Ask [Nixor] Hope and Salvation

[Lucifrey Sol]

Nixor, 151 ABY
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The embers of war danced across one of Nixor's half-razed cities. Kiliks and Joined fled from the Jedi Order and Resistance forces, regrouping at their remaining bases after their last defeat. Countless cries rang out across the burning city, some of those from people who lost everything, some of them from people still trapped by the fallout of war.

Lucifrey Sol stood at the edge of a Jedi starship's cargo ramp. Her dark blue poncho billowed in the air while the ship descended through the smokey night sky towards one of the crumbling starports. Her custom dry-suit was ripped and torn in various areas, with faint traces of wounds she'd had before they were healed after the last battle. She was still a little worn out from the fight to repel the Kiliks. A faint pant pressed against the inside of her mask, while her thin tail tightened around her hips inside her form-fitting suit.

There were many people who needed help all across the wartorn city, and Master Tarrell had ordered a coordinated relief effort to save as many people as they could. "Remember, anyone we find could be Joined." She spoke calmly through the comlink integrated in her personal rebreather, which was designed to keep that nasty Kilik ooze out of her mouth. "Don't eat or drink anything suspicious, stick to our supplies instead, and pass out any to whoever's in need. We'll make sure the LZ is clear before we setup a relief point."

The half-Annfyn Tiefling's pointy ears twitched as she darted her gaze from one broken building to the next. The smokey air beat across her face and eyes. Her bright pink twin-tails swayed back and forth with increasing intensity as the ship slowed it's descent and prepared to land. Luci didn't wait. She pulled the Force into her legs and leapt down to the landing pad, giving herself more than enough room to safely clear the ship.

Luci landed in a soft crouch, the tips of her left hand's fingers gently touching down in the process. Her right hand kept a sturdy grasp on the songsteel and Brylark wood handle of her lightsaber, which she kept disengaged and ready.

For the moment she couldn't Sense any nearby threats. Nonetheless, she remained focused and vigilant, lifting her lithe frame to a stand. The setting ships forced a turbulent wind to kick up around Luci, whipping the edges of her poncho and the lengths of her long twin-tails back and forth while the ships set down around her.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

There was some time since Adanell had arrived in Nixor and he had seen more destruction than he had expected to see during his long life. The Killiks had hit the planet hard, bringing chaos and death in their path. Those that weren’t enslaved or killed ended up being hurt. As a Jedi, it was their mission to help those in suffering.

While most of the Killik’s presence in the world had been crushed, the Jedi had remained here to take care of the victims that were left behind. Since his arrival, Adanell had been healing several of the inhabitants of Nixor that were brought to him and other Jedi healers in one of the several refugee camps that were made.

Unfortunately, the number of victims was larger than that of the Jedi. They would need help if they wanted to attend every one of them. At least Master Tarell was sending more Healers to help in their efforts.

However, the suffering of the inhabitants of Nixor wasn’t only physical. Many of those that approached the Jedi were in panic and traumatized. They saw friends and family being killed or enslaved by the insectoids. No one would come unscathed after suffering such things.

Seeking to help calm them, Adanell was seated in the middle of the refugee camp playing his harp. There was a small crowd around him, hearing intently the sound that would come from his instrument when his finger moved through the strings. It was a soothing music of his homeworld, made exactly with the purpose of relaxing.

Seeking to help those around him, the Knight was also liberating through the Force feelings of calmness and peace. The people that were listening to him had already been attended by the Healers, but had remained with fear and panic. They deserved some seconds to relax and escape from the torment that they suffered.

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

Resistance forces poured out from the Jedi ships once they finally touched down on the landing pad. Luci stared out across the mayhem as one soldier after the other flowed out around her in every direction. They broke like a wave around her, and continued forward like she was just a stone in a rushing river.

She hated what she saw. The burning city, countless harmed. But she had to do her best to accept things and push on. She couldn't let herself be crushed under the weight of these difficult times.

A heavy breath. Her foot stepped forward, and then the other. The adrenaline she'd had from the earlier battle was beginning to fade away as the Resistance members fanned out to secure the area.

A soft soothing tune suddenly began to shine over the distant crackling flames all around. Luci's half-Annfyn ears twitched and shifted. Her feet continued on, carrying her closer to the source of the sound. At the edge of the landing pad she could see the refugee camp not too far away that she and the rest of the troops she brought with her were here to relieve, but suddenly it was she that was beginning to feel relieved.

For all she knew the battle was over for now. Her tense nerves could relax. A broken smile poked up for a moment, then faded again. She slowly spun back around atop the ramp down to the city and gazed across the spaceport. One confirmation came in over the comms after the other. The site was clear.

"Good job, everyone." Her voice was soft and calm. "Let's get these supplies down to the survivors, the camp is just down this way." With a deep and relieved breath Luci then began to make her way from the spaceport to the camp, followed by several squads of troops with grav-lifts and metal crates full of various foods, drinks, and medical supplies. Some of the forces even began to put out the nearest fires, and others went out to search for anyone else still trapped in the ruined structures.

Once she and the group of Resistance forces with her finally reached the camp she helped coordinate the distribution of supplies before finally making her way to the Annfyn playing the harp. Without wanting to interrupt the musician she lowered her mask to give a short pleasant smile to the blonde man along with a little wave, then stepped over to a seat nearby and plopped down with a heavy sigh of relief.

Finally, a moment's reprieve to catch her breath. She'd wait a bit longer, her long thin tail curling up into her hands at her lap while she savored the soothing tune of the harp.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

Adanell was still playing his harp when he saw that more people had arrived at the camp. Among them was Lucifrey, the Padawan that was going to help him take care of the refugees. The Knight answered her wave with a smile and a nod, but his fingers continued moving through the strings of his instrument. He was only going to stop when the music ended.

After some more minutes playing, the song finally came to an end. Some of the people that were listening to him clapped, while others thanked him and praised his tallent. Adanell only gave them a smile. He didn’t care for the praises, only wanted to make these individuals that suffered so much to have some moments of happiness.

When the crowd started to disperse, Adanell walked toward Lucifrey. He had been informed by Master Tarell about her arrival. He also knew that she was a half-Annfyn. While such information would make some of the members of his species look at the girl with disgust, no such thing would come from him. Being with the Jedi made the Knight ignore such stupid cultural prejudices.

“Hello, Lucifrey. I’m Knight Adanell, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” he greeted her, before giving a small bow. “Master Tarell said that you were coming to help. We still have much to do here. It seems that the damage left by the Killiks here was worse that we expected.” the Annfyn look at the people around him. There was so much suffering and so few of them to attend all of the people.

“Come, I’ll show you where we are attending those that got hurt.” Adanell started to walk toward the place where the doctors were working. “With the battles ending, the number of wounded people arriving seems to be decreasing. However, it’s still large enough for us to need help to take care of everyone.”

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

Luci gave another soft smile and closed her eyes while she tilted her head in a friendly gesture toward the Annfyn to show she appreciated the music. She stood as he approached, maintaining a calm and peaceful facade as best she could despite the fact a good portion of the city was still burning far away. But for each moment that passed, one more fire seemed to fade from the Resistance forces that swept across the city.

"Heya." She flicked up the side of her smile and gave a little wave again. "I guess you already know who I am. You can just call me Luci if you want, it's easier to remember." She couldn't help but think of her master, Zak, as she used part of his classic greeting. Her azure eyes studied the Knight's features, quickly deducing that he was likely a full-blooded Annfyn, or at least closer to it than she was. Her blue horns and tail kinda gave that away.

She didn't know much about their culture. She could hardly speak their language. She didn't know if there was a specific way she should greet him or introduce herself, since most other Annfyn seemed repulsed by her. Not that she met many. She didn't even know what lineage she came from on either side of her parents' bloodlines. None of that really mattered to her anymore though, not since she joined the Order.

Luci felt a strong desire to ask him about all of that, but figured it'd be best to hold off on that and focus on the relief effort for now.

"Okay." She gladly followed alongside Adanell, keeping her mixed emotions at bay as she continued to take in more of the destruction across the ruined city with each step. Her Healing abilities had increased exponentially ever since Zak began his recovery from the Kilik assault on Thyferra. She found herself being called upon more and more to Heal others throughout the Galaxy, and did her best to help as many as she could.

"I'm still a bit worn out from the battle to push back the Kiliks, but I'll give everything I have left to help these people."

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

Adanell smiled at her. “If I can call you Luci, then you can call me simply as Adan.” he had few opportunities to be called this way since he left Annwfyn, with the last one to have used it being his Master. The Knight believed that using such names would help diminish any awkwardness that could exist between them.

He didn’t know if Luci had met other pure-blood Annfyns, but if she did, the Padawan would without any doubt feel uncomfortable near him. He knew how his people were full of prejudice with those like her. The last thing that Adanell wanted was for her to feel intimidated by his presence.

While they walked toward the place where the wounded were being healed, the two Jedi walked through the destruction that the Killiks left behind. Houses that were destroyed, lives that were lost. Adanell didn’t need to look at Luci to know that the sight around them was affecting her.

“I didn’t participate in the battles. As soon as I arrived here, I went to help with the wounded.” when he said that, the two had started to walk over a scorched path of grass, probably what once was a garden. “Physical battles aren’t my area of expertise. I prefer to use my abilities in other ways.”

After saying that, Adanell focused the Force on the ground around him. Soon new green shoots of grass started to appear in the garden and with them were some buds of wild flowers. Their seeds had survived deep in the ground and now through the use of Plant Surge, the Knight had been capable of making them return. Perhaps it could give hope.

The Annfyn would continue doing it until they reached the large tent that was being used as improvised Medicalbay. If Luci turned back to look, she would have seen that the green grass had formed a path toward this place. “Do you know how to do Force healing?” Adanell would turn to talk with her. “You can help with other things, if you don’t know or are feeling too tired.”

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

"Adan it is then." A soft smile crossed Luci's lips as she looked up at the Knight. A huge relief washed over her thanks to the way he greeted and treated her, much friendlier than she'd received from others of their kind before. Her demeanor brightened a bit more as she watched Adan regrow a path of plants along their walk.

"Oh wow! You're really good at that." She watched with a slight gasp on her face. "I've seen a few other Jedi do this, but not to this extent and not this fast. I know the basics of it, but do you think you could maybe teach me a bit more once we've got some free time?" A perky smile formed across her lips for a time, until they reached the medical tent. Luci did her best to keep her expression calm and neutral while her gaze scanned across all of the wounded people scattered across it.

"There's so many of them... and we're still expecting so many more..." Her hands gently clasped together over the center of her chest. The pain and suffering she felt through the Living Force was palpable, almost suffocating, but she remained strong and pushed on.

"Yes." She gave a sturdy nod to Adan. "I'm well trained in Force healing and have gotten quite a bit of experience with it over this last cycle..." She then took a few steps forward where someone lay on an improvised bed. Her hands swept down together, palms hovering just over a large nasty burn on the side of an unconscious woman's face.

"I could probably help with some minor wounds like these." Then she'd begin to channel the Living Force across the lady's wound, trying to guide the scorched muscle and skin to heal over the next couple minutes, unless Adan wanted her to reserve her stamina. "Probably wouldn't be able to do too many major ones before I pass out from exhaustion, but I'm still willing to do some of those as well."

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

”Of course! It would be a pleasure to teach you how to do it.” Adanell said, before giving Luci a brief smile. While the Knight didn't have a Padawan, he liked to teach others. He believed that by passing down knowledge to other generations, the future of the Order would be guaranteed.

“Being honest, what I did there wasn’t that great. The plants only grew fast because that place was once a garden and there were seeds still alive in the underground.” he explained, wanting to show that his abilities were common. “To make plants more damaged to grow this fast you would need more focus.”

When they reached the medical tent, Luci was able to see the large number of people that got hurt during the Killik’s invasion. Adanell quickly noticed how the Padawan was affected by the presence of so many wounded individuals. He wasn’t surprised, few would be calm in the face of so much suffering.

In moments like this one, watching a Padawan that was still a teenager react to seeing people wounded in a war, made Adanell reflect about what future the Order had. With their ongoing war against the Sith and now this conflict, the generation of Padawans and Younglings that was growing in the middle of all this chaos would without any doubt need physical and mental help.

“Yes, but the Killiks are mostly crushed at this point. I believe that less people are going to get hurt from now on.” the Annfyn said in an optimistic way, trying to give the Padawan some hope. Sometimes being attached to such a feeling was good.

Adanell contemplated what he should do with Luci. He couldn’t risk having her faint with exhaustion. “What do you think of applying bacta and helping put bandages in the wounds? When you are feeling less tired, you can help with Force Healing.”

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

There was not much progress in the burn by the time Luci stopped. She felt greater difficulty with the attempt than usual. Something she had not been expecting.

"Adan..." She paused, her hands slowly pulling away from the woman's face.

"Is it bad that we take Kilik lives?" The Annfyn Tiefling's ears flattened. Her tail curled up slightly behind her, as if to show the tension she was suddenly beginning to feel.

"I mean I don't like them or anything, but they're bad, right? They're a hive mind, so we basically have to kill every one of them we come across right?" She turned, her big expressive blues glimmering at the blonde Knight.

"Will killing them weaken our ties to the Light?" She wasn't really a fan of them. She found them to be disgusting and disturbing. She'd even slain more than a handful in the previous battle, though she had the assistance of the Resistance at her side.

Luci took some of the nearby bacta and began to apply it to the woman's burn mark, following that with a bandage before she'd get ready to move onto the next victim. "Or does killing them for the greater good make it alright?"

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

Adanell watched Luci’s attempt to heal the woman’s face. There were some chances in the red of the burn, which had become a shade of pale pink. However, the Padawan seemed to be too tired to hole the entire wound. “It’s good for now. Try to apply some bacta, I think that it will heal the rest.” he said, while picking a bag with the substance and giving it to her.

Then he heard her question. It made Adanell freeze, thinking about the complexity of answering it. In silence, the Annfyn turned to look at Luci. Her blue eyes were looking at him, expecting the Knight to say something. He wondered if someone was coming to save him from needing to do that.

Unfortunately, no help came. He was alone to face it. Taking a deep breath, Adanell prepared to answer what he thought was the most difficult question that he ever heard. “All life is part of the Force, even if it’s from a hive mind. I don’t feel happy for killing another being.”

“However, when these beings are threatening innocent lives and there is no other way to stop them, fighting and killing them is our only choice.” he made a pause, while looking directly into her eyes. The Annfyn hoped that what he was saying wasn’t confusing the Padawan.

“Since we are protecting innocents, I don’t think that by killing the Killiks we are losing our connection with the Light. We are doing what the Order preaches and defending peace and life in the Galaxy.” the Knight thought that if the insectoids weren’t a hive mind, perhaps they could have tried to reach peace without many battles.

“Even if you are defending lives, you can never feel pleasure or happiness for taking a life. Every creature has a presence in the Force. When we kill, this presence will disappear forever.” Adanell wanted to be sure that Luci wasn’t going to take the act of killing as something normal. “You’ll fall to the Darkness if you start to see the death of others this way.”

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

Luci nodded along with what Adan was saying. Her attention was split between him and the next patient she moved along to heal, but nonetheless she intently listened along to what he was saying. When he'd pause she'd look at him with big eyes, then she'd go back to administering the bacta and bandages to the wounded.

"Yeah... I think that sounds reasonable enough. And the Joined are pretty much already gone, and we haven't found a way to bring any back from that so far." Big sullen eyes looked back to Adan for answers. "So the Joined must be the same way, right? Even if it were another Jedi?"

One of Luci's hands went to her chest while the other held her supplies so they could continue to the next injured person. "Even if that other person is you or I... Right? Not that I'd ever want something like that to happen.."

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

If Adanell thought that Luci was only going to ask one difficult question, he was totally wrong. The half-Annfyn asked if the same should be applied to the Joiners. While the Knight never fought against one of them, he had heard about the poor people that were enslaved by the Killiks.

“The situation of the Joiners is even worse than that of the Killiks. They are people that were enslaved and have no choice in what they are doing.” he explained, after having stayed some time in silence, thinking in his next words. “They are victims and by killing them, we are stopping their suffering and protecting the innocents.”

“We need to feel pity for their situation. As you said, there is no way of freeing them. Their death is an act of mercy.” if at least they could find a way to heal these poor people. He’s surprised that no one tried to find a way to do it yet. “When you face a Joiner, try to kill them in a merciful way. With less pain possible.”

Before the Padawan could ask anything else, Adanell turned to the people that were hurt. “Well, I think that we should continue working. There is still much to do!” he smiled at Luci and gave her some more bacta bags. “Here! Go help this group. If you feel well enough, you can use Force Healing. Any trouble you can call me.”

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

"Yeah... That's kinda what I was thinking too. Thanks, Adan." Luci let out a heavy sigh, mostly a sigh of relief. It was certaintly a rough couple questions she'd thrown at the Annfyn Knight, and she was glad he could help her clear up conscious.

"Alright, I'll keep working away in here for awhile." She began apply bacta to a minor laceration on another unconscious individual. "If you don't hear from me then it probably means I passed out in here somewhere." Luci let out a slightly nervous chuckle and tried to put on a little smile to let the Knight know she was mostly just kidding around.

The blue-horned Padawan would then go on to continue treating as many of the wounded as she could, coordinating with some of the other healers as she'd carry on for about as long as she had enough stamina.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

”No problem! If you need anything else, you can call me.” Adanell smiled at her, before turning to attend another group of wounded. While he didn’t mind being helpful for the Padawan, the Knight hoped that Luci would not ask another of these difficult questions. He had no idea if he would be capable of giving a good answer to her next one.

"In this case, I'll come to see you later. I can’t let you sleep in the middle of work!" he said playfully, but it wasn’t a total jest from his party. The Annfyn would really come to watch her occasionally, just in case Luci really passed out due to being tired. He didn’t want to have the Padawan too stressed. It wasn’t good for her health.

Leaving Luci alone, Adanell went to help a wounded man. His leg had profound cuts, which were covered by bandages. However, these were turning red due to the blood that was still coming from it. A medical droid that was taking care of him had used medicine to put him to sleep, but its efforts to stop the breeding weren’t enough.

Thanks to Adanell's Force healing, the wounds in the man's leg were closed. Then, the Knight went to help the rest of the wounded. There were already so many of them and it seemed that more would continue coming.

The Annfyn was distracted healing a child that had a nasty cut on her head when he heard a commotion at the entrance of the tent. Immediately Adanell walked toward it to see what was happening. With the Killiks still around, an attack could happen and the Jedi needed to be prepared.

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

"Heheh... Maybe once we get everyone taken care of then." She closed her eyes and arched them up while giving a little wave to the Knight. "See ya!" Then she went back to work on applying first aid to the next couple injured citizens.

The next one she got to though... Something seemed off about them. It was an older gentleman with balding grey hair. He'd been watching everyone else closely, almost as though he were trying to memorize where supplies were being kept and where the guards were covering. A large gash was at the upper side of his head.

"Hello there~" Luci tried to put a pleasant smile on for the man as she approached him with a friendly wave. He looked up at her for a moment, acknowledged her with a short nod, then sheepishly began looking around again. Luci furrowed her brows and puffed her cheek to the side. Of all the people she'd seen so far, he was certaintly rather suspicious...

"I'm just gonna take care of that injury ok?" She pointed to the man's head wound. He hesitated, watching for a moment longer as one the far nurses put a little canister of painkillers into a small case. Luci followed his gaze for a moment, but didn't catch what he'd been looking at in time, instead finding the woman bending to stash the case away.

"-Ahm-" Luci didn't mean to sound too uptight as she cleared her throat and quickly looked away from the nurse. 'Great. A pervert.' She thought to herself while narrowing her eyes and stepping to the side of him. She then put a handful of bacta into her hand, and slapped it hard across his gash.

Or at least that's what she wanted to do. What she actually did was much more gentle, reflecting the empathetic bedside manner she'd been developing as a healer. The man flinched and tweaked his big eyes up at hers. Luci froze and felt her heart beat hard. 'Is this... Even a person?' The two stared a couple moments longer, a slight hint of surprise across both of their faces, until he finally looked away with his nervous twitch.

Luci let out a heavy breath. She wanted to pull up her mask, just in case someone was going to try putting that Kilik juice in her mouth, but felt these people would benefit more from being able to see her put on a friendly face while tending to them. She slowly continued, gently applying the bacta before she cautiously wrapped a bandage around his head several times to cover the wound.

The elderly gentleman seemed distracted for the rest of the time. She periodically checked where he stared, but didn't seem to find him looking at anything that would make him anymore suspicious. A sigh of relief finally left her lips once she finished. Then she caught an intriguing commotion in her sensitive hearing. Luci took a couple steps back away from the man, and turned her head to see Adan heading towards the entrance of the tent.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

When Adanell reached the entrance of the tent, he saw that a small crowd had been formed. In the middle of it was a crying female Pantoran. Her face was covered with dirt and her clothes were rags. Some members of the resistance were at her side, trying to help her walk.

“The children! The children! They are trapped in the building! Someone needs to help them!” the Pantoran screamed, while she was carried away. Adanell walked toward one of the members of the Resistance wanting to know more details about what happened.

“She worked in an orphanage close to a part of the city that was heavily damaged during our battle against the Killiks. The building collapsed, but we were able to save her. We tried to search for the children, but the place was too unstable to continue.” he explained, before turning to continue with his work.

This was a difficult situation. While he was responsible to take care of the wounded, Adanell felt that as a Jedi it was also his responsibility to save the children. He couldn’t allow more innocent lives to perish. The Annfyn decided that he was going to do something about that. “Where did it happen?” he asked the man, before could leave.

With that information, Adanell decided to visit the place where the building had collapsed. Before he could leave, the Knight saw Luci and a man behind her. It would be a normal sight, if it wasn’t for how the man was walking away from the Padawan without having his wounds attended. He wondered what was happening here.

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

Luci's pointy ears twitched as she heard the Pantoran's plight. She felt a sharp pang in her chest and placed her hand over her heavy heart. She continued standing with big eyes, holding back the swelling tides that wanted to bubble up. They'd been hurt and trapped by the war against the bugs.

She wanted to help. Everything in her burned to go help them. She took a step towards Adan, then she saw him begin to look her way, and felt the presence behind her. "Huh?" Luci turned to face the wounded stranger as he nearly brushed up against her to get by and walk away.

"Uh - excuse me, sir. Are you sure you don't want any treatment for your wound?" She couldn't help but feel a little suspicious of anyone who seemed out of the ordinary, but she also had to keep in mind that these people were going through very rough times. Nonetheless, she'd keep herself ready to react to any sudden outbursts, just in case any one of these people actually turned out to be Joined.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

Adanell watched brush up against the Padawan, in an attempt to walk away from her. The Annfyn could see that blood was still pouring off his head, but apparently the guy seemed to be avoiding her at any cost. It made the Annfyn frown in concern. It wasn’t normal.

While he watched the scene, Adanell was able to hear Luci talking with the man. The Padawan had asked if he wanted to receive treatment. Rather than answering it, the guy’s face contorted in a grimace. Then, he made a terrible scream, making everyone in the tent turn to stare at them. With a jump, he moved against her, in an obvious attempt to choke the girl with his bare hands.

Before he could touch Luci, Adanell used the Force to pull the Padawan toward him. “Are you fine?” he asked her, while still looking at the man that was out of control. To stop any threat against the rest of the wounded, the Annfyn also used the Force to immobilize the guy. “You two, stun him.” he said to the members of the Resistance.

As he had asked, they did exactly that. With the help of some other members of the Resistance, they put the man in a bed and he was strapped. “We need to run tests to see if he is a Joiner. How did he act with you?” Adanell asked Luci, concerned that the guy could have tried to make her eat something.

@AdventCore

 

[Lucifrey Sol]

Luci's eyes shot wide open when the man screamed right next to her. She winced in pain and dropped the medical supplies she'd had so she could cover her sensitive ears. She was left vulnerable in that moment, nearly finding herself being choked out by the man if Adanell hadn't Pulled her to safety.

"Ah!" She let out a soft little squeak in the process. Once she slid back next to the Annfyn Knight she quickly regained her composure and stood tall, a slight look of concern on her face for the random man. "I'm okay." She looked up with big eyes at the Knight, and gave him a grateful nod. "Thank you, Adan."

Luci went to reach out to help subdue the man, but figured she'd be better off reserving her stamina for now once she saw the Resistance troops were able to get him under control. Her attention turned to the man when he was strapped down, directing her response to Adan while she watched the survivor. "I mean he didn't seem too strange... If anything maybe a little skittish. I thought maybe it was just nerves from the war. Maybe from someone he lost. But I dunno... Maybe it was a little suspicious." She then shook her head and looked back up at Adan.

"But let's give them a little bit, we should go help those people who are trapped in that building!" She clutched her hands over her heart. Her thin blue tail curled up behind her. The look of sympathy she had for all these people clear across her highly expressive expression.

@LouJoVi

 

[Adanell of Pom Blodau]

When Luci said that she was fine, Adanell only nodded. He continued watching the man, even if he was now strapped in a bed. If this individual was really a Joiner, they needed to be very careful around him. There could be more of them around, waiting for an opportunity to infect them.

Adanell paid close attention to what the Padawan was saying, before turning back to the man. Indeed, he could only be suffering from some post traumatic syndrome. It was only another reason to let the doctors make tests on him. “Anyway, I want him to be examined by the healers and doctors. We need to see if he wasn’t a joiner.”

“Yes, we are going to help them.” he said to Luci, before turning back to the members of the Resistance. “While we are away, I want you all to watch if anyone is acting strange. Also, I want guards near the medicine, food and water. Any stranger needs to be stopped from approaching them. We can’t allow our resources to be contaminated.”

After giving these instructions, the Annfyn walked out of the tent. He didn’t expect that while he took care of the wounded, they would receive the visit of a Joiner. The Killiks were low creatures if they wanted to target the wounded and sick. Hopefully his measures to avoid future contaminations were going to be enough.

Taking a deep breath and releasing his frustration in the Force, Adanell turned to Luci. “We are going to pick a speeder and then go to the place where the building collapsed. With the help of the Force, we will save these children.” he smiled at the Padawan, trying to comfort her and himself. The Knight didn’t want to think in the fact that they could also be Joiners.

@AdventCore