Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

"We have been working with more of the designers... those chiss can be arrogant." She said it and from another room came a shout from the Admiral who worked as one of Junko's personal guards. "I can hear you." Phaidor said it and smirked as she knew she could be heard but wasn't going to be mean about it more it was meant as partially a joke. "See what I mean princess." She cocked her hip to the side and looked around. "THey have been helping design it with a zeltron team who has been serving other purposes... seems that they wanted to give you access to technologies that few others have. They have built some ships and facilities less advanced."

Junko did have to give a small grin to that.. she didn't deny that they were making some of the most advanced facilities... the hyperpocket generators would function to create a much larger space and she could house even more in it. They were using them in the islands to use systems and thanks to technology like the iso-didactic systems.... well they had a near infinite source of power that would go into things. There was systems like the violet that would allow quicker travel around the island and planet in general. There was many other features they were bringing in like a choushin tree that would be at the heart of the island to bathe it in the lightside of the force.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking at the hologram of the island itself and with the internal city itself... millions who were on the island making their island below her in the inner workings she was able to see the main areas where they were using artificial lights and the sun to create a surface on the planet..... the islands underwater workings that would keep it functioning were just that big and they were using the pocket technology to allow additional space where they needed people. She was able to see other parts of the inner working. There was more as parts of the inner workings showed connection to the underwater tunnel... a massive superstructure that connected several islands in an underwater highway as it were to the mainland.

THe center of the island though was where Junko could look and see.. she was able to see and reach it from her room here with a lift that would let her enter the garden. They had gotten fruits from around the galaxy and trees that were rare but not as impressive. Still she would have to make a time to go to it.. the celestial garden that she had to check on it.... there was just so much on her island here that she wouldn't be able to get to all of it... she would have to spend days or even weeks trying to figure it out... not somethign to do when important things were happening as the hardlight projectors showed a news display about the war efforts and she crossed her arms.

 

[Junko Ike]

THere were attacks both by and against the silver jedi... she missed some of them... she could say all of them but they didn't really have good interests half the time. She had been on the assembly and each time it felt like she was struggling to get an inch of tradition as opposed to the just let people do what they want approach and inclusivity that allowed darksiders to control a jedi government. IN the end they had betrayed her but well Sasori and herself gladly aided them if needed.. they were more then happy to teach, listen or equip those who came to them... the same could not be said the other way and she stopped trying after awhile... the ones who are in charge be it public or in the shadows hold with a death grip to power.

The Bryn were a dangerous threat but no one seemed to have an answer to how to fight them... just fight them usually on their terms or like they are a threat similar to the sith... from what she had seen they were more dangerous because the sith usually played political games.. the bryn did not. It woiuld be for a jedi a moral quandry but the bryn usually killed civilians and those who would be caught in the crossfire. That freed a few things as being able to stop their threat seemed much easier... it wouldn't be good but hard decisions can and will need to happen.... bah her thoughts were there but she was not part of it anymore and while caring and compassionate she has mostly been able to free herself of the burden.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was looking at the screens and they showed other events in the galaxy... mainly how quiet certain places were... nothing seemed to come from the first order or latest sith empire, warlords of the sith, sith eternal groups in the galaxy were quiet. THey seemed to attack but everything stayed quiet which gave them at least something good to be able to handle... the Commonwealth took interest as Tiantang was under attack and its people being killed. THey were working to try and help refugees for their Atrisian cousins who would hopefully come back and be able to work with them.. they needed to try and help them as it was part of the old hyperspace lanes.

They would have to do more though.. Beifong would take one of the ships to try and help out as many as they could and if they got lucky they would be able to not only give a home to the people but share with them when the time came the technology to work on rebuilding the world. THey had the means but the world was much different in some respects to Atrisia.. they would have to figure out a few things but if they managed to convince them to let the Commonwealth help no doubt they would be something to try and bring under the sway so an economic benefit to everything would be important. THey were going to try and rebuild dozens of worlds after all and get them as they moved towards the farlax sector.

 

[Junko Ike]

There was more as alerts came up and she could check out more of the things in the marketplace... Sasori's product lines were being updated all the time with new products being rbought out for everyone to see... which also appeared to go a long way as the jedi exclusive company made plenty for the galaxy to use but it was very selective about it... and wasn't going to change anytime soon... sadly and thankfully Matsu didn't change which side of the force she sat on with a whim... she remained staunchly within the lightside of the force itself. Junko was much the same way.. hell their entire family was and the Ike force line among the jedi went back tens of thousands of years to the Je'daii of Tython.

"There is a lot happening." Phaidor said it and Junko nodded ehr head... marketplace wise there were some shifts but ultimately what worked in their favor was that they knew how to cultivate their own economy.,... Sasori and Atrisia worked with their own banking system... the mining operations across the galaxy allowewd them to have the materials for any number of endeavors but it was also them pouring credits into those systems and the locals who then in turn used it to buy Sasori products. Or they would buy from the Atrisian Commonwealth... in terms of getting rid of their excessive food stores it would and did make it easier to feed trillions.

 

[Junko Ike]

Phaidor though did have a point on a couple of things as she showed Junko more of her room... everything was made and impressive around them.. she had even more in the chambers as each of the handmaidens chambers were built and opened up to be like small houses living the living and warehouse modules.... Junko's extravagant lifestyle worked in her favor as Xifang had his own room and it was lounging there.. the massive Atrisian tiger wasn't lazy but he was also not in a hurry to be running around with her and he didn't play fetch... he just was there when she needed him and as she entered the room she could see his tail.

It twitched and he rose up coming over to her as the massive tiger offered a smile almost at seeing her and she gave him some food and some love nuzzling his cheeks. He might bite someone else but never attacked her.. a benefit of being raised by her and the force bond between them making it almost akin to family... he wouldn't hurt JUnko but he would hurt anyone near her if she felt tense or fear. Right now though... right now she was more then comfortable and there were some more of her handmaidens around who had been doting on him with beads for some of his fur... it was braided with the beads of kyber crystals and aurodium string that had feathers to make him look much more pretty.

 

[Junko Ike]

"And how is my favorite guy?" She said it with a smile on her face and what she might normally reserve for her brother Shoma she said for him as well. There was a look though when she got to nuzzle him and the fur was soft and fine.. evidence of well the grooming that went into him with the droids that brushed his hair hundreds of times a day and the shampoos that were used. There was always much more as he gave a contented sound from his throat and was still taller then her standing on all fours... just he didn't do it often but he was walking around with her. The sections of her palace that he wasn't usually in though looked amazing for the moment as they came onto a balcony.

It looked out on another whole area of the island.. the valley where the palace and village... city was located was large but this was on the opposite side of the mountain itself.. looking out on an area of the island where they had homes and temples being constructed. You could see them as well as what would be a military facility but there was more to it... there was waterfalls and a river that cut through it but it also doubled as an escape area that she had her ship located. The massive flying palace wasn't a place to mess around in and they had it set up. There was more to it and trees lined the waterway with fruits from across the galaxy. Ripe and ready to be plucked which they were by harvester droids.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko could see more of the valley she was in as well ans the temples being made were a mixture of jedi, atrisian and mostly to give the island some flavor... since it was artificial it needed to look natural come \visitors who might not know better or the ones who would attack them. So the ruins were mostly for show but they might have a thing or two secreted inside of them. The valley garden though that was for her and Junko could see it with vines overhanging towards the waterfall as mist rose up and would shroud it any any time of the day. The trees that were around though she could see and make out. From the balcony there was a walkway that took her there though overgrown trees with shade.

Xifang was by her side as the only one and as she entered the garden the air changed... instead of the scents of the palace the overwhelming scent of fruits was there... hundreds of different types of fruits that few would be able to pass up. The jedi master was thinking about it as she grabbed an orange and peeled it allowing it to drop to the ground into the thick and soft grasses around them. Droid caretakers were making sure everything was watered. She pulled the orange apart and looked at it for a moment with the juices and gave a nod seeing Xiganf plop around and find a place to sit in the grass. His yawn was massive and you could see in his mouth for a moment before he ate one of the fruits that had dropped.

 

[Junko Ike]

"So I take it you are done for the day?" She said it looking at him and Xifang watched her for a moment just eating in one bite the fruit while she came over and looked at him. THe tiger dind't roar but responded how she expected... the same way she would in the situation. He was just going to say nothing and go back to lounging around.. she related to that and mussed his hair on the head before looking around the garden. With its fruit trees that blended the scents.. but there was also that this was a private garden for her. The view was of the valley, the waters here were crisp and clean wit koi and other fish in them that gleamed.

She could feel the force all around herself and she even had a small studio forr shaping the clay she used that was infused with the lightside into statues and other objects. An outdoor kiln for heating the clay and it was made to hold human sized statues. THey had her statues also in the garden and some others like jedi statues... there was some of the droids that the temples used as well as a few others from Sasori who want supplying them with a lot more in some cases.. she could see the space for a runabout and it was being unloaded with some more of her private collections she had from other palaces across the galaxy.

 

[Junko Ike]

"You moved it all here? Wonderful." SHe said it and Phaidor was there with her as she nodded to the question.. they had gotten all of her stuff from the older palaces on SHri-Tal and Xam'chi which would serve to give her a proper place though. She had seen the old palace at Xam'chi and it wasn't that it was small but it was at the capital... the there was a wing of the palace at Jar'kai which while nice wasn't home... this was fashioned to please her from her wildest dreams and they were able to do oh so much to make sure that it was nice... there was even the private grotto as the waterfalls circulated through it and she could see it hidden among several fruit trees with its kyberite dome.

JUnko was looking at a few other parts of it while she clasped her hands behind her back and walking towards the grotto she turned to Phaidor... "Is it how I wanted?" She said it and waited getting a nod of her head finally as Junko practically wanted to jump up and down from excitement. She went into the grotto and the first thign that hit her was the scent... flowers, jasmine, rain, lotus and berries from around the galaxy. Perfumes, oils and oheromones. The bubble that had been made was something from the royal palace before it was well changed on zeltros.. once the elections for the new king and queen were removed and an offworlder made permanent by the silver jedi who destroyed much of the world... well the incentive and refugees poured to them.

 

[Junko Ike]

The grotto though was beautiful and there was chambers of it that went lower and lower into the island... one all the way down to the intake system and a private submersible bay that she could visit and she would be able to see. The mermaid like beings of Atrisia. THey lived in the underwater city that was a part of the grand regions.. with more islands and it came off of the coast. She knew few would be able to find it without knowing about the lighthouse on the edge of the world... it was a small island in comparison but it served for ships and airships to be able to dock and take the lift down.. she rarely had seen it as the family that was there mostly preserved it.

"Welcome princess." The zeltrons spoke and stood there.. they had been chosen for two reasons.. the first being their skill and experience in soothing the body.. the second because they looked the closest to Atrisian in looks. Smooth skin, large and dark eyes... petite frames for their bodies and dark almost black hair with the highlights of red and pink. THeir hands with painted nails... aurodium dancers outfits with karlini and vine silk veils... each one wearing pearrls strewn about their nexks that Junko had bought for them and promising them all a better life had brought them here. The heavy scent of pheromones was in the air and it soothed her body and stress.

 

[Junko Ike]

"Hello ladies." She said it and stood there looking at the zeltrons with her grin getting wider and wider. She was sitting down with them around her and after seeing the news she needed something.. she needed to be able to relax for the moment. "Now Princess. How can we help you?" SHe said it and they were looking at her as Dejah was there the jedi master who was in charge of Barsoom... the silver jedi ignored it and so the Commonwealth and Junko supported the jedi temple there... ensuring that it and the zeltron force users were given the best education and training that could be seen. "Hello Dejah, how goes the grind of getting Barsoom in order amidst everything?"

The zeltron was older then the others but she still had the beauty... she had just about everything from her species and shedressed more conservatively with a modified jedi robe. ABle to blend into her world but it still functioned like a jedi's attire... almost like a twi'lek style garb from the order. She was also one of the few jedi masters Junko knew who believed in the potential of her species as opposed to most who just wanted to treat them like tittilation and eye candy... she wanted them to be better respected. Which was noble and Junko supported... most played to the stereotype because ignorance was rampant.

 

[Junko Ike]

She knew that easily extended to Atrisia as many seemed to come here and only be in the middle of an ancient festival and tea ceremony... they ignored the advances of the world and how they lived lives or built cities for claiming everything was ramshackle villages and places without water or food they had to save. Junko often rolled her eyes at that and moved on.... Atrisia moved forward and played to it charging expectorant prices for offworlders who interrupt such things now... it was something that gave the people at least a pound of flesh and better extracted wealth sharing it among them to enhance everything that they were prepared to do.

As she had a chance finally to relax away from everything.. no stress from the news, no dangers as it seemed much had passed and Atrisia was once again in the clear.. no it was just going back to being ignored... waning interest in people from the galaxy who once they learned they couldn't exploit the people stopped trying and moved to another. Like a bully on the playground they just got confronted with someone who will stand up to them. She remained there and took off her visor for the moment which doubled as her comlink and Xifang lounged almost directly next to her while the zeltrons worked her muscles. Shoima for the most part seemed to be safe as no news about danger after the attack came.

 

[Junko Ike]

SHe didn't need to worry about her brother or many of the threats that just like the people who showed interest rose and fell and disappeared. Everything was possible with the work that they were doing... more was possible with what they could. The continued great works were an important part as she knew the engineers were working on improvements to their travel and roads, improving their manufacturing and automation... there was even ideas and plans for a means to automate and control their farming. THey weren't going to take away the human element but if they could control the yield and increase it without losing as much... then it would continue to bolster their economy.

She thought about it and felt the hands on her shoulders and her back... even on her temples as more were going through her hair unknotting it. Rubbing in oils that smelled of the pheromones... essence of zeltros and perfume was being added so that she would be able to entice and attract as court. The zeltron workers were just her personal ones but there were others who worked in some of the houses... they were finding a place in Atrisian society, the chiss and twi'leks, liran and a number of others were as well. She wouldn't knock her Atrisian people or the many around the world but there was a whole lot that could serve.

 

[Junko Ike]

She never neglected the people which was what was important in her mind... never losing sight of improving their lives... of making things better for them... of raising them up to be the best examples of what can happen. It had the jedi master and atrisian princess secured in her belief about what was happening... it had her looking forward to each day. "Princess, the attack on Csilla seems to have ended... the planet has been destroyed." What.. Junko's eyes shot opened and she was looking at much of it trying to see what might be done as the princess wanted to try and help. Her eyes going to be handmaiden as she spoke.

"Find ways to help whoemever we can, send whatever aid and ships are needed. Refuges are going tro be coming... if the world is destroyed or damaged in a way then we are going to need to help many and we can do just that." She said it and Phaidor gave a nod of her head.. Shoma and Sor-Jan she knew would be ones to come out and try to render aid... so if they can do it she would offer many things. They had the means to give them aid and like with other species they had taken them in they had brought them to be part of Atrisian society and it might not be perfect but if they could help just a shuttle find salvation then it was worth it.

 

[Junko Ike]

She didn't know what else to do... the dangers of so many ships possibly going to render aid to the chiss would be a big thing... they could be attacked but they could and would also be in danger from colliding with many of the other ships that were coming out to try and render the aid. THe ships that they developed would be able to go and helping with the clean up efforts and recovery could be the automated stations.. they could use it to improve the quality of life if they had it properly. JUnko laid there and she thought about it but she didn't have her visor to go over information she was just looking at a screen one of the handmaidens was holding so she could follow the developments.

"I dont know what you will be able to do princess... the chiss are proud and you know the alliance will likely interfere... they need to be seen as the ones rendering aid as opposed to letting the people help out. Since you won't be flying their colors and saying it is all for their glory they likely would not like the jade dragon appearing to render aid." THe one said it and she was an offworlder but she was here in the IMperial court. Or at least well she was in the imperial court wit Junko.. they had done a whole lot and would be able to get some information. A smile on her face... "Oh it will be just like it always is... they will claim to be the only ones helping and discredits everyone else."

 

[Junko Ike]

Sadly she knew that would be what is done... though she had learned every body of government did it... Atrisia as well but they did it from a superiority complex and place of pride. They had the more advanced technologies that primitive civilizations bringing just basics there for the short term means less when it is much better to address the long term needs which they went after. Shoma would usually make sure that everything was offered as he was largely the external diplomatic one... he went out and met the people giving Atrisia a face to the galaxy while she was here handling with the sansin the internal workings.

"We will handle it as needed, I know Shoma will want to move carefully too early and run the risk of being attacked but to late and the supplies we bring might be lost in the shuffle of others sending their token aid and brushing it off. We don't just want to be another face in the crowd we want to help then people." Junko was looking at many more things though she relaxed and would have to deal with this and the sansins but first... she would rest... her mind going blank for a few hours would let her at least approach the situation from a place of peace and unerstanding... also it would allow them to get more informatiuon so they do not jump the gun.

 

[Junko Ike]

The few hours she was in the grotto passed with little thought or incident.. Junko enjoying everything there and partaking before she exited with her kimono off and just walked feeling the breeze from the valley. it came up the valley and she could smell the fruit trees that were lining it... the coolness came right off of the ocean before she was checking out some of the other parts they were going to get to see. With a smile though Junko walked around observing the rest of the garden. She could see many of the fish that were in the pond and she wanted to touch a few of them as she put her hand in the waters and the koi swam past her.

She was looking at more of it and in the waters well they had been working on things for her... murals from crystal and aurodium.. she had some of the finest models the galaxy could get... she had some of the most talented who had been working on the murals at the bottom of her private ponds. Grabbing an overly ripe piece of fruit and she bit into it letting some of the juices run down her chin. Where she was looking over as some fo the smaller creatures.. they had managed to get some tachs that were wonderful and had been changed by the force itself.. the species was mostly simple minded but they watched and could work with the jedi princess.

 

[Junko Ike]

She let a few of them come up to her and lick her fingers before running off and playing in the trees while JUnko moved around and listened to the air... It was quiet here.... there was nothing on the island but she could see down into the almost exclusively private valley that served as hers.... well the island was hers but she didn't make it into a big thing and it wasn't going to be announced or something seen as extravagant. There was more as well, Liran engineers who were brought to the world and given a home... dura forgers from the old guild of hammers that brought their skills as well as their revelry for all to see... JUnko welcomed them and her island was like a mini Horai.

"Never fails to inspire does it?" The voice was heavier and Junko knew who it was... not a handmaiden but KIrano was a bodyguard if you wanted to call her that. She was impressively built... muscled and wearing a kimono yes but with an outer cloak that made her look like a military commander. SHe wasn't that but with her hair in thick braids and the bottle of blue sake on her hip she was most impressive as a fighter... she even was one of the few who kept her weapons on her with the heavier sword and blaster on her back. THe jedi princess smiled though looking at her as she stood there and there was no real drop in modesty. "Beautiful views always inspire."

 

[Junko Ike]

Kirano was well not the one to beat around and Junko grinned a little standing there with a handmaiden who also usually had herself decked out with weapons... lots of weapons she was like a tank or a battle droid... except Atrisian military trained and a horselord hybrid. Which worked in their favor... children of such unions were not treated kindly by the horselords... even if they were fellow Atrisians... it was its own evolutionary line as they were learning with many others thanks to the Chi-Oni and Taeki. "IT is always something beautiful here... the plans for construction have been going well then I take it?" SHe got a nod and Kirano was one of the few she knew could handle security measures.

"We have been working on the security protocols for here as well as with the royal family... a better means as it were to defend all of you when people visit." And she most likely had found the way to be best protected. Junko was sure it likely didn't let the others go outside as much or at least not go out into places that didn't have a full escort... the garden here and the island were much easier to control as it was stocked full of those most liyal to JUnko and who wanted to protect her. "So how much are you going to restrict my ability to be around here." There was a moment between the two of them but Kirano shrugged offering a grin.