Shattered hopes

[Nova Elgrin]

Nova was navigating the Aurora through the atmosphere of Tython. From afar, Tython was a jade green marble on the black velvet bed of space. She was thinking of the two men she had encountered on Coruscant. None of them were raising her hopes, but feeding her fears.
The view that presented itself to the young girl was devastating. She didn't find the temple in all its grace and glory, but from up in the air it appeared to be completely destructed! How was this possible?! Her heart beat fast, her breath following in a rythm only little delayed. Her thoughts started rushing, what was the meaning of this?

She landed the ship of her master with aplomb, even though her hurry made her fingers shake and her focus dull. She bolted through the entrance of the Aurora, Rudy was just behind her and seemed unwilling to leave her behind yet again. Nova wanted to run, but her feet felt so numb her pace was only slow, almost insecure.

When she arrived at the courtyard of the temple, she had to find it was almost the only whole area of the temple ground. Her gaze was resting on the boulders. Unbelieving. Unwilling to believe. Some of the boulders seemed like remains of statues of proud, ancient masters, others were the very pillars the mighty ceiling was once resting on. Tiny flakes of dust were dancing in the wind. Novas eyes started burning.
She didn't know how long she was standing there, her body paralyzed by the sight. Rudy was nestling up to her leg, yet she could barely feel the gentle touch. MU2 had followed her and now beeped in a startled way. Then the droide caught her attention, when the second beep was an alarming one. She lookep up and her glance found a person.

Said individual stood in some distance and didn't seem to take notice of her so far. The urgency to learn what had happend to this holy place let the Blonde forget every causion, as her feet started moving again and carried her towards the stranger.
The closer she came, the more she was certain this lone ranger was a soldier. Heavy armor dressed the rather tall shilouette. When she was in reach so the person could hear her, she called "Hello?!" Now she was running till she approached the strange person, yet leaving an appropriate gap between them.

She had never seen a being like this, but it was the least concern for the moment. Desperation glowed in her eyes as she asked "Could you please tell me what happend here!?" the slightly hysterical tone of hers was hardly overheard...

@TAC

 

[TAC]

The ground underneath Ra's feet vibrated, a sensation few other living creatures could feel. The vibrant life underground, an interconnection of tree roots and fungus and other creatures, silently cried out in protest at the destruction that had been brought to the forest floor. Her head bowed, the Neti was tuned in to these sensations. While her internal anatomy was distinctly different from the natural flora that covered the surface of Tython, she was nonetheless more in-tune with its natural flow than Tython's fauna - including, most especially, other humanoids and higher sentients.

Alarms in her head rang out, and as the blonde Jedi approached the Neti, she turned her head to watch her approach. As Nova drew near, she would quickly realize that the sentient before her wore no armor. Indeed, she simply wore a black, skin-tight armor-weave jumpsuit, with a brown and green cloak over top. Her apparent bulk came from the sharp features that came from a body structure of wood-like skin.

Te'el regarded the woman carefully, her bright emerald eyes staring deep, as if looking past the Jedi. The Neti could tell the woman was a force user, and had noticed both weapons on her persons - including, which was most telling, a lightsaber. While she certainly did not appear to be a Sith, Te'el had long along learned to carefully question how others presented themselves.

"Tython was bombed by the Sith and their brotherhood," the Neti answered, her eyes still carefully watching the other. Te'el herself had little to do with the Jedi, but she had traveled to Tython on her own regard, to study the aftermath of the Sith attack. Knowing how a force attacked, the where, how, when, could only be truly understood from the ground level, not just a holo. And the
scrupulous study of methodology had always been a part of the Neti's destructive tendencies. As soon as she heard about the attack, the Neti had commandeered a ship and headed for the Jedi stronghold.

"You do not appear to be a Sith, but all the Jedi have been alerted to to the nature of the attack." Unmoving, unflinching, she continued, "So who would you be?"

 

[Nova Elgrin]

Now as she stood close by, Nova took a moment to scrutinize her counterpart. What she thought to be armor from afar, now rather reminded her of..bark? The individuals features seemed female, defined by softly cuved lines. A subtle pattern seemed to weave itself into the green skin, yet Nova wasn't sure if skin was the right term as I didn't resemble warm flesh too much. Eyes of deep, rich fir which were not adorned by lashes and yet beautiful in their own way, returend Novas look. She had never seen this species and if there weren't more urgent matters to worry about, she would have been instantly concerned if she used the right pronouns and titels and all this. She wanted to be polite as her master taught her, she wanted to be a good girl, worthy of respect and fondness. A mild breeze arose and tugged the young girls blonde curls, her lavender colored scarf and the seam of here tunic.

But when the woman spoke, her words pierced Novas well prepared, inner shield. She clenched her teeth but all her effort was worthless as she felt tears in her eyes, and just a single blink later, on her cheeks. She tried not to sob and pathetically failed. Her vision was so blurred, she couldn't even see if her reaction took to other by surprise. Her right hand raised to her cheeks and wiped away the little, salty pearls, but Nova hid her left one however as she didn't want the woman to become aware of the missing parts of her fingers.
"My-my name is No-Nova Elgrin" she brougt out sobbingly.
"I'm not a member of the Je-Jedi Order. But my master used to be. We got attacked while we were staying on Iridonia. He managed to save me, but our attackers took him captive. He told me if ever something happend to him, I need to ask the aid of the Jedi. I-I don't have anyone else.."