Glacial fissures, Hoth. (2 ATC)
Hoth wasn't exactly the ideal place, but at least you didn't die immediately. And at least it smells better than Quesh. Terra ignored the cold wind blowing beside them. They were looking for a clue that could lead to their bounty, since the previous clue had pointed to this planet. Don't ask me why I'm still looking, I don't know why, I'm not even sure what I'm looking for anymore. Maybe it's all just a scheme. They where shivering, biting their lips because of the cold. Being a devaronian didn't improve their chances of survival right now. They turned around, and saw that a black figure was following them. They ignored it, knowing it wasn't smart to make the pursuer aware that their target knew of their presence, and continued hiking forward.
Hours, or something later, Terra felt a surge of danger in their stomach and quickly turned around, seeing that their pursuer was very, very, close by. The pursuer's eyes, they could see, where entirely blood red. A chiss? Well, they're more used to this climate than I am. After looking at the figure closer, they could actually see there where two chiss. Well. The two chiss came closer, and, opposite of what Terra expected, didn't ready their weapons to fire on them.
Caron looked over at his younger brother, Cas, and promptly turned back to his previous position again. They weren't going to kill the Devaronian right in front them, not even capture them. He patiently waited for his brother to speak, he was training him, so, well, why not? His brother stared all perplexed at him for a moment, before concentrating his eyes on the devaronian. "A rare, mutated one." He heard Cas mumble. A few moments later he saw his brother step forward to greet the Devaronian, and then he started talking.
"Uh-sorry for startling you miss-?" He couldn't help but to accidentally blurt out the words. The Devaronian frowned and looked kinda annoyed. "Short name's Terra Darc or just Terra, long name's none of your business. And I'm not a miss, or a mister. Understood?" The tone of their voice was surprisingly calm comparing to the expression on their face. "Cas, older guy here's Caron. And no, we're not with the ascendancy." He said. "In fact, we haven't been there since we were babies." He mumbled quietly beneath his breath. "And-" Caron cut him off by putting on a hologram. "You've seen this man right?" He said. Terra nodded, quickly. "He contacted you to do a job about 1.5 years ago?" They nodded, slower this time, and a little wary. "He's still alive, somehow, and he well, he lied." They nodded another time, not a single bit surprised. Bounty hunting is a dirty work, after all. "And he has a bounty on his head, and he only hired you to distract you from that bounty." Caron sighed. "And we asking you to collect that bounty wth us. We'll split profits by 3, I'll get a third, you'll get a third and Cas gets a third." He took a deep breath. "Okay?" Terra nodded, not wanting to know what would happen if they didn't.
Private meditation chamber, Tython. (2 ATC)
Rei! La'ie was already breathing irregularly, and the sudden sting of sharp pain obviously didn't help. All these physical exercises were starting to take a toll on her. Well, at least she got some time to meditate now, but that didn't make her feel better. Her little sister wasn't dead, she could sense that. But she was wounded, and La'ie tried not to think nor fear how bad it was. Calm down, she'll be fine. Ever since her younger sister had enlisted in the army she had felt the sharp sting of pain, well, quite frequently. Reiili wasn't exactly non force sensitive, but Rei was not nearly as strong as she was. There weren't that many big battles ongoing, more or less because of the treaty of Coruscant. Blasted sith. But she couldn't help but to worry for her sister. Gotta focus, you'll never make it as a Jedi if you don't. She took a deep breath, and lightly nudged Rei in the force. Good luck sis, love you. She resumed the meditative trance, trying not to think of her sister.
Some time later, she wasn't sure when, she heard a knock on the door. "Yes master?" She stood up, ready for what whoever was there, she assumed it was one of the Jedi masters, would do. The person outside was quiet for a moment. Perhaps thinking over what they should say. "Uh, I could use some help?" The person opened the door, revealing that it was a female apprentice, or perhaps a knight.
Her species was something new to La'ie. She could definitely see the species was near-human, quite like she was. The skin of the other Jedi was glaringly blue, somewhat dark and somewhat light. The eyes where a different story though. All of the two eyes was blood red, and it shined the brightest at the middle of it. The other apprentice noticed her studying her. "You can call me Cami, I doubt you would like to hear my full name, which I can barely remember anyways." She smiled awkwardly. La'ie smiled back, a little bit tense than Cami. "La'ie. I haven't seen you before. You new?" Cami sighed. "Yeah. As some newcomers task, or something, one of the instructors told me to give out a message for several of the masters. Problem is, I have no idea where they are." La'ie chuckled. "Let me help you with that then," she then took a moment to adjust herself. "But first, I want to ask one question." She smiled. "I don't think I've seen anyone but you of your species, for now that is. Do they have a name?" Cami winced a little at the question. Well, you can't do anything about that now. She mentally shrugged, but kept on the mask of a smile. "Did I upset you?" She asked, politely. "No, it's just, I haven't seen other members of my species for years. Except for my siblings I guess." She sighed. "I shouldn't be thinking about them right now, I should focus." Cami thought out loud. "Hey, it's okay. I miss my family too."
Trooper barracks, Fort Garnik, Ord Mantell. (2 ATC)
Reiili cursed loudly as the medic beside her applied a medpac to her injuries. Damn, that hurts like a bitch. She bit her lip and stayed quiet for the rest of the procedure, not wanting to startle the medic. After the medic dismissed her, she lightly smiled and slowly and cautiously walked out of the barracks. She sat down and leaned against one of the walls. Her eyes couldn't help but to wander, looking up at the stars. It's so beautiful. She thought and sighed. There's an entire galaxy out there, and who knows where I will be soon. Here perhaps. Maybe not.
She remembered the nights of star gazing in her childhood, when she and La would sneak out of their house and lie down on the grass field, looking up at the bright stars. She sighed. Miss you La. She half smiled. And she remembered that their youngest cousin, Ei'aa would come out with them when she could manage, which wasn't very often. The older two cousins, neither of who was older than La, weren't really interested in that stuff. She kind of missed them, her family back on Mirial, La, her cousins. All of them. And she had faint memories of the oldest cousin, Lyie. Lyie was dead, because of a pirate ambush in one of her usual supply runs. She looked around herself, snapping out of her thoughts. Gotta focus, tomorrow's gonna be a long day, just like today was. She sighed heavily as she made her way back to the barracks. 'Good luck sis, love you.' The sentence suddenly came into her mind. Her heart started beating fast, and she could feel her blood pressure rocketing. But after thinking the sentence through for a moment, she calmed down, and smiled. Love you too, sis.
(A/N: I'm so sorry for almost taking a month to get done with this chap. School has started again and yeah, so I'll try to write when I have time on weekdays and on at least one of the weekend days.)