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OOM: Leaving Coruscant p2
Feb. 12th, 2015 11:46 amAfter discussing matters with Asajj, and getting her price for helping, Ahsoka had arrangements and calls to make. Truthfully, she wished the bounty hunter had just taken her credits, though she had few enough of those. Reaching out to anyone in the Jedi Temple was like touching a fresh wound for her and she wasn't sure she was ready.
Her first call was to Senator Padmé, her old friend. At least, Ahsoka hoped she was still a friend. Walking out on the Temple could be seen as turning her back on the Republic, though she didn't see it that way. Fortunately, Padmé didn't either and was more than happy to give Ahsoka the names of several planets that were being used for refuge camps when she expressed her interest in traveling there and lending a hand. In fact, the senator even commended Ahsoka on her intentions and was certain to express her support of Ahsoka's decision to leave the Jedi Order after they had expelled her for political expediency. She also mentioned that Anakin and Obi-Wan were both offworld, which was a tremendous relief to Ahsoka, though it limited her options on whom to speak with to inquire about Asajj's lightsabers and helmet.
Eventually she remembered Master Sinube and how helpful and discreet he had been when she had lost her own lightsaber to a pickpocket years ago. He proved not only in the Temple but willing to look into the matter for her. She had barely begun to hope she might get somewhere when he called her back to arrange a time and place to meet.
Two hours later, Ahsoka sat at a caf shop and tried to be patient. Jedis did things in their own time and non more so than Master Sinube. Finally she saw him approach in his slow, deliberate way. She rose with a wistful smile. "Master Sinube, thank you so much for your help."
"Sit Ahsoka, sit," he replied with his own smile, pulling his shoulder bag forward and onto the table. "It is good to see you child."
"And it is good to see you as well, Master. Would you like some caf?"
"No, not today. I have matters to attend to. I was able to retrieve the items you requested. Neither were being held for any purpose but storage and so here they are. I've a surprise for you as well. Your own sabers were recovered and I thought you might like them back." And so saying, he pulled out several boxes from his bag and passed one over to her.
Ahsoka reached forward to accept the package and opened it to find her two sabers. She had to blink away a tear or two at his kindness and took another moment to find her voice. "Thank you, Master. This means a lot to me."
Sinube just smiled in return. "A jedi needs her sabers."
"But, Master, I am not a jedi any longer."
"Bantha druk," the old master said so casually that Ahsoka snickered. Pointing to his chest, at his heart, he continued, "To be a jedi comes from here. Before the Order, there were jedi and without the Order, there are jedi. If you believe you are jedi and act as a jedi, jedi you are."
She didn't know what to say to that, so she reached for the other package, the one holding Asajj's sabers and opened the box to find not two sabers, but three. "Master?"
"Ah, and my gift for..." he started to say before looking about, "your friend."
"I don't understand, whose saber is this?"
"There was a jedi who was lost to us many years ago. He was an old friend of mine, named Ky Narec, but the Order never fit well with him. He liked to be out in the galaxy, especially wild space and the outer rim. Where chaos was, and where he could bring order. He met his death there but not before he found a young female to train. She was lost as well when he died but maybe she can be found again."
"Master, I don't think..."
"Just give it to her. Humor an old jedi and help him honor an old friend."
"As you wish, Master."
"And if you see your old master, Obi-Wan, thank him again, for me, for recovering that lightsaber. I know we jedi aren't supposed to have any material attachments, but I was never a very good jedi." Sinube added as he struggled to stand. "Farewell, Jedi Ahsoka. The Council lost a part of itself in losing you. May the Force walk with you, where ever you go, and maybe bring you back to us."
"May the Force be with you, Master." Ahsoka said, standing herself and placing her sabers on her belt where they belonged. She watched him make his way for a moment or two before heading off the other way, the weight of her sabers lifting her heart as she started her path.
Her first call was to Senator Padmé, her old friend. At least, Ahsoka hoped she was still a friend. Walking out on the Temple could be seen as turning her back on the Republic, though she didn't see it that way. Fortunately, Padmé didn't either and was more than happy to give Ahsoka the names of several planets that were being used for refuge camps when she expressed her interest in traveling there and lending a hand. In fact, the senator even commended Ahsoka on her intentions and was certain to express her support of Ahsoka's decision to leave the Jedi Order after they had expelled her for political expediency. She also mentioned that Anakin and Obi-Wan were both offworld, which was a tremendous relief to Ahsoka, though it limited her options on whom to speak with to inquire about Asajj's lightsabers and helmet.
Eventually she remembered Master Sinube and how helpful and discreet he had been when she had lost her own lightsaber to a pickpocket years ago. He proved not only in the Temple but willing to look into the matter for her. She had barely begun to hope she might get somewhere when he called her back to arrange a time and place to meet.
Two hours later, Ahsoka sat at a caf shop and tried to be patient. Jedis did things in their own time and non more so than Master Sinube. Finally she saw him approach in his slow, deliberate way. She rose with a wistful smile. "Master Sinube, thank you so much for your help."
"Sit Ahsoka, sit," he replied with his own smile, pulling his shoulder bag forward and onto the table. "It is good to see you child."
"And it is good to see you as well, Master. Would you like some caf?"
"No, not today. I have matters to attend to. I was able to retrieve the items you requested. Neither were being held for any purpose but storage and so here they are. I've a surprise for you as well. Your own sabers were recovered and I thought you might like them back." And so saying, he pulled out several boxes from his bag and passed one over to her.
Ahsoka reached forward to accept the package and opened it to find her two sabers. She had to blink away a tear or two at his kindness and took another moment to find her voice. "Thank you, Master. This means a lot to me."
Sinube just smiled in return. "A jedi needs her sabers."
"But, Master, I am not a jedi any longer."
"Bantha druk," the old master said so casually that Ahsoka snickered. Pointing to his chest, at his heart, he continued, "To be a jedi comes from here. Before the Order, there were jedi and without the Order, there are jedi. If you believe you are jedi and act as a jedi, jedi you are."
She didn't know what to say to that, so she reached for the other package, the one holding Asajj's sabers and opened the box to find not two sabers, but three. "Master?"
"Ah, and my gift for..." he started to say before looking about, "your friend."
"I don't understand, whose saber is this?"
"There was a jedi who was lost to us many years ago. He was an old friend of mine, named Ky Narec, but the Order never fit well with him. He liked to be out in the galaxy, especially wild space and the outer rim. Where chaos was, and where he could bring order. He met his death there but not before he found a young female to train. She was lost as well when he died but maybe she can be found again."
"Master, I don't think..."
"Just give it to her. Humor an old jedi and help him honor an old friend."
"As you wish, Master."
"And if you see your old master, Obi-Wan, thank him again, for me, for recovering that lightsaber. I know we jedi aren't supposed to have any material attachments, but I was never a very good jedi." Sinube added as he struggled to stand. "Farewell, Jedi Ahsoka. The Council lost a part of itself in losing you. May the Force walk with you, where ever you go, and maybe bring you back to us."
"May the Force be with you, Master." Ahsoka said, standing herself and placing her sabers on her belt where they belonged. She watched him make his way for a moment or two before heading off the other way, the weight of her sabers lifting her heart as she started her path.
