Private On the Sidelines

[Valoria Elryne]

Jedi Temple, Tython
Training Rooms
Cordelia 'Cori' Eldoris

Valoria had been within the training rooms many times before. Of course she had. Most people in this place had. But she had little reason to be there today. Her own training being suspended meant that she now had no use for the room. Perhaps that's why she surprised even herself when she eased the doors open, slipping inside the space. There were a few people here today, but not as many as usual.

Making her way towards the benches on the far side of the room, Valoria took a seat, looking out towards those training. It was useful for your own training, sometimes, watching others train. It gave you ideas of new ways to enhance your own training. New things to attempt and new skills to learn that you hadn't previously considered,

Plus, being here was a nice scenery change in comparison to the silence of the halls in the Temple. She simply watched for a while, comfortable in the atmosphere.

After a while, Valoria tucked one leg up under her chin. Her mind was wandering. It was never good when it did that.

As her mind wandered, so did her emotions. As many people had noted in their indirect observations, her emotions were one big, tangled mess. One which she'd been trying to untangle for the past few months, with little to no success.

Every time she tried, it became too overwhelming, too sensitive. She couldn't go anywhere near those thoughts.

She knew she'd have to face it eventually.

But for now, she would simply try to continue to function as it was expected of her to.

 

[Cordelia 'Cori' Eldoris]

Location: Tython
Objective: Train, meet someone new
Tags: Valoria Elryne

Cori had spent the last few weeks being shuttled from planet to planet, each new mission bringing it's own sets of trying challenges and hurdles.

First, she and a padawan had to track down a mercenary hiding out in a watery outer rim planet.
Then, she had to distribute aid to a alliance aligned world torn apart by natural disaster.
Next, it was up to her to negotiate an uneasy truce between the instigators of a civil war and the government of their world. It hadn't been easy convincing them to pursue a course of peace over the violent path they had already begun to pave.

Being a Jedi could be truly exhausting sometimes.

Yet here she was, despite it all, leaping from moving platforms in the training rooms of the temple. Her lithe body soared through the air as easily as if she was swimming through water. What did it matter that she was Coruscant based? Tython was closer to her next mission, and staying here gave her a welcome chance to blow off some steam before she entered the field again. Activating her lightwhips, she spun into the air in a blur of bright blue plasma, landing on her feet and decimating the training droid with her weapons. Metal fell to the floor, cleanly cut into thirds with just one coordinated strike of her twin blades.

The ersansyr smiled, pleased, deactivating her lightwhips before she sensed someone else in the training room. Turning with her usual characteristic smile, she was ready to warmly greet the newcomer and excitedly introduce herself in her usual overly bubbly way.

Thank the force she let herself fully take the stranger in before she did.

The girl was a twi lek, and she seemed young, most likely a padawan based here. One leg was tucked up under her chin, and she emanated a strong presence in the force. Being skilled at sensing the feelings of others, Cori couldn't help but flinch a little at the dark, volatile emotions swirling within the girl.

She would have to be tactful then. More so than usual.

Walking up to the twi lek, Cori gave her a gentle smile, making sure to hide her somewhat off putting sharp teeth. Channelling as much warmth as possible, she let herself embed subtle hints of calming music into her voice.

"Training is wonderful, but its just as important for a Jedi to take a moment to appreciate the quiet moments like these," she began, taking a careful step forward. "I'm Cori, by the way. I'm a knight, but I'm based at Coruscant so it's likely that you've never heard of me. We used to have a terrible rivalry between the two temples when I was your age."

She laughed a little at that, recalling fond memories of playfully teasing the Tython Jedi who visited the city world, and pretending to be unimpressed by the lush temple when she visited in turn. The recollection brought back a little confidence as she moved closer to the twi lek.

"May I join you?" Cori gestured cheerfully to the seat next to the girl. "I promise I don't bite."