Leaves of a Rainforest Tree

[Eve Amelia Zambrano]

RODIA
Objective: N/A
[ [member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"] ]

Rodia was one of the planets Eve had never been to, even though it was one of the most interesting ones in the galaxy and definitely not in a location where it would be completely unknown. So that morning she was on the surface of the planet, in a city she didn't know the name of, and made her way through the busy streets.

One thing she loved about the planet was the way its cities worked. They were nothing like Coruscant or Nar Shaddaa -- they were made taking into account the nature around it. They tried to blend in, unlike these numerous ecumenopolises which were full of cities which had taken over the natural beauty of the worlds. That's why she tried to stay away from the Core Worlds.

Rodians were fun people. She had met many of them during her journey through the galaxy. And she had to admit she would have loved to be one of this species, too. They were nothing like those humans who had nothing interesting to them. They had a unique appearance -- something so alien that she had goosebumps when she saw any of them walking past them.

Eve was sitting on a bench, reading an informative book about the life on Rodia, but she wasn't completely focused on that. Every now and then, she stopped for a minute or two and just gazed through the cityscape. Life was going on around her and she couldn't just isolate herself.

So she set the book aside after numerous tries of reading it and decided to just inspect Rodians. And although there were members of other species present on the planet, she had to note that a planet being in the Outer Rim had its effects on the demographics.

 

[Jaster Awaud]

[member="Eve Amelia Zambrano"]

Jaster ship was just passing through, supply lines were difficult to come by now as the Union and the Alliance were at war. Rodia was a way from the front, but it's affects were still plain to see as many believed they were the next planet. Jaster believed it himself, this the quick transit to pick up supplys and be on their way. Jaster was walking along a path when he just stopped to take in the skylines of the building as their craftmenship was very rare to see in the outer rim. The building were very organic, almost as if the man made and natural were there from the beginning. Jaster loved how the Rodians were able to live so closely with their natural habitat. Not very many cultures could do this and still have a thriving civilization.

As Jaster was admiring the view he noticed a women sitting close to where he was standing. He couldn't tell what she was looking at, but he knew she was admiring something.

"Beautiful isn't it," Jaster remarked, "Rodian really do have an art to their lifestyle."

 

[Eve Amelia Zambrano]

"Yeah, they do," Eve replied, not bothering to think a moment about where the voice came from and who was its owner. Life was too short to ignore others. Who knew, maybe a person you once ignored could have turned into your greatest ally. "Rodia is a fantastic example of living in peace with the nature while still having a highly developed cultural civilisation, don't you think?"

She stood up and looked at the man.

"Nice to meet you. I am Eve."

She smiled to the man -- something she rarely did nowadays -- and looked right into his eyes. Another human or at least near-human on the planet, how nice was that.

[member="Jaster of Clan Awaud"]

 

[Jaster Awaud]

[member="Eve Amelia Zambrano"]

Jaster continued to looks out at the scenery, almost every civilization in the galaxy had their own cultures. Jaster believed the Rodians were delt a hard hand with their environment and overcame. The evolution of any species says that the Rodians should not be the dominant race on the planet, yet there stood their city's. Atop the creatures that should have overcame them and been on the top, the Rodians surpassed the expectations of evolution and showed it who's boss.

"They truly are," Jaster turned to shake the women's hand, "Jaster Awaud, pleasure to meet you."