Sivelto Nivir (Training)

[darkhaert]

Sivelto stuck himself beside the concrete wall of the monastery. He hasn't changed his stature since he stood there. Passersby would get his attention but only when they looked like a Jedi master. Some of them were masters but not his. His Jedi training begins today and he was thrilled. (Although he wishes only to be trained by the force and not by the lightsaber.)

Had he arrived, Sivelto thought. Was I late?

A cold breeze passed by, brushing his face. The sound of marching feet lessened after a quarter of a second. He meditated while he waits. The dual-blade tucked close to his hips. A bird flocks to a nearby tree.

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

Kalza came hurrying into the grounds, dressed in exquisite Jedi robes. Then she saw him, standing there, her padawan. Silently, she approached him - the beautiful Tythonian atmosphere too serene to disturb. As she approached, she reached out to 'touch' him with the force. He would feel her presence, and turn around to see her. "Good day my padawan, I am Jedi Knight Kalza Duras," She said simply, smiling at him radiantly.

 

[darkhaert]

A small wave of the force caressed his senses. He kept his eyes closed and bowed slightly. The voice was feminine and attractive. He was surprised, as he was expecting the master to be male. But everything was fine, since he's glad to finally meet his master.

"Good day to you as well, Master. I hope to learn much from you."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Very good - we will learn much together. I am a Consular, a master of the force. What is your name?" She said, still serenely. Her voice was slightly enquiring, however.

 

[darkhaert]

"I am Sivelto Nivir. Hunter and Monk. I've never trained with a master before. This is my first time. But I am excited.

I will not fail our training, master."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Oh, I've heard of you, you came to the temple with your brother, did you not?" Kalza asked, tilting her head and running a hand down one of her lekku tenderly.

 

[darkhaert]

"You are well informed as you are beautiful and strong, master. Yes, my brother and I are wanderers, and we're glad that the monastery accepted us."

The sunshine settled on his plain face, creating a shadow of his nose to fall one side. The cloak he wore made him warm from the windy breeze of Tython. If he had hair it would have been slightly shake. But since he was a monk he would ritually shave his head.

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"I see it fit to do my research, that is all," Kalza said humbly, smiling slightly at the flattering compliment of her padawan. "Have you any previous experience with utilising weapons or the force?" She asked.

 

[darkhaert]

"I have gained my lightsaber skills through training with my brother during our travels. But I fear I may never improve in the art of the saber. This thing—" (He took out his double-bladed lightsaber from his cloak and lit it. He held it in one hand.) "—feels too impotent to rely my safety on."

The lightsaber spun quickly under his handling. It spiral upwards and shut off. He returned under his sash.

"But I am glad to have helped my brother improve in his skills.

And my adeptness of the force, is expected of any padawan." He aimed his palm at a tree and used the force to sweep the leaves from its calm.

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

Kalza paused, watching her padawan expectantly. So, he was semi-experienced already so it seemed. Perhaps she would teach him a simple lightsaber form as he seemed not to want to rely on the weapon. Shii-Cho, even. Snapping out of her thoughts, she smiled. "Very good," She said. "Have you done any reading on the tenants, the Code, our history?"

 

[darkhaert]

"Yes I have read them. Should I recite them for you?"

He didn't wait for a response.

""Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the force...."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Stop," Kalza said sharply, holding up a hand."Simply reciting them is not enough, what do they mean to you?" She asked, arching a non-existent eyebrow.

 

[darkhaert]

Sivelto halted his train of thought. The question boggled his reasoning. He'd thought nothing else of the code than what he had read.

"They mean exactly as said. I hold no other meaning to them, other than beliefs I must carry in order to know the way of the Jedis."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"What do you the lines mean? They are just words, are they not? A Jedi who blindly follows words he does not understand is useless, my padawan," Kalza said, still serene but with a hint of severity in her words and tone.

 

[darkhaert]

"Pardon my recent grasp of the question.

"I now understand what you mean. The Jedi code signify balance."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Elaborate,"

 

[darkhaert]

Only now that Sivelto caught on, on what his master wanted from him.

"People have emotions, but that doesn't stop us from gaining peace.

"We are born ignorant, but we are that for the reason so we could learn.

"We have passion, but only to the extent that it does not interfere with our judgement.

"And though we see chaos, we should remember that there is reason for such.

"And in death the force continues to be."

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Very good," Kalza nodded. "What about the tenants? The history of the Order? Have you not been making use of the vast libraries we house here on Tython?"

 

[darkhaert]

"I have made good use of it, but I didn't know you want me to recite all of it.

"Jedi history is unknown. But current theories, for now, argue that the Jedi order began from factions like: the Order of Dai Bendu, the Followers of Palawa, and the Chatos Academy.... though little evidence supports this, it is accepted as fact.

"In the first great schism, Jedis who fell to the darkside, allied themselves to General Xendor of Lettow. And to master Lyn of Palawa. The schism ended when the dark Jedis were defeated—"

 

[Mr. Crunchy]

"Very well," Kalza nodded, and contemplated her next option for a moment. Silveto seemed like perfect Consular material, using little to no use of his lightsaber - perhaps even like Master Hector in years to come. "I want you to go down to the vast libraries we have here on Tython, and do a day of reading," She said simply, not elaborating on what she wanted her padawan to research specifically. "When you are done, meet me here," She added, waving her padawan away.