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What the Wroshyr Tree Gives
On board Ark's personal transport, a YV-929 Freighter, Ark and Drarkia are posed in a Teras Kasi meditative position that was meant to open up better blood flow and Air flow. They'd been I that and similar poses for some time now, and their entire trip had consisted of the exercises. The poses would do a lot for her. The free blood flow would help to feed and nurture the unborn fetus within her, and keep it content so that she too could be content. The flow of oxygen into her would help to relax her as well as to benefit the child, but that was more for her. Oxygen is much like a drug, releasing chemical reactions where the person breathing gets more oxygen. It helps them to perform better in combat, which is why it is a fundamental exercise in Teras Kasi.
And finally, her muscles would stretch and relax. It would free up the fetus, and allow her to feel far more comfortable at the same time. She'd need this too, because they were about to travel deep into the Wroshyr forests of Kashyyyk, and something of that sort is an uncomfortable journey, considering they'd be in the lower levels of the forest, closer to the many dangers of the forest. Thankfully, they wouldn't be alone, and Drarkia was in the earlier stages of her pregnancy, allowing the travel to be far easier on her and the child than it would if they were to arrive any later in her pregnancy, and it was one of the most important reasons that Ark needed to get her onto Kashyyyk as soon as possible.
During the earlier stages of their ship ride to Kashyyyk, Ark had been on the com link in attempts to organize an extended period of absence from the Siths' eyes for her pregnancy to go unnoticed. Thankfully, Ark was typically one to ask for those sorts of things with his first apprentice, and so it didn't take too much effort to get hooked up. But Ark had an insider, way up on the Sith Food chain that helped to pull those strings, and it made the process simply a matter of doing the organization on his part. And that alone was the most stressful portion of the trip. The rest was Teras Kasi posing.
The droids piloting Ark's ship beeped an alarm for Ark, and Ark recognized it as a signal that they were arriving to their destination, Kashyyyk.
"We'd best be ready to land then," Ark stated as he ended his pose, expecting to lead Drarkia to the cockpit where they'd get a perfect view of the beach front village as they landed on the planet.
As they descended, there was a surprising lack of turbulence. It seemed that the skies were calm, and it made it extremely stress-free for Drarkia, but Ark couldn't help but to sense anxiety in her. It was a brand new place, a location unknown, and vastly different form anywhere she's ever been before. All she's known are fighting arenas, slave cages, and temples. The village alone would be a drastic change of scenery. And although Ark has told her a dozen and a half times that she'd like Kashyyyk, Ark couldn't help but to sense that the unknown didn't cease to bother her.
As they came out of an upper atmosphere cloud, it was revealed that it was evening for the Wookie home world, but the Wroshyr trees were lit up with dozens of homes. And a landing zone was illuminated with red lights, making it extremely easy to find their landing pad. As they descended into the village, their view was perfect.
It would become very clear to Drarkia just how different, and better this place would be for them. And with the gentle touchdown of the ship onto the platform, they could see a group of wookies already gathered around, waiting for them. Not a single one of them was armed, indicating that they knew exactly who'd arrived, and were expecting them with open arms.
As the platform opened up, several wookie children rushed up to greet Ark and to investigate the new Selonian that was with him. With a vibration I the depths of Ark's cartiliguos throat, Ark spoke in a peculiar dialect of Shyriiwook that was easily recognized by the locals. The children all at once melded their own gargles of Shyriiwook in a nearly incomprehensible mix of speaking that would be overwhelming to Drarkia, but pieced together by Ark as his mind frantically translated the children's questions and excited exclamations to him. Ark then herded the children down the ramp, making way for Darkia and himself to exit the ship with, and the children scattered to their respective parents as what looked to be a chieftain of sorts opened his arms, welcoming Ark with a greeting that was incomprehensible to Drarkia, waving his hand over the village, motioning to Drarkia several times, and finally placing a hand behind Ark's back and Drarkia's, leading them down the stairs of the platform into the illuminated city of wooden huts that clung to the sides of the giant Wroshyr trees.
The ambiance was that of insects' songs and the distant bellows of wookies that had their own fun. And as they descended the stairs, looking down would place them high above a massive river that flowed directly through the village, and off the slow-moving river, a reflection of the city could be seen. There was easily enough light to see exactly where they were going and to give a general picture of what the village had within its boundaries. The scene, the greeting, and the ambiance was exactly like one would expect if they were to go to a resort for a vacation. Beauty at every corner, and a plethora of friendly faces greeting the couple as they entered the city.
And contrarily to what Ark had initially said about the climate of the planet, it was actually warmer than Ark had initially said it was. It was humid and almost sticky, but given the scene, it was absolutely perfect for them. And a final time, the chieftain pointed at Drarkia and whispered something in Ark's ears, causing Ark's face to go warm in response.