The Discovery of the GAS Mercy

[Gatz Duolingo]

As he peered up at Corbin, who was looking down at him, Gatz said, "that I am! Why don't we get you guys out of here?"

To say that Gatz was relieved would be an understatement. They weren't pirates, they were actually just people in need. He wasn't sure whether he should thank his luck, his gut instinct, or the Force. Perhaps all three were deserving of such gratitude.

The first woman to board the ship, he knew it was Rika from her voice, seemed to take offence with the state of his ship. Well, he couldn't exactly blame her. With only R4-A1 to help with repairs (he didn't even know if Ay knew how to use a hydrospanner), Gatz didn't exactly have the time to fix things properly. Kriff, he didn't even have the know-how to fix things properly, and he certainly wasn't going to let any odd engineer poke around his ship.

"Unfortunately, in my line of work, I don't have much time to fix things properly. And this bucket of bolts," Gatz patted the green R4 unit on its dome, it having just rolled in behind him, "does more harm than good."

R4 let out an indignant beep at that, but Gatz chose to ignore it, "but, she flies just fine."

Gatz didn't pay much mind to the second woman to march onto his ship, other than noting that her skin had an orange tint to it, which he thought was kinda cool.

The man that followed her, however, made Gatz feel uneasy. This man, he almost certainly knew, was the one who probed his mind through the Force. Gatz prepared himself for another assault, only to be pleasantly surprised when the man instead gave him a literal pat on the back. He seemed nice enough, and was quite polite. As the man made his way to speak to Ay, Gatz decided to forgive him for prying into his thoughts.

Of all the new people to walk onto his ship, it was the woman in coveralls that peaked his interest the most. She had snuck in behind Cassus (Gatz was pretty sure that was his name, right?), and had immediately made a beeline for all the obvious patch jobs. The way her eyes scanned the exposed wires and patched lines, implied that she had a certain expertise. It was almost like she was figuring out how to properly fix all the things he had jerry rigged, and if R4 hadn't bumped into his leg, he would never have heard her question, and would have instead stayed transfixed on her keen eye.

"Well, the last time I let an engineer on board, he tried to report me to the authorities for all the illegal cargo I was hauling. So, uh, five years ago?"

The last bit of the sentence came out sheepishly, almost as if he were expecting a verbal lashing for his very obvious lack of care. But hey, the ship ran just fine, so what did it matter if it wasn't pretty on the inside?

[member="Ay Ge"]​

 

[Ay Ge]

Ay stood rigid as a royal guard would as the passengers came on broad, her crimson eye flicking to the first person to step, well more forced through the front door. She seemed not on good terms with the others, judging from the ways she looked at them and her tone of voice, perhaps they were just stranded travellers, and intuition and past experiences where anything to go by pirates where not one to keep people around that they didn't like. 'threat level, medium, closer observation required'.

The second woman seemed to be just as emotionless as herself, but something was different, whatever the case stances she was hard to read, something that did not sit well with Ay as it made it harder to identify their motive as feelings, another to keep an eye on, though did not seem to be as much of a threat as the more pissed off woman, for now anyways.

Ay was about to assess the other passengers before she was addressed directly by a man, one that she senses to be a force user too, perhaps the Jedi that had rummaged around Gatz mind? Further investigation would be needed until a conclusion was made, but for now she would have to take part in some unnecessary conversation. "Answer, I protect Gatz to the full extent of my abilities and remove anyone, or thing that poses a threat to him and his ship... in other words, yes, I am very proficient at my assigned task".

The man seemed friendly, either due to being a Jedi or something else, maybe okay for others but struck a, 'I don't trust' vibe with the young assassin. "If you have nothing more to say I must resume my current task". Ay broke eye contact with the man, turning attention to the new woman who entered the ship as Gatz talked with another of the survivors. It did not take long for her to realize this woman was some sort of techy/mechanic, probably a good thing considering the state of this ship, but at the same time Ay was not too happy on letting her rummage around the engine without first getting to know her, for the moment the ship flew, repairs could wait until they landed.

'Mental note for later review, conduct self-study into mechanics and other engineering techniques’, Ay turned to Gatz as he finished his own discussion, "informative statement, I am going to prepare the spare cabin for our new 'guest', I will return to your side in approximately 10 standard minutes".

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[Corbin Jorkul]

Corbin was the last to step through, but not without a forlorn glance back to the ship first. Seven hundred years this ship had protected them, kept them alive and otherwise safe from the dangers of a changing galaxy. Regardless of how they found themselves in this new time, Corbin was sure this ship had done it's job admirably. Suddenly, as if he'd forgotten something, Corbin steps over to a console and taps in a few commands before ejecting a small data chip and placing it in his satchel. His hand wraps around the long pole arm in the corner of the room and without another moment's hesitation, Corbin steps into the hatch and climbs his way down into Gaz's awaiting "antique," as Corbin puts it, keenly aware that it's far younger than the Mercy. Corbin steps foot on the deck just as Ay Ge is stepping away, and the young man finds his eyes surveying the curves of the woman before she disappears from sight. "Not without it's charms, though."

With a grin, Corbin reaches out for Gatz's hand. The strange, tough leather looking patches on his skin shift as his face moves, but it's clear they're harder than the flesh around them. The hand he offers to Gatz's is no different, with each finger laced in the material. "Corbin. You have my gratitude."

 

[Rika Hassan]

She watched as the emotionless woman observed her. The blonde woman cracked a slight grin that was meant only for Ay Ge. It was small and could be missed by any who did not have the perception for such things, but as fast as it came it faded away to her more emotionless expression. Her crystal blue eyes fell on Cassus as he kissed his crystals, and for once the woman furrowed a brow and looked a bit... disturbed. What did those crystals did to deserve such strange lascivious attentions and how did they feel? Possibly violated if they could actually feel. Her mind wandered down the thousand year corridor that is her extensive memory until she pulled herself from it and she stared at something else.

Quickly she stuffs some wiring back into a panel and secure its without effort for Gatz. "My line of work was exceptionally dangerous yet I kept a nice ship. That is until parts of it were blasted into space and are now... well nothing I suppose that was long ago. Please do not kill these people. I have grown attached." She stepped away from Gatz as his attention was on the other only person on this ship that could do mechanic work save for her. Her hand slips from the light saber and she relaxes, as one could mimic relaxing.

She wanted to explore and see what troubles she could find on this smugglers ship, but the droid she passes by gets a stare. She wiggles her fingers at it. "Look at you..." She whispers. "I like you."

 

[Seki Otara]

Seki sighed at the small talk, glancing to each of her fellow survivors in turn and coming up disappointed — particularly in Jorkul and Rika, each of whom seemed to think they were some sort of de facto leader of the group. The tiny Sith moved further into the ship, and she had to admit that she entertained the idea of just ditching everyone else and finding some real food, or somewhere to get some sleep. But, no. She had to be the responsible one, which put a bitter taste in her mouth.

"Hey. Captain. We have been in stasis, don't know how long we were out. Our ship was barely functioning, can't trust it. What year is it?"

[member="Cassus D'Kai"]​

 

[Cassus D'Kai]

Cassus' eyes met with Rika, giving her a smile as he let the crystals fall back down to hang off of his neck. He enjoyed her presence, hell he enjoyed everyone's presence, even Rumpleteazer Seki. He would move to her, about to say something when Seki drops that bomb of a question. With that he turned and watched, his tattered robes catching a bit of air and fluttering a bit. He'd look back at Rika quickly before moving to take a seat on whatever he could find. A crate or something. Cassus had his suspicions that the droids on board the ship were correct, but he knew that expressing that wouldn't really make anyone feel better about the situation. Cassus was doing a really good job of being chipper about the whole situation, but he knew that the next few minutes were really going to drive home the reality of the group's current situation.

The force is with me, I am one with the Force. Words that never failed to put his and countless other Jedi's minds at ease. But this time..this time they weren't helping him as much. Not with this level of anticipation.

 

[Drexia Locke]

Mind elsewhere even as her attention turned to Gatz as she asked him her question she didn't seem to notice how transfixed he was upon her. She was transfixed on something else entirely and it all went straight over her head. "Five years?! Five years is way too long to go without regular maintenance. You got us off that hunk of junk safely, the least I can do is try and help you to be able to do this for some other poor souls in the future." Or at least ensure he lived to see a few more days. This ship was a disaster waiting to happen.

Whether on purpose or entirely by accident, Drexia managed to completely ignore the rest of the goings on and conversation until Seki asked the big question that had been looming over them all since they woke up. Exactly how long were they in stasis on that corpse or a ship? What was going on in the world now? What had they missed? Well maybe she hadn't asked all of that but her question opened up the line to the rest of them.

Perhaps they should all thank Seki for being so straightforward. Perhaps the rest of them were just trying to keep busy and in denial over it all. Drexia had already accepted that everyone she ever loved, and the list was short, was gone from this world. It was sad but it was true and there was nothing any of them could do to change that. The only person worth anything to her was lying dead and decayed right outside her pod when she had exited stasis. So, she didn't really care that much what year it was because no matter what year it was she would still have to start fresh no matter what. It didn't hurt to know, though... did it? Whether or not it did, it was still a bit off putting, especially when it seemed to shake even the only one who's been so easy going and chipper throughout this entire ordeal.

She stopped what she was doing and kept her attention on their hero pilot to see what the answer to the big question was.

[member="Gatz Duolingo"]

 

[Gatz Duolingo]

As the last man climbed down the ladder, Gatz turned to face him. He looked... Odd. He was human enough, or at least near-human, but his face was covered in patches of what looked like rough leather. Gatz thought it was kinda cool, though he couldn't place the man's species.

"Glad to meet you, Corbin," Gatz took the mans hand in his own, sheathed in a leather glove.

When Rika spoke up again, Gatz raised an eyebrow. He just brought them onto his ship, and they outnumbered him and his crew. Plus, they had at least two Jedi with them. In what galaxy could he win a fight with them, even with Ay at his back?

"I have no intentions of harming you, or your companions," Gatz assured the strange woman.

She passed by him, and said something to R4. He didn't quite catch what it was, but his astromech hummed with satisfaction. Then, in typical R4-A1 fashion, it informed Rika that Gatz was just his lackey.

Just this once, Gatz elected to ignore the impudent droid.

When the woman with the wide brow, he guessed "Seki," spoke, Gatz frowned.

"Well, it's eight-fifty-one, of course. Why do you-"

Gatz stopped himself, and recalled Ay's words. She had estimated that the ship itself had been almost as old as The Battle of Yavin itself.

"What year do you guys think it is?" Gatz asked hesitantly.

He wanted to talk to Drexia, and ask her what she knew about fixing space craft, but he knew it needed to wait.

[member="Ay Ge"]

 

[Ay Ge]

Ay wandered away from the group, mentally relived to be away from them, especially the annoying and loud woman who was first onto the ship, if Ay felt emotion she would probably be rather pissed off at said woman, but for now she had the self-assigned task of cleaning up the spare cabin for the new arrivals. As with most freighters the ship had 4 rooms each with double bunk beds, 8 altogether, with a sum of seven passengers, that would mean someone would have a room to themselves, probably miss annoying she would not be comfortable sleeping in the same room as her.

The room she was currently in was very plane, Ay did not have many personal belonging, just some clothes, energy bow and boots, as for the other rooms, they were dusty, contained the odd crate of bits and bobs but otherwise okay. Ay started by moving her belongings into Gatz room as well as the extra crates out of the spare cabins, placing them at the end hallway near the cargo bay. Perhaps the mechanic woman could use them to patch the ships interior up, "Dusting can wait, hypothetical sleeping arrangements must be allocated beforehand".

Turning around Ay made her way back to Gatz as he finished conversing with the engineer lady, but caught onto the worried feeling coming from him, what had they talked about? Was there a problem, "Question, May I inquire to the recent events that transpired during my absence"?

[member="Gatz Duolingo"] l [member="Drexia Locke"] l [member="Cassus D'Kai"] l [member="Seki Otara"] l [member="Rika Hassan"]

 

[Corbin Jorkul]

Looking between each member of the surviving crew, Corbin finds that it falls on him to answer the question put forward, and boy oh boy was he not keen on that idea! Looking back Gatz, Corbin pulls his staff device closer in towards his body and clears his throat. "Well, that part is...confusing. You see, ah, we've been asleep since, well..." Again, Corbin looks to the crew, but his eyes fall on Cassus specifically. Then, with a look that says "I need a drink," Corbin looks back to Gatz just as Ay re-enters.

"130 ABY. Master Cassus and I are Jedi, the others were all...uh, 'stationed' there in some capacity." As he says that, his eyes flick to Seki and back to Ay Ge, whom is giving Corbin a strange feeling. She's cold, almost like the other girl, Rika was her name? Clearing his throat, Corbin again speaks. "Well, there you have it. We're old, hungry, cold, and some of us need a girl or guy and a sanisteam."

 

[Rika Hassan]

Rika was left staring at Corbin as he fumbled his way through answering Gatz question. Her head tilts a little and her brows furrow some. She looks between the group of people that she had met only so long ago. She had no clue why she was on the ship or why anyone thought she needed to be in stasis to begin with. She runs her fingers through her blonde hair and shakes her head. When Ay Ge reenters she stares at the woman in a scrutinizing way.

"We are figuring out what year it is. Apparently by my calculations 700 years have passed. Though time is not as linear for me as it is for those with shorter lifespans." She waves the revelation off like it did not even matter in the end. She then gives an uptick of her head towards Corbin. "There's plenty to pick from on this ship." She grins at the jedi like some little mischevious creature.

 

[Seki Otara]

Though she was on edge waiting for an answer, Seki's reaction to the answer she received was... unexpected. Her gaze drifted to the middle distance and there was a visible change in her body, like turning the peg to a string on some musical instrument and watching as the tension builds slack. Then, for the first time in centuries, the line of her mouth softened into a gentle smile that looked out of place on her face. "Everyone we've ever known is dead." Seki met Corbin's eye and shared with him a sudden grin that seemed entirely inappropriate for the situation. She turned her head as Ay reentered, glancing the strange woman over briefly before returning her attention to Gatz. "We need to know where we're heading, and what to expect when we get there. When we went under, the galaxy was at war. None of us know who won or how that changes things for us."

[member="Cassus D'Kai"]​

 

[Cassus D'Kai]

Cassus' eyes snapped from Rika to Gatz as he confirmed what he had known to be true all along. When the truth came out he inhaled audibly, and then silence. His eyes flicked back to Rika, and then to Corbin when he spoke. He was right. The Jedi onboard, no matter how disillusioned they had become with the Order itself,needed to find out in what shape their house was. Seki, bless her heart, was actually being the one to press the issue. He didn't expect her to bear that burden herself and he admired her for it. "Is the Jedi Order still alive? What of the Sith? The Force..I'm feeling much the same as before we went to sleep for all those centuries. I feel..turmoil." This was all a lot to process at once, and it would probably be a long while before he actually got used to the news. This was screwing with him kind of hard, so much so that his usual chipper voice had crashed and burned when he finally did speak.

"Captain, where were you headed before you heard our distress signal? I thinkI can speak for the rest of the group when I say that it is probably best we not impose ourselves too much on your ship and crew. We wouldn't want to take you too far out of your way." He says, his attention still remaining on Gatz, only briefly looking to Ay when she returned to the scene.

 

[Drexia Locke]

Food, drink(of any sort) and a sanistream sounded fantastic right about now. A guy or a girl? That wasn't a necessity for her but she wouldn't turn down an offers... especially not after finding out that she's been asleep for 700+ years. A stiff beverage, though? Sign her up. She manages a snort of laughter at Rika's reaction though. The comment about there being a large selection and the look on her face? Highly amusing.

Then there was Seki's response to finding out everyone they knew was dead... that was a little bit off putting but then again Seki had been a bit off putting since the get-go. So it didn't phase Drexia all that much. The state of things didn't really affect Drexia as much as it affected the Sith and the Jedi but it would still be nice to know so she remained silent awaiting an answer from the only two people who could potentially answer all these questions from Cassus and Seki.

She remained a fixture, letting everyone else do the talking and observing, pulling herself away from the panels of wires.

[member="Gatz Duolingo"]

 

[Gatz Duolingo]

Seven hundred years? That didn't seem possible to Gatz, even though Ay's assessment of the age of the ship had been correct. How could they have been drifting for that long? Gatz didn't know of any ship model that was designed to endure that much wear and tear over time.

While the others looked amongst themselves, Gatz quietly turned to Ay and answered her question, "people are hitting on people, they're seven hundred years old, and the engineer looks like she wants to beat me over the head with her hydrospanner due to the condition of my ship."

Gatz paused for a moment, before saying one more thing to Ay, "that last one was a joke. No one here wants to hurt me. Please don't attack them."

By the time he had finished addressing Ay, the others were looking at him once more, asking him about the state of the galaxy. Gatz wasn't quite sure how to answer. While he was decently versed in the political affairs of his time, Gatz wasn't much of a historian. He didn't know much about the wars and existence of the galaxy seven hundred years ago, outside of the names of a few factions.

"Well, let's see. Uh, the Jedi are still around, and are more numerous than ever. There are countless individual Orders within the Galactic Alliance, all of which follow their own take on the Jedi Code. Some are very staunch about following the old ways, and some are much more liberal.

The One Sith, I think that's your era, right? Well, they all crashed and burned with Darth Krayt. The modern day factions that are similar would be the Sith Empire and the Galactic Empire. I'm afraid I don't know much more about them; I try to stay out of their borders. They, uh, don't really appreciate my line of work.

Then you've got the Outer Rim Coalition, think typical Tatooine government, but not as lawless and across multiple worlds. The Iron Empire is kind of this neutral territory, and they aren't fond of any Force users, and the Commoner Systems Alliance kinda exists I guess.

Oh. And I guess there's the First Order too. They're pretty big, really dickish, and they hate the Galactic Alliance."

Gatz wrapped up his informative babbling by looking at Cassus, "I was heading for Coruscant, but I can drop you guys anywhere you'd like. But first, let's get some real food in you. I know a good diner a parsec away. And after that, the five of you can get back to the whole sexual tension, orgy party thing you've got going on."

[member="Ay Ge"]​

 

[Ay Ge]

Ay kept a bland look at [member="Rika Hassan"], she was still very suspicious of her, with the mention of life time, was she a droid of some sort, or cyborg? That would make things complicated but at the same time Ay felt a similarity between the two, to be honest out of all the new arrivals she would probably be the one Ay would prefer to be around with, though that may have just been due to the fact nether would talk to each other unless need be.

Her attention was diverted from the group at Gatz small rant, "If by hitting on you are referring to the man and woman who are observing my body then yes, as for the Mechanic, I will retrain myself from any physical violence, though even if said threats are but a mere joke I will not take kindly to them". As for the ship, it was a bit odd, even under stasis she was not certain people could live that long, even more so with the ship floating around to over 700 years and nothing bad happening or no one picking it up until now, even if the distress signal only just got sent out.

She calculated the possibility of those said event occurring, and it was not favourable, but then again perhaps something had gone wrong with the hyper drive, she knew about internal frame of reference and how the closer and object reached the speed of light how time would slow down inside of said vehicle to prevent it from traveling over said speed limit. Most hyper drive where FTL travel, so could the ship have possible been damaged and launch off into space causing some sort of time distortion where for them it had only been a few years in stasis but the outside galaxy had advanced by 700 years.

She turned her attention back to Gatz as he finished his very crude run down of the major faction, "Statement, the several Jedi faction which Gatz has discussed are the New Jedi Order, a reformed version of the Jedi that served the Republic 100 years ago before the One Sith resurgence, The Jedi Order, a call back to the original Jedi order from before the Clone wars, The Silver Jedi Order, a more militaristic Order that focuses on defensive and action, lastly there is the New CIS, which as the name would suggest is a new Confederacy of Independent Systems movement, and though they employ dark side force users are Allied with the Jedi, if you wish to know more we can discuss it over said dinner Gatz has informed you about".

[member="Gatz Duolingo"] l [member="Drexia Locke"] l [member="Cassus D'Kai"] l [member="Seki Otara"]

 

[Corbin Jorkul]

The young Jedi listens to every part of Gatz's explanation in detail, giving a particularly creeped out raise of the eyebrow when he mentions "sexual tension," and an "orgy." Corbin had so far: Looked at a girl, made one joke about needing a sanisteam and a girl, and been overly confused by the entire situation. How anyone could believe that amounted to an overabundance of sexual tension(let alone the fact that they weren't the ones flying around the galaxy with what amounted to a pleasure-droid devoid of personality or emotion, nor has anyone hit on anyone else save for the good Captain here and the mechanic,)caused a curl of the Jedi's lip. His tongue jabs into the bottom of his lip, and he decides to wait until Gatz is alone to have a word with him. The smile he flashes to the Captain is not a pleasant one.

Aside from all of that, he processes the information given to him by both Gatz and Ay. The Galactic Alliance was still around, so that was something. Ineffectual, inefficient, and corrupt...well, he had hope that'd changed. His eyes move to Cassus at the mention of so many Jedi Orders, and he shrugs to let the Master know he had no idea who yet to contact. Which one was "their" New Jedi Order? Did they even have one anymore? Would they be accepted by any? The thought makes Corbin more than a bit queasy, and he crosses his arms over his chest, that long pike looking weapon tucked in his arms.

That brings him to muse over the Sith Empire and the Galactic Empire. He supposed, based on the name, that the Fels were no longer in power, and Corbin finds a small amount of mirth in that. Tyrants were always falling in that particular organization, but the news of the Sith Empire still being around causes Corbin to look over at Seki. He knew where she'd go: Like the scared little rabbit she was, Seki would run off to seek a new Master and further her knowledge...just to try and kill Corbin again. Looking to Rika, Corbin searches for any real emotion on her face...and then speaks up, directing his next question at the Captain.

"Coruscant is fine. It's a good central hub, lets us all decide our own paths."

 

[Rika Hassan]

"It should be noted that I do not sleep, and if your ship should require any urgent repairs I could oblige. When the orgy is over that is." Rika spoke with hardly any mirth in her tone, but her eyes said it was humor. The woman peeled off the fluffy white and black poncho and folds it over her arms. Beneath it she was slender and looked like she might weigh ninety pounds soaking wet. Attached to her hip by a worn leather holster was an old blaster pistol that had seen better days, but there was something else attached via a quick release. A tarnished hilt to a dual phase lightsaber.

All this talk of the Jedi Order and the state of their future home had the woman interested. Her head tilted to the side, her blonde hair falls in her face, finally giving her robotic appearance in how stiff she had quickly become. Though in a moment she relaxes. Her eyes meet Corbin's gaze and there's a tense expression on her face. Her teeth clench and then as if nothing could sway the woman she looks away towards Gatz and Ay Ge. "Corbin Jorkul is right, Coruscant is fine. However I have to ask. Do you know the names of notorious pirate fleets or is this dinner conversation? I never know with you people."

She looked to the others the woman had decided that it was her and Corbin who seemed to take charge, and she would allow it to go this way. Corbin may question her intelligence, but they seem to be on the same wavelength when it came to how they felt about their situation. She makes a mental note to speak with him in private.

 

[Seki Otara]

As she listened to Gatz, Seki glanced at Cassus and Corbin now and then, always a quick and uneasy look in their direction that didn't linger. The smile she'd worn had dissolved as he spoke. When she felt Corbin's eyes on her, though, she resisted the urge to look back at him, or to react in any visible way. No doubt that was what he was waiting for, some sign of weakness or an excuse to throttle her again. The young woman shifted and tugged the high collar of the borrowed uniform higher, making certain that the bruises were well-hidden. Then, still keeping her attention resolutely on Gatz alone, she spoke up again. "I think food is a good idea." Then, hesitating only a moment, she ventured another question: "What is an orgy-party?"

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[member="Cassus D'Kai"]​

 

[Cassus D'Kai]

Cassus almost choked on spit at Gatz's mention of an orgy. While sure, he was traveling with a group of beautiful people but that hardly meant that there was anything like that going on between them. He looked briefly to Ay after that little exchange, his brow furrowing in a concerned way. His caught a look of something in the corner of his eye, though, his eyes moving to Rika and then to the lightsaber on her hip. A quick thought flashed through his mind, as if some suspicions had been concerned. Looking back to Gatz, a smile returned to his face. "Yeah, getting some food sounds really good. Sounds like it'd be a better place to have a deeper conversation instead of just hanging about the entrance like this. That is, as long as you aren't planning on drugging us and taking advantage of us. Right?" Was this a joke? Yeah, it was. Or was it? Gats and Ay seemed okay enough but it was always best to be cautious. Brief flashed going back to an incident with cannibals near one of the moons of Iego. Terrifying.

He sensed fear roiling off of Seki, though. He sympathized with her, probably the only one who did at this point. Corbin was..well. Corbin seemed to be battling his own issues and he was going to deal with that in time, too. But for now, Seki took the forefront. It was a Jedi's job to do their best to abate the influence of the Dark Side, and he was going to attempt to do just that. Without having to fight her. "Nothing that's going to happen, I promise you, Miss."