Mission Voices from the Void | Refuge

[Jasper Kai'el]

Refuge
Tags: Braze

Lightsaber, Refuge, Respite, Jedi Outcasts, Grafted into Stone
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"I miss how things used to be..."

Jasper was a bit taken aback by the sudden emotion. Admittedly, he thought he had been a bit awkward. Maybe just the strangeness of his boy setting off to be his own man, leaving him to his own devices. Braze had always been independent, obviously, but sometimes Jasper wasn't really sure what was too much or too little now that he so regularly did his own thing. Of course, the natural end all of it was a hug, one that Jasper was careful to do with only his organic arm.

"You can come back any time you need to," Jasper stated to his son. "Maybe things are different these days, but I'll always have an open door wherever I am. Just... don't get too wound up in what you're doing out there. Visit from time to time... It'll help stave off burnout."

Jasper would then draw away and allow Braze to use Psychometric. There wasn't a lot to glean, only little instances. Thyme being thrown to the floor, the distant cry of pain from an elderly man, the splattering of blood against the stone floor... and then darkness. Something unusually silent in the Force had been in this place, and their presence made any clear vision of what had occurred murky. Only one thing was clear and apparent about this individual.

A grin made up of exclusively sharp incisors, the teeth specialized for consuming meat. They were stained with the green blood indicative of a Duros. Just as soon as they would appear to Braze, they slipped away.

 

[Braze]

Tags: Jasper Kai'el

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Braze had fully embraced Jasper in turn, hugging the man tightly. So much had changed, and he knew the man had lost friends as well. Knowing they still had each other meant something that Braze simply couldn't quantify or put into words, so the usually yappy young man had fallen unusually silent.

"Thank you for always being there for me," he mused softly, doing his best to maintain the less-teary-eyed facade of calmness he'd learned to uphold.

After pulling away from the chains, he frowned, shaking his head and blinking. In a morbid way, it reminded him of a memory that had once been more of a novelty, something almost nostalgic, now tainted just a little by the revelation.

"I think there may have been some kind of suppression or resistance here… maybe indicative of the ever-elusive means of nullification," he said, recalling how one could obscure things inside a box from a Force user.

"I think whoever she had… with her… may have been this monster's last meal." A touch of disgust entered his tone as his frown deepened.

He moved to stand and dispensed some sweet-scented hand sanitizer from a small, travel-sized Tooka-shaped container before offering the strawberry-and-cream-scented cleaner to Jasper, should he want any. Braze took his time cleaning his hands thoroughly, rubbing the sanitizer in before re-donning his gloves.

 

[Novac Lyrikal]

Starlin Dinn Jasper Kai'el Braze

Novac rasied slightly, still not to his full height, and gave Japser a quick "Will do sir." and when the girl said "when im not shaking" Novac said to her "oh no no, i didnt mean like right now or even soon, doesn't even have to be today miss. im sure your going through a lot, and have"

As he went out with the girl and Starlin he listened to him talk, it made him think about his own past a bit, "You know, that kind of reminds me of me. I was like that to, not knowing much about anything. Guess the three of us have that in common then huh?" He said, trying to make the girl feel a bit more understood in a way.

When she gave her nameand asked for theirs Novac gave a small bow "Novac Lyrikal, at your service"

 

[Starlin Dinn]

"I didn't know what any of it meant either" he confessed, "I know this is all so very overwhelming, but you're in good hands now... and I am so very sorry for all you've been put through." His hand was gentle in hers, as he led the way back toward the ship.​

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Starlin glanced to Novac as the man made it known that he too was not raised among this level of technology. "What are the chances?" he said with a small smile, finding himself again now that his shame had begun to fade. "I'm Starlin, by the way," he informed the woman, as they made their way out into the muggy jungle beyond.

"This," he said, gesturing to the ship that had brought them down to Refuge, "Is a spaceship, Miss Thyme" he explained, "It is almost like a bird, it flies through the sky but also through the stars. And droids... are, erm... sort of like mechanical beings?" The boy shook his head. "It doesn't matter right now. Let's focus on getting you settled, okay?"

He gestured up the boarding ramp, but he did not force her up it. "It's safe in there, I promise" he said, "We can find you something to eat, and drink, and maybe a nice blanket to get you warm?" He looked her over then. "Are you hurt at all, Miss Thyme?"

Thyme Novac Lyrikal Jasper Kai'el Braze ​

 

[Thyme]

Refuge
Tags: Starlin Dinn , Novac Lyrikal

"Is a spaceship, Miss Thyme" he explained, "It is almost like a bird, it flies through the sky but also through the stars. And droids... are, erm... sort of like mechanical beings?" The boy shook his head. "It doesn't matter right now. Let's focus on getting you settled, okay?"

Thyme tilted her head as she took in the sight. Space ship. It wasn't anywhere close to the same shape or size, but flying through the sky like a bird... that dark thing in the sky, the machines that swept over them... Advanced technology. It all made her feel rather small, realizing that the thing that had made her last year-or-so hell were things that were so common.

At least she didn't seem to be alone in her unfamiliarity.

"Novac Lyrikal, at your service"

"I'm Starlin, by the way,"

And it was nice to at least know peoples names. People that didn't threaten to eat her. After a moment she spoke again.

"Uh, I'm not hurt..." she finally decided. "Not... that I know of, I thing. Just a little sore from being stuck in the same spot for a while."

After a moment of hesitation, there was a clacking sound as her hooved feet made contact with the ramp to board the ship. The stress seemed to fade quickly. All of a sudden she was like a little kid, visiting a museum or something equivalent for the very first time. Wide eyes, reverent, not touching anything. Even so, she was absorbing all of this new with great interest.

"Where... did all of this come from?" Thyme asked. "Did you make this? Did it... appear? Was it magic? Are..."

And then her face became a darker blue as her tone softened.

"Sorry..." she muttered. "You all... said you were new to this too, right?"

It would be silly to bombard them with questions.

 

[Jasper Kai'el]

Refuge
Tags: Braze

Lightsaber, Refuge, Respite, Jedi Outcasts, Grafted into Stone
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"I think there may have been some kind of suppression or resistance here… maybe indicative of the ever-elusive means of nullification," he said, recalling how one could obscure things inside a box from a Force user.

"I think whoever she had… with her… may have been this monster's last meal."

"Explains why we didn't feel anything," Jasper muttered, rubbing at his chin. "Void stone and ysalamiri don't linger, not like this. I'm not really sure I'm equipped to understand this yet."

This sort of reminded Jasper of his youth, facing the Brotherhood of the Maw's Knights of Ren. The man he fought against on Teta was a cannibal, he stated as much. The idea of eating the flesh of another sentient being was certainly disturbing, but this clearly wasn't the work of a Sith.

So what was it?

"We can at least infer that this was some sort of forced-labor operation, on what there's not a lot of evidence," he mused. "They picked this place dry. We're going to have to have this place combed through to see if there's anything we can use to identify our culprit."

He paused, thinking back to that place under Respite.

"What are the chances that this 'she' is one of those things?" the Master suggested. "From that lab bunker."

 

[Braze]

Tags: Jasper Kai'el

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“I think that fits the description we were given…” Braze offered softly, looking around with a frown. He had little desire to linger here any longer than necessary.

“I just can’t figure out why they would want us to know about them. If their only goal was to find her suffering and emotional turmoil amusing… then they sound like little more than a sadistic monster.”

“Not gonna lie...Getting kind of sick of all the depraved lunatics running around…” He sighed, his gaze continuing to sweep their surroundings. “Should we head back, or search some more?”

 

[Jasper Kai'el]

Refuge
Tags: Braze

Lightsaber, Refuge, Respite, Jedi Outcasts, Grafted into Stone
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“Should we head back, or search some more?”

"Not sure if we're even equipped to find anything more of value right now," Jasper admitted with an exhale. "Best we can do is make sure our new friend is comfortable enough to tell us what happened. Get a better idea for what this... thing wants."

He was inclined to agree. It was strange that this 'she' wanted them to know about her existence. Was it just to get in their heads? Maybe. He wasn't all too sure, but he knew that this place was picked clean. That probably meant that the necessary steps were taken to ensure that they couldn't be followed. Given the lack of surveillance around Refuge as a whole, he doubted anyone picked up on the departure of a lone vessel.

Or... did they even depart by vessel? They might be anywhere on Refuge.

"No sense in hanging around," he decided. "Let's get back to Grafted into Stone."

 

[Novac Lyrikal]

Thyme Starlin Dinn Braze Jasper Kai'el

Novac saw it, her wonder, "It was build, don't know how long it took or anything. And don't be sorry for asking. I use to be new to all this, but its been a few years now, don't know everything of course but still. For up to my late teens i didn't know anything about droids or ships. But i finally left my home planet and feel in love with machinery like droids. Honestly I could go on for hours about them"

 

[Starlin Dinn]

When she spoke of being sore, Starlin perked up a little. "Oh, I know just the thing" he said, "there's this room onboard the ship, it's like a bathroom but... more intense." In his mind it was more intense, because where Starlin came from a bathroom was for, well, a bath. "In a good way. Nice hot water, that flows over you like a waterfall. It's reaaally soothing on aching muscles. Maybe it'll be nice for you to wash up? A fresh start?"​

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It had been nice for Starlin the first time he had discovered it.​

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Once they were inside the ship, he watched as her face ran through a thousand emotions and thoughts. He recognized himself in her immediately, for unlike the others it had not been years or even months since he had first stepped foot into the strangeness of this Galaxy; weeks, for Starlin it had been weeks, and he was still very much in that adjustment period.​

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"So the doors will open by themselves," he explained, "You just have to press this button," he showed her on one of the random rooms in the initial hallway, "But the room I mentioned has a lock, too, so you can have your privacy, yeah? You want to eat first, Miss Thyme?"​

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Her questions he could not really answer because he had the same ones still lingering in his mind, but he knew how to look after guests. Uncle Darien was always having guests, it came with his position.​

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"Are you hungry, Novac?" he went on to ask.​

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Novac Lyrikal Thyme Braze Jasper Kai'el ​

 

[Braze]

Tags: Starlin Dinn Novac Lyrikal Jasper Kai'el

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Braze nodded softly in agreement with Jasper. “All right.”

He didn’t want to spend any more time in this dark, sorrowful place than he had to. He followed Jasper back and stifled a small yawn upon stepping aboard the ship, then sought out the copilot’s chair and curled up within it, settling into the plush folds of his cloak.

He trusted both Novac and Starlin to treat their new guest well.

 

[Thyme]

Refuge
Tags: Starlin Dinn , Novac Lyrikal

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"In a good way. Nice hot water, that flows over you like a waterfall. It's reaaally soothing on aching muscles. Maybe it'll be nice for you to wash up? A fresh start?"

"But the room I mentioned has a lock, too, so you can have your privacy, yeah? You want to eat first, Miss Thyme?"

After a moment of processing it all, Thyme shook her head.

"I-I think I just wanna sit down somewhere," she admitted.

She couldn't really think about eating or bathing, she was really just overstimulated. Eating especially. If she ate anything right now she doubted her stomach would retain it for long. Thyme did, for a moment, reach out and activate the motion door. It was like witchcraft, things she had only ever seen shamans do. Yet they were built to move on their own? The idea felt so absurd.

Then again, so was being inside of a false bird.

It was build, don't know how long it took or anything.

That was the fact that hung her up the most. This was built. Somebody created this, without any sort of magic. It was about then, though, that a thought came to her mind.

"Can... this machine take me home?"

 

[Jasper Kai'el]

Refuge
Tags: Braze

Lightsaber, Refuge, Respite, Jedi Outcasts, Grafted into Stone
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He followed Jasper back and stifled a small yawn upon stepping aboard the ship, then sought out the copilot’s chair and curled up within it, settling into the plush folds of his cloak.

Jasper settled himself into the pilot's seat, settling into the familiar grooves of the seat. After a moment he turned and assessed Braze. Sunken eyes weren't a shock. He knew that the Echani was keeping himself busy to his own determent. Jasper knew that because he did the exact same thing.

"Take a nap," Jasper suggested. "You look beat to heck and back, kid..."

He'd give his son a warm smile.

"Don't worry about a thing," he insisted. "I'll take care of things."

 

[Novac Lyrikal]

Thyme Starlin Dinn Braze

"Oh course. Please take all the time you need to rest. As to if can take you home...It can, if you know where your home is, or what planet your home is on. If you don't then it gets more complicated, not saying no don't get me wrong." Novac didn't know anything about her species so he couldn't ask if her species home planet was her home. Hopefully she knew, but what if her people called the planet something else then what the rest of the galaxy does? no, no, it'll be fine, we can get her home. Novac told himself.

 

[Starlin Dinn]

Sit down. Starlin nodded, he understood that, the need to sit and decompress, so instead of the refresher or the galley he brought her to the lounge.​

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"I'll find you a blanket and something to drink" he said softly, leaving her in Novac's hands for a moment. Her question had struck a difficult chord with the boy who himself was still unsure if he would ever find his way home. He didn't know the name of his homeworld, did not know how to get back there, and the flash of panic that realization brought about needed nipping in the bud before he showed his face again.​

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He wandered down to a supply cupboard first, to get out a blanket, then to the galley to make a couple of drinks options. Water, of course, some sort of sweeter juice - to help with the shock - and finally, some tea.​

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Uncle Darien always had tea prepared for guests and Starlin felt it only right to do so now. He set drinks and accoutrements like sugar and milk onto a tray, then took a moment to breathe.​

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"You're going to see them again" he whispered to himself, of his beloved Uncles. "You can't give up." Not even if Lyra Ventor had been incapable of tracing his ships logs back to the planet. Not even if other-Starlin had not known where to send him. He took bigger, deeper, slower breaths, trying his best to meditate in real time as Uncle Theryn had taught him.​

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Ever conscious of the fact that he did not want the tea getting cold.​

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Novac Lyrikal Thyme Jasper Kai'el Braze ​

 

[Thyme]

Refuge
Tags: Starlin Dinn , Novac Lyrikal

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As to if can take you home...It can, if you know where your home is, or what planet your home is on. If you don't then it gets more complicated, not saying no don't get me wrong.

All they needed was a name? Well, that sounded simple enough, every child was told the name of where they lived. If planet was just another word for where you came from, then she could very easily give an answer for that.

"Tahdooene," she stated, her tone confident in such a fact. "I'm not... sure if it's one of those planets you mentioned, but it is my home. It's covered in beautiful blue oceans, but there isn't much land so we live in a town that floats."

Maybe describing her home would make it clearer? She wasn't really sure, though, her people didn't have the advanced tech of these strangers at all. They probably had never met, let alone traded goods. It was possible, in her mind, that they had no clue where her home was.

It didn't even cross her mind that her home may no longer exist.

 

[Novac Lyrikal]

Thyme Starlin Dinn

Tahdooene, tahdooene, Novac repeated a few times in his head. Did she mean tatooine? Probably not, there where plenty of planets that had similar names. So a ocean world with little land and that name... ... ...wait

Novac just stood there for a moment thinking She couldn't mean what i think she means right? There's no way, well no there where others that where from the past, frozen in carbonite or what not, he even knew someone like that personally. But this, that was thousands of not tens of thousands of years ago.

Quickly Novac started to use telepathy on Starlin Dinn Sorry for suddenly being in your head but Thyme just said something big, please come back quickly. I think she's from the past, far in the past. I don't know how, there's ways that that can happen but I've never heard of someone being from that far back.

 

[Starlin Dinn]

The boy was still in the middle of trying to tame his panic when an only semi-familiar voice popped up in his mind. He jumped where he stood, grateful that the tray still sat upon the galley's counter, and looked around the room.​

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He was no stranger to being spoken to telepathically, Darien Cordel liked to make use of it when Starlin was across the Ziggurat or if he was particularly exhausted. It was how he spoke to his two attendants, too, the mouth pieces of his divine commands, and how the Zaathri communicated... but that didn't mean it was something he was expecting out here in the big wide Galaxy.​

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It took him a moment to process what Novac had said as a result, and in the end he wasn't even sure he did understand it. Still, he drew a deep breath, put on his best I'm fine mask, and then took up the tray to walk back into the lounge.​

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"I have a blanket for you, Miss Thyme," the boy said softly, leaning down so she could grab it from his shoulder. "And a few choices for drinks. Water, tea, and a juice that reminds me of the citrus from back home. Please, help yourself."​

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Only then did he set down the tray and look to Novac. "Are you okay?" he asked as an aside, voice soft. While Thyme selected her drink, Starlin stepped around the table to settle beside him. "Talk to me?" Not that he knew what use he could be in all of this, but he was a very good listener... usually. When he didn't think children were crying, and wasn't trying to process voices in his head.​

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Thyme Novac Lyrikal ​

 

[Novac Lyrikal]

Starlin Dinn Thyme

Novac was still talking in Starlin's mind she said she waws from tahdooene, that's what the jawa's or what jawas use to be i think, can't fully remember, but that's what they called tatooine *before it was a desert planet. Back when, as she just said to me "covered in beautiful blue oceans, but there isn't much land so they live in a town that floats." That shouldn't be possible, or maybe it is. I know this one women( Iandre Athlea ) who's from the clone wars. So I know its possible but this? It was at least thousands of years ago, if not tens of thousands.*

He looked over at her for a moment So first we should probably break the news, somehow...No wait, maybe we should get Jasper Kai'el first and let him know about this, he'd probably know what to do right, or at least what to say to her?

 

[Starlin Dinn]

Starlin was left feeling in over his head, as Novac's voice rang through his mind. It was a two-fold attack, the telepathy itself was mentally draining for him and the words themselves were... foreign.​

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We should wait to speak to Mister Jasper the boy agreed, focusing intently in order to transfer his thoughts to Novac's mind. The native Zaathri on his homeworld exclusively communicated via telepathy, so Starlin was no novice. Still it had been a tiring day, no a tiring few weeks, and he was finding his ability a little lacking as a result. More focused, less natural. We don't want to risk spooking or overwhelming her. That's a lot to drop on someone, especially since we're not completely certain about it.​

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Star had learned his lesson about rushing headlong into a thing. He didn't want to see Novac in trouble for doing the same thing.​

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Novac Lyrikal Jasper Kai'el Thyme Braze ​