Tempting of the padawans

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Emma Prinn"][member="Serena Bouie"]

Walk onto the ship behind Serena. "That's what I was doing here. Trying to find the relic. Why didn't have to be dancer and not a artist. It would be so useful to be able to draw what I see." He says as he watches Serena do the preflight checks. He would offer to help but he knew from his own experience everyone did preflight checks different.

"My advice would be to..." He was about to tell Serena how he was able to block out other thoughts when Emma came onboard. "Sounds like Emma's back." He says to her. "We can talk later about it." He didn't know if Emma knew about Serena problem. "Hey How was shopping? Get any good deals?"

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

[member="Emma Prinn"] | [member="Hawk Solo"]

"I have a hard time picturing you dancing it just looks odd in my head." Serena could hear Emma from the back, "Ahh she's happy she must have found something" Serena laughed again, "You know Hawk you can always conjur the image in your mind and draw it out or describe it to someone who can draw. Maybe one of the Master's would recognize it"

Serena was ready to leave she informed flight control they were on their way out, within moments she had them airborne and shortly afterwards they were in space and heading towards the call.

Serena concentrated on the space in front of her the cold was already seeping into the ship, she hated cold.

"Yea Emma what did you get?" Serena thought she could smell sugar.

 

[Jsc]

[member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Serena Bouie"]

Emma was sitting down in the cabin reading a book. Thank goodness the fresher had something to wipe her hands with too.

"Oh! There you guys are. I just stopped by the Cafe to grab some goodbye goodies. Two apple danish, one cream cheese roll, a roast beef & swiss, and a packet of insta-caf. Mint edition. The, uh, book. Came later. Hehe."

Alas, no souvenirs.

"It was probably my last time on Ossus for awhile so I wanted to make sure I at least got something. Sugar counts. Just don't tell my diet. Oops! Hehe."

She smiled and kicked up her feet. Ahh. Jedi work is bestest work. Nice.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Serena Bouie"][member="Emma Prinn"]

"One of these days I will have to show you a holo of my favorite performance." He says to Serena. Her idea of trying to describe the relic to someone who could draw was good. He hadn't thought of that.

He listens to Emma rattle of the food from Cafe, "Save anything for us?" He says turning his head to read the title of the book. "50 Shades..of. " he says. He couldn't make out the last word.

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

[member="Emma Prinn"] | [member="Hawk Solo"]

Serena laughed Emma is seemed had a very healthy appetite, "Emma we will be back here, promise." She looked to Hawk for a moment, she winked at Emma, "Wait till you get to the part about the red room"

Serena knew about the popular book that had been having some...vibrations around the temple. "Ok folks we'll be there before you know, might want to get some rest and be ready" Serena sat back looking ahead, knowing she would sleep while the auto flew.

 

[Jsc]

[member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Serena Bouie"]

Emma seemed baffled. Was '50 Shades of Corellian Ale' really such a smash hit? Huh. Who knew?

"I'll... Keep that in mind."

She shrugged and went back to her reading. Doubtful that there was anything productive she could do before they landed insystem. This was not a Science Vessel equipped with scatter arrays or a tri-recon emitter. Prospecting would be of little help in Hyperspace.

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The ship dropped into Realspace with a flutter and they began a quick descent towards the planetary moon. Emma moved to cockpit to watch their arrival.

"Okay folks. Let's pull up those scanner readings and see what we got? Time to earn that paycheck. Or... Something?"

She puzzled herself with that one. Jedi don't make paychecks? Ugh. She'd need to work on that one. Derp.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Serena Bouie"][member="Emma Prinn"]

Hawk arches an eyebrow. Red room. What was that about? Anyways, Serena was right. It was time to rest. Hawk excuses himself and goes to find a quiet place to sleep and mediated. The moment he closed his eyes, the visions came. Visions of trap waiting for them. Lightsaber duel...someone falling off a cliff.

The shutter of the ship leaving hyperspace, woke Hawk up out of his deep slumber. He rubs his eyes. He felt more tired now than before hits lot. The visions, the sense of danger didn't do much to offer peaceful sleeping.

He goes into the cockpit. It takes a seat next to Emma and begins scanning planet. "There isn't much there." He comments.

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

[member="Emma Prinn"] [member="Hawk Solo"]

Serena was ready to work she was scanning the planet for imbalances in the magnetic fields, and for any seismic activity. Her trained eye watched the fluctuations of the readouts, "Emma, look here" Serena held the image, the spike in the magnetic field hit like a heart beat and then dropped.

"I wonder if there is a timing to it, if there is....." Serena looked up at Emma then to Hawk, "Could indicate man made"

She just stared at it now, waiting to see if it happened, and if it did would it be the same intensity and would it occur again after that the same timing from the first indication.

 

[Jsc]

[member="Serena Bouie"] [member="Hawk Solo"]

"Well. Whatever it is, it's not hostile to organic life. I'm not picking up any radiation readings and the atmosphere is showing normal. Jungle moon. Plenty of thermal sigs. Static interference and the last known expedition on the Web was around sixty years ago. ...Yep. Just another walk in the park." She nodded and turned about. "Let's take her down and get a closer look. I could use the footwork anyway."

Spaceships had that effect on Emma. Restless hours in the same tiny durasteel box. Ugh. She needed a sky above her to really think out loud. Really sink her teeth into some complex science stuff.

"I'll go change into something more suited for a trek in the wetlands. I don't want these old boots tracking mud back into the ship. Bleg."

Designer fashions. Never go planet-jumping without them.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Serena Bouie"][member="Emma Prinn"]

"Man made" he mutters that could be bad news. He couldn't recall if the planet had any intelligent life form. "We better be careful. That could be a beacon." His eyes roll back into his head. A vision appears....abandon ship...bloody trail leading into Jumgle. He blinks his eyes coming out of the vision.

"Serena did you see that?" He asks hoping that she saw his vision.

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

Serena heard Emma she was right a magnetic field change was not a threat to organic life least not on this level, and then she was off to change. Serena looked at Hawk as he spoke and blinked she could only feel emotions from him, there were no images. Not like.

"I did not see it, you should say what you saw but you need to wait for Emma." Serena turned looking over at Hawk, an then back to the screens, she was counting off the time to see if the change in the field occurred again.

In her mind she clicked off moments, one .............two..............three...........four..........and then the spike. that was three spikes, each evenly spaced, and each reached the same point of intensity.

"That could be man made, I don't know that it is a beacon though. I don't know too many beacons that affect magnetic fields like that. It is possible. I've never seen it" They were on the ground. "We should get whatever equipment we are taking"

Serena was thinking through the problem all while trying to keep Hawk and Emma's thoughts out.

[member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Emma Prinn"]

 

[Jsc]

[member="Hawk Solo"] [member="Serena Bouie"]

Emma returned wearing a thick black jumpsuit, powered boots, and a spacer's pack. Even her utility belt looked full. This was something she could get dirty.

"Okay. Now I'm ready to go hiking. Hehe."

The cockpit held an eerie silence. What exactly could happened in such a short time that was putting everyone on edge?

"Umm? Guys. You two look like you've seen a ghost? Something up?"

Surely this was just a simple science expedition. Like, a stroll through the jungle or a walk through the park. Was there something else to it already? Emma was baffled.

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Serena Bouie"][member="Emma Prinn"]

While waiting for Emma, Hawk makes sure he has everything he needs. light saber… Check… robe for climb...first aid kit. He glances up when Emma returns.

"Not a ghost. A vision. I had a vision...an abandoned ship with bloody trail leading from it. It is in jungle. I know it. I don't know if everything from "beacon" and magnetic field are connected." He decided not to mention his dream vision. He wasn't about that one yet. It wasn't clear enough.

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

[member="Emma Prinn"] [member="Hawk Solo"]

Serena had a saber from the armory her backpack full of goodies, and the clothes she wore. She wore the soft tan pants, boots, white shirt, and a small jacket to cover her shoulders. "So let's go see what we can find, who knows maybe a ship" Serena could do without the blood.

The ramp dropped air from the outside rushed in Serena peered out looking to see if there was anyone lurking about, but so far nothing touched upon her senses. She looked to the left, and then back to the right.

"I think we are good to go"

 

[Jsc]

[member="Serena Bouie"] [member="Hawk Solo"]

Emma nodded and descended into the jungle with a peppy step. Lush green foliage with a dash of yellow-orange bouquets. Plump ferns as big as a man and broken trunk debris littered their walkway. Native winged-squirrels bounded between the tall trees with their fluffy red tails and flurries of yellow moths sullied about the ground. The colored birds cawed from the sky, the six-legged alligators snorted from the rivers, and that massive blue crane simply watched them curiously with it's single speckled eye. Wanderers in a brave new world.

Emma watched her footing as she trudged on ahead. Stopping to check her wrist com's display, she sighed and looked on ahead.

"Our heading is still good. It should just be up this way a few more meters."

She scrapped the mud off her boots on a nearby dead tree trunk. Sending a thousand tiny critters clambering back inside the wooden frame. Ugh... How she was hating the humidity already.

"The last report from this planet is quite old but they did mention to stay away from any tusked pigs that we might find. Apparently, they are quite territorial creatures, albeit small and clumsy foes."

Alas, they did not have time to catalog all their new findings. The birds, the bees, and those rare red-mineral deposits that jutted forth from the rivers; would just have to wait.

"Hawk? Why don't you lead the way for awhile? ...Your senses might be more experienced than ours. Hehe. I'd appreciate a veteran up front when we reach the magnetic field."

 

[Hawk Solo]

[member="Emma Prinn"][member="Serena Bouie"]

Hawk walks along side the two Padawans in the jungle. He glances at Emma. He could see it in her wide eyes expression that she was itching to explore the depth of this jungle. Hawk wasn't scientist to him a jungle was jungle. It held no special meaning.

"Good call." He says wincing a little at the term veteran. He didn't see himself that way.

Using his senses, he veers off the path leading to the magnetic field. Something else was calling to him. As he walks the jungle begins to look familar to him. He been here before...his vision. The question was..which one?

"We are close." He says to them.

 

[Darth Ren Malgus]

Once again Serena was walking onto a world lush and green the vibrations of the force moved around her and immediately she felt a need to close her mind off, or try to. This constant having to fight the very emotions that everyone claimed that Jedi did not possess. Ahhh she thought to herself.

Serena loved this world she could find little on any world that would cause her to hate it, inconvenience her yes. But every where had something that you could look at and appreciate. Was it the bugs that scurried away from the flat of @[member="Emma Prinn"] boot ? [member="Hawk Solo"] was disinterested? How could a Jedi be surrounded by so much life and not be interested! People were so strange she couldn't fathom not seeing the wonder.

How was it that the trees grew so tall? Or the huge ferns that could at any moment lean over and devour a full grown man. The myriad of colors that carpeted the floors around them there was so much to wonder about.

"Tusked Pigs my brother would say, can we eat them?" She blinked looking towards Emma, her family would skewer it and roast it if they could.

Serena felt Hawk's reaction he was the Knight among them that meant he was the veteran. Shouldn't he want to make sure all of the padawans were safe? Serena could only sense the three of them, "how close is close?" A meter, on top of it, walking over it. She looked down at her datapad, the spike if on time should occur within moments.

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In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight​