Monkey's Uncle

[Isola Rin]

Tython

Her light eyes glazed over as she pressed her hand against the cool steel of the Jedi fighter craft, imagining the speed it would take her through the stars, past systems and from end to the galaxy and another. Her thoughts pulled her further, and it felt almost a bit too real as she could smell the filtered air of the craft, the brief of scorched ozone as she passed through the atmosphere into the black emptiness of space. Her muscles flinch as she saw herself piloting through the blaster fire, the commands coming in from their commander.

There were yells, close calls, swift turns that only compare to the most seasoned of pilots, she could feel herself calling off her own commands until she heard someone call out at her. Loa's eyes snapped open, she could feel her heart beating hard against her chest and her thoughts felt as though were now suddenly very heavy. She removed her hand from the ship and backed away from the Jedi who was starring at her oddly, taking her notice that it was probably time to move on.

However, she would take one more look at the ship before continuing looking at all the Jedi vessels as her mind kept drifting back to the stars. Not just any stars, but a distant star and moon, and a system that she could see so clearly, she knew it was real, but couldn't describe it. She had begun to wonder if it were uncharted, but Loa thought it was ridiculous to dream about an uncharted system and had thought perhaps Silas was right about her imagination being too active.

The dark haired girl sighed, pushing away what Master Silas thought and focused on what she thought and felt. She continued to weave between ships at the hanger looking at the specialized vessels, until she caught the sight of one Jedi she knew, Jubba. He stood out among the Jedi, Loa figured probably because she knew him and Grug first, but they seemed to be the most sincere. Seeing the Jedi hutt, Loa waved and called out to him as she approached.

"Jubba!" Loa grinned, "I was hoping to see you today!"

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[Jubba the Mutt]

Each day when the light broke over the horizon, Jubba would venture outdoors to enjoy its warmth while spending a little time reading the few Huttese texts that he could get his hands on. Basic was something that he had not been able to find a tutor for but with the many Jedi in the temple, it was simply a matter of finding someone with the time to spare rather than anything else really.

Normally after this Grug would find him and the pair would spend some time in the courtyard practicing their various force skills that they had acquired or perhaps instead train with a lightsaber much to Jubba's discomfort. It wasn't that Jubba didn't appreciate his friend trying to help him but he worried that by making a mistake he could end up hurting his dearest friend or worse, someone else.

Today, however, Grug was not around for their usual activities and therefore Jubba decided the morning would be best served by checking if the repairs had been made to their starfighter, owing to the last mission which saw Grubba severely beaten up albeit alive. Surprisingly out of the corner of his eye, he saw little Loa was approaching him. "Kaae bo? Loa okay? am happy see." Jubba was smiling ear to ear as he held his arms open to hug his friend.

Jubba was only half a foot "taller" than she was if you didn't count his tail, which he didn't.

 

[Isola Rin]

Loa was surprised to not see Jubba without his partner, generally she could smell him before she could see him, but that didn't seem the case. She found it an odd sight for the Hutt Knight to be without his companion. Though she picked up on something else about the Hutt, she never heard him speak his native tongue and it caused the girl to stop and think about it for a moment before grinning widely, "Uba doth charra mon yabee?" she asked walking into his open arms. It was odd to hug a hutt, let alone one who was not part of the cartels and at least with this one, she didn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back.

After his embraced, she stepped back to look at his fighter craft. "Do you get to fly one of these?" she asked him walking up to the ship and running her fingers along the outer haul of the vessel. She paused and closed her eyes, trying to find the stars again, but didn't hear them as loudly as she did with the other craft.

"Are they fast?" she asked another question, not bothering to let Jubba to answer the first one as her curiosity seemed to overtake her thoughts for a moment. It was almost like a hunger for the girl, she knew it drove her Master crazy at times.

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[Leto Antilles]

Leto had seen some weird things in his life, but the sight of the Hutt Jedi and the little girl next to a fighter was definitely up there. Mostly because of the Hutt, you didn't see them much outside of Hutt Space, much less serving as a Jedi. But maybe it was also the girl, from what he had heard Hutts liked eating children, so he couldn't help but imagine her being there as the Hutt's snack. So definitely mostly the Hutt. Regardless, it seemed like Tython still retained its ability to surprise him.

"Snail's pace." he shouted over the sounds of the hangar, pilots and mechanics working on their ships, people running around with supplies. "you can't even feel the wind in your hair," he continued through a mouthful, glancing apologetically at the Hutt before continuing, "if you have any that is."

Walking up to the duo, taking another bite out of the apple he held in his hand, fully aware that all it did was make him look like more of a jackass. An apple a day keeps the dingi away, one of his first girlfriends had told him that, while eating an apple and identifying him as the dingus she wanted to keep away. It hadn't worked for her, and it didn't really work for him. For all the apples he ate, he still seemed to run into dingi on a regular basis. And yet he ate them, for he did like em apples.

Of course a wise man would have wondered if he saw dingi everywhere if then he himself was a dingus, but Leto was not a wise man. Far from it. "I'm guessing you haven't been in one of these, have you?" He asked the girl through another mouthful as he tapped a fist on the ship, before realizing he had devoured the fruit to its core and tossed it towards a nearby garbage disposal bin. It of course didn't land in the bin, bouncing off the rim and falling to the floor. Seeing a nearby astromech droid notice the fruit and move towards it, Leto shrugged and continued. He had been a prince once, and that spoilt nature that had been beaten into him over years was yet to entirely leave him. "you have the look of someone who hasn't seen the good stuff. You'll realize soon enough that this isn't the good stuff. The Order ain't got the credits for them."

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[Jubba the Mutt]

The Jedi Order was large and the many jedi were very busy, leaving Jubba to mostly keep to himself which is why seeing another friend of his was a nice change for the Hutt. Jee cha mecohpa uba cohai mah jonsa! Fa gee doth wa ree jansokacs bankop tee janu Jee gee gee bu yoyohba bai boya fa. Jubba smiled as little Loa admired his sleek and powerful Jedi starfighter that had been specifically built for Jedi his size. Pikee pantkhee an tagwa stafa biweoo che haku jeejee dayan fa che. the new arrival made fun of his starfighter but Jubba only shrugged at the joke, not quite fully understanding it.

"Simple best fur Jedi. Am not need lick Sith." Jubba's tongue flicked out what he was trying to get across. Loa was an inspired girl but Jubba hadn't exactly had much time to speak with her alone, nor would he get many chances to now it seemed.

Pionpoe Jee kiuke chawaha bu dedueakaa bai dotkola bimhee heee, mebenbe biweoo.

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[Isola Rin]

Loa turned and smiled when Jubba spoke back in Huttese; she thought it sounded much better than him trying to speak broken Basic. She was surprised to hear it was his ship and other questions begun to form as to how did a Hutt even get into a fighter craft, generally they had others fly them due to their large size. Her eyes narrowed as questions built in her head and she opened her mouth to speak when she had overheard someone yell about the wind blowing through your hair.

The girl turned at looked at Leto, forgetting about the algebra that was going through her head on how high a Hutt could jump; one brow lifted, "I don't think there is wind in space, let alone anyone stupid enough to fly their speeder out of atmosphere." she told him thinking he was the biggest dingus she had ever come across, the apple he was eating was helping the situation and Loa glanced at Jubba to judge his reaction to this new visitor. He walked towards them tapping on the ship and informing Loa she had yet to see anything good. She wasn't going to let him be right about that though, for the nerfherders seemed to be standard any where she went in the galaxy.

The girl didn't reply to Leto right away and instead looked at Jubba, "Jee cha canta tah boua gee doth du mee dedueakaa... " Loa told Jubba before turning attention back to the pretentious Knight. "Well, it doesn't matter if you have the best if you have no skill." the girl told Leto, carefully watching him.

 

[Jubba the Mutt]

Jubba laughed audibly as Loa shredded the overly confident youngling who had much yet to learn. He enjoyed the inquisitive nature that he and Loa shared but even the nature of this Leto wouldn't get under the Hutt's thick skin that easily. Jubba blinked slowly carefully considering what to say as he could sense something wasn't quite right with his little friend.

Gee uba vee jospi dah mee chamy Loa? Fa doth cuee doptleka whao bo taadtahia bu sonzaha see hee bapkeiag. Jubba remembered the few times that he had gone out on Jedi missions with Grug in his trusty starfighter.

Tah bo wata pha mah nem mee tee-tocky roe, um danchong Jee tee gee bai paknee ata wa nem cay fa hocan. Of course, Grug had always told him that they were fighting droid starfighters. Jubba wasn't fond of taking lives considering his past but the nature of some Jedi missions required it sometimes, much to his disagreement.

Uba bamohkan du bu bkaua, Loa. Jee dotmay da uba boonowa haku uba doth bahva. Smiling, Jubba pulled some freshly wrapped food out of his cloak and offered some to her.

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[Leto Antilles]

"Very true." Leto replied with a smile as the girl spoke up wind in space, and matters of skill. Judging from the reaction of the duo his humor had fallen on deaf ears. That was what he hated about most Jedi, or those aspiring to be one, no sense of humor. "maybe someday I'll someone with skill, not many in this corner of the Galaxy. All talkers here."

He of course understood nothing of what the two said to each other, or even what language they said it in, for all he knew they might be having coordinated fits, but he wouldn't really know.

"So are you lot here flying or having a picnic?" Leto had to ask on seeing the food that that Hutt pulled out of his cloak.

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[Isola Rin]

Loa listened to Jubba as he explained what he used his ship for and the girl's eyes narrowed in thought, still playing with her imagination to what it would be like to take it into battle. She had seen the ships used by the Empire on the holo, the magnitude of strength and its firepower upon those that defied them like on Jedha. Jubba caught the girl's attention once more as he spoke, mentioning how she should be among the stars; the apprentice smiled, "The stars do call..." she replied simply, not wanting to think too much on it, though the other younger Jedi was making it hard not to challenge for skill.

"Well, I have skill." she told Leto, accepting some of the food from Jubba, "But I can't fly...today at least, I can fly though." she said, reassuring both Jubba and Leto, but with the situation revolving her and her Master, things were a bit restrictive. Though Silas didn't like it when she flew, most of the time its because she took ships without asking.

"But Master Silas said: Mind yourself, Isola, stay away from trouble." the girl did her best impression of Master Silas. She did know he meant business when he used her full name. Taking a small nibble of the snack from Jubba she studied Leto, "Do you have skill, Knight." Loa quirked an eyebrow, knowing this was probably starting trouble, but she would wait and see if the Jedi took the bait.

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[Jubba the Mutt]

Jubba took what seemed like a week to take in what Loa and Leto had said, but in honesty, it was such a frank and open conversation it wasn't like they had to wait turns to speak. Regardless Jubba interjected in between the short lull in conversation to keep up.

"Him smol skill, big mouf." Jubba heartily laughed and softly jabbed Loa at the irony considering Jubba's own mouth was large enough to fit almost anything in. There wasn't much more that he felt that he could add to the conversation of showing off unless Loa wished to speak with him further.

"Cheespa jeday doube biweoo kaae bo, hee uba caiot cohou ten tytung mee gusha. Woy Jubba nonke hhiwa chenlaee."

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