Let's Talk About Feelings [Force Empathy]

[Joza Perl]

The festive tents set up on the Ossus grounds were enough to put Joza in decent spirits seeing as how visually, it reminded her of a party. What Zeltron didn’t love parties? It was a good start to the day considering that she’d be teaching her specialty: Force Empathy. All Zeltrons had an innate ability to form empathetic connections with other sentients—as limited as it was, it served them well. It was a skill that Joza had employed from the very beginning of her Padawan days, learning how to use the Force to enhance it. Now, she was more than happy to pass it on.

While the woman was no stranger to being telekinetically tossed into walls or having her nose broken (ahem), she decided against teaching something potentially dangerous. Pity seeing as how she had a lot of fun shooting Padawans with blaster bolts during Force Barrier training!

Right now, however, she was a bit preoccupied. After waking up nauseous for like, the third week in a row, she debated not participating in today’s activities and staying in bed. Even the smell of food wafting from the large tent, however tantalizing, made her gag. That was, until, she forced some of it down. With something in her stomach, the nausea began to abate and the Zeltron was content once more.

Sitting cross legged in her designated tent with a plate of nuna stuffed steamed buns on her lap, Joza decided that she’d be alright just hanging out and eating these all day. Which was odd, considering that she’d never cared for nuna meat before, but now she couldn’t stop herself from indulging in a large breakfast. A certain Master Heavenshield was definitely an excellent cook!

 

[Serana]

The temple at Voss was beautiful, more so when you were soaring from above with everything that she wanted to do. Serana had heard about the workshop and what better way to work on many more of the things they had developed at the temple since she had first arrived to the temple as she came in near the workshop. The other masters were all around giving classes but she was uncertain of many things but she came down touching on the ground as she tucked her wings in closer to her body as she shifted her mane with a look on her face. Wanting to work with it and seeing which workshops were being offered from the different masters. She moved in to work with her own, it was much easier and she was uncertain but the beast trick technique for now.

 

[Undin Jaii Kryze]

The little Padawan looked down at the timetable. It seemed that now was time for Master [member="Joza Perl"]'s Force Empathy workshop. He had to admit, he was a bit reluctant, as a couple of weeks ago, he had been shot by her during Force Barrier training, but it what could happen to him, couldn't hurt more than it had hurt then, right? Well, he surely hoped so.

With his sunglasses protecting him from the sun, he went near the tent where the pink woman stood satten. Adorning his orange robes, and with his lightsaber hooked to his belt, the Padawan greeted Master Joza with a bow, and a "Hello! I'm here for the Force Emp---", his line was cut short by one of the plants that habited Ossus. The goddamn things was trying to eat him!

The plant itself stood about a meter away from the tent, having one of the leafs or were they petals? Didn't matter, said thing had extended and Undin was being dragged towards it. Vong terraforming technology my ass!

 

[NightSister]

Force Empathy was just one of the countless skills that Aria had never really gotten around to learning. However, given that an opportunity to finally do so was staring her right in the face - not to mention, a recent turn of events made the skill a much more useful one than it had been - Aria saw no reason not to go ahead and learn the skill.

Having had an bright and early start to her day, Aria was dressed to perfection in her nicest Jedi robes and with her dark hair in neat waves. She made her way into the designated tent to see the familiar face of Master Joza Perl, who seemed to have somewhat less energy than usual but nothing that Aria felt the need to point out.
"Hi," she said cheerfully, sitting down so as not to tower over the Zeltron. "Force Empathy, right? Nice to see you again."

[member="Serana"] [member="Joza Perl"] [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"]

 

[Micah tol Powl]

The plants of Ossus were quite fascinating.

They seemed almost like animals. Case in point, a vine seemed to be pulling one of the students from out of the Jedi Fair tent that the small bear was making his way into.

Reaching down, the white cub grabbed the vine and gave a tug. His considerable weight aside, the Beorni was a lot stronger than he appeared. If the plant wanted to get into a tug-of-war, the baby Beorni was liable to rip it out by the roots. "Here you go," the cub said, looking down at the boy with the black fur on his head.

One paw still holding onto the vine, the cub used the other to wave at the pink lady. He'd met her over at the Beast Trick workshop earlier. "Hi, Master," the boy offered in greeting. "Are you teaching the Force Empathy?"

It seemed like something that would go well with the rest of today's training - White Current and Beast Trick.

And pyrokinesis. Except pyrokinesis was more for managing a forge and metallurgy.

[member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] | [member="Joza Perl"]​

 

[Lily Hex-Volsh]

From what her mother had told her, Lily had the unique that the zeltron possessed being an empath as well as being able to release pheromones so...People could like her? That was weird. Did people only like her because of the pheromones? An questioned answered by her father, since she was only half and still so young it wasn't nearly as potent whether that was the truth or not, he told her that she should attend the force empathy since it would help her amplify her ability was well as get a better understanding of the force, which was a weakness of hers. At first reluctant of taking the course since she was told it was a natural ability but hearing the was class taught by master Joza. She was quick to rush over there. While dressed in the new outfit that they tests she skipped to the class to see master Joza, students and bear? "Hey master!" She started off until she realized a cute little bear in the room and instantly pounced it, resisting all temptation to suplex it. "So cute! Master, I didn't know you had a pet bear." She said excitedly unrealizing that she was disturbing class.


@Cute Cuddle Polar Bear
[member="Serana"] [member="Joza Perl"] [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] [member="Aria Vale"]

 

[Undin Jaii Kryze]

The boy looked over at the cub who had just ripped out the plant from it's standings and held the vine in his hand. "Thank you. I'm Undin Jaii and you?", the boy greeted him and thanked him for saving him.

So that was what was talking to the albino woman earlier that day....He just hoped the albino woman was actually a woman and not a bear aswell.

Polishing his clothes off from the dust and scratches the plant had made, the boy got in composure, as some new people arrived. [member="Aria Vale"] he had already met during another lesson, and another student, who had immediately gone for the bear.

Undin hoped [member="Kiriko"] was used to this, or he might react violently to behind grabbed out of nowhere from a stranger.

[member="Joza Perl"] [member="Serana"] [member="Lily"] Hex-Vosh

 

[Serana]

[member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] [member="Kiriko"] [member="Aria Vale"]

Serana was there and looking at all of them and oh my god there was a wild animal there as she looked at the white bear and went over to him. So many of the jedi had thumbs and none were as cool as what they were working with. She moved over near the bear giving him a look as she looked towards the others who had come to the class to join them with her voice. "Oh thank god, I thought I was going to be the only one in here without thumbs.... these human's are so strange."

 

[Micah tol Powl]

"I'm Undin Jaii and you?"

"Kiriko," the cub answered brightly. He had seen this boy with the black fur in other classes, so it was nice to have a name to go with the fur.

Then the most amazing thing happened... one of the pink fur-less ones just ran up and gave him a hug!

If this was the customary salutation of her species, then other fur-less aliens could learn from its example. "Thanks!" the boy chirped, his round ears perking up at having been called 'cute.' Who didn't like a compliment like that? And from a complete stranger no less? "...but I'm not really a pet."

He was a padabear. Which also started with a p, so he could understand the confusion there.

"You're cute, yourself," the bear added. After all, it was only polite to return the compliment. "Your flesh is a pretty color."

[member="Serana"] | [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] | [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] | [member="Aria Vale"] | [member="Joza Perl"]​

 

[Connor Harrison]

It’d be rude not to have a nosy around the tents of his allies and friends. One attracted him greatly – the tent belonging to [member="Joza Perl"] and her teaching of empathy.

If there was one thing the Zeltron was good at it, it was using and understanding the empathic nature of sentient beings. She had done so when Connor needed help himself to make sense of things, and she had controlled her own during their numerous talks.

She had been through so much, and so much worse could have come from it had her ability not been as skilful as it was. Sharing it with others was a key factor in making these Jedi fully prepared for the real world where confrontations were not all about lightsabers and blasters.

Ducking in under the tent flap, he leant on a wooden pole and folded his arms. She had a good turnout, and really, he just wanted to watch and listen. He smiled, pleased to see her with that confidence and standing to help others. Selfless as always.

[member="Kiriko"] | [member="Serana"] | [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] | [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] | [member="Aria Vale"]

 

[Joza Perl]

Wait, people were actually showing up to this thing?

Joza had a mouth full of nuna meat when [member="Serana"] entered her tent. Thankfully for right now, it was just her so that didn’t mean she was too embarrassed at being caught stuffing her face. Swallowing quickly, she wiped her mouth delicately on the back of her robe sleeve and set the plate aside for now. “Serana! Good to see you again. Here to learn some more of your Master’s tricks?” She gave the Del-Ya a playful wink, nodding in greeting towards [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] as he made his way in.

Or tried to, rather. It seemed that some of the more aggressive Ossus wildlife had snared the boy’s leg and was attempting to drag him into the jungle. Fortunately, help arrived in the form of [member="Kiriko"]—a good natured bundle of fur. As the two settled in, Joza smiled at them. “Thank you for helping him, Kiriko. It’s good to see you two again. And Undin, no need to worry—I promise this won’t be as painful as Barrier training!” Her grin widened at the boy, but Joza appeared more subdued than the last time they’d met.

As a familiar Padawan entered, Joza’s face lit up to see [member="Aria Vale"]. “Aria! Good to see you again as well. Welcome to Force Empathy.” The girl had also been attendance for the Force Barrier training as well, and she’d probably be happy about the lack of droids in blasters in today’s lesson. When a certain [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] showed up, Joza couldn’t suppress as snicker when she hugged Kiriko and referred to him as her pet. “I’m glad you’re here, Lily. This training will be especially good for you as you’ll learn how to hone your natural empathy. And…as Kiriko said, he’s not a pet. He’s a Padawan, like you.” She chuckled, leaning forward to sweep some of the girl’s hair out of her eyes. She was especially fond of other Zeltrons, and sort of looked a Lily as a little sister. Especially seeing as how she was Jericho’s daughter.

Master [member="Connor Harrison"]’s presence came as a surprise, but was certainly not unwelcome. In fact, she was glad to have him here—Joza made sure to catch his gaze and flash him a smile before turning to address those that had gathered.

“Thank you for coming to Force Empathy training, everyone. For those of you that don’t know, my name is Joza Perl.” Placing her palms to either side of her, Joza reclined back and got a good look at everyone in the tent before diving into an explanation. “Force Empathy, in the purest sense, allows for us to feel the emotions of others—anything from glimpses to feeling as if those emotions were our own. Its usefulness is determined by the user, and even then you must be cautious—strong feelings can overwhelm you if you are not prepared. If you’re skilled in reading body language? All the better.”

Sending a hand through her hair, she shifted to make herself a bit more comfortable on the ground. “Some people are born with natural empathetic ability. Jedi Master Streen was driven into isolation because he was constantly aware of the thoughts and feelings of those around them. It wasn’t until he learned to control it via the Force did he start to feel comfortable around others. That ability is rare though, aside from certain races. Such as…” A grin blossomed across her face as she tilted her head towards Lily. “…Zeltrons. My people can form temporary telepathic connections with others and have an innate sense of empathy. So Lily, this might be easier for you than the others. Now, I want you all to concentrate and try to pick up what I’m feeling. Go ahead, touch the Force with your mind and try to read what you feel from me.”

Smiling and docile, those who managed to sense the Zeltron’s emotions would find that she was still hungry for the plate of unfinished nuna buns.

 

[Serana]

[member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] [member="Kiriko"] [member="Aria Vale"] [member="Joza Perl"] [member="Connor Harrison"]

Serana was looking what they were doing and the others who were here, a chance to do more then just the barrier training... well that was a plus in some cases and the best way to do it was to jump right in so that they would be able to begin. She moved herself into a position to see master Harrison arrive and. "it is always good to learn from you master Perl, I have been working to learn and practice as much as I can." She was glad to work with it while she had master Perl to teach her. She was a great master and a skilled teacher.

 

[Lily Hex-Volsh]

She continued to nuzzle the bear as warmly as she could until it, or rather, he began to speak. The young zeltron blinked once then twice and let out a faint gasp. She looked over to master Joza with a blank look on her face, slack jawed with embarrassment. Was she a racist now since she assumed that her classmate was a pet?! "Nooooooooo!" She dramatically screamed in her mind while still nuzzling fluff ball. She couldn't let go....She wouldn't, he was too cute. She looked back to the bear and nuzzled him tighter when he said she was cute as well and giggled. She let out a sigh letting him go as class began tuned into her master. Smiling widely feeling as though she was getting special attention from the master though it might she be in her own mind because they knew each other prior to this and were both zeltrons. The young girl listened intently when she mentioned the other master who went into isolation. She frowned slightly thinking about that, was it wrong to be tuned into others in such a way or was it so overwhelming? The young girl lightly tapped her lower lip as she thought, she couldn't grasp the idea completely since she was so use to the idea being tuned to others naturally. She felt a bond with everyone around her even if she hadn't spoke to them directly and thought they felt the same. "Hmmm...." She hummed lightly to herself as she continued to think. As her mind fluttered she didn't even listen to what the zeltron master asked them to do, but her tummy began to grumble as well thinking about food as well. "Oops!" She squeaked.


[member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] [member="Serana"] [member="Kiriko"] [member="Aria Vale"] [member="Joza Perl"] [member="Connor Harrison"]

 

[Micah tol Powl]

"Go ahead, touch the Force with your mind and try to read what you feel from me.”

The cub went to sit near where the pink-skinned girl was. Legs sliding, the hefty furball plunked down with a thud that may have shaken the tent slightly.

Touch the Force... Touch the Force.

Eyes closed, the bear's soft, round ears twitched up and back the sides of his head, as the boy tried to find the right meditation. As he did, something on the air distracted him.

It was just a twitch at first. The black, button nose reacting, as his snout raised up slightly. Then his nose began wiggling furiously, as the cub sniffed the air. Was that... food? He didn't know what a nuna stuffed bun was, but he knew something smelled delicious!

"Oh, hungry!" the boy blurted aloud, as his eyes popped open.

...wait, that may have been what he was feeling. Not her.

[member="Joza Perl"] | [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] | [member="Serana"] | [member="Connor Harrison"] | [member="Undin Jaii Kryze"]​

 

[Undin Jaii Kryze]

He felt the presence of someone unknown to him. He looked around to see a tall man standing behind him. Before he could greet him though, Joza started speaking.

The little Padawan laughed nervously towards Master Perl. Undin hadn't had the best experiences with her, but she did like being around her, for an unknown reason to him.

Undin went closer to the taller Zeltron, and shut his eyes, trying to concentrate on the Master infront of him. He picked up a lot of feelings, alongside with the rest of the people in the room, he was being bombarded with them.

Going into a calm state, in which he tried to concentrate, always brought back memories and feelings... Sad memories, even worse feelings. Feeling of hate, mistrust, shame and disgust. All of these on himself.

He opened his eyes, with no answer to the challenge put up from Master Perl, he sighed, trying not to become a party-pooper, he put on a fake smile as he tried to forget, what he had remembered.


[member="Joza Perl"] [member="Lily Hex-Volsh"] [member="Serana"] [member="Connor Harrison"] [member="Kiriko"]

 

[NightSister]

Upon the Master's invitation, Aria slowly reached out with her mind, trying to establish a connection first with the Force as a whole and then with Joza. Keeping her eyes open - sustaining connections after opening your eyes that you had started with them shut had never been Aria's forte - she tried to really see the emotions as they radiating off Joza and her surrounding students. Eventually, she began to sense things - nothing as comprehensible as a set emotion, but abstract mixes of colours and sounds that gave off confusing vibes. She could see how being flooded with all these senses could force someone into exile who didn't know how to tame it down.

Trying to compress the conflicting waves of different senses into a more binary stream of emotion, Aria began to direct her concentration towards Joza. Everything was still coming out in a tangled mass that was difficult to interpret, but their did seem to be a pattern to the chaos that was her mind. One feeling stood out, kept poking out at her - hunger. The nuna buns still lay unfinished on her lap, and suddenly the smell flooded her mind as she felt an echo of the Zeltron's hunger. Was that right?

Blinking herself back out of the Force-enhanced environment her mind had transported her to, Aria lost connection with all the emotions that had been attacking her from every direction. A few still hung in the air, faintly whispering at her, so she shut her eyes, fading back into her own senses to drown out the others. That would take some getting used to.

"Wow," Aria said, flinching as she fought off the last remnants of emotion before returning to her normal state. "Is it meant to be so..." she struggled to find the right word, "...chaotic?"

[member="Undin Jaii Kryze"] @Kiriko @Lily Hex-Volsh [member="Joza Perl"] [member="Serana"]

 

[Darth Arkanus]

While he was eating the tall Togruta looked at the time and the schedule he had found he realized he was late for force empathy training. With a full mouth he mumbled something along the lines of, "Gosh darn it I can't be late again!" as Tyrion shovled the rest of the food into his mouth and grabbed his lightsaber going to the tent where Master [member="Joza Perl"] was having her lesson on force empathy. Huffing a little out of breath from running to get there he muttered putting his hands on his knee's, "I'm sorry Master, I'm late I hope there is still room for me to join in with your lesson?" The Tall Togruta looked out of place in a seminar about Force abilities that does not inflict damage but as his previous master taught him all aspects of the force is important to learn so he wanted to take as many classes as he could.