The Path Not Yet Taken

[Phoebe Draclau]

Baroonda

Whenever Phoebe needed to retreat from the galaxy and just take some time for herself the woman would find herself here. It was quite, peaceful and most important nobody in this knew century knew that this little place existed.

Everything had gone completely wrong for Phoebe as always. It didn't matter if she lived in this era or next things seemed alright one minute and the next everything was going down the tubes. What she couldn't understand was why she couldn't just get a break. Phoebe had been taken out of Carbonite for a reason right? It wasn't just to be played around with again, was it?

The cabin home was a mess after years of non usage and was in great need of repair. Phoebe decided it was worth salvaging and decided upon getting to work repairing it. Hopefully what she was supposed to be doing with herself would come out of this as well.

Hands on hips the woman sighed as she stood at what used to be the entrance which was now covered in ivy. As she walked around the home she could see the rest of it to was covered in ivy and cracks. Phoebe could only begin to imagine what the inside of the home looked like.

Shaking her head slightly Ana decided it was high time for her to get to work if she had any chance of clearing off enough to get in by night fall. Walking up to the ivy she began to pull. Sure she could have used the Force but that would have been too easy. Hard work right now was what she needed.

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[Teio Konshi]

Baroonda was hellaciously pretty, so decided our Kiffar wanderer. It was a planet of totally varied biospheres, with jungles, swamps and oceans and cities. Everything was different wherever you looked, so there was plenty to explore. By nature, Teio Konshi was someone who not only valued the inherent beauty of nature, but the thrill of exploration; he liked to find new places, learn new things, meet new people. It was all what he did for a living. As a wandering Force-user, Tei was innately in love with the idea that he could go anywhere and learn anything he wanted. So that was precisely what he did - wandered around the planet until he stumbled on something cool.

The Force was pulling him here, though. Why? Why was he being asked to come to this specific place in the heart of nowhere? Tei didn't know - but he answered the call of the Force whenever it beckoned. His starship, the Seeker, landed nearby to the cabin in the depths of the woods that Phoebe was already beginning to untangle. He disembarked from the big red freighter, looking at the surrounds as he strode towards the place he was called to. Likely, she would have heard the engines of his vessel as it flew over.

As a wandering sort of guy, he was certainly dressed for the occasion. Light black clothes, red-trimmed here and there with enough jauntiness to look smart, a lightsaber at his side, and some belt pouches with food capsules and a rebreather and stuff like that. He looked like an explorer, definitely.

Then he saw a pretty blonde-haired woman and blanched. She was strong in the Force.

"Oh, feth!" Tei said out loud to Phoebe while she worked on the house. "I didn't know there was someone out here. I hope I'm not interrupting you? D'you need a hand, maybe?"

if she wanted to interrogate his mind a little - he'd know she was in there given that his masters were trained mentalists - she'd see that he was both Light and Dark, a perfect blend of both; it would be a strange sensation, very rare in the Force. She'd likely have some questions for him. He had plenty of her - but first, he wanted to help out.

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[Phoebe Draclau]

Phoebe had noticed the ship fly over head but paid no mind to it after all nobody knew where her cabin was. After all of these years nobody had found it yet so why would someone now? She was hopeful nobody was coming because right now Phoebe needed to be alone. People were nothing put trouble for the woman so she would stay here and be a hermit. That sounded like a great idea to her.

Tugging again at the now loose vine Phoebe tossed them to the side with a sigh. One down and a million more to go but this was a good start. She was a master of the Force and could have cleared all of this within a matter of seconds. This was good stress relief for her though and was helping her clear her head. Phoebe above all needed just that.

As she pulled the second vine off she heard a voice behind her which caused her to spin around in quite a hurry. "How did you find this place?" She blinked a few times as her eyes looked him up and down. Phoebe had lowered her guard for five seconds and this happened.

She could tell he was strong with the Force but he wasn't Sith nor a Jedi but something in between. In all her years Phoebe had never seen someone like him and was admittedly a little curious. "I was trying to clear off my cabin," she sighed pointing behind her. "If you want to help...sure. I could use a hand." The sound of defeat was in her voice. Her one secret hideout had been located but how?

Turning she began tugging at another vine. "I'm Phoebe by the way.." She didn't feel the need to explain why she was doing this the hard way.

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[Teio Konshi]

"Well, I kind of just stumbled on it, honestly," Tei said, shrugging his shoulders as he did so. "I explore a lot and usually I let the Force tell me where to go. Turns out the Force was pulling me here. So, total accident, here I am."

It happened like that. Almost every adventure Tei went on, it was a pure accident. Except that one time with his friend Jhoren, but that was just about it - he listened to the will of the Force, both its malevolent and benevolent aspects, took both in equal measuhre, and then acted. It was the only way to follow his training.

"I'm Teio," the Kiffar said warmly, heading over to help clear the cabin off of the vines. Unlike Phoebe, he didn't feel a problem with using the Force to help handle this task so he was entirely willing to make use of telekinesis to help move some of the vines. Also unlike Phoebe, he wasn't strong enough to do it all in one go, so Teio's only option was to do it in smaller clusters, reaching up to get some of the high vines and tug on those - the ones they couldn't reach with their hands.

He did cast a glance over to the pretty blonde. "You okay? You don't seem too happy right about now." A handful of vines fell off the roof, torn down by the Force.

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[Phoebe Draclau]

She almost cursed under her breath. Phoebe couldn't believe that the Force of all things was what brought him here. Phoebe wondered if after all of these years it was finally trying to speak to her. She wouldn't blame it if it abandoned all hope on her after all she used it for her own good. The abilities that she had mastered were all darkside in nature.

"I used to listen to the Force a long time ago. It got me nothing but heartache and woe." She sighed using the Force to rip off the next branch. Her anger at the galaxy could bring this whole cabin down but what good would that do her? She would have nowhere to go though Phoebe wasn't exactly sure she wished to stay here since people seemed to be able to find her.

"I don't know if I'm alright. I feel a bit lost," she sighed. "It's silly really as I have always known what I wanted and it was power. Power was everything but now I'm not so sure." She shrugged holding onto a vine. "Jedi and Sith are all the same it seems." There was nowhere to run to anymore and nowhere to hide. The Force or rather Teio had found her.

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[Teio Konshi]

There was a little scowl on the Kiffar's lips as he listened to what Phoebe had to say; she clearly did not like the fact she'd been discovered, even on accident. it wasn't something she liked, presumably because she wanted the alone time. However, he'd volunteered to help get the vines off for her and that he would do - then he would levae her in peace and not tell anyone about where she was. That was just kind of rude on his part. He had little to say because it would feel out-of-place and hollow, until...

"Screw the Jedi and the Sith," Teio said unapologetically. He knew Jedi and Sith, true. He knew them and they were good friends. But he was not friends with them because of their religious affiliation - he was friends with them because they were good people. Conversely, he had his own beliefs, and he tried not to push them on other people because that was just bad juju. "I disregard and reject both of their single-minded teachings."

A bold statement, from a bold person.

He stared at Phoebe, a kind smile stretching across his face. "I mean, you're a Force-user. Way better than I am, I can tell. But what do you believe?"

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