Into the Wild (Survival Training)

[Eugen Aker]

The U-wing slowly descended through the clouds for an endless expanse of forests, rivers, and mountains, completely untouched by technology.

"Here we are," Arisa reported as she aimed for a landing at a small clearing near a riverbed. "One of the most isolated spots on all of Voss, just like you asked."

Her two apprentices Vitha and Kayda had gotten it in their heads to have some survival training out in the Voss wilderness. She gave them the green light for the wilderness run, but only under the condition that she be able to monitor them at all times as their master. She wasn't so much worried about Vitha as she was Kayda, a pampered native born Corellian who didn't have all that much experience in such harsh conditions.

"Last chance, sure you want to go through with this? You'll be out here for a whole two weeks without any outside contact. Unless you're in dire straights, I won't pick you up until the time is up."

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

Vitha shrugged her wings and leant her beak down to tap the comlinks power button. It should easily last the entire time but she had kept it turned off for the duration of the flight. Attached with a loose line around her neck and back so it wouldn't move while in flight it should be capable of reaching any ships or satellites in orbit if a real emergency came up.

Looking up at Arisa, Vitha nodded. "Course I am, need to learn how to survive on worlds I am not used to and really I think this should be training for all Jedi at the temple. No point in being some grandmaster if you can't survive a few days in the forest."

 

[Freja Leikvold]

I'm commenting so I can check on the post through this account. BTW

 

[Kayda Vrieska]

Although Kayda was a city boy his whole life he didn't mind the challenge. In fact he looked forward to it, wanting to spend some time on his own without his Master to constantly decide his actions. Kayda looked up at his Master, crossing his arms over his chest as he spoke in a smug and cock tone of voice.

“ Hah, as Vitha said.. I think it's important for us to undergo something of this sorts. “

Lifting his right arm out to the side, he began to flex that one arm. Extending his opposite hand out, placing it on top of the arm now flexing. Having a confident smirk on his face he blissfully spoke as if he were proud of his wimpy arm muscle.

“ You don't need to worry about me- “

[member="Vitha Sat-thuron"] / [member="Arisa Yune"]

 

[Echob Krirgo]

He was also aboard the U-wing, and he had brought his lightsaber and some rations. He had prepared before he got on, which may have helped him. As it landed, he walked out. As the U-Wing landed, he walked out and began viewing his surroundings.

There were trees and hills everywhere. Being used to living in the Temple, it was surprising to him. Maybe lightsabers could cut trees? He grabbed his blade, activated it, and sliced a small pine. It went right through. So sabers can slice trees. He then walked back over to the group.


@Kayda Vrieska | [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"] | [member="Arisa Yune"]

 

[Eugen Aker]

Of course, her apprentices would tell her not to worry as she asked the question. Though she would still worry very much so. These were her first Padawan, and she would be upset with herself if any of them came to harm by poor mentoring on her part.

Joining the trio had been Mr. Krigo, yet another initiate to the Silver Jedi. These days, the halls of Voss were becoming filled with fresh faces, which brought her unspeakable joy considering recent events.

While Mr. Krigo was not also her apprentice, she still shared an equal amount of concern for his well-being. Like Kayda, she wasn't sure how well the Hutt would fare in these conditions.

"Vitha," she said, focusing on the Avogwi. "I'm counting on you to show your peers the way. This is an environment where I know that you excel, so please try to share your knowledge so that they may succeed with you."

Arisa had a different idea in mind with testingVitha. The Avian was quite capable on her own, but Arisa noticed that she had some issues with cooperation and empathy, in large part due to her instincts as a large bird of prey, usually solitary by nature. To be an effective Jedi, one had to be a team player.


[member="Echob Krirgo"] @Kayda Vrieska [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

Vitha preened her feathers as her master spoke. She didn't really like having anyone be in charge of her truthfully but if she was going to learn to master the force and the use of a lightsaber she was going to have to put up with it. "I'll keep them from being eaten by anything but no guarantees I'll share any of my kills. They are going to have to learn how to hunt for themselves since they aren't chicks and can look after themselves. Besides that should just be part of the training."

 

[Jairdain]

Jairdain sat quietly at the rear of the U-wing, almost unoticed by the rest of them. To have the ability to surrvive in the wild was certainly something everybody should know how to do. She's been on her own since she was fifteen, but had no clue to live off the land.

Her only physical weapon was her vibrosword, but the Force was always there. Smiling slightly, she disembarked when the ship landed.

They would be out here for two weeks and she was looking forward to the freedom it would offer her. Nodding to each of the students, Jairdain waited for the Jedi to leave.

@Vitha Sat-thoron [member="Arisa Yune"] [member="Echob Krirgo"] @Kayda Vrieska

 

[Kayda Vrieska]

With the goodbyes and formalities out of the way. The young Padawan turned to face the outdoors, lifting his left hand up he swayed it forward. Suggested that his fellow students tagged along with him, Kayda actually being eager to experience the wilderness. Although he was the least expected to lead, with his chin held high the boy marched forward. A small bag upon the student's back, filled with an assortment of things he could use as they stayed outside for the next few days.

“ Let's be on our way then, shall we? “

Not even waiting for a response, the boy continued to walk forward into the treeline. Assuming everyone else was simply going to follow and stay a unit. Kayda looked at his surroundings with curiosity sparkling in his eyes. Never really taking time to appreciate nature before, he allowed himself to soak it all in. Moving his hands up to about his shoulders, he gripped the straps of his pack. Smiling softly and turned to face the other Padawan’s. Now that they had tracked some distance away from the ship, he decided it was time to determine what their first goal should be.

“ Okay, so if we're going to stay out here.. what do you think should be our main objective first? “
He asked this towards the group, allowing anyone to answer. Wanting all of them to voice their own opinion on the matter.

[member="Jairdain"] / [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"] / [member="Echob Krirgo"]

 

[Echob Krirgo]

He was shocked by the beauty of the nature, and walked carefully so to not step on any growing ferns. Eventually he walked a bit deeper into the woods, but still stayed alert in case anything happened that he needed to hear. The tops of the trees swayed in the gentle breeze, and sunlight filled in the areas where there was no trees. Life was everywhere, and he could feel it within the Force. He took a look back near the clearing and saw a river flowing through the forest. Beyond that, there was a beautiful mountain range.

He had never seen this much natural wonder before, and felt a bit dazed by the beauty. He wished that he could stay here forever, and put all his problems and worries aside. Then, he heard one of the other Padawans with him call him over. The Padawan said about what the main objective should be. He had been studying outdoor survival recently, and had a book on it in his utility belt. He replied to the Padawan, "Shelter. Shelter first, then later we can focus on food and water. I'm not too hungry right now."

[member="Kayda Vrieska"] | [member="Jairdain"] | [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

Vitha made her way out of the lander and took off. Following above the other padawans before he eyed caught glimpses of them as they walked. The wind was decent up here and she easily caught the breeze. Letting herself glide she scanned the area around where they had landed and kept an eye out on the glimpses of the padawans. It was a nice day, she was going to be spending a week doing what she does best, and she was in charge of a few padawans. They would be annoying and probably expect them to help the out more but the entire point of training is to learn how to survive by yourself.

 

[Jairdain]

"I agree with [member="Echob Krirgo"] and we should find a location for shelter or make one ourselves."

Jairdain fell into step behind the other two Padawans and felt as @Vitha Sat-thoron flew near them, but high up in the air. She kept her hand on the hilt of her vibroblade keeping guard on the rear.

She didn't feel anything threatening making a move on them, but it was still day yet. Most hostile creatures came out in the evening or at night.

"If we can find a cave or something with a natural overhang that would be so much better than having to build one."

[member="Kayda Vrieska"]

 

[Eugen Aker]

Once she had dropped the small party of padawan off, Arisa would be on her way, taking to the air in her U-Wing. High above in orbit, there would be all manner of surveillance tracking the Padawan while they remained unaware in their little wilderness adventure. If something happened, then she or someone else from the academy would be quick to make an appearance.

As she waited on her Padawan, Arisa wasn't about to sit around for two weeks on the U-wing at the Academy. This break presented the perfect opportunity to refine her skills in the summoning of Force Light. In some previous classes with Matsu Ike, it had been easy to draw upon the energy whilst the class was being bombarded with it from all manner of Force Imbued items within the midst the Academy, but in most cases, practitioners would not have that luxury. To truly master the ability, she felt that one must practice within the worst conditions possible, to learn how to summon Force Light under the most grueling of circumstances.

On Voss, there was no better place to do this than the Nightmare Lands, so to those cursed lands did she go.

((At this point, I'm working on my own personal storyline as an aside, to please proceed with what you're doing without me.))

[member="Vitha Sat-thuron"] [member="Jairdain"] [member="Kayda Vrieska"] [member="Echob Krirgo"]

 

[Echob Krirgo]

As the group began to talk, he got an idea. An idea that he thought was very good.

"Maybe [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"] can scout out a possible location to use as shelter, since she can fly. That means she will be able to scan the area about ten times quicker than us. Once she finds a shelter, she can fly back and guide us. When the time comes, she can do the same with food."

"Since I'm probally the slowest here, [member="Kayda Vrieska"] and [member="Jairdain"] can do any hunting or tight squeezes. If we find a cave, I will be working on making sure nothing lives there, as well as finding the best place to start a fire. I have some spare tents, just in case anyone forgot."

 

[Kayda Vrieska]

[SIZE=12pt]Acknowledging what the Hutt had suggested, Kayda quickly cupped his hands around his mouth. Speaking up to the bird, the young Padawan raised his voice so that she could hear him.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]“ Hey! Vitha, go scan the surroundings for some shelter! “[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Kayda lowered his hands once he had confirmed she heard him. Reaching behind him, the young boy pulled off his bag. Opening it up so the others could see what was inside. He had a few blankets along with snacks and clean water. He assumed that they could just start the fires with their sabers so it wasn't too necessary to have a flint and steel. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]“ I have a small amount of rations that should hold us out until we can catch something. For now let's just try and find some good firewood until Vitha gets back to us. “[/SIZE]

[member="Echob Krirgo"] / [member="Arisa Yune"] / [member="Jairdain"] / [member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]

 

[Jairdain]

As the padawans spoke to each other and [member="Echob Krirgo"] mentioned the possibility of her hunting something, Jairdain gave him a flat stare and shook her head.

"I'm blind, but I can cook well enough once our food is caught and killed."

She also opened her bag to show what was inside. A spare change of clothes, some little pill looking pellets for cleansing any water to make it safe to drink, as well as personal rations enough to last five days. Along with a small tent that folded up to fit, a thin cover and something that looked like tin foil.

"You guys will also have to start any cooking fire as I have yet to get a light saber."

On her side, was her vibrosword and a skinning knife she had picked up for this camping excursion.

Opening her mind to the planet around, Jairdain felt the direction of where water could be found and pointed it out to the others since they had yet to hear from @Vitha Sat-thoron.

[member="Kayda Vrieska"]

 

[Vitha Na'iv]

Vitha glanced down and saw the male human seemingly trying to draw her attention. Hands cupped around it's mouth it seemed to be yelling something. Adjusting her wings the bird turned, folded her right wing causing her body to pivot so her head was pointed straight down then folded up her left. Dropping rapidly out of the sky she slipped between a large enough gap in the trees and roughly twenty feet above the human her tail pressed downwards, caught the wind, which flipped her so her front faced him. Wings extending out and beating the air she rapidly slowed out stretching her talons which probably were uncomfortably for the human and landed absorbing the somewhat forceful impact in her legs.

Looking up and straightening herself out she folded her wings. Looking at him the bird yawned, "You needed something?" ​It was always amusing to mess with humans by landing far to close to them. Talons the size of the long knives some sentient liked to use coming straight down towards their head seemed to unnerve them.

[member="Jairdain"] [member="Kayda Vrieska"] [member="Echob Krirgo"] [member="Arisa Yune"]

 

[Kayda Vrieska]

The young boy was slightly startled by the approaching bird. When she landed, the boy regained his composure and smiled softly. Speaking to her in a friendly tone of voice.

“ Ah yes, could you scout the area for a reasonable place we can set up camp? “

Kayda asked this very casually, assuming that Vitha wouldn't mind at all doing the task. While she did that, Kayda intended on trying to find some firewood. The other Padawan were welcome to join him unless they had a different objective they wished to conquer. So as he waited for the bird's response, Kayda began to close the bag he had, slinging it onto his back once more.

[member="Vitha Sat-thuron"]