Ask Yavin IV It Goes Without Saying...

[Elidan]

Elidan stared at Ruzaan with disbelief while his friend talked. He didn’t expect that the other boy was going to say that he was brave or accept his apology so easily. The half-Annfyn had done something that went directly against the way of the Jedi Order. He believed that if he told it to any Jedi, they would be harsh with him, saying that he could easily fall to the Dark side.

However, Ruzaan seemed to be so calm and gentle. Hearing his friend talk this way with him, helped the half-Annfyn calm down. Perhaps he was overreacting about it and the Council would not expel him of the Order. Although he believed that he feared the possibility of the Togruta not wanting to be his friend more than any punishment that the Jedi could give to him.

“You are my friend, I wasn’t going to leave you to face danger alone.” he was very aware that the Togruta could defend himself very well, but this time Ruzaan had been knocked out. He really needed help. “But you helped me too. If it wasn't for your voice back there, I don’t know if I would have stopped what I was doing. Thank you.” even if he was more calm now, the Padawan was still ashamed because of it. He feared if it could happen again.

The half-Annfyn only noticed the white-haired boy when Ruzaan asked about him. Elidan turned to look at where the Jedi Knight had placed the child. He seemed to be so weak, his body was thin and his face was dirty. If it wasn't for the occasional rising of his chest, the Padawan would have thought that he was dead.

Closing his eyes, Elidan felt the Force around himself. He saw several luminous forms, each one representing the live beings around him. For example, Ruzaan had an orange colored light that was now emanating gentleness, concern and something more that he wasn't able to identify. The light that represented the white-boy was a pale purple, but it was so weak that the half-Annfyn thought that it could be close to disappearing.

Opening his eyes, the half-Annfyn turned to his friend. “Yes. It was him.” he wondered what the child had suffered while he was imprisoned. “He is so weak. I don’t think that he was going to survive if we didn’t find him.”

Then, Asadra and some of the Knights returned to the transport. The others were going to stay to guard the building until reinforcements arrived. They didn’t want to have the possible clues inside it disappearing like what happened with the machine. While the vehicle moved, Elidan remembered the mercenary that they were fighting against. “What happened with Sskok? Did he escape?” the auburn-haired boy was so disturbed by his anger that he had completely missed the fate of the Trandoshan.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan gazed over at the sleeping white-haired boy; if he hadn't been able to see the nigh-imperceptible rise and fall of his chest, the Togruta would've thought the boy dead. Ruzaan had no idea who the youth was or how they'd ended up inside the strange garage, but it made him feel the tiniest bit better about what he'd done; no, what he'd had to do. There was no delaying the inevitable any longer, and Elidan's next question about Sskok's fate brought a rush of feelings that he'd been trying hard to ignore. Sadness, for taking a sentient life. Shame, for his inability to change that outcome. Anger at Sskok's needless demise... and the tiniest thrill from the life-and-death moment that still had him feeling more or less like an observer inside his own body. Did that just really happen?

All of those feelings made it difficult for Ruzaan to name the truth of what had happened. [Elidan... didn't you see?] Maybe he wouldn't have to explain. But when the half-Annfyn inevitably said no, Ruzaan's thoughts through their bond became increasingly fragmented. He stared out into the forest; it was easier than trying to look at his friend while explaining.

[I was lying on the-] Ruzaan's lower lip trembled.

[And then he-] The Togruta's hands subconsciously moved towards his own throat, which was beginning to bruise.

[It was me or him!]

[I...]

[I didn't have a choice.]

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[Elidan]

Elidan felt the change of Ruzaan’s feelings through their bond. There was a turmoil of shame, sadness and anger. It confused the half-Annfyn, who wasn’t sure why the other was feeling this way. He wondered if something terrible had happened while he was having a breakdown. This thought made him feel guilty for not being able to help his friend.

Only when Ruzaan started to try to tell him what happened there was that Elidan understood what happened. The Togruta had killed Sskok and it was affecting him terribly. Once again the half-Annfyn felt guilty, this time for several reasons. For having asked about what happened with the mercenary, for having left the other to deal with it alone and for not having killed the Trandoshan himself when he had the chance.

He would prefer to suffer with such burden alone rather than seeing a friend suffering this way. When he had met Ruzaan, Elidan considered the other boy as someone brave, happy and full of energy. This broken voice and trembling lips doesn’t match with the Togruta.

When he saw Ruzaan moving his hands toward his neck, Elidan quickly moved and enveloped his friend in a tight hug. “I’m so sorry.” he said, while trying to project comforting feelings to the other boy through their bond. “I should have done something to help you.” the half-Annfyn thought that if he had killed the Trandoshan, the Togruta wouldn’t be suffering. This could have made him evil for the Jedi, but at least his friend would not be crying this way.

Would have been worth it.

If Ruzaan allowed it, the half-Annfyn would continue hugging and comforting him until they reached the Temple. Asadra and the other Knights would help them move to the medical bay. The two Padawans would end up at the same room that they shared some days ago, while the mysterious white-haired boy was carried away to an emergency room where he would receive more care due to the dire state that he was.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Buried in his thoughts about his own role in Sskok's final moments, Ruzaan didn't really understand that Elidan was moving to hug him until the half-Annfyn's arms were already around him. The Togruta, who would've allowed such contact before, stiffened and moved his hands to stop the embrace while leaning his body away from Elidan's. The half-Annfyn was a good hugger, but the hug had set Ruzaan on edge.

[I.... sorry...] Ruzaan said through their bond, not wanting to insult his friend. A couple seconds passed as he gathered his thoughts. [It just... reminds me too much of... It's not your fault, don't beat yourself up. Maybe another time.]

[And you did help me! Elidan, you were so brave! Coming in after me but also calling for backup!] Ruzaan tried to shore up his friend's confidence. [I'll be ok, I promise.] Ruzaan gestured towards his injured ankle. [I've had worse; now I'm glad that you didn't see me after Felucia!] he said, trying to lighten the mood a little. As his gaze wandered for want of a different conversation topic, Ruzaan's eyes fell upon the white-haired boy who, upon their return to the temple, was rushed to a different area of the Medbay.

The Togruta would wait until both he and Elidan were comfortable before speaking again. [I don't know about you, but I'm getting tired of spending the night in the Medbay. What do you think was going on with that other boy?]

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[Elidan]

After he saw Ruzaan moving away from him, Elidan stopped trying to hug the other boy. At first he didn’t understand why the Togruta had reacted this way, he was only trying to comfort him. However, as soon as his friend started to explain what he was feeling, the half-Annfyn finally understood.

"I'm sorry." he said, before moving back to his position. Elidan wasn't someone that was used to hugging others. He had done it with a very small number of individuals. Maybe because of it, he didn't notice that it was an improper moment to try to hug the Togruta. The other probably wanted some space to reflect about what had happened.

“I only did what was right.” Elidan said after Ruzaan called him brave. While he still regretted acting with anger against the Trandoshan, the hal-Annfyn knew that at least he did something right by attempting to save the Togruta and calling the Knights. They weren’t in any condition of going back to the Temple alone.

“What happened to you in Felucia?” he had heard about the liberation of this planet by the Jedi, but never asked questions about it. Now that he knew that his friend participated in this battle, he was curious to know what happened to him. “Did you come face to face with a Sith Lord?” if it happened, Ruzaan would be lucky to have survived.

Once they were comfortable in their beds on the medical bay, Ruzaan continued talking with the half-Annfyn. “Yeah, it’s my second time in less than a week. It never happened to me before.” it wasn’t common for Elidan to visit this place so many times. He wondered if the Togruta also thought that it was strange.

When Ruzaan mentioned the white-haired boy, Elidan turned to look at the door where the Knights went with him. “I don’t know. He seemed to be in very bad shape.” he remembered how the boy seemed to be nearly dead. “Maybe they could have tortured him.” the half-Annfyn felt relieved for having arrived in time to save his friend. The Togruta could have suffered the same fate. “Do you think that he is going to survive?”

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan was grateful that Elidan didn't seem to take offense at him rejecting the hug. Unfortunately, his attempt at humor backfired as the half-Annfyn asked about Felucia, and Ruzaan found himself shaking his head as his head replayed the sequence for what felt like the millionth time.

[I'm not even sure if "faced" is the right term, or what exactly it was I fought] he said after a moment. [It was a short girl no more than 5 years older than me at the time, and she managed to get the drop on me somehow. Before I could even ignite my lightsaber she'd gotten three attacks off.] On sunny days, the scar running along his right forearm was easily visible. He hadn't shown anyone the one on his chest from where the magick had impacted. [Knight Jaesa was close enough to help and together we managed to knock her out, but not before she nearly killed me.]

It was, Ruzaan realized, the first time he'd spoken about the events that had happened nearly a year ago. Through their bond, Elidan would get a hit of the shame and frustration Ruzaan still felt at how easily he'd been tossed around by the Sith. The memories were enough to cast a pall over the Togruta that began to lift only once the conversation shifted to the white-haired boy.

[I hope so] Ruzaan said, when Elidan asked his thoughts on the youth's chances of survival. [Since I... uh, since Sskok is dead, he's our only witness. Do you think we'll get to question him as part of our investigation?] The Togruta thought back to CSI: Coruscant where the detectives had interviewed a witness still in their hospital bed, before remembering that both he and Elidan were also in the Medbay. [Maybe in a couple days?]

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[Elidan]

As soon as he asked Ruzaan about Felucia, Elidan regretted having done it. His friend's reaction showed that the experience wasn’t so good. This made the half-Annfyn think if he was prepared to go into a battle like this one. The Padawan always thought that what he would see in a place like this one would be like Ajan Kloss.

Elidan paid close attention to the story that Ruzaan told him. If he fought against someone so young, it could only mean that she was an Acolyte. The thought of one of them nearly killing his friend made the half-Annfyn clench his hands tight under the blanket of his bed. He knew that it was wrong, the auburn-haired boy felt disappointed that Master Jaesa and the Togruta didn’t kill her. It would have made the Galaxy more peaceful.

Feeling the shame and frustration that was coming from Ruzaan, Elidan tried to cheer up his friend. “Well, you at least participated in a battle. I never did it. When it happens, I’ll probably fail epically.” he wasn’t even certain if someday he would like to go into one of these. He wasn’t a good lightsaber duelist.

“Yes, I think that we will need to do it.” without Sskok, the white-haired boy was the last witness of what was happening at the building. His survival was extremely important if they wanted to find the truth behind all that. “When he get well enough, we can ask the healers to allow us to talk with him.”

After some time, the same Quarren Healer from yesterday would enter their room and say that they would need to stay there until tomorrow. It was still in the evening, not even close to dinner time. They would have much free time to do anything that they wanted, what was limited due to them being in a medical bay.

Looking at his Datapad on a table next to his bed, Elidan had an idea. “Do you want to continue watching CSI: Coruscant? I think that we have time to see the whole first and second seasons.” with a new season coming out next, the half-Annfyn was already going to watch all the early ones in preparation for this. However, it was best to watch with a friend.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan remained silent while Elidan spoke about participating in a battle; it was something that he hoped the half-Annfyn would never have to experience. There were still nights where he woke up, drenched in sweat and clutching at the covers from the vestiges of a Felucia-induced nightmare. The Togruta had convinced himself that he'd do whatever he could to defend others as the need arose, but war was not something that he wished upon anyone.

His gloomy thoughts were interrupted by the Quarren healer, returning to check on them and inform them that they'd be staying the night. At first Ruzaan was surprised- it was, after all, not quite dinner time- but when he thought back, he and Elidan had put in a full days' work even before investigating the warehouse, and the ensuing confrontation had left him exhausted both mentally and physically.

The Togruta stifled a yawn and politely declined Elidan's offer to watch more CSI: Coruscant. [Thank you, but no; I'm too tired for that right now. Maybe another time?] Hopefully the half-Annfyn wouldn't take offense, but it didn't take long for Ruzaan to fall asleep.

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[Elidan]

”No problem, I understand.” after everything that happened today, Elidan wasn’t surprised that his friend wanted to rest. His ankle is probably still in pain, he needed to rest. “Have good dreams.” he said, while watching Ruzaan yawn and get into a comfortable position on the bed.

It didn’t take much time for his friend to close his eyes and sleep. This scene made the half-Annfyn smile. Ruzaan seemed even more innocent and calm now. The auburn-haired boy wondered if the Togruta would remain the same, even after he killed someone. Things like that can change someone completely.

While Ruzaan slept, Elidan decided to watch some show on his Datapad. There was still some hours before someone would brought their dinner, so he wanted to distract himself with something rather than stay thinking about everything that happened in the building in the forest.

Using the Force, Elidan summoned his Datapad from where it was in the table to his hand. While he still wanted to have a marathon of the episodes of CSI: Coruscant before the new season came out, he decided to do it another time. Not only did he want to do it with Ruzaan, but he also thought that it would make him remember what had happened. Then, he decided to watch some nature documentaries.

The half-Annfyn was watching a documentary about the life of the animals at Coruscant Zoo and the attempts of this institution to save from the extinction, rare species of the Galaxy. When the Quarren Healer, who Eidan discovered was named Riq Sqiq, returned to the room. “I brought the dinner.” he said, while showing a trail with two plates.

When he saw the Knight arrive, the auburn-haired boy stopped watching and picked his plate. If Ruzaan was still sleeping, Healer Sqiq would leave the plate on the table near Togruta’s bed, for the case of him waking up hungry. Then, he left the two alone. Elidan wondered if he should wake his friend, but soon decided to let him rest some more.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan tossed and turned occasionally in his sleep; it wasn't the best sleep he'd had, but at least he couldn't remember his dreams, which left lingering feelings of uncertainty and fear. By the time he woke up, both of his stomachs were clamoring for food; perhaps because it was sometime early in the morning.

To his left, Elidan appeared to be asleep, and Ruzaan briefly reflected on how peaceful the half-Annfyn looked before turning his attention to the plate of food on the nearby table. The food itself was cold and had apparently been sitting for hours (was this last night's meal?) but Ruzaan didn't care. The Togruta tried to eat as quietly as possible so as not to disturb his sleeping friend.

After finishing his food, Ruzaan lay back in bed. His ankle was still sore (and itchy!) underneath its bandages, and Ruzaan worried that the healers might not let him leave the Medbay today in order to continue the investigation. If that was the case, then the burden would likely fall on Elidan to sort through the new evidence.


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[Elidan]

After he finished dinner, Elidan turned to look at Ruzaan. His friend was still sleeping. If he continued this way, his food would end up getting cold. However, the half-Annfyn decided to not wake him up. After everything that happened today, the Togruta deserved a good night of sleep.

He would continue watching documentaries for some more time until Healer Sqiq returned. “I came to pick the plates.” he said, before moving to pick it up. Then he saw that Ruzaan didn’t touch his food. “Did he stay sleeping all this time?” the Quarren asked Elidan, who nodded to confirm it. “Well, I’m going to leave it there. Maybe he can wake up later".

Once the Healer left the room, Elidan returned to his documentaries. Now he was watching one about the life of the creatures of Naboo. Seeing how the land and sea of the planet was full of life made the Padawan want to visit it. Perhaps he could go to one of the Gungan cities, they could show him the animals that lived deep in the lakes and oceans. He wanted so badly to see a Sando aqua monster one day.

Elidan spent the rest of the night watching shows in his Datapad. Even after Healer Sqiq said that it was time to sleep, the half-Annfyn continued with the nature documentaries. At some point of the night, he slept while watching them. That night, he had a crazy dream where Trandoshans and droids were devoured by a Sando Aqua monster. Then it started to dance with a bunch of Gungans, while Master Voran appeared charging with a swarm of Klikniks. It was bizarre

The next day, the Padawan only woke up when Healer Sqiq entered the room. “Good morning! I’m going to see if you two are good to leave the Medical bay.” he said before approaching Elidan. After he was examined, the Quarren tapped his shoulder. “You are fine. You can go after breakfast. Now is time to see your friend.”

The half-Annfyn watched the Healer move toward Ruzaan. He noticed that the plates were empty. That meant that his friend had woken up during the night to eat it. “Padawan, how is your ankle today?” Sqiq asked, before starting to examine the Togruta. Elidan hoped that his friend would have recovered.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Healer Sqiq returned (with food!), announcing that he would inspect the two Padawans in order to ensure that they were able to be discharged, and as he ate Ruzaan tried to wish away the pain in his ankle. Surely a good night's sleep would be enough for him to heal so that he could continue the investigation with Elidan?

The Quarren first inspected the half-Annfyn, quickly pronouncing him fit for service. Ruzaan was glad to hear that his friend was doing better, especially given the internal struggle he knew that Elidan harbored over yesterday's actions. The fact that his release from the medbay didn't seem to include a meeting with the Council was also a relief to Ruzaan- Elidan had enough worries without having to face discipline.

Then the time came for Ruzaan's inspection, and Healer Sqiq asked the Togruta how his ankle felt. "Fine!" Ruzaan responded, hoping to prove his ankle wrong through pure confidence. In order to illustrate his point, Ruzaan swung both legs off of the bed and hopped down to the floor.

A mistake.

Ruzaan's right leg crumpled underneath him, and the Togruta fell down; grabbing at his leg. Healer Sqiq tsked in admonishment and helped Ruzaan up and back into bed. "That was foolish, but informative. You will remain here today, and will undergo a bacta session in thirty minutes."

Blinking back tears- whether from pain or from shame, he wouldn't tell- Ruzaan looked over to Elidan. "Let me know what you find out?" he pleaded.


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OOC: Rolled a 17/100 for ankle pain

 

[Elidan]

While Sqiq examined Ruzaan, Elidan ate his breakfast. He hoped that his friend would be well enough to be discharged with him. They still had an investigation to finish and the half-Annfyn didn’t want to do it alone. He had gotten used to the almost constant presence of Togruta to the point that he found the moments when they got together to analyze the clues amusing. Doing it alone would be boring.

He saw his friend jump from the bed, trying to show to the Healer that he was well. However, Ruzaan soon fell to the floor, showing that his ankle wasn’t totally healed. While he felt a bit sad for needing to leave the Togruta alone here for another night, Elidan knew that it was necessary if his friend wanted to get totally healed.

After Elidan finished his breakfast, he prepared to leave the room. “I’ll tell you everything that I can discover.” he said to his friend, a smile appearing on his lips. “You will see. After this bacta session, you will leave this room tomorrow.” this place was basically turning on their new bedroom, more even for the Togruta, who had stayed here several times.

“I’ll come to see you tomorrow.” he said, before leaving the Medical bay. The first thing that Elidan did was to go ask if he could talk with the white-haired boy. Unfortunately, the Healers informed him that the boy was still unconscious and that he would need some more days to recover. The half-Annfyn asked them to contact him when the boy woke up and returned to his room.

The rest of the day ended being fruitless regarding the investigation. The Knights refused to bring him to the building in the forest. They were removing archives and machines from this place and he would be able to see it after they brought all that to the Temple.

Without much to do during the rest of the day, Elidan decided to make some lessons from classes that had started to accumulate after he started with this investigation. He was going to allow Ruzaan to copy it from him after he left the Medical bay. His friend was probably more behind than him, since he was getting hurt nearly every time that they left the Temple.

This way, Elidan had spent the entire day doing lessons and soon the night had arrived. He had gone to bed early, not long after he finished his dinner. Apparently spending the entire day studying left someone very tired. The next day, the half-Annfyn woke up early and went to see if Ruzaan was going to be discharged. Hopefully the ankle of his friend would have healed after the bacta session from yesterday.

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan didn't exactly enjoy Bacta sessions. Being in liquid for such a long time was strange, and he felt vulnerable being hooked up to a machine that was tasked with supplying him oxygen. It did, at least, have a positive effect on his ankle, and afterwards Ruzaan was comfortably resting in the Medbay in time for lunch. With the rest of the day to rest, he might even be able to limp around the following day; perfect!

Ruzaan hated being confined to the Medbay, a place where he was ending up with an alarming frequency, it seemed. The place seemed designed to be boring, and not having Elidan or anyone else to talk to only made the hours slow down even more. The Togruta found himself napping even when he wasn't tired, in hopes that he could fall asleep and thus make the time go by faster.

At least the food was superb, and before long Ruzaan had eaten his fill for dinner and was suddenly wide awake late into the night- a consequence, he supposed, of his earlier naps- but he still awoke feeling very well rested, and after being checked out by Sqiq again he was cleared for a half day of investigation. Hobbled as he was by crutches, Ruzaan's joy at seeing Elidan and exploring his newfound freedom would not be diminished.

"What have you found out?" he immediately began pestering his friend.

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OOC: Rolled 13/20 for ankle and 17/20 for night's sleep

 

[Elidan]

Like what happened some days ago, Elidan had stayed outside of the Medical bay waiting for Ruzaan to be discharged. He had talked with Sqiq before the Quarren had entered the room. The healer was positive that the Togruta was going to leave today. Apparently, his ankle had healed well after the treatment of bacta from yesterday.

After some time waiting, Elidan saw his friend come out of the room. While he was already walking, Ruzaan was using crutches. This meant that the Togruta wasn’t totally healed. This wasn’t good, they would not be able to return to investigate the building in the jungle. The effort could hurt his ankle even more.

"Nothing. The boy is still unconscious and the Knights are still searching the building. They didn't allow me to go there." he explained to his friend, while they walked out of the Medical bay. "The investigation stalled yesterday, but the Jedi investigators told me that we can see what they brought from there."

Then, the half-Annfyn guided his friend to the same place where they worked with pieces of the droid and with the speeder. Elidan couldn’t stop thinking how the circumstances were so similar to that of some days ago. The Togruta coming out of the Medical bay, they walking out together there. He wondered if it would happen a third time.

Once they arrived at the room, the two Padawans would see that the place was more chaotic than the last time. It was like the building in the forest had been brought here piece by piece. There were computers, machines and even the droids that he destroyed. "So, where do you want to start?"

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[Ruzaan Kai]

[I wonder what that boy was doing there] Ruzaan said as the two Padawans made their way towards the investigation room. Today, he felt a little better about his role in Sskok's death; whatever the Trandoshan had done to the white-haired boy was beyond reprehensible if it necessitated being in a medically-induced coma.

The crutches took some getting used to, but thankfully Elidan didn't rush him along and after a few minutes they stood before a sea of electronics that made Ruzaan's eyes glaze over. Electronics were not his strong suit. Still, he tried to help Elidan sort through the computers, droid parts, and other things taken from the garage.

He quickly found out that navigating the cluttered room in crutches was no easy task, and as Elidan sat down to access a computer terminal, the Togruta tripped. With a crash, crutches and crutchie fell downwards, Ruzaan attempting to catch himself and succeeding in doing so by grabbing onto the nearest sturdy object- a chemical eyewash/shower station- which promptly snapped and began spraying water across the room. Ruzaan continued his awkward fall down to the floor, landing with a pained grunt and a sinking feeling that he'd really messed this up as the sizzling sound of electronics frying reached his senses.

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OOC: Rolled a Nat 1 on the investigation roll

 

[Elidan]

Elidan didn’t answer Ruzaan. He had been wondering the same. The white-haired boy was nearly dead when they found him, barely breathing. Whatever they were doing with him, it wasn’t good. “Do you think that they could be doing experiments with him?” after they saw that machine forcing the klikniks to become violent, the half-Annfyn would not doubt that they would be capable of doing it.

While he waited for Ruzaan to decide where they should start, the half-Annfyn sat in a computer terminal and looked around the room. The Jedi Investigators had been able to recover much of the electronic equipment from the building and brought all of it here. There were some of them still working on it, with a Female Gungan Jedi Knight pointing to the others what should be done. Elidan concluded that she probably was the leader of the Investigators.

He was distracted watching the Gungan talk energetically about using UV light when Elidan heard a loud sound. The auburn-haired boy turned his head in time to see Ruzaan nearly falling down on the floor and grabbing a chemical shower station that snapped and began spraying water across the room. The half-Annfyn watched astonished while the water touched the equipment and everything started to fry.

A loud gasp, followed by several cursings broke Elidan’s shock. The Gungan Knight was screaming and seemed to be going to have an aneurysm. The half-Annfyn moved to help Ruzaan get out of the floor. While he did it, the Gungan came running toward the Togruta while pointing a finger at him “Yousa! Do yousa know what yousa did? Getsa out here now! Da Grandmastah goen to hear about it!”

The half-Annfyn turned to his friend, while the Gungan continued screaming and lamenting how they probably lost all the evidence and archives. “I think that we should get out of here.” if a Gungan had hair, she would be pulling it right now. “We can return when things are calmer.”

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[Ruzaan Kai]

Ruzaan's shame grew as the damage was assessed, leading to an animated scolding by a Gungan Jedi Knight. The Togruta wanted to argue but found he couldn't- not only could he not get a word in edgewise, he had royally messed up- so Ruzaan simply stood in his soaking wet robes and puddled more water on the floor while the Knight chewed him out. Instead of listening, Ruzaan's brain provided an ever-growing list of negative thoughts that he had a hard time shaking. Clumsy. Foolish. Disaster. Hazardous. Uncoordinated. Failure.

Elidan gently pulled Ruzaan away when the Gungan turned around to dramatically sob atop a fizzling computer, the Togruta somehow managing to maneuver through the room on his crutches without falling again.

[I messed up] he eventually said, after a few moments' of crushing silence standing outside the room; the histrionics of the Gungan faint in the background. [I...] Ruzaan's voice trailed off; he'd probably just ruined their entire investigation.

[What do we do now?]


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[Elidan]

While the Gungan Knight continued screaming, Elidan would help Ruzaan get back to his feet. The poor Togruta, this wasn't a good week for him. First he went several times to the medical bay and now this. The half-Annfyn only hoped that he didn’t got hurt again after this fall.

He would help his friend to get out of the run, carefully moving through the several fizzling computers. Elidan feared that Ruzaan could slip with crutches on the wet floor, so he stayed close to the Togruta. While he did it, he could hear the Gungan Knight crying on a table. The other Jedi investigators were trying to clean the mess and calm her down.

Then, Ruzaan finally spoke. Elidan could feel through their bond that his friend was really shaken by what happened. The half-Annfyn tried to comfort him. “It wasn’t your fault. All that was an accident.” maybe he should have waited until the Togruta could walk to bring him back to the investigation room. With how it was full of things, it was obvious that someone using crutches would not be able to walk here.

When Ruzaan asked what they should do now, Elidan sighed. “I don’t know.” he had no idea how they could continue the investigation. “We can wait to see if they can save something.” then he remembered something. “The boy! We can still ask him. We only need to wait for him to wake up.” this was their only choice now. “Do you want to do something while we wait?”

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[Ruzaan Kai]

As much as Ruzaan just wanted to ignore his latest screw-up and move on, Elidan's words did little to help him do that. As the half-Annfyn tried to reassure him that it was not, in fact, his fault, Ruzaan replayed the scene- and other failures- in his head. Getting knocked out against the droid at the crash site? My fault. Tripping every sensor imaginable and being captured by Sskok? My fault. The annoying and painful injury he was currently dealing with? My fault. The accident with the water and the evidence was just the latest example of a growing trend.

Then, Elidan raised the prospect of going to see the white-haired boy they'd rescued. Ruzaan was about to charge off in that direction before his doubts got the better of him; he'd probably find a way to mess that up, too. "It's probably best if I sit this one out" he said out loud, unable to resist indulging in some self-pity. "I'm feeling tired and should rest." That was a lie; what Ruzaan really wanted was some alone time to sit and think and maybe cry a little.

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