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[Relana Rekshara]

Relana smiled like a kid as she felt her U-Wing lift off, but gave a nervous gulp as it lurched downward for just a moment. "Jeez, this thing needs some TLC for sure. Oh well, nothing ventured!"
She closed one eye as she slowly piloted the U-wing away from the mining vessel that had been her home for so many years and with a final look back and single tear she flew out into the open space around Ojom. "Alright, so far so good. Let's see what you can do old girl!"

After a few minutes of joyriding and getting accustomed to her new ship Relana approached one of the larger space stations around Ojom and with shaky hands, manage to land without incident once granted clearance and with a final nervous gulp stepped out into the lights and noise of the station, looking around at all the sights, ships, and the various races that go to and fro from them.

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu walked into the hangar, helping an elderly Zabrak find his ship, when a U-wing swept in and landed. Normally, he wouldn't have spared it a second glance. Which he didn't. But he did do a double take on the pilot. She had four arms, with beautiful blue and green feathers on her head, and running down her back. From her appearance, Kostodu wouldn't want to mess with her. But she was looking around in awe at the lights and ships, and that screamed beginner.

The Twi'lek Jedi pointed to a small leisure shuttle at the other end of the hangar, and smiled as the Zabrak thanked him. Then, Kostodu walked over to the Besalisk. "Excuse me, hello, I'm Kostodu Xyston, Jedi Padawan. Nice to meet you. It seems this is your first time on a space station?" he asked politely.

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[PaladinZ]

Relana gasped and jolted up as she looked to the speaker. "O-oh umm hi there! Yeah I'm kinda new to all of...this." she gestures around with all 4 arms "W-wait a second...did you just say Jedi? No way!" she stepped forward and circled the self-proclamied Jedi. From the jedi's view they could notice the woman having four blaster pistols on her belt and her clothes are fairly dirty and have a few holes in them, she also has a pair of goggles, the left eyepiece being cracked

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu chuckled to himself as the Besalisk circled him curiously, peering at his waist where his bronze lightsaber dangled. His eyebrows shot sky-high as he saw four blaster pistols on the woman's belt. She sure was armed. Who did she plan on fighting? Hopefully not station security. Those guys seemed tougher than GA troopers. He also noticed her dirty clothing, and cracked goggles. She must have came from a less fortunate background, but she was so nice that it seemed her past hadn't fazed her at all.

"Yes, I am a Jedi! I'm in charge of station security for the next week, then I'm going to find myself a mission. I have nothing better to do...do you want a tour of the station? It'll probably take an hour or so. This place is big, but its not the biggest. Man, if we took a tour of the largest station, that would take days!" Kostodu pulled out his datapad and started swiping, making arrangements for a tour.

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[PaladinZ]

"A tour? From a Jedi!? I-I'd be honored!" she nervously giggled and fell into step just to the side of her new escort, but her eyes did drift down time to time to his signature, legendary weapon

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu stifled a laugh. This Besalisk was quite the curious one. "Very well! First, we'll go to station command. There, we'll have a nice overview of the world below. Make sure to take pictures!" he said cheerfully.

The Jedi, out of the corner of his eye, could see the woman taking 'risky' glances at his lightsaber. Midstride, he turned to her and unclipped his lightsaber in the most friendly manner he could muster. He didn't want her to unleash those four pistols on him at point-blank range. That would be ugly...

"I see you taking glances at my lightsaber. Go ahead, turn it on! Make sure to have the emitter pointed away, though. Oh, and there's a crossguard, so don't put your fingers by those other emitters," Kostodu said.

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[Relana Rekshara]

"You would let me do that? I-I couldn't do that! I'm just some girl off the street." despite her words her curiosity does seem to be winning, she nervously reaches out with one of her lower arms

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu nodded, and placed his lightsaber in her hand. "Try it out!"

"Sir! She's pickpocketing you!" came a gruff voice from the other end of the corridor.

Kostodu looked up, and saw a blue-uniformed security officer with his hand on his blaster pistol. The Padawan's eyes widened and he waved his hands in the air. "No, no! That's not what's happening, Sergeant! She's never been on a space station before, or seen a Jedi, and I'm just being nice," he explained.

The sergeant was slow to take his hand off his holster. "Alright then..."

The Quarren then walked past the Besalisk, shooting her with a stink eye.

"Sorry about him, that's the chief of security. I told you security is tough..."

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[Relana Rekshara]

Relana stood bolt upright at the officers voice but slowly calmed back down at the Jedi's words, doing her best not to make eye contact with the Quarren guard "Th-thanks for that. Umm...okay, if you're sure...here goes!" she took the saber and took a deep breath before turning the blade on

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu grinned as his brilliant emerald blade sprang to life, crackling with energy. Shortly after the main blade activated, so too, did the crossguard plasma jets. The symbol of hope for many across the galaxy. The Twi'lek had sworn to be that hope for anyone that needed it, like his father had been.

"Like it?" he asked.

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[Relana Rekshara]

Relana yelped as the blade came to life and took a step back but made sure to keep a firm grip on the weapon, her eyes sparkling in it's green light "it's...kind of beautiful, if that makes sense." she moves it side to side slowly, chuckling and humming along with the blade's movements for a bit before switching the blade off "Thank you so much, that was so cool!" caught up in the excitement of the moment the big Besalisk girl hugs the padawan will all four arms before setting him down again "Hehehe, sorry. I'm just so excited."

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu chuckled again at the Besalisk's enthusiasm. And then he was in a bone-crushing hug, and was lifted into the air. He couldn't scream...

Then, he was back on the ground again. The woman apologized for her display of gratefulness. "Oh, that's alright! I get it. Lightsabers are SUPER cool!" Kostodu waved away the apology. "Well, we better get going. First stop is the command center! Oh, and by the way, I don't think I know your name?"

As Kostodu walked ahead of her, he secretly put a hand across his ribcage to see if anything was broken....

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[Relana Rekshara]

"Oh, I forgot! My name is Relana Reshkara, but my friends call me Reshi!" she walks along, still keeping a big smile "Say, if you don't mind me asking, what's it like being a Jedi? I mean I'm sure you've heard that before but as you can probably tell I'm a bit new around here. In fact this is my first time out of the mines for more than a day than...well as long as I can remember."

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu smiled as the Besalisk provided her name. "Relana...that's a nice name. Well, being a Jedi isn't as adventurous as it seems. For me at least. But being a Jedi isn't about adventure and fun. It's about being selfless, and helping anyone you can."

His smile turned into a frown as he heard the news about Reshi staying in the mines. "The mines? Well..."

Kostodu's fumbling for the right words came to an end as he sighed and stayed silent. He would let Relana speak for now, then help in any way he could. After all, Kostodu didn't know if the mines would be a source of trauma for her. It would be best for Reshi to control this conversation, lest it become awkward.

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[Relana Rekshara]

Reshi kept her smile "Oh yeah. Sure ir was hard work but the older guys on the site treated me well, bought me candy and such. And I worked hard! Eventually I got promoted to helping with the mining explosives and well...I kinda like blowing stuff up." her smiles becomes more shy and she rubs the back of her head with one of her upper hands

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu laughed aloud. "A chaotic one, aren't you? Well, nothing wrong with having a little fun, I guess. Ah! Here we are!"

He gestured to take in the entire command room. Funny. He hadn't even realized he had walked this far already. Kostodu waved Reshi in as he walked over to the large viewport across the room. Outside, the stars sparkled invitingly, and the world below spun slowly. He found himself staring out...space sure was beautiful.

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[Relana Rekshara]

"I guess Chaotic is one way to describe me, yeah!" she giggles and follows him, looking around at all the fancy displays and buttons before standing at the viewport and she whistles "man, sure beats the view from the mines. To be honest it's views and places like this and people like you that made me take up my new job. Plus blowing that pirate gang halfway across the system felt Really good. Not that I want to hurt anyone, but I'll do what I can to help the little guys out there in the galaxy."

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu's eyes widened as he snapped out of his trance, staring at the stars. She took out a pirate gang? He turned to her. "Wow, you must be really brave. You have the mentality of a Jedi!"

And it was quite surprising to the Padawan that Reshi's time in the mines hadn't given her any sort of trauma. At least not that he could see...

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[Relana Rekshara]

"Well thanks for the kind words! Heh, I'd hug you again but I don't wanna hurt you. But what about you, how did you wind up a Jedi?" she did gently put her hand on his shoulder

 

[Kostodu Xyston]

Kostodu was happy to share his story, as he watched the planet slowly rotate below. He felt a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Well...my father fought in a war...and the planet that he fought on was utterly annihilated. And he went with it. But he inspired me to help others who couldn't help themselves. When I found out that I was Force-sensitive, the Jedi brought me in, and I've been helping ever since. I just love helping, you know? Seeing their smiles...Surely you know that feeling?"

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