The Soldier and the Jedi: Confronting Ideologies

[Solemn]

"Master....."

It has now been approximately three days since Rune has learned of his previous Jedi Master's disappearance and, ever since then, he had been in deep grief for the loss he has just suffered. Kaila, for that is his Master's name, was very close to him. Although he doubted that she probably ever knew about how he evaluated her as the mother he has never gotten in his childhood, the pain of seeing her disappear in such a way from his life was grand still, and he could not think of anything else.

Stuck within his ship's cockpit, the ship being in Hyperspace, Rune had, since Kaila's disappearance, been heading towards Yavin IV to search for a new Jedi Master that could potentially teach him more about the Force. Despite how selfish Rune himself even judged such actions, he knew that his previous Master would had asked him to do so if she would had fallen in such dire trouble, because, for her to disappear in such a way, she must had fallen into some sort of conflict. Whether said conflict is personal or not, Rune was completely unaware of the details, but he was not going to ponder much more onto the matter, for he knew that it would only aggravate the sadness in his heart and mind. He already knew what happened to many Jedi in the past that fell victim of sadness, and were brought closer to the Dark Side.

And he must not bring himself closer to the Dark Side....... No, he mustn't. No, he should clearly not do so......

But how? He was still a Padawan, and he has not even met a Sith yet in his whole lifetime. The powers of the Dark Side were completely unknown to him, yet everyone qualified them as so terribly dangerous...... But why?

For now, Rune preferred not to think of it any longer. Yes, the Force was indeed one of the things he is most interested about, but, now, he must focus on his task at hand, which is to arrive on Yavin IV as soon as possible.

It was then that, suddenly, his ship was brought out of Hyperspace, and red lights started flashing around the cockpit, which made the young man blink, then frown.

"Fuel."

He left out a sigh, then started looking around at the blank nothingness of space, trying to see if there were any planets around the area. Damn it.... Fuel is such a necessity. Before leaving the Coruscanti Senate, he should had thought about buying some fuel for his ship. Luckily, that was when he noticed that a planet in the distance was slowly starting to shape, along with a moon orbiting around it. As he approached the planet more and more as slowly as possible so he could conserve as much fuel as he possibly can, Rune slightly frowned once he realized that the planet and the moon were none other than Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa.

Now that was something that he was hoping to avoid during his travels. Nal Hutta and Nar Shaddaa are both infamous for their high amount of Pirates and multiple smugglers, and, by the point he would even reach a market to buy some fuel, Rune would probably notice that his ship would be gone. Crossing his fingers, Rune would let out a small sigh once again, then head towards Nar Shaddaa, the most "hospitable" of the two chunks of rocks, if the Jedi could even consider the word hospitable to even remotely right for such dangerous places.

"I suppose I do not have any other choices."

Soon enough, he would land on Nar Shaddaa within a public space, making sure that the area was occupied by many ships at the same time so that it wouldn't be caught on its own and stolen too easily. Getting off his ship within his casual clothes, not wanting to attract any particular attention, the young man would look around, slightly taken aback by the blinding neon lights beaming from everywhere and the multitude of shady-looking individuals walking around the ship bay. Staying calm, the Jedi would then head forward out of the ship bay and into one of the many streets of the wretched and corrupted moon, both of his weapon placed under his jacket to make sure that no one would pickpocket him any of his goods.

 

[Farryn Loragwyn]

Nar Shaddaa, the planet of scum was not a place a Galactic Republic soldier would want to be caught visiting but it couldn't be helped. Although it was the moon where scum gathered like cockroaches, it was also where one would visit if they were looking to buy some information.

Dressed in boxy masculine attire and her weapons in full view, as Nar Shaddaa was no place for a for a woman especially if she was unaccompanied. Sofia headed to the usual place to meet her information vendor. She passed a ship bay where the rabble arrived and departed with their wares, Sofia hid the disgust she felt towards behind her poker face. If only there was another information vendor with reliable information on the Sith she would not have to venture out into a disgusting place like this.

As she walked to her destination, she noticed there was something off about one of the people in the crowd but that was not her concern. He or she will so learn that the residents of Nar Shaddaa can smell your insecurities and wait until they have an opportunity and attack you, taking everything you have on your person.

[member="Rune Talrik"]

 

[Solemn]

As Rune walked on the streets of Nar Shaddaa along the many other people that did the same around here, looking as shady as the entire planet as a whole, of course, ranging from the usual smuggler-looking individual to the heavily armed men with armor covering their bodies from head to feet, the Jedi Padawan would suddenly spot a figure that was a bit different than the others within this dangerous crowd, making him slightly lift an eyebrow at the sight. For a moment, he thought of this person as a man, just like him and all of the other persons here on this planet, as it seemed, but.... now that he took a closer look at the figure's body structure and its facial expression in the distance, Rune was able to decipher the figure's true gender.

This person was a woman.

This realization made Rune sightly sigh as he understood the reasoning behind this stratagem and he really couldn't blame the woman for what she was doing. On a planet as dangerous as Nar Shaddaa, where the Hutt species is considered superior above all, it is no surprise that the slave market is rather popular around here. And what the slave market wants, women, is usually and unfortunately what the slave market gets, whether the women aimed by the slave market wants it or not. The only reason why Rune was aware of such horrible things was because of all the books he had read about this moon and he still wasn't sure if that was a really good thing to learn about or not.

Nevertheless, saving a woman was not why he came here for. He needed to buy fuel, or else he would be stuck on this rock for a good while. Fortunately, if that ever happens, he was aware that the Jedi Academy Network had a bunch of Academies around here, so, if he ever needs help, he can always get in contact with them.

Looking around to see if there were any shops around the vicinity of the area he was in, Rune would soon spot a mechanic shop which seemed open and he would head forward towards it, acting as civil as possible while he did so. For now, he had not gotten into any trouble, which he considered to be, quite frankly, a miracle.

[member="Sofia Annesley"]