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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:26:53 GMT -5
Coreillia
Landing the luxury yacht at the club's private rooftop landing pad, Locar smiles and says we are here boys.
The small group heads down the private elevator to the clubs main floor filing over to the VIP section, even as Will is greeted by the various staff present.
"Good Evening Mr Paris."
Taking a corner seat, Locar sits back.
Instantly the young Twi'lek Kaylak is by his side with a Brandy.
Tom seeing this, "Been here before Sir." His smile quite evident as he looks around at all the girls dancing.
"This is where Will and I came to when you and Nadia had your first date."
Turning to Kaylak in her language, "It's his bachelor party, he gets married next week."
She returns a smile as she gets up quickly hurrying to a back room.
"Your in trouble now Tom," as Will takes a seat with Zelon Marcy at his side.
"What did you tell her?" Tom questions.
Smiling, "Just that your getting married and we are all here to have a good time."
As he takes his seat he notices the Twi'lek that was with the Admiral leading out ten more girls, pointing him out.
Sitting beside Locar, Kaylak nods her head towards the young teen seated next to Locar.
Looking at Michael sit and stare watching all the women dance around Tom teasingly, never showing much nor touching as they pour drinks into his mouth.
"He's my nephew and designated flyer tonight."
"He nee ance," she questions.
Laughing, "No he doesn't need a dance unless he asks for one."
Leaning over slightly so the boy can hear him, "Did you want one of them to dance for you?"
Turning beet red, turning his head away from the sight. "No Master, Master Nadia would be furious if you let that happen."
"Master Nadia isn't here, its up to you. Course you could use some practice talking to girls without oogling them."
The redness turning up another notch.
Leaning back to Kaylak whispering into her ear, "Sweetie is there another girl that he could just talk with? Perhaps one of the Cook Assistants or something. Not as exotic as you lovelys though."
Her smile as she nods, "I chea"
Walking off with simple sway to her hips of a well practiced partioner of the arts.
Michael's eyes following her the whole way.
"If you stare too hard, you will pop your eyes out of socket."
"Sorry Master."
"No need to be sorry boy, perfectly natural. You have much of your father in you."
Still watching the group dance around poor Tom, "Master aren't you afraid Tom will act on impulses here?"
"No not really, that boy loves Nadia to death. That's why Will called ahead and made sure tonight he would just be teased mercilessly. See how he tries hard to keep his eyes above their necks. He is as uncomfortable right now as you are when you have to practice your hand to hand against Shal."
"I'm not uncomfortable when I fight Shal."
Arching his eyebrow at the young padawan.
"No your pulse just quickens to that worse of Sid facing an Agra."
Knowing he was caught by the Master, his head hangs slightly lower. "Sometimes I can't help it Master."
"It's natural boy, don't fret over it. But your lesson tonight, is how to talk with a girl. By the time we take off, you are to know her first name, last name, who her family is, and what interests she has." Smiling as he sees Kaylak bringing a young girl Michael's age dressed in kitchen gear.
"What's your name young lady?"
Shy and scared at the same time, "Maki, Sir."
"Maki, this is Michael. He needs lessons on how to cook in the kitchen. Can you do that for me? Thank you."
Turning to Michael, "Now go on with yourself go learn," ushering him and the young girl off.
Kaylak takes her seat back next to the young Admiral with fresh drinks for them, looking to simply enjoy evening sitting beside the simple man who never asked for anything more than just a smile and a fresh drink every now and than.
Seeing Michael and Maki go through the kitchen door, Will busts out laughing.
"We all thought you never noticed that boy drooling over that student of yours. Follows her around like a puppy."
"Isn't that cruel and unusual punishment to make him get a life story from a girl."
Laughing himself, "No it will help him pursue Shal. Especially once she learns your seeing Bethany," timing it just as the young Captain is taking his drink.
Choking and coughing on his drink, shocked looking, "How did you know?"
"Your leave papers, Toi never noticed because you all submit them through different chains but she puts everything into a nice single chain for me to read. I noticed your schedules nearly mirrored each other. It isn't a big deal, I'm glad she is moving on in life after Daveron's death."
"But Shal will be a bit jealous I'm sure."
"Why would she be jealous?"
"Who does she ask for pilot lessons?"
"Me"
"Who does she ask what he is doing after lessons, like dinner or something?"
"Me..... O I see. Don't get me wrong sir, she's a nice girl and all. But she's younger than Tom. I just turned twenty-eight myself."
"Isn't the point, Will. It's the phase she's in. It will pbutt, so will the jealousy. It's more infuation than anything at the moment since you have never done anything to lead her on."
"Young Michael just wants the chance, but doesn't have a clue how to approach her. Hopefully tonight he gets that lesson."
"Wait you want him to go after your student?" Will's face showing his disbelief.
"Heaven's no. She's like a daughter, but he's like a nephew to me. And they both need lessons in dealing with the opposite sex."
The men all sitting around the table playing cards with the ladies, losing credits badly for the most part.
When Will breaks out a clear bottle, smiling as he pours shots from it. "Curevian Fire Water," he announces. As everyone starts taking shots.
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:27:07 GMT -5
The young girl walking back in the kitchen followed by Michael, going back to her station of peeling potatos.
"Want some help?"
"Sure," she says with a smile as she hands him a peeling knife.
Taking up the potato, deftly skinning the first one as he reaches for another.
She looks on at him at how quickly he is doing it, "Stop going so fast you will cut yourself."
Laughing, "This is easy, I've done much more dangerous things."
"Like what chopping wood," she says with a teasing laugh. "You don't look like you have been anywhere other than being a servant to the men in there," nodding her head towards the club entrance.
"I'm not a servant, I'm a .....," catching himself before he said Jedi. "I'm one of Mr Rel's friends."
"Funny he ordered you in here like a servant."
Her non-whimsical attitude reminding him of Shal.
"That's because we all work for him."
"Even Mr Paris, I doubt that. Mr Paris owns the club and restraunt we are in. Mr Rel is just a high roller client of his. That's what Kaylak told me."
"Will owns this place.... I didn't know that. I know he has worked for Mr Rel for many years."
"Well he bought the place a few months ago. Mr Rel gave a large tip to Kaylak and Marcy that night. They took all the staff out the next morning."
"How long have you been here working?"
Laughing, "I've always worked here." Pointing with her knife past him at an older woman giving orders out to the staff. "That's my mom, she's been head chef here for about ten years."
Remembering what he needed to learn, "So what's your name anyways? I'm Michael."
Smiling as she continues peeling the potatos, laughingly. "Why do you want to know? Planning on telling all your high society friends about the kitchen girl you had to help."
Shocked, "What? High-Society? uhh. No, no. The only one I might tell is Shal, we tell each other everything."
"Well I'm sure you two boys can get a good laugh out of you being a kitchen boy for a night," she tosses another potato at him. His deftness shocking her as she was sure he wasn't looking at her when she tossed it.
"What? No Shal's is a girl. She is Mr Rel's Pa... apprentice. It's the same position I hold."
Michael's flustering amusing her as she continues to needle at him, "O so Shal is your girlfriend. So you get to tell her that you were helping this poor helpless girl in the kitchen. And be her big shining Knight." Badly tossing another potato at him as she barely looks as she does it.
Michael's natual instincts kicking in as the potato is out of his reach, the Force easily coming to him bringing the potato back to his hand.
"No Shal isn't my girlfriend. Wish she was, but she isn't. She ignores me that way....." seeing the shocked look on the girl's face, "what? What's wrong?" As he glances around behind him.
"H...h..how did you do that?" her eyes large in shock.
"Do what?" Michael puzzled at the look he is receiving.
"You called the potato to your hand, I missed you badly and you called it to your hand. It was past you and you brought it back to you......"
Realizing he had just used his Force powers in front of the girl, he recalls the one warning that Locar and Nadia had given him the last time they came to the planet. 'Be careful who sees you using your powers. We have enemies everywhere.
"What, your crazy no on can do that." The lie spilling out badly from him.
Pointing the peeling knife at him, "Don't lie to me I saw it with my own eyes. You did too cal......"
"Is there a problem, Maddie?" the woman she pointed out as her mother comes by.
"No mama, Mr Rel sent his boy back here to talk with me and stay out of their hair out there in the club. He keeps peeling the potatos wrong and I have to keep correcting them."
Looking at the large pile of peeled ones, "I see. Well we have enough for tomorrow, now get that boy out of my kitchen and go do something else. If Mr Rel and Mr Paris want him busy doing something else, you handle it. Those men have improved life around here a lot. So you take care of their boy here. And keep yourselves out of trouble. Now off with you two," as she ushers them both out a side door to the alley. Closing the door behind them.
Turning back to him, "You tell me or I tell mama what I saw you do."
"No you can't tell anyone, it's a secret. I should have never done that in front of you. You had me all distracted," sighing in fustration thinking he failed.
Turning back to the door reaching for it, "I'm going to tell mama..."
"No don't," reaching out grabbing her shoulder turning her back.
She swings back with the peeling knife still in hand nearly catching his hand before he pulls it away.
"Don't touch me." Holding the small knife meancingly.
Backing off, "I'm not trying to hurt you. I just ..... please don't tell anyone. Don't get anyone, I'll get in trouble. And you could get in trouble if you tell the wrong person."
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:27:30 GMT -5
"What's that," pointing towards his hand at his belt. Her nervousiness slipping through in her voice.
Looking down, seeing his reactions to her swinging the peeling knife was to reach back for his lightsaber.
"It's nothing don't worry about it."
"Don't lie to me, what is it? I've seen something like it before but I don't know what it is."
Knowing he wasn't getting out of the alley without the truth, "It's my lightsaber, ok. You can't tell anyone."
Her eyes growing large, "Your a Jedi, quick come with me!"
Grabbing his hand before he can react, "Come on, hurry."
Being dragged hurriedly along by the young teen. "But I have to tell Master Locar where I'm goin...."
"No time come on."
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:27:46 GMT -5
Being drug along, Michael was quickly losing sight of where he was.
The girl pulling him down various alleys and backways between buildings.
Both panting as he pulls her to a stop, "Wait, I have to tell Master Windu where I've gone," as he reaches for his comm unit.
She quickly covers his hand, "No its ok. You don't have to tell anyone what I'm going to show you...... do you?"
"I don't even know what you are going to show me," an exrasperated Michael exclaims.
"Shhh, you will wake someone up." As she lets herself into a fenced yard.
"Maddie, wait we can't just break in here."
"It's my place, we aren't breaking in. I just don't want to wake my dad."
"Your dad?" in an even quieter voice as he gulps. As she leads him around back to what looks like a run down shack.
Quietly opening the door, she ushers him in quickly shutting locking it behind them.
"Ok we can talk normal in here. Dad built in a sound dampener to the door when I wanted to learn a band instrument so he didn't have to listen to me."
All the while as he watches her start digging through a pile of boxes in a corner.
"I found this box when I was cleaning up in here one day." As she pulls a box out from the bottom handing it to him.
Michael can see the quality of the box has been tarnished over time, but it was an excellent piece of work.
In an elegant script on top of the box it says "For My Son MuCi-ac".
Opening the box, set within its interior with a crushed velvet lining sits a Master's Lightsaber.
Handing him old comics depicting Jedi battles of the Clone Wars, "these were covering the box when I found it. That's how I recognized what it was. I couldn't make it turn on though."
Admiring the saber hilt, "May I?" he asks her as he motions his hands towards it.
"Yes, yes why do you think I brought you here. I want to know more about it. None of my family knew who MuCi-ac was. I had to go find the old family genelogy bible at my grandparents house. It's over there." Pointing to a stack of books as tall as him.
"Grandma had made a late entry before her death that her dad's name was Mu Ci Ac."
As Michael examines the saber hilt he realizes its a force activated blade like his Master's, even as he looks it over the girl scampers over to the pile of books.
Easily igniting the blade, Michael swings the blue blade with a practiced hand, Maddie turning with the book in hand seeing him her mouth gaping open.
"You got it to work! How? You have to show me."
"It's a Force Sensitive Blade. My Master has one much like it, only one sensistive to the Force can use them."
"O, I see." The instant crushing of a dream evident in her eyes. "Well I didn't care for it anyways," as she sits down the book in hand.
Michael instantly recognizing the clbuttic Shal move of pouting and pretending it doesn't bother her, "You don't have to be a Force Sensitive to learn to use one. It's just this one is designed for them only. I know Commander Garrett has one. Locar gave it to him and showed him the basics of it. So learning how to use it isn't a problem. You just need one suited for you."
"Can we trade?" Her eyes lighting up. "Well if yours isn't sensistive, can we?"
"What, no its a normal blade."
Seeing her eyes lighting up, "but I can't Master Skywalker would have me moving rocks for Master t'Asten for weeks."
"Wait....." as she starts digging through some of the comics pulling one out along with an old vid chip.
Putting the vid chip into a player, "You know Anikan Skywalker, he must be ancient by now. I've found these clips from the news from the Clone Wars. He was quite cute back than."
The old screen showing news clips of a young Aniken Skywalker leading troops into battle. Looking at the date time stamps realizing they are all prior to the fall of the Republic at the end of the Clone Wars as the dating wasn't in BBY.
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:28:04 GMT -5
"What's it like being a Jedi? Have you lead troops into battle?"
"I'm just a Padawan."
Seeing her face downturn, " I've been in battles though."
"Really what were they like?" Her face bright and attentive hanging on his every word.
"The space battles are interesting, but no where near as exciting as the ground battles."
"When we took Gresh back from the Empire, the Master had Shal and I helping in the space battle while they took on the Sith and his apprentices."
"To quote them, It is a battle for the Masters. Shal was upset they didn't get to help, but Master Windu had her coordinate the space battle from the Crusader."
"What did you do during the battle?" Her eyelashes batting enamored with the young teen."
"General Garwoken and I, he's a wookie, lead the ground buttault on the occupied city."
"You fought with wookies, your so brave. I've seen a few of them, they are so huge. Was the battle scary?"
As she moves closer to Michael's side as the old vid plays again and again, cuddling against him.
Oblivious to the girls advances as he recounts the battle in detail to her. Nadia's attention to detail lessons hammered home as he recounts exactingly the battle.
The hours pbutting by as he recounts various tales for her, both of them falling asleep in the old shack with a worn blanket over them.
Waking to the buzz of his comm unit, he sees it's Master Windu.
"Yes Master."
"Where did you disappear to Michael, we got a bit worried when we saw your bed wasn't slept in."
Hearing the concern in Locar's voice.
"I'm fine Master. I feel asleep watching movies with Maddie last night..."
"Maddie? who is Maddie? I sent you with Maki last night."
"Maddie is Maki, Master. You told me to learn about her, and I have."
Maddie stirring beside him, her head moving from his chest.
"I see, I expect an interesting report from you when you return to the ship."
"I will see you tonight, we are leaving after dinner. There are a few contracts and shopping lists we have to take care of. Not to mention most of the others are still asleep. If you need more time let me know. We have plenty of leeway today."
"Aye Master."
"Enjoy your day."
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:28:23 GMT -5
Looking up from his chest, "Who was that on the comm?" sleeply.
"It was Master Windu wondering where I was. It was out of the ordainairy for me to be out all night.... Wait won't your mother and dad wonder where you are?" Michael's heart quickening at the thought of her dad coming out here seeing them laying together.
Laying her head back down, listening to his heart race.
"O they never worry about me, you could take him."
Her giggle making him calm down.
"Had you going for a second, didn't I? I could hear your heart racing." Looking up at him smiling.
"No I'm sure Mama saw the light on in here and knew I was out here before she went to bed. Daddy should have left for the factory by now."
His stomach growling, "Maybe we should get some breakfast than."
"I can make us something and bring it out here."
"We can go someplace, I don't want to wake your mom up."
"You go on, I can grab something here," shyly.
Sensing something, "What's wrong, why can't you just go to a cafe for breakfast."
"Well I just can't go. Daddy hasn't given me an allowance this week for extra stuff."
"O its just money? Don't worry about that, Locar and Nadia always make sure I have enough. It will be my treat."
"I thought Jedi didn't have possessions, least that's what I read."
Pulling his boots back on, not recalling when he had kicked them off in the night. "No in times past and present many Jedi believe being materialistic lead to darker emotions. So they shed themselves of it. But quite a few in history had great personal wealth. I know Master Windu has a lot, but he gives a lot of it away."
"O, well you learn something new everyday than. What are you in the mood for breakfast since your buying?"
"You choose, I've never been to this world. I rarely get out of the standard fares around our places."
Thinking for a second, "Is about twenty credits a piece too much for your allowance?"
Smiling, "No, Master Windu is one for deep planning. Should I need to get home on my own, he probably has enough credited to my pbuttword and stick to buy a ship and fly it home."
"Your a pilot too? Ok that's too much your really pulling my leg now." Her face one of disbelief. "Your my age, how did you learn all this."
"It's just stuff I've always known how to do. People have been training me all my life. That's why I'm enjoying my time with you, I get to relax a little and have fun."
Disappearing around a thin curtain, Michael can see the out line of her body as she changes clothes. Catching a whiff of perfume dabbed on, he sniffs himself. Walking over to a small sink on one wall, he splashes water on his face cleaning up a bit with soap.
"You don't have to bath to go to breakfast with me," she says as she comes back around seeing what he is doing.
"What? No, just freshening a bit. I smelled you dab your perfume, and I took a whiff of myself smelling like some of Locar's cigar."
Smiling, "I kinda liked how you smelled last night."
Taking his hand before he could say anything leading him off in the morning to a small out of the way cafe.
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Reading a few reports, Locar listens to Kate giving him a rundown while he waits for the young Padawan to return.
"Ok Kate let me get this straight, he spent money today at two small cafes, a book store, a comic shop, a clothing store, a few taxis, and the last was a charge at a nice restraunt. Doesn't sound like he's done too much to get in trouble than."
"Burrlaaa aaaa Kooo"
"O and he downloaded several history books and genalogy books from our servers. Along with a few tech manuals, most of which are fifty years out of date. Like I said not too much trouble at all."
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Most of the men lounging around the ship's entrance waiting on the Padawan's return, deciding to play a few rounds of Sabaac with Locar teaching them some of the more inner secrets to the game.
When Captain Paris looks up and says, "Isn't that Michael coming down the street there? Holding hands with some girl in a dress."
Tom looking over the edge of the building, "Sure is, he's with that girl from last night too. Holding her hand and everything."
All the men get a good chuckle at the young lad as he walks towards the building.
Going back to their game, Locar pretends not to notice when Michael and Maddie appear at the rooftop entrance.
But nothing stopped the men from all noticing the kiss the girl gave him as they said good-bye to each other.
Watching him about to go up the ramp, she calls out, "Bye Mickey call me."
Locar shakes his head, wondering to himself what he got poor Michael into now. Knowing the ribbing the men would give him once under way.
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Post by Yeti on Dec 3, 2013 9:28:42 GMT -5
Setting the autopilot up once they cleared the gravity well.
Glancing at the insturment panel.
'Only a day to get back, not too bad.'
Moving back to the lounge of the ship, where the men all sit talking smoking cigars laughing and talking, from all appearances at more Michael's expense.
"So Mikey, you know the three day rule on calling a girl right."
"Never knew you were such a ladies man, Mickey."
On and on the ribbing continued for a few minutes, till Locar speaks up as he takes his seat in the lounge.
"So 'Mikey', fell asleep watching movies? Anything else ya want to share?"
Looking the Admiral in the eye, "No Master, we were watching old news clips of the Clone Wars together. She had showed me a lot of stuff, even an old lightsaber she had. It was her Great Great Grandfathers....."
"Wait, a saber? Is she a Force Sensitive?"
"No the saber was a Sensitive Blade like Master Skywalker's. She could never turn it on. It was her Great Great Grandfather's, he had left it to his son MuCi-ac in a really nice hand carved wooden box. From what Maddie told me her Great Grandfather was born a few years after Order 66."
"Were you able to find out the original Jedi's name?" queries Locar.
"No that's why I downloaded the genalogy records for Coreilla for her. She wanted to research it. The only thing she knew was MuCi-ac was written into the Family Bible prior to her Grandma's death as her father's name. She had found the box when she was cleaning up her Grandparent's place after they pbutted away."
"I see, do you plan on continuing to see her?"
The look on the young Padawan's face, one of questioning.
"Well she was fun to be around, I did enjoy spending the night and day with her."
Smiling, "Well than you get to let your mother and Nadia know."
Laughing with the rest of the men, "How about a game of Sabaac, we will be back at the Dragon in twenty-four hours."
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