Jedi Knights: Masters of the Force

[Shana]

Rules: You know them, no godmodding……

 

Note: You can contribute to make the story more interesting, this is not following the EU material, it's for our imagination ok?, If you have any ideas post them and we will create a more interesting story.

 

Character Creation:

You can be any Jedi from the following or just create your own.

(Luke, Kyle Katarn, Leia (as a Jedi), Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo, Ben Skywalker and Jaden Korr)

But before you become them you must have an NPC (Non playable character) of your creation.

 

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Character Sheet

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Star Wars Universe Character:

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NPC

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Name:

Age:

Gender:

Species:

Appearance:

Homeworld:

Rank:

Equipment:

Bio:

 

Here’s mine...

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Character Sheet

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Star Wars Universe character:

Name: Mara Jade Skywalker

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NPC

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Name: Lyla Zaekis

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Appearance: Blonde hair, blue eyes, white skin, beautiful body and features.

Homeworld: Naboo

Rank: Jedi Knight

Equipment: Has two silver bladed lightsabers, wears a white jedi robe, white top and white skirt.

Bio: Lyle was found in Naboo while Luke searched for a trace of his mother’s family, and she was trained by Luke and Kyle on the Yavin IV academy, she excelled in her training and got perfect marks on her trials, she is Luke’s favorite student and the most popular girl in the Academy.

 

Story:

 

Reports from Serenno have indicated the unusual presence of force wielders dressed in black going in and out of an ancient Jedi Enclave, reports say as well that these force users are not kind to people and attack in cold blood, there is also intelligence that notes that these men use Lightsabers with an unusual and never seen lightsaber blade, the color of this blade is a black. Master Skywalker has promised an investigation and requests the presence of all Jedi knights in the great room.

 

After checking this message on her Datapad Lyla got to the great room where all the Jedi were, there weren’t too many only a couple of dozens sitting on the floor looking up to Luke Skywalker who stood high addressing all of them.

Kyle Katarn welcomed Lyla and told her to get up to where Luke was and sit next to Mara Jade, Luke’s wife.

- “You better get ready Lyla” – Mara said.

- “Why?” – Lyla asked.

- “He’s gonna make you run this one” – Mara said.

- “Me? What about Ben, the Solo twins or Anakin for that matter?” – Lyla asked.

- “Ben is with Anakin looking into the restoration of a temple in Bogden, Jacen and Jaina are looking out for the crystal mine we found on the moons of Iego” – Mara replied.

- “And Jaden?” – Lyla asked.

- “Jaden has a classified mission with the republic I can’t say, but Rosh went as well, so neither are available” – Mara said.

- “But I’ve never been out on a mission on my own, this will be my first and it’s a big one” – Lyla said.

- “Well you’ll have to get used to it, Luke is convinced that you can do this, he has great faith in you and besides I think Kyle and Luke are going to escort you and your team” – Mara said,

- “Oh well, ok, but what about my team?” – Lyla said.

- “They will volunteer, they will come to you and you’ll report to me or Luke about who you are taking” – Mara said.

- “Ok” – Lyla said.

 

Luke was still talking to the other Jedi and then he sent them off only Luke and Lyla stayed behind, Mara and Kyle left the room.

 

- “I can sense your nervousness Lyla, don’t worry you’ll be fine, besides I’ll keep my eye on you while you’re there and so is Kyle, if things get rough, Ben and Anakin will be on their way, so don’t worry a lot of people are backing you up” – Luke said.

- “Thank you Master...I won’t let you down” – Lyla said and she left the room to go to the practice room were she sat on a bench watching padawans practicing with their sabers all around her.

[Writer]

I'm creating two characters...

 

Name: Gavin Starr

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Appearance: 5' 11", Dark brown hair, blue eyes, muscular build

Homeworld: Coruscant

Rank: Jedi Knight

Equipment: twin green sabers, clothing that consists of black pants, black boots, dark blue shirt, black leather jacket, black leather gloves

Bio: Born and raised on Coruscant, Gavin learned quickly how to manipulate people into doing what he wanted or shifting their thinking to agree with him. He was found to be Force sensitive when he was six and was sent to Yavin IV to be trained as a Jedi. Even as a Jedi, his area of expertise is negotiation and manipulation of people. Because of their contrasting gifts, Gavin and his twin sister Briana are usually sent on missions together as each has a use for the mission.

 

 

Name: Briana Starr

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Appearance: 5' 7", brown hair, blue eyes, slim, but strong

Homeworld: Coruscant

Rank: Jedi Knight

Equipment: a single dual-phase lightsaber. Primary blade is a rich violet, secondary blade is half primary blade's length and is bright blue. She dresses almost identically to her brother, but her shirt is dark gray, not dark blue.

Bio: In contrast to Gavin, Briana focused her attention on how ships worked and quickly found her gift of being able to understand a machine the first time she saw it. Because of her deep understanding of machines, she understands that, while they are not able to use the Force, the Force can be used to manipulate their functions. She often uses these abilities to get into places some computer hackers can't even go.

 

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"I will never understand certain things, Briana," Gavin Starr told his sister. From where he stood, he could only see her feet. The rest of her was hidden under a landspeeder she'd found in a junkpile. "For example, you spend more time with machinery than you do with people."

 

"I can get along with machinery," Briana's muffled voice answered him. "It's people that are hard to get along with." She reappeared from underneath the speeder and stood up. Her dark hair was falling out of the braid she'd put it in that morning and a few splotches of grease found their places on her face. Her eyes were lit up with happiness.

 

"You fixed it, didn't you?" Gavin said. He knew the answer, but it was always nice to see Briana smile. This she did.

 

"What kind of question is that?" she demanded. "Of course I fixed it!" She put a hand to her braid. "And now I'd better go wash up... Master Skywalker wants to see us for something."

 

She hurried toward the Academy and her room inside it. Gavin watched her go and then headed toward the edge of the forest... to think.

[Shana]

Lyla was sitting on the bench, when she saw a girl practicing alone, she stood up and went to talk to her.

 

- "Hi, don't you have a partner?" - Lyla asked.

- "No, none of the others want to practice with me" - the girl said.

- "I'll practice with you then" - Lyla said.

- "Really? You don't mind?" - the girl asked.

- "No I don't, what's your name?" - Lyla asked.

- "Meredith" - the girl answered.

- "Ok Meredith I'm Lyla and let's start, whenever you fight you must have a style or form, have you selected a form that acomodates you?" - Lyla asked.

- "Yes I have selected form III and I'm currently practicing form IV" - Meredith said.

- "Alright, I use form IV as well but when you fight change forms, that way you'll keep your oponent guessing what you are going to do next, ok?" - Lyla said.

- "Ok Mistress Lyla" - Meredith said.

- "I'm not a master yet ok? just call me Lyla" - Lyla said.

 

Meredith used two short lightsabers of purple blades, Lyla took her sabers and set them to training mode which set the saber blade to stun rather than slice, both of them started fighting, Lyla could see how Meredith was constantly looking around to see the other boys and girls.

- "Pay no attention to them, keep your concentration here ok?" - Lyla said.

 

They continued practicing Meredith was getting better, she had taken Lyla's words and learned from them quickly, she was constantly changing styles of combat whenever Lyla thought she had her. Now a crowd had surrounded them watching them practice, Meredith was starting to feel pressure and she took a wrong step and fell on the floor. Lyla turned off her sabers and offered Meredith a hand to stand up.

 

- "Now, do you have any idea why that happened?" - Lyla asked.

- "I..." - Meredith said.

- "You kept concentrating on the crowd, remember you must concentrate, keep your mind where it should be ok?" - Lyla said.

- "Ok, Thanks Lyla" - Meredith said and went away.

 

Lyla walked around looking at the padawans practicing, then she went outside the temple and went to the lake and sat down near a tree.

[Curt-Man]

Name: Borown Staffer

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Species: Coruscanti

Appearance: Dark skin, has dark blue eyes wich always seem like frozen ice, he is tall and dark in appearance, and is somewhat a mystery to the academy as he doesn't like to talk.

Homeworld: Coruscant

Rank: Jedi Knight

Equipment: Single white lightsaber, black body armour concealed by a black robe.

Bio: Grew up on coruscant.

 

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Borown had watched the practise fight. and he watch lyla leave. Borown followed her out to the tree.

"Teaching young padawans now?" Borown said in a somewhat low monotne voice.

[Writer]

Gavin was seated in the branches of the tree and chose to ignore Lyla and Borown at its base. As Borown started a conversation between the two of them, Gavin used the Force to block out from his mind the conversation and any other noise coming from the two below him. He'd wanted time to think and he didn't want it interrupted simply because Lyla and Borown had chosen this place to talk.

 

 

Meanwhile, inside the Academy, Briana had reached her room and gone in. She crossed the room and was about to key open the door to the refresher when...

 

"Good gracious, Briana!" a voice exclaimed. "You're a mess! Playing with machines again?"

 

Briana jumped and turned to face the intruder. She had blonde hair, blue eyes, was only an inch shorter than Briana, and appeared to be in her late thirties.

 

"And may I ask why you're in my room?" she demanded. The woman shook her head fiercely, but then burst into laughter. As soon as the laughter began another woman sat up from where she'd been hiding behind Briana's bed, a mischevious grin on her face. This one had dark hair, almost as dark as Briana's. She was about six inches shorter than Briana, had laughing brown eyes, and seemed to be younger than Briana by at least three years.

 

"What is this?" Briana snapped... but the snapping failed as she began to giggle. "A surprise get-together?"

 

"Naturally," the blonde-haired woman said. "You can hardly expect the two of us to do anything other than that which relies on surprise, now can you?"

 

"I suppose not," Briana laughed. "Where have you been these last three years?"

 

"It's her fault," the women said in unison, each pointing at the other. They glared at each other for a moment and the dark-haired one spoke.

 

"Alyssa and I have been searching for information about my past," she said. The blonde that had been called Alyssa grinned.

 

"Trapped yourself, Riebe," she said. "Searching for your past... so it's your fault we've been away so long."

 

"Not so fast," the one called Riebe protested. "You were the one that suggested the search this time."

 

"Sounds to me like you're both to blame," Briana laughed. She pointed to Riebe. "You're to blame for having such a confused past and you," she pointed to Alyssa, "are to blame for suggesting an information search."

 

"Can't argue with that logic," Riebe said with a grin. "She learned that from you, Alyssa."

 

"But I learned it from you," Alyssa answered. Briana shook her head.

 

"Throws me off every time you say that," she said. Riebe chuckled.

 

"Blame the old Sith," she said. "Don't blame me."

 

"I'd better get cleaned up," Briana interrupted, breaking off the discussion. "Master Skywalker wants to see my brother and I."

 

"You'd best be presentable," Alyssa said. "We'll wait here for you and then we'll go to him with you... after we find your brother... does he still enjoy the forest?"

 

"That he does," Briana answered with a smile. Then, she moved away to get cleaned up.

[Flamehart]

Name: Strider Flamehart

Age: Appears to be 24

Gender: Male

Species: Supposedly Human

Appearance: 6'1", Black hair, blue eyes, red bandana, red cloak with black pants, boots, and shirt. (see signature pic, avatar, or this pic - Strider's picture)

Homeworld: Kyron

Rank: Ex-Jedi Knight

Equipment: Blue Lightsaber, longsword, dual .45 calibur pistols

Bio: An enigmatic former Jedi Knight of the Old Republic, Strider was once a very powerful Jedi of the Order. He excelled especially at the blindfold tests, and set records that have yet to be beaten by any student of the New Jedi Order. Due to an inconvenient breaking of the Jedi Code, he was exiled when he was a Jedi of the Old Republic. Many many years later, he has returned to the New Jedi Order to seek redemption and to rejoin the New Jedi Order to assist them with future missions.

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A sleek, large, black starfighter landed at the Yavin IV Academy. Shortly afterwards, a red cloaked man descended from the entry ramp. The guards had been notified about his arrival beforehand and waved him through to the academy. The man, named Strider, walked forward through the temple, getting odd looks from many of the students for his unusual appearance. He walked towards the great hall, seeking to meet Luke Skywalker. He'd never been to the Jedi temple on Yavin IV before, but managed to make his way around. He finally made his way to the great hall, getting many odd looks from the Jedi in there. He did a light bow, then looked up at Luke Skywalker. "Excuse me. I apologize for interrupting. Master Skywalker, you gave me an offer to try redeeming myself back into the Jedi Order. I would like to take up that offer, if you don't mind," he said.

[Shana]

- "Borown, I didn't feel your presence again, you're very good... I just wanted to help her out, she doesn't have friends, but what about you? Are you here for the mission? - Lyla asked.

 

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Luke saw Strider and after he walked to him.

- "I'm glad you're here Strider, and I'm also very pleased by your words, I have many things to work out right now and I could use your help, you are an ex-Jedi with years of experience dating back to the old republic, so you must know that our archives were destroyed by the Empire, most of all by my father, but since you are here now I would like to reinstate you back into the order and help me with one situation" - Luke said and paused for a second and with the force activated a screen on the wall.

 

- "This is Serenno, it is a planet of great wealth, and the home to an old Jedi Enclave that was built almost 5,000 years ago, it was abandoned but now we have been getting reports of force wielders that pressume to be Sith, and they are using lightsabers with a black blade which is most unusual... more and more keep coming out of there and attack the locals with no apparent reason, I need you to take my Students led by Lyla Zaekis and support them in every way you can, I fear there is more to this, If you possibly have noticed there has been a disturbance in the force whenever reports like this emerge, It's like an echo that comes and goes but it feels unnatural... so what do you think Master Flamehart? Will you help us out?" - Luke finished.

[Flamehart]

Strider nodded and bowed immediately, "I thank you for the brief process in which it took to reinstate me. I'll prove I am worthy of redemption by helping with the mission, Skywalker. I will do what I can to assist them in their mission," he said, "and rest assured, no black-bladed lightsaber duelist will be much match for an ex-Sith Hunter as well," he added with a grin.

 

After a moment, he then stated, "I am aware that many records were lost, but I'm also aware many old ones were recovered as well. I heard from a fellow Jedi that several test records were found, some of which happening to be records for the blindfolded test." He then asked, "I assume students have been having fun attempting to overcome those devastating scores?"

[jokemaster]

Name: Fir Sawyer

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Appearance: White skin, short beard and moustache, usually wears denim jeans

Homeworld: Corellia

Rank: Jedi Knight

Equipment: One green lightsaber, dual blaster pistols, full-body shield, and a ship he made himself.

Bio: Loud, obnoxious, rude and incredibly talented, many of the masters have tired of him, but he's never failed a mission or lost a team member.

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Sawyer landed his ship at the academy and got out. He saw Skywalker talking to Strider and interrupted.

 

"Heard you got a mission for me."

[Shana]

Luke turned to face Fir.

- "Fir, welcome back, I need you to go to Serenno, there is something I need you to look into... This is Master Flamehart, he will supervise the mission, you will report to Lyla and tell her I've assigned you to her squad, this is her first mission, so go easy on her" - Luke said.

 

- "And, yes Strider, we've had several students trying to break them, none of them have, they've been close, this one student of mine Lyla has come very close but she is still young and has time to improve... I welcome your help Strider and about redeeming yourself, the things you did in the past cannot be undone, but you can help for the future, make other students of the force learn from you so they can make the right choices and make their place in history, help them with your knowledge and experience for they will become your legacy... but let us not procrastinate any further, if you would like to rest there is a room already waiting for you, or you cuold just go and see Lyla, I sense she is in the garden near the lake with another great student Borown" - Luke said, this time looking back at Strider.

[jokemaster]

After learning of his mission he walked away.

"Yeah, sure, I'll go easy on her."

[Flamehart]

Strider nodded, "I would gladly share any wisdom I have achieved over the years with the students. I shall go at once to see Lyla," he replied, then walked out with Fir, "You remind me of someone I knew when I was here at the temple back in the days of the Old Republic, Fir. You should be careful with that attitude though. Leads down a risky path," he said, obviously not trying to bore him with the cliché talk of the dark side.

 

Strider walked outside to where Lyla and Borown were and bowed lightly. "Jedi Lyla? I'm Strider Flamehart. Yes, the Sith Hunter, the one supposed to be dead, and the one who set the records four thousand years ago for the blindfold tests. I've come to help oversee the mission on Serenno."

[jokemaster]

Fir rolled his eyes.

"Heard it all before."

[Shana]

Lyla turned to face Strider and Fir.

 

- "Wow, master Flamehart... I'm honored to meet you, your records are unbeatable, I've tried many times but I still can't get them... but I won't bore you with compliments... The mission of Serenno is going to be complicated, to tell you the truth I don't know what we are going to do once we are there, this is my first mission so I could really use your council... oh and Fir, let me guess, Master Skywalker assigned you to my squad?" - Lyla asked looking at Fir at the end, crossing her arms in annoyment.

[jokemaster]

"I can see you're overcome with joy." Said Fir dryly.

[Flamehart]

Strider simply shot Fir a raised eyebrowed look and said, "Your attitude won't solve anything, I'm glad that from reading the records of the students participating, however, that you do have skill. Lose some of the pompousness, this is going to be a team effort and I'd rather not deal with complications and sarcasm."

 

Strider bowed lightly, "Compliments don't bore me, but please don't give me so many either. I'm just a simple individual who happened to be talented at fighting with his eyes closed...with a lightsaber. And Force Powers. I'm not anything special, so treat me as you would any other Jedi. I was exiled, so I'm not exactly the best role model, so as far as I'm concerned, until I've got my act fully pulled together to be a full time Jedi again. I'll give what advice I can on the mission and help you out, but please remember this while we're out there: Do as I say, not as I do. I've still got some tricks I use that may not be Jedi Order-friendly from being away for so long, so don't repeat anything you see me do unless it's ethical to the Code."

 

He paused, then said directly to Lyla, "First bit of advice, however. Chill out about the mission. First missions are tough because you don't know what to expect. I've also got some choice phrases that'd you do well to keep in mind. The answer is always available, just requires some thought process. Also, the next objective is almost always in the last possible place you want to be." After a moment, he thought of one more and added, "Also...frequently you're faced with choices and you disdain one because of the reason, 'the enemy will be expecting that.' Well, let's just say that experience has proven that if they don't know you're that stupid to do what they expect, nine times out of ten by doing what they 'expect' you'll get the element of surprise." He smiled, obviously jesting a bit, then asked Lyla, "Any of that help any?"

[Shana]

- "Yeah of course thaks master Flamehart, so I bet we have other people around here that are gonna join us, like the Starr twins, Borown too, Mara told me to expect Master Luke to come and Master Katarn, but since Master Flamehart is here it seems it will no longer be that way" - Lyla said.

 

- "You guessed right Lyla" - Mara approached and Leia was walking with her.

 

- "Mara, and Mistress Leia... May I present Master Flamehart" - Lyla said.

 

Mara and Leia looked surprised at the mention of Flamehart's name.

- "Master Flamehart...Strider Flamehart?" - Mara asked.

 

- "Great honor to meet a Jedi like yourself Strider, not many legends walk around and give us a hand nowadays" - Leia said.

[jokemaster]

Fir bowed.

 

"Fir Sawyer,"He glanced at Strider and Lyla and added a description of himself "pompus jerk."

[Archangel WT]

Name: Tai White

Species: Human, Caucasian (White)

Age: 16 (Now, then will grow up!) =)

Sex: Male

Look: Long curly dark-red hair, sporty, 6 feet (180 cm) tall, green eyes, vertical scar on the left eye. Ivory skin

Class: Jedi Consular (Mage)

Weapons: Two Dual (Exar Kun style) Silver-Blade Lightsabers, sometimes uses them both, but is equally adept to use only one... Which is uses curently due the lack of experience and Cunsular training. IMI Desert Eagle .50 Caliber pistol. Customized, with enalrged clip and laser scope.

Abilities: All standart Light Side Force Powers, focused on Speed Tricks. Ability to control fire (incinerating and extinguishing) through Force

Personality: Likes to talk alot, do not likes to be like others and hates Obi-Wan Kenobi =)

Biography: Born in Naboo system, at early age was brought to Academy Yavin 4. During the Jedi training also practiced as musician (on strings). Now is aching to to the mission to gain some experiense

 

Tai: Master Luke! Maaa-ster Luke, send me on a mission with them, or i'll talk you to death! =)

Luke: You haven't grown up, young Padawan.

Tai: This is not fair! I won't grow up if I'll never get practice!

Luke: You must learn to control your emotions... Or you will be led to the Dark Side. Strong emotions led to Darkness, that you cannot imagine...

Tai: Obi-Wan leads to Dark Side! I must go-go-ooo! PliZZ, remember what happened, when the Council shut-upped your Daddy?

Luke: Oh yes, he destroyed a few worlds, wiped out the Jedi, nearly killed me...

Tai: So what do you decide? Let me gooo? =)

[Flamehart]

((OOC - Arch, I don't know about you, but that was absolutely, incredibly...odd. On top of that, no offense, your character is oddly childish for a Jedi, and I'm sure "hating Obi-Wan Kenobi" makes perfect sense for a pure Lightside Jedi to have as a character trait. I'm not attempting to flame or bash down, I'm just pointing out some contradicting character flaws I think you should take into consideration.))

 

Strider shook his head, but bowed anyway, "It's a pleasure to be in company of both of you. You are both legends of your own in the New Republic," he said politely.

 

He then added, "Mind if I make a request? If you would, please don't refer to me as one of three things: One, Master, Two Legend, or Three, an honor. I'm not offended by you addressing me this way, but as far as I'm concerned the only thing that makes me a 'legend' is my test scores and some of the things I've done as a Sith Hunter, or things that may have drawn the New Jedi Order's attention from deeds I've done as a mercenary. I never achieved 'Master' because I never took an apprentice, and I'm far from an 'honor' because I'm not the best example considering I got exiled." He paused, then said, "I mean if you really respect me that much that you must refer to me as a master or a legend, by all means I won't change your opinion, I'm just informing you how I see myself."

[Curt-Man]

"I may go...it would probably be good for, in the words of Master Skywalker."

[Archangel WT]

Off the Story:

 

Hey, I said, that the character "do not lkes to be like others" - that explains, why he's odd...

Yep, he is still a kid, but he was taken to study in early childhood, and that explains why he does have a gun.

 

Obi-Wan-hating is my personal glitch, and a view of Jedi Code "as to my character" - If not the coincidence, that Obi (as all the Council) led to Anakin's corruption, the freedom inside the Order would be much smaller, and no one would let the Padawan (except Qui-Gon, maybe) go onto dangeorous mission... This is not Lightside-Trait, but it can be used by some bad guys to corrupt him (as well, as fact of Tai's age)

 

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And Here Goes the Plot:

 

"So, this is an odd-and-too-young-to-be-a-Jedi student, but I feel nothing evil inside this one" - thought Master Luke

-"So, you are free to go with them... This mission will be your trial, which you must complete to graduate as a Jedi Knight..." -He said aloud. -"Just remember the code, and may the Force be with you."

-"I'm in! It is so great, Master Luke; I will not fail you at Serenno!" =) -Said Tai as he ran to his apartaments... Others looked at the place, where he stood, then someone said to Skywalker:

-"Are you serious, or just joking? :/"

-"I won't lie to a child... He will go with you, just watch him like you are his parents."

 

And so it was evening, and everybody went to his/her own apartament to sleep...

[Writer]

"Craig!" The excited voice rang out across the room in which Strider, Mara, Leia, and Fir were standing in. Riebe ran up to him.

 

"Of course, I'll never remember you're being called Strider now," she laughed. "Haven't seen you in a long while... how've you been?"

 

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Though Riebe had gotten bored waiting for Briana to clean up, Alyssa waited patiently for her. When Briana emerged, her face was much cleaner and her hair was braided once more. Alyssa smiled in approval and nodded.

 

"Come on," she said. "Let's go find your brother."

 

"Where's Riebe?" Briana wondered. Alyssa shrugged.

 

"Looking for old friends, I suppose," she answered. "Erica and Nadira are still living, are they not?"

 

"Erica's in her 80s now," Briana answered. "And she still teaches the little children."

 

"Never give up," Alyssa grinned. "That's what those two were taught... don't give up until your body gives up on you."

 

"Caitlin's passing was hard on Riebe, wasn't it?" Briana asked. Alyssa's smile faded and she nodded.

 

"And to see Erica and Nadira with white hair and wrinkles is also hard," she agreed. "But Riebe is adjusting somewhat to it. She sometimes jokes about age now... how she's an ageless pillar in the galaxy. 'Tough job,' she says, 'but if I don't, who will?' Stuff like that..."

 

They walked out of the Academy and headed for the forest. "Gavin!" Briana's voice rang out clear across the clearing and to the edge of the forest.

 

"Impressive," Alyssa remarked, noting that Briana had used the Force to amplify her voice. "You still remember how to do that, I see."

 

"With Gavin running off all the time, it's not a bad skill to have," Briana chuckled. "Gavin!"

 

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Gavin heard Briana's voice and it brought him out of his thoughtful state. He leapt lightly out of the tree and hurried toward the Academy. When he drew near enough to see his sister and her companion, he laughed.

 

"Welcome back, Master Renolin," he said, bowing. Alyssa's eyes sparkled.

 

"Thank you, Gavin," she said. "Your sister wants you."

 

"Come on," Briana said. "Skywalker wants to tell us a bit about the next mission."

 

"Skywalker?" Alyssa laughed. "You've picked up a bad habit from me that I picked up from Riebe."

 

Gavin, Briana and Alyssa turned to go back into the Academy.

 

"Is Master Flamehart here as well?" Gavin asked Alyssa.

 

"Riebe and I haven't been traveling with him," Alyssa answered. "I'm not sure where he is... or JB, for that matter."

 

((And yes, my characters have taken to calling him JB or JM ))

[jokemaster]

Fir saw Gavin and Briana and smirked. He knew them and, in fact, had once given Briana some spare parts in one of his extremely rare once-in-a-sith-hunter's-lifetime acts of courtesy.

 

"Well, if it isn't the Starry twins."

[Writer]

"Fir Sawyer," Briana laughed. "I thought you said you weren't coming back to this... oh, how did you phrase that?"

 

"Never mind what he said," Gavin chuckled. "It was less than pleasant and now irrelevant due to the fact that he's here."

 

Alyssa's eyes found Strider and Riebe.

 

"Well if it ain't two thirds of the living Sith Hunters," she grinned. "Welcome back, Strider... though I suppose Riebe's just gotten through telling you we've only just arrived as well."