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Temple Life (Jedi Temple Yo)

Damian paced around the gym, sweat beating off his brow. Most Jedi only worked on their saber techniques when practicing, but he was doing something entirely different. Amidst the myriad of weights and mats stood a bag, filled with water and sand and lined with thick padded leather. Damian's fist struck the bag once, twice, and a third time. He took careful measure of his fake opponent and made sure to hit with his top two knuckles as to not damage his hands. When he was aboard his grandfather's ship he had used a canvas bag and without gloves the canvas would scratch and cause bleeds in the hands after a hundred or so strikes. The leather was much easier on his hands.

[member="Kana Truden"] had brought him to the temple and so far he wasn’t fitting in. It wasn’t that he was sociable. He knew what people wanted to hear and would oft talk at them in such a manner. Rather it was a nervous energy he felt around the myriad of people. Damian was used to living alone.

The Jedi he’d met so far seemed… prudish. He doubted Kana would approve of his gym clothes a simple tight shirt wicking moisture away from his flesh and a pair of shorts. Kana would probably roll her eyes at. It wasn’t that they were short, or too tight, but they were form fitting. There was advantages to working out this way. It was a fact. Well Kana could be upset all she wanted.

Looking around the room he walked over to his comm unit as it buzzed and picked it up. “Starchaser here,” he said. There was no response. He looked irritated at the deviced and checked it. Text message. He groaned a little as he read the message. It was from the medical droid reminding him of his check up the next day. “Damned automated messages,” he said going back to the bags and striking at them with his fist.
 
Kaia was… well she was sometimes here in the Republic. Other times she was hanging with the Jedi in the Sanctum. She liked to see the galaxy, maybe because she had been so kept from it for a while. But right now? She was walking through part of the training facilities. She was making her way from one of the treadmills to grab some water. Standard Kaia workout attire, tanktop, leggings, and runners, really. She wasn’t that much for the gym, but her father told her she needed to for so many years that she just kept with it?

Yeah, that was her excuse.

And walking past the blonde boy, the one who answered the terminal as ‘Starchaser’ she turned and looked at him. …Marek? No, couldn’t be. Could it? “I thought you were in the Techno Union, exile.” Yeah, that was what that whole side of the family was. Outcasts from the true Starchasers.

[SIZE=11pt]Granted, she’d find herself there too if she didn’t return to the Dawn Treader, but that was besides the point.[/SIZE]

[member="Damian Starchaser"]
 
Damian was about to punch the bag again when a crazy tattooed lady stormed over to him. She had a perplexing look about her as she jabbered on about the Techno Union and Exile. “Look lady, I don’t know who you are, or who you think I am…“ Immediately he stared [member="Kaia Starchaser"] straight in the eyes preparing himself for confrontation. Then again that isn’t what Kana would do….

He stopped and took a few breaths completely taken off guard. “Look I’m sorry. Whoever you are, whoever you’re looking for. I don’t know you.”
 
Crazy? Kaia? Maybe a bit. She had a life where she could’ve stayed in an Imperial ship, become an officer, a pilot, and fought to keep the galaxy from falling to the Sith, or the Jedi. But here? She was just a no-name. Most likely. Hell, she lied most of the time and went by Kaia Topol, her mother’s maiden name, just so people wouldn’t track it to her family, or that obnoxious cousin who was apparently here. So, a lot of good that did.

She quirked up an eyebrow. “So, you’re not him? Or are you that ashamed?” See? There was a reason Starchasers stayed away from the Jedi and Republic. When it came to it, emotions rode close to the surface.

[member="Damian Starchaser"]
 
They both looked at one another with quirked eyebrows. Yes, they were clearly related. Damian signed a sigh, loud enough that everyone could hear it. “I’m not him. I have no dealings with the techno union, although I know who does. Someone who looks very much like me.” He got up close to her, his height near enough hers to look her in the eyes. Its a shame they were related [member="Kaia Starchaser"] was pretty. Not that Damian noticed in that moment, or even suspected they were relations.

“So,” Damian asked finally, “How about we end this now. I am Damian.” He nodded and then added, “And you are?”
 
He sighed a sigh? No, blondie didn’t get to sigh here. He was clearly not from here, and not the right kind of Starchaser. Not ship-borne, and not from the homeworld. She knew that Marek spent time on Corellia, and was from there, but he was from the wrong part of Tyrena, not the same house her father was born in. And who was this? She looked at him as he spoke. He knew… He knew Marek? But wasn’t he? No… too young.

“Kaia.” She said, looking at him with a bit of disdain, and untrusting. “I don’t know any Damian.” Not in her family tree.

[member="Damian Starchaser"]
 
“Why would you know me?” Damian asked. “We haven’t met, I’m not a holovid actor or a rich socialite.” And then he winced. “Oh,” he said thoughtfully. “You think I’m him.”Rolling his eyes Damian took a seat on a nearby bench grabbing a towel and wiping himself off. “Marek Starchaser? The Casino owner? The Hedonistic, neglectful bastard?” There was a twinge of malice in the statements. Why not? Marek had abandoned him and his mother. Not that his mother was a catch, but still. Damian clenched his fists. “Calm…” he said aloud taking a deep breath. “Jedi need to stay calm…”And then he looked to [member="Kaia Starchaser"]. “How do you know Marek?”
 
Okay, clearly Kaia hit a nerve with this kid. He did look like Marek, but he was hella pissed at the name. Not going to say that again. Like talking about Banner in front of the Hulk, apparently. She stood, pretty awkwardly, she might add, looking at [member="Damian Starchaser"] and shrugged. “Well, you look like him.” Right, stupid Kaia, don’t say that. You’ll only make him more cranky.

Neglectful? She knew that he was a hedonist at heart, but… Her father never mentioned any kids. Which is odd that Coren had kids because the writer is terrified of the unplanned children. Or children in general. Nightmare fuel.

“He’s like… a cousin or something.” She shrugged.
 
Damian stared at [member="Kaia Starchaser"] “Of course I look like him,” Damian shot at her, venom his words. “He’s my father, sort of. The man is a despicable, cowardly, money grubbing jerk who uses women and discards them without a single thought as to their well being.” Damian's fists clenched. “He ruined my life.”

Rage. Damian needed to be careful with the rage. This wasn’t acceptable behavior and he knew it and yet... “And you’re part of that same family. Are you from Corellia or the ship? You know with such a small gene pool it's no wonder t [member="Marek Starchaser"]s ended up the way he is. Running around polluting the galaxy.”
 
Father? She didn’t think the Starchaser exile had children. Even her own father wasn’t one for kids, that’s why he was A-Okay with her taking off from the ship, and well, Jared knew what he was doing and went straight into flying. She knew her father cared, but he was out and about in the galaxy more often than not. Exploring and finding new places to find an adrenaline rush out of. “Well, I’ll agree with jerk. The rest…” The tattooed girl shrugged, biting her lip.

“Well, all Starchasers are from Corellia. Some of us just chose the life of service for the Empire in the ship. Others… they abandoned that pledge. I’m from the ship. Just on a… pilgrimage? To find myself and my place in the galaxy.” Jedi Sentinel? Jedi Tech Specialist? Something like that… maybe. She was more at home in a ship anyhow. "Is he really that bad?"

[member="Damian Starchaser"]
 

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