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[Jairdain]

While in a meditative state, Jairdain lost track of time. One time she had gone into meditation, she had been in that state for months. She did not expect that to happen with Zane, but you never knew. The Force would keep them alive if it happened...and the next skills she would teach him would assist with that.

Focus on only your heartbeat, Zane.

Focusing on her own, she waited until he said he had done what she requested.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane focuses on the rhythmic beating of his heart, letting the force flow in him and reaching out towards his feelings, letting it guide him while still in the meditative state. The words of his master echos in his head, and he follows her instructions to the letter, focusing on her teaching. Zane reaches out toward his master with force without saying anything, letting her feel how he is focusing on his heartbeat.

 

[Jairdain]

Now connect with me and listen to my heart as well.

When she felt Zane connect with her, if it happened, then their beats would start pumping at the same time. They were united in the meditation and through the Force. As he listened to hers, he would notice it start to slow down. Almost to the point where there was no beat at all. Seconds would pass and then minutes before he heard or sense another.

This I call hypocardio meditation. If you ever find yourself too hot and need to cool down, use it. It can also help you survive without air since you don't breathe during it. Now you focus on your heart and try to slow its beat. Don't go too fast or you could kill yourself.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane concentrates on the beating of his heart and using the force to slow his heartbeat just right to get into the hypocardio meditation. Still focusing on his master's heartbeat. Zane understands the rhyme of his master's heartbeat, as he follows the beat while in this new meditation state, and concentrates on the force ignoring all distractions around him, focusing on his master's heartbeat and words.

 

[Jairdain]

She found it surprising Zane didn't seem to be concerned about putting himself close to death during this exercise. She clearly remembered the few tries she did and at first, she kept freaking out and coming out of the meditation.

You're quite a prodigy, Zane. Even I didn't catch on so quickly. Now bring your heartbeat back up to normal and come out of the meditation. We'll do more tomorrow.

Following her own guidance, Jairdain opened her eyes and stood up. Stretching a little, she walked over to the wall and motioned to the wooden weapons there.

"Pick one and we will start going through the katas of the first lightsaber form."

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

"Thank you, master."

Zane gets up from the lotas-crosslegged sitting, makes his way to the wooden rack, and then picks a wooden single-bladed sword suitable for holding one to two hands. Zane makes sure the wooden weapon has the right weight and easy balance so that he can work with it. After knowing that he has chosen an excellent practice weapon, he waits for master Ismet for more instructions.

 

[Jairdain]

This was an area that Jairdain felt she should know more about but at least she knew the basics of each Form. Picking up her own wooden lightsaber, she walked back to the center of the room.

"Now watch all of my movements and when you are comfortable, imitate them. We'll start with Form One also called Shi-Cho. If you have any questions, just ask."

Starting through the motions, she made careful placement of her feet, body, the lightsaber, and her hands.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane nods in agreement, then observes the movement, steps, and hands-on how master Ismet is moving her practice weapon around—taking in every information on how she is moving and practicing her practice weapon, taking in the knowledge of the first lightsaber form of Shi-Cho.

As Zane watches this practice, he feels the force guiding him on what he needs to do as if time is slowed down and Ismet is moving slowly, allowing him to get every step, movement, hand position, and down in detail. Also, he feels something inside him taking in this knowledge as if a spirit is watching over him.

 

[Jairdain]

After going through the simple katas for the first form several times, Jairdain stopped and allowed Zane to go through them. He caught on much faster than she had but it was probably because he had sight. She was physically blind and some things like this were much more difficult for her to understand. In the end, she got a crash course in Form One and it had been planted in her mind by a now-dead lover. This was something Zane did not need to know and she did not volunteer this information.

Every initiate and Padawan learned these basics, now it was her turn to pass this knowledge along to the next generation. When she was still, she sensed something about Zane. Waiting until he finished, she was silent for a moment.

"It seems you have some company with you. Care to introduce us?"

In a way, she wondered if he was even aware of the ghost he had with him.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane looks confused when master Ismet says, what friend.

"I'm sorry, master, but what friend? I don't see anything."

Little does Zane knows over him is a hooded man in brown robes covering his whole face, wearing full brown robes, Jedi armor with his robes. He looks like a Jedi from the old republic around Darth Revan and Malek and glowing full blue as he is one with the force. He knows that Ismet is looking at him, but he doesn't say anything yet as he doesn't want to be known by Zane or Ismat yet. Then the force ghost speaks telepathy to Ismet.

"Now is not the time to tell Zane; I haven't shown myself to him yet. He still needs more training before I can show him myself to him. All you need to know is that I was once a prodigal knight and nearly an equal to Revan. So you me Prophet."

 

[Jairdain]

I understand. Who were you?

The entity had only stated he had a prodigal knight and that was all. From his aura, Jairdain could tell he was ancient but nothing beyond that. When he mentioned Revan, she had a better understanding. Yet she still asked her question. Before she would make any final decision, she wanted all of the information to be had.

"You won't see anything yet but in time you will. If you have the aptitude for it. Let's break for the day and return again tomorrow. If you find you can't sleep, then go through the Katas until are you able to."

Taking a seat on the floor, the entity had given something for her to think on and she waited until Zane had left before starting to meditate. When he returned the morning, she would apparently still be meditating and not moved at all.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane nods leaves master Ismet's room, then makes his way to his ship where Dani is staying and makes sure everything is ok with her. After about a 15 min walk to the hanger, Zane's ship is still there, and as he enters, Dani, with a smile, runs up to him and hugs him tightly and gives him a nice passionate kiss, then breaks away.

"I missed you, love," Dani said with a smile.

"I missed you too, babe," Zane said, still holding onto Dani.

Dani then lets go of Zane. But not before Zane gives her a nice smack on her butt.

"How's your training going?" Dani asked.

"It's going well; I'm a quick study," Zane said with a smile.

Zane reaches out his hand to a cup on the table, and as he reaches out his feelings, letting the force flow through him and around him,
he remembers the teachings of his master Ismet and the lessons on how to channel the force, but then he hears some unknown voice in his mind as if it was teaching him something new.

"Zane, go to the peace within. Reach out with your feelings, concentrate."

As Zane hears the voice and reaches out, he sees the cup shake a little before it quickly pulls into his hand. As Zane grasps the empty cup in his hand, he feels amazed and wowed like I just did that. As Zane looked at Dani, she looked astonished and shocked, like he had to do that.

"Wow," Dani said.

"Wow is right," Zane said, agreeing with Dani.

"Where are the droids?" Zane asked Dani.

As Dani called for the droids, both R3 and 00 come to the living area and are both very happy to see Zane, and after many happy beeps from R3 and many polite words from 00. Zane had chosen to stay with them for the rest of the day. So Zane goes to the cargo and practices the kata's that he learned from master Ismet as Zane practiced for about 2 hours shirtless, letting the sweat roll off his body and almost out of breath. Dani enters the cargo hold to see Zane done with his kata form.

"So, while you were training, I've been talking to an old friend. Her name is Flavia Dien. She is an old friend I've known when I was in that gang. I've been talking to her after you're done here or when you get a vacation. Could we go see her? She is interested in joining the crew."

Zane smiles.

"Of course. Anything for you, love."

Dani smiles, then takes his hand and leads him to the captain's quarters refresher.

"Come on, babe, let's get you cleaned up. I don't want to hug you all sweaty."

Dani giggles, and after about 10 mins of Zane using the refresher, showering all the training sweat off of him and drying himself off. Zane then leaves the refresher, and Dani is laying on the bed, and without saying a word, the two of them have some fun catching up.

[Fade to Black]

After the night of passion, Zane wakes up early, takes a shower, gets dressed into some training attire, gives Dani a friendly kiss as she is still sleeping, and leaves a note, saying that he'll be back later. Zane then leaves both the ship and hanger. Then makes his way back to master Ismet chambers. As he was walking, he couldn't stop smiling due to the nice night that he had had with Dani. Then when he enters the master Ismet room, he looks at her.

"Good morning, master Ismet."

 

[Jairdain]

A flash of irritation came across Jairdain when the ghost did not answer her question but she let it pass. It would be revealed sooner or later and she hadn't sensed anything negative about him. Her own Padawan did not seem to be aware of his companion but that had been the case for her too.

Another woman, in almost another life, had introduced her to her own guardians and maybe that was what this spector was. Watching through the Force as Zane left, she followed his presence until he reached his ship. Having the feeling, she knew what was going to happen, she gave him the privacy he deserved and did not intrude into his personal space.

Perhaps, she should actually talk about the Code and see what his opinion on some of the lines was. So far, that had not happened and it was clear, he hadn't taken them to heart yet.

The night passed and she did not move until he arrived the next morning. Opening her eyes, she motions for him to take a seat again.

"We never actually talked about what the Code means. Can you repeat it?"

There was no offer of food or drink so if he missed breakfast, it might be a long morning.

"Good morning to you as well. Did you sleep well?"

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

"Yes, master I did sleep well."

Zane then got a feeling that master Ismet might know what happened last night, so he then wiped that smile on his face, then sighed and start reciting the Jedi code, while still standing.

"There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony. There is no death, there is the Force."

The force ghost just was over him with a proud look under his robe to Zane and giving him a feeling that everything will be ok.

 

[Jairdain]

Since Jairdain was still sitting on the floor and he remained standing, it seemed like he might be trying to intimidate her. Listening to him recite the code, she nodded and again motioned for him to take a seat. It was likely going to be a long day of conversation, but she felt Zane really needed to comprehend what the Code was.

"Tell me what you think the first line means, please."

Her tone was calm and gave no sign that she might feel intimidated by him standing. That wasn't the case at all, she knew if a lesson needed to be learned by him, she could defeat him. It had nothing to do with his rank as a Padawan or even hers as a Master. She just had way more knowledge and knew how to use it.

Zane Rider

 

[Zane Rider]

Zane looks calmy to master Ismet but senses that he's trying to intimidate her by standing. He takes a seat cross-legged to show that he's not wanting to intimidate her. He takes a breath as she knows about him having sex with his girlfriend last night. Zane sighs and talks in a normal calm voice as the ghost tells him to be calm.

"There is no emotion, there is peace. It means by not letting emotions dictate the path, a Jedi becomes a being of peace. Emotions lead to the Dark Side."

Zane tries to read master's Ismat's face as she is so calm, and why would having emotions is wrong, without them we be machines or old separatist droids.