Private The Journey: Odessen

[Kael Varr Bastiel Skirata]

Tags: Taiia Mataan
Ship: The Cabur Rekr (The Guardian Wolf)
Armor: Dauntless-type Beskar'gam
Blade: Tal'Alor Beskad
Primary Weapon: Plasma Bow
Secondary Weapon: Paired Beskar Tonfa

Kael slowly meditated as he moved through the katta within the cargo area of the Cabur Rekur. He had been travelling for a week now, meditating on where he should be seeking the skills he would need to protect those close to him and to preserve the skills that the Sith and Jedi had cast aside. He paused briefly as the hailing alarm flashed at the front console. From his position on the ship, he used the force to activate the shipwide coms. "Starship Cabur Rekr, this is Odessen. What is your destination and purpose?" What was his purpose? Using the force, he activated his mic, "Odessen, this is Vode Kael Varr Bastiel Skirata, and as for my destination, whatever starport is friendly to members of the Mandalorian Empire."

Once he was given clearance and had landed, he rented a speeder and made his way to where the force was directing him.

 

[Taiia Mataan]

//: Kael Varr Bastiel Skirata //:​

The Force had a habit of leading people to strange places. Sometimes it led them across the galaxy. Sometimes it led them directly back to where they started. For Kael, it eventually led him to the river.

The waters of Odessen moved steadily through the valley, fed by distant mountains and countless smaller streams. The sound was peaceful, broken only occasionally by birdsong or the distant laughter of students somewhere beyond the treeline. Not far from the riverbank, a woman sat beneath a broad tree whose branches stretched out over the water. At first glance there was nothing remarkable about her no grand display of power, no ceremonial robes, no audience. Long crimson hair stirred gently in the breeze as she sat cross-legged in the shade with a datapad resting forgotten beside her, whatever she had been reading no longer holding her attention.

Green eyes lifted from the river and settled on the newcomer. For a moment she simply watched him observing, the same way one might observe a traveler arriving after a long journey. A faint smile touched her lips. "Most people who come this far are usually looking for something." Her gaze drifted briefly toward the speeder before returning to him. "Though in my experience, very few of them know exactly what it is." There was warmth in her voice rather than challenge, an invitation rather than a test.

"Welcome to Odessen." Only then did she offer her name. "I am Taiia Mataan." Her head tilted slightly. "And who might you be?"

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[Kael Varr Bastiel Skirata]

Tags: Taiia Mataan
Ship: The Cabur Rekr (The Guardian Wolf)
Armor: Dauntless-type Beskar'gam
Blade: Tal'Alor Beskad
Primary Weapon: Plasma Bow
Secondary Weapon: Paired Beskar Tonfa

Kael stopped a moment, slowly removing his mask-like buy'ce and setting it on the speeder. He approached the rather beautiful woman sitting by the river. Standing near her, he quietly said, "I am Kael Varr Bastiel, of clan Skirata. You look very much like your daughter, Madam Mataan." He slowly worked to sit down near her without spoiling the beauty of the scene. He was comfortable out in nature, but add a female in the mix, and he was a blushing schoolboy, awkward and shy. He worked to school his face to the impassive mask that he used when working with his mother. "The Force does work in weird ways. The very event that set me on this path sends me to the mother of one of the Vode I went through the Verd'gotten with."