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[Jedi Master Qun Treen]

Jedi master Qun Treen has summoned the Jedi Knight Trigiel, Jedi Padawan Jaicen Hedoss, and Salia to the meditation chambers near the gardens.

He was already waiting for them there, looking very serious while holding a bright almost glowing purple ball. He remained silent until everyone was present.

[Jaicen Hedoss]

While entering, the human male Padawan Jaicen looks meticulously around the garden and the meditation chamber. If you'd look at him you would say this is the first time he has laid eyes upon the garden. Jaicen is clearly crippled and is only able to use the muscles in his face and his fingers.

The hoverchair into which Jaicen is seated makes a low humming sound, loud enough to notice, but silent enough to ignore it during a conversation. Besides Jaicen walks a droid with two red eyes on his head and one on his stomach, it is clearly custom-made and currently wearing a lightsaber hilt on his hip and a plate with several data crystals in both his hands.

"Hello master Qun Treen", Jaicen says,"Sorry for being somewhat late, I have just arrived here a few hours ago after 10 years and my droids were still decorating my chamber to my ... specifications .... What is the matter you need me for?"

After the question the droid gives one of the datacrystals to Jaicen and he puts it into a socket on his hovercraft.

[Storyteller (Brend)]

((OOC: Description of gardens shamelessly stolen from the original gardens thread.))

Looking at the gardens from the meditation chamebers, Jaicen sees the tranquil and immaculately kept park north of the Jedi Temple. He still remembers the gardens, even though it was 10 years ago that he last visited them. He remembers that they hidden in a dome of its own to keep the bright light used to keep the trees and plants fed from leaking into Unity City. During the simulated night though, the lamps turned off and the enormous dome opened its windowpanes, allowing a clear view of the galactic sky above Unity City.

Flanked on both sides by hills leading up to the side wall of the dome, it's northern side featured a large lake with a carefully managed stream running through the park up towards the lake, various bridges and stepping stones leading elegantly across.

The park was split up into various smaller gardens, some open planes of grass, others forest-like and even some rock gardens, but many featuring small benches to sit and take in nature, statues or even small fountains or waterfalls. The strange plants in the park came from planets all over the Union, giving everyone a corner which reminded them of home, and various smaller and bigger wildlife graced the area with their presence.

The different individual gardens were connected by carefully kept paths underneath a canopy of leafs, casting soft shadows from the lights above and allowing people to have a private conversation while enjoying the mesmerising beauty of the park.

The gardener and gamekeeper and his family kept a small farm near the main south entrance leading into the Jedi temple, from where him and his wife, with the assistant of some gardening droids, kept a careful eye on the park to make sure its balance was maintained and its paths remained immaculate.

All in all the garden was a place of great beauty and it was a favourite spot for the Jedi to meet with one another, chat, enjoy the park and meditate.

[Salia]

Suddenly there was a small poof in the meditation chamber, followed by a small pink cloud of smoke rising up from what looked like a small firework. Behind the smoke, a figure dressed in white quickly ran behind the smoke, waiting for it to clear a moment before speaking:

,,¡ǝʇnqᴉɹʇ sɐ sʇǝǝʍs ʎɐd ʇsnɯ no⅄ ¡ɐᴉlɐS pǝuoɯɯns ǝʌɐɥ no⅄,,

As the smoke cleared, a young twi'lek girl dressed in a shiny white bodysuit was revealed, standing upside-down on her hands. The girls lekku and skirt hung down (or was it up?) somewhat, her outfit keeping her decent however.

,,¡spᴉoɹp ᴉH ¡ɹᴉɐɥɔɹǝʌoɥ ǝɥʇ uᴉ ɹǝʇsᴉW ᴉH ¡ɹǝʇsɐW ᴉH,,

She smiled happily at those gathered in the meditation chamber, waving with one hand, which of course immediately caused her to topple over. The fall was swiftly turned into a roll though, settling the girl down onto the ground in seated position, looking up at those gathered as if she had always meant to do that.

"I meant to do that!" she noted, eyes darting from left to right "Why are we here anyway? What's that purple ball? Who are you?" the girl inquired without seeming to wait for answers

[Jaicen Hedoss]

Somewhat startled the droid turns around somewhat aggressively to intercept whatever could be the disruption. After the smoke clears and it is obvious the disruption is caused only by a small Twi'lek, the droid relaxes.

"Hello, youngling, I am Jaicen and this is my droid, who are you?." Jaicen lifts his fingers in a manner of greeting and points towards the droid: "His name is GT-100. Yes, he is friendly, he won't bite and you may pet him. I am afraid however I do not have any sweets here." says Jaicen, while looking a bit confused and frowning as if to ask: Huh, why?

[Salia]

"Hi Jaicen, hi GT-100!" Salia waved "How come you're in a hoverchair?" she inquired in what could only be described as tactless yet rude, though the girl wasn't trying to be offensive, just insatiably curious about other people "Did you get in a complicated lightsaber accident while training, causing a giant tree to get cut down and fall over, crushing you underneath, but you were saved by an unexpectedly intelligent Rancor who saved your life and took you to Tatooine in a Rancor ship, to nurse you back to health in a cave but now you're stuck with the hover chair because despite the Rancors best intentions you weren't able to get the necessary medical attention?"

[Jaicen Hedoss]

"Yes, it was a lightsaber accident. And no trees fell upon my head, the cause was a fellow youngling back in the day. Haven't seen him since." says Jaicen in a kind voice. "But I am not going to talk about it now. Hmm, assuming you are Salia, we only have to wait for Jedi Knight Tragiel."

[Fecta Trigiel]

((OOC: I will post her in the first week of May. Till that thime, feel free to continue your roleplay ;).))

[Salia]

"Waiting takes way too long..." Salia complained "Wanna play hide and go seek?" she offered "Wait, can you do hide and go seek?" The girl suddenly looked concerned "Because if you can't then it wouldn't be very much fun to do, because I would find you really quickly and then I'd hide but you wouldn't be able to find me, and it wouldn't be because you immediately gave up seeking like -some- people do, and really who goes and -meditates- while you're playing hide and go seek anyway, that just doesn't make any sense whatsoever, because like meditation is the most boring thing that has ever been invented, except perhaps waiting."

[Jaicen Hedoss]

"Agreed... this knight is surely a slowpoke" Jaicen tells Salia with a small irritation in his voice. "But if we don't wait right here the master will not like us, so it is better to wait dear Salia. And I can't really play hide an seek. And meditation is boring indeed. My drone can however pretend it is a dog or a cat, just trow a ball and he will get it for you, ain't that fun?" Jaicen tells Salia with a smile.

[Jedi Master Qun Treen]

If it were not for the master's mask and his species' lack of eyebrows, Jaicen and Salia could see him lift an eyebrow at Jaicen's remark on meditation.

Other than that, the Jedi Master remained silent.

[Salia]

"That's neat!" Salia sounded excited "Can I pet him?" she inquired, seeming rather eager to pet the robot dog now, but a little uncertain if it would be okay. "Also, can it do any tricks?"

[Fecta Trigiel]

"Master" Trigiel greeted Master Qun Treen with a bow when he entered the room, "you wished to see me?"

[Jedi Master Qun Treen]

Master Qun Treen look at Trigiel, then Jaicen and finally at Salia.

"Padawan Jaicen Hedoss has just returned from a long period of training, and I would like you", he looks at Trigiel and Salia, "to show him around the temple. I am sure that he has forgotten many things about the temple. He will be staying here to complete his training, so it will be good for him to know his way around the temple."

"I suggest starting with the gardens. He should certainly know where to find the meditation chambers, and the machine shop should his droid need repairs. And make sure not to forget an introduction to the quartermaster."

He looks at Salia with a solemn expression.

"This is a hoverball.", he says in a serious voice, "If you throw it against a wall it will bounce back without falling down. I have hidden four blue crystals in the temple in the places Jaicen has to visit. If you can find them all before the day is over, I will give you this purple hoverball."

He looks at Trigiel and Jaicen.

"And it will be your task to make sure that others are not overly disturbed. Maybe the easiest way is for you to help look for the crystals?"

Trigiel, knowing the master for a long time, was sure that the kel dorian was smiling.

((OOC: I'm putting a little bit of system introduction into this thread: to find the crystals, some check taking will be involved.))

[Jaicen Hedoss]

Jaicen looks somewhat confused at first by the weird training proposal, then he smiles and says: "Nice touch, a game to introduce me to the temples".
Jaicen then looks at salia and says: "Well, You've heard Master Qun Treen, we have to go and find those crystals and I really want that hoverball. Did you know we don't have hoverballs where I was for ten years? Hey, you know, if we both stay silent when others are around and nothing gets destroyed, I will play with you every week on Monday with you and the hoverball, If I am not on a mission of course"

Towards Trigiel he says: "Good day Knight Tragiel, nice to make your acquantaince, I am Jaicen Hedoss and this is my GT-100." While he extends the hand of his drone to offer a handshake. "Maybe it is rude to ask, but are you like me, with your real body somewhere else?".

After the respons of Tragiel: "Let's go, silently, on a tour of these gardens then, could you show me the way Shalia?"

[Fecta Trigiel]

"Greetings, padawan." Trigiel looked with a confused expression at the droid's extended hand, but then decided to shake it. The cyborg friendly added: "The name is Trigiel, not Tragiel. I propose we get acquainted while we help Salia locate the crystals. I'm sure the Master is very busy."

Trigiel then turned his focus back to Master Qun Treen and made a formal bow again: "We will make sure Salia will be no trouble, Master."

"Come Salia, lets go find the crystals, I'm sure that hoverball will be a fine addition to your collection."

When the three are on their way to the gardens, Trigiel started to talk while keeping his eye on Salia: "So, Jaicen Hedoss, back from training? I have heard of these personal training expeditions, but never actually met a padawan who have bin on a long one.

About what you said: What do you mean with your real body somewhere else? Is that not your real body?"

[Jaicen Hedoss]

"Trigiel, okay." says Jaicen as his hoverchair slowly starts to move with a slow humming sound, his droid one meter behind him. Turning towards the master Jaicen says: "alright thank you sir, goodbye".

"Well, since the day I had the light saber accident it was clear my body wouldn't be able to sustain normal Jedi training. There was even a big chance I wouldn't make it. To save my life I had to be operated upon on a world where they had an extensive knowledge of broken brains " jaicen says with a smile,"My motor cortex functions were practically destroyed and had several severe brain bleedings. To think of it, I don't even know what planet that was and who saved my life then, I should find out in the archives and thank them one day."

"After the operation, which lasted about one year, I went to an old Jedi temple on the planet Dan, to adapt myself to normal life, since being a Jedi seemed to be out of the question. I however didn't agree and with some perseverance and teachings of the local jedi knight, I was able to use the force in my own way. The knight provided me with a dem crystal so I could use the force to control a droid body instead of my own. After several years i finished my basic training and here i am. What I meant is that this real body is kind of useless in physical terms and I use several droids with the force to do physical stuff. I was wondering if you did the same and your main brain is somewhere else "

[Salia]

Salia gasped deeply upon seeing the hoverball "Wow, that's neat! Hoverballs are so cool!" she grabbed Jaicens' droid's hand and began pulling it towards the exit.

"Come on, we have to find the crystals! I bet there is one in the big fountain, because that's an awesome place to hide things, and there could be one in the library or maybe there is one in one of the training chambers and we can also look in everyone's room, because now we're on an official mission, so its okay, we now have the authority! Do you guys know how to swim, because you have to swim to get to the top of the big fountain!"

[Jaicen Hedoss]

Jaicen allows his droid to be dragged by Salia and a small smile appears on his cheeks, "what a nice and playfull girl" adds towards his story towards Trigiel.

"Wait for us!" comes out of the mouth of the droid, while Jaicen is trying to catch up with her. "I want to see the big fountain in the gardens too, you have to show me and if you run away, you can not show me, right?"

Meanwhile Jaicen continues his conversation with Trigiel.

[Fecta Trigiel]

Trigiel quickly and stern, with his headflaps slightly extended in an angry manner, said to Salia: “No, we do not have the permission and neither the authority to search everyone’s room. And besides, Salia,” Trigiel continued on a friendly voice with relaxed flaps again, “if you had listened, you know that there are no crystals hidden in people their rooms, so looking in there would only delay the mission and your hoverball.”

“That explains what you said,” Trigiel said to Jaicen, “that explains probably more than you probably comprehend at this moment.” His lower two and upper two headflaps extended like he was at the same time smiling and rising his eyebrows in surprise.

“So to answer your question: No, I am not a mind controlled droid, I am a cyborg. My biological parts safely stored here, in the center.” While saying that, Trigiel knocks on his durasteel chest.

“Now I also understand why you are in a chair, and controlling a droid, instead of being a cyborg yourself.”

“The fountain is a good place to start looking indeed, lets go there first.” Trigiel then let Salia guide them, or more like pulling them, to the fountain in the gardens.

[Salia]

Salia was as impatient as a Mooka about to be fed, though without the constant kssssh sounds. Racing ahead, the other two Jedi found Salia impatiently running back when they lost sight of her, only to get a pull before she ran off once more to repeat the ritual.

Eventually though, the two no doubt arrived at the fountain, with Salia already waiting for them, crouched on a nearby pillar which she had climbed even though they weren't there for climbing.

"What do these crystals look like anyway?" she inquired "Because if they look like trees or water, then I found them, but they might look more like crystals, which'd make sense because they are crystals, even though some of the masters say that things aren't always what they seem, and we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, though I have no idea what a book is so why would I judge it by its cover in the first place..." Salia probably was used to dealing with data-pads rather than physical books, though that didn't deter her from talking about them

"... and also, you shouldn't judge people by what they look like because they might be very different from what they look like which also means that I suppose the crystals really could look like anything so anything could be the crystal, but we cannot bring everything to Master Qun Treen, because that'd be really heavy and I am not sure how strong you two are, though I suppose I could just lift the entire planet and carry it off somewhere..."

Salia seemed to make her bold claim of supertwi'lek strength with dead seriousness, but even there her sentence didn't stop: "... though I suppose if the crystals were actually stars or space or other planets, then we'd have to go there and I am not sure you can even land on a star, because they seem to be pretty hot and that'd probably cause some burns, so we should probably avoid doing that, especially since stars are made of gas anyway so it might float away like a Suman, have you ever seen a Suman, they are pretty big, though I guess not as big as stars, though they sure are big!"

She looked expectingly at the two other Jedi as if expecting some type of sensible answer to her rambling.

[Fecta Trigiel]

Trigiel took a nice look at the fountain, in no hurry at all while Salia did her rambling. It was a nice fountain indeed, with the water halfway falling on ornamentation to create a two level effect. He also looked if he saw a crystal somewhere in the fountain. Who knows, Salia instincts might be right.

((Check: 13 = 7 Force Level + 5 Vision + 1 Force Vision -- sensitive optics (infra red, ultra violet, night sight zoom function)))

"Well Salia," Trigiel said after her rambling while he was still looking at the fountain, "have you ever seen a crystal looked like a tree? I know I have not. Remember what shapes crystals look like and search for that. And if you are in doubt, trust the force in guiding you in these matters."

[Jaicen Hedoss]

"Okay, that is also an interesting way to fix a body, are you not scared the robotic parts will influence your mind in a negative way?" Jaicen responded to Fecta. Turning towards salia he said: "Books are datapads with paper, only you can not change the text once it it is written."

"Crystals are not trees, and I would like you see you try to lift this planet. if you could do so, I think you would be instantaneous a Jedi Master. Now to search the crystal we will have to be focused and quiet for a while, otherwise it will be hard to feel the force"

Jaicen closed his eyes and tried to feel the force around him and his drone to sense any deviations in the vicinity.

((Check: 10 = 5 Force Level + 5 Intuition -- ))

[Storyteller (Brend)]

The big fountain is an honour to it's name. Though not as much a fountain as one would expect in the traditional marble basin sense. The basin was still there, and the water as well, as are several white marble columns. But the fountain itself was a more natural phenomenon (insofar as the whole of the gardens where 'natural'). The gardener has made sure that the fountain spews water in an uneven and irregular pattern, much like a geyser with cold water.

The fountain is situated in the middle of a pond, with the white marble columns jutting out from the water. The columns seem haphazardly placed, but upon further thinking it becomes clear that they are placed in such a way that seven columns form a spiral of growing height throughout the pond. The fountain's ornamentations where all abstract geometric figures, and this pattern is continued in the ornaments used to decorate the tops of the pillars.

With Salia perched on the lowest pillar as she informs them of her plan to move the planet, the two Jedi both look for the crystal in their own way. Trigiel visually scans the pillar while Jaicen tries to feel the presence of the crystal through the force. Both Jedi seem successful in their plan, as their attention is drawn to the top of the highest pillar. Looking at it, they both see a blueish glimmer. Of course, the highest pillar is the farthest away from the edge of the pond, and failing the jump will result in a a watery landing.

[Jaicen Hedoss]

"I think I found the crystal, it is over there" jaicen informes Trigiel silently, while the Droid points towards the pillar. "Shall I ask salia to go get it or shall I try it with my droid? I don't know if salia likes being wet" Jaicen continues with a smile " she might as well kill the whole planet if she gets angry "