so, but because the sniper had the distinct impression that the woman would probably just come to her instead. And considering Caelag was spending more and more time somewhere between space and the ground for training, it probably would be better for them both if their meeting after so long took place firmly on the ground. Thus, after the droid had given the message, she spent a great few minutes debating on her attire.

She might not be one for gowns and countless shoes, but she did have to decide a few things, namely if she should dress more the soldier, or the teacher. Ultimately she opted for the latter, finally getting herself dressed in a rather nice white blouse and pants, nice shoes, her light brown hair kept back behind her ears, and her little silvery eye crown resting on her face. Her outfit put together, she made sure to hide a knife down by her ankle, and went off to the little date.

It probably took a little while longer than she'd hoped, but eventually she did sense a familiar presence, no doubt the woman she was heading to meet. Even so... "Miss Pallopides?" Best to make sure.

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

Ayumi felt it in the force but she didn't turn around and look for her like a lost puppy... no she would do what she could and what she had to do.. namely she was going to try and make sure this was an impressive and formidable. Ayumi turned wearing the mixture of an outfit, it was a pant suit form fitted but with a diplomatic trench coat over it. Giving her a slim and regal look that was more professional, hair pulled back over her shoulders as it went down her back to mid-thigh. She was looking at Caelag and the miraluka looked different from when she was on Denon in her apartment. At dinner but she didn't know if she had even spared a thought for her while she had hoped she was happy.

"Major Vass." Ayumi offered a smile on her face. She waited there for a moment taking in the looks of her... from her hair to her outfit to her face once again. The jedi master stepped forward looking over at it then at the view. "You look lovely." She bowed her head though clasping hand in front of herself, warmth in her cheeks and her stomach felt like it had butterflies in it but she was keeping a serious expression on her face where she looked offering the place next to her overlooking Kashyyyk. "I'd say the view is lovely but it is just trees, I get to unashamably look at the most beautiful thing on this planet."

 

[Caelag Vass]

The form of light that was talking to her, yes it was certainly the same woman. Even the form of the clothes, while not resonating with the force, seemed to have a sense of vague familiarity to the Miraluka. Of course, without the sense of color she couldn't fully appriciate them, but Ayumi surely understood that. What she probably wouldn't understand yet would be the, training, that the soldier had been taking. So it was unsurprising she was so quick to make a pass at the career soldier. Now back in the day, that might have gone right over her blind little head, but time had changed. She had made at least one friend, and grown a bit because of it.

She was certainly still inept in many ways but she could sometimes pick up on things. Such as the obvious, cheesy line thrown right at her. And while Caelag couldn't see the warmth that undoubtedly colored the other woman's cheeks, the reverse would certainly be true. As would the sight of the unintentional little sputtering of sparks around her right hand, as she tried to move on without lingering. "I.. like the trees. It's like a forest of light for me..."

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

She looked at her and smiled slightly to that making space for her to come over and join her.. she was different. Less stiff then when she had been at dinner. Now the years had seemed to make her comfortable and stronger... the senator, the jedi offered a bow of her head. She was looking at Caelag though as she spoke. "Well, I hope the sight is as beautiful for you then, we have an entire planet here and well my apartment here is much different then it was on Denon. Maybe you'd be glad to come to dinner once again." She offered it and the area at the railing next to her before she was checking it out and checking her over. "Though when I heard you were here, I was glad. THe people will benefit from your skills Major."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"Well, I'm sure the sight would be, if I could see. As it is I find everything.. pleasant." She went over along with Ayumi, quietly probing with her mind to get the details of her presence down. If she focused on someone, she could make out more of their facial features, almost as well as if she had eyesight, though she couldn't see the senator's eyes at all really... besides having form anyways. "I feel any military would be delighted to have me... one more soldier to fall in line and drum out orders. Though with few exceptions, I feel there already are those who are more fitting in the Rangers than I for the very tasks I believe you mean to make me an asset with."

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

Ayumi looked at her. "You are a delight anywhere you go Major but I am not certain. THe Ranger's are different then some of the Military's I have seen, having ties more closely to the jedi then others meant they relied on them just as much as the jedi relied on them." She was looking at it when she moved a little. Mostly to stand a little closer but not within thatg personal range and invade it. She would wait for Caelag to make that move but she did speak while she was looking at her. "But don't say that, you have always been more skilled then just someone to bark out orders or fall in line. You were always more skilled, more talented and more wonderful then the soldiers within the Republic. I don't know what the Iron Empire was like but I do hope it didn't make it impossible for me to finally getting a chance to take you to dinner."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"More skilled than most perhaps, but I'm not terribly special. Though I don't know what the Iron Empire could've done to make it impossible to eat. Aside from kill me. And clearly that hasn't happened..." She smiled a little bit, though she sort of, forgot to turn her head at Ayumi to let her see. At least, clearly. "Though... thanks. For the kind words I mean. Now... you mentioned dinner?" Admittedly, if she was offering to make or buy somethign nice, it'd not only be rude but stupid not to take the offer. The simple meals were just fine, but every now and then... something more than her usual fare would be nice.

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

She moved and looked at her looking down just a little and staying there in front of her as she gave a smile. "Now now now, lets not say that. You are skilled and if the Iron Empire didn't appreciate your talents then well I can see why they folded in the galaxy." She said it and looked at her visor and it was beautiful, better then a sash before she offered an arm to walk with. "Come Major, lets go and get someting nice and hot into you and then I can see about convincing you I am not totally lame in wanting to see you again after all of these years. I enjoyed our last encounter even if you were nervous and worried about what your commanding officers would think."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"They appreciated me, i was a step from General staff. They just didn't have the support as unanimously as needed to stay so large." She politely took Ayumi's arm, though it was somewhat awkward. Usually she took the other role and, honestly it showed a bit. A side effect of being an officer, she had always tried harder than she needed to to seem in charge and power. STill she, tried to relax against her arm a little bit. "If you are lame, then I am far lamer."

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

She looked at her and nodded her head in agreement and shifted her arm. To change it up and make it a mixture. Caelag could lead but Ayumi was guiding the movements with small muscle tenses of where to go as the doorway of the tree house came into view. THe Wookiee's had carved it and inside were modern and metal for temperature regulation and defense. As well as food storage where they were all going. THe opening room was larger, an open area with doors and a power generator, doorway leading to a speeder storage area and connected to a smaller landing pad. The room filled with not much but shelves of clothing and some pictures. THe doorway int he back going itno a hallway that connected to two other rooms one for food production and one for water recycling.

Ayumi looked at Caelag when she spoke going in and the kitchen area connected into the living area and dining room. A square room that had three other doors, one leading to the bedroom, that was at the top of a small set of stairs and its own floor with a refresher that was two leveled. Stairs inside leading up to a sunken bath of carved marble, sized to hold eight people easily and comfortable but double that if they were together. The shower of it was the most fun though, wrap around with crystasteel glass that let you observe the view of the forest without being seen. The other doors were for walk in pantry, freezer and fridge. Stocked with food and everything they needed as she was looking at other parts. A secret door in the wall behind a bookshelf led to a small armory of equipment before Ayumi spoke.

"Here we are now. have a seat please. let me get you something to drink."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"How.. odd." She commented, making her way to a seat as directed. "I can tell the walls are artificial, yet I can still clearly see the wood beyond. It's almost concerning... disorienting. Probably not as bad for you is it?" With something besides the social situation to focus on, she seemed quite a bit more talkative. There was a lot of odd things today, but this was the one that got her to vocalize it at last. "If I may ask, Miss Pallopides, what exactly are you getting me? I would like to know before I awaken drugged and in the back of some freighter after all."

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

"Please Ayumi, Major." She said it and had a smile on her face before she was moving to get some food. "and freighter please I have a pleasure yacht for traveling around the galaxy. You'd be drugged and in style." She said it with a raised eyebrow and smile on her face where she was moving to get some food. Then a bottle of corellian brandy for it. She had wine but brandy and whiskey were more of a military drink she knew to offer. Ayumi has a grin on her face when she started thinking about what they were going to have but she sat down taking a moment to look at her. "This place can be a little, the tree is set up normally but we have been working to bring in their more sustainable." SHe didn't want to go into the technical specs of the house but she did offer a drink. "Enjoy yourself Major, you've more then earned it and who knows."

 

[Caelag Vass]

Caelag tensed a moment, before realizing it actually was a joke. A small relief washed over her, as the woman returned with... she hummed in thought as she took stock of what exactly was brought. Food... a bottle. No wine glasses, not proper for whiskey... brandy perhaps. She smiled a little, so Ayumi did intend to at least let her feel a little at home. "Who knows what?" She would ask, as she decided to show off a little. Using the Force, she would get herself a glass made, struggling only a bit at the finer controls before she had the glass in hand. "You seem to know something. Should I be concerned?"

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

She looked at her. "Well I know a few things, one of them is that I want to treat you to something special so please indulge me.... tell me about yourself, your favorite meal, what you would like to drink. Lets talk and get to know each other so that I can worm my way to convincing you to kiss or at least get you to want to stay around here instead of down there in that cramped base." With a smile she poured herself a glass and prepared mentally some of the food choices. Caelag to her looked like someto enjoy a medium meal, no rich and heavy sauces but something lighter without being almost all veggies. Her finger found her chin and she tapped it in interest.

 

[Caelag Vass]

Thirty questions it seemed were asked all within moments, and the senator's intentions painstakingly clear from the outset. On one hand, she appreciated it. On the other it made her hand dramatically heat up in the flustered confusion. She set the glass down before it exploded, or melted, and took a moment to calm her head. Alright, she'd bite. "I'm a blind, fire shaping sniper in charge of an airborne infantry. I particularly like pasta bowls when I'm not eating a standard MRE, and I don't drink more than a glass or two of brandy, usually. Furthermore, you are rather forward with your intentions, aren't you?"

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

Hmmm blind fire shaping sniper who eats pasta.... hmmm she could work with that and had a grin on her face while she sat there. "Well I could be coy, I could be all. 'Oh Major I want to blady blady blah innuendo talk to confuse you.' but I'd rather tell you outright so neither of us spends more time then we would want to and I don't want to flirt, pull out all of the stops for something that you might not be into, that might make you uncomfortable having a woman show interest in you." She leaned back a little though and held her hand out towards the pantry as she opened the doors and a small brush of the force to pull out some of the pasta while the water started on low to heat up. "But a fire shaper, that is a new development... guess it would be pretty lame to say that explains the hotness of you."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"And why would that make me uncomfortable? It would not be something I expect, but aside from the respect of my fellow soldiers I expect very little from people. Humans especially." It wasn't said with malice, of course, but there was a bitter taste in Caelag's mouth. Humans. She didn't hate them, not universally, but when she met vile people the sheer odds weren't in the species's favor. And she had plenty of ill experience. "And yeah, that would be 'pretty lame'. Especially considering I struggle to create a spark at will." Ignoring the fact she literally did that no more than a minute ago, of course.

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]

 

[Ayumi Pallopides]

[member="Caelag Vass"]

"Well then I think I'll just have to be a little lame and risk it. When we first met I thought you were cute, then you were gone and I hoped one day that I would get to see you again. Now you are back and I have a chance to at the very least try and get you to like me." She raised an eyebrow and realized that she couldn't see it but she was uncertain about what it was here. Relaxing a little though when she checked her out. "I'll also have to well work on your experiences with human's we can be terrible, horrible but well I do enjoy expanding and improving opinions and minds. Tell me what it is that you might like Major and I shall endeavor to improve your disposition... or I could just slather some of that edible glitter."

 

[Caelag Vass]

"Perhaps you could take it down a few notches. Calm yourself, even I can tell you're more on edge than me." Was that out of her own discomfort she asked? OR for the sake of her dinner partner? Or both, both probably. She mused quietly a moment, thinking on how to follow her words up, and ultimately sighed before she resumed. "If three fourths of the people you meet are humans, and half of all people you meet are cruel, then you're just going to meet more cruel humans than other species. Relax... I'm not going to suggest they're universally bad. I just, can't help some nerves."

"All the same, you could start with having dinner. That would be a lovely change of pace." Finally she remembered to turn her face towards Ayumi and give her as reassuring a smile as she could.

[member="Ayumi Pallopides"]