Dev Shadows of Atrisia

[Junko Ike]

That did hold her interest while she was watching them a smile appearing on her face more and more though when she sat there. The food presented was also equally appealing. The triangular rice cakes which were just crisped enough to stay together and she could smell within them meats. The sauces for dipping which she gingerly did to just get them a little salty. There was kabobs of veggies, meats and each one could be cooked over a flame that was set up for her to cook more if she wanted to. Then there was some of the best parts, wedges of rice with fish on them, spices and sauces between the rice and fish that gave each one a different flavor.

She was looking at more of it while her thoghts drifted a little.. the tea that they had offered was delicious as well and it was the more rare atrisian white.. well rare to offworlders. here it was common enough but offworld they had orked to up the price to be like vine silk or coffee.. one bag of it could go for trillions of credits and it bolstered their economy heavily with the super rich wanting to impress their friends... she would have to make sure their aconomic standing withint he Commonwealth and community itself would be beneficial with things like the gigas run which saw Atrisia connected with several large trading entities.

 

[Junko Ike]

Her mind was drifting as she managed to eat the food and it was in relative comfortm here.. she could easily get lost in thought as the village itself was a soothing place to be.... she could understand now why it was so... well popular wouldn't be the word.. it was ideal as she could see a whole lot of things there that would makea person happy. From the ultra traditionalists who wanted things they way they had been once long ago and were bringing back many of the older aspects albiet with some changes that were an important part to what the new royal family were trying to do... to the new age ones who were trying to recover and supported well moving a lot of their pollution offworld and onto its own station.

Junko was in the rare place that she would be able to see both sides of it and she could get them to meet a common middle ground with the emperor and empress. She was able to really work on the hard aspects as they were working to colonize the surrounding planets in the system and modernize atrisian infrastructure into a beast for the galactic needs. SHe knew another they that they were wanting to build would also serve a purpose in the star roads project... an ultra secret aspect of the Commonwealth that if it did work would shorten their ships travel time between the over two hundred worlds within the commonwealth and create a whole new game.

 

[Junko Ike]

SHe finished eating with them and was abole to just stay there. Some of the Kansai came out of the tower and the large procession was beautiful as they walked. Even looking well demure and dainty there was a power and presence to the pair when the eldest looked at JUnko and spoke with a smile on her face. "Welcome princess,we are glad to have you here in our humble village." Thejedi master didn't move much,asmall tlt of her head in acknowledgement to her before she was going back towards the stage to see the others had cleared out giving them privacy. Junkos smile remained on her face though. "Yes after the attack we were trying to come back here and check on you."

The woman looked at her. "I am not one for games but we were being attacked, the planet sadly again and we had the means to protect people." She said ti and JUnko was looking at her. "OH that isn't a problem, if anything we would want you to get more defenive measures to protect the village and the people here. No the real question was more is there any way to convince you to bring what knowledge you have and what technology you are using to the rest of Atrisia or just its engineers to try and reverse engineer it into a more beneficial aspect for the rest of us?" Junko said it and looked at her to judge and gauge her reaction.

 

[Junko Ike]

The woman was good and calm about it, the simple fact was... there was no animosity and the royal family didn't want to lay claim to their technology just know if it could be used to benefit Atrisia and help progress it forward. She would have to check on it and a few things later but the jist of it all added up to a very very nice amount of foundation established between the two of them that would carry on and over well into the next generation or so. She was really not wanting to see the progress and friendships made be lost when the next group tried to come and lay claim to their world simply because they were not playing the expansionist game.

"We don't have much princess but we could be convinced to share it though an old shield generator and some rooms that have been turned into vaults for our personal records doesn't seem like much. She was giving them a chance to save face if the grand endeavor didn't have anything at the end. THe work that was going into everything here was considered often far too important and the Keisai were valued on their own world far more.... then on any others so outsiders wouldn't understand. :If you would like I can take you to the floating world and show you for yourself?" She sai it with a smile appearing on her face and bowed her head to the jedi princess.

 

[Junko Ike]

"You make it sound as if I want to judge you and find fault. In truth we were more curious... more wondering what was hidden here as the ancient Arisians seemed to have attracted many strange things over the tens of thousands of years tht the core itself has been existing. IN truth we don't know what there is or what might be around just that we have a duty to try and record all of history.... something that your women have done." She said the last and observed her, looked at her while she was thinking about it and trying to make it known that she knew what they wrote down in their tomes. "The white current of the fallenassi is very similar."

That seemed toget her interest as JUnko continued. "THey use the white current which allow them to write with the force in a way that others cannot see... it is actually quite strong but they were largely a defensive and passive group. Old in their traditions and prefering to avoid the galaxy at large." She said it with a look though while going over a few other points in her head and the woman sat down next to her offering some interest in what she was talking about. "I would like to learn more about them princess, they sound facinating and wellafew of the holobooks about force orders that have been translated to Atrisian have mentioned thatname before."

 

[Junko Ike]

JUnko was not entirely surprised by that there was always a small chance that some nof the jedi texts that had been made to detail the other force orders which had served as a basis and aid in forming the Wukong... the Atrisian jedi order would be able to be read by those who were not a part of it. A rich and incovative history of the orders, their history but also some of the groups like the shapers or the fallenassi... there were groups like the bendu or the je'daii who could beseen and while most Atrisians strived for balance they had seen plenty the dangers of the darkside and what greed, corruption could do not just to a person but to a planet as a whole.

THe jedi princess also offered them a smaller look as she managed to take in a coupld of the sights here in the village. THis floating world must have been something if they literally built apun it a village of what looks like stick and stone... granted thast was the atrisian design methods as it concealed the advanced technologies but this place had to be something special as the pair of them rose and JUnko was in the middle of the procession. They were making way towards the massive tower which she knew from stories hd been built,rebuilt and rebuilt more each time a new era had come... to signifiy the growth of the world itself.

 

[Junko Ike]

JUnko was seeing that herself here first hand as they alked now. The massive tower was a beautiful thing. Thatchet tiles on the levels, stained glass windows and shonogan paper windows for effect. Huge double doors a gorax could walk through and still have room but there was also what was around it as hundreds of shades of flowers bloomed, small birds fluttered and the scents of different teas that theygrew mingled in the air created a heavy aroma that drew your attention all around yourself. She could see some fo the creatures from shri-tal and the asobi system that had been rescued by Beifong and the other Atrisians when it was attacked.

There was a few things from other colonies and worlds as well, the flower things from endor thagt were sentient and could care for the garden. THe taley dragon which was for all intents and purposes a modified krayt dragon made to be the sizeof a stuffed anaimal. Junko could spy even more there and around the groupo of them. The waters teemed with various fish in colors most wouldn't think possible, there was the gleam from a thousand and one stones of precious qualities that were just tossed in and used to make the base of the stream and she knew from tales lake that gave it a clear style without sedient from dirt and rock.

 

[Junko Ike]

SHe could see even more there... in the waters... there were literal veins of gold and silver... aurodium and nova crystals that shaped and gave it substance... The fish that were swimming around were beautiful. They were just filled to the gills with riches which was where she guessed some of their payments went but there was much more. THe artificial lake.. pond it wasn't massive and it ended in a large crescent shaped waterfall that fell mostly silently with mist rising up to give it an illusion of mysticism around it in the distance. It allowed the tower to be seen through a hazy mist in the early morning light where it stood in profile.

The jedi princess was checking on some of the things around them as well and she could see more of it. There was murals and statues much like the ones that she made but the figures in them were striking... beautiful and almost monsteriously so. There was tales of others, ancient stories she knew were considered legends about some of the far older Atrisians who were said to be much more ethereal.. to be much more majestic in their looks. The one looked almost like a monster for how perfect she was from her face to her figure, to the swell and shape of her hips to her bust... then it went to her small forehead and dark eyes which seemed to follow wherever you stood.

 

[Junko Ike]

She was looking at much more of the murals, she was able to see many more things that were coming into view. SHe could see the secrets of the tower aas it went from the construction of the tower into the station... the shipitself. With the rooms that had been organized and they had the sealed doors marked with ancient Atrisian that was detailing much much more things. SHe could see the library and it was in a massive hanger as they went down deeper with each book marked clearly from the era, region and many in the set. From across the regions of Atrisia and it was a beautiful thing seeing the library with artifacts in display cases as well.

She could see some of the artifacts were masks, swords, fans, kimonos that were preserved. Ink sets, scrolls and more pictures that had been painted. "Is this from Tatsu?" SHe said tia nd could see one of the more famous historical painters of Atrisia... the Keisei was there next to her and offered a grin on her face. "Yes it is, she painted it when she fel in love with one of my sisters. Spent many moons painstakingly making paintings, statues, carvings of her to try and capture the beauty of her but she cou9ld not understand that we do not marry, We do not become wives or lovers we are here..we are living art and meant for everyone."

 

[Junko Ike]

That was a tale she knew... well she knew it from another side.. another perspectice to it. THat she had been seduced by a Keisai who lured her away and driven to the point of madness her art became an obsession. THe artist herself eventually broke down mad with a grief she could never have that which she desired... it was a sad tale meant to talk about the danger of obsession but the Keisai was presenting it more from the perspective of her sister who didn't know the impact she would have which was also likely true... no one entirely knew what might be able to happen in the end with some of these tales of love and woe reserved for plays.

Junko waas seeing more of everything they had managed to collect around them, she could make out other pieces of art, sculptures, carvings that depicted dances and battles. Family heirlooms,as well as riches... oh the riches that were on display...and these were just the tings on display... boxes of diamonds, gemstones, golden coins and jewelry thart was looking amazing and sparkling in the light. THere was the displays of entire kimono's created from strung together diamonds... doubtlessly uncomfortable to wear and more then likely sliced into the skin when you walked but it looked so beautiful being able to see it.. there was jade and emeralds the size of a rancors fist.

 

[Junko Ike]

Junko was able to walk through and see even more... there were riches, there were stories and when she was brought to the oldest sections. The first tomes they had which were stone worked with bindings made from metal rings... the slabs were larger but they had been fitted with inertial compensators and anti grav frames so that they could be moved and were almost weightless in terms of movement allowing them to be read. She could see even more in the forms of scrolls that were in preservation cases.. a grin appearing on her face as she could read the blank scrolls with the white current and the shimmering green letters.

She could make out some of the ancient script... languages change overtime which would be one of the harder parts and the ancient words could and would eventually have entirely new meaning or characters. She was seeing some more parts of it as well and the Keisai spoke from behind her with a hand clasped on her shoulder. "Never trust the storyteller, trust the story... we all change the perspective but the events can largely stay the same. In this case the first Keisai were working on trying to document court life.. to make the affairs, the small things seem grand and glorious to give the readers a varbose sense of style.

 

[Junko Ike]

She was looking at so many of the things though and there were more stories. She knew some of the crazier places... the naval academy was there for them to be able to see it. She could see some of the older maps where the lines of the countries were with a purpose as well as routes. By sea, land and eventually by the air when the dirgables were designed by the Atrisian Empire... later the commonwealth. They had used their riches to properly get theit own and it could be seen outside on the scanners. A large and royal style airship compared to many of the rest they had seen. She was seeing other tomes and stories with the ability to understand some of it.

The archives they had led them throug into the lower sections of the station. Where the jedi master could see more... she could feel more as the massive core of the ship was there. It was a powerful ancient hypermatter reactor and she was starting to get some idea of the station.. it didn't use technology like any of the known species she had seen. Which meant it was older or it was something that had been left behind from one of the older species in the galaxy who pre-dated the Republic. They could investigate it and given the region there were a few places that narrowed down the species itself. She would have to see as the core was visible but there were more rooms.

 

[Junko Ike]

The rooms were filled with initiates... the ones who were being brought in and had a large future... educational training, classes in skills. She could see more dancing, she could see them showing how to make kimono's and clothing... how to mend clothing as well as host tea ceremonies and JUnko could even see massage classes to learn how to put peoples minds at ease. They were skilled in many other things as well, their singing, using the biwe, poems and painting... all of it was being there. She could see them practicing with hair ukeep as small beads of precious gemstones were being strewn through each others hair.

Junko could see a lot more and Halmaoni was there sitting down with a few of the others. They were on pillows as Junko bowed walking poast them and finally they came to a room. The grandest she could see and it was the original bridge of the station itself... she could see where banks of screens had been... the central area where whoever was the captain of the station and in its place were lounges... curtains and a screen that surrounded the person who was behind it. She sat there and Junko knew she was the grandmaster of the Keisei... she was the one who led them in this lifetime and Junko could just see a couple things from her.

 

[Junko Ike]

"Welcome to the floating world princess...." The woman was there behind the screen and you couldn't see her features but she was sitting there... Junko could just make out the robes... the silks and fabrics that had been used to make her one of the more ornate twenty layer kimono. It was not somethign that was generally used... it wasn't even worn by the empress except when she or the emperor were really trying to impress as it wasn't about being seen it was about layers to be protected and more have everyone in the room be there around you. She could see more behidn the screen as well that they would be able to really build up and work on.

"Thank you for having me... I know you do not admit many if anyone not of your village into the tower so on behalf of the empress thank you." She said it with a bow of her head for the woman as she stood there in front of her.. taking a seat as it were when she knelt down to await seeing some of the younger meikos attending to the more or less grandmaster of the Keisei.... she was an older woman who wasn't able to be seen but her voice was still smooth... her movements fluid and as Junko could feel in the force she was powerful.. she was skilled in their arts as well as more she was suspecting since their force users learned a lot through sheer discipline.

 

[Junko Ike]

"It is not that we dislike visitors it is that many do not understand what we are.. they believe because my sisters can be bought for their services that they are common whores." She said it with a look that Junko could feel through the curtain amazingly.. se was use to this and she knew there was a lo... stories of them being mistreated but they also had fingers in every court of the ancient world and even now. The Lands of the Horselords where the Emperor and Empress rarely visited because of ancient agreements. The leader of the horselords not an emperor but considered by his... her its people as a god. because of how it was an ancient Atrisian.

Junko kelt there and she listened with a nod of her head. "I understand... I know some of the stories but it is hard to differentiate in ways... your village and sisters have been a mystery on Atrisia for thousands of years and even longer then that... based on this ship I am guessing it is from the same ones who aided my family with fallen technology at the White Pearl." She said it with a small smirk appearing on her face whens he thought about it and the Ike family was massive with the ancient house they held being found when the reactor of an ancient starship fell to the planet from a kyber reactor. There was a small tilt of the womans head and a laugh.

 

[Junko Ike]

"You are charming princess but do not think to hard about it... we are more then happy to work with the empress and her emperor.. we are more then happy to help the people of Atrisia so long as they respect our choices... we wish to remain here but working and being able to improve the village itself would be a welcoming thing." She said it and she was looking at Junko from behind the screen... the jedi princess could see a lot more as well when she looked at the latticed silk strands and they were expertly designed with colors and the images were there. She could see it detailing more carnal scenes of ancient Atrisians that were considered by many the standard of beauty.

"Well that is nice to hear, I know the village is remote and you value your privacy... but there is really no need to force it. If there is a chance we could construct the roadways that we are doing on the planet and maybe in the cliffs one of the airfields so you would have increased access to the rest of the planet. i saw the buildings and you have worked on upgrading them with the latest. We want to bring all of Atrisia into a new modern age with some of our higher end technologies that will hopefully save lives." She said it with a bow of her head to the womana nd that offered a small smile to herself.. she had managed to do it without looking at all of the really hot females.

 

[Junko Ike]

Well she had thought about it... her libido working against her as she could acknowledge it... these were living, breathing ideals of beauty and she could see a few of them on the way in who were from oher areas of Atrisia... even the dainty females of the Horselords were brought here and well she didn'tknwo anywhere else.. even their god respected the women of the village and allowed one or two a generation to be trained so that they could return home and record the tales and legends of court life among the horselords who were even more traditional then most Atrisians... and that was saying something that they have mostly turned down improvements but she knew they would meet with them eventually.

She was escorted out of the chamber and taken to the mess hall... tables lined with any number of foods as she could taste in the air the tinge of recycled air that was cooled. They were underground she knew but she had not seen the real extent of it all.. she hadn't fully understood how much of this station was intact and able to be used... just no power systems but they had gotten alcoves and sections permanently opened with built in dividers in the form of screens or even beads. There was a few more things that she could see as well.. she was looking at the dozens of women without make up, with their hair down and smiles on their faced.

 

[Junko Ike]

She walked past most of them and they stopped enough to bow their heads but Junko had already eaten and instead went to one of the more ornate chambers where she could sleep. The pillows on the rounded room and the floor had a futon in the center. Pillows there to lounge on and a scree with attendants around at the cardinal points to make sure you had everything taken care of. The jedi princess looked around for a night kimono as she was guided and changed looking into the full length mirror. Gilded gold and crystal giving it a beautiful sheen in the glow light. The midnight blue kimono that clng to her and exposed her shoulders a little when she walked.

She sat down int he center and looked at the screen around her. gilded cage came to mind as she saw the images in the candle light and the attendants were able to cast their shadows in the small forms as the light behind them illuminated different images. Crests and valleys of Atrisia that had been carefully crafted with the weave once again. There was the smells as well as soothing incense was around her... she could also hear music in the distance.. the metal corridors of the station turned bunker echoed with the resonating sound as students practiced late into the night. The sounds intermingling with the scents to let her fall asleep.

 

[Junko Ike]

Her sleep was maybe one of the better she had gone through... relaxing her mind and allowing herself to enjoy the incense which soothed the body... relaxed her body when she drifted and could meditate within the force. her skin glowing with a pale blue light under the skin. Using her solari make up provided many benefits but this was one of the better that she enjoyed. The jedi order on Atrisia was flourishing under the new watch.. she could see much more about what they were doing here.. she could see what they were gaining in understanding of the force as the could feel pride in what had been made. The commonwealth itself was also benefiting in many ways as they continued to expand and build up their trade within their own borders.

She had an image for what could be done and it would require a lot of ground work to be laid... more importantly it would likely be planted seeds she would never see but would provide the shade for other generations...A hundred years from now the goal would be to have Atrisia and the commonwealth expanded into places nearby carefully like the farlax sector which was rich with resources. They had massive populations and could expand exponentially the economy itself of the Commonwealth as they were moving to try and expand their higher technology aspects to really aid the people. They were pushing towards post scarcity with their medical and agricultural technology.

 

[Junko Ike]

She continued to allow her body and mind to relax.. she could feel so many things that were happening now... she knew from imagining the vast beaches that were being terraformed on Atrisia VII... as a world that was mostly habitable but colder they were working with heavy terraforming technologies to warm it up. Once that was done they would be able to go in but the droids were working for construction purposes to fashion resorts along the massive beaches that they were able to see along the frozen seas they were harvesting ice from them which would when the waters melted make parts of it ideal as they set up hydrostatic shielding along the coasts.

They were playing some of them safe as the terraforming of the different worlds and moons in the system had to be done smart from economic boons to ones that could double as fortress and shield worlds... for military purposes both offensive or defensive. She knew the Atrisian military had some ideas for what they wanted to do with Atrisia IX which was near the outer areas of the system and one of the first worlds encountered. Its size as a gas giant with many moons meant they could do a lot and it was close enough to the remains of what many considered a tenth plenty to monitor for smuggler and Jia Ren's activity.