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[Azhi Dahaka]

No one had been on Yavin for many years now. Azhi thought this. He thought this because while it had a Jedi temple on it once, the temple had been ransacked by the Sith when they were still an Empire. Now it, and the temples on its surface, were all abandoned. But the Jedi temple hadn't ever been the only temple. And yet no one came to investigate. Azhi did not understand this.

So Azhi put up a poorly spelled flier at the academy for a trip to Yavin. Some other acolyte had signed up. And so they'd traveled to Yavin together on some generic freighter. The Barabel dressed in his utility belt, simple acolyte's tunic, and not much else. A sword was sheathed on their person.

Ancient stone tiles cracked beneath the freighter's weight as it landed. As they disembarked the ship, before them would be the temple that had once housed Jedi. It had gone years now without maintenance and the distant feeling of death still clung to the earth, like the scent of blood. From a belt pouch, Azhi gingerly pulled out a paper map. It rustled as he turned it this way and that. Azhi looked up at the temple, then back at the map.

"Much walking." And he got right to walking, using the old Jedi temple as a waypoint, into the jungle.

@René

 

[Kyssiara Serket]

Kyssiara was still unsure exactly how she'd ended up on this... mission? Quest? Weekend adventure? Whatever it was, she'd jumped at the chance to be part of a real mission; perhaps a little too eagerly, since she'd barely read the poorly-written flier. The acolyte knew very little about Yavin other than the fact that it was dotted with temples once occupied by Jedi. Hopefully there weren't any left around.

The Pureblood exited the shuttle behind the massive lizard-man, still questioning what exactly he was too. Growing up on Ziost hadn't exactly been the most diverse environment in the galaxy, and even though Kyssiara had met many more kinds of people at the Umbaran academy the past year she'd still never seen anyone quite like - what had he said his name was again? - Azhi, she thought. He towered over her, though it was more intriguing than intimidating.

"So uh, where does that map go? Where did you find it?" Kyssiara asked as she followed Azhi into the trees, adjusting her robes. She'd decided to wear fairly standard, though nondescript, black acolyte robes with her lightsaber and a comlink hanging from her belt. She looked around with amazement as the pair walked, looking at the vibrant greens of the trees, the feeling of the sun on her crimson skin. Ziost was cold and Umbara was... well, weird, but this place was truly beautiful.

@Mr. Teatime

 

[Azhi Dahaka]

Azhi's head rotated slightly as he lumbered along through the treeline. The other acolyte's question was at first met with silence. "Old worsship place," he eventually said. "Map in book." Flawlessly explained with great detail and unmatched nuance. His tongue flicked out to taste the air. It was moist. "Ssith temple. Lost." Then he shrugged, apparently done talking.

The big Barabel either didn't notice the undergrowth or just didn't care, given the way Azhi just shouldered through it all. Branches and brambles were blunted and broken against his scaled hide, leaving Kyssaria a decent-sized path to walk through behind him. Many minutes would pass with his path seeming fairly random. But surely it was correct; after all, he had a map!

Azhi abruptly stopped. He looked left. He looked right. He looked at the map.

"We are lost," Azhi announced as a sort of sissing sound escaped his maw.

@René

 

[Kyssiara Serket]

Kyssiara listened to the lizard explain where they were going with an increasingly incredulous look on her face. He had no idea, did he? To even call what he'd said an explanation would be a stretch for most people. The Pureblood was beginning to realize why nobody else had signed up for Azhi's little adventure. Perhaps she shouldn't have come; he had no plan, no idea what he was looking for, or even confirmation that this place was real.

Yet at the same time, wasn't there an admirable simplicity about that? To just find something, decide it's worth your time, and just go and get it. Nothing fancy or official, just taking what you want. Kyssiara thought she'd found a sense of respect for the massive alien as she followed his winding path through the forest, happy that the underbrush was crushed under his massive frame instead of whipping against her legs. That temporary respect disappeared as Azhi stopped and announced they were lost.

"We... we're what?!" The Pureblood exclaimed with irritation, looking around and seeing only forest in all directions. "I can't believe I—ugh, let me try that." She murmured, reaching out to grab the map from Azhi. If he couldn't navigate, she'd just have to try to.

@Mr. Teatime