The Major stared out of the viewport, the stars stretching, and distorting, as realspace ripped to let The Flower of Carnage penetrate the fabric of space-time...

The Hyperdrives were engaged now, the course was set and it was time to rest...

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The ship's computer set an automatic course for Nar Shada and they set off through hyperspace. Making sure everything was in order she turned in her chair

"By the way, I decided to name my ship the Nysa."

Taking one last glance at the controls as if waiting for something bad to happen she got up and joined Raye on the floor for meditation.

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"My only real long term goal right now is to restore the Jedi and possibly the republic, but that's really far off now, now for the time being I just try to help Jedi and people opressed by the Imperial scum... Some peoople would call you crazy for that type of goal, but, If I succeed, I'm going to be prouder than, well, proud enough to say 'it's the proudest time of my life" So, you're a Miraluka, I thought those were extinct, for nearly 4000 years, where have your people been hiding these past millenia?"

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"So, the Miraluka have no eyes, and therefore 'see' through the force, like certain animals 'see' through sound waves or heat emissions?"

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As Kitiana joined them, Raye's mind resumed it's "search" outward to find answers and solutions to the problems and soon-to-be threats waiting to consum the galaxy.

His body relaxed further as events from his life showed themselves before him...

Some answers I search for are in the past...

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"I take pride in my knoledge of other species,-"

The Major's stomach growls,

"I think it's about time to eat, care to join me? I'm heading down to the mess hall,"

He stood up and headed for the turbolift.

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She could feel force users in the galaxy, and some were like her, others like Raye, EchuuShinzon, and Major Konig, but she sensed them further away. None seemed particularly close. She reached out, focusing on those 'Vong', that was talked about earlier. She felt something, neither Jedi nor Dark Jedi, but couldn't quite figure it out. She wasn't sure if it was the Vong, or something else. She was puzzled, but she kept meditating, hoping some answers would find their way into her mind.

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"Hello Major. We are in hyperspace." I said.

"I also want to thank you for allowing me to come aboard with you."

I said as I nodded at him.

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The Major said and grabbed a container of milk,

"I just want to know your backstory, if that's okay by you..."

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The Jedi had already learned much about her...she is an adept in the Force, her father was a Dark Jedi and her mentor...and that she had killed him. She has not gone too far down the path of the Dark Side, however, otherwise...

We would be dead by now.

But is Raye ready for such a task? To be her new trainer, her master, to show her another path from the one she had been raised to follow?

He searched through the Force for his answers...and as before, they appeared in battles he fought in the past. Raye relived those days when he fought against the Yuuzhan Vong, leading desperate counter-attacks, making a one-man stand as the armed colonists fled around him...

...And standing side by side his fellow Jedi, both in helping stop the Vong...and easing their passing into death.

Of all of them, of all the Jedi and the people on that planet, Raye was fated to be the only survivor. But...the purpose for being so...?

Kitiana didn't really want to find out and so brought herself out of meditation, her nails digging into her legs. She had killed him, and she had to admit to herself, scared he would come back. Looking around she calmed herself, stood, and walked into the common area to grab a bite to eat.

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Part of the reason he was flung from such a peaceful tranquility was the tender circle which had arrayed itself about the force as well. Sensing a distubrance - or rather several - he easily slid from the meditative gesture and allowed his oculars once more to grace the surrounding area of the ship. First, his glance settled towards Raye, but dismissed him immediately as someone who was not the cause of any problem.

Instead, being that he was unaccustomed to the darkside orientation, and thus accutely aware of it to such a percise point that his ability in sensing the foul users was astounding. Part of being a Jedi Redeemer.

So it was that he detected the faint glimmer of the Darkside within Kitiana. Perhaps it wasn't so much that aura, as much as the dark thoughts that fluttered on the edge of realization. Memories tended to touch deep within the subconcious, and it was this that would waft in the general direction of the Jedi.

Rising from his seated position, Echuu offered a bow towards Raye, before proceeding to occupy himself with food also. As opposed to merely striding in peace, he strove to catch up to Kitiana... Falling alongside her to matching her stride for stride.

"Trapped on a ship can be quite boring if you ask me. But more so, it offers members ample time to discuss matters..." The Jedi's gaze shifted to the bulkhead, before directing itself back towards her. "You're a mystery Miss Kitiana... A mystery that I shall endeavour earnestly to find more about... Perhaps, over food?"

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"Sorry I do not have what you may call a meal, I do not eat that much myself. I do have plenty of 'snack' foods though."

As she walked toward a small table that could hold maybe 8 at most and sat down she contemplated what he had a said. A mystery. How could he hope to find out more about it when she barely knew herself.

"As for being a mystery, I am a mystery to myself EchuuShinzon. One I am still finding out about."

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I smiled.

"I've just been here and there around the galaxy. I've seen dark things and some wierd things, but nothing like the "Force" you guys talk about. Dash was the first Jedi I met and then I ran into Jebbua and now you guys. All i can say is that bad things usually happen around you guys, perhaps I can chabnge that luck."

I stood up and smiled again.

"Perhaps you can tell me about yourself now?" I asked him.

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The Major took a gulp from the container,

"I'm a bloody good saber duelist, a skilled pilot, and a decent Hyperdrive mechanic. Ilse back in the bridge is also a good saber duelist, and a professional grade slicer... She's also a great pilot. Well, I hope you have good aim with a blaster, because we're going to visit the shadiest, most unpredictable planet short of Coruscant, it's Nar Shadda, I hope you've visited there before. It's pretty bad to go unprepared, sometimes fatal."

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"Not by yourself either, Kitiana." Raye said, walking over to join them. He only grabbed a small piece of bread before he took a seat across from her.

The Major strolled out of the mess hall and took the turbolift to the bridge. He flagged down an officer and found out they'de drop out of hyperspace in a few minutes.

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"Thanks for the ride. See ya on the planet."

With that I hopped in and launched into space.

(((OOC: Mira heads to Scum and Villany, same forum)

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"I can not help feel like this evident from the start. The Force guides all things... perhaps the Temples doctrine was one such thing?" The Jedi's lips gently twitched, remaining flat and pursed before a slow smile began to spread. Clearly he was considering that the obvious change from the Old Republic doctrine and the New Republic was one of the key errors of the New Republic. Of course, having not existed from that, Echuu was not too sure exactly how the previous Jedi were conducted... it just... felt different.

Unlike both of them, Echuu had spent time grabbing a full plate of food, filling his plate so that he would not have to eat for several hours afterwards...

"But he is right..." The Jedi's gaze drifted towards Kitiana again, "you are not alone in your journey..."

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"Thank you, both of you. I look forward to getting to know each of you better, though I believe there may be some things I will have to learn for myself."

She seemed as though she was about to say more, but instead her head turned in the direction to the controls and she stood.

"It seems we are about to come out of hyperspace."

She walked back to the cockpit and sat in her pilot's chair, checking the controls as space turned to normal.

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"I intend to train Kitiana. She is already well versed in the ways of the Force...but has not been taught to understand the Light Side and the goals of the Jedi as her father was a Dark Jedi. Perhaps...perhaps I'd be more of a guide than a trainer, really..."