Sleep evaded him. He had left his ornate room in the Elyance Estate to walk the rivers edge nearby. He and Cybelle had made it a habit to walk this path each day. It was her attempt, and his, to try and simply be. The itch was persistent though. Brandyn did not like to be still and just exist. There was so much to do, and most of it good. How could he be expected to just sit here on Hapes…
Breathe.
He had been advised not to get to worked up about it all. But his guilt was working over time. If he was to be a Jedi, then he had to make amends.
You cannot make amends until you mend yourself.
The moonlight was temporarily hid by the billows of cloud over head. He was plunged into darkness, and his feet found themselves slipping on a patch of slick grass. He splashed into the water, and almost fell to his knees. If it had not been for the quick handful of grass he had grabbed, he would surely have lost his balance. Upon release of the grass, he found his has damp, dirty and with something slimy squished between his fingers. He looked down, as the cloud parted the contents of his hands were illuminated.
”What is that?” He said, revulsion clear.
He stooped to wash off the remnants of the multi legged Invertebrate from his hand. The muck on his hands began to glow with a light blue hue the moment they made contact with water. As the much washed off his hands, he could see spot of bioluminescence float down the stream, and then…they disappeared.
The sound of a waterfall became apparent. He had not noted a waterfall in these parts before. Perhaps he had gotten lost? Brandyn looked about. Everything looked different in the dark. There was an air of foreboding, and a cold breeze that brought the hairs of his arm to attention.
Several steps were taken to the edge of the waterfall. In the pale light of the moon, he could see the rock pool at the bottom of small waterfall, and beyond that a cave.
Koo-sha-sha-sha-sha
A garbled voice muttered in a gravelly tone.
“Who is there?”
He knew there would be no answer. It was just the water. An echo. Nothing more. But the cave. The cave invited exploration. It was dark. Unpleasant. Yet it took hold of his curiosity in its entirety.
Brandyn clambered down the side of the waterfall. it was only slightly more graceful that a fall. His feet landed in the pool and his shoes finally succumbed to the water. He felt the squelch that would surely not go away until he changed. He wanted to complain, but the cave had his full attention.
”What is in there?”
Only what you take with you.
Breathe.
He had been advised not to get to worked up about it all. But his guilt was working over time. If he was to be a Jedi, then he had to make amends.
You cannot make amends until you mend yourself.
The moonlight was temporarily hid by the billows of cloud over head. He was plunged into darkness, and his feet found themselves slipping on a patch of slick grass. He splashed into the water, and almost fell to his knees. If it had not been for the quick handful of grass he had grabbed, he would surely have lost his balance. Upon release of the grass, he found his has damp, dirty and with something slimy squished between his fingers. He looked down, as the cloud parted the contents of his hands were illuminated.
”What is that?” He said, revulsion clear.
He stooped to wash off the remnants of the multi legged Invertebrate from his hand. The muck on his hands began to glow with a light blue hue the moment they made contact with water. As the much washed off his hands, he could see spot of bioluminescence float down the stream, and then…they disappeared.
The sound of a waterfall became apparent. He had not noted a waterfall in these parts before. Perhaps he had gotten lost? Brandyn looked about. Everything looked different in the dark. There was an air of foreboding, and a cold breeze that brought the hairs of his arm to attention.
Several steps were taken to the edge of the waterfall. In the pale light of the moon, he could see the rock pool at the bottom of small waterfall, and beyond that a cave.
Koo-sha-sha-sha-sha
A garbled voice muttered in a gravelly tone.
“Who is there?”
He knew there would be no answer. It was just the water. An echo. Nothing more. But the cave. The cave invited exploration. It was dark. Unpleasant. Yet it took hold of his curiosity in its entirety.
Brandyn clambered down the side of the waterfall. it was only slightly more graceful that a fall. His feet landed in the pool and his shoes finally succumbed to the water. He felt the squelch that would surely not go away until he changed. He wanted to complain, but the cave had his full attention.
”What is in there?”
Only what you take with you.
