Ghost Latitudes

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

The Alema was moving through hyperspace. THe jedi master had set a course and with everythign going on within the silver jedi from attacks to training classes to as he had been hearing new plans. With the fall of the CSA and its surrender to the sith empire... the mandalorians causing trouble... he wouldn't really count it among new things more now they were kind of like gnats and didn't have the means to do this or that so they tried to stay in people minds as important. The jedi master was feeling in the force where they would need to go a place that his padawan could be trained and train her skills but not be in the thick of it as it were. This far out there was only a small handful of places you could go to practice your skills. Someplace beautiful and serene for the most part as he spoke. "Tempest when you are ready, we should be coming out of hyperspace soon."

 

[Tempest Yore]

Tempest could not find anything. She will obviously never be ready to do anything ever again so long as she resides on this ship. Alema found it amusing to hide all her things on a regular basis. She used colored chalk and drew a urine stream coming from Hello Kitty onto Tempest's prized Lightsabers. Tempest started sleeping with them zipped inside her pillow case. She never changed her clothes either, or she would have to walk around naked before locating something to wear. And the shower, Tempest was granted either a freezing shower or scalding water. She has had about enough of this Alema.

”Is that supposed to be funny?” she asked Master @Syn. She is excited to leave this mayhem behind, but she is not out of the woods yet. And what will she face when she has to reboard his ship?!

She scrambled to rush to stand in front of him, hopefully presentable, rolling her Lighsabers in her sash. Alema turned and winked, and Tempest scoffed. ”I am so sorry you cannot come, Alema. Why you are like a sister to me.”

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He was not entirely sure what had been happening, Alema said they were just bonding but he was uncertain about it stnading there before the two of them. Alema couldn't leave the ship so she would be taking care of it and he spoke. "I do not know what has been happening between the two of you but I fel like I should pay closer attention. The two of you shouldn't be fighting though, Tempest... Alema can't leave and hasn't learned how to pass on. It is our duty to try and teach her that so she can become one with the force... and Alema... Tempest is my padawan. Respect that please and help her not make mistakes that could lead her into a situation like yours."

 

[Tempest Yore]

Tempest wondered where they were going, if Alema would drop her off onto some scary world and then vanish right before [member="Syn"] had the time to got off the vessel. It really is just like any young girl to be overcome with some unexplainable twinge of emotion towards her Master, and Alema seemed pretty upset to Tempest regarding her presence. Tempest is not accustomed to sharing her thoughts and conversation with a ghost amongst her afterlife, and it is likely Alema feels shunned by Tempest. The flesh and blood Padawan, was about as mindful of Alema as she would be of a droid which cannot speak galactic basic. It was never her intent to snub Alema, but she does not like to be interrupted or have her conversation with Syn railroaded by something/someone, whose knowledge on subjects present she has no inkling as to her benefit of inclusion. She needs to repeatedly specifically remind herself of Alema presence.

Tempest frowned when she heard Syn chastise her, for she had tried to sound as sincere as possible, even though she had not meant what she said to Alema. To Tempest, she felt in the middle of something...something she is not mature enough to understand at all, something just as strange as heck. She really has no idea how to behave, but finds it most comfortable just to stick to her tiny compartments.

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

THe jedi master was feeling out with the force the one of them... he couldn't always feel the spirit within the ship and remained there at the ready. Trying to check it when they dropped out of hyperspace over the planet. Green forests below, rich blue waters and the ship was heading down towards a small area. WHere they would be able to get out safely and the ship could stay until it was needed. The jedi master moved placing a hand on her shoulder when the ramp was opening and coming down. The scent of forests and water were there. He started walking and spoke looking at her. "Come, we'll have a break from the ship, being cooped up can make anyone a little crazy."

 

[Tempest Yore]

Tempest felt if she had said what [member="Syn"] just said aloud about feeling cooped up on the ship, then all hell would have broke loose from Alema. Tempest ducked out through the hatch without another glance, preferring to remain aloof to whatever face she would have seen Alema make at her, which Master Syn was never keen to catch her make in order to goad a response from Tempest.

The first thing that happened when she walked off the ramp is land in waist deep swamp water. "Oh, how I love this!" she remarked loud enough for Alema to hear. "So much life here!" Of course she is repulsed by it, but wonders if the ghost will buy her feigned appreciation for the murky aquatic, reptilian, larvae, excrement ridden outdoors.

"Thanks, Master Syn. This could not be any better...and more interesting had I picked it myself!" There is no starbucks or other social cafés, no frozen yogurt parlors. There is bark and leafy greens! "You see this face?" she said while turning to look at him. "This is my grateful face." Tempest's features intentionally softened, all at once. She whispered, "I am so grateful for these anti-funk robes. I don't believe you understand what its like to be in a teen girl's skin, to even begin to believe how much I honesty mean this...especially considering our present situation."

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He was looking at her in the middle of the swampy water as she spoke and the jedi master wasn't certain about a few things. "No I do not." He didn't know what being in a teenage girls skin meant.... or was confused but Alema closed her door to seal the ship back up as he started walking. The pants remaining sealed in the water before he turned back to look at her. "But I am glad that the robes are working for you and functioning as preformed." He nodded his head and coming to a section stood at the ready prepared for anything that might happen obstruct them and he pulled himself up and onto a small bank crouching lower. He looked forward as the sounds of the planet came to him and he could se much more around them.

 

[Tempest Yore]

While the smell of the swamp assaulted her senses with every step, she felt a great relief knowing her robes will not hold the stench. She could not even feel the water through the material! She trudged through the thick growth of water lilies. Had she not stepped off the ramp, she never would have known the place to be swampy. She hopes it does come to an end, and that the entire planet isn't covered with knee deep water!

Tempest stayed quiet as the Jedi Master seemed to be searching their surroundings. She knew all manner of life could be circling them, fish, snakes, leeches, icky bugs, even sentient beings. She quietly came up behind him, and delighted that she felt the depth of the water drop off as she did so.

She stood there looking at him, waiting for him to guide her. Creatures of the sky, seemed to cry out amongst themselves, in warning of the two alien visitors.

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He could hear them, creatures in the air and the black wings they had were thick and leathery when they went overhead. The world itself was wet but the more he was looking into the force and the area around them the more he was able to see it. A pathway that would take them over several small banks and along thick tree branches crossing like bridges the water. Below the bubble swamps with steam and things slithering just under the surface didn't worry him as much as when he came out fo the one area and was able to feel it. THe mountains ahead with ruined ships and a ruined base. There the jedi master stood up looking at it then pointed towards the ruined cathedral ship. "THere it is what brought us here."

 

[Tempest Yore]

"Everything is always walking. We walk everywhere. Why don't we use jetpacks already? Nobody does that, but they do exist!" So many mountainsides she has climbed. Across so many deserts. It truly felt like it is absolutely a waste of precious time.

"What is over there? Master, I honestly believe you just have this monster specific beacon. I don't believe you perceive anything else, other than something dangerous and hungry for eating people." She would not joke about this. She meant it with all honesty. Of course she started in the direction he specified. He would have it no other way. Then they will return with some rare and phenominal find, and she more experience and confidence in herself.

Creatures slithered past her feet, and on the bank it felt like she was walking on a thick bed of live worms hidden just beneath the sand. She did not want to sit and rest anywhere on this planet, and hopes they don't need to stay long. Dinner will need to be dehydrated foods tonight! Yum!

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He had the benefit of well giving into her a little and crossed his arms. "I don't think I would preform well with a jetpack padawan." He was walking though and remained near her in case she needed some help. he wasn't one to mind the muck but she might as the ship loomed int he distance. Massive and made more like a palace by the Dea. Windows and arches, a display in their style from the ancient times of the Republic where they could house armies and launch crusades. THe jedi master though was looking at it and he watched for a moment lingering until he spoke. "As to this, we can get closer next time but if there is something there do you want it to know we are coming or would you prefer a chance to sneak up on it?" He did have a grin on his face though while he went and she would have work and training to do within no doubt. He just needed to get her focused.

 

[Tempest Yore]

"How can we sneak up on anything with Alema flying the ship over our heads? At least my way we would get there faster!" Even the bugs jumping out of the way of her feet are moving faster than she is! Just once, she would like for something to be as dire as its initially played up to be, and where she doesn't have to walk miles till she arrives there.

Tempest is actually very glad Master [member="Syn"] is walking close by her. If Alema got the notion to jettison the ship's refuse, then Tempest wouldn't be the only one to get blasted with muck.

She counted her steps as she trekked; it is the only way to entertain herself and kill time. She started counting the bugs on her other hand, as she swatted at them attempting to get them before they bit her. While she has always loved the outdoors, she believes people belong indoors. It was fun at first to go on all these excursions, but Master Syn's insistence on roughing it every time is just not her cup of tea. She always had generators and electronics, you know, brought the indoors to the outdoors, never just accepted the outdoors as it is!

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

The ship was moving away from them and the jedi master motioned with a hand. "Worry not, we shouldn't have to sneak up on anything major... just focus your mind and do not allow the distractions into it." He looked at her and stopped standing there for a moment as he looked down. "I know this isn't always the best but as a jedi you will want to stay in shape and sometimes the fastest approach is not always the best. If we just dropped in it could alert anyone but being here... being at the ready we can slip under the notice of the large insects that have been tracking us from behind the treeline." He said it and moved closer but stayed at the ready. Brushing a hand along her back to guide her forward but also to reassure her not to speak or make notice just yet.

"They are not the smartest but they are silent and know how to blend in for the most part. Though there is something odd about them." He said it and moving with his hand he kept a hand on her back pulling at a leech that had suckered itself onto her from trekking through the waters. he stopped going off to the side on a dry area and speaking for a moment while he looked at it. "This is not good I should have been more careful." He was looking at it and at her while he crouched down and pulled one off of his back. "Hmmm these things will be annoying, Just please do not freak out but they could be anywhere the water touched and are able to slither."

 

[Tempest Yore]

Syn

(I laugh every time I see this, and you accepted it as my entire reply!)

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He looked at her and moved quickly putting a finger to silence her to her lips and spoke. "Shhh shhh hush now padawan it will be alright." He said it when he was standing there and he pulled her close. Mostly to calm her down and also to well feel if there was anything latching onto her while the jedi master looked around. Letting the force guide himself so he could make sure both of them were clean and not covered with the creatures. he also took a moment to sit there and spoke. "Tempest calm yourself, let the fear you are feeling be there but don't let it control you please. Your screaming will only attract larger things that slither and crawl."

He knew there could be large snakes, spiders and any number of things here that might try and grab them or would actually be fairly dangerous. THe sounds around were still and quiet compared as he finished and sat there. Just giving as much calming energy as he could to her. Motioning to the ground and focused to let her come back down to her own senses. "Next time, you can pick the place and we shall train your skills there deal." He was looking at her though and then finally stood up brushing himself off we he turned towards the cathedral ship in the distance. THey still had some distance to travel across the ground but this would be easier maybe.

He made sure he was clean and taken care of standing off to the side before offering her a hand. "Tempest, I know this is going to push you but you are skilled and brave. I am asking you to be both a while longer. Your skills within the force shall be tested and this right here. I can't promise it will be easy, I won't lie to you though. I am not Cedric, I do not know how to motivate you beyond the promise of always being there for you to rely upon." He bowed his head keeping the hand out for her to join him and he could lift her to trek through the rest of the marsh style lands. It would be easier to move as he could jump with her.

He was waiting for it but moved eventually whether she was being carried or following he would make it so they could move while avoiding the water and with the best speed that would work. He was making the progress towards the ship and the trees started to clear away. Giving away to old buildings and make shift shelters. A shanty town that had been overgrown when he looked around seeing some remains that were stripped and yellowed from age. The jedi master was allowing himself to feel the force as the sensation was foul in the force. Where he was looking towards it ans the ship itself. Now able to really feel the darkside coming off of it.

 

[Tempest Yore]

If the Master is scared then Tempest is scared. Boy is she ever MAD at Alema for picking this place! If she had a cannon she would shoot that possessed ship right out of the sky! Its just unnatural...and its mean!

[member="Syn"] spoke calmly about her trying to be calm. How can a girl be calm when there are leeches tapping holes into her brand new uber cool Jedi special made just for her white boots?! Now she has water getting into her stockings, stinking up her musk powdered feet! She just wanted to die; but she could not even be found dead in THIS HORRID condition. Boy is she ever mad at Alema! She might just find a way to put an energy field in the ship and mess with the energy of this ghost!

It's honestly not a falling to the Darkside thing, it's a teenage girl thing, and perfectly natural to want to kill already an already dead girl.

When Syn offered to get there faster, she practically climbed up him like he were a ladder and onto his shoulders. He used Force Speed and Tempest cried out, "You mean, we could have been running this fast all this time, on all these missions we have had?" She wanted to learn this!

Tempest jumped down from her Master's shoulders and she held his hand at first, zooming through the forest...praying she doesn't just land smashed against the stomach of some giant cockroach. Her boots would look extra sucky after being chewed by a giant cockroach. Then she let go, and she ran her little tushy off. She ran right over the back of a spidery creature and did not even know she did it. Luckily it was brown like dirt, or she would probably be in a fear coma.

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

He looked at her and was trying to answer her but she slipped down as they had been running and then she was doing it. THe force guiding her through it all as he stood there with a nod of his head. "We can and you can do it yourself now don't you feel a sense of pride and accomplishment?" He said it while walking and the scene around them was somehting dangerous... and creepy. He could smell the old death lingering as it was a dangerous place or had been at one point. Nothing had disturbed the things here in centuries before he looked up at the imposing ship. The ramp down and makeshift barricades to protect it. He could feel something from her mind ut was uncertain about how to bring it up before the jedi master crouched and turned back to look at everythign around them. "You are doing well, allow yourself a moment if needed to have some water and then we'll head inside."

 

[Tempest Yore]

Tempest has a healthy sense of accomplishment, perhaps more often than she ought! She never let on to him though, that she ever felt anything but sheer discontent. Should she allow herself to be read like an open book, then she would not be able to call herself a young lady; for one wearing their feelings on their shoulders is the way of children!

"It's so old!" 'Someone he knew? Cause he is pretty old too.' She shook her head. "Sounds like suicide, Master @Syn. Can't that ship be a den to something that lives here? What is it you are hoping to find?" She hates not knowing! She just figures he always has a solid plan! He is afterall, the Master, a Space Wizard. How could he just jump into something blinded, while it is the Force which leads him to places such as this? He sees everything; right? She figures he just won't tell her the plan!

She sipped water and tried to gather the force to replenish her after learning Force Speed, which in itself felt like a natural physical ability rather than something that needed to be worked on to any extent of mental exhaustion.

She looked up at this ancient ship. The barricade around it suggested someone thought it necessary to erect a public warning. And yet...those someones are likely extinct now. Or are they?

 

[Syn]

[member="Tempest Yore"]

Looking at her when she spoke the jedi master waited for a moment until she was moving to look at it. THe ship was massive and ancient... far older then him by about ten thousand years. "It is, old and dangerous, hundreds of ships just like this once traveled around the galaxy, launching crusades against the different non human species of the galaxy. THey drove the jedi away from the Republic, corrupted many more and formed what could be one fo the more dangerous legacies of the galaxy." He was loking at her and waited until she was ready as he continued forward. "WHat is here now though I cannot be certain the Dea and their corrupted jedi were experimenting with bringing forth creatures from another dimension of being. Twisted and ancient but able to be horrible and control them. Whenever ships like this are found sanitation is important to try and prevent anything dangerous."

 

[Tempest Yore]

"I think if there were anything that bad in there today, it would have eaten some of the creatures out here. They just don't seem to be shying away from the area. Maybe we will get lucky." She noticed he still did not mention what he is looking for exactly. Sometimes he hopes for a token, an ancient artifact. Sometimes merely to explore history. Maybe he is rooting for a combination of findings. Every guy wants an horrific, dimension jumping, bug species named after them, just like discovering a new star light positioned in the night sky. Master [member="Syn"] needs some glory inspired by his name, in all the peoples near and far, great and small, to be known by all throughout the galaxy. Sometimes Tempest wondered how Alema died...

Alema is doing a good job creating situations for Syn to utilize in order to test Tempest's resolve.

What he said aloud to her though, just did not do the trick of making her feel better about the predicament he put them in. "You know what I think? I think if Jedi lied once in a while people...I would not freak out all the time! Can't you just see into the ship with the Force and tell me for sure that we won't become something's lunch?!" Its all he does! He can do it!

If Tempest listens hard enough, she will make herself hear growling inside this ship. She cloaked her presence while standing just outside the ramp, and took her hilts into her hands.