Tying Threads

[Kibagami]

Phu's Botanical Forests is at the top of the list of the planet's hidden treasures, sought after by painters, poets and all manner of philosophers galaxy-wide for it's inspiring natural majesty. Few places rival it's sheer splendor and grandeur. A feast for the senses, described as Mother Natures' ultimate expression of Art, evoking the most primal concepts of emotion. It's existence is scarcely known outside the world of art and philosophy and even fewer are privy to one fact about the forests, possibly the very reason it exhibits such magnificence: it's a place of connection with The Force.
Jubei had known this since he was 12.
Every major event in his life either started or ended here. The single biggest, most significant event in everyone's life happened to him in these forests: his birth.
This is where his story began, and if the Force has any sense of irony, this is where his story will inexorably conclude.
Jubei recognized this possibility and knew every time he came to this place, by simple virtue of his presents, he was nearing another major turning point in his life, one that could very well end it.
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He had arrived late the previous day with just enough daylight left to set up camp. Sleeping under the warm glow of the stars was as close to serenity as he could think of. The morning's first task was to go fishing for breakfast, midday would see a hike upstream for a few hours of meditation beneath a waterfall where a rainbow was a constant day feature within it's mists, the small hours between evening and dusk would be spent perfecting various kata while the night was reserved for getting stupid drunk on the Grava Berry wine he borrowed from the Equilibrium's mess hall.
A day in the life...
Ready to go after adjusting his chonin-gasa one last time, he grabbed the makeshift fishing pole and headed out. Carpe Diem.​