Star Wars

Reincarnated as a Tooka

A Isekai Star Wars Story

Part 3a – Vanvaris

The force is what gives a Jedi his power, it is an energy field created by all living things

- Obi-Wan Kenobi, in hyperspace enroute to Alderaan, just hours before the battle of Yavin

Tooge got the clearance for liftoff as Undryl took a seat near the bridge of the vessel, she was calm and quiet, somewhat meditative through the whole ordeal. The sooner she got to Corellia the better off she could be. She had a need to speak to a dear friend, and see herself get buried. Within moments they were in the inner orbit levels of Rishi, it was going to be an hour at the very least according to Tooge before he'd have the coords to Corellia, but once the navicomputer gave him the directions it was just the task of mapping it in and hitting the big green button to get their asses moving.

Undryl sighed and stepped from her chair with a soft thump on the floor panels. It somehow felt quieter than normal. "I am going to take a walk through your vessel, you do not mind this do you ?" Undryl asked to Tooge as he took a seat at the controls, the autopilot got them that far, the rest was manual until he hit the hyperdrive.

"Not at all, make yourself to home." Tooge replied with a gentle, albiet as best he could manage as a Rishii didnt exactly have lips, smile.

"Thank you" Undryl said, it felt good to have permission, even though she had already explored the vessel when it was in production on Corellia.

Stepping from the bridge into the corridor, Undryl let her childhood memories surface and briefly saw herself in the production line inspecting the vessel. Trailing a gentle feline finger upon the wall, the woman turned Tooka wandered the starboard corridor seemingly aimlessly.

She remembered inspecting the corridor, finding cracks in the panels, weld lines where there shouldnt be, she remembered calling for the production to stop and the lot to get sidelined for refixes. Of course her father occasionally got annoyed at how she did the job.

But he could not deny the fact that when Undryl personally inspected the corridors of each new ship it only made the buyer twice as happy to find the ship perfectly silent from all sounds, and full structural integrity on delivery. There was also the minor fact that Undryl knew she was not alone in her wanderings.

When she found the conference room and the fact this model had two decks in total, she found herself wandering towards the aft of the ship. Opening the engine room, Undryl sighed, somehow it felt like home, the low hum of the engines around her made her smile slightly.

But it was short lived as she felt someone nearby. A soft sigh again was let out of her chest. "You are curious about me, arent you ?" Undryl asked, turning from the engine to face the huge brute of a man cat.

"That I am, in more ways then you know." Baozi replied in the simple truth.

"Alright, then let us start with the formalities then ?" Undryl said.

"Fair deal, I am Jedi Master Baozi Vanvaris, and you are ?" Vanvaris asked her.

For a long moment Undryl had to think carefully. Finally she said "I do not know, I only know that I am a Jedi Master, at least I have the abilities of one or two. But I also am not sure entirely what I am" She said

"You do not have a name ?" Boazi asked her, a confused tone in his voice

"I do, but you might think I am crazy to use it because I'm supposed to be dead" Undryl replied simply

"I am not so sure about that, I did some looking. But still, what is your name ?" Baozi pressed

Undryl sighed, then said. "I am Undryl Stathe. At least, I was." she said truthfully

Baozi had no idea at first how to take such information. Undryl Stathe was dead, killed by a bladed weapon, possibly a lightsaber, it was why he was going to Corellia to begin with, to identify who killed Undryl Stathe. And at that very moment, she was alive and talking to him ?

Not possible!

But then, all things were possible with the Force as the guiding hand. So if this female Tooka like creature said she was infact Undryl Stathe, then who was he to believe otherwise ?

"I know it is a lot to take in, me being dead, at least my human body being dead, in truth, I am quite alive, but" She looked down at herself, clearly upset by her predictament. "I am not human anymore, its not easy to explain" Undryl said, she tried to smile, "But I am indeed Undryl Stathe"

"It explains how you found yourself down here of all places, listening for the hum of the engine in the ship ? My padawan says we're not moving, but I can sense otherwise." Boazi said simply as the two started walking back to the conference room. "You have some grasp of the Force, do you not ?"

"I do" Undryl said in reply. "From what I know, I have yet to really try them out."

"Do you have a weapon ?" Baozi asked

"Not yet, but I think I have an idea of how to get one. It is part of why I need to get to Corellia, and quickly." She then explained the relic as best she could remember to Boazi.

The catman nodded thoughtfully, "Sounds like you had a Kyber Crystal growing up, and kept it in your room, but also had a few other things to go with it. Most Force traditions rarely made relics, but this one sounds important. It also sounds very old."

"The Balkavan Hall wanted to buy it from me for six million credits. I said no and chose to keep it in my personal safe" Undryl had found the odd relic, about the size of a small shoto style lightsaber hilt, in Axial Park by chance, and after having the Headman of Balkavan Hall inspect it with their machines, found it to be an old hilt with a crystal still inside, but the power supply and other elements that actually powered a lightsaber were long useless.

"You want to go to Corellia to get this relic, before it falls into the wrong hands ?" Baozi asked as he took a seat in the conference room, Undryl hopped easily onto a chair and sat down in it. But she also nodded. "I think it works out, before your body is buried, Tobias Stathe asked for me to find out who and what killed his daughter. According to the report I was given, its a blade of some kind."

Undryl nodded. "Indeed, I felt a searing heat, then nothing. On my spine." Undryl replied, in her Force Image of herself she had spotted the blood red line, a cut of some form ? On her back, going from the base of her tail to the base of her neck. It was red, like a bloodied scar.

"While I inspect your body, you can get that relic." Baozi thought, it could work out well enough.

"So you are not confused, or spooked by how this all is ?" Undryl asked "Me being dead and all I mean."

"I have decided that, while it is rather unsettling, questioning the Force is a bad idea, if you are indeed Undryl Stathe, and I feel in my heart that you speak the truth. Someone killed you, but then the Force brought you back... like this. What are you ?" Baozi replied

"That is a good question. Jedi Master, what am I ?"

"Answer: You are a subspieces or master spieces of Tooka, normally found in abundant numbers on the planet Lothal, Rishi, and Ord Radaama, occasionally taken as exotic pets on other planets like Taris, Coruscant and Corellia, their native planet of origin is unknown."

"Ah, thank you" Undryl thought, finally saying aloud "I am a Tooka, at least, that is what I feel I should be. Most Tooka arent this big are they ?" Undryl was right, most Tooka that Baozi was used to was half her size or even smaller. But that didnt really matter at the moment, what mattered was that she was alive, Undryl Stathe was not dead, her human body might be dead, but she was alive in a much smaller, much... fuzzier body over anything else.

"Very well, I will refrain from using your true name however when we get to unless you say otherwise, the last thing we need is for your father to go berzerk and refuse to believe you're still alive. We will have to think of a cover name for you on this mission" Boazi was already thinknig of what kind of name to use.

"What about your name, Master Vanvaris, siblings, or cousins twice removed or something ?" Undryl offered

"My last name is quite common on my homeworld, and many Jedi are in my family, so it wouldnt surprise me if I had a cousin who is a Jedi and I never knew it, very well, you may share my last name as a cover.": Baozi replied.

Undryl nodded in agreement, so it was mostly settled, "Very well, you can simply call me Master Vanvaris then if you wish" She said

"That would confuse my Padawan, Master" Baozi replied as Nyxia stepped into the conference room looking for both of them

"What would confuse me ?" Nyxia asked, clearly confused

Speak of the devil and she arrives Undryl thought

"That I have relatives I never knew about that are infact force users like us." Baozi replied.

"Master, do you have a moment ?" Nyxia thought a long moment or two before she spoke those words, something of how Undryl was dressed, even as a Tooka, made her really look into things, and looking over the holonet nodes she could she found out quite a bit.

Boazi nodded, giving a brtief glance to Undryl who said in reply "I will head to the bridge, it wont be long until we reach Corellia." She said, the woman turned Tooka hopped off her chair and on two legs head for the bridge. Her tail lightly in the air behind her.

The dooir sealed the two in, Baozi sensed that Nyxia wanted privacy and locked them in usingt the force. "Whats on your mind, Nyxia ?"

The Padawan activated a holo. "Undryl Stathe, that Tooka is dressed like her, so I did some looking, this outfit was what the woman had on when she was killed two days ago, how does that Tooka have it ?"

Baozi was indeed more concerned with this news, however he proposed a question. "Would you believe that, that Tooka is infact the woman in that holo ?"

"You're more like Master Tang then ever, how could this be ? Undryl Stathe was killed two days ago, how can this Tooka be her ?" Nyxia asked clearly confused.

"I wish I could answer that, but I chose not to question the Force, if the Force willed for her to return, get reborn in that body, then so be it." Baozi replied calmly. He sighed, "Undryls father called me on the comlink, he wants me to inspect his daughters body before the funeral, and hopefully find her killer, or at least what kind of weapon killed her. While I am doing that, I want you to go with her and act like you are her Padawan. There is an item she seeks on Corellia, an item she once had hidden away in her home apparently."

"What kind of item ?" Nyxia transferred the holo to the conference table and took a seat.

"A Forcesaber, from the time of the Infinite Empire. Maybe even older. You notice that the Tooka, who I will refer to as Undryl for the moment, carries herself like a Jedi Master ? But she isnt formally recognised as a Jedi, possibly one of the other Force Using traditions" Baozi explained

"Yeah I did notice that" Nyxia nodded in reply.

"Its possible that the Force brought Undryl back, but in that body, why I dont know, and I am not sure I want to know. But she doesnt know either, try not to focus too much on that. And help her where you can when we get to Corellia." Baozi said

Nyxia nodded in agreement. "Alright, I guess. Since you're treating this like a mission over a request, I think I can do that. It's gonna be weird referring to the dead woman as my Master though" But Nyxia wasnt one to back down from a challenge, this might be just up her alley now that she thought about it.

"Relax, for now, focus, think on the moment here and now. Dont worry too much of the future, focus on the moment, rely strictly on your instincts and you'll be fine." Baozi said, "Just follow Undryls lead where ever she goes. Its possible things will go where you least expect them over where you truly want them"

"Master, you're getting crypic again, and you know I dont like it when you do that" Nyxia scolded Baozi who simply smiled.