Another day, another planet. The Jedi Order was going to turn Shaw into a well traveled teenager. From snow covered worlds in the expansion regions to unknown jungles to forests in the outer rim, Shaw had seen more of the galaxy in the span of a few short months than he had in his entire life on Coruscant. "What's the name of this planet again?" the teenager asked his companion, an older padawan by the name of Alec. Alec was three years older than Shaw and a lot more experience. Something he hadn't let Shaw forget since meeting.
"Mindor," the titian haired padawan replied, stuffing some more foodstuffs into the pack Shaw would carry once the shuttle landed. They stood by the storage lockers at the rear of the ship. Now that they were close Alec would begin to fill Shaw in. "Knight Elidan has requested backup. He'll meet us at the waypoint."
"Backup? I'm backup?" Shaw perked up, feeling a little flattered that he would be considered backup.
Alec shook his head, a sower expression settling on his features. "Don't flatter yourself. It was supposed to be us," he said, referring to himself and the Jedi pilot, "But we've been called elsewhere. So yes, you're—backup. For lack of a better word."
Shaw didn't take the bait. Maybe he wasn't backup, but he was the backup's backup. That had to count for something. "So what's going on?"
"Villages have been disappearing."
"Disappearing? Like the people just suddenly aren't there?" Sounded spooky.
Alec laughed. "No. I mean villages have been disappearing. Entire villages. Villagers, buildings, livestock, everything." Okay that sounded even spookier. "The village is there one day, gone the next. Nothing left but a gaping hole in the ground. Locals have been calling it a natural disaster, but Knight Elidan says he isn't so sure." Shaw looked over at Alec to see if the older padawan was just trying to freak him out or if he was really telling the truth. Alec just zipped up the pack and tossed it to Shaw. "We're here."
Shaw descended the boarding ramp, stepping off the durasteel into grass that brushed against his waist. This was the waypoint? A field in the middle of nowhere? Literally nowhere. Shaw couldn't see anything but grass for miles. He had never seen anything so flat in his entire life. He looked over his shoulder at Alec, who gestured toward the cockpit and said, "Love to stick around and chat, but we gotta go. Elidan should be along soon to pick you up."
That probably wasn't very Jedi-y, but nothing Alec had done so far had struck Shaw as very Jedi-y. With that, Shaw was left standing alone in the field with nothing more than the pack slung over his shoulder and his newly acquired training lightsaber. Now he waited. @LouJoVi
"Mindor," the titian haired padawan replied, stuffing some more foodstuffs into the pack Shaw would carry once the shuttle landed. They stood by the storage lockers at the rear of the ship. Now that they were close Alec would begin to fill Shaw in. "Knight Elidan has requested backup. He'll meet us at the waypoint."
"Backup? I'm backup?" Shaw perked up, feeling a little flattered that he would be considered backup.
Alec shook his head, a sower expression settling on his features. "Don't flatter yourself. It was supposed to be us," he said, referring to himself and the Jedi pilot, "But we've been called elsewhere. So yes, you're—backup. For lack of a better word."
Shaw didn't take the bait. Maybe he wasn't backup, but he was the backup's backup. That had to count for something. "So what's going on?"
"Villages have been disappearing."
"Disappearing? Like the people just suddenly aren't there?" Sounded spooky.
Alec laughed. "No. I mean villages have been disappearing. Entire villages. Villagers, buildings, livestock, everything." Okay that sounded even spookier. "The village is there one day, gone the next. Nothing left but a gaping hole in the ground. Locals have been calling it a natural disaster, but Knight Elidan says he isn't so sure." Shaw looked over at Alec to see if the older padawan was just trying to freak him out or if he was really telling the truth. Alec just zipped up the pack and tossed it to Shaw. "We're here."
Shaw descended the boarding ramp, stepping off the durasteel into grass that brushed against his waist. This was the waypoint? A field in the middle of nowhere? Literally nowhere. Shaw couldn't see anything but grass for miles. He had never seen anything so flat in his entire life. He looked over his shoulder at Alec, who gestured toward the cockpit and said, "Love to stick around and chat, but we gotta go. Elidan should be along soon to pick you up."
That probably wasn't very Jedi-y, but nothing Alec had done so far had struck Shaw as very Jedi-y. With that, Shaw was left standing alone in the field with nothing more than the pack slung over his shoulder and his newly acquired training lightsaber. Now he waited. @LouJoVi