Meetings and a complicated cup of Caf...

[Selena Drayven]

I'd been dealing with getting my sister's home, my home now squared away and the girls my sister had sent my my squared away. Isabelle was busy setting up information networks along with rigging up a few new tech toys. Brianne had been taking some spare materials leftover from when the house had been constructed. She'd been laying Echani cherry wood flooring for what was I assumed to be a training dojo when I'd left. I was still curious as to where my sister had gone off to but I'd sent out a message to one of the Masters she'd been known to work with on occasion. A Master Joshua Dragonsflame, the records and journals Celiana had kept spoke quite highly of him...

So I'd set up a meeting at a local cafe to meet with him and find out what exactly Celiana had seen in him that'd left such an impact on her. From what she'd written in her journals he was a man who had a troubled past and seemed to carry the weight of the galaxy on his shoulders. A noble man too by the sound of how she'd written, apparently she'd come to him after having gone out to Coruscant and a short trip to Eshan and rather than the typical judgmental attitude of Jedi she'd dealt with before...he'd comforted her and helped her work through her emotions...

That right there was noteworthy, what was more noteworthy though was that....she'd fought a traditional Echani duel against him. There were very few reasons to do such a thing but the only one I could actually consider was she'd wanted to learn more of him and wanted to be able to trust him with her life....

I'd arrived at the coffee shop a few minutes ago and now I sat barefoot and cross-legged in a seated Lotus position in a comfy leather armchair. My caf sat in front of me the smell of cinnamon, pumpkin, caramel, chocolate, and peanut butter drizzle with a hint of homemade whipped cream pervaded my nose. Eyes half-lidded as I inhaled the scent of the coffee shop and levitated my caf into my left hand I took a sip of my caf. Then I sat barefoot, cross-legged, in a cushy leather armchair and I waited for this Master Dragonsflame to arrive...

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

You know, he thought he'd seen and heard of everything when it came to Celiana by now. Oh, first she's a Jedi who likes killing! Then she's a super Echani Padawan! Then she's been spoken to by Meetra Surik! And then she was possessed by Darth Traya and the Sith Triumvirate! And fought an ancient Sith monster! And knows Sith Lightning! And then she wanted to get funky in the sheets with one of her fellow Padawans! And then with one of the Masters who Josh was pretty sure was a bit old even for him! Or was any of this canon anymore? Honestly, he couldn't recall anymore. Disregard any of that if it's not canon anymore. But now, after all of this, now he got to meet one of her relatives... For some reason.

Josh had just gotten back from mission, so he definitely wasn't in the best of shape. Why did it seem like everytime he met with people, he'd just gotten off mission? Damn, he really did need a break or something. Don't human bodies have limitations or something? Oh no, definitely should just work pretty much nonstop for what, 20 years straight? No big deal or anything. Definitely wouldn't crash and burn out.

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Regardless of circumstances, Josh had been summoned, and so he would arrive. Sure, he probably could have said no, but it was a... Relative of a friend, he supposed, so... Why not? It was probably because Celiana did something stupid, nuts or weird again. Or a mix of all three. Definitely a mix of all three. Yeah this definitely had something to do with Celiana doing something wild again. At first wondering why the high and mighty Silver Council, who didn't even have him on their radar and didn't keep him in the loop on anything, didn't bother helping with this instead of him being sent for, he just shrugged it off and made his way to the cafe. He wasn't dressed in his Jedi robes or anything, this was a social call more or less. So the Jedi Master arrived in the most casual form possible, striding into the cafe wearing a blue t-shirt, covered by a black leather jacket, with black casual pants and boots.

So the question was, which one looked enough like Celiana to probably, most likely, be her relative?

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

Arriving early had some nice advantages. Like being able to sip caf in peace while mapping escape routes, or being able to tell who seemed to be a Jedi Master. I'd felt his strength in The Force the moment he walked in and opening my eyes slightly I saw him looking through the crowd for me. Probably looking for someone who resembled Celiana, the pointed ears tended to throw people off. Still sitting in my chair I got up and moved through the crowd waiting for their caf to stand behind him. "Master Dragonsflame I presume? Care for a cup of caf and something to eat? You look a bit peckish Master."

He'd probably just returned to Voss from running some mission or another. Knowing my sister he probably was on guard because she always seemed to be in trouble for something.... Hopefully wherever she was she'd mellowed out a bit...

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

Well, that made the job of finding her easier. He had no clue how she had managed to recognize him, he assumed it was a wagered guess based on Force presence, but he didn't linger on the thought for long as he would turn toward her. He certainly wouldn't have thought someone with long ears was Celiana's sister, so no wonder he glazed over her, he supposed. But he would merely nod his head to her greeting, indicating she had the right man.

"I'd like that" He spoke, indicating for her to lead the way.

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

I saw something on his face a tad of confusion maybe. Leading him over to a seat near mine I asked what it was he wanted to have for caf and food. Then looking at him I said, "Don't mind the ears Master, it's a genetic mutation of the Echani and very few people in my culture have the pointed ears that I do."

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

Okay so apparently she could now read minds, even that of Jedi Masters. He would quirk his brow then, and listen to her "explanation" of the ears that he hadn't said a single word about. Welp, she was definitely Celiana's sister... He didn't know how she could read his mind otherwise, even through the Force. Josh in public always kept his mind guarded, always... There was no telling when the Sith could be around, after all. The less they knew... The better.

"Right..." He spoke, just letting it slide for now as they would sit down. "So what did you call me for, Miss Celiana's Sister?"

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

Smiling I said, "The ears throw people off, and no in case you were wondering I wasn't reading your mind. I just don't look especially like my sister on account of the ears. As to mind-reading well it's not terribly polite anyways, and Selena please Master. As to why the meeting...well I may have stumbled across some of my sister's journals when I moved into her house. She'd written that you'd helped her come to terms with something she'd dealt with on Coruscant and Eshan both...She also wrote that she'd fought a traditional Echani duel with you and I was curious what your experiences with my sister were like. Also if she may have mentioned where she was going before she left Voss..."

Getting up I walked over towards the counter and put in a order for a sandwich and looked at Master Dragonsflame as if to ask what he wanted...

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

She wasn't reading his mind but he never mentioned her reading his mind either. Nor did he ever even mention the ears. But he would just nod his head and go along with it, as though it wasn't outlandish at all. Yep. Definitely her sister, he thought to himself. Josh would stretch out a moment, cracking his neck before ordering himself a drink for what was to come next.

He knew he was going to need one.

"Honestly, she hasn't told me her whereabouts. I wasn't even aware she was missing until you just informed me" He would admit, shrugging his shoulders.

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

A single thought ran through my mind then... If she hadn't told anyone then she either didn't want to be found or there was something else... Looking at him I said, "Master my sister wrote of a young woman named Aria in her journals, the last entry she made mentioned something about paying her former Master a visit trying to find out where this Aria had gone. The Master's name was Connor Harrison, do those names mean anything to you?"

My sandwich was brought to me along with a bowl of soup and I began eating something for the first time today while I waited for his answer...

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

"Harrison? No. Never heard of it. But I believe Aria was a former.... Acquaintance of hers" He would remark back as he would take a sip of his drink once it was brought. He didn't want to say "lover" in case Celiana didn't want that part to be known to her family, and he'd decided to respect her privacy. He had no clue where Celiana had gone, or why she'd gone there, but he'd help best he could.

"Why do you think she's gone?"

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

Giving him a look as he said she was a former acquaintance made me smirk slightly. Looking at him I said, "Well this acquaintance of hers she's either very interested in or feels she owes something to her. If you don't mind my asking Master were there any times where you thought my sister would choose to embrace the darkness if it meant saving someone she cared for?" Grabbing my sandwich I grabbed a few more bites and a swig of my caf while I waited for his answer.

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

"Oh, definitely" He remarked bluntly to her question, letting out a sigh as he took a drink. "I mean, when I met her, I had to talk to her about the follies of killing blindly and out of emotion. And she clearly hadn't learned her lesson by the last time I saw her, as much as I like her. Fact is, she's got a long way to go. Especially if she wants to be a Jedi Knight" Josh would add.

"She'd embrace the darkness for a lot less then that, I'm afraid. That's not an insult, that's just fact. She's got a long way to go and she needs to learn control."

[member="Selena Drayven"]

 

[Selena Drayven]

Sighing I said, "I'd hoped she wouldn't be seen that way. I mean what would any of us be pushed towards if someone we cared for were hurt or in danger?" I was hurting because my best friend had just left no notice why, no idea when she'd be back and I had no idea if she would... I hoped she'd make her way back home sooner rather than later...

[member="Joshua DragonsFlame"]

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

He shook his head. "We're human. It's normal. But... The fact is, we're Jedi, and we're held to a certain standard. Our power comes from these tenants... And breaking them will make us no better then those we seek to stop, in the end. In the end... We'd just be murderers and glorified space wizard bandits just like them if we gave into that anger and killed like I fear Cel may do in the state she was. That was why I stopped her, and tried to coax her.

I tried to save her. From herself."

He would gingerly take another drink.

"Now she has to figure that out for herself."

[member="Selena Drayven"]