Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Shadows of the Force. Enjoy the 9000-word chapter. I don't own RWBY and Star Wars. Monty Oum, Lucas Films, and Rooster Teeth do.
(Venator Class Cruiser, Trailblazer, Enroute to Coruscant 2:20 PM November 13th.)
The Trailblazer jumped as the ship slowly jumped to hyperspace. It was entirely clear to Blake this was a weekly thing.
Blake looked around her room. She had spent more time aboard this warship than she had in her room. She even had her damn homework sent here and this told her that she was beginning to get used to it.
She looked at the package in her arms. The one from Menagerie… Her home, her parents had sent her something? She hadn't spoken to them since she had left for Beacon… Since she had been in the White Fang.
She blinked and opened it slowly, peeling the tape away like it was a curse. She looked around the room as she seemed to have fallen more silent, she didn't know what it contained.
A note fell away as the Faunus blinked and reached down to capture it. She caught it on the tip of her heel as she flipped it into her hand.
"Hi, sweetie. It's your mother! I know it's been a while since we last talked… And since you ran away from Adam. I'm sorry you had to get dragged into this feud." She read as she hummed and then looked down at the ground. "I've heard about your new friends and such. Your professor called to tell us about what had happened… I don't know what to say about some of it, but I've heard your friend wants to meet us sometime soon. I'd be VERY happy to meet them." Blake continued to read as she hummed and rubbed her eyes.
She cleared her throat and continued her speech as she crossed her legs under her.
"We decided to try and support you as best we could. Your father and I sent you this pair of clothes for a new look with your new view of life, a few dust vials, some lien, and… I think your father sent a weapon part or something." Blake read as she rolled her eyes at her mother. "Anyway? Your professor said you and your friend can come to Menagerie after your next mission. I hope to see you and your new friend soon, Love your mom and dad, Kali and Ghira Belladonna." Blake read as she rolled her eyes.
Blake blinked and looked into the box with interest as she hummed to herself with amusement.
(Lerek's quarters)
Lerek had fallen silent for a few minutes as his mind struggled to keep up with things, he had fallen prey to. His mind was still racing like a BARC on patrol and he didn't know why.
The vision? No, he was on his way to go and research it at this very moment… Perhaps it was the fact the Jedi had allied with powers that seemed as ancient as theirs. It had been odd, but not enough to warrant his full damn attention to this degree.
That left plenty of questions on his mind about what he had been doing and how else this all fit into place for the time being.
Lerek only paused to have to question his mind. This meant that they had something else to have to focus upon.
Still? it was something that Blake had been too oddly for the time being when it came down to it. Blake was amused for the time being which meant that Lerek needed to be more obvious for now.
Blake hummed before she looked at the comlink next to her. The small device didn't have some of the abilities that her scroll did and yet it was massively powerful for the time being. They didn't at all seem to think about these problems at the end of the day.
Blake scooped up the device and held down the button as she had seen Lerek do. There was static at the other end before she shook her head.
"Lerek?" Blake asked as the static started to clear up. "Excuse me, I'd like to talk to Lerek Yun?" Blake asked to which the silence started to clear up.
"You… Do not know there are different channels on these things, do you?" Blake heard as she rolled her eyes to herself. "Blake, I'm here. I'm busy thinking about what to do when we get to Coruscant. We still have a day or go according to the crew." Lerek said before Blake shook her head.
"Hey, can you come to my room? I want to talk about some stuff and I'm not used to going to another planet when it comes down to it." Blake added as Lerek hummed and visibly shook her head.
This meant that he had something to think about. Something else before now had yet to question before it came.
"I'll be down there in five minutes," Lerek said before there was a sigh. "No, Drift. I'm not sure what the war is going to be like." Lerek stated before he cleared his throat.
"Blake? Just make sure I don't walk in with you… Off guard or something like that." Lerek said as Blake only paused.
"I will, doofus," Blake stated before she rolled her eyes and placed her present on the mantle before she slowly turned back to her comlink. "Is it going to be long enough to sleep after this?" Blake added and rested a hand on her bow.
Her ears. The thing which had marked her as a Faunus that Lerek hadn't yet cared about. The fascination he had with her people was odd, but it was something that she had found some sort of pride upon that it had yet to come down to.
"Are you going to be, ok?" Lerek asked as Blake fell silent. "Blake? I'm on the way down. Are you good for now? I can sense you're worried over something; did I say something wrong?" Lerek added while the Faunus hummed and looked around.
"Yes, just trying to get my thoughts together. I'll go get dressed, just give me five minutes, ok?" Blake asked as Lerek fell silent.
"Sure, just give me a second," Lerek said before she heard another voice. "Drift? You can go sleep if you want, we aren't going to be there for another day at least and I don't know if we're going to Kamino. I'll handle the reports when we get this all over with… And when I can sleep without something weird happening." Lerek stated for a moment.
"Sir? Name a day something weird doesn't happen. It's kinda part of the Jedi code at this moment from what I've seen… So is breaking the rules according to what I've heard." Drifter stated as Lerek snorted.
"I'm a Jedi, not a politician, bud. That's Master Kenobi which is why I'm so tired for the time being." Lerek stated as he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. "Ok, two minutes now… Drift, go back to your room. We aren't exactly going to be busy for another few hours, I have more things to think about." Lerek stated before he fell silent.
They had more to discuss sooner or later. Blake seemed to have found some amusement in this as she tilted her head and then started to get her pajamas. She didn't know what to have to do if her life had gone different for the time being.
"Are you going to be, ok?" Blake asked as pondered her options for the moment.
"Yes, I've just had a long day than I should have, Blake. That's all, it's probably all I'm going to get to do about today when push comes to shove." Lerek said as he sighed and looked around with a hum that he had yet to let go of her for the time being when it comes down to it.
Blake clicked off as she pondered what Lerek would have done when it came down to it as of the second. This wasn't easily rectified for the time being when it came down to it.
He knew more than enough to try and think for the moment as he rode the lift down.
Blake hummed and peeled off her socks before looking into the box and blinking as she realized it was indeed the damn same clothes she had before in the vision. It disturbed her enough to question what the hell was going to have been done to have fixed it and all of them involved in it. They had to be better, they had to be smarter, faster, and more determined.
She quickly changed, leaving her clothes in a bin which she heard the crew usually washed. The men and women aboard this ship always seemed to amaze her at the end of the day when it came down to antics like this.
There was a knock upon the door, a faint rasping of flesh upon metal as Blake pulled the Obi around her waist properly and walked out, placing her bow on the dresser of her room as she crossed it. The only sound was her footsteps and the faint march of footsteps in the hallway which informed her that more of Lerek's clone soldiers.
She pressed the button and was greeted by Lerek who tilted his head as the Arkanian and Faunus both regarded each other.
"Sorry, I had to tell Drifter to go sleep and not constantly act like he needs to be busy… Are you good? You sounded a bit… Nervous." Lerek said, leaning on the door as his eyes lowered for a moment.
"Yes, I'm just a bit thrown off for now," Blake stated as she stepped aside. "I think that vision might be more than a vision," Blake said to which Lerek hummed.
"Blake? Did you ask me to come here to go here to talk about the vision again?" Lerek questioned to which he raised an eyebrow. "You sure you are, ok? I know the visions are weird when they show up, but I can't force them to show up again." Lerek said as he turned on his heel with a sigh as he did so.
He didn't even understand what to focus upon. Blake led him to her bed as he removed his gloves, socks, and boots and laid them next to hers at the door before he sat down, crossing his legs under him as Blake sat on the other end.
"My mother gave me the clothes I wore in that vision when I was fighting Adam," Blake stated as Lerek hummed and looked at himself.
Lerek sighed to himself and rubbed his temples before he looked at her and then held up his hand. Blake watched the box from before slowly float over to them and then slowly land in her lap as she hummed.
"These clothes?" Blake heard as she nodded before he hummed. "And you sure you want to look over this vision? You're interested in it." Blake heard as she nodded again.
Lerek only sighed before he looked up at the ceiling and then looked at her. It was clear they'd be up to something sooner or later anyway and it was entirely up to him if they did something at all to have disrupted it. He knew better than to pry at these things for the moment.
"All right, grab the box and put your hands over it and stretch out your feet as you did before," Lerek ordered to which Blake raised an eyebrow. "Sometimes things related to the visions can trigger a strong response, I want to see if you and that thing have anything in common," Lerek stated to which he frowned to himself with amusement.
"You want to look into the vision?" Blake asked to which Lerek hummed and tilted his head. "Now who's right and who's wrong?" Blake questioned to which Lerek only rolled his eyes.
"You're the one who wants to play around with fancy force powers, Ms. Belladonna," Lerek said as Blake shook her head. "Sit and let me see if I can get this to work… Again." Lerek said with a sigh as he realized just how insane this was going to be.
Part of him wanted to see if it was real. The idea was… Something else boggled his mind, and yet he wanted to have seen it for himself.
(Remnant, Separatist Providence class Carrier)
Ventress looked at Grievous with scorn. The machine was not a worthy equal to her and she knew it more than anything as she looked around.
"Report." Ventress heard as she crossed her arms.
"The Jedi has found himself a little friend… They've made a friend with the locals. Most of them seemed to want to have handled." Ventress stated to which she questioned which to have to focus. "They have enemies as well… Some of the natives wish for more violence when it comes down to it." Ventress stated to which she frowned to herself.
"I've seen the reports… A new power source, new allies, and resources." Dooku stated before she hummed. "This isn't going to be easy… But my master has said this planet is unique. Prepare for our arrival. I will be coming myself and leaving a few to handle our problems back home… Find allies, Ventress, you are going to lead the first strike." Dooku said before she watched the hologram vanish.
"The ones who engaged the girl and the Jedi on the road? Find them, tell me what you find." Ventress ordered to which the droid nodded.
(Trailblazer)
Lerek cracked his fingers as Blake set the box in front of her and set it in her lap.
She watched as Lerek hummed and took a deep breath, perhaps anticipating how well to have focused upon such matters as he sighed, unsure and caught entirely off guard for the moment.
"Have you ever done something like this before?" Blake asked, stretching her feet out to rest against Lerek's as the Arkanian made sure his hands were bare.
"Sometimes… No, not really. The force isn't something I've grasped entirely, Blake." Lerek said as he sighed and cracked his fingers. "Master Yoda used to tell us the force goes through everything and sometimes visions are linked to the past or something like that, he's very vague about these sorts of things," Lerek said as he rubbed at his eyes, his entire being calling out for answers he did not possess or wish to.
"So, this could backfire entirely… Great." Blake said to which Lerek only fell silent.
It wasn't exactly like he had no answers and he knew better than to provoke it upon such matters. He was a Jedi, a peacekeeper, someone who had no real attempt to see this done. Something he didn't wish to have gotten off his chest.
Yet? Lerek was not stupid, he knew better than to handle these problems properly. He'd handle them his way and sort out the problems while this all came to a head.
He stretched out his hands and offered them to Blake who looked far more admissible for the second, clear enough that such problems had rarely been having been brewing. Something majorly had been done.
She finally offered her hands to his as the Arkanian took them and tightly locked their fingers, setting their hands on either side of the box before looking up at her.
"Close your eyes, I'm not sure how well this will work, but I'm going to try and tap into the force like I've been doing," Lerek ordered to which he sighed and tried his best to adapt to the fact she had been unused to the force as an entity such as Jedi like him.
It made the Arkanian honestly interested in what would happen if she had the force. It was something that would probably change the war if they had managed to properly tap into the potential.
The idea had merit, but it was not without its flaws as well. He simply decided to tap into the force, leaning his head against hers as both started to focus their energies on this. The force and aura mingled freely which made it a light show which it seemed to have been lost on the duo with interest.
(Within the vision)
Lerek felt himself awaken within… Beacon. He glanced around and was indeed within the halls of the town. He would have asked a question if he wasn't greeted with the flames.
Flames, brilliant and bright were consuming the school. He saw the bodies of several people, clones, and Atlesian soldiers among them on the ground.
It was then he saw himself, lightsaber held in his hands and engaging Adam. He had a blaster pistol on his hip which surprised the Arkanian due to the taboos of the Jedi.
He had paused and seen Blake who was busy fighting off a large White Fang soldier with a chainsaw… And he had seemed to have seen Ventress who had been helping Adam as the woman attacked both the Faunus and Arkanian. Blast bolts and slugs seemed to be everywhere as violence and otherwise, madness reigned.
It was then this vision gave way to the one Blake had seen… Though now it was clear there were things both of them hadn't seen before, there were a lot of people fighting, most Clones, Atlas soldiers and White Fang, several gunships and a craft Lerek was unfair with above, it was honestly clear they had something of a bitter battle going on.
Lerek was met with Blake who was sitting on a tree and watching it with such anticipation and interest she didn't at all notice the Arkanian until he was more or less behind her, too fascinated for now how this would have been, for the time being, it was clear they had something else for the moment which he sighed to himself before he tilted himself while he shook his head.
He hadn't yet seemed to have prepared for the questions as it came down to it. He looked at Adam with interest as he sat next to Blake who was wearing the outfit she had in the vision.
"It looks like a massive battle, the White Fang, the republic, Atlas. It was clear he's going on after us." Lerek stated to which he sighed and swung his leg back and forth. "Blake, is it in character for Adam to be like this? I'm not aware of what he's like." Blake heard before she sighed as she clicked her nails on the ground.
It was clear both the Faunus Huntress and Arkanian Jedi were interested in what to have done next. She questioned what to say to the Arkanian as she looked around, too prepared for the time being.
"He's going to be like this from what little I understood," Blake stated to which Lerek sighed and then looked at her. "I'm sorry, yes, he's been like this before. He and I did not part on the best of terms. He's a madman now and I don't know what will happen if he shows back up." Blake said to which Lerek hummed and crossed his arms.
"I thought you said they were entirely violent revolutionaries when it came down to it," Lerek said before he shook his head at the woman. "Blake, they're a lot more dangerous than you're telling me, aren't you?" Lerek asked as she looked at her.
It was clear that both of them had something to discuss but it wasn't something they could openly discuss. Their problems were something that had to be handled properly and handled before long.
"They are, but they aren't monsters. We used to be better than terrorists… And then Siena and Adam took over and both of them turned us to violence to take what they wanted… A lot of people were hurt by the White Fang to get what they wanted." Blake said as Lerek frowned.
"Then they might be as dangerous as the separatists," Lerek said before he looked at the vision. "You know it's probably a matter of time before the Separatists see them as an ally and reach out to them… Two groups like that combined? They'd burn Remnant down to ash." Lerek said before both looked at the vision, it was clear more answers awaited them.
"All of these visions have us fighting Adam… Except for one." Blake said before she pointed at another part of the vision that she didn't at all understand.
Lerek looked at it before a familiar voice made them silent both of them turned to look to the side before both of them seemed to be scared, thrown off, and entirely shaken as it faded away.
"Blake. I want to point out that I know next to NOTHING about the White Fang or such. Nothing. All I know about them is what you told me…" Lerek stated which wasn't at all wrong.
He didn't know much if anything of what was coming. He did have some small clue, but it collapsed into the vat more and more. It was clear that they had more and more to work through when it came down as he clicked his tongue and perhaps questioned just how well she had seen it come down to it.
Blake stayed silent, too disturbed by this all to have bothered her, it was clear such things weren't his fault. They simply had far too much to have gotten off their mind. She crossed her legs under her before she looked at the vision with interest. If Adam came to war with them? Then she was holding her own which impressed her. Adam was a monster of speed and skill that would have only ripped through them entirely. It was perhaps something else that Lerek seemed to be capable of holding his own in combat with him.
"Hey, you talked about how each person has their semblance, right? What's Adam's then? He doesn't seem to be using his to fight me when it comes down to it… What is it then?" Lerek questioned to which he hadn't at all found to have been much if at all an answer.
He didn't at all know what she was like, he was still quiet, still finding it all out for now. They had more pressing concerns which had yet gotten them thrown off for now. They had to focus.
It was then the voice from before had been busting in which made both of them turn back towards it, their weapons already pulled from their holsters.
"It seems both of you are destined to follow the path from before." The voice said before it revealed itself to be the being to which Lerek lowered his weapon.
"You're the spirit me and Ruz dealt with back in the void," Lerek said before he shook his head. "You look different. You've been through something, haven't you?" Lerek asked as he tilted his head to the side.
"Ah, the Arkanian doesn't at all understand what it's like for now… I pity you, Blake. His jokes will become more and more different when it came down to it." The voice said before he sighed to himself. "I feel I should bring his friend back to Remnant. It's clear such issues have come to pass as is the vision I've foreseen." The voice stated before both Arkanian and Faunus looked at each other.
"What are you doing here and how is Ruzul doing anyway?" Lerek asked before he sighed and looked around.
"The Jedi is fine and I've come here to see how well this has gone. It's clear the war with the undying queen will end differently this time." He heard before he rolled his eyes. "It's clear you have something to have focused more and more on problems besides your own… And yet? It's clear your path is still what I've expected and foreseen." The voice added to which Lerek could only roll his eyes.
"I've been rather amused, interested you could even say… However? The time will come when the charade I've entertained will no longer suit me or anyone else. In fact? It might not even suit YOU." The voice said as he sighed.
"And what are you even? You feel different from what I've dealt with before." Lerek said to which the voice could only roll his eyes.
"There's a lot you don't know about me, young Arkanian… And a lot I've not yet known about you. You and Blake are close. The both of you will play a part in the war for Remnant… In the war for all, but the shadows still have their part in the play, and with that? I cannot interfere, not yet." The voice responded to which Lerek raised an eyebrow.
"Shadows?" Blake asked before the voice huffed and became another form.
It looked like a cross between Lerek and Blake though…. Different, for one? It was the fact that the white seemed to be coated within Blake's yellow, their ears shaped like both Blake and Lerek had combined, sharp and yet slanted like a cat. They wore a yellowish cloak with white and black accents on it. There were still dozens of details coated in shadows, however.
"You see the shadow before you. Adam has been a Ba***** for longer than you've assumed, Blake." The voice said before looking at Lerek. "And your Jedi know the Shadows… The Republic? The Hunters? All of your light stems from the idea you are pure… You are not, you are not pure." The voice said as it looked between them.
"You are both crucial to the war effort… I'd explain more, but it'd shatter the plans I've made and the timeline is finicky. You two must stay together or else things will not work." The voice stated before they sighed. "I will speak with Master Yoda soon. Blake? You will speak to your parents after this, it is foreseen… Until then? You will need to go the way of space… Would it interest you to know you might not have been the first Faunus off Remnant or even just to space?" The voice said before it faded away.
Lerek and Blake were thrown out of their vision and across the room, thrown into the wall of the room to which both Arkanian and Faunus grunted in pain.
"Ok… That hurt like a train…" Lerek stated before he sighed while he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. "Something's got to give sooner or later," Lerek said as he climbed to his feet and sighed, apparently thrown off balance by something he didn't at all understand…
Lerek felt silent and unamused, too amused by his actions and yet too tired to have done much if anything about the rest for now. The thing swimming in his head was far more than he could have expected it to have been for now and such.
Lerek looked at Blake, the Faunus rubbing her head as her aura seemed to have flared up like a small sun the Arkanian pushed himself to his feet before turning to her.
"That thing looks like it's not just the force, but aura or something as well…. What is it?" Lerek said as he frowned to himself, confused and thrown off at all moments.
"The Jedi don't understand it?" Blake asked to which Lerek shook his head.
"No, it confronted me when it brought me here and had Ruzul," Lerek stated before he shook his head. "Ugh… Are you ok?" Lerek questioned to which he sighed and looked around.
Blake staggered to her feet before she fell silent, too confused for what may or may not have come when it was all said and done. It was clear between the Arkanian and Faunus they had such problems with their path forwards. They had to try and understand such things before he sighed, too unsure of what to do next when it came down to it.
Lerek was too interested, too unsure for now… Blake had been counting on him and it was clear they had something else considering for now. He hadn't been able to focus on it and it HURT more and more the more he had to think.
"What's going to have happened next? We don't know what the visions mean and the last thing we want to know is just how little we can fix." Blake stated to which Lerek had fallen silent, too curious as to how it could have been fixed and how little it should have mattered.
If anything? He had to see it end, he needed answers and he needed them sooner or later. It was clear for now that such things weren't going to have been possible for him to see the car to the end.
"We're going to the archives on Coruscant… And if it's not there? I know a planet that might be able to tell us more." Lerek said before he sighed. "I'm going to need to speak to Professor Ozpin and Master Yoda when we get back… I'm going to have to ask you to stay with me. Coruscant is a MASSIVE planet and there's a lot of bad people on it the deeper and deeper and down." Lerek said as he rubbed his temples.
Lerek watched as Blake looked into the box with the new pair of clothes. Lerek hummed before he looked into it as well.
"Might be good to wear that. The new planet, new clothes, yeah?" Lerek stated to which he sighed to himself and leaned on the wall. "I'm going to think about what to do next. I got a lot on my mind and it's clear… We got some stuff to talk about. I'm going to go find a movie and watch that with you and then we can do something." Lerek stated as he sighed, purely and utterly thrown for a loop.
"Focus on all of that stuff before then. It's something I don't entirely at all understand or wish to understand for now." Lerek joked as he sighed, utterly and purely thrown off for now as to what to do next.
He had to find an answer to all of this when it came down to it. He looked at Blake. The Faunus had begun to question it all and he knew it. She questioned who she was and who he was. He hated that, but the Arkanian understood it to a degree. Blake had never been off her planet before from what it seemed.
Perhaps he could help with that. He still knew their problems would not die easily. They had so much more on their plates and yet they had to keep moving, they had to find the answers to their problems.
Lerek sat on the bed and looked at her as she slowly walked over to the refresher. Lerek opened his mouth to speak as he looked at the young Faunus who had fallen silent, utterly confused.
"Do you want me to be outside?" Lerek asked before pointing at the door behind him and then at her, utterly confused and all too tired.
It was clear to the Arkanian that Blake, noble as she was… Wise as she was? Did not at all understand a Republic Cruiser or any type of warship that belonged to their armies.
Lerek got a nod as he slowly stood up and then slowly started to step to the door. It was an amusing thing as he stepped through it, utterly tired and utterly confused. It was far more than he could have borne for now to have dealt with.
The Arkanian was tired, he decided it was better to sit outside anyway as he took a seat next to the door, not bothering to grip his other gear as he knew in a moment he'd be allowed back inside. It was odd to him how often he and she had talked to each other inside their rooms. Their rooms were beginning to feel like a war consul area rather than comforting.
Then again? Lerek was a military general and Blake was a warrior in training to have been someone who was feared. It'd be odd if people didn't respect and know who they were. It was also something Lerek had yet to address on the planet when they arrived. They had their work cut out for them and it was going to be tricky to deal with it all.
He needed help and not just from the clones. Drifter wouldn't know what he had in mind and it was clear the spirit had some sort of plan that he had to have been a part of sooner or later. If not for that? He'd be able to relax and be able to focus on his ideas, it was all too clear for now that such problems had gotten worse and worse.
It was clear such problems would not simply be solved through such small and impulsive problems. If anything? Lerek did not at all wish to see it end properly. He did not at all wish to have dirtied his hands, this wasn't going to have been prepared for worse.
Lerek sighed, all too unsure, unneeded by such antics as there was a soft rasp upon the door. Lerek used the button to open it and was greeted by Blake who had worn the new outfit minus the boots for obvious reasons. she pointed at her stomach where Lerek could see her stomach had been exposed as he sighed. It was a question he felt he'd have asked if not for the idea it was so… Odd, so weird, and yet something he dismissed purely so odd.
He looked at Blake who had been far too busy to have even looked at him. He was reminded purely due to the idea that Blake and he were on a mission that had required their talents.
"Are you going to stay, ok?" Blake questioned to which Lerek shook his head, utterly miffed at best before he sat down on the bed.
Lerek took a seat next to her, it was something that had yet been questioned before he seemed to question. Lerek sighed before he rubbed at his temples and looked around the room, settling on the holoprojector before he leaned back on the wall.
He didn't at all seem ok which was tired, he was all too much amused. Lerek had yet to even find half a reason to have done something yet, have a reason to even think. It was clear more than anything he could only try and swim through the ocean and deal with it here and there.
"No, still thinking about so many details. There's a lot to unpack every single day. I'd have thought that training and becoming a general would have at least cut down on the workload, I'd have people I could reach out to." Lerek said while he sighed and looked around, it was all too clear, something that he'd not be able to easily handle.
Then again? What was in life? He couldn't just breeze through this; he couldn't just let it take over and cut him to ribbons. Lerek had to show strength before he sighed, questioning what to have done.
He wasn't going to have been prepared for now. He wasn't going to have been something that should have been dealt with. Lerek wasn't going to be prepared, Lerek didn't want to have questioned what to do next before he found it down to it. He wasn't going to care about it… He'd damn well now have questions that he needed answers for now.
This wasn't going to have been for now. it was a very odd little problem that needed to have done so for now.
Lerek sighed and leaned on the wall behind them before he seemed to have gotten it for now. He didn't know what to have done before it came down to it.
Lerek let her look around and shook his head before he tilted his head, tilting his head before tilting his head to question what to do next.
Lerek questioned what Blake was going to have done for the time being. it was clear that it had been something that they needed to have addressed.
"Are you going to be, ok? Because I don't know what's going to happen when we reach Coruscant. I just want to let you know that. It's not going to be easy to have gotten around the prepared for now when it came down to it." Lerek stated before he shook his damn head.
Blake placed a hand on his temples before he questioned what to do next when it was all said and done. She smiled and tapped him in the center of his head which only made the Arkanian laugh.
"I'll be ok for now; it's just hurting in my brain to have to push myself this far. I don't know what's going on, I don't know how to stop this. I don't even know what the Separatist army is going to do, they are very damn good at changing their plans every single time we try and figure them out. It's almost impossible to try and pin down their plans." Lerek stated to which he shook his head, all too tired, all too unable to have done much at all.
It bothered him, but it was all too much, they'd be able to have relaxed sooner or such. It was clear to the Arkanian that their war with the enemy hadn't ended, it was all too much, all too much for him to have handled it this day.
Still? if he was honest? He wished this was the path more than anything. He was in his element trying to deal with the enemy then talking to a bunch of diplomats or trying to figure out how to broker peace. How to bring the enemy to heel, was exactly what he had wanted to have done and it was clear more than anything how well this would have gone if he wasn't here. It wasn't at all something that he was willing to have given up when it came down to it.
Still? He wasn't going to have something else on his mind, this wasn't going to have been something he should have taken so seriously, not so easy when push came to shove.
It wasn't going to have been something that he'd just miss when it came down to it. He'd face them at some point that idea and clear it entirely something he should have been able to have relaxed sooner or later.
Still? Lerek planned on correcting that mistake sooner or later. He had plenty of time to have tried anyway. It was something he'd just need to remember.
Lerek watched as Blake looked at the holoprojector which flashed as if it were trying and failing to find something hadn't been able to speak of.
He had a lot on his mind as the Faunus stretched out her legs which took up most of where he was sitting and forced him to simply move out of the way while he sighed to himself.
"You going to kick me off the damn bed or something?" Lerek questioned to which she questioned.
It had been something he shouldn't have felt himself needing to be concerned with… Yet he did anyway, it was just life more or less. It was just another part of being an Arkanian in his mind which he damn well shouldn't have dealt with.
"Are you going be, ok?" Blake asked to which he looked at her. "No then. I'm sorry. Did you want to finish that movie from before? The one we didn't get to finish because we were too busy sleeping?" Blake questioned to which Lerek had fallen silent, tapping on the table in front of him.
He yawned before he tilted his head and then looked at the ground before he looked at the screen.
"Sure, it isn't like I'm going to be able to relax after that. My mind just broke trying to think of how well that could have gone. I didn't expect the damn force itself to try and give me a sign. It's getting insane when I think about it at the end of the day." Lerek stated before he sighed to which she nodded.
She crossed her arms at the moment which he hadn't reacted to. It was clear beyond a shadow of a doubt something that something was going to happen that would divide them all over again until the end of time.
"So? Is Coruscant going to be a massive planet? Because I'm starting to think that our problem comes with me being a Faunus." Blake stated to which Lerek hummed to himself.
"Part of it is people won't know what a Faunus is, but they might not care. You don't look that different from the other Humanoids species on the planet." Lerek said as Blake went to speak before Lerek held up his hand. "I mean there are a thousand different species on Coruscant so I don't know if you will stand out as much," Lerek stated before he ran a hand over
"I'd still try and lie or not tell the entire truth until we can clear things up. The last thing we want is them looking at you the wrong way because you're not human or something they can make a quick credit off." Lerek stated to which she had fallen entirely silent.
It was clear beyond all shadow of a doubt these issues would have been worse and worse… Not simply because of the fact, both had been pressed into a corner. No, it was simple… The force was still new to him in some ways. He was an Arkanian, a species that had been driven purely by logic and machinery and other such manners of technology which meant more and more problems. It had only made him pretend to fully grasp the idea of its power.
Blake extended herself fully across the bed. It was clear to him such measures had only made him glance at the Faunus, purely confused and thrown off by her antics. It wasn't like he didn't at all expect such things from her, but it still managed to have made him roll his eyes as Lerek only sighed, finding it more and more amusing as to how this was supposed to have gone.
"You are the weirdest person I've met in the entire galaxy; you know that? I've met plenty of people… Literally, gone all over the place. NEVER met a Faunus before. I'm making Remnant one of the planets I visit after the war is over. Well, provided I'm not a damn corpse on the ground." Lerek stated before he yawned as he tilted his head while he questioned what to do next.
She didn't at all know what to do next before now. Both of them simply turned back to the movie when it came down to it. Blake hadn't expected to have met aliens from another planet, she didn't at all expect to see one trying to befriend her and to be kicking her feet up on an alien warship while watching a movie. Then again? She had lived a long enough life to realize that such little things were to be connected.
If anything? She had trusted this was all going to have worked out well enough at the end of the road. It was clear more and more to both Arkanian and Faunus that their lives weren't going to be normal anymore and probably would remain that way for the rest of the way. It was all much for normal warriors, a Jedi, and a huntress barely squeaked by that type of pressure and with such a measure that hadn't yet seemed to have gotten it to.
"So, any plans for when all of this business is wrapped up? I know the White Fang is going to be a problem for a long time possible and I can't promise their issue will be wrapped up nicely. The Republic wouldn't deal with them without a lot of yelling and screeching. They might not even be talked with at all." Lerek stated, honestly trying to not lie.
He knew the republic wouldn't handle them at worst and at best all they'd do is possibly sort them out. They were neither criminal of the Republic's war which sorted out a few problems for them
If my troops get to them? I'm going to at least try and handle them properly." Lerek stated before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth.
Lerek didn't at all seem to understand what was coming. If he had? Well, the Arkanian would have probably found himself tired and alone. It was going to be a problem down the road sooner or later, the time only seemed to have changed with effort.
"Did you think of what to do when we do when it comes down to Coruscant?" Lerek questioned to which he sighed to himself before he tilted his head. "We need to handle problems when it comes down to it… Secondly? Coruscant is a planet with dozens and dozens of levels." Lerek stated before he shook his head.
Lerek wasn't going to be prepared for now when it came down to it as he prepared for now while he tilted his head before he sighed to himself.
Lerek sighed to himself before he tilted his head. This wasn't going to be something the Arkanian had been prepared for, for now, she tilted her head to the side as she seemed to find it more boring before he sighed.
"Are there plenty of shops?" Blake asked to which Lerek had fallen silent.
"Plenty, but you're going to need credits. They do pay us as we're required, but Jedi don't keep plenty of belongings. We're not supposed to keep belongings when it comes down to it. I'll buy you some books, but I'd keep them to yourself, they could be from anywhere and any place on Coruscant." Lerek stated to which he sighed before he clicked his tongue as he questioned what to do next.
Blake crossed her arms before she looked at the screen while she tilted her head to the side and then looked upwards into the roof of the building. It was clear such problems had constantly proven to be worse and worse as time moved onwards.
The Faunus was clearly on her mind which meant she had more and more to ponder. The Arkanian stayed silent, all too willing to accommodate her request which had proven to be something he had to deal with properly.
Still? if anything? Lerek was far more than willing to do it. they had a lot of reason to properly tone it down and it was all too easy to forget they were at war, a war that was going to consume their enemies, their planet, and everything around them.
He was honest. Their ideals? Their future? Their goals? Yes, it might come… but it was clear that such a thing would come at a price. He settled in for the film and decided that if anything? It was clear more and more personal matters would have to wait as both of them would soon find out. This was something he pushed back as if he had properly seemed to have mentioned other arrangements.
Lerek yawned and simply let it all wash over him for now. He'd let it all fall over him before now.
(Remnant, Beacon)
Ironwood looked at Obi-Wan who hadn't yet questioned what to do next for now. it was clear to the Atlesian General that such problems weren't easy to have handled for now. it wasn't going to be as clear to him what would have done for now and it was clear if anything they dealt with for now. it was something that he had to deal with.
Ironwood cleared his throat, drawing Obi-Wan to him as the two officers spoke, it was clear he respected Obi-Wan who had been thrown off for now.
"So, the Jedi Order reminds me of the group Oz and I lead… Only you seem to be the Jedi copy of me." Ironwood said, folding his hands behind him as he did so.
"Well, I'm just glad another war was averted, General," Obi-Wan said to which Ironwood nodded to himself. "I'm confused though. If Atlas has so much technology? Why are they not sharing it with Vale and other regions?" Obi-Wan asked to which Ironwood hummed and then looked down at the table.
"All of the techs in the world can't fix our problems, General Kenobi. There were plenty of problems which we need to address. I don't even know if we can deal with the ones Remnant has as is." Ironwood said before he frowned.
"There is an enemy all the technology, all the firepower in the galaxy cannot solve for now. I'd like to see if we can consolidate resources, and deal with the problems." Ironwood stated to which he frowned deeper.
"I'm both the general of the Atlesian army and a councilmember of Atla's leadership. I can tell you how hard it is to deal with the burden of leadership. Leadership as a commander and as someone who has to shelter the people… It won't be easy." Ironwood said to which Obi-Wan frowned.
"Leadership is never easy, general. I'll agree with that… Though I admit Lerek might have had a point. The Separatists want SOMETHING on Remnant and are prepared to tear it down brick by brick to get it." Obi-Wan stated to which he had fallen silent before he sighed to himself.
"Then I wish to bring up a plan I've been working on to try and ease the burden of any war," Ironwood stated before he crossed his arms and rubbed at his temples and it was clear such problems had to focus upon.
Ironwood watched as Obi-Wan crossed his arms and it was clear that such problems weren't going to be easy. They had something else to handle for now. it was all so easy for now when it came down to it. There was so much on the line and he couldn't be allowed to falter or have their problems get in the way.
It was his duty as a ruler of Atlas to deal with their problems and all of their ideals weren't going to have been chased all around the meadow. Ironwood had to be a beacon to them as a leader when it was all said and done at the moment.
"Has Lerek reached Coruscant yet? We need to discuss the next few steps moving forwards and the enemy will not simply retreat." Obi-Wan asked Cody who had held up his holodisk.
"Nothing yet, general. His flagship is still traveling through hyperspace, there's a lot more space to travel until they reach Coruscant, sir. It isn't going to be for a while." Cody stated before Obi-Wan sighed. "In other news? General Skywalker's fleet has just arrived, Admiral Yularen sent word a few hours ago." Cody stated before he shook his head before he sighed to himself.
It was clear to him that the Jedi and all of them were going to form their plans and as such? That left him managing the middle ground where very few people regularly got to relax for now.
He partly wondered what Lerek and the Faunus woman were doing at the moment. It was probably doing something like watching the stars and sleeping to make sure they were both ready for when they reached land.
(Trailblazer, Blake's room)
"And even if the stars would collide around us? The war will not end our love!" Lerek heard as the Arkanian snorted, utterly amused at this entire thing.
"This… Is the most ridiculous holo ever." Lerek said, looking at Blake who had her head on his chest. "Should have known you'd pick it, you like dramatic movies like this I'm going to guess," Lerek stated before he shook his head.
"You're the one who picked it," Blake said before she snorted. "And considering how ridiculous you are? Yes, I guess I do." Blake stated before she shook her head.
Blake yawned and leaned against Lerek who simply looked at her before he shook his head and sighed to himself. The Arkanian was all too amused for now which meant they could afford to relax. It wasn't going to be something weird to them unlike the rest of life. It was funny to the Arkanian despite his best efforts.
He yawned and leaned his head against the pillow. They wouldn't be arriving at Coruscant sooner or later which meant perhaps something else was going on and it was clear such issues wouldn't have been a problem soon with their combined power.
"I want you to know it's nice traveling somewhere without constantly having to worry about someone trying to kill me or a friend, just like that," Lerek stated before he yawned to himself.
Blake nodded and cozied up to the Arkanian and it was clear he trusted her or was trying to. Either way? She trusted him and she didn't want to let her friends new or old down.
"Same… But it's going to be war when we get back." Blake said with a frown as he did so.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 900-6500 words and be in 2-10 months. It will show Lerek and Blake on Coruscant, Anakin's arrival, and the start of the White Fang's plan. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!