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The Council Chambers on Yavin vibrated with the Force. Waves of Light pouring out over the Temples ground. A rhythmic pulse like the beating of a heart. The Grandmaster sat at the center of that ocean. Her mind locked tight but her signature in the Force unfurled. She was careful how she wielded her strength. It was not a weapon meant to intimidate or cajole. It was a responsibility. One she took terribly seriously. Alex brought forth her full strength only when absolutely necessary. Now was such a time.

The Justiciars had arrested Jedi Tan and Padawan Hart. There had been no gentle counseling, no soft touch. They had committed a heinous war crime. A Jedi’s life was sacrifice and instead they put their lives before others. She knew little of Padawan Hart and the history of Jedi Tan was concerning. The Order had once again failed to carefully consider who they accepted into their family. A mistake. Her decision to form the Justiciars became ever more required.

So, Alex had them brought home. She did not hide them away. The Order knew they would be brought to the Council Chamber. The Order knew she sat her and let the Force flow over the Temple. Alex was kind. She was a teacher. Her reputation was that she sought to understand before punishment. She was not harsh…but…pushed to her limits. Jedi strapping Wookies to the side of a shuttle as nothing more than human shields. A former Sith leading the Padawans. The Grandmaster had seen enough. There was no inch of Alex in that room. Today, for the entire Order to feel, Grandmaster Alexandria Voran sat in judgment.

The disgraced Jedi would be brought before her, the Justiciars and Temple Guard standing careful watch. The moment they landed, they would be taken to the Council Chambers. There they would find her and any others waiting.

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Silex was 'escorted' off the ship that had taken her and Jade back to Yavin IV. She was still on an adrenaline rush from the battle but tried to calm herself. She knew there was no hope for her- she had history that was certain to come up and, as a knight and Jade's master, she should've stopped the plan in its path. If she was being honest with herself, she honestly hadn't thought it was such a bad plan- she did wish she could've saved more lives, and it didn't help that any bad thing the Jedi did was broadcasted across the galaxy.

"I got us into this, I can get us out," she said, trying to reassure her padawan. Jade had barely recovered from her episode on the shuttle; just another thing to add to Silex's growing list of reasons to be guilty. She found herself longing for her friend, Edaara. She wished she had been there- she never would have let that happen- she was basically Silex's impulse control. She wondered if Edaara was wrong in taking her in, if she regretted it now.

Shoving those dark thoughts out of her head, she focused on the situation at hand. Putting one foot in front of the other. Guilt overwhelmed her and she wished she hadn't been so quick to anger when the ISC tried to help. Her emotions surged when she recalled what she had seen on the holonet- alliances had been destroyed galaxy-wide because of her actions.

A little tickling feeling of doubt crept into her mind. What about the thousands of wookies that she and Jade could have self-lessly saved, rather than focusing so hard on getting those 30 or so Wookies out alive? Did they amount to nothing? The continued feeling of death washed over her through the Force, even after they left Kashyyyk.
 

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Jaesa was there, seated with the other Jedi Masters with an indiscernable expression on her face. From what she'd been told, and the briefing she'd been given, this entire situation was nothing less than absolutely horrible in the most flabbergasting way.

For now though, she said nothing.

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Crix was only here as a formal observer as the head of Yavin Temple's security forces. He was to observe and he was to chime up whenever he was addressed by a Master of the Order. He was not here to pass judgement or comment on those who had been called to speak in the chambers of the Jedi today. It was just as well because he doubted he would have had much in the way of wise words to say.

There were Masters here today that he knew would be more than wise and more than fair but he couldn't wrap his head around the situation as it was. How anyone could be wise and fair when it came to such Jedi and their actions was beyond him... and probably why he was here because of his position.

And why he had yet to achieve the rank of Master.

Maybe there was some kind of reason behind it he could not know until it was spoken? He hoped so, he really did, because right now the situation looked bleak and, honestly, made him rather ashamed to share the Order with people who thought that strapping innocents to their ship was ever a good idea.

Hells, he couldn't even stomach the idea of doing it to Sith and they were beyond guilty in many cases.


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Absent her monkey, Jade was escorted to the Council Chambers in silence. When she entered, it was as if she had just ascended from the pits of hell and conversed with the devil himself such was her stench. Like the smoke from Kashyyyk had not only seeped into her pores but stained her soul ashen, an ancient god manifesting in the most broken of girls. Her robes were extra gray, her movements extra stiff, her nostrils exceptionally flared. Gray-brown hair fell to singed shoulders which sagged under burdens both real, imagined, and hysterical. A green scarf tied loosely around her neck– drool-stained and blood-fed. She looked at Crix; looked at Jaesa; looked at Silex; and then finally looked at the Grandmaster, and waited.


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The Knight-Justiciar Ty Reus was shocked like many others when word broke out about this, and it spread like wildfire. It's all over the holonet, all over the tabloids. A few major worlds have outright banned Jedi all together already, or worse. There are many ways to describe what has happened and how it relates to the Jedi. Inconceivable. Embarrassing. Aberrant. It is a shame that this occasion is taking place, but it must be done. The Jedi Arbitration Corps was formed for moments like these, for far too long as the Order been embarrassed and undermined by those within it's own ranks.

It was still a shame what happened to Kashyyyk. The wookies did not deserve this, nor did Sith bombardment. After this, Ty plans on traveling to Kashyyyk to see what he can do to help, if they would even accept Jedi help.

But for now Ty took his place with the other justiciars. He would be wearing his good set of robes, had his lightsaber stowed away on his person. His expression would be stoic and unmoving. For now, he would watch the disgraced Jedi after they entered.

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Alex’s face remained blank as Jade and Silex arrived. The words she broadcast to the galaxy were true. These were not Jedi. Silex never should have put her Padawan on such a path, but Jade shouldered her own responsibility. Clove was barely older and had known their actions were wrong. Frankly, Alex could not think of a single Padawan who would have willingly followed Silex. This was far beyond the accident on Denon. Silex and Jade knowingly strapped innocent lives to a shuttle and flew them into the vacuum of space. A premeditated choice. Jade was fifteen…that did not absolve her. They were Jedi. No matter their age. It made her sick what she would be required to do.

The Grandmaster’s gaze rested on Silex as the woman was brought in. A Knight responsible for the lives around them. She had put her own life before Jade, before the Wookies, and before everything which the Order held dear. Alex remained calm. Lesser control would have shown the vast disappointment hidden behind her mental walls. The anger not at Jade or Silex but at herself. She allowed the space for these failures to grow.

Alex waited while the room continued to fill. Justiciars, Masters, and Crix looked on the Jedi. “You know why you are here.” Her voice was firm. “I will not describe your actions again or the irreversible damage you have done.” She shook her head. “I have spent hours trying to understand what you did…I cannot.” Now the iron found her voice. “You owe it to every Jedi in this room…to the Order…to explain yourselves.” Her eyes flipped between. “Tell us why you threw lives away to save your own. Tell us why these are the actions of a Jedi. Because where I sit, I don’t see any.” She would hear their explanation. They were not the Sith and she was no an Empress. There would be no summary judgment without explanation.

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Silex clutched her hands desperately in front of her. “There is no way for me to atone for my actions, but let me try to explain. We believed in the moment that the best way to get a few of those Wookies out of that forest was to tie them to the ship. I realize the situation was not safe, but the whole planet was an unsafe situation to be in. I am ashamed of the Wookies that died because of us, but we thought we were doing what was best. We did not exit the atmosphere, and stayed as close to the ground as the fire would let us. I know I was disrepectful towards the ISC when they offered help, but to my credit, I was very stressed out in the moment trying to keep the Wookies alive.” Silex took a breath. Her voice was shaking. She glanced back at her padawan, whose gaze was distant, drool and blood drying on her scarf. She took another breath. Jedi did not show emotions. “Please do not punish Jade too harshly, she was the reason we got out of this alive,”

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She waited for Silex to finish before she began.

“We did nothing wrong,” said Jade, standing defiant. She let the words sink in, like sharp teeth into soft flesh. “First, we were in a race against time. Sith ships were shooting the planet from space. Their attack likely killed countless millions, causing a huge firestorm around us.”

Jade stunk. It was as if some evil demon had made a perfume out of a roaring fireplace, cigar smoke, and burnt pelts, and then sprayed the damned concoction all over her body. The invisible fumes rolled off her like she were an Erlenmeyer flask. Possibly she had not showered. Possibly she had had a seizure. Here is what she knew: out of the trillions of atoms and minute particulates that must have clung to her figure from Kashyyyk, the vast majority were wood and leaves and dirt, but so many Wookiees had died in the surface furnace, it seemed almost inescapable, almost irrefutable, that at least one of those Wookieen molecules still clung to her being even now. In a way, Jade Hart, in being on the front lines, was now more physically if not spiritually close to the deceased than anyone in this room ever was. In a way, so long as she didn’t bathe, the Wookiees were still alive through her, choosing Jade as their surrogate. It was as if the worldwide Kashyyyk fire had adopted the girl, taken her into its womb of sulfur and formaldehyde, and released her back as their acolyte, a walking terrors-of-the-earth reminder of what was to come at the end-of-days.

Thus, when Jade, this living harbinger of inferno incarnate, heard a lady who was not there speak with authority (GM), Jade wanted to breathe winged flames of wrath and fury back into her sweet beautiful face. She wanted to take this buttercup by the hand and throw her in the forested lake of fire. Instead, Jade took a more measured approach.

She paused for a cool drink of water from a cup on a wooden table before her. Light streamed in through the windows, striping the Padawan‘s scarf in a yellowed shade. “It was an impossible situation. We had to evacuate children, elderly, and the disabled from out of a dense forest. The fire was closing in and there was no time to run to a clearing. The thick canopy allowed only our small ship to land or fly out of the trees. Unfortunately, there wasn’t room inside the ship, so we had to tie the Wookiees to the outside of it. I regret we didn’t save more, but if they had stayed there they all would have died.”
 

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She had seen much in her century of life. Alex’s path had rarely been free from twists and turns. She often thought the Force could not further test her. What else could be thrown their way? The Force always granted a harsh reminder that despite all she had experienced there was always more. Silex tried to explain…but the explanation only further revealed the undeniable folly of their actions. They had not taken a second to think on the consequences. She had asked for an explanation…truly what had she expected. At least the Knight tried to shield her Padawan. That was to her credit but this to proved a mistake.

The rage building in Jade was unmistakable. She was a Padawan with an unshielded mind standing before the Masters of the Order. The unbridled anger rolled off in waves. No. It was more than that. Hatehate for her fellow Jedihate for being asked to explain herself. A cold pit formed in Alex’s stomach. Every Jedi in that room would feel what she felt. A Padawan consumed by rage. A Padawan lost. “There were other shuttles.” The footage had been crystal clear. ISC shuttles landing around the Wookies. “ISC shuttles landing in the same area.” She raised a hand. “We have seen the recordings and heard Clove’s description. You acted rashly without thought and without compassion…by seeking to save those few you condemned them to death.” Alex looked at them each in turn. “You killed them. Not the Empire, not a Sith, you.” She would need to deal with Silex but the emotion pouring off Jade could not be ignored.

“Why do you hate us, Jade? We were not on Kashyyyk but every Jedi in this room has bled to keep the Sith at bay.” The Force was building in Alex. The Light washing over the room. “Your Master has accepted your actions were wrong, can you not to the same?” Her eyes never left the young girl.

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After hearing the defendants speak, and having heard the Grandmaster speak, Ty Reus felt a need to speak. The Knight-Justicar still couldn't believe their story. There would be a pause after the Grandmaster would speak. "Ahem. So.... the ship you both tied a bunch of wookies too... ya'll are positive that there was absolutely no space inside?" A ship that could be able to have all those wookies strapped on and have the capacity to to begin take off must have room inside he thought, maybe not seats but any sort of open space. It may not have been a comfortable ride for those wookies but it surely would have been a more sound plan.

Ty would then mentally sigh, he is trying not to do it out-loud, he is thinking he's getting a headach, but his expression is still reads that this is too much, even he is struggling to find patience, although he is still doing his best. Ty felt the murderous intent in the Padawan though, perhaps it's her world falling apart around her, and she isn't taking it well.



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Silex breathed in and out, and managed to cool herself. "The Wookiees were covering every last square inch on top, tied with Kashyyyk vines, which happen to be quite strong. There were 15 on top and 15 children in the parachute. I do think we could have fit a couple more inside our ship somewhere, but it was borrowed, we were not used to it, and in the heat of the moment, we panicked since the fire was spreading rapidly." Silex looked at all the Jedi in the room. Two years; two years of fighting her way back to the light. She would not let it fall apart now. "And I do believe none of you in this room were there, or experiencing what we were experiencing, so to say we acted without compassion is both false and unfair; it was with the utmost compassion that we tried to save those few lives,"

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Jade nodded at Silex, agreeing with her version.

She took a sip of water. Too hot. She breathed deeply, the same techniques taught both by her master, Silex, and nanny on Nar Shaddaa. She was in the forest now. The wind blowing her anger away. Only her and the trees. A parachute caught in the branches. The trunks on fire. Wookiee faces carved into them. All except one. Tall and towering it stood over her. And it spoke. That is when Jade opened her wet eyes.

“The Wookiees… the children,” she said, wiping her eyes and composing herself. “They will live in me forever.”

She took another sip of water.

“But with all due respect Grandmaster, no shuttles tried to land in the forest near us that I saw. The canopy was too thick. What Wookiees may have been evacuated from the forest were likely those that could hike the distance to a shuttle. Ours could not. On Clove, well, she was in a safer location than us. Had we listened to her and turned around or waited, the forest fire would have eaten us alive. But there is a lot of Sith propaganda around so perhaps you saw one of their recordings?”

She took another sip of water.

“I will accept responsibility where responsibility is due if you can prove we acted criminally or contrary to the Jedi Code, and weren’t just the victims of a vicious smear campaign. I mean, why would I do this unless I had no options? Why would Silex go along with it? What are the odds of not one, but two Jedi acting insane just because? Do you trust the Sith and their sympathizers over us? If I were angry, it is because I don’t think we are being given a fair hearing. You have already made up your minds. It sucked, but if you carefully review all the evidence I believe you'll see we chose the lesser of two evils.”

She took a final sip of water, sloshed it around her mouth, and swallowed. The room dripped with anticipation, almost as if Jade were inside the maw of a vicious hound salivating at its next meal. She took a deep breath to control her fear. Then she said it:

“And you know what? I’d make that same choice again today. We saved a dozen Wookiees who otherwise would have died.”


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Enough.” Alex’s voice cut through the room. The Force burst from her left hand as shapes began to appear in the room. Images conjured from her own mind. Slowly, the scene played out before the assembled Jedi. Another Knight had been present besides Clove. Maru Tel Illo. Alexspoke to Clove first…and then Maru…looking into their minds to see what they saw. Alex did not trust the holonet but she did trust Maru and Clove. The two Jedi who had served the Order well on Kashyyyk.

The illusion suddenly took form. Alex’s eyes were hard. Her face unmoving as the scene played out from Maru’s perspective. The formation of the wild plan while the flames descended, a call for help sent into the wind, and the arrival of the ISC. The voice of an ISC Ranger directing the Jedi to help…the shuttles landing as Silex, and Jade continued their mad plan…and finally Maru loading Wookies into ISC shuttles. The same shuttles Jade clamed did not exist. The same Wookies Silex claimed could not be saved. The vision ended and Alex shoved silence in the room. All sound was dampened. She sat. Waiting.

“You do not know me. That is my fault.” Alex stood from her seat. “If you did, you would know what the others in this room know. I do not pass judgment without first seeking to understand. I do not punish without reason…and never as a first resort. That is not our way.” The Force built insider her chest again. “Did I believe your actions were wrong? Dangerous…violent…yes. Did I issue some sentence when you arrived? Did I throw you in a cell? No. I asked you to explain and I sought to understand.” A part of her wanted to yell. Wanted to lash out but her control was greater than those standing before her. “Instead, I see no remorse, I see no second thought, I see no regret. I see two who would do it all again given the chance…and you lied.” The Force illusion of the ISC shuttle sprang up again. “You act as if the Jedi in this room have not faced the same choices. Every Jedi yousee has fought countless times against the Sith. We have all been put in impossible choices…not a single one would make your choice…certainly not twice.” The Force illusion vanished.

“This not Sith propaganda. Not a trap to ensnare you but the truth as seen by your fellow Jedi. We are the galaxies guardians of life. That is our singular calling above all. Your actions needlessly placed those lives in danger. You chose death over life.” Alex steadied her soul. “Your choice was not between two evils. It was between good and evilright and wrong. You chose that path, and you correct we cannot understand why you did it.” She took a step forward. “I asked you to explain and all we have received is vitriol, half-truths, and wild justifications. Neither of you have accepted responsibility for your actions. Jade…you despise everyone in this room...the very Order you say to serve… and for reasons that escape me.” The Force was a roar in her now. A tidal wave of her strength. “You are not Jedi, and you are as dangerous to life as Darkness we oppose.” Her eyes flicked to the Justiciars and Temple Guards. “Bind them.” Alex would do what had to be done.

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Silex's emotions surged to the surface. "You flatter yourself with your righteousness," she said, her voice calm but cold. "You focus on the dozen lives that we lost rather than the million others that couldn't be saved, to make yourself feel better. All your good and evil bullshit just makes you feel better about yourself," Maybe her words were cruel and unfair; but right now she did not feel like a Jedi. Maybe it had been a waste for Edaara to take her in; there was no doubt she could have gained more power for herself with the Sith. But she had chosen the light, and look where it had gotten her. Arrested by the Jedi for actions that were used to distract from the real evils of the galaxy. "I feel immense sorrow for the lives lost; I feel sorrow for you," she continued, directing her last comment to the Grandmaster as they were taken away. She did not resist; she was beyond resisting. She locked eyes with Jade, and took a deep breath in and out. In and out. Calming the anger they both felt. Silex regretted not taking better care of her padawan.

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Silex expressed concern and remorse in fits and starts, sometimes genuine and sometimes reacting to her Padawan's terrible emotional state.

Jade exuded a disgusting connection to Dark energies that Crix was honestly surprised anyone in the room was able to just sit there and not react to. Crix himself scowled at the presumptuous Padawan and her complete disregard for the lives lost. All out of some misguided belief that no one could judge her? That her actions were, somehow, justified because she simply hadn't thought hard enough to get any options in play that didn't involve endangering those she was sent to save?

Consequences had to be addressed. If they weren't, you ended up with people running around the Galaxy accidentally committing mass murder and similar atrocities because their initial intentions had been good. The worst defence he'd ever heard and he'd had to sit through some holodrama on court cases on the flight in while his arm healed.

Worse still? They doubled down on their attitude. Denying, denying, denying again and again any kind of responsibility for their actions. No it was all a smear campaign... he scowled ever so slightly as the Padawan all but called Clove a liar.

As Alex called to have the Justicars and Temple Guards bind the two of them, Crix tapped away at his datapad. As head of the Yavin Temple's security, he removed their access rights to anything within the Temple; the ships of the Order would be barred to them, the armoury closed and more. Even their own ships and possessions would be locked away from them.

He turned to the Grandmaster.

"Their accesses are revoked."
he told her, loudly enough for the room and the two to hear, "Until such a time as you decide otherwise, Grandmaster."

He stepped away from where he had been sat and made towards the door. Standing by the door as the Temple Guards came in, Crix would stand with them as they were taken in hand.


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That was the signal. Like a good justicar, Ty Reus is there, ready to act. Ty joined the other justicars and temple guards in using the force to bind them. Even if they chose to resist, it would be extremely difficult to resist the binding. Anyways, once the exiles are firmly binded, they would unable to move, they would remain where they are. The binding would continue until the Grandmaster is done with them.

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Jade’s face became red and wet. She saw the illusions, but they did not paint the picture that she remembered. She watched the shapes fill the room like a holodrama, some right, some wrong. Shuttles landing? She didn’t remember that. The young padawan closed her eyes. Her memories flooded back– calling for help, the ISC Ranger’s voice… absent, the Jedi Maru arriving… present, Maru saying he hoped they had something that flew, the fire coming closer ever closer and Maru running for his life, and the shuttles… where? Where were they? Jade did not remember seeing any, but that didn’t mean they weren’t around. Maru had left, perhaps he had gone to a shuttle nearby, and perhaps she should have followed– but the fire closing in, the flashes all around, panic in the air. Some of the Wookiees had refused to be tied up, chasing after Maru, leaving her the children and those who couldn’t flee with all the heat and ash and smoke whipping their nerves into a frenzy.

It was all so murky, so much so that Jade wasn’t sure anymore. Perhaps the Grandmaster had a point? She sniffed and pat her monkey, or rather, the image of the monkey in her mind's eye, for it was not there. Her constant companion, the only one who truly understood her. She turned to Silex.

"The Wookiee idea was mine," Jade shouted. "Mine and mine alone. Whatever you're going to do to Silex, just do it to me, doubly so. I'm not saying it's as simple as you claim, but I am saying it was all my idea."

Pink light cast through the windows, discolored by some distant forest fire. As Jade was binded away the scarf on her neck pricked her, tight as ever. The Wookiees on Kashyyyk, gone forever.
 
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Pain and condemnation battered the Force. Silex spitting venom and Jade pleading for forgiveness. Not for the first time, Alex saw a girl standing there…a child. She wished Jade would have stayed that way. Wished the Force had never called the girl. A child could live their life and child would never have been faced with these choices. Had they learned nothing from the past? Alex could not hold Jade to the standard of child…for she was not…she had been a Jedi. The Force asked more of them.

Alex took a deep breath.

The Force roared more brightly in the Grandmaster. Her mind struck out, a barrier building between Alex and the others. The Jedi in the room would not feel what she did. This pain was hers. Deeper into the Force she drove…farther into the Light. Her hands stretching slowly out before her. The Morellian Jedi brought ever thread of her power into the Chamber. Her eyes glowing softly. Alex’s soul ached. The Force burning through the reserves of her body. She saw it then. The very fabric of the Force. Life connecting them all. Bands of power sinking into every Jedi…their connection to that life. Their connection to the Force. That river flowed strongly to Jade and Silex. Alex spoke softly as she worked.

“I am sorry.”

She closed her eyes. The strain on her face clear. Alex was not ready for what she was about to do. She saw no other path. The tendrils of the Force seemed to wrap around her arms. The connection slowly folding into her palms. She held their gift in her hands. The Grandmaster took that gift. Her hands made a sharp motion and in one swift action the Force left Jade and Silex. Pain burned in her chest. Her knees going weak. Alex nearly dropping to the floor. She steadied herself. Her eyes clear for her work was not done. Alex flipped her mind and rushed into the thoughts of former Jedi. She was as gentle as she could be, but their secrets had to be reclaimed. Alex left their memories of being Jedi, of each other, of their experiences but she took the secrets. The codes, the signals, the hidden Temples. Those no longer belong to them.

Alex withdrew from their minds. Her hair was plastered to her head with sweat. Her brow wrinkled. Her body shook. Unnatural. The word repeated over and over again in her mind as if burned into her soul. The ache in her heart would not subside. What she had done…had to do…Another deep breath.

“Make arrangements to deliver them to the Free Worlds. Their fate belongs to them.” She clenched her legs to keep from falling. “I need some time alone please.” She would weep only when the room was clear.

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Crix Aran

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"... by your leave, Grandmaster."

Crix gestured for Jade and Silex to follow him out the doors of the chamber toward the Jedi Temple hanger. The Temple Guards walked with them for some time until Crix arrived at the hanger. With the knowledge removed, they didn't want to give any clues so the doors into the hanger were closed. Using the Force, Crix layered an illusion over what they could actually see. As far as they were concerned the doors would open to reveal a large room that was entirely white.

Devoid of any features aside from the ship that sat idling.

"A GX-1 Lantillian Transport. Fairly new with an astromech onboard called Etsay."
he told the two of them as he held out the keys for them to take, "The cockpit is locked and will remain so until Etsay has made two random jumps - then he will take you to an FWA military and Ranger outpost. If they decide you are able to work your debts to the FWA off through works, the ship will be yours and Etsay will become your responsibility. Somehow I doubt they will accept that though."

The Temple guards had stayed behind so it was only Crix who stood with the former Jedi at the base of the ramp. He eyed the two of them for a moment in silence before sighing a little bit.

"For what its worth, I'm sorry it came to this. And although it doesn't feel like it now... I hope that the Force is with you."


The ship doors opened to admit them.


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