Ask Ajan Kloss New planet, new people

[Nova Ragna]

Nova was quite excited about where she was going and also curious to experience a jungle for the first time. She's been traveling with her uncle a few times to other planets, so space travel wasn't a new thing for her. With that said, it was the first time experience an actual jungle planet, so that was what that was exciting for her. "Alright Nova, coming out of hyperspace now, get up if you wanna see the planet," called Nova's uncle over the comm of the ship. As soon as Nova entered the cockpit, the ship exited hyperspace, facing the enormous lush green-coloured planet, "Wow" exclaimed the excited red-haired girl with her mouth agape.

"Welcome to Ajan Kloss" introduced her uncle with a smile as he guided the ship towards the planet. Coming through the atmosphere of Ajan Kloss, the vast lush jungle got a lot more visible for Nova, who almost plastered her face to the window of the cockpit to get a better look. "Never seen so much green before uncle! Can't wait to explore it and see what kind of animals live on it!" Expressed the Nova excitedly.

Her uncle just shook his head at how excited his niece got. Then again, it was her first time seeing a real jungle planet and a green one at that, since she's lived her whole life on the frozen ice planet called Vandor. "Just remember, before I take you anywhere in the jungle, I gotta run some errand first. And no, I can, nor will let you roam the jungle on your own Nova. Your dad would kill me if I let anything happen to his daughter" said her uncle, knowing his niece enough to answer her question before she would ask them.

Nova pouted a bit, but quickly turned around and just focused on the experience of seeing jungle for the first time. As the ship flew a few hundred feet above the treetops, a medium-sized town came into view, which Nova's uncle guided the ship in the direction of the town and landed just outside of the town.

Dashing to the blast door, she got blasted immediately by the humid heat and sound and smell of thousands of things, it was quite overwhelming for her senses. Nova understood why her uncle had explained to her, to dress light and not warmly, the heat would have killed her. Descending the ramp along with her uncle, the pair went towards the town, walking amount many other ships and passing a few pilots on the way to the town.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

The jungles of Ajan Kloss, though dense and perhaps difficult to navigate for outsiders, were all too familiar and easy to traverse for Asaara. After all, she had lived here her entire life and knew the paths as intimately as she knew the Jedi temple. She had walked these trails many and more times, both to and from the village on various errands and minor tasks. Sometimes it was to pick up items and supplies for the temple, and other times it was simply to serve as a guide. She knew the planet better than most did, and she used that to her full advantage.

Today Asaara was on an errand to pick up a few supplies for the temple. The temple was in need of some small odds and ends, mostly for the kitchen to prepare meals. Spices, herbs, and some replacement eating utensils for those that had been worn too far down with time. It was a simple chore and one many might consider monotonous, but not Asaara. She relished every opportunity to help. Whether it was a simple task like this, or showing newcomers around the temple grounds and surrounding areas, the young girl was all too happy to oblige. She was always eager to please, and to try and show her dedication to the place and people she called her home and family.

She had seen a new ship flying in to dock just on the outskirts of the city. Her lips pursed thoughtfully. Asaara reached into one of the deep pockets of her robe, pulling out her datapad to check the chrono. She had arrived earlier than she needed to. Nobody would notice if she made a detour to help these newcomers, if they were newcomers at all. Even if they weren't, it was an opportunity to either meet someone new or see somebody she was already familiar with.

Asaara stowed the datapad away back into her pocket, breaking off to the right of her current path to take a shortcut headed in the direction of where the starship had landed. It was entirely likely of course, that these people had already found their way to the town and didn't need her help at all. She may not even see them. Regardless of this prospect, the girl would suffer no inconvenience from it. After all, she was early, and what better thing to do with her time than to at least try and be helpful to others?

It wasn't long before the starship came into view, and it was clear from a quick glance that these were newcomers. At least, they were newcomers for her. It was a ship she didn't recognise, and Asaara recognised nearly every ship that came and went from Ajan Kloss. With renewed vigour the Togruta bounded forward towards the town, the most likely direction the newcomers went. Inside of a few moments she spotted what she believed to be her quarry: a young human girl and an older human man, two silhouettes she was certain she didn't recognise.

"Excuse me!" she called out cheerfully, making a small leap into the air as she waved her hand, hoping to coax the two into turning around and catch their attention.

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

Having been growing up on Vandor and in a village, Nova was very much used to street vendors and fresh food and wares. However, a difference she noticed was how outdoor everyone was, whereas in her village the only people that stayed outside were the guards for their shift and those and went from build to build... and Nova of course. It was very crowded and almost overwhelming to someone like Nova that is used to a tribe with no more than a few hundred people.

Just as Nova and her uncle was about to be gorged by the bustling people, the sound of a young girl's voice, caught Nova's ears. At first, Nova thought it was directed at somebody else, why wouldn't? It's not like she knew anyone here or her uncle did for that matter... at least, not that she knew about. But, the voice seemed quite determind to get Nova and her uncle's attention and for that they both turned around, facing a very young Togruta. Actually, she looked around the same age as Nova or very close at least.

"A Jedi," said Nova's uncle under his breath, looking at the brown overtunic with a blue robe, loosen beige trousers and dark blue footwraps. Nova gave her uncle a questioning look, not understanding what he meant by "a Jedi". Were they bad? This one looked way too soft in her features to send off any kind of villainous intent. Even when Nova reached out with the force she felt no cold or anger from her.

Nova's uncle was dressed in a simple traveling outfit with a blaster on each of his hips and a backpack hanging from only one of his shoulders. Nova was actually quite curious in the Togruta as she had never really gotten the chance to meet one up close or talk to one for that matter. This girl looked cheerfully welcoming noticed Nova, smiling back at the approaching girl.

As Asaara got over to the pair, the flame-coloured girl's freckles really started to show. "Yes?" Asked Nova's uncle with a raised eyebrow.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

"I'm sorry to bother you," Asaara spoke up as she closed the distance, stopping a short but respectful distance away from the two. "My name's Asaara! I saw your ship land on my way here," she continued in between her quiet pants for breath, pointing back in the direction the two had come from. "I know lots of ships on Ajan Kloss, but I've never seen yours before! Thought you might be new here, and wanted to welcome you to our home!" Asaara chirped merrily, adjusting the strap of her messenger bag on her shoulder.

For her part, Asaara was a small and unassuming creature. Her skin was a soft, pallid blue in the places the white patterns and markings were not. The montrals on her head were small in stature, and the lekku draped over her shoulders were just as small themselves. Her overall stature was small and disarming, and though it was apparent she was anything but underweight, she also lacked the musculature and build to pose any real particular threat. She flashed another smile at the two.

"I can show you around if you'd like?" she asked. "I've lived here my whole life. I know this place better than anyone!" Asaara stated with confidence, though her resolve about the authenticity of that statement soon dwindled away. "Except Trosk maybe, but he's kind of grumpy sometimes. Oh, and I can show you to any stalls or stores you're trying to find too!" she continued, her enthusiasm about everything making her appear perhaps a bit too eager to try and be helpful. It was then that she blinked, and a look of horror spread across her face. Her eyes went wide. She cleared her throat with a sound of panic, took a step back, and dipped into a low and respectful bow.

"I"m sorry," Asaara said from her doubled over position. "I hope I'm not bothering you. I didn't mean to..." She paused. She remained in her bowed position, going silent for several moments before she spoke up again. "I just like helping, is all."

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

This time it was Nova who blinked, she knew she could get excited, but this girl really took it to a new level. Nova didn't even get to say anything before the girl suddenly acted really embarrass, Nova's uncle even looked over her shoulder, thinking the young Togruta saw someone else. But no, no one else seemed to really pay attention to the three at the start of the local market.

A bemused look from her uncle as he shook his head, looking back down at his niece. "It's quite alright little one" he assured the girl in front of him. However, a sudden idé hit him full force, turning his attention to Nova, "listen, I got some rather boring errings to run Nova. Normally I wouldn't just let you free roam with locals, but I doubt this one is even capable of doing much harm, even if she wanted to" explained Nova's uncle, despite the fact that Asaara was right beside them.

Nova narrowed her eyes, "last time you said that, you ended up with a broken rib uncle" recalled Nova, remembering hearing about his "boring shopping trip". "Don't worry, this time it's real, and you know very well that I wasn't the one that would have started that" pointed her uncle and turned his attention back to the waiting Jedi Padawan.

"Listen, you seem like you about explode with excitement for meeting new people. I got some things to take care of and while my brother would kill me if I did this any other time and place, but you seem too chirpy to think of harming my Niece. With that said, harming my little niece and I will come after you if my brother doesn't get to you before me" suggested the uncle. "I can take care of myself!" complained Nova, offended over her uncle making her out to be some frighten little fragile thing.

If Asaara went along with spending time alone with Nova, her uncle would simply nod and headed off towards the market beside them. Nova followed her uncle's path until he disappeared in the crowd and then turn her attention back at the girl in front of her. "Sooo... hey! I'm Nova" greeted Nova finally, giving Asaara a proper introduction with a friendly smile.

Looking over her shoulder, "yea don't mind what my uncle said, he's very protective of me, even though I am fully capable of surviving on my own" explained Nova and locked her eyes with Asaara's pretty blue eyes.

"Well, you know this place better than me, anything fun to do around here?" asked Nova curiously, looking forward to doing something more fun than just standing around.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

As Nova's uncle pardoned Asaara's behaviour, the girl straightened herself into a standing position. As Nova's uncle spoke, Asaara's brow knitted together and her head canted inquisitively. She didn't dare interrupt the conversation between an uncle and his niece, even if she did have questions. Her uncle sounded apprehensive of Asaara, even though she was obviously a Jedi and by extension a member of the temple. Nobody had ever shown any real distrust of the Jedi before, but Asaara sensed just that in this man.

As Nova and her uncle had their exchange, Asaara cast her gaze down at the ground. She rubbed anxious at the back of her neck. Perhaps she shouldn't have intervened. It appeared as though this man wasn't terribly fond of Jedi, nor did he seem particularly fond of Asaara herself. She lifted her head up to glance away to the side, only for it to be brought immediately back to the uncle as soon as he started addressing Asaara directly. Harm her?

"N-No! I... I would n-never hurt her, or—" she stopped her stammering as she uncle departed, leaving Nova in her care. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment at the situation, and Asaara's head immediately dipped down low again. "S-Sorry," the young girl muttered quietly, lifting her hand to resume rubbing at the back of her neck like she had before. "I... I didn't mean to get you in trouble. I guess I... I shouldn't have bothered you," she confessed before looking up at Nova. Asaara still appeared ashamed, even after Nova told her to disregard what her uncle had said.

"N-Nice to meet you, Nova," Asaara replied meekly. "Fun? W-Well, we could go feed the zymods, if you don't know what those are. They can change colour, and I always thought it was fun t-to play 'Spot the Zymods,' because they blend in really well with the jungle."

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

Man, this Asaara was really apologetic girl and Nova almost felt bad for her new guide. Waving a hand nonchalantly in front of her, Nova gave Asaara a cheerful smile "I'm not really in trouble, don't worry about me". Nova looked towards the large jungle which surrounded the town, "Zymods?" Nova repeated after Asaara, "sounds intriguing, what is it?" asked the red-haired girl, with a curious look in her eyes, placing her hands behind her back.

Multiple stall owners were yelling out loud, trying to get as many people's attention as they could, while holding fresh wares in their hands. "Jogan fruits! Fresh Jogan fruits!" yelled one nearest where the two girls stood. One of the opposite sides of the one selling Jogan fruits held up some very beautiful and colourful fabrics, "Nabooian fabrics, two for one's price! Do you need that special tablecloth for that special dinner meeting? Or maybe to mix it up a bit, come near, come all!" yelled the alien behind the stall.

"Well, lead the way," said Nova suggestive, waiting for Asaara to lead her to wherever these Zymods would be. Once Nova would follow the girl, who looked very much around the same age as herself. "Zymod..." said Nova out loud, as the two girls would walk through the very busy town. Nova played with the name in her mouth, it was a foreign word and name but sounded like something a small creature would be called.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

"All right," Asaara replied, clearly not entirely convinced that she was absolved of any wrongdoing. "As for zymods, they're like lizards," she continued. "They're not very big, and they're really sweet creatures." As Asaara spoke, she wound her way through the writhing collection of bystanders coming and going throughout the town, pointedly making her way towards one of the stalls hawking their wares. Specifically, they were shouting about their assortment of bugs and insects.

"Mr. Akhin!" Asaara called out towards the Cathar standing on the other side of the stall. Akhin looked over as his name was called, and flashed Asaara a big, toothy grin as she approached. Akhin was a large and formidable looking beast of a man, towering above the two younger kids as they approached. His fur was thick and brown in colour, and his mane had been styled into loose, disheveled dreadlocks cascading down to his shoulders. He was nearly as wide as he was tall, a being boasting of obvious athleticism and strength.

"Little Asaara!" the man boomed, his voice deep and gravelly, like his vocal chords had been rubbed down with sandpaper. "How wonderful to see you," he continued, his yellow eyes trailing to the side to appraise Nova. "Oh, new friend of yours?" he asked with a smile that tried to be disarming, but given the Cathar's rows of pointed teeth and fangs, looked rather intimidating. The man shifted in on his stool, the unfortunate construct creaking suspiciously underneath of him. It was amazing the small piece of furniture could hold his form.

"Yeah, this is Nova!" Asaara boasted with a smile. "She's new to Ajan Kloss! We were going to go feed the zymods, and I came to get some grasshoppers!" she continued. The statement caused Akhin to bellow in laughter, a laugh deep and booming enough that it likely could have shaken the very ground they stood on. The man rose to his feet, and as he did, his true height dwarfed the two girls more than it did already. If he tried, he could very likely look over the top of the fabric sheet covering his stall.

"Of course, Asaara, of course! Akhin always has grasshoppers for you. I always keep at least one jar just for you," he said, turning around to retreat inside of the building behind him. He had to crouch to step inside of the building, the entire thing looking rather comical. After a few moments he came back out with a jar in one of his massive hands. In his grasp, it looked more like a toy than an actual container. He walked around the edge of the stall to stand next to Asaara and Nova. He crouched down to present it to Asaara, who eagerly took it. His yellow eyes peered back over at Nova.

"So, little Nova, what brings you to Ajan Kloss today?" he asked. "How did you meet lovely little Asaara?"

 

[Nova Ragna]

She thought it was something in the likes, Zymods did sound like a lizard name, not that there were a lot of those on Vandor if any? "Cool, always wanted to see a lizard!" said Nova with a boost of excitement in her voice. Following close behind her new Jedi friend, she had to push a bit through just because of so many people wandering around the area. When they finally stopped before a stall, Nova saw a mountain of a man before her and he was even sitting down. "Waaow you're bi~," blundered the red-haired girl with cup size wide eyes, but caught her blunder before making a fool of herself in front of Mr. Akhin and Asaara.

Nova was a bit flabbergasted over how massive this guy was, yet so welcoming to them. Then again, he probably owned a shop, so it probably wasn't that weird, that he was so welcoming and Asaara seemed to like him. Nova waved as she was introduced, and stepped up to his stall, looking at all the different glass jars and containers he had with insects and other wares. Akhin's laughed made Nova look up from a container with a very ugly looking creature inside, a Thunian wart-hornet to be exact and looked and turned her eyes to Akhin.

Nova was a bit intimidated by how much he thundered and how massive he was, towering over them, as he came around to give Asaara her bugs. However, Nova would never admit and she most certainly would never show that he was intimidating to her, she was too stubborn for that and proud.

Hearing being called little by him almost made her pout and puff out her chest, but she let it slide. Looking back for a moment at the Thunian wart-hornet she smiled a bit and then looked back at Akhin, "Here with my uncle, he promised to show a real jungle" explain the now very excited red-haired girl for later when she is going to go out to hunt. She almost started to bounce a bit from her excitement, showing a big grin.

Her grin disappeared, returning to her normal relax facial expression, looking at Asaara. A smirk formed, "she kinda jumped me and my uncle" she said, clearly teasing her newly gained friend. "and now she's taking me to feet grasshoppers for the first time" she continued, actually quite excited for seeing animals her home planet don't have.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

Akhin bellowed out loud again as Nova relayed the tale. "She jumped you?" he queried, casting an inquisitive glance over at Asaara, who in turn immediately flushed with embarrassment. He cackled again with amusement, still smiling wide. "She did the same thing to me!" he began, "There I was, arriving on this planet for the first time, offloading my wares... and little Asaara comes bounding up to me, asking me if I needed help! Me! Haha!" The Cathar laughed jovially, and Asaara's head bowed down to try and hide her face.

"M-Mr. Akhin, I—"

"No, no, Asaara," Akhin interjected, "it is not a bad thing! I would not want you to be any other way," he continued. He outstretched a large hand, one finger placing itself underneath of the girl's chin to lift it up to make their gazes meet. "You have a heart of gold and light, little one, and it will get you far in life. Never change," he stated. Asaara smiled thankfully, and Akhin moved his hand from underneath Asaara's chin to pat her on the head. The size of his palm almost entirely eclipsed her head, but all the tame he took care not to be too rough or hurt her montrals.

"Now, you were looking for the zymods?" he asked. "Luckily for you, I saw an entire group on my way here!" he stated with a grin. Asaara beamed with excitement. "At least a dozen of them! They were right outside the entrance, just over there," he elaborated, pointing to one of the gates just a few feet away. "I will keep an eye on you. If you need any help, you shout for Akhin, yes?"

"We will, Mr. Akhin! Thank you!" Asaara blurted excitedly. She turned back to Nova. "Come on, Nova!" she exclaimed, reaching out to try and take her new friend by the hand and guide her away. There was another rumble of laughter from Akhin before he circled back around to the other side of his stall, dropping himself back down on the stool with a flop.

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

Akhin's loud outburst laughter made Nova jump a bit out of pure shock from the almost jumpscare-like laugh. Nodding she took Asaara's soft hand in her own and let her guide them towards the direction they were given. The market was big, very big and a few times they had to weave and dodge people or wares. A female Twi'lek came in light of sight of Nova and Asaara's running and Nova let go of her new friend's hand, ran the opposite way around the Twi'lek and grabbed Asaara's hand again.

"waaaow! kass, sa ootay nu su gotta!" Yelled the woman after the girls as she had almost dropped the box she carried. Nova just smirked as they turned around a corner, getting away from the main street and the market. The sidestreet had fewer people walking around, though a few did give Asaara and Nova a few strange looks, seeing as they were still kids, walking alone in the town with no adults around them.

Nova looked at Asaara for a moment, before looking back on the street as they finally stood in front of the northern gate of the town. Nova raised her eyebrow at the sight of the gate, "when Akhin said gate, I kinda expected something grand or big. This is just two poles with a roof over it" admitted a bit disappointed. She thought it was a grand gate with many guards, but instead, it was just two stone pillars with a wooden roof and one guard. Still holding her new friend's hand, not really thinking much of it, Nova walked along with Asaara towards the gate.

The guard was actually sitting and even sleeping, leaning his back up the left pillar. "If my dad caught one of his guards sleeping on the job, they would get such a scolding from him" commented Nova, looking at the lazy guard beside Asaara. Nova looked at Asaara, lowering her voice, "let's mess with him a bit" suggested Nova with a mischievous grin.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

As the duo reached the gate, Asaara slowed down. She looked up at the gate as Nova commented on it, her head tilting curiously. As she continued through the entrance to the small settlement, her shoulders bobbed in a shrug.

"I've never left Ajan Kloss," she explained, veering off to the right of the path to start scaling down an outcropping of rocks. They were large enough to be safely stepped on, and almost suspiciously resembled a set of stairs. Whether or not that was intentional was unclear. "I've never seen any gates other than these, and I always thought they were kind of big." Her attention was drawn to the guard as Nova pointed out his predicament, giving Asaara pause a few rocks down. She hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"I don't think we should," she stated. "I think we'd both get in trouble, and I don't want your uncle to dislike me. What if he said we wouldn't be allowed to see each other again?" she asked with a frown, holding the jar of grasshoppers close to her chest. "I think I would also get in trouble at the temple. Let's just leave him alone and go see the zymods," she suggested again, motioning further down the rocks with a lurch of her head. If Nova had decided to look in the direction Asaara had gestured, she might see the bark of one of the trees ever so slowly shift downward as if it was moving. Asaara herself took another step down to a lower rock, looking back up at Nova.

"Come on, Nova," she encouraged with a smile. "We might not have long, depending on how long your uncle takes!"

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

Nova looked from the guard to Asaara, "you know, that's only if you get caught" pointed the red-haired girl out, highlighted her point with her index finger. But now that Nova thought about it, she wouldn't want her friend to get into trouble with her Jedi dad and mother. So while her inner rebel wanted to mess a bit with the sleeping guard, she wouldn't want to get Asaara into trouble. "Fine~" agreed Nova and turn her back to the guard to follow her friend to the place where they would look at Zymods.

However, without Asaara noticing it while following Asaara, Nova flicked with her hand discreetly, sending a small wave of air at the guard's chair. As a result, the chair tipped, taking the guard with it. Hearing the guard's confused voice made Nova grin cheekily and no one would know it was Nova or that Asaara was near. Score!

Stopping by the downhill, her eyes followed her friend walk down to a lower rock. With a friendly grin, Nova followed Asaara merrily noticing something more ever so slightly on the bark of one of the trees. "He promised we would explore the jungle after he was done with whatever he had to do. So I could just tell him I'm having so much fun and I'll rather be with you for the remainder of the time I have here before going home!" Suggested Nova excitedly.

@Nevermore

 

[Asaara Sibri]

Asaara remained blissfully unaware of Nova's prank happening behind her back, transfixed as she was on navigating the rocks and foliage to find the lounge of zymods. As she lifted up one of the large, fan-like leaves obstructing her path, she stopped in her tracks.

"We're here," she said with a smile. No sooner had she said that, there was a muted sound of something squishy slapping against fabric, and Asaara felt a new sudden pressure on her head. Though her eyes rolled up to try and take a look, she couldn't see the zymod flattened out on top of her head. "Hello to you too," she giggled quietly as the green, bug-eyed creature rose to its four spindly legs. The scales of the creature began to chromatically shift as its body attempted to adapt to the bluish hue of Asaara's hood, the colours gradually fading from green to magenta, from magenta to cyan, and finally from cyan to blue. The girl reached into the folds of her robe to take out the container of grasshoppers.

"This is Silas," she said. "He's my favourite! He always crawls all over me whenever I come to see him and the others," she said with a mellifluous titter, turning around to look at Nova as the girl came up behind her. "So there's two ways to feed them," Asaara began to explain. "Either you can take the grasshopper and set it down, or you can hold it! Either way, they'll grab it with their tongue really, really fast! It might be kind of frightening when it first happens," she said. "It doesn't hurt though! It feels kind of funny, because their tongues are wet and sticky. It's just surprising."

To demonstrate, Asaara opened the container and removed one of the grasshoppers from inside. Holding it between her fingers, the insect squirmed and kicked in a futile attempt to escape. Silas's head snapped to the side immediately, one of his eyes flitting to catch sight of the grasshopper while the other remained still and immobile. It was a rather comical thing to watch, as Silas become almost crosseyed as he watched the writhing creature in between Asaara's fingers. In an almost instantaneous moment, Silas's mouth opened, his long tongue launching like a wet, pink blaster bolt, snaring the grasshopper before retreating just as quickly as it had appeared.

Asaara giggled. "See? Like that! Now you try," she encouraged, holding out the container to her new friend. "I think you should see the jungle with your uncle though. I'd really like you to stay here, but... I can't show you everything, and besides, I feel like he would get mad if we just ran off. I don't think he completely trusts me."

@Raven_41

 

[Nova Ragna]

Following her friend through the jungle it became very much obvious to Nova, that Asaara had been in the area of the jungle quite a lot. Just as the youngling announced that they had arrived at the special spot, a Zymod landed on Asaara's head, making Nova's eye widen in wonder. What a strange creature it was. Nova was truly taken back by it and those eyes kind of weirded her out a bit as the Zymod eyes looked two different ways.

Completely entranced by the small creature that slowly crawled down a branch right by her head as she stood by Asaara, staring at the Zymod. "How are you not freaked out by their eyes?" Asked Nova, watching her friend show how to feed the small animal. The moment Silas pultruded its tongue to grab hold of the insect, it happened so fast that Nova just blinked in surprise, "no way, awesoooome!" Expressed the red-haired girl excited.

And it just added to the awesomeness, that it was able to change colour on a whim. "Wish I could change colour to my environment whenever I wanted. All the fun I could get away with!" Snickered Nova excited just by the thought.

Kneeling down to grab a grasshopper, placing it between to fingers, she lifted it up for Silas to grab it. However, a new tongue slammed against the grasshopper out of nowhere behind Nova, over her head, making the girl shriek and shrink away. "Don't do that!" Huffed Nova, pointing at the completely calm Zymod, who just sat on the branch, chewing the insect-like it had nothing to worry about.

Kneeling down to take another bug, she held it like the one before between both fingers and walked over to the one on the branch. Puffing herself up a bit, acting like her uncle when he wanted to act in control like Nova's dad, "now you listen here, mister cross-eye lizard. You have to wait your turn" explained Nova, sounding very much like an adult.

The Zymod just sat there finishing its meal, with a completely uncaring look to it. Turning around to face Asaara and raised the bug in her fingers for Silas, who was just about to grab the bug with its tongue. However, the other Zymod was faster, snapping a second insect out of Nova's hand. The red-haired tribe girl was just about to snap around and scold the little animal for stealing again like it was some kid caught red-handed but stopped when Asaara spoke.

Giving the thieving Zymod an "I'm watching you" looking, before turning her attention fully back to Asaara. "To be honest, I don't know why he acts like this toward you. He's normally really carefree" explained Nova as she fed a third Zymod who realized that there was free food.

"Actually, he called you a Jedi. Why did he do that?" Asked Nova curious as she sat down on a large log, padding a spot beside her for Asaara to sit down.

@Nevermore