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[Denzein]

Spoiler: Timelining

This occurs about four days after the current Council meeting.

There was a light drizzle in the air about the Jedi Temple of Coruscant the evening on which Lecchamemnon chose to arrive. Perhaps the melancholy weather was a herald to the dark times that lay before every Jedi, a prelude to the killing and the confusion and the futility that combined made the result of war. He did not agree with the notion of mass killing to further the cause of peace, but he accepted the fact that at times it was simply necessary.

The Sith had brought this upon themselves. War was imminent.

It was the reason he was here now. Grand Master Kanasaur had asked him to scour the Jedi Archives in order to find information on the Sith that would prove useful in the coming struggle. He was to find it, identify information that would be relevant to the majority of Jedi, and if necessary censor said knowledge to protect the less experienced of the Order from corruption. The Corsucant Archives were known to harbour a small number of unique texts that he was interested in, so he had traveled here post haste to find them and take them back to Tython. It seemed that even in the halls of the Jedi Lecchamemnon was doomed to pursue the dark side of the Force.

He had not announced his arrival, as was always his way. The first warning anyone got was the unmistakeable force presence of one so utterly saturated in lore that it seemed to seep from his very pores. To any who focussed in on this presence further there would become apparent a definite feeling of restraint, as if he was holding back a great deal in an eternal effort to distance the innocent from the corrosive stain of evil. There was also sadness, distant and immense, although that was so smothered in determination that only the truly powerful (and doggedly persistent) would ever catch wind of it. When the Lord of Knowledge desired something hidden, it could not be found.

The Head Librarian on duty jumped when she looked up and saw the Lore Master striding towards his desk, looking directly at her. She had been trained by him personally and liked to think she knew his mind at least some of the time, which was more than many in the Order could claim. She stood as he approached, and held a brief whispered conversation with her Master before nodding and going back to her book. She was privileged to have a personal relationship with one so closed to outsiders, and she knew it. She pitied him, in a way, because she knew him. It was a strange friendship.

Lecchamemnon walked quietly away from Jayara's desk, half smiling with the simple pleasure of being reunited with a friend. He had so few, and even those he had were distant. He could not afford to allow them any closer, he could not allow them to be corrupted by him. He was a diseased man of sorts, but it didn't bother him unduly. He had been tainted for so long that he had forgotten the feeling of love, the sensation of sharing. He was alone, and that was how it always would be.

It was how it had to be.

He stood for a while, simply absorbing the hushed atmosphere of this, his second most impressive of libraries. It was a serene place, and one on which Lecchamemnon felt at peace. He exhaled silently, mood lifting a fraction. He shut his eyes, and allowed himself to become one with the space. The Sith could wait five minutes... This was an atmosphere to be savoured.

 

[Jake]

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.

Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me..ah you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover.

 

[Denzein]

A single ripple manifested, disturbing Lecchamemnon's glassy pool of inner tranquility. He opened his eyes, looking at the cause of his jump back to reality. They came to rest on a boy in a hover chair, piercing green eyes looking straight into Matthias. The half smile slipped from his face, dour manner returning. The cold mask slipped once more about Lecchamemnon's psyche, shielding all about him from the dark side festering in his soul.

He was alone. Alone with the blackness.

He took a step towards the boy, who must have been no more than eighteen. There was such an age of difference between the two of them, and yet for some as yet undefined reason Lecchamemnon felt something within the child. He was force sensitive certainly, with the potential to become powerful if he put his mind to it. That was common of many people within the Temple's walls, though. There was something else, something more elusive... He simply felt like he shared something with the Lore Master. Curious.

"This is someone who values tranquility. I wonder who you are, Matthias?"

It seemed a silly question, seeing as Lecchamemnon already knew the boy's first name by simply lifting it from the surface of their unguarded mind. It was in fact a query that referred to the boy's character. Who was he?

Lecchamemnon did not expect the child to understand, but he waited on an answer nonetheless. Yoda himself had greatly valued the opinions of the young, and the Lore Master was not the type to ignore a lesson from such a distinguished tutor. Perhaps this Matthias could prove he was more than a damaged teenage human with a fledgling addiction.

Perhaps.

 

[Jake]

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.

Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me..ah you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover.

 

[Denzein]

The Lore master blinked once. He had got the answer he had been looking for, more or less, and that was always a pleasant experience for one who spent his life searching for correct answers to unanswerable questions. Yoda hadn't trusted the young for nought.

The boy had poured his story upon Lecchamemnon as if he were on his death bed, with an eloquence not becoming of one so obviously exhausted. He was impressed, and satisfied with the boy. He had found out what it was that linked the two of them, although Matthias would never know. How could he? How could anyone? All that would come from him telling his history was leverage, and it was not proper to have a compromised Lore Master.

He watched Matthias slump back into his seat, the dataslate falling and shattering. Wordlessly Lecchamemnon knelt and gathered the glowing fragments before they could fade into nothing and closed his eyes, focussing on them gently. It was a unique ability of his to repair damaged archive files simply by thinking it, an ability he had only learned thanks to the immense amount of time he spent with the files. Before the boy's eyes the file sewed itself back together, and once it was done Lecchamemnon offered it back to Matthias in an outstretched hand.

"Your hope can become reality, Matthias, if you so wish it. Liset was right to bring you here - we are the most capable healers the galaxy has to offer. Tell me, what troubles you?"

 

[Jake]

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.

Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me..ah you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover.

 

[Denzein]

Matthias Romsca Arastilian.

It was not often that Lecchamemnon was offered a direct link into the mind of another. He took the opportunity, respectfully witnessing what Matthias showed him, but no more. This was not one of his interrogations, he had no need to pry.

As he watched the maelstrom of images flip past he was reminded of his own past, in a way. The deaths, the screaming, the overwhelming desire to escape and run to the Jedi for help. The people and backgrounds were different, but the stories were the same. Who knew that a slumdog and a lordling could have so much in common...

The Lore Master knew what it had taken to purge the negative thoughts and fear from his mind. Sevay had been harsh but fair, like a stern uncle. Through his teachings Lecchamemnon ha become all he was today, and he valued the experience greatly. He knew therefore what it would take for Matthias to shed the pain of his memories and become a true Jedi. No-one else would do it right, he would have to train Matthias himself.

"You need not fear, Matthias. Cast it out, as your Master I will not have it inside you. I will teach you the ways of the Jedi, and how to control this... Empathy without the need for spice," he stood, having been knelt before the boy for a while now. "If you wish to become my padawan, that is."

 

[Jake]

Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If you really bug me then I'll say goodbye.

Yo I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me..ah you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you
gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down and wind it all around.
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover.

 

[Denzein]

It was done.

Lecchamemnon's eyes creased into what might have once resembled a smile, but had been beaten into impassive apathy by the ravages of time. It was when regarding the young that Lecchamemnon felt his age the most - for his species he was middle aged, give or take, but by galactic standards he was getting on. For well over half a century he had held rank within the Jedi, and every one of those years above Knighthood had been spent in the pursuit of forbidden lore. The darkness had taken its toll. He was ageing prematurely, his body degrading faster than it should simply because it had been exposed to more than it should have been. It was not an enviable position.

He would not allow Matthias to succumb to his fate. One Suffering Jedi was enough.

He checked his watch absent mindedly, and noticed that he had already used up the time he had allocated himself to find the files he had wanted. They would have to wait, he had other business that needed attending. Sharlissia was troubled, they had asked for assistance about something and requested any help the Jedi could get. Lecchamemnon, being the least involved Councillor at the time of interception, immediately responded. He had to go there now, and Matthias would just have to come with him. They could deal with this... Empathy... En route.

"Wonderful, I shall notify the Council of my choice the moment we return from Sharlissia. We have business there, business that cannot be delayed any longer," He turned and began walking at a brisk pace from the archives. He waved a hand, gesturing for Matthias to follow. "Come, Matthias! Sable awaits!"

/thread.