Return of the Princess

[Jessica Med-Beq]

The past year was rough on Jessica: last she saw her beloved [member="Summer Sovereign"], it was for little Ziana's first steps and first words. Then came the many major campaigns: the Chiloon Rift campaign, Dromund Kaas, Serenno, Charros IV, Ossus, Sector 27-AJ and finally Tartarus, all but the Rift being fought under the Silver Jedi flag. Speaking of Tartarus, the people in the royal palace would eagerly watch the many news feeds from that planet, where a massive battle not seen since the Rogue One Sith in the Omega crisis raged all over the planet. As were the people of Glyss, who began to wonder exactly when will Jessica return this entire time: following the various campaigns she waged across the galaxy against the forces of evil could only do so much to them. Luckily the Queen was mostly planetside, but even then Ziana had to have some off-world trip with both parents, and not just with one, however much the princess with the flaxen hair trusted the Omwati lady for child-rearing. After being relieved from Tartarus and letting MG Soja take over the command of all SJ forces on Tartarus, she rushed back to safety, to Glyss, as far away from the Contingency as she could get. Once she arrived, back at home:

"Her Royal Highness has returned! Can anyone tell me where is Ziana?"

"By now Ziana has her own bedroom, right next to the royal bedroom" the valet told her. "I will take you to her now"

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Over the past year Summer had been left to run glyss on her own, she did this quite well, it was the nights that she found hard, they were cold and she wished that Jessica were here to hold her on those nights, most nights she hardly slept, instead she would wander the royal palace, she would work out, and over the past year she would have lost quite a lot of weight

[member="Jessica Med-Beq"]

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

"It has been a while, Your Majesty. I trust Ziana is well?"

"Mama? Mama!" Ziana uttered.

Without surprise, Jessica found [member="Summer Sovereign"] in her personal bedroom, next to Ziana's bed. At least I'm grateful for Glyss' media cutting slack to the government about the upper echelon's personal lives: court intrigues remained mostly internal to the court. It's not like Alderaan, Hapes or Naboo, where the courtesans' personal lives are much more closely monitored by the media, she thought, while looking at Summer's body, realizing that her wife lost quite a bit of weight and was now the same as she imagined Omwati ladies that tall. While of course, she knew Summer did, in fact, assume her royal responsibilities while Jess was away from Glyss, but now it was all too clear Ziana did, in fact, grow up since she last met her. She also expected her daughter to make some language progress, although Force-training was a bit premature at this point since she wasn't of a species that had a short lifespan. And yet it was a happy day for the family to be back: for a while Jessica may have been content with letting Summer on Glyss to assume her responsibilities, but she was due to return.

"I was due to return here at some point"

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Summer had actually started Ziana's Force training a bit prematurely, but she knew that Ziana being her and Jessica's daughter she was bound to have a great amount of force ability. Summer had started small but ever since Jessica had left Ziana had shown force ability, she had actually been able to move her toys in and out of her crib as well as move her crib and things around her room. For this reason Summer decided it was time, she had began training her as well as Ziana's language progression, she would turn to see Jessica, she would hurry her way over and hug her wife, "Ziana is wonderful to be honest, how have you been?"

[member="Jessica Med-Beq"]

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

"I'm fine, really"

Looking at Ziana manipulating toy blocks with the Force before [member="Summer Sovereign"] did, in fact, hug Jessica, she seems happy with Ziana, about as happy as the day where she made both her first steps and spoke her first words. It's not a given that, because I am a genius and Summer is also pretty smart, that Ziana will actually prove to be as smart as either biological parent. Now, it doesn't matter to me how she will intend to use her intellect down the road, she thought. To the extent she acknowledged that beauty came in many different shapes and sizes, and also colors, it's just now that she realized the impact of how... slim, wiry even, Summer seemed to be. It's not that she didn't take her responsibilities seriously, because Summer did. Unlike some other planetary leaders in holoshows, who are either ceremonial figureheads, negligent towards their dominion or rule by exception, and seemed to be more interested in court (or senatorial if the show is set in a democratic regime with elected, parliamentary governance) intrigue than in actually ruling their worlds. So perhaps it was just the demands of assuming those responsibilities.

"May you cherish that night I'm here. It's not often that I'm home" she told both Summer and Ziana.

 

[Eli-Mae Forrest]

Summer would almost cut her off as her lips met Jessica's, she had missed her a lot. Running a planet took a lot of work and it was very stressful to be alone all the time

[member="Jessica Med-Beq"]

 

[Jessica Med-Beq]

"Here's the thing: you can retain youthful appearance by 1) staying in the light side and 2) not abusing the Force. Same goes for Ziana when she grows up, and same goes for me, too"

As much as Ziana is important to Summer, as much as children were important to Omwati women, the couple was important, too, she thought. For years Jessica knew how important family was to [member="Summer Sovereign"]; however, she acknowledged in full that, out of respect for the population, since she is not assuming any real responsibility on Glyss, she'd rather not stay here any longer than absolutely necessary. Of course, it's not the first time that she did actually talk about the beauty implications of Force-alignment, but she knew as well as anyone else that was familiar with biology and especially physiological aging that youthful appearance is not the same as physiological youth. The Force does little, if anything, to protect against physiological aging unless one was using morichro. At this point, however, there was another thought that crossed her mind: there may be another power she could teach Summer that may be used for lighting and she may wish to teach both forms of Force-light: both the flash and the sustained mode. Exotic perhaps but may as well make this night count for both. She lowered the curtains while the doors of that bedroom were closed.

"There is one thing I like very much and that I would like you to learn: Force-light. You can always use it to provide lighting, to blind assailants but also to cleanse a person, a location or an object from the dark side. For that it is about projecting the energy of the light side inside you, either as a beam or as a flashlight"