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[Jerec Asyr]

Jegy Sesara

Weather_Puzzle_14:

I keep coming back to your advice and I've got to say, you seem to have this Force stuff on lock in ways that click for me a lot better than most of the dank ferrik out there. You said I could reach out, so here goes.

I can't imagine getting much out of enrolling at a Jedi or Sith academy other than the opportunity to raise a little hilarious hell, but I feel like I've gone about as far as I can on my own. If you'd be willing to teach me, I'd be willing to pay - not sure how that works but a job's a job, right?

I'm a busy guy, a small business owner, so at any given time I'm all over the galaxy running cargoes and picking up old ships to refit and sell. Pick a planet and I'm there. Borders don't matter much to me.

-SpaceTape_1313 (Captain Jerec Asyr, Spacer Guild, independent starship Infinity's Free)

 

[Jegy Sesara]

Jerec Asyr

SpaceTape_1313,

Not sure if fate is involved in this decision...perhaps it is, perhaps it is not. I have had a very rough week per say at this point. Go to these coordinates on Dantooine, do not worry at all on payment. Just be ready for training and if you can find it, bring me a small crate of rum. I will pay for the crate of rum, just right now I don't need a massive amount of painkillers. Been rather injured per say.

Signed,
Weather_Puzzle_14

PS: Location will get you near a bridge...don't worry on it, just go near it. I will open the place up.

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The Sullustan had been rather busy. After the events from the Bryn, compounded also onto what had occurred in the Mustufar system, he was lucky to even say he was alive. Having a fresh set of robes on, he would mess with the controls as he tapped on the nearby controls. This place was an old underground base that pre-dated the Clone Wars. Why it existed and why it was so expansive, who really knew. The Sullustan however, kept it rather clean and powered with new fuel rods every twenty years. It was a nice place to hide out and more so, it allowed him to stay alive in environments that would be rather dangerous at the time. The location was even more mysterious, one of the only bridges that kept standing, even from other tribes. It was of old masonic beauty and it did show, carvings that could be tracked back to the Old Republic.

Getting up, he would slowly walk through the large underground base. Clacking noises could be heard throughout as it was a large warehouse like infrastructure. Things like droids, artifacts, vehicles and even lightsabers could be found on the shelves or flooring of the area. The walls were partly lined with old battle droids, some near the back being more dangerous such as the Magnaguard, Mark II Droidikas and one large empty spot. That large spot was made empty as it was patrolling, a droid he fondly called "Big Boy", a B3 Ultra Battle Droid. The thing was massive, at four meters tall it towered even the vehicles and some of the shelving as it made a patrol pattern around. Having recovered it after it assaulted a town on Rori, he had took it back and had it repaired. It was now technically, the guard of the entire facility...something no person would ever want to fight alone.

"Big Boy, going outside. Open the lift for me."
"UNDERSTOOD INQUISITOR SESARA! OPENING GATE!"

That would make the Sullustan give a bit of a groan. Even though he had been here for a few days, the B3 had to use a backup memory core as his old one had passed on. The backup was from several centuries ago and because of his limited knowledge on how to work on droids, it was now stuck proclaiming him in his old job title. He made a metal note to not have any Jedi come on by, else they have the wrong idea. There was a small whine sound as the droid pulled on a rather large switch as the water above them would pour in lightly through a drain and extend a ramp, leading him to the shore outside. How he found this place was merely by chance, having an electromagentic signal underneath when he first came to Dantooine in Exile. Since then, he had touched it up and made it his own though he would not call it home.

Taking his time, he would go up the little hill and walk onto the stone bridge to overlook the entire river. His left arm was still missing, something he had to order in to get another one. An eyepatch was over his left eye with a small scar near the eye socket, having been partly smashed in but thankfully healed up. His robes looked a bit large, something of a Jedis robe which he honestly did not like wearing but it was the only clothing that fit him right now till his wardrobe filled up again...his own starship having been destroyed in the skirmish. Gently tapping on the stone, he looked upward as his mind was more calm but had things on his mind...as if thinking of ideas and for the first time, felt like there was an idea of purpose in his life again. Even though he wore no weaponry right now, he felt there was no need, at least...not yet. Plus he had several in the bunker if it really came to that.

 

[Jerec Asyr]

"How we doing, friend?"

The bridge was a nice spot, but Jerec had some trouble taking in the view, mostly because he had butterflies in his tummy about meeting his teacher. He'd learned from plenty of folks over the years, even did a stint at the University of Coronet beefing up his shipwright credentials, but a Force teacher's expectations were as unknown to him as the Force itself.

He leaned on the bridge railing next to Jegy Sesara and watched the river rush underneath.

"Or do I call you Master? How's this supposed to work? Not that I'm having second thoughts, I'm just - look, closest I've ever had to getting formal Force training was when I ran into my ex-wife and it turned out she was a Sith Lord."

Was he rambling? He was rambling. He turned to the Sullustan, who looked like he'd been through a war or three.

"I'm Jerec."

 

[Jegy Sesara]

Jerec Asyr

"Oh...in pain but I think I will be okay once my cybernetic comes in...and have time for an eye replacement."

The Sullustan slowly turned to see the human before him. He was getting slow...he did not even see him come around and that was becoming a common problem. He needed to train up his senses again, they been bludgeoned and he had to rely on one eye. Then again...he was sure if he met the Jedi with the oversized beard, he was sure he would feel him a mile away again. Regardless, he listened to the male ramble before him as he slowly held up his hand that was even wearing a glove, feeling a bit sensitive as of late for even traditional reasons.

"Please do not call me Master...I am probably further away from that than anyone else. Also your Ex was a Sith Lord? I though having a Twi'lek who was inducted as a Force Witch, partner and lover was the worst combo I ever heard. That...is rough."

He would give a small chuckle as it was a small smile cracked on the Sullustan. For some odd reason, his recent clash into being nearly killed twice now seemed to lighten his mood. The Sullustans rage had been subdued tremendously since the incident and he did not feel overly temperamental. Looking over Jerec again, he gave a nod and spoke.

"Jegy Sesara. Sorry if I am not much for words...had a lot on my mind. May I ask what you taught yourself so far?"

 

[Jerec Asyr]

"Hey, my ex was Twi'lek too, how about that. Nice to meet ya, Jegy." Jerec unshouldered his pack, which contained half a dozen carefully wrapped bottles of spirits. "And here's your painkiller."

He crossed his arms and leaned against the stone rail of the bridge, chewing on Jegy's question.

"I can push a button without touching it. Sometimes I can do it without seeing it. Uh, I'm half Umbaran, and Umbarans have a knack for reading people, and sometimes I've had...spikes?...in that. Tried hand-waving my way past a customs agent, didn't go so hot. I like kyber crystals, I get along with them you could say. That's about it. I've heard the same stories and seen the same footage as anyone with his eyes open - the lightning storms and crap - but for the most part, I don't know what I don't know."


Jegy Sesara

 

[Jegy Sesara]

"And I thought I was the odd lucky one that has a crazy."

He grinned with a small smirk, seeing also the spirits coming out of the pack as he grabbed one rather quickly. Being a rather expert one armed, he would hold it and with some degree of the Force, uncork one of the bottles and threw it aside. Putting it back into his hand, he would start gulping it down as he really missed drinking the past few days. When the bottle was half finished, he would let it down and sigh with relief as he shook his head then placed it carefully on the bridge ledge.

"You have no idea how much of a lifesaver that was...now what powers?"

The Sullustan would listen in and what he had to say. Pushing buttons with and without sight, trying to get past a customs guard which made him smile a bit wider. He remembered trying that to...and how badly that backfired till someone pulled him out of the prison and told his status in the Empire. Kyber crystals he was getting used to which was good and the same stories of lightning. He waved a hand at that, speaking up.

"Sounds like you know how to tune your crystal and pick it, know how to Force Push and almost get the idea of mind tricking someone. Big thing of note, if they are strong minded, it will not work. If they are stupidly determined, it will not work on them either. Be smart about it and do not use it against Hutts...it does not work either. Now..."

Grabbing a nearby loose stone from the stone bridge, he would hold it out in his right hand and keep it outstretched so he can see the nicely sized stone.

"Let us start then...with the other side of the Force Push...the Force Pull. Same principle mindset wise but with one extra catch. If you pull to hard...you are going to smack yourself and it will be painful. This is a good ability to learn when you need to have your blaster or lightsaber to come directly to your hand...or for those who want to catch the drink at the bar always on the first try. Personal favorite though is swiping someones Skifter from the Sabaac Table before they know it is even gone from their sleeve. It is an important trait for those who want to have the upper hand even in combat...pulling someones weapon away to use is a nasty trick but also helpful. Concentrate on this stone, hand outstretch and make it go into your hand. Feel the Force and let it flow into your body, then it can be commanded. Like a Push...just do the opposite."

Jerec Asyr

 

[Jerec Asyr]

" Jegy Sesara , I think I've found the only Force teacher this side of the OPA who knows the word 'skifter.' Let's fething do this."

The trick, presumably, was to want the rock as bad as he wanted, well, any of the things Jegy had named in the appropriate risky circumstance.

The stone twitched off Jegy's hand, skittered along the edge as Jerec tried to grab it, and plopped into the river.

"I think I just panicked. Heh. Feth. Okay..."

He leaned on the stone railing. Down there, the rock stirred and fussed around the surface, bobbing. It resisted his grip, but then again he'd just never had this particular muscle. That was a decent analogy, right?

 

[Jegy Sesara]

The Sullustans only eye would go wide, seeing the stone twitch in his hand and slowly attempt to levitate...and then it went right along the edge and PLOP! there it went. The Sullustan can only look down at where the Stone probably went as he stared at the rock down below as he heard Jerecs apology. Watching him fiddle the rock down below the river, the Sullustan would slowly close his only eye and focus on that rock among many others as he breathed in, then back out.

"Watch for the Idiots Array then."

The stones would slowly lift up as this was something a bit unique for the Sullustan. While he could show off and pick up boulders, fling them across the entire river, he had issues just picking up regular stones. It required more concentration and there was no real reason as to why, it was just how he was trained and it never clicked the other way around. After a few seconds, several stones would lift out of the water as he tried to count the total of five of them. They would go up towards the stone ledge and sit there in a row of two and three side by side. The Sullustan would open his eyes went they went to their resting place as he looked down and then suddenly frowned.

"Piss, forgot to make a zero in there...look, point is this. Never be afraid of failure, the Force takes time to learn from any age. Some are more gifted than others in learning and some are just slower but more powerful in the long run. Sometimes an object is to be guided rather than forced into. It will come more naturally when you call upon it. Right now...focus again but this time, take your time. All that waits for us is the sun turning into the moon. Do not pressure yourself and do not stress it...let it flow through you."

Jerec Asyr

 

[Jerec Asyr]

Jegy Sesara

"At any given time my blood is like ten percent mild stimulants and my preferred speed is a class-point-four hyperdrive - so yeah, none of this comes natural. Slow down, get out of my head, stay in the moment-"

He was running his mouth again, way more nervous than he should be.

"You're saying I need to figure out this patience thing and then have patience with myself."

One of the rocks wiggled tentatively.

 

[Jegy Sesara]

Jerec Asyr

The Sullustan would keep watching as he got a small realization. Talking to possibly a junkie with a speed addiction for going fast. Thinking for a minute as the human got more nervous, he slowly spoke as he saw the stone wiggle.

"Easy now...you got the right idea. Right now though...just breath and relax."

Jegy was starting to imagine a very bad repeat coming up and he preferred not to be thrown around like a ragdoll a second time. He had only trained in his lifetime two students and both students vanished on him...not like he wanted to admit that either but he had on focus on pulling and it ended up having him thrown around the training room.

"You are doing just fine."

In reality, he did want to get off the bridge just in case.

 

[Jerec Asyr]

The rock ascended out of the river a bit at a time. Jerec's hand snapped shut when the rock brushed his fingers. He tossed it up with a laugh, caught it, and tossed it back into the river.

"Alright, so I can move rocks with my brain now. Feth, I love it."

He'd gone back over Jegy's writings as Weather_Puzzle_14 on his way here. A few points had really stood out.

"So how long did it take you to learn to control the weather? Betting it was more than a lazy afternoon by the river. I'm not sure weather control is really going to be my 'thing' - but then again, clean takeoff weather would be pretty great - but I'm more interested in how long this stuff really takes to learn. And yeah, I know that comes back to the patience thing, just trying to have realistic expectations for myself."


Jegy Sesara

 

[Jegy Sesara]

Watching him do it successfully made him smile though when he went straight to saying he knew how to do it, he had to reinforce something.

"Just doing it once will never be enough. Practice makes perfect...trust me."

Though then came the serious question, how did he learn how to control the weather. To him, this be a rather straight forward but somewhat unbelievable answer as he took the rum bottle again that was open and take a sip out of it, looking out towards the river.

"That...is what we call a Curse and a Gift. Early on in my training, I could not even move a pencil for the life of me. Every single time I tried, it flew across the room the opposite way or just refused to move. So one day, I went to the roof after becoming very frustrated and...I felt the sand before me call my name. Mentally, soul like...and I sat down and focused on it. I remembered my childhood, wandering the desert and all the pain and joy I ever had. Before I knew it, I could hear the second in command over my shoulder shouting. When I opened my eyes, I had a ball of sand the size of this bridge, hovering all around the main base. A little while later, I caused a sand storm trying to put it down but accidentally. Afterwards...my entire training regiment was switched around with classes designated for the higher ups on force powers being directed to me while still taking lower classes."

"Not going into further details of accidentally causing a hurricane in the middle of a desert...it took me about two to three years to master it well enough to call it whenever I wished and had complete control. That said, it is a difficult power on top of it...after a while, I expanded it into rain which took about four years and while doing that, could control some lightning...that took an additional two years, that to just control it. After that even, I was able to control bodies of water which took about ten years after that. So about sixteen years total to get to where I was at...and that is the basic control of all of it. Clearing the weather just took me a few days once I knew what to do...but in reality, nothing is ever easy. Some people get it faster than others, others may take their whole lifetime. Healing through the Force took me three to four years to just heal basic wounds right...twelve years later, like a college, I can put my hand on your head and rewire your neurological cells to where you could walk again. Bear in mind...that requires also knowing what to do, not just having the ability to do so."

"Chances are...you will have the basic abilities down within a year, probably less. Pull, Push, Throw, Levitate...maybe a few oddball ones like Scream which is focusing pain and anger into a very shout. Busts ear drums and can kill if loud enough. Speed, which is where you focus your body to move faster than anyone should move, very good to know to get out of danger. Sense, which is literally as I mention, to where you can focus on your surroundings for other Force users and potential danger in the Force. Since you are a pilot...I bet you would like to know and I got records downstairs. It is called Force Shockwave."

"It is a more difficult ability...but it is basically pushing and pulling at the same time to make, what else, a shockwave. Technically I can do it but when a simple force push topples a shuttle, you have little need for an ability like that. The ability makes the air around you, almost shredding, pushing and pulling all at once, it can be devastating upon your enemies however...the records say a Jedi pilot was able to use this ability. Since you do pilot...perhaps that is something worth investing into. A destructive ring of power that goes around your ship and pushes back against your foes if surrounded by starfighters. Granted I practice in junk fighters and on the ground first but...it is an option."


Jerec Asyr

 

[Jerec Asyr]

Just about anyone else talking that long and Jerec would have tuned out, no matter how hard he tried to focus. But Jegy Sesara kept dropping stuff he wanted to know about, things he'd never heard of.

"So you're saying I could be a Force master without ever leaving my ship? Shove fighters away, tweak the weather for good landing conditions, make customs agents look the other way even if they're on another boat? And I get what you're saying about time and learning and y3ars of practice, so consider my expectations managed, but still. That's pretty heavy that the Force can work that way."

They'd been standing on the bridge for a while now. Jerec looked around for somewhere to sit.

"You live around here?"

 

[Jegy Sesara]

"If it was that easy....have to remember also training just by yourself is not the same as being in a tense situation. Calm versus Tense generally changes how well you do. Always be prepared for the unexpected...difficult yes but not impossible. As for how...different the Force is, there is some things even after decades that surprise me. You may even discover things no one else can ever do...believe me, I seen some strange ones."

When asked about where he lives, he would give an odd low whistle, bottom lip over his top as he had no teeth. Right at that, the water below them would slowly part as a staircase would emerge as it would clank downwards several times. It would lead straight into the warehouse as he spoke out loud.

"Something like that...old warehouse section used during the Old Republic. Keep a good portion of my collection inside if you want to look around...even got a pod racer inside I trashed and still can't fix though then again...I hit the hill pretty hard."

Jerec Asyr

 

[Jerec Asyr]

Jegy Sesara

"Well now you're speaking my language. I've been repairing and refitting vehicles and ships since forever."

In short order, Jerec was eyeballs-deep in the busted podracer, feet protruding from a fat engine. This was much more his comfort zone than talking Jedi stuff on a pretty bridge.

"I can already use the Force to turn a bolt I can't reach, that kind of thing, but I gotta think the Force has other ways to beef up being a mechanic. That right?"

 

[Jegy Sesara]

As they walked through to the garage area, there was shelves lined with random objects that ranged from books, blasters to even lightsaber crystals as one shelf was dedicated to different colors. He must have had over forty of them lying around with a majority being red with a few being rarer colors such as brown, orange and purple. Walking past one of the blast doors, it would have a large KEEP OUT sign attached to it as it was not in the Sullustans Basic writing as a note was underneath it saying "Meaning you Jegy" on it. As they got to the Garage, there would be hanging on the wall what appeared to be part of a Hailfire droid wheel mounted on the wall that was at least ten feet long. "In Memorium" was all that was wrote on top of it with a small holo photo when activated showing Jegy inside the Hailfire, working on it inside some makeshift cockpit. Then came the Pod Racer that occupied the majority of the vehicle bay.

The FG 8T8-Twin Block 2 was an interesting design to say the least. Even on approach to the more busted up engine, one could see why the Sullustan had issues. The fins were mainly all wrong as the diagrams were confusing and the internal starters were just all forms of messed up from damage beforehand. Looking over the feet, not daring to touch the old pod racer as he spoke out loud.

"Yes...some been known to feel the technology through the Force though I never seen it. Technically reprogramming droids to their will or just shorting them out. Other than that, I have seen people triple their strength to actually pick up with their bare hands an entire pod engine or a large boulder instead of using the Force. Quite interesting I assure you if you ever seen a tiny lady get angry at you."

Jerec Asyr