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She bit into the fruit and the skin gave way with a soft pop. Juice welled instantly, flooding her mouth in a rush of sweetness. It was full and sweet, not sharp like citrus nor simple like refined sugar, but bright and tangy. The flesh was soft yet firm, breaking down easily as she chewed, each drop carrying more richness than the last. The gentle edge of tartness kept it from being cloying. The flavor was almost addictive, refreshingly sweet, and left a faint, lingering aftertaste. The fruit, born of a tree rooted in the very heart of this serene Force nexus, seemed to carry with it a sensation. As though the stillness of its source lingered in every drop. With it came a subtle shift: her sense of the Force sharpened, her thoughts lifted in a gentle euphoria, and for a fleeting moment she felt a brush of Oneness, as if the Force itself had drawn her into its embrace.

 

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Seven was a bit overwhelmed by the gentle sensation that came over her. Not because it was harmful, but because it was alien. She had never experienced anything quite like it before. Her body seemed to meld with the world around her, letting the euphoria wash over her. This flow state... was she even thinking?

She could only focus on the embrace of the Force. An empty mind, primed to be guided.

 

[Kai'lyn]

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Kai'lynn slid forward and then right out of the tree, hitting the ground with a solid thump. He lay there, staring up at the branches swaying overhead, their rhythm strangely in time with his own heartbeat.


"...Ow…" he groaned softly, blinking against the shifting canopy above.

But even through the ache, there was something vast. The Force thrummed in his chest like a second pulse, as though it were part of him. It was dizzying, euphoric, like the whole galaxy had leaned down to whisper that he belonged to it, and it to him.

Kai'lynn swallowed, laughter bubbling up in his throat even as his head rang from the fall. "It was… it is…" He didn't have the words... no lesson in the Temple had ever said the feeling would be this alive.

 

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She hardly processed the Togruta boy anymore. Seven had fully surrendered to her trance-like state. Nothing existed but the Force. Her posture was loose, but she held her head up high. The pain, for a moment, did not exist. Only peace. Only calm. All she could feel was impending purpose... There was somewhere she needed to be now.

"Tell me where to go..."

Seven waited patiently for the hand of the universe to guide her.

 

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A soft, somber hymn drifted through the midday air, not carried by sound but by the Force itself, a psalm woven for her alone. It wrapped around her senses, subtle yet insistent, drawing her onward beneath the canopy where sunlight poured in shifting beams through the leaves.

The song guided her to a hidden place, where the forest broke against the thunder of a waterfall. At first, there was only the brilliance of white water crashing down in endless torrents, sunlight scattering across its spray in a thousand fleeting rainbows. The roar was deafening, but still the call persisted, steady and calm beneath the chaos, beckoning her toward the shadowed maw concealed beyond the veil of falling water.

 

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Seven strode towards the waterfall with an ease in her step, as though she were walking on air. The hum of the Force flowed through the torrent, still clear in her mind even as the crashing of the falls rumbled before her. Her hand raised slowly and the water parted for her. The young Evereni strode through the newly created gateway, dry as a bone, into the cavern behind.

 

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The cavern ahead was carved intentionally long ago by sentient hands. That much was evident in the way the arch had been shaped by deliberate design. Its curve held a symmetry too precise for nature, though the edges were worn by the passing of time.

Beyond the darkened threshold she caught sight of someone. A young figure who laughed, flashing her a quick smile. Long black hair framed a face lit by pale, grasshopper-green eyes as the first features that stood out in the dimness. They were dressed in the local tradition: a long, colorful coat and thick, loose pants that swayed with each motion.

The youth lifted a hand and waved as if to encourage her forward, before darting down a side corridor. In an instant they were gone, swallowed by the shadows. Yet the image of them lingered... a faint radiance clung to the vision, a glow that seemed to shine against the heavy dark of the caverns.

 

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Seven was in a flow state, easily guided by the signs around her. When a young figure appeared before her and beckoned with a gesture, she was quick to follow, walking into the darkness of the cavern. The hand-carved steps and archways hardly processed as she drifted through the space, her mind connected to the echoes of the space.

Perhaps she did have some curious thoughts about this place or who that boy was, but they weren't registering with her body at the moment. All she could do was continue to move forwards, following the glow of the stranger as it drew her into the dark...

 

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Eventually, she found a small alcove carved into the stone wall. Resting within was a simple, yet ancient object; a lightsaber hilt, its design archaic and timeworn. It had an odd draw to it as if it were calling her...

 

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Seven knelt slightly to the alcove and withdrew the lightsaber, picking up the blade and taking it into her hands. The crystal within spoke in spectrum of energy unseen and unheard, yet her mind remained open to it all the same. Who's had this been? Indications seemed to lean towards this being a burial complex of some sort. Or at the very least a place to lay the weapons of those who had passed to rest. What sort of Jedi had wielded this blade then?

Mindlessly, or perhaps more accurately in her trance-like state, Seven activated the lightsaber.

 

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The hilt was heavier than expected. Seven's thumb brushed across the activation plate, and with a soft click the mechanism engaged....

But nothing happened.

No blaze of light to shatter the dark. Only silence...

The power cell within had long since drowned, its reservoir of energy bled away by the ages. What she held was no longer a weapon but a relic like vessel emptied of its fire

The lifeless hilt seemed less a failure and more a reminder: all things decay, all echoes fade…

 

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Damaged. The blade would not come to life on it's own. Seven offered a bow of thanks to the resting place the lightsaber had been and set off towards the waterfall once more. By the time she emerged through the waterfall once more the effects of the fruit finally ran their course. The young woman fell to her knees, struggling to breathe for a moment when she came back to the reality of physical existence.

After a moment she called out.

"Hey... uhh. kid?" she asked. "Where'd you get off to?"

 

[Kai'lyn]

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"I have a name, you know~" he chirped, voice piping up from right behind her.

His iridescent eyes gleamed in the low light, catching with a trickster's spark as he leaned in, smirk tugging at his lips, small fangs just barely peeking through.

"Weren't you the one saying not to wander off~?"

The young Togruta was impossible to miss and even harder to ignore. A pest, certainly… but one with a grin sharp enough to prove he knew it.