Once more why dont we? (Vulpesen)

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Vulpesen"]

"Save a few questionable powers, i only teach what my students want to learn, so don't worry about her learning lightning from me unless she so desires. If anything the only things i force onto students is Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Force Augmentation like force speed or jump, and you already know my saber forms, designed for easy use and learning as well as to accompany all forms of sabers themselves." She grinned at him as he found a bit amusement himself, and would have bowed if she wasnt running right now as it was. "Plus, you come around enough if you ever want to make sure i dont teach some Darkside cult feel free to drop by and say hi. Im sure that Minna would be a welcome sight if she was a student of yours."

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen nodded and continued his run. "I think I might do that sometime. Besides, I do need to learn a few more abilities. I get through by my wit and not much else." Vulpesen continued his run, completely free of any missteps this time. "So, anything else interesting going on? Except for your students and training that is?" [member="Alexandra Cinthra"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

[member="Vulpesen"]

"Not really, most of the exciting stuff has passed for me, nearly dying a few times tends to make you a bit more careful when it comes to things. Otherwise we'd all be running head long into death, don't you think?" She stopped running after another minute, breathing in as she had to catcher her breath. "Sorry, im a bit out of shape, been neglecting physical training lately to study the force and history more intensively."

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen chuckled and slowed down with her. "I'm not sure, I actually enjoy the rush of adrenaline." Of course, Vulpesen was never the kind of person to take life easy. He had always leaped into danger, always charged into trouble. However, he did realize that such a life didn't fit everyone. Noticing [member="Alexandra Cinthra"]'s stop, the master followed suit. "An admirable activity. However, I did such things in my younger years. Believe it or not, I was a bookworm once upon a time."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

She laughed a bit as she stood there with her hands on her knees and catching her breath slowly. "You know, making me laugh isnt gonna get this run started up again any time soon, you shouldn't joke around about being a book worm mister Fox." She straightened up for a moment, letting out a breath and smiling as she stood there, while not ready to start running again, she could stand up at least.

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[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen shrugged. "It's true. Back before my true training started, all I did was read books. Even then, I spent many nights reading books instead of sleeping. Once I joined the jedi, I spent days in the library." Vulpesen cast a glance towards her stomach. "Besides, you should really try not to over exert yourself." He did enjoy running, but conversation was also one of his favorite activities and he would rather that [member="Alexandra Cinthra"] not push herself too hard in her current condition.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"Good because now that you said it and i didn't have too..." She leaned back against a stone and sighed, letting the wind flow over her as she breathed it in then. "Such a beautiful place, probably the only thing keeping the Order here is my love for the beauty of this world..." She looked right at @Vulpesen. "Whats your favorite place?"

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen grinned and sat next to [member="Alexandra Cinthra"] as she caught her breath again. He could understand her thoughts as he too could see the beauty in the area. Too often had he been through the back alleys of Nar Shadaa, on the frozen waste lands of Arkania, or some other hell hole of the galaxy. Sometimes it was good to just sit back and enjoy some good scenery. "My favorite place... I would have to say Zarro's forest back on Amar. Its teaming with all sorts of animals form accross the galaxy. Some parts are actually more like a jungle and I never had a much more relaxing time than when I wound sit up in one of those tall trees to speak with some of its smaller inhabitants." Vulpesen smiled as he rembered his time back on his home planet. "I hope you weren't expecting me to say the temple."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"Well, we both know how Jedi like to brainwash people into thinking anything they do is right, peaceful or for the good of the galaxy, and sometimes that's true, and sometimes its not... so maybe a little. After all, Jedi are the proudest people in the galaxy, Sith and Mandalorians coming in a close second and third." She smiled and looked directly at him like she hadn't said a single thing, letting the joke about preconceptions of the Jedi order settle in and either get a laugh or a scowl from him. She expected the former though, he wasn't like most of the Jedi so it was probably that he didn't take anything she said too seriously. [member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Vulpesen]

A look of mild shock appeared on Vulpesen's face as he spoke. Underneath, he was simmering with anger and it took him all he had not to lash out at [member="Alexandra Cinthra"]. How could she say such things, he may not have been the most orthodox, but he still believed in the mission of the jedi and here she was, denouncing his ppeople like she was a sith! How could sh- oh. Vulpesen's force presence would mellow out almost instantaneously as he realized the joke. Rolling his eyes, Vulpesen leaned back on his rock. "Very funny Alex. You know, I sometimes wonder how you would fit in our order."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"Hmm, lets see, i would probably make every Jedi Master's everyday life a pain in their ass and then at the end of the day spend it in the Thousand Fountains, thinking and cursing my being there because i could not see the stars... those are the one thing that keeps me calm is the stars. Beautiful and vast, that is what i find to be the most rewarding sight about living here and back on Sneeve, there was and is never a time when watching the stars calmed me down and kept me at peace..." She looked up, still plenty of day left in the sky which caused a sigh to erupt from her, a disappointed look in her eyes at the prospect of night being so far away.

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[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen listened as she spoke of the sky, sharing her feelings towards the night. "Amaran culture actually reveres the stars. Some of us believe that the moon and sun, Rurrri and Suurru gave birth to them. Its an old creation myth, but it always filled me with wonder as a child. I guess we've still got a few things in common." He called Ace to his shoulder, petting the blue astral fur. "I'm thinking of some day making a set of armor based off of the Amaran deities. Just something to help keep me in one piece with all this fighting I've been doing up until recently." [member="Alexandra Cinthra"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

Alexandra smiled at something, glancing at the sun for a few moments, though not directly. "Hmm, a Young Vulpesen, that can't have been more than a few years ago, after all you still act like a bit of a pup at times. Might start giving you some treats if you start running around like a Fox in the end of this whole experience and then have a good old laugh by the fire at night." She moved her glance to him solely and her smile remained completely kind and soft, she was having a good time after all so things like this made her a bit more cheerful and joking over the moments in battle and duels she hated.

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[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen glanced at [member="Alexandra Cinthra"] as she made her jokes. "I'm twenty-three Alex. Not exactly a kid anymore." As she continued on, Vulpesen perked up a bit. "However, I do like treats. Is that not normal?" Vulpesen had grown up in a canine culture and though some treats were given, it wasn't exactly a common practice as some might think. However, Vulpesen did enjoy it when his friends didn't realize he was joking.

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"Oh, ill make sure i get some treats for you next time, that way we can better train you now why dont we?" She shook her head, she knew he was joking partially atleast, so why not play along. Her breath left her though, the sigh long as she leaned back and thought for a few seconds before speaking once more. "Hey Vulpesen, what is it that keeps you in the Jedi Order and why do you fight for the Republic, from what ive seen they have been no different than the Sith past being a bit kinder. But you are still warriors and the Republic is still a hypocrisy, saying that they are not like the Sith Empire and then turning their backs on that by conquering and invading." [member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen smiled for a moment, holding the grin until the serious questions were asked. It was a question he had answered long ago, an answer he had learned to live with throughout what would likely be the rest of his life. "One of the only things I know about my parents, was that one was a jedi, and the other was a sith. When I was very young, they decided to raise me in neutrality which is why I was given to Zarro on Amar." His smile became somewhat sad. he may not have known his parents, but even a good childhood was missing things when your real parents aren't there. "It was always known I could use the force, the question is, where would I go? As per my mother's wishes, I was raised with the passion of a sith. The desire to be stronger than others." Vulpesen's hand clenched a bit, showing the power that he often desired. He refused to let it be seen, but there was always a delicate balance that he was forced to maintain.

"On the other hand, my father was a jedi. As were his wishes, i was raised to help others and put them before myself. In the end, that leaves you with a grey jedi who trains himself to be the best at saving lives. One day, I decided. I had to choose between desire and compassion. At the end, I decided to become a jedi. No doubt I could have kept the balance a bit longer, but as I said, I need to be better. So, I decided to join someone bigger. Someone who could train me." Vulpesen's hand released, opening as he spoke. "I won't say the jedi aren't without flaws. I wont say that I'm not either. However I will say that I've yet to see a master line up a population of innocents to kill them by firing squad. I will say that by being a jedi, I was helped lead the team that saved thousands of lives." Vulpesen grinned as he remembered the conflict of Togoria. As said, he wasn't a paragon of the order, and thus he was a bit more inclined to his pride. "As for being a part of the republic, being a jedi seems to have given me a sense of loyalty. If I ever need, I can leave them. But until the day that our beliefs completely collide, I will stand with them."

[member="Alexandra Cinthra"]

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"I see... sounds boring, id rather sit around and study ruins while also teaching those that come to mean for teaching, less fighting and more getting in tune with the galaxy around you. After all, thats what you guys have become isn't it? Warriors and puppet masters of the Republic, leading forces as Generals and making treaties as Diplomats, hell, without you the Republic would have fallen on its face by now and then we would we all be?" She closed her eyes and listened to the wind and the trees, the river's slow and gentle flow as well as feeling the life and presences around her. It was a charmed life, being here or in a ruin, studying history and collecting and improving upon knowledge that others fought over for power greater than their enemy. [member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen heaved a sigh and laid down on the stone, looking up at the clouds. "Sadly, that does seem so. I've always enjoyed the action and the thrill of battle, but even I have to admit that the jedi have been straying from our true path." As he spoke, Ace moved out of the jedi's robes and ran along his fingers. "We act like the jedi of the old republic. Every little thing we do has been not been attachment to the republic, but domination of the republic. They need us, that much I know and accept, but why must this need turn us into positions and warriors." Vulpesen turned his head over to look back at [member="Alexandra Cinthra"]. "Sometimes I do wish that I could go back to being a bookworm."

 

[Alexandra Feanor]

"So be one, unless there is a rule in your order that you must be a warrior once more, look for a peace in your place and find somewhere that is doing what it is you want to do. If the Jedi become the very thing that they sad they would not, is it not time to do something about it and bring them back on their true path. That is why i formed my order Vulpesen, because i wanted somewhere devoted to learning, not to war or to a political games. I mean, i still fight for those that pay me, but that is in doing so that i may build up a fortune needed for the creation of something that is far beyond what i have access to here in the Republic space, a place where we can truly be neutral in study without the need to worry about pissing off the planet's inhabitants." [member="Vulpesen"]

 

[Vulpesen]

Vulpesen listened to her words. They were appealing for sure, but he was still a knight of the Republic. The doubts of such things were still, just too large. "The Republic has been good to me. I understand your thoughts and I've had similar ones myself. Besides, I myself and am a soldier. I can't help that. My biggest problem is that even if I am, I wish they weren't. Its strange I know, but I suppose the biggest problem is that I'm too tied down. The republic has done much to help me. Besides, I have many friends still in the order."

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