Lothal's Lessons

[Milla Caranthyr]

Milla pulled the hood of her poncho up to obscure her face. She was ready to go, they group she was watching was about to board the shuttle. Then something strange happened. The small group started for a different ship, then stopped abruptly. She couldn't see what caused them to do so or why, but it made her worry that she might miss her chance.

Without warning, the crate she was next to her was pulled to the side. This completely caught her off guard and caused her to jump, then stumble and then fall off her crate to the floor. Her backpack fell off and slid across the floor before stopping halfway between her and [member="Rick Kaloo"]. Milla was quick to her feet in a defensive stance. Her gaze going from the backpack to Rick. All her weight rested on the balls of her feet for a quick takeoff. The problem was there was nowhere to go and she didn't have her backpack full of stuff. Milla watched Rick, waiting for him to make the first move.

 

[Ronak]

On the one hand, Ronak felt unsettled and observed by whatever kind of creature or entity. On the other hand, the forest or the place he was nearing calmed him and seemed to draw him closer at the same time. It was almost as if a voice in his head was whispering: "Stop running. Calm down. Take your time." Ronak knew only one person who was the incarnation of calm for him: the Ronin force Master Oda Nobunaga. What would he do now? Drink some tea maybe. That was something he liked and that calmed nerves, unless you were caught in the middle of a desert or some other place where brewing tea was beyond question.

The water of the brook smelt fresh and tasted deliciously, the fine savors of Calcium Carbonate, Iron were present as was the flavor of the pine needles which had dropped into it at some places upstream and were now dissolving into the water. Considering the light flavor now, they could actually make a fine tasting tea. Collecting fire wood and pine needles was simple enough. The carrion bird he had fed before followed him consequently. At some point Ronak seemed to glimpse something out of the corner of his eyes, but he could not make out the source or the mysterious presence.

Heating water in his canteen and adding the needles resulted in a surprisingly good experience of improvised tea brewing. Chewing on his dried meat strips, he would offer his new flying friend some more bits. Squawking happily, the bird trusted him enough by now the get within arm's reach. "It is a nice place, isn't it?", the wolfman sighed. Speaking to the bird felt natural for him. The bird squawked back appreciatively, apparently agreeing. "Would you mind, flying ahead a bit and telling me what is about the come?" The bird eyed him with an intent gaze out of black eyes. "I have some more meat to offer", Ronak added quickly holding up a meat strip.

They seemed to have struck an agreement, as the bird soared into the sky and flew off in the direction the wolfman had pointed out to it. A flying scout was a luxury he had never had before. Typically, he had to rely on his own senses for scouting. Howling made him prick his ears. But he knew the voice - it was the wolf mother from before who told her pack about the rescue now that she felt safe enough to reveal her location again. Hopefully, the hunter was gone far enough by now. Thinking of him, reminded Ronak of the additional belt, backpack and weaponry he had to carry around now.

Most for standard survivalist equipment. The additional rations he did not mind. That meant that he would not have to hunt down any of the local wildlife to support himself. With his new friend to feed as well, this would be quite welcome. Several nets and a foldable cage indicated that the man had come here with the intention to hunt and capture life prey, a loth wolf pup as it seemed. At the thought Ronak snarled involuntarily. That felt like slavery to him. Those loth wolves were sentient canids just like him. It had been a good thing that he could intervene.

The squawk of his bird friend drew him out of his thoughts. "You are back! Did you find anything?" The bird open its beak with ostention instead, showing that he first wanted some of his reward. After the first meat piece he turned more cooperative. Ronak learned that there was a deer path he could follow, but no longer a brook providing him with water, so he had to take that with him now.

"Did you see any large person like me ahead?", he finally asked, still bugged by the nagging feeling of the strange presence, even though the tea had actually worked miracles in calming him down. At that the bird nodded and squawked once. "One person?" Again nodding and a single squawk. "Is it far?", Ronak added. The bird shook its head, squawking twice.

Now Ronak's curiosity was sparked. Maybe he could finally find out who the source of the strange presence was. Hopefully, the force using person was not too unfriendly. He had no doubt that the presence he felt was, because of the force. After run-ins with people from the dark and the light side, he had mixed experiences with force-users, but generally most had not been his enemies, even though the way of the Sith turned him off completely - too much unnecessary violence from what he had seen.

Packing all equipment into the large backpack, folding the stowing the other one, he souldered backpack and rifle and turned into the direction of his hopefully interesting encounter. Squawking his bird friend soared into the air and flew along with him.

[member="Kylraya"]
[member="Sebastian Sebita"]

[member="Rick Kaloo"]
[member="Milla Ordo"]

 

[Rick Kaloo]

DRAGON'S GRACE - HANGARS​

TAGS: [member="Dorrian Korr"] | [member="Jasper Candos"] | [member="Milla Ordo"]​

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"Put your weapon down." ordered Rick to the man next to him.​

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Just then, Rick discovered the source of the movement behind the boxes. A thin woman suddenly emerged, blonde hair trailing behind her as she assumed a defensive stance. She did not seem to be armed or dangerous, but rather a common citizen. Perhaps a smuggler, or just a poor woman trying to make her way around the galaxy. Her signature in the Force wasn't strong, suggesting that she perhaps did not know her sensitivity.

Rick felt no need to fight her. Instead, he turned to face the woman, and then spoke to her.

"Hello, we do not mean to harm you." said Rick softly. "However, you cannot stay on this ship unsupervised. You have two choices."

"I can either drop you off at Lothal and give you some credits to get a decent living, or keep you onboard as long as you work productively as a member of the Silver Jedi Order."

Keeping his stance calm and his facial expressions neutral, Rick waited for the woman to response. Either answer would suit him, as long as he was helping out another's life, someone who could potentially become a Jedi one day.

 

[Milla Caranthyr]

Milla perked up some when she heard Rick mention the Silver Jedi. So she had not only made it to Lothal, but she also found the Jedi. She then tilted her head some in curiosity. The Mon Calamari in front of her acted like she was older than she was. Then again, she really wasn't exposing her face very well.

He had given her two options. Take some credits and try to live on Lothal, or stay here and help the Silver Jedi. The credits sounded good, but she hadn't traveled so far for such a thing when she could have done it where she started. No, she set out to find the Jedi and that's the plan she was sticking to.

Milla dropped her defensive stance and pulled back her hood, revealing how young she was. Her blue eyes were set on Rick as she spoke in a thick Mandalorian accent. "I'm not old enough to live on my own. Even if you gave me credits to survive. I...was actually trying to get to the planet. There's rumors of Jedi there, and I'm trying to find them."

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

 

[Sakumo1Uchiha]

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

I sheath my blaster as I look at the woman suspiciously and listened to the Jedi Bargin with her after she explained her reasoning. He then waited for the events to unfold.

 

[Ronak]

The feeling of a mysterious presence became more intense with every step he took. Involutarily, his focus was directed more towards this inward sensation reducing his attention to outward senses. The song of the wind on the leaves had been lulling for hours now, almost making one wish to meditate while listening to it. The goal seemed less important than the exploration of the sensation. His original aim of going to the main city seemed almost like a life time away in his present state. The squawk of his bird friend tore his attention from his inward attention.

A hiss made him aware of the snake coiling in front of him at the fallen branch of a spine tree. The animal seemed to give him an almost accusing look for not almost having stepped on it. For a moment it seemed as if these eyes behld something else, appeared almost too aware and too intelligent for such an animal. "Sorry", he yelped taking a small detour to avoid getting too close to the annoyed snake. His new-found bird friend demanded a reward and reminded him of who was responsible that he still remained unharmed. With a quick thanks he would receive another meat chunk.

Testing his way through the thick underbrush, Ronak finally returned to the deer pass. The smell of beasts of prey was intense, herbivores seemed to share a similar basic smell galaxy-wide due to their diet. Then another scent caught his attention, a wolf and a human had been walking along a similar path not so long ago. He had better be careful, if that human was the source of the presence he sensed. "Fly along and warn, if you spot some danger!", he told his bird friend and the carrion bird would quickly oblige, now that its favourite food source wanted something from it that would also profit it itself.

Consciously focussing on the outer world around him, Ronak's senses sharpened such that he could now discern the songs of dozens of birds, the chirping of crickets, the distant howl of a loth wolf from the howl of the winds in different trees, the creeking of old stems and scratching noise of small claws on tree bark. A bird had landed near him, observing him, again something seemed to be off about its behaviour, its gaze for a moment before clearing again. This was truely a strange place, but also a place of wonder with much new to learn.

The alarmed squawk of his bird friend, made Ronak gaze intently at his surroundings, while keeping his ears pricked. The bird must have spotted something from above which he could not make out from his position on the ground. Better be careful now.

Kylraya
Sebastian Sebita

Rick Kaloo
Milla Ordo

 

[Rick Kaloo]

DRAGON'S GRACE - HANGARS​

TAGS: [member="Dorrian Korr"] | [member="Jasper Candos"] | [member="Milla Ordo"]​

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Remarkably, the woman chose neither of Rick's two options.​

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Instead, she seemed especially eager to find a group of Jedi. Little did she know, she had stumbled right apon one of the largest Light Side organizations in the galaxy.

"I think you might have been looking for us." continued Rick. "I'm Rick Kaloo, Knight of the Silver Jedi Order and Admiral of the Sixth Fleet."

Rick reached down to his waist and drew his lightsaber, then proceeding to ignite it. A light blue blade emerged instantly, gently humming as it flowed through the air. Rick kept his lightsaber in one hand and facing vertically with the tip up, not wanting to scare away the woman.

"Join us on Lothal," said Rick, gesturing toward the freighter laying in wait, "and I can teach you what I know about the Jedi way."

 

[Sakumo1Uchiha]

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

"I'm coming but I need to learn more about the force because I'm force sensitive and I have a hunch I wouldn't cut it out as a Jedi."

 

[Kylraya]

Objective: Exist. Expand.
Location: Kandovines, a spine tree forest reserve somewhere around the old Jedi Temple.
Time | Weather: Late Morning and a mild downpour.
Gear: Nothing but the rain.

At: [member="Sebastian Sebita"] | [member="Ronak"]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNN7iTA57jM
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Winding her body around the trunk like the snake did below, her yellow claws dug in. Kylraya barely resisted hissing as it did to Ronak. The snake was considering whether Ronak’s bird was a meal, as snakes sometimes did with avians, but considered it too big for it, and so slithered off toward a tree trunk away from those below. Her senses were not as sharp to sniff, and her current animals too small, so she searched out for something to aid her.

Watch. Deciding. Prey, Predator, or Part. Part of the forest she decided for Ronak at least he looked that way. Sebastian, on the other hand, looked like an outsider, his own wolf companion had calmed her at first. Together they both looked new. New was the main emotion she felt, new and pulled toward something in the tree beside her. Splinters fell at Ronak’s feet, as Kylraya’s claws bit into the wood above, her force-bond was quite fast, not painful but jolting this time as there was no natural application.

Meanwhile below, Kylraya's white bird companion wanted to investigate Ronak and hopped along the fallen log it sat on, taking a look at the forest dweller with avian intelligence and head movements. Then it started circling above to get a better view. While above the bird, Kylraya did her own circling, though sadly she lacked the wings to pull it off. Releasing grip of one treetop for the next, Kylraya moved like a monkey-bird might, only with razor sharp claws gripping on the end of each branch, and a partially formed black exoskeleton taking the impacts of the wood.

It was difficult to make out at first because she looked like a black part of the tree, but she was moving around them like the white bird below her, much slower of course. As the bird influenced her, so she influenced the bird and it started weaving between the tree’s more slowly above. Their own mixture adding to each.

A light splinter of finger-sized wood fell toward Ronak below, her bird panicked, and so Kylraya panicked. Something else panicked, and on the chorus went through the forest, as it naturally did when a creature was moving fast. In this case descending very fast, scrambling down the trunk, as a monkey creature would. A half man-sized monkey that was now sniffing them both. It was odd looking, half its head was covered in a brown shell, a miscreation, and sadly one that wouldn’t live all that long. The scent from it was curiosity mixed with some fear and hunger. As apes often communicated via scent. Its motions on the ground were taking it back and forth, it hit the ground once but not that hard.

Or was that something else hitting the ground behind the monkey, from a series of bushes? There was definitely a hissing now and a scattering of leaves, yellow claws pulling her body on all fours under the green leaves above Kylraya. Her eyes were all that stood out looking, yellow slits, blinking behind the green leaves.

 

[Ronak]

When scanning his surroundings after the alarm cry of his bird friend, his gaze fell into a white bird which turned from hopping along a tree trunk to soaring into the sky. Likely it had also been alarmed by the avian alarm cry. However, somehow the bird's behaviour felt off. Instead of fleeing it circled above his head, as if to keep an eye on the Shistavanen. Well, he did look like a predator to a bird after all. A long splinter of wood falling from the trees beyond what was hidden behind layers of branches and leaves made him look up more intently. The rustle in the branches high above his head apoke of some larger beast than a bird what he could impossibly make out what exactly it was.

A sudden feeling of panic ebbed through the forest also resonating somewhere deep within himself. Flocks of birds flew up squawking panicked cries, the rustle in the leaves above and in the underbrush around him indicated towards more than one fleeing creature of various size. As if looking for shelter and protection with him his bird friend unexpectedly landed on his shoulder squawking indignantly of unseen danger. Looking for safety in numbers he could perfectly understand - the strength of the wolf is the pack. Ronak's own fur was standing on end, ears flattened as a sign of apprehension. The Shistavanen felt torn between grabbing one of his weapons or keeping his hands free to be able to flee as quickly as possible on all fours.

Nonetheless, curiosity got the better of him. Never could he flee before having found out what was happening at all. The sound of a medium sized creature approaching from above finally made him draw his blaster pistol. Scrambling down the old tree's trunk was a strange-looking monkey-creature with something like a shell covering only half of its head. Somehow it neither looked nor felt completely natural and the wolfman involuntarily bared his teeth at the sight. The monkey was sniffing in his direction taking in his scent, while its own scent spoke of curiosity and fear mirroring Ronak's, but had an added note of hunger. Strangely, it did not feel afraid enough of him to flee motioning to and fro as if trying to attract his attention. A strange behaviour, but animals sometimes behaved out of their ways around him, being more trusting than they should be as wild beasts.

Finally deciding to give the monkey a chance, Ronak crouched and offered it another meat strip from his pouch - monkeys were omnivores after all. His bird friend on his shoulder protested briefly before it was appeased by a small chunk of its own. Even though his eyes were trained on the monkey, Ronak's ears perceived the rustle in the leaves behind the animal. Something larger than a snake or monkey was approaching, maybe the wolf whose scent he had picked up before along with a human scent. Scanning the area from which the sounds derived, he thought to discern a yellowish blink which could speak for his wolf hypothesis. Yet, the presence he felt spoke of something else maybe the wolf's companion?

"Hello there", the wolfman muttered outwardly calmly. Whether he was speaking to the monkey or someone or something else was indiscernible for the casual observer.


Kylraya
Sebastian Sebita

Rick Kaloo
Milla Ordo

 

[Milla Caranthyr]

Milla's eyes widened at the sight of the lightsaber. She had seen only one before now, and that was before she began her journey to find the Jedi. Better yet, she had also found the Jedi she had been looking for.

Then Rick told her to join them on Lothal and he would teach her what he knew of the Jedi way. She was almost hesitant at first. Trusting people she just met so easily wasn't something she liked to do. She took a few cautious steps forward, her mostly bare feet making no noise on the metal floor. Her pace quickened some as she grabbed her backpack and made her way over to Rick. She looked up at him and gave a nod.

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

 

[Glade]

[member="Rick Kaloo"] | [member="Dorrian Korr"] | [member="Milla Ordo"] | [member="Jasper Candos"]​

There was a woman smiling from the back of the hangar bay, watching the exchange taking place ahead. Remembering something a very long time ago. Her hoverchair made a whirring sound as it took her towards Mila. Glade stopped. You couldn’t see her face for the tangled hair, leaves, twigs, and other dirt across it all. There was great sadness but no danger here from the chair-bound lady.

In her old yellow hoverchair, tatty clothes and half patched, half faded sweater, there was a rustling to her side as she looked for something. Glade seemed so very keen to find it. It was a small necklace. The necklace was fashioned from a strong, homemade dark plant weave, which she’d made in her spare time. There was at the center, a tiny metal leaf shaped device. “Wear this, it will bring you luck.” It would also help Rick track her if they became separated. She reached over to give the necklace to [member="Milla Ordo"]. Holding it out for a long time, as far as she could reach. If she did not take it, Glade handed it to Rick hoping he would instead.

There was just the faintest of reminiscing before Glade’s depression overtook her completely again, and the broken hoverchair with the ailing woman’s head bowed, her face still covered in hair, you could barely see who or what she was. “Look after her,” she asked Rick and Dorrian in a hollow voice, offering Rick a small tube-like tracker, before departing back to her quarters on the ship.

 

[Milla Caranthyr]

Milla turned at the sound of the hoverchair. Her sharp blue eyes taking in every detail of woman using it. She found woman to be slightly unusual in appearance, not the Milla herself had any room to talk. The faded and tattered clothes were something Milla was used to. The way the woman obscured her face with her tangled hair is what drew Milla's attention.

Even though Milla couldn't see the woman face or her expressions, she could almost sense sadness coming from her. The small girl wasn't quite sure how, but she just feel it. Just as how she didn't feel any sense of danger from the hoverchair bound woman. She found this odd, considering she never really trusted strangers.

She watched the woman with careful intrest as she searched for something. Once she found said item, she held it up for Milla to see. In her hand was a small necklace, woven from dark plant fibers, but what interested Milla was the metal leaf in the center. Her gaze went from the necklace to the woman as she said it would bring her luck.

Milla cautiously took the necklace from the woman. She held it gently in her hand as she looked it over. Her thumb ran across the metal leaf for a moment before she looked back to the woman. "T..thank you." Milla had never really been gifted anything before, so she really wasn't entirely sure how to express her thanks.

Milla watched the woman go for a few seconds, then to the necklace. She ran her thumb across the leaf again and wondered why the woman gave her this and who she was. After a minute, Milla put on the necklace. The strong plant fibers hugged her neck snugly, but not tightly. She would grow into it and still have it not be uncomfortable. Her light blue eyes looked in the direction the woman had headed, but she was gone now. Leaving Milla with several new questions.

[member="Glade"]

 

[Rick Kaloo]

DRAGON'S GRACE - HANGARS​

TAGS: [member="Dorrian Korr"] | [member="Glade"] | [member="Jasper Candos"] | [member="Milla Ordo"]​

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With the woman's nod, Rick knew she was beginning to commit to the Order.​

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But before he could respond, and dive into the confines of the freighter, another woman emerged. She appeared to be much older, older than even Rick was. Additionally, she gave off an aura in the Force, as if she was a trained Jedi. Quickly thinking back to the databanks he had on the current occupants of Dragon's Grace, he remembered that she was registered. Another Jedi who had yet to head down to Lothal.

The woman approached them, residing in a hoverchair. Both her and the chair seemed old and worn, as if she was a former Master now living her retirement years. She handed the woman Rick had found behind the boxes a necklace for luck, and then gave Rick a tracker. Look after her were the last words she said before departing.

"I will." replied Rick, momentarily pausing to watch the woman leave.

Rick quickly understood. The necklace was a beacon, and the tube Rick had been given was directly linked to it. Now, the two would be connected, even kilometers apart.

"Let's go." said Rick to the three people with him. And to the unknown man, he replied, "Start up your ship. We're headed to Lothal. I'll show you the way."

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[Milla Caranthyr]

Milla's eyes snapped to Rick when he said they were going. She darted up the ramp and into the ship. For days now, she had traveled on many ships and had started growing tired of it. Now, though, she was excited to be aboard this one, since it was heading straight to Lothal.

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

 

[Sakumo1Uchiha]

[member="Rick Kaloo"] [member="Milla Ordo"]​

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I smirk as I get up into my ship and board the cockpit the ramp lifts up I activate the engines and they fire to life with a roar as my YT-1300 lifts into the air and exits the hangar with Rick Kaloo and the Woman on board. "Alright next stop Lothal." The ship then blasts towards Lothal. "Alright just hand me the coordinates and i'll punch them into the NavaComputer and we'll be there shortly."

 

[Jasper Candos]

[member="Rick Kaloo"]

Jasper nodded as Rick in response to the Admiral Jedi ready to leave the ship and head to Lothal. The teen stayed silent throughout all the talking since he didn't want to jump in when he knew he could just study the people around him. He asked questions about the two that would be joining him and the admiral to himself in his mind and hope to gain answers among the trip. He also wondered about the woman as well but decided to focus on the other two since he was going to be near them for a while

 

[Kylraya]

Objective: Head to the Cave System Underneath the Temple
Location: Kandovines, a spine tree forest reserve somewhere around the old Jedi Temple.
Time | Weather: Late Morning and a mild downpour.
Gear: Nothing but the rain.

At: [member="Sebastian Sebita"] | [member="Ronak"]​

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmVzeriU5m0​

Hello there.
The yellow eye blinked. Focusing. Watching.

Chittering sounds.

Chittering teeth, such as they were now. The monkey was making it, but so was whatever that eye belonged to behind the bushes. In fact, Ronak was speaking to the monkey as well, force bonded as Kylraya was, there was a little delay, the snake too and the bird for that matter. Although the bird didn’t chitter in the same way, it shivered, and the snake did something very odd for a reptile, it felt cold. How it expressed that is anyone’s guess, it was confused itself to the sensation.

Yes, those chitters were that of someone with far too few clothes left, modestly covered by an outer black exoskeletal husk, but cold. Wet here in the forest now, she’d been warm under the leaves, not so much higher in the trees. One hand came through the bushes, a yellow, twisted, clawed hand scratching at the dirt. Her arms were the most experimented upon before even the Hive took hold, in a word they looked ugly.

Dangerous?

Clawing and ripped at some branches and leaves. Pulling a mound of dirt, with those branches and leaves toward the bushes where the eye watched. The monkey sniffed [member="Ronak"], not seeming to mind him too much truth be told, though the snake still looked warily at [member="Sebastian Sebita"], especially his wolf companion. The bird meanwhile had landed above them all looking down, head bobbing this way and that to get a better view. All of them were seeking somewhere warmer to curl up, that was a universal theme.

Which is exactly what Kylraya was doing, keeping herself warm in the rain. Her voice wasn’t exactly animal, human, or anything else. She chittered in response to him, it was that of resting, then an alien-sounding snarl, which was more a yawn. Comfortable, the forest had accepted them all, which meant Kylraya had, the hive, however, was still considering how to act.

The snake hissed if he stepped closer, and the monkey would beat the ground in warning. If he didn’t he’d find them amicable enough, peaceful in the chorus of trees. Until a freighter was heard somewhere overhead, then all hell broke loose.

Animals squawked, smaller ones called out. Kylraya leaped up and bolted, her half-alien visage more visible now, black, twisted and snarling, snapping. Running right over [member="Sebastian Sebita"] and [member="Ronak"] if they didn’t move, at least her intent was to head a cave system nearby. A cave system that led oddly enough underneath the Jedi Temple. She was so fast on her four arms/legs, her own animals could barely keep up, certainly the snake was going to be left behind, until the bird picked it up in its beak!

 

[Ronak]

The behaviour of the monkey changed in a strange way. It chittered - slight shivers of felt cold shaking its small body. Shouldn't monkeys be at home here and protected against the cold by their fur? In between the chattering of its teeth the monkey cheeped in a confused way. Again it sniffed in Ronak's direction, apparently unafraid, but unsure what to do.

Ronak's bird friend croaked in protest as another bird landed overhead and seemed to wathc them intently. "Stay away and find your own walking, tlaking food source", it semmed to comminicate even without using words causing the wolfman to bare his teeth to a smile. As he moved a bit closer, the monkey beat the ground in warning - "stay away". Respecting its distance, Ronak stayed and threw the food chunk in front of the beast. Curiously the monkey first sniffed at it, then picked it up and started to nibble at the piece of meat.

Ronak pricked his sensitive ears, a deep sound not belonging to the jungle could be heard. Within a few seconds, the beasts of the forest began the react as well the noise of a freighter ship passing over the previously peaceful jungle. The change from quiet peace to chaotic panicking masses of animals was almost frightening, as it felt almost unnaturally more intense than it ever had in his home world. Flocks of birds soared into the sky, the monkey started screeching in panic jumping up and down. Squawks, whimpers, howls, cheeps could be heard from all sides creating a cacophony instead of the forest's calm background melody making Ronak wince and press his hands on his pained ears suffering from the intense noise.

Then something moved in the bushes, dirt was thrown in the air as a creature for lack of a better word stormed out of the underbrush right in his direction. Diving to the side, Ronak tried to avoid an impact with the being of similar size as his own. Frightened and angered his bird friend flew up onto a branch, ranting from above with indignant squawks. What was that?

The monkey started to run behind the being as quick as it could, the bird which had watched him from above also took flight to follow diving down briefly to reemerge with a snake in its beak. Most strangely it did not try to swallow the snake, nor did the snake try to bite its attacker, as if the beasts cooperated. This astounded Ronak as much as it fired up his curiosity. What would make animals behave in such a strange and unnatural way? He just had to find out, never mind the risk. "Are you coming?", he asked his bird friend who eyed him suspiciously before flying up and into the direction the creatures had left.

Following the tracks was simple enough, after all the creature had been running and not caring about hiding its tracks. The marks seemed to stem from fingers with claws similar to a Shistavanen's. The faint scent it had left in its brief passing however did not speak of a wolf-like being. It had the odour of forest moisture, something insecty and spoke of current distress and panic. For the brief moment when Ronak had been able to see the creature, it had not looked like a wolf-like being, but not like any other species he was aware of either. Something humanoid features were mixed with insectoid and completely alien compounds. What ever it was it had not attacked him. Seeing no immediate danger in it, he thus decided to further track the creature and its strange entourage of animals.

The tracks quickly led to a cavernous structure with a cave entrance hidden from view unless you were high up in the trees to spot it from afar. The stony ground would make tracking harder, but he still had his nose for keeping up with his person of interest, even if no eye would be able to see a mark any more.


[member="Kylraya"]
[member="Sebastian Sebita"]
[member="Milla Ordo"]
[member="Rick Kaloo"]
[member="Jasper Candos"]
[member="Dorrian Korr"]

 

[Rick Kaloo]

FREIGHTER - LOTHAL UPPER ATMOSPHERE​

TAGS: [member="Dorrian Korr"] | [member="Jasper Candos"] | [member="Milla Ordo"] ​

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Rick and the others entered the man's freighter, which then soared away from Dragon's Grace and onto the planet.​

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Rick pulled out a small holomap from his pocket. Upon being activated, a holographic projection of a meter by a meter wide was displayed. On the display was a map displaying a stretch of grassland with a few jutting towers of clay.

"These are the coordinates." said Rick. "It might seem like the middle of nowhere, but it's only a kilometer walk to the local temples. That's what the clay structures are. Entrances."

He then turned off the map and flipped it around so a small, thin chip was visible. Rick stuck the chip in an empty slot he knew lead to the navicomputer of the ship, and then left the ship's control room, headed towards the exit.

"Once we land, follow me." said Rick just before leaving the room.

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