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His trandoshan hide boots were muddy and he was miserable. He normally wouldn’t be caught dead on a backwater wretch of a planet like Kashyyyk. He barely understood the stupid monkeys and their grating voices were an assault to his sensitive ears. He was here because of a bet he had with his friends. The bet was to steal an authentic Wookiee bowcaster. Naturally, no one had a sense of direction, and he found himself completely lost in the Kashyyyk Shadowlands.

Ezra was dressed in a designer button down, tailored trousers that were very flattering and those expensive trandoshan boots. Perfect for a day at the office, painfully impractical for anywhere outdoors. His cologne alone was attracting a cloud of gnats and other bugs he batted away. Ezra was sweating profusely and he already unbuttoned a few buttons from the top. He smacked at his own arms and face, already sporting several bug bites.

“Ugh,” He spat as he took out his anti-bacterial canister and sprayed it all around him, “How can anyone live on a dump like this?” Ezra muttered to himself moments before his boot sank into a pile of…

He almost gagged at the smell. That was definitely a pile of turds. But what could create a pile like this? Those monkeys were pretty big, but what if this was from an animal? He couldn’t tell the difference. Were Wookiees even considered intelligent or did they simply mimic what they heard? Gross. He grimaced as he pulled his foot back, not even considering that the poop was relatively fresh.

Which meant that whatever left it was still nearby.

Delightfully oblivious, Ezra pointed his nalphone at the pile of crap and scanned it, speaking loudly, "Spalexa, what creature made this?"

Spalexa is offline. Attempting to reconnect...

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What Ezra failed to realize was that the size of the droppings had nothing to do with the size of the creature that created it... and everything to do with the number of creatures that, together, created it. Roosting high in an adjacent Wroshyr tree, about a hundred feet above Ezra, was a flock of several dozen avian creatures; each a little bigger than a Correllian Goose.

The Turduckens, as they were aptly named, were famous for their skittishness; and, like most winged creatures, found it easier to take off after they released any unnecessary weight.

As Ezra's voice rang out loudly through the forest, the flock shuffled their feathers nervously; perhaps the creature they'd previosuly written off as harmless below them was a threat? So when something- or someone- else began approaching, all it took was one anxious Turducken to take flight for the entire flock to empty their bowels and follow suit; filling the air with their cries of alarm... as well as a marvelous amount of poop.

The Turduckens went up, and their excrement went down.

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The soft leather soles of Leon Beaudilare’s boots squelched in the mud as he trudged through the shadowlands of Kashykk.

ThE FoRcE Will GUiDE YouUUUUuu!” he grumbled in a rather fitting imitation of Master Vanloa. He’d been given the bare minimum when it came to gear. He was dressed in a formally white tank top, his olive trousers, and boots. His gun, blastsword, and training saber had been taken. He’d been left with a single knife and his utility belt, but there wasn’t much he could really do with either.

On a deeper level, Leon knew this training was exactly what he needed. The force was a stranger to him. According to Kaisa, it was something in and all around him. Something alive and vibrant in it’s existence, but he couldn’t help but feel like that was a load of Turducken shab.

A flitting shadow across the ground caught his attention and the Padawan looked up to see, probably the biggest avian creature he’d ever seen, pass over and land in a wroshyr tree just ahead. Leon took a breath, he was trying to be open to this whole magical hobo thing, but right now it sucked.

As if on queue, his stomach began to sing the sing of its people. Leon cradled his stomach. He reached into his utility belt for a ration bar, but the pocket was empty.

Guess I’m bird hunting…” he said with a sigh as he started off in the direction of the tree that massive Turducken had landed in.

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The log was pretty wide, but covered in so much moss it was practically green. Dash crept along it deliberately, one foot at a time, arms out for balance. It was just like doing the tightrope back at the theatre, though he wished he'd played that part more now.

The young Jedi was pretty sure this wasn't really a track, but then tracks didn't seem to be a thing on Kashyyyk. It had been a novelty at first - the whole wild thing - but after his long day with Jade and Rath, and a night's sleep on the hard ground, he had really had his fill.

Circling back towards the port wasn't going so well though. This part of the jungle seemed ever thicker and wetter than the last. He jumped off the log with a dancer's grace, landing on the soggy ground and brushing greenflies off his autumn jacket. Which way next?

He thought he heard a mechanical voice between the trees. Almost like Spalexa, but that was crazy out here, his own phone battery had died yesterday. Then there was a huge squawk above and he hunched instinctively, seeing dozens of large birds take flight up in the branches - and drop their last meal in his direction!

Dash leapt toward the nearest tree, pressing himself against the trunk even as one of the frackers' droppings splattered his leg. "No way!" he moaned, suddenly catching sight of someone else between two trees "Hey, hey look out!"




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"Justicar At'Arel you are overdue for oversight of a training excursion." Those were words that Zathria always dreaded to hear. She'd managed to make it almost three years since her last "Padawan duty" but apparently the Council had caught up with her. She was pretty sure this was just Councilor Vanloa (@Logan) getting revenge for Zathria constantly producing new work and reports for review, but as much as she had tried to sidestep it, she was out on Padawan duty.

In this case, it was helping oversee wilderness survival in the Shadowlands of Kashyyyk, and thus far it had been like herding cats. The Padawans were trying to run all over the place, hungry, tired, and generally not the most compliant.

Get away from there! she shouted at a Padawan (@Zay) who was so preoccupied with birds that he nearly missed the jaw plant lying on the ground that he was about to step into.

She glanced over to the other side and spotted two more Padawans (@Sreeya @Alhon) nearly getting caught in a poopnado.

You two Padawans! Come over here! she said, not having connected yet that Ezra wasn't one of her runaway Paddies. Force help her, she was going to have burst an aneurysm before this was all over.
 
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Despite his valiant attempts to avoid it - which included making excuses, and flat out hiding from Councilor Vanloa in the corridors - Andros was assigned to accompany the training mission to Kashyyyk. Throughout his career as a Jedi, the half-Orcolan had a bit more experience in survival environments, which apparently made him the perfect candidate to co-chaperon with Zathria. Or the Council was simply trying to stick him with a Padawan - a horrifying thought he refused to consider whatsoever.

Andros walked a few paces besides Zathria, arms casually folded over his chest. The half-Orcolan was dressed in his usual navy-blue Jedi attire, hair combed messily into place, while his saberhilt was clipped to his belt.

He lazily munched a few local berries - actually having enough local knowledge to distinguish the edible kind from the diarrhea-causing kind. Andros was perfectly content to let Zathria attempt to corral the Lothcats until they actually began their exercises.

“For the record,” He said, glancing over towards her. “I think it’s going pretty well.”
 

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Ezra was still pressing random buttons when the flurry of giant birds began to sail overhead. He saw the putride missiles pelting down towards the earth as the birds dropped their entire payload. His eyes widened and he scrambled to leap out of the way, charging right into another person (@Alhon )that showed up out of nowhere. He catapulted into the other guy by accident, sending them both tumbling into the mud. By some miracle, Ezra avoided the poop rain, but he did lose one of his prized boots.

“Thanks for the warning,” He muttered sarcastically as he practically planted a hand on the other guy’s face so he could push himself up to stand again. Ezra looked over at his bare foot with an ankle sock and his eyes widened, “My boot..” He lamented, looking around for his expensive footwear. He wasn’t going to walk around this disaster of a planet with a soaked sock. Why couldn’t the Sith have just finished the job and destroyed the entire surface?

He looked over as someone (@Phoenix )called at them, his face scrunching. Padawan? Did Ezra look like a padawan? His gaze flicked over to the guy he practically trucked during his escape. What were Jedi doing here? Whatever, he had more pressing concerns.

“Hey, do you know where I can get service?” He pointed to his NalPhone.

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Dash's cover was pretty good and virtually all of the poop went wide. He turned to look for the guy he'd seen and was abruptly knocked off his feet. The idiot had run right into him!

They crashed to the ground, wet leaves and the smell of earth filling the Padawan's nose. And cologne. Was this guy wearing cologne?!

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You're welco-". His reply was cut short as the fracker pushed a hand over his face. Dash half thought he was trying to suffocate him, before a stolen glance showed he was actually leaning on the young Jedi to get up. Leaning on his face!

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Oi!" Dash snorted, pulling at the guy's wrist to pull him off. "What you playing at?" He leant up on his elbows, shock turning to anger and an all too familiar pulse between his fingers. No, not that. He had to calm down.

The face in front of him helped (@Sreeya ). Silver-eyed and striking, the other guy was unusual, even if he was a tool. "Forget your service" Dash sniffed "you might try a sorry. Maybe a hello after that".

He got up without waiting for an answer, brushing himself off and heading towards the other Jedi (@Zay @Phoenix @Altaris ) . He'd no idea why there seemed to be quite a group all of a sudden, but he'd be glad not to be alone with this guy.


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Zathria was so busy trying to keep the Padawans from being devoured by man-eating plants that she hadn't noticed the flock turning and the poopnado coming in her direction.

She was promptly pelted, raising her arms to try to cover herself and take cover behind a tree, but it didn't really help. A torrent of bird feces had rained down on her and she started gagging after a moment.

I... disagree, Zathria said venomously to Andros. As Ezra (@Sreeya) came over to ask about Nalphone access, Zathria was still just continuing to try not to retch onto the ground. She wanted to get out of here. She was so over this excursion already.

She started looking around for a pond or something that she could just... dip her entire body into. She desperately wanted a shower...

You deal with them... I need to go... do something about... this... she said to Andros (@Altaris).
 

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Get away from there!

Leon’s head whipped around, “Huh?

Behind him loomed a large salivating Jaw plant. One he’d been too wrapped in angst-filled revelry to notice. Zathria’s panic however ignited his desire to look for this man-eating plant. He turned around and found himself staring directly into the maw of the ferocious flora. Profanity in a pitch near falsetto flew from Leon’s lips at an incriminating level as he scrambled backward.

Motherfu—kerrrrrk!” he screamed as his heel caught a twisted root and sent him topping back. The plant’s mouth slammed closed directly in front of his nose shutting him up promptly as his mortality exposed itself. Leon scuttled backward like a crab possessed from the carnivorous planet. As if being eaten by a plant wasn’t bad enough he looked up to see a swath of birds take flight.

His eyes went wide, “You gotta be shitting me!” he yelled finding his voice as the first splatters of fecal matter descended upon the group.

Sheer panic sent him groping for the force as he willed his legs to find purchase in the muck. His left foot found solid ground and he lunged for cover. Zathria was covered up behind a tree and Leon slid in directly under her just as the deluge of doo doo hit her like a bucket of Sports-ade hits the coach of a winning Huttball team.

Leon shrugged apologetically and muttered his thanks for the cover before scrambling to his feet and getting as far from the fecal-glazed knight as he could. He shook his head trying to process everything that had just transpired when some random stuck a phone in his face. Confusion colored his expression but by the time he managed to shrug uselessly the guy was already asking Zathria, who obviously had worse things to deal with. Then Leon wondered why this dude was out here.

Uh, hey, are you lost or something, dude?” Leon asked Ezra.


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Ezra stared blankly at the guy (@Alhon ) in front of him that got all huffy and puffy. He crossed his arms over his chest as he stared at him, “All right,” He said cooly as the guy got up from the ground, “I’m sorry I lost my boot that’s worth more crowns than you’ve seen in your life,” His gaze flicked down and up the Jedi’s body as he spoke, meeting his eyes again, “And hello,” He added in the order requested.

He went right back to checking for a signal, holding his comlink up high to see if he could catch anything. Ezra looked over as another man (@Zay )emerged from the bushes to ask if he was lost. From looking at him, he looked just as confused. Why were there so many people randomly meandering around in the Shadowlands? Ezra stared at the new man in front of him, his gaze sliding down to his own messy clothes and missing boot.

“What gave you that idea?” He asked bluntly, dry sarcasm dripping from his tone. Ezra looked past him towards more of the Jedi cleaning up the poop off themselves.

“Guess Jedi can’t afford field trips anywhere nice..” He muttered quietly.

The Shadowlands were true to their name. Within moments, light began to rapidly disappear. The thick forests were dark and cold, beady little eyes shining all around. Ezra was well out of his element, and he couldn’t deny the slight pangs of anxiety building. He despised the idea of associating with Jedi, but he had little choice at the moment. Regardless of where Leon went, Ezra made a point to casually follow as if he just happened to be going that way anyway. If Leon stopped, Ezra would pause and look around aimlessly to inspect some random plant or poisonous fruit. No way would he ever admit he was lost and using Leon as a direction guide.

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Zathria was in a bad mood. She stripped off her outer cloak, deciding it was basically a loss and began to rinse her head off in the water of the lake. The water that was not quite "rancid" looking, but certainly wasn't something she was going to be drinking.

After she was... well, not clean, but not quite filthy anymore, she stood up. Still grumpy. The ship wasn't going to be back for them for a couple of days still, and a poop attack wasn't grounds enough for it to come back.

Okay, let's get back on track, she said, her gaze only now falling on Ezra and realizing he wasn't a Padawan. Of course, she wasn't going to admit that aloud, but that wasn't the point.

Who are you? And why are you down here? she asked. Surely there was a reason he was down here. After all, this was the Shadowlands... people didn't just come here on a dare.

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Silvereyes was cold, like sub zero. He didn't apologise, instead moaning about his pretty boots and scowling in Dash's direction. "Doesn't look like much of a loss" the young Rhinnalian chuckled, nodding at the remaining boot "trando hide is so last year".

He didn't wait for a reply, there was just too much happening. He didn't think it was possible to see any more Jedi on Kashyyyk, but there were at least three who had the look now standing among the greenery. A young guy with long hair and a wild look in his eye (@Zay ), a rather frightening woman looking less than impressed (@Phoenix ) and the familiar tusk-filled grin of Andros Sahin (@Altaris ). Dash barely knew where to start.

"Tell me there's a reason you're all - we're all - stuck in this mess?" he asked, grinning awkwardly. It wasn't the day he'd planned, and the madness that was unfolding was hard to take in, even for his agile mind.

He heard the silver-eyed tool moaning again under his breath. "Whatever the plan, we seemed to have picked up a straggler" he said nodding towards the guy "looking for the nearest five-star restaurant I think..."

Dash didn't always feel at home among groups of Jedi, but for once he felt part of the pack.
 
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New guy’s (@Sreeya) dry sarcasm was lost on Leon. The past five minutes had been so tumultuous he wasn’t able to see past the surface level.

The hole in your designer sock was my first clue,” he remarked with a good-natured smile.

Everyone seemed to be coming down from the sudden shitstorm. Leon took a breath and decided to make for a nearby root large enough to lean against. On his way, something caught the toe of his boot and he stumbled just managing to catch himself at the last second. He turned around with a dumb chuckle. For a split second, he could have sworn the rich kid was following him, but that’d be weird right?

To Leon’s surprise the trip hazard as boot. His mouth opened, then he looked toward the new guy's barefoot. Big toe protruding through his sock.

Oh, this might be yours!” he laughed tossing the muck-covered boot back in Ezra’s direction. back. Dash made a comment about the boot style being outdated, and Leon chuckled chiming in, ”You know there are Trando hunters here on Kashyyyk, right? You got any—

Zathria (@Phoenix) cut him off as she reappeared from her “cleansing” ritual. She immediately singled out Ezra, and her tone carried that familiar, don’t even try karking with me, tone that he hated hearing from his Jedi mentors.

Yeesh, this really went from boring training to a reality show, huh?” he muttered under his breath as he landed next to the other Padawan. (@Alhon)

Leon lost interest in the new guy momentarily as his gaze wandered toward the other knight, what was his name, Andras? Anderossa? Andy? Andy (@Altaris) felt too intimate. Crap, he really needed to work on remembering people’s names. Regardless, dude looked like he’d seen the face of the force in that poop storm. Poor guy hadn’t moved since.

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As the Jedi and their tagalong continued their path into the Shadowlands, they would soon understand why the place had the fearsome reputation that it did. Heavy fog blanketed the rotting trunks of Wroshyr trees, while the skeletal branches hundreds of feet above them creaked from a wind that did not live long enough to reach the surface. The more perceptive of their party might notice a foul smell- a different kind of foul smell than the damp, putrid scent of the Shadowlands- or else hear the buzzing of flies.

It wouldn't take long before they discovered the reason. The corpse of a Katarn, one of the many large, predatory animals on Kashyyyk, lay dead in a pool of blood near a mound of leaves and earth about 2 meters in diameter. Anything more than a casual glance at the corpse would indicate that this had been no normal Katarn. The creature was fitted with a saddle and barding, indicating that it had been domesticated, although its rider was nowhere to be seen...

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Ezra’s eyes narrowed as the irritating, but admittedly cute, guy (@Alhon) scoffed about his boots. He wasn’t surprised - poor people could never appreciate luxurious vintage real Trandoshan leather. He called out as the man walked off, “I’ll take it over that bathroom floor rug,” He remarked about the Jedi’s choice of jacket.

He would have been offended by Leon’s (@Zay) remark about the hole in his sock, but the fact that the man recognized the brand won him some points. Ezra glanced down at his bootless foot with a sigh, holding his tongue for now. He didn’t even realize in his rush to escape he managed to tear his sock. One of his perfectly pedicured (he wasn’t insecure about his masculinity) toes protruded out.

Ezra’s expression perked up when Leon tossed him back the boot. Mud and gunk splattered on his shirt, which immediately drew out a scowl. However, he stopped to put the boot back on. This was right when a woman (@Phoenix ) popped up out of nowhere, making him almost jump. Ezra blinked at her a few times suspiciously.

“I’m…Jabba..” He muttered, his face scrunching up from the poop smell that emanated from her. If not for the crap, she would have been quite easy on the eyes, “I’m looking for a bowcaster,” He said flatly. He paused before adding, “I..misplaced it,” He was lying through his teeth, and a Justicar like Zathria would smell it from a mile away. But perhaps not through the smell of the apparent corpse just a few feet away.

“Ugh you all really need to consider a bath,” He said, almost gagging as he walked ahead. Ezra knew Jedi were hippies and homeless, but all this smell was unbearable and it certainly wasn’t there before the Jedi arrived. Within moments, he stumbled upon the dead Katarn. Ezra stopped walking, his eyes widening, “Sick,” He said, fascinated as he gingerly stepped around it. It was massive and smelled horrible, but it piqued his curiosity. Of course, Ezra was loudly plodding around it, almost slipping in the blood a few times. He was immediately looking for something to loot from the scene.

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Zathria looked at Ezra as he declared what he was doing and suppressed the urge to roll her eyes. Right, so he was lost. Great.

Okay "Jabba..." she said, raising her fingers and making air quotes as she said it ...I'm sure you are, she said as he mentioned looking for his bowcaster. So he was probably not going to be any more helpful than the Padawans. De facto padawan, yep.

Yes, well, if you see a shower, I, for one, would be happy to jump in it, she said. She couldn't really argue with the assessment. She'd have loved a nice hot shower... or even a cold shower to be honest. Or a decontamination shower. Pretty much anything.

Zathria almost couldn't smell the dead Katarn over the general poo smells, and almost stumbled totally onto it.

As soon as she did, she stiffened, eyes flicking up above and all around them for any sign of... whatever had killed it. Her hand dropped down to brush against her lightsaber but she didn't move. She didn't go anywhere as she let the Force flow out from her, but then it occurred to her... it was old. Right? The body had started to smell, but the blood... the blood looked fresh.

We should keep moving, she said, though her attention was now solidly fixed into the surroundings rather than the group of paddies.
 

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Compared to Zathria, Andros was having a great time. Despite his reluctance to take on the training mission, the half-Orcolan was mostly confident that their cohort of Padawans weren’t going to do anything especially stupid or suicidal. It wasn’t a particularly high standard that Andros expected they’d met.

His blissfully munching of berries was interrupted by the sudden shit-storm - quite literally - that rained down from above. Andros had about two-seconds to watch Zathria get pelted with bird shit, but didn’t have time to die laughing before he too was assailed from the skies. The half-Orcolan immediately dropped the remaining handful of colorful fruit, wiping his eyes with the back of his sleeve - gagging a few times. He was extremely certain some of it had gotten in his mouth and left Andros, normally rather at home outdoors, wanting to crawl out of his skin.

“You can’t just leave me with them.” He grumbled to Zathria. Still, the Knight patiently - albeit with a thoroughly unamused expression - waited for Zathria to return, kind of just standing there while covered in bird shit. The moment the Echani returned, Andros turned on a heel to wash himself in the same lake - ditching his outer cloak and tunic, leaving just the tanktop underneath. “Your the worst.” He muttered toward her.

By the time Andros returned, the half-Orcolan was mostly clean from the bird droppings - his hair messily fingercombed into place and dripping with water. He arrived just in time to watch Leon toss Ezra his dirty boot, immediately flashing a grin. “I’ve got a jacket to match,” He gestured to his dirty tunic, as if to complete the look.

He didn’t comment about Ezra’s alias or the “This is some bullshit” vibes coming off Zathria, instead keeping his eyes on the path ahead. His face immediately scrunched up at the dead Katarn, eyes narrowing at the gruesome scene. He approached slowly, taking a look at the saddle and barding it wore. It was very clearly of Wookiee make, likely one of the “Dragon Troopers” that patrolled the Shadowlands. “Whatever killed it, took the Wookiee rider out with it.” Andros glanced up to Zathria.

He blinked a few times, glancing over to Ezra. “No bowcaster in sight,” Andros said with a small shrug.
 

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"It's Rhinnalian refined wool mate" Dash shot over his shoulder "Pretty rare, I don't blame you for never having seen it". He was almost enjoying sparring with Silvereyes (@Sreeya ) for reasons he couldn't quite explain. Jabba! As if any of them believed that was his name. Dash's money was on Rupert, or Peregrine, or something even fancier with more consonants than you could count.

He walked on with the other Jedi. It seemed that except for Dash and Silvereyes, the rest of them were there for some scheduled training. It was either fate or really bad luck that he'd crossed paths with them at all. But despite the dark, the damp and the rain of poop, it had to be worth sticking around to learn, surely? Then Andros came back from the lake all wet and steamy in his tank top and Dash decided the day was worth it just for that (@Altaris ).

"You got any idea if there's anything else out here?" he asked the nearest Jedi (@Zay ), trying to focus "maybe a bear trap we can nudge Jabba into?" He sensed the other guy was no fan of Silvereyes either. "I'm Dash by the way, Dash Pavan".

It was not long later before the foul smell hit him like a wave and they rounded a copse to find the huge dead thing. Dash hadn't a clue what it was and only felt partly reassured by it being dead. The find sent a shiver through the group and even the more seasoned Jedi seemed wary, wondering what had killed it and how recently.

It occurred to Dash that he could help with the second part of that question. He wasn't really keen, but something made him creep closer to the creature's body, stepping over a limp and placing his hand on its hide. Heat. It was there. Dash had always been good at feeling it in people and nudging in this way or that. It seemed to be his thing. Warming patients, or bringing down a fever, had been his secret power back at the Medical Academy.

"I don't think this has been dead long...." he said, concentrating. "Maybe less than an hour..."


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You got any idea if there's anything else out here?” asked the other Padawan (@Alhon), Leon thought for a second recalling the plethora of killer beasts, insects, and serpents on Kashyyyk that he'd been forced to study up on during his transit here, “Oh yeah, Kashyyyk is hella dangerous,” he jerked a thumb at Jabba (@Sreeya) and said, “I have no idea how he isn’t dead already.

Leon chucked along at Dash’s joke and then offered his hand in greeting, “I’m Leon, nice to finally run into another Padawan,” he said with sincerity, he was starting to get worried he was the only one on this training adventure. That’s when the faint sound of buzzing stole his attention. “Anyone else hear that?” he asked.

No one else seemed to notice the sound as they started to move on, so he shrugged it off and fell in line. Their group came across a dead mount not long after. There was a sickly sweet smell emanating from the area around the rotting beast, but the whole scene felt out of order. Leon’s attention was wrapped on the unfolding investigation.

Jabba was the first to come across the scene, and while he didn’t seem to have any input he wasn’t shying away from the violence either. To Leon’s envy, Dash seemed to have some survival training as he gave an estimate on the Kartarn’s time of death. Andy (@Altaris) seemed to have bounced back from his trance earlier and confirmed the suspicion Leon had been trying to ignore. With Dash’s estimate whatever had killed this battle mount and Wookie could still be around…

He was just about to ask Zathria (@Phoenix) what she thought when the knight said, “We should keep moving.” Leon started to nod his head in agreement when the buzzing returned, now much louder, “Seriously, does anyone else hear that?

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