Let there be Music

[Faith Organa]

She had seen him briefly at the Dinner she had not seen him in some time this meeting would help to catch them up since [member="Alexander Sannes"] had disappeared only to be found outside.

Seeing him outside, and listening to him play she had an idea for him, if he would take it. She would need to discuss with him what she envisioned and then see if he was up to the task. Would he?

He was eschani his ties to home were strong but he was also a friend. So..they'd talk and see what happen.

Faith waited at the Alderaan Museum she had not been here in sometime so this provided her opportunity to once again look upon all that made Alderaan great.

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]


Alexander was alot more relaxed today, out of the suit and in more comfortable clothing, while still semi-formal in their nature. His case still with him and the saber he kept hidden in his sleeve while he walked towards the museum where faith had asked to meet him. He wasn't sure what she wanted but he assumed this wasn't a simple courtesy call, likely it had some importance regarding his being asked to the planet in the first place.

Soon enough he would arrive to the museum, tapping his hand against his side while he walked and looking towards the entrance where Faith would be standing. He glanced around, curious about if anyone else recognizable was here but it did not seem so. Surely there was a good reason for him to be called to this place, and even if there wasn't it still confused him why she had called him to the museum of all places and not her palace.

"Lady Organa, I must say that this meeting is a bit shocking and I am curious as to what it is you wanted to talk with me about." He spoke with his eyes trailing off to the museum and looking at it more closely, smiling at the building as it was a place he had been before during a meeting between the Republic and Alderaan some time ago. He wondered what happened to those ones.

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith walked over to [member="Alexander Sannes"] , "I wanted to talk to you about something that might benefit both of us. But first tell me what are you doing these days since there the fall of the Republic?"

Eschan was quiet as were many of the planets that was not necessarily bad. She looked around the room the museum was beautiful . All the contributions made to make it a landmark once again had all gone for good use. Skeletons of thranta, the evolution of moss painting, the history of Alderaan and hung near by was a portrait of Princess Leia with her father Bail Organa. Faith was proud of the museum and all that if offered to visitors.

What she was going to ask her old friend to do, if he could, he might enjoy or he will decline. Either way she was going to ask and visit with him as they once had at his home.

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]


Alexander smiled as she approached him and his body moved to bow towards her, a quick action to give some bit of formality to their meeting before speaking up himself.

"Oh? I am curious what it is you want to talk about. As for the time after the republic, much like you I have been working to improve Eshan's situation. Sadly not to the extent of your reach, but in any way that I can. After the Republic disbanded I lost a bit more weight with my people than I had thought I would..." He wondered why she would bring up his time after the Republic, but figured it was just small talk.

As they walked, Alexander had to admit that the mere fact of some of the preserved art was amazing. To be fair, the planet's existence is still amazing, a work of miracles and the history preserved even more so. It had always wanted to make him study the bio technology that had made this possible but he knew he was not proficient in that. The portrait made him halt, looking at it for a few moments.

"This is your ancestor if I am not wrong?" His tone was questioning, not certain and asking to be sure.

 

[Faith Organa]

"Yes a very distant Cousin and her father. They accomplished so much for their time." Faith smiled warmed that he had mentioned them. "I know Eschan is your home Alexander and that you want to preserve it and build it up. But perhaps there is another calling for you at this time."

She walked slowly till they stood before a replica of the Killik Twilight the original was now Faith's Draco had found it and brought it back to Alderaan as a gift. "You have a deep appreciation for music and art, is that not so?" She asked even though she knew the answer.

A moss painting it had been the last of its kind until Alderaan was restored. Such a strange twist of events.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]


"I do. Music especially as I am sure you have come to notice. Your interest into that fact is curious though Lady Organa, as is this calling you have mentioned. Might I be blunt and ask what it is that you are hinting at?" He glanced at her while they looked on at the moss creation, his eyes running over it for a while.

He enjoyed being at the museum, but it was made extremely clear to him that the woman had more than just idle talk or a small job for him. He was curious why she had approached him about this though. He was not like his predecessors when it came to his abilities and he was in no way influential on Eshan anymore with the need for a Senator now gone. He still had some abilities, those which he was silent about and the thought made him curious, his eyes shifting to look at the woman again and wonder if she knew about his abilities with the force. He wasn't strong but he was still curious if she knew.

 

[Faith Organa]

"Alderaan is known for peace, art, culture and maintaining an eco system. I'd like you to take on the title Minister of Arts and build a Music Center here on Alderaan." There it was out in the open now.

What she wanted from her friend [member="Alexander Sannes"] , She expected him to mull this over, "Shall we continue walking?" The music in the museum was soft meant to inspire thought to the patrons and to provide another distraction should they enter a section they did not care for.

Faith only found the hall where the portraits hung to be difficult. Not all the portraits were of the historical nature, some were remembrance. They had felt that it needed to remember the battles fought on Alderaan and the lives lost. So..the hall of memories was created.

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]

He listened to her offer for a moment surprised and quite visibly trying to reason what he had just heard. The offer had caught him off guard considering he had expected something else. What he was expecting wasn't quite clear to himself, confused what he had thought she was going to suggest but the shock was pushed back down when she suggested they continue. Blinking first, his voice soon followed.

"Yes yes, lets." He walked with the woman and thought over what he had heard.

There was nothing holding him back. He had no defined duty to Eshan, or any position that would hold him back from joining the woman inside the Free Worlds. But the fact that she was asking him to become a member of this coalition's government, even if an arguably insignificant part made him hesitate in simply accepting. Did he have to forget about his home in accepting this, ending all loyalty to the queen and his people or was she giving him a chance to create closer relations without betraying his home. The thought made him curious if he was to be a tool considering the past but she was his friend so such a thing seemed unlikely.

Still though...

"A beautiful collection you have here Lady Organa."

 

[Faith Organa]

"Oh its not mine not really it belongs to the families and people who contributed all funds to make it so. My House watches over it and [member="Trevor Alde"] house has been named curator but it's not really mine."

Faith walked slowly, "I know that Eshan holds your heart and allegiance Alexander. I'm not asking you to leave it forever. Alderaan has no problems with Eschan, maybe you could serve two in this. Perhaps your Queen will let you be Ambassador to Alderaan, and in my gratitude I would ask you to be Minister and build the music hall something that reflects the friendship between Eschan and Alderaan. You know music so much better than I do, you..would know what needs to part of a center."

Faith turned a corner another hall of paintings from local artists who were once again feeling creativity flow through their veins and wanted to paint, draw, or mold. She waited while her friend thought. It was not to take him away from his home, but to give him an avenue to leave his mark upon the galaxy.

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]

His thoughts were interrupted quickly when she mentioned Eshan and his eyes quickly turned on Faith out of surprise. Yes, he had been thinking about Eshan, but it was uncommon for him to be caught off guard by someone quickly cutting apart his thought process. He almost wondered if Faith could look into his mind like Jedi but he was unsure about that, he didn't feel her probing his mind or any signs of that so he just sighed and smiled to himself at being so easy to judge. He must have lost some of his old touch in hiding his thoughts but too late for him to change that now.

"You caught me Faith. To tell you the truth I am not too experienced when it comes to things like that, yes I enjoy playing myself and I find it to be one of my most enjoyable things in this galaxy but to be away from Eshan with your Coalition at the front of my mind, even if it is to be a minister and oversee a music hall's construction and operation. Its a large step, and this is coming from someone that was a senator along with the rest of you." He tapped his hand on his arm, thinking about the offer still and turning to look at the paintings.

With a smile he finally nodded. "Well, I don't have anything holding me back anyways. I think you have your minister Lady Organa."

 

[Faith Organa]

Faith smiled, "Wonderful Alexander. You won't regret it I'm not task master at all. The only thing I ask is to build the Concert Hall keeping with the traditions of Alderaan. Who knows maybe this is the first step into a new career, Concert Promoter." She moved along the hall.

"Tell me what you will need and we will see that you have it within reason of course. Alderaan is slowly growing and each building we raise up brings more revenue, but it incurs the costs of having the structure. A double edged blade if ever I did see one."

She was glad to have an old friend within the inner circle of her friends.

[member="Alexander Sannes"]

 

[Alexander Sannes]

[member="Faith Organa"]


"I assume that means the hall has to be made of moss and I can't ask for a yacht then?" He smiled as he made the light-hearted joke, no longer looking at her and instead focusing on the works of art to his right, staring at them while they walked and his hand waving with the music even if it was a soft tune. He heard it as clear as day and smiled at its sound, grateful for its presence while they talked.

He finally spoke again after a what was about a minute, his voice slightly cracking while the air seemed trapped in his throat. "Faith, you worry a lot for your planet, I understand that as well as anyone else considering my love for my home. You need not worry about such small things as getting what is needed, in truth I would much rather do this with my abilities to provide out of repayment for the kindness of your offer. You need not worry about me asking for anything that will not be necessary for what you wish. Though I can't hope to achieve the style and beauty that your people can which is why I do request one thing."

He reached up and grabbed a strand of hair, messing with it while he walked.

"I am going to need the people who created such marvels here, who can craft beauty out of stone and paint to create a hall for the arts that you so desire. I would ask for only those that truly love their home, and would wish to contribute to it rather than one looking for a paycheck. Its not out of a wanting to be cheap, but if you want me to do as you ask, I need people who are devoted to Alderaan as their home." He smiled and stopped, looking at a painting infront of him, one showing the mountains and forests of the planet.

 

[Faith Organa]

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The painting that Faith stood looking at was done from the mountains, reflecting lake she loved how the blue and green worked together what always fascinated her was the lack of visible brush strokes. How did they do that?

She heard Alexander ask for a yacht, "A yacht, now" she played along, "but now that moss thing has potential" She smiled so he would knew she was joking as well. Then she heard the serious tones of his voice.

"Yes I worry for Alderaan." How could she not she had tried to make friends and had a few, it never felt like enough. She hoped it was.

"By all means Alexander we want people who love Alderaan and see that its restoration is done out of love. I love this place so I want it to look like it once did, that it should have the reputation it once had. Its..home." She looked down for a moment collecting her thoughts. "Ask and see who responds Alexander we'll go from there." She studied the painting again, wanting to be to place the spot where it was done.

"We do have funds though. The Noble houses, House Organa...we are dong better."

[member="Alexander Sannes"]