Ira'dana- thoughts

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#41

Ira walk away from the louge after the silly drinking game, carrying a gentle smile on her lips as she have a small box under her arm. Been a while since she had last had fun and push the worries away, even seeing Feya bright up and show a rare side as she hugged Ira in the drinking game and speaking funny. A tiny brief smirk appear at the thought of the little cheeky payback on Callista boss command on embarresing stories.

Life day, a strange custom she dont know well but it served as a nice outlet to forget the darker whispers, the worries and fear.

She make her way into the forest as she mumbles: “Everyone had fun though Ambrose seriously need to stop doing that bad decision drink and offer it, it causing a scene …”

Ira head deeper into the forest and look around before finding the spot she used for camping and give a sigh as her mind begin to swirl back to the trouble.

“Only feeding the porg and leaving, tch hearing the Collector tried to contact me on a old datapad and the fact the one armed females been around mean it not safe for me to stay in home. Feya might feel she not helping though her actions and willingness to speak say different. Without her messages i might had fallen into a trap…”

She give a tiny frown as she put the gift box down and start to light a smaller campfire then head to check a trap a bit away, finding a dead small animal she process to gut and clean it and drag the meat back to the fireplace that now going nicely.

She spear the meat and stick it in the stone holder so the meat can roast. "I cant cook but i can do this, i know Corbin offered to stay in his place though i dont want to use it too much. I had not seen Markus either even i heard he back with some sort of killswitch and …his regret been messed with?..what that suppose to mean… "

Ira turn the meat gentle on the spear as her mind continue on with a small frown : “Feel so useless, Corbin risk the trap of tournament and i risk triggering the killswitch if i dont respond …”

A shudder run through her as a voice echo in her head: “Then respond, you are not weak. If you hand is tied you break through it with all your power…by forcing a counterplay”

She sigh before starting to eat the meat as she debate the thoughts and finally steping over to a creek nearby and undress and undo the ribbon on her hair to wash herself before she end standing nude and look at the nightsky through the treetops. She sudden look back at the campfire and step over naked with her hair barely covering her chest then unwrap the gift and give a puzzled look at the necklace inside, she gentle trace the fingertips along the strange alloy but the kyber crystal feel familar…

“Why do i sense Corbin in thi-…wait sabers, kyber crystals and atunement. This is piece of his broken saber…”

She gentle hold the necklace to her chest for a moment with a soft smile before putting the necklace on, grabing the ritual brand and walk back to the creek and process to …sing softly in a voiceless manner to the nightsky, raising the ritual brand in the air.

Despite the singing a single thought echo in unision in her mind: “Enough hiding, enough worries, we have what we need to complete this…”

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#42

Nearly a week ago…

Ira been rushing off in anger and desperation after the fight with Sandra. Cursing under her breath that if she cant trust even oldest bond she had then she would save Markus alone.

She found a lead to follow even she knew intel gathering was not her strength. She boarded the shuttle and sat down, moment later feeling it take off and she give a grumble.

"It for the best, Feya should have a easier time with me gone. Corbin can focus on his path, Callista …tch can do whatever. "

There is a whisper at the edge of her mind: "NaiVe giRl wAking up?. ThEy wilL all do what CalliSta did…throW you aSide. Qyili,Corbin. Feya oNly TruSt you beCause sHe was TheRe "

She winces under the mask and tries to shut it out as her hand clenses on her lap. To her the travel seem endless as she keep trying to shut out the whispers and creeping hate through the anger.

Eventually the shuttle land at the destination and she get off and out of the port, looking around in the strange new planet she did not know…only a location. She step over and ask for direction and nod her thanks before following it.

After some walking she appear near building that look like a old warehouse and scan the area with her eyes. “hmph false lead? no guards…Tch whatever”

She move up to the building and head inside, it quiet and dark. She head futher in before light sudden turned on and she hear a chuckle as her eyes adjust.

“what do we have here, if it not the girl our boss want …falling right into a trap”

She start to notice five figure walking out behind containers and grab the ritual brand as a small fire appear, smaller then normally. She quickly and trained take note of the weapons, three vibroblade, two blasters though her focus end on what seem to be the leader, a person clad in mando armor who carry a large vibrosword.

Ira take a small breathing and is about to say something before the sound of a blaster ring out and she in reflex jump behind a cover, she grab a flashbag and throw it out following the loud noise and flash then rushes out toward the group. Starting the flame stance dance as the ritual brand carve into one of the person who let out a scream and collapses.

The next second she feel a pain in her side as blaster graze her followed by the mando smacking her right in the face with the hilt of the sword, sending her staggering back as her vision get blured on one eye behind the mask which remain intact to their surprise. Another rushes forward and cut her thigh as she end falling on the knee with a hiss.

The mando chuckle “What a joke, the boss been unable to catch this woman until now?”

Meanwhile unseen Ira end giving into the whispers as her eyes narrow with hate, sudden drawing upon it as the fire on the ritual brand flare up dangerous as if trying to consume itself and she set of in a pace that catch them by surprise. One second one of the men blink, the next his headless body collapses. The mando is kicked in the helm as he reel back before blaster fire follow Ira who end jumping against the side of one container to the next, closing the gap toward the blaster user while oddly laughing in the rage “Naive fools! time to burn!”

One of the blaster user start to panic as the crazed unatural agile and fast woman closing in being hard to hit and start to run only to hear his buddy scream in surprise and see the blade through his own chest, barely managing to get out “how…”

The blade is gone and he collapses as it fly back to Ira’s hand who get hit by the second blaster and nearly stumble before she jump and make a wide slash down on the last blaster user, striking deep from the neck section and good distance down the torso then kick him off , turning to face the mando.
“Just you and me, male…where is the collector, answer and i make it swift”

There was no promise of accepting surender, just hate and will to kill. The mando give a growl and charge her. The two weapon clashes as she end jumping against a container and toward him, he react fast and kick her aside as she end rolling on the floor briefly then jump back up.

She give a odd chuckle “Should expect a mando to know how to fight, it wont save you boy…you mine”

Ira rushes again and again the two locked in lethal combat with all their skills. The fight go for a while as Ira get more minor cut she barely evade before finally managing to get through his skill with the weapon as the ritual brand stab deep into his chest. He audioable cough up blood behind the helm as his weapon fall. She then let out a small scream “You finished!” as she spin her body, send him flying across the space and into a container and slide down…

Ira breathing heavy as she end falling on the knees, placing a hand on her mask with a hiss in anger and seem to have a inner fight before the arm move to her side, the fire on the ritual brand fade fully. A exhausted low voice escape “no…not like this…i-…”

She sudden sense a warmth under the robe at her collorbone where the necklace is and she bit shaking grasp it through the robe and take a deep slow breathing “light the fire…push the darkness back, let the moon gentle glow shine…i…what am i doing?”

Ira look across the scene before using the ritual brand to get up with a groan in pain and exhaustion. “I know it traps after traps …and …no i should not had left, Feya need someone she can lean on…not …me gone doing -this-. Corbin needs a voice outside the order…i am…still needed”

…few days later…

Ira give a hug to Feya before they part for the day. Her legs feel like lead after the fight with Styjin and the draining

She go back to the Second chance and exhale tiredly before trying to go to the minifrige to feed the porg and end stumbling and catch herself at the counter then sigh. She then write a message to Markus to feed the porg before heading into her room and just collapse on the bed with a groan.

The porg give a small insulted chirp at no food before giving a almost unsure look at Ira collapsing and get ontop of the bed and nuzzling her. She gentle reach and pet it “sorry you have to wait on Markus…”

“what in the moon is going on…zombies, crystal, Styjin…” she place the left hand over her face and sigh.

"At least the mess prior is fading bit fast to this. Thing going forward with Feya, she had lesson…uh even i got in on it. Then it serious…though i dont like how it seem Corbin avoid Callista and the order. it just going to make it more likely he get doubt and question his path. Callista …said she would help with Markus i…have to trust that. "

The porg give a content chirp at the petting and she glance at it with a small smile. " Even i said Feya needed me i know she help to keep me grounded through this as well…Corbin and Markus too though i admit i am exhausted. For now i better focus on preparing incase Styjin try something again …or if there is other like him tch. "

She end rolling onto the side and cuddling the porg into a hug before starting to doze off…

coment in the youtube clip

((In case you’re interested, some parts were sung in Na’vi language (from the Avatar movie)

And here’s the translation if you wanna know the meaning :face_with_monocle:

Za’u oe fru iknimaya - I come from the stairway to heaven

Nìftxavang ting mikyun, ting nari - With all your heart, listen, look

Tompayä kato, tsawkeyä kato - The rhythm of the rain and sun

Sì’ekong te’lanä oeru teya si - And the beat of the hearts fill me))

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#43

Nothingness, a void, a darkness. Ira look around scared in this place. Surrounding her is a thin wall of fire and she look down on herself, she see her small body, almost unknown young body of hers. “what is …this…Feya?”

She look around not seeing anyone, not sensing anyone and she end curling up with tears in her eyes. “someone …anyone, p-please …answear me…”

Suddenly a sense of a pressence creeping outside the thin wall of fire is felt and she end hugging herself thighter. The space above her start to shimmer and twist as blurred imagine take forms. Figures barely standing out. Markus, Isk, Callista,Qyili, Kairos, Corbin and everyone she ever met but …there is nothing to coming to her mind, just a feeling she know them.

“Who are you people …you-you said you know me but …”

The imagines fade only to be replaced by varies other imagines that is as blurred, a badge, lightsaber, twin blade, places like a snowy forest with fireflies. A figure dancing beautiful . all she dont know yet feel familar about.

She give a frown and hold her head with the hands and look down while curling up shivering before she hear whisper from behind the thin fire wall surrounding her. “Pathethic. Sitting there waiting on people who dont care…”

Ira look around but not seeing anything even though of all the thing she can sense, there is a pressence outside the wall of fire before speaking lowly in a timid tone “T-the jedi …car-”

A cold small chuckle echo across the space before the imagine of a broken a saberfoil appear clearly infront of her as a voice echo: “You know this…why did it break?, what happened…you naive girl”

Ira blink a few time at the imagine before a pain shoot through her head and she grab her head with the hands, multiable feeling flooding through her and she gasp for air…

Ira sudden wake up in a bed with a gasp and almost in panic look around before feeling a small hug and only then realise the sleeping Feya next to her and she give a small frown while calming down her breathing.

She end laying there with her mind runing wild without talking in a frustrated manner “what was that…did somehting happened?. Dont know what to think it just feel …like i cant, should not …trust the order. What about Feya, she …a jedi too. Do she have more chances to remember with them?. I…dont know. Wait and see …is it just a excuse they give us?. I…am scared…i only know her, even Markus i …dont know. I feel at ease with him, i know i am close to him but …i cant remember.”

She end turning and giving Feya a gentle hug in her sleep with a murmur “…dont want you to disappear …”

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#44

Getting out of the shower and drying herself off before getting dressed and head into the main room of the ship while rubbing her left shoulder as her damp untied hair sway softly. She give a small wince while massaging her own shoulder, one thing she found haunting after the changes done to her, feeling stiff every morning.

She pauses and notice bowls on the table and she glances around before giving tiny shrugs with a small sigh as she sit down and start eating the cereal. Briefly asking herself if it was Feya or Markus as a tiny smile cross her lips. A simple gesture though it make her slightly happy as she continue eating though she dont hear anyone else currently.

Once finished she take the bowl and place it on the counter then enter her own room and step in. Glancing around “huh guess Feya is fetching something…”

She kneel down infront of the fountain and closes her eyes as she attempt to fall into the morning routine she heard she usual did from Markus though as she tries to mediate a sense of loneliness start to creep up, she cant sense anything around from the force…

Taking a slow breathing she end focusing on the sound of the water and fractured and blurred imagines start to take form in her mind, imagines she cant place or remember where from. As she furrow her eyebrows in attempt to dig deeper she sudden hit with a pain that jolt through her mind and she end standing with a staggering backway and sighs.

“Still dont know who i am or …anything really. Few more imagines though it say me nothing…”

After calming down she begin basic excerises with a small wince from the stiff feeling, this continue for a while as she end continue thinking silently “At least i am not restless in morning by doing this though i wish i could help Feya. How do you make someone accept their own body, i …have less idea on her concern around the force since i cant …”

She stop and step over to grab the practice twinblade that Qy gave her and give a tiny frown. She felt frustrated at the familarity and yet the unknown of what to do with it. She start to make a few practice swing and move, most end clumsy and longshot from her usual trained moves though now and then fluid move slip in from muscle memories.

"i feel stupid doing this …though it beat sitting and waiting , doing nothing …maybe…i should try and get Feya to join in the excerises. Not sure if it help her though. "

She stops after a while and place the practice twinblade against the side of the closet then open the closet and look through it before she look at a necklace with a kyber peice and give a unsure look. “Still dont know where this is from …feels important to me but…”

Shaking her head and close the closet before exiting the room…

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#45

Ira find herself back in the dark void with a thin fire wall surrounding her. She give a frown and glances around as she sense the presense lurking beyond. She look down herself and notice this time she not in a child body but more mid teen and sigh.

She glances around and mutter: " i know you there …"

A chilly chuckle echo around before a voice follow: “ReAlly NoW? You StaRted to reMeber and StIl dont accept the TrUth InFront of You…”

She freeze oddly at the words as if she feel knifes stabing her and gasp before a small resisting expression appear and she hold out her hands. focusing on the imagine of the shrines she gained from Corbin.

The thin firewall shift and move then a laughter echo as fire flicker in multiable places and collapsing, a ice cold darkness flood into the circle and sudden Ira lifted by a hand, looking scared at herself who is smirking back. “NaiVe Fool, YoU do NoT haVe the FirE for ThAt . WaKe up GiRl. YoU want to RememBer, this Take ThIS and LeaRN!”

The other Ira make a spear hand gesture and shove it inside Ira chest who cough up blue blood though the pain is nothing compare to the flashback of imagines playing through her head rapidly. Her mind growing numb as pictures of Callista, the lies appears. The sense of abandonment from others. The battle she taken on, the fights. The feeling of being used growing every single second as her eyes losses its Silver shade. She sudden pushed back and collapse on the knees almost lifeless while looking ahead blankly as she end mumbles: " How …much …had i done …for others…"

The other Ira smirk and circle her almost like a moving darkness: “ToO muCh, NaiVe girl. YoU wouLd FallEn for the WoRds had i Not SteP in…”

Ira slowly nod and about to give in before a glow happen above the center, a necklace, Feya’s smile, Markus’s smile and the other Ira is pushed outside the circle as the whin firewall flare up for a moment to expel the darkness, Causing Ira to gasp and fall on four , coughing up bit blood again as her fingers dig into the ground. She let out a scream…

She find herself falling out of the bed and face the cold ship floor, curling up tightly with a shudder and feeling sick, one hand over her mouth as the negative emotions rush through her mind almost drowning out everything then stand up and head outside her bed room, finding the corner behind the counter and curl up with a frown.

“No …it cant be true, it cant …those imagines …i-stop it …cant place the imagines right. When, how, where …it it …”

She slowly stand up again and step back into the bed room and grab the ritual brand, she stare oddly only on it before she grasp a blade with a hand and squeeze so blue blood drip along the blade as she briefly look pissed only to stop at the pain and and shake her head a little with a mumble: “Focus on Feya, Qy and Kairos, Corbin is trying …at least, As long Feya …get a chance without i ruin it …”

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#46

Ira find herself in the void once more though this time she open her eyes and find herself standing on a moon symbol in the ground, pillars having warm soft fires in front of the symbol with the sense of Markus, Corbin, Feya and Callista. She glances around and feel sensation from the smaller fires dotted along the circle she in. In the back stand three other pillars having the feeling of her family.

She give a confused look briefly before the scene shift and the symbol fade, the pillars move away from her and she sudden feel like she standing in the space, hovering above Eshan. She find herself wearing a gallery uniform.

As she look ahead pictures appear and moves as a holovid before her eyes, her past, her memories breaking through. She starts to get tears in her eyes while watching as her mind open up to alot. She end giving a thin smile at reviewing her childhood even with the tears. Then her time with the Cathar family and finally varies memories from Viscara start to appear, her hope, her dream, her love and bonds, her disapointment and failures and things she hated. All flooding her mind as she end glancing down and close her hands for a moment.

“I am the youngest daughter to Maru’dan Cali, firedancer and protector of Eshan. I-i remember…by the moon i remember…”

She look to the side of the moon orbiting Eshan with it silvery glow from the sun and end giving a bow of her head before she grab the ritual brand on her back hold it out in both hands while fire appears on the blade.

“As the moon is witness i, Ira’dana of clan Cali vow once more to protect Echani and Eshan, heed Echani command and protect my bonds until my last ember fade”

The fire reaches out and surround Eshan below her it like a warm shield then the moon start to glowing more before a flash happen and she find herself standing back in the middle of the circle, the moon symbol beneath her feet with the pillars and fires around. She still wear the gallery uniform and give a curious look at herself.

“I never worn such so why here…dont matter, it dont change i remember. The fire from everyone will push me forward.”

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#47

Ira sit in the couch on Second Chance with her legs crossed and holding half empty wine glass while soft frown as the sensation of breathing is slightly harder is stuck on her face.

She replay the last two days in her mind over and over as she put weight on a invisible scale of judgement. Finally she stand up and step into Markus empty room and she just stand there staring for a while before she empty the glass fast. With a quick move she spin around and stride into her own room and open the closet, kneeling down and pry open a fake buttom then take a heavy modifed datapad and she walk back into the main room of the ship and sit down.

“enough is …enough, time to do my duty and responsibility…”

She place the datapad and turn a few setting then boot it up. She then type in a password on the screen before it go dark briefly only to light up with Echani command symbol. She engage the encrypted mode and type another password before a connection is made.

Ira then start to type up

                        Report on Revan Death/Capture

The jedi council on Viscara was planing something two day ago, i heard it was escort mission and since most my bond was taking part i decided to join to protect them as well.

We was encourage to stay in the temple for a day and i learned the jedi had a meeting where it appeared only higher ranked jedi was taking part, hereby Knights and possible padawans.
At this point there was numbers of outsiders willing to take part, all accepting it would likely be escort mission.

The person in question that was ment to be escorted was a female jedi named Bastila of Dantoonie.

we enter large ship and i saw republic ships and officers. Something already felt wrong for a simple escort and soon we end facing Revan flagship as a battle ensured, we got tractor beamed.
We manage to enter dropship and go for a breach but the price was heavy, multi drop ship was blasted in vacuum of space and it clear this was not just a jedi operation and certaintly not a escort mission.

I tried to voice the tactical insanity of staying on a ship with thousand of people and we should disable the tractor beam devices and get out but no, we pushed toward the bridge with massive fight along the corridors.

We entered the bridge and stood face to face with Revan himself, Bastilia told he was under arrest and it turn into a fight. I was forced to join the fight in order to protect my bonds, to buy Feya Delos time to work on disabling the tractor beam from the bridge therminals. To do my duty to protect a Echani present, Selene.

Revan’s skill was not fairytales, he kept up with my Flame stance as it was nothing. People around us got wounded and throw around and one of my bond got hit in the stomach by his own slug.

I later woke up in a Kolto tank on Mon Cala. I heard my heart stoped while being carried away with a saber wound through my chest. One lost a arm, another lost a leg and my bond who was hit in the stomach still in medical care.

                    Conclusion of report

The entire operation was build and executed with lies and deceit, multi people maimed or dead under the disguise of escort mission

The jedi and republic are equal to blame for this disgraceful behavior and disregard of people lives just for a ‘greater cause’

A firedancer was almost killed during this deceit

Based on how all of this was framed i do not trust the news of Revan’s death, there is a chance that is another lie and he alive secretly.

As a firedancer of clan Cali, i will voice my displeasure to the Echani command and the council of six sisters. Eshan is not slaves for Republic or Jedi, our live should not be thrown away under falsehood and pretense. I hope to see some reaction to this upfront and disgracefull behavior to their allies.

Signing off

Ira’drana, daughter of Maru’dan Cali and Firedancer of Clan Cali.

                            May the moon watch forever
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#48

In the early morning hours onboard of Second Chance, in the hallway corridor toward the cockpit stood Feya and Ira. Ira eyes the foils humming and glowing in Feya’s hand before she grab a rapier.

“Let see if my basic training in this have any use to you, Feya. Though you mostly only able to apply these thing to the Ataru form or …what it called again. It closet to the fighting you see from a Echani.”

She give a small sadded tone in the next part: “Even without the force, i might be able to surprise you but i likely wont be able to hold out once you start to incorperate thing into the Ataru from and using the force to enhance yourself.”

There is a moment of silence before Ira set of lightly unatural in pace and strength with the changed muscle, rushing toward Feya and jump toward the corridor wall and set off as the two weapon clashes with a buzz from the foil. She spin and set off from the opesite wall within a second and once again buzz happens as Feya stumble in small surprise.

The speed and persisted ‘assault’ is keept up and after a little while Feya start to pick up the behavior and ways Ira do this and thus begin to respond better. Eventually she attempt to copy the movement as the two set off from the walls and meet almost mid flight in the jumps.

A small smirk cross Ira lips, she not surprised that this madolorian war veteran pick it up fast enough. While her skill with light weapon is much to be desired she still apply the basic the best she can. As the two about to set off a jump again Ira end setting off and slide across floor, taking Feya offguard as the rapier give a light smack in her thigh before the two stop as Ira jump back up on the feet.

“Good, while i can only do basic move then do remember just like your Ataru from, speed and movement is the strength here. Use your surrounding to your advantange, change thing to keep it hard to predict. What i show is not to replace what you know but to add more to your …bags of tricks. Being able to put these move into effect from your usual Ataru form might catch other offguard in fight.”

She stretches out and put the rapier away along the wall: " Beside once you apply the force to all this, you be no match for me. I probably even struggle with my ritual brand. Anyway i am going to grab a shower"

She give a light smile before turning and heed into the shower where she undress and step under the warm runing water. She end placing the hands palm against the wall and look down, giving a small frown as her thought swirl.

‘I been too used to be able to enhance myself with the force. I need to make up for the gap it left me at, though my body already near it limit of what training can do. For the gap to close …i need a specialized armor, even Echani personal shield if doable. More important …just like my shrine was remade so too do my ritual brand need to be remade and reforged, this wont be simple now i cant touch the force but i do not give up. The force is life, i am alive, my spirit still strong…’

She stop the shower and grab the towel then dry herself off before wraping it around herself and step out then head into her room, grabing the new uniform with the Echani firedancer badge before changing into it. She look at the mirror as a mix feeling hit her and she give a sigh.

"Call me broken, call me broken tool. My duty is to Echani command, Echani and bonds. Even if i am i never accepted for who or what i am. If that the case, i shall reshape my shrine and destroy the falsehood within it. Fake pillars will be purge and new pillars will be made in time. My pillars are not only one way streets fully, disregard me for too long and i know the truth.

If i am only needed for fighting and notthing else by my so called bonds and pillar then i open up being used like that mission. That not true bonds and pillars…"

She shake her head a little at the mirror before walking out of the room with a mumble.
“this new alliance is a joke, smell too much of ‘greater good’ at any cost and i am not even saying that because of Revan’s loyalist. Few of them seem little grounded like Kathea but i do worry about the those sith being part of it…regardless i am not just a cannon fodder this alliance can call on and abuse …”

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#49

She open her eyes and winces as she sit up on the bed and glances around the almost bared cell before standing up and doing some stretches execises. Giving a small grunt in pain at the muscle complaining.

After a small while she start to do varies execises, push up and so on forth. This continue for a good while having nothing else to do before finally walking over to the sink and wash her face as she hear footsteps and see food tray being shoved into the cell.

She then step over and sit down infront of the tray and start to eat. Frowing a bit at the taste. “Still better then my carbon…though it remind me of the hotdogs in the street ugh”

Once she finish eating she place the tray near the bars and step back and kneels down in the middle of the cell as her hands is placed on the lap, closing the eyes. “time to continue…”

As she sit there the noises fades and she start to see herself sitting on a moon symbol with pillars and fires surrounding her. She open her eyes and stand up and glances around only to fixate on the pillars. She then step up to a pillar half burning carrying Sasri imagine and hold out the hands toward it as it crack and start to crumble while she frowing. “Perhaps we meet again but until then…sorry”

There is a small flash as the pillar fall apart and the fire disappear then she step toward the pillar of Callista that half standing and sigh. “We been through alot but you are free from me now …just as you wanted i guess”

She hold the out the hands as the pillar crack and fall apart with another flash as the fire disappear. There is a echo chuckling from the darkness surrounding the shrine that Ira ignore as she step over to another pillar of Markus that already having cracks and hold out her hands then pauses with a frowns, standing frozen for a moment then shake her head as the hands is lowered. “Can still solve this …i want it solved…this fire can still be pure and strong…”

A echoing voice appear : “WeAking YoUrselF NoW ?..aFter All tHis TiMe ?”

Ira sigh at the voice as she step toward the pillar of Corbin and hold out the hands: “If i am to burn out then so be it, if my dance become worthless so be it, if i grow weak so be it. I will not allow more falsehood to infest me…People keep showing the truth around this…”

The pillar start to crack and collapse as another flash appear with the fire disappearing, the darkness start to flow toward the center of the shrine before she move a hand at the pillars left and they close in on the moon symbol, tighting around her, barely leaving her room to move. Her family covering the back and the front covered by Feya’s and Markus’s pillar. along with few fires not having pillars.

She end waking up in the cell with the hands on the floor, feeling sick and take a long slow breathing before getting up and move to the bed and lay down.

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#50

beep beep beeep beep beep beep beep. the insisting beeping wake up Ira during the night who push the bed cover aside and get out then grab the bracers and turn it off. She then move to the closest and remove the fake buttom floor of it and take out the datapad and turn it on. She then process to type in the password and log on, accessing the echani command system with another password and she access incoming log.

Firedancer Ira’dana, your skill is required in a operation. A traitor to Eshan had been confirmed and tracked down to hide in Hutlar wildness, your task to head there and track her down and remove her pernamently. We can not allow her to do more harm. Right now you the closest free member of Echani command.

The situation with Malak is causing the council problems and you are on your own. We supplied the personal file for you, May the moon shine upon you.

Commander Ne’dra of clan Ea’ri

She give a sigh with a low mumble “Bad timing …” as she access the attatched file, the datapad pauses briefly before the file load.

Name: Nat’lia
Clan: Janur
Sex: female
Age: 32
Occupation: Spec op- Moon’s light squad
Service merit: Mandalorian war service medal, Squad leader service exellency, wounded moon medal.
Special training: Survival, scouting, Duel blade usage, explosive, throwing dart.
Council Charges: Betraying the squad and having them all killed, service in the sith, Death of commander Ari’ala of clan Halnar.

The person had gathered support from Sith,first Revan and now turn to Malak. She is highly dangerous and wish revenge from her sister death in the Mandalorian war. She been tracked to Hutlar wildness, secret small camp suspected and that she not alone. The council of the six had deem her removal to be high priorty, treason, traitor to Eshan ways.

A picture load in and Ira give a frown as she read before turning off the datapad and put it away as she place the fake buttom floor of the closet inplace with a low mumble "Nearly same training as myself and she older with war experience yet still young enough to be agile, of all time …even if my fires was strong this would been difficult. "

She then start to undress the sleeping wear and grab the armor and put it on, she grab the mask and ritual blade before putting it on the mask and step outside the room. She then grab a datapad and type in a message and place it on the counter in the main room before leaving…

Markus and Feya, if you find this i am gone on a Echani command mission.
I am sure you both will curse that i did not ask for help, that i left like this but know it not because i did not want your help but because of how things been. I do not know how long this will take so…

Feya, Focus on the training you doing. Use this time to try and find people who are not hating you and please keep a eye out for Markus, You hope thing work out then keep that hope lit for me too.
You have strong values, honest and truthful. You also good at keeping calm. Maybe that why you ended being a pillar for me although i had not been in the best situation to showcase it lately. There is quite a few thing i wished i could helped with all from when you was in the order, to prevent what happen to your body. Though i still think you new size is hugable and i will miss that while i am gone.

Markus, There is alot i want to say, both negetive and good but we been through alot ever since you first come here only knowing when to run away from danger. You asked a few time why one such as me let you close and how you became a pillar. Because despite your criminal tedency you always was there for me. You did not shy away from me knowing i disagree with your past or such act. That was you own effort, a effort you seem to hate now. Sorry that i rarely can joke around like we used to. I do miss that actually, i miss alot of thing in how thing used to be.

If i am no longer are you snow angel, blue jewel and no longer have anything to offer you then i cant argue with it but say my best wishes with Sandra. If you still think i am your snow angel and blue jewel then i hope we can move past this situation somehow.

Maybe we can do the trip to see your family once i return if it not too late…

With love, Ira’dana.

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Chapter 1 The Chase in the snow

The freezing wind howl as it pick it up loose snow while a figure slowly moving forward against it, snow camo clothing with firedancer mask, her hair flowing along the wind after it blow back the hood as warm breath exhale out visable. She give a low grumble at the bone chilling wind before looking around “The weather ruin my tracks…i best secure a camp while this weather going on”

She start to pack snow firmly and slowly creating a wind break.She then sit down against the wind break and take out a blanket before wraping it around herself, sighing knowing a fire would likely reveal her location. Time slowly passes as the weather keep up it assault on the wind break then finally hours later it start to die down and she brush off the snow only to sudden hearing a blaster going of and see a hole melted in the wind break right next to her, she jump down on the snow and grab a throwing axe, peeking through the hole and see two people. One signal the other to move and circle around before yelling out.

“Surrender, our leader know you coming, you wasting your time and is alone!”

She exhale slowly before shifting her weight and grab a flashbang, pulling the pin then yell out “Underestimating me is your fist mistake !” and throw the grenade over the windbreak before the bang and flash happen and she quickly get up and toss a axe toward toward the person trying to circle around, it hit straight into the side of the person as they collapse with a cry in pain. Ira grab another axe before blaster fire fly around her as the other shoot blindly in the direction and she toss the next, the blaster fire stops as the other person stand there for a second with a axe in the skull then collapses lifeless. She then slowly walk over toward the other who is crying in pain as the snow turning red around them.

“D-dont do this !, i need help, i am going to die !” The person tries to shuffle away from Ira and find it near impossible from pain with the axe in his side. Ira with the mask look at him before a firm voice speak behind it “Then answear me, where is Nat’lia?”

The person seem to have a inner conflict at the question before spitting toward Ira “kiff if i get killed by my comrades by telling you!”. Ira then step over grab his head and in a blink of a eye another axe is chop into his troat before letting go and step toward the other already dead person and start to search him. Rations, datapad, plasma cells,a small necklace with a picture of a female human inside. She give a sigh at the picture and place it back on the dead person then grab the rations and datapad. “You dont need the rations now and sorry she wont see your smile again…”

She boot up the datapad and end throwing it in the snow with a mutter, briefly annoyed she alone with no skill to decrypt thing. She then grab the axe and clean it in the snow before walking toward the other now dead person and do the same then place them back in the belt.She then grab the mask and hook it on the belt as she break open a ration while looking around at the scene. Chewing on it while examine the snow around the first dead person, kneeling down to touch the snow and find a firmer area fitting to the pressure from a human stepping on it then look in the direction it from. “Guessing this mean Nat’lia had intercepted the order to me, spec op with such skill too. I cant use any communication then. Even if i could use this to place a trap it too risky being alone…”

She toss the wraping of the ration in the snow before heading back to the wind break and pack the blanket then continue along the track discovered…

Toward the sunset she find something in distance and lay down, taking out a binos and look at the scene. A camp near rockwall as a frozen river run by to the right of it. There is a couple of people moving about with the same gear as the two earlier. She carefully zoom in on each person to take mental note of equipment and lower the binos with a frown under the mask. " two Sith made blaster rifles, one with grenades and blaster pistol, likely a officer. Two with vibroblades. How in the moon do i deal with this alone now. Maybe a distraction to cause some chaos among their ra-"

A glint from the last remaining sun on the rockwall near the camp cut her off as her eyes open wide before a sound of blaster sniper echo out while she instictly roll to the side, the beam fly out and slam into the snow, she give a small grunt as the armor on her left arm is scorched from the heat. Sound in the distace from the camp being alert echo out and she grab smoke grenades and toss one after another to create a small wall to obsure herself from the sniper. Staying low while moving and looking around for cover as the sniper fire zap past through the smoke. She winces at seeing only one closeby cover on the frozen river, a tall rock and start to throw more smoke grenades out as she begin to run for it, pushing her altered muscled to the max for speed. She make a jump toward the safety as a sniper blast zip straingt past her hip then she roll behind the rock and exhale.

“Damn it, how i missed the sniper?!..what now, think Ira…”

She grab a throwing axe and take a quick peek around the rock then pull back just as the rock hit by the sniper blaster. She wait a moment then grab a concussion grenade and throw it out alongside the rock, moment after the ear tearing sound echo and she jump out then throw a axe toward a blaster rifle using person, hitting his belly as the other shoot wildly at her, she about to throw another axe as something land next to her with a tiny bounce on the ice and she twist her entire body painfully to jump then the explosion happen, ice crack and split apart and the last Ira sense is ice cold water as the current take her along for a ride down the river while the ice keep cracking and creating a path. A few blaster bolt hit the ice, missing her as she carried away before her senses growing dark…

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#52

Chapter 2 The tread of fate

“white hair, white hair wake up…white hair” Ira open her eyes slowly as her eyes slowly focus on a large hide tent ceiling with a few strange windcatcher hanging and a child’s face lean over in view “White hair awake!” the young female look back excited as another voice speak up “Good Nesbrina, be a darling and give her the soup.”

Ira sit up in the low bed and winces, noticing the bandages around her midsection and left arm and look around slowly as she hear the child “white hair have silver eyes, pretty” only followed a small chuckle from the woman sitting grinding up herbs and roots. A campfire with a pot hanging on iron bars in the middle, the floor is covered by hides and there is a strange smell in the air. Ira try to get out of the bed only to let out a loud groan in sheer pain from her right foot. The woman sitting stand up with a small bowl “you lucky to be alive ‘white hair’, the river do tend to take the warmth from people, forever. However your ride with the river also made you crash into ice. Nothing too serious but your foot is strained badly. You have to stay in bed for few days”

Ira give a frown as the woman remove the bandages fully one by one and start to appy some sort of paste from the herb and roots. She glances around slowly again and see her armor and weapons near the bed before exhaling softly. The woman dont look at her then speak while working on the paste. “So much mistrust and being on alert. I dont know your story but i can see you not normal, Echani. The ears,muscles and blood color give it away.”

Before Ira can reply the child walk over and hold out a soup bowl with a spoon and Ira take it with a small brief smile and take a spoonful,the child look oddly at her eating before the words come out of the child in a tracelike manner “Fire and dark, ebb and flow within endless conflict.Soul and body hurt,connections cut and Hope abandon, duty pushed forefront at risk of snuffing out the fire of life along your life”

Ira sit with the spoon in the mouth in a odd freeze as the child blinks and resume acting normal as she walk to the other older woman and help apply the paste. The older woman give a sigh with a glance at Ira. “Nesbrina have a gift to see the unseen in people. It unsettle people and that why we live out here, i want her to be able to enjoy the childhood and hopefully have her master when to do that thing so it not sudden like just now” The child look between briefly look embaressed and Ira hold up the free hand “It okay,I seen my share of strange things. Guessing she see something through the force…or such”

She finish the bowl of soup before it taken and she lay down and close her eyes

Next she awake and give a grunt at a weight on her and she open her eyes to see Nesbrina sitting on her and at first raise a eyebrow before a small smirk cross her expression. Briefly recalling her own pranks and behavior as a child. Nesbrine give a wide grin and jump down. “Awake again White hair, you been sleeping for whole day! Do Ehani hibernate?” Only to get a reply from the older woman entering the tent with a smile and speak slowly “E-chan-i”
The child mouth it a few time before grining and run out of the tent as the older woman place some thick clothing on the bed. “You not fully healed but you can help me with chores. My back is not what it used to be and i guess you know how to fish,no?”

Ira get out of bed and start to dress herself, still feeling a stinging sensation from the foot and grab a spear. “that i can do”
She step outside as the voice behind her speak “i prepared a spot for you, just go straight from the entry” and Ira do as told, finding the river with a ice cleared up and give the spear a swirl then stand near the water unmoving. She stand there for a small while before she notice movement and stab into the water then pull out a fish and smack it to death and place it on the ice. Time go by and when Nesbrine come up there is five fat fish piled up on the ice and the child give a ooooh sound. “Do you fish with that strange bladed weapon too ?”

Ira give a small grin while slowly and carefull sitting down and take a string and needle and start to hang the fishes on the string one by one. “No i dont, it not good for that sort of thing.” She then slowly stand up and hold the string and fishes and start to walk toward the tent as Nesbrina rush infront of it and wave at her.

Ira stop and glances up the river lost in thought briefly, her objective have to be futher up the river logically and far in the distance she see what she think is the rockwall from the opesite side. Her thought is broken as the older woman step up behind with brances “That eager to find a fight or do livestyle like this make you feel out of place white hair?” Ira give a small shake of her head. “While i have to finish something it not the lifestyle. You both treated me fairly. Nesbrina remind me a little about myself in my childhood too…i guess in a way it remind me of a better time…”

She give a sigh with step forward and push the hide aside then step inside the tent then gentle place the fishes near the fire and start to gut and clean them while the older woman start prepation for the dinner, Nesbrina light giggle is heard as she playing with some old toys. The older woman then speak lowly. “You still young, you should not be that eager to throw your life away fighting white hair. I can see you are hurt and Nesbrina words still hang in the air. Dont you have anyone that you trust and want to be alive for?”

Those words stop Ira for a moment then a sigh escape her. “it down to two…and one might not be there when i get back. Ofcourse i do have my family still but back home on Eshan. Most in my daily life clearly dont want anything to do with me and feel like most just fake smiles and hallow words” She hand over the cleaned fishes to the woman who start to make the dinner as she nod to the words. Ira stand up and step over to the bed and take off the thick clothing then lay down while watching the windcatcher move gentle by the heat from the fire and cooking. Nesbrina soon end steping over with the small bowl of the herb and root paste, placing it and start to undo the bandages with Ira helping little before the child start to apply the paste then start to speak oddly again “Fire without purpose is dangerous so too is fire without a care. Look deep within yourself and find the scared innocent”

Ira give a odd look at Nesbrina then offering a small smile before the treatment finish and new bandages is applied and soon Ira join the fire for the dinner. For a small moment she tries to jest how it better then her carbon cooking and the evening go on with small talk and stories…

Next day she wake up and take off the bandages,checking the wounds and pain and find most gone to her surprise. She then start to dress up in the armor with the snow camo and grab the ritual brand and axes then the small backpack before pushing the hide aside and exit the tent then look up the river while adjusting the bracers before a light sadded voice appear behind her. “Leaving white hair?, to face pain?..i was having fun with you around…” She look back and see Nesbrina hold the older woman hand and give a small smile as she turn then kneel down and hold out her arms to signal a hug and Nesbrina run over into it. “Afraid so, i still have to complete my task and return where i came from. Promise me you look after each other”

There is a silent nod against her before the child let go and step back to the older woman as Ira stand up, both of them give a wave before Ira turn and start to run off along the river toward the rockwall.
“If that how it is to have a child, it not a bad future but for now. I have to return to why i was here. Coming from this side i can climb the rockwall and surprise everyone, the sniper specially…”

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#53

Ira sit and looking the datapad screen with a akward expression. on the screen is details of a privat company with white wings on dark moon symbol.

Moonlight Angel company
Owner: Ira'dana Cali
Members: Kesh,Rhirk,Adush
Assets: Thranta class corvette
Contract: REPUBLIC NAVY - MOONLIGHT ANGELS COMPANY - "MYTARANOR DEFENCE AGREEMENT"

She place the datapad down and exhale slowly as she gentle grab the glass of wine. Her mind racing in trying to think up ways to complete the refit while the same time trying to accept it really happened…

“Still cant belive this actually happened. a Corvette…and ‘captain’ Ira’dana. It one thing i never considered would ever happen to me. Even the company under my name is weird to accept happened.”

She take a small sip from the glass while thinking then place the glass down again before taking the datapad as she start to look at the refit requirement.

"No matter if i have odd time accepting it in my head the reality is i now have responsibility not only to uphold the agreement but also the people who willing serve under me onboard. Their well being and life would be in my hands when we finally called to lift off to serve. I have to improve my understanding of space fight if i am to apply the small battle sense i possess. I also need to try and tighten the bond between us, trust and willingness have to remain. Adush know me from when i first came here. When a Chiss give you a trust it for a reason, Kesh also eagerly jump onboard and i gotten along well with her. Rhirk i dont know well, hope to improve that and we get along. "

She take out a encryption datachip and insert it into the datapad and start to boot up the Echani command connection. She then do two fold things, making a report on the encounter with the Saints of Ableria on Viscara and request a echani command personal to serve on the corvette in worst case Ira is unable to, with specific detail they has to heed Republic Navy command during deployment. Once she done she finally turn off the datapad and take the encryption datachip out with a small stressed sigh as she put it down and instead grab the glass and tries to relax.

“Maybe Ca Jor and Dace can give me lesson in space battle tactic, beside it would help to tighten the bond between them and team Havok. kinda glad Feya is not here right now, with all going on i be worried if she felt neglected, I miss her already…”

Ira take a sip from the glass and spend some time relaxing she then blinks “right i also need to do something i promise Kairos heh…”

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#54

Ira sitting on a wooden platform in the mountain wearing the gallery uniform of Echani command, the new logo of the Moonlight Angel company rest on her left shoulder. She taping away on a datapad and seem to be researching weapons used on ships. She lower the datapad and give a little stressed sigh before reaching and rubing her right shoulder with a wince.

“heavy turbo laser too slow to really hit starfighters and too big. Though such weapon could cause massive damage on the corvette. Lighter form of laser might doable and could cripple systems. Concusion missle might be doable but they are open to point defense. Poton might be option too, it versitile and can be used against starfighter and systems but the same problem as other missile. Not to mention there is shield to punch through first…”

She give a small stressed groan feeling outside her element as her mind work on overload trying to process the infomation while looking over the datapad.

“Ion cannons, usefull to punch through shield and disable systems though one i get dont seem able to destroy system, might be able to disable them for a small moment …How in the moon is the best way to plan this. The ship more fit a screening role but if we get send on patrol we need tools to fight back and not just starfighter,shield and system as target only and it limit what we squeeze in on a ship like a Corvette…”

She stand up slowly and lean against the railing gentle while taping away on the Datapad this time bringing up bare bone infomation about ship formations and tactical idea as she scan over it before shortly after turning off the datapad with large sigh.

“That do not help me much… right. Probably have to ask Ca and Dace as well the navy to help teaching me these thing. For now let me think, it be best to focus on screening of the Javelin but i need to figure out ways the Corvete can at least bite back against another corvette soon. All the anti starfighter and shield punch do not help if we cant win the engagement at all with another small captial ship. It also highly possible we be send on patrols at some point…”

She end glancing to the night sky and give a small smile as she tuck the datapad under the arm.

“I am thankful for all the help i gained for this. The company members hard work, Qy, Kairos, Ca and Dace. Even Sandra to my surprise. This been progressing much faster then i originally would had thought. It also seem Feya have good of being able to help and not focus on the trouble with the order. Nice to see her smile and grining again…”

Her smile fade and turn into a frown as darker thought surfaces before starting to make her way back.

“But i need to make a report on …what i can remember from the collector, I dont want to remember the horrors but i have to if we are to finish this once and for all. I also need to contact Echani command and hopefully Y’serna will have time to visit. I do hope she can meet Caelian too …it might help him remembering…”

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#55

Once more a familiar figure sits with her legs crossed on a wooden platform in the mountain during a night while wearing her blue light armor outfit still having the Moonlight Angel company logo attached to it. A red wine bottle in her hand as she look over the view then nod slightly to her own thought.

" I am back Viscara, missed me? heh. Honestly it been good to see familiar faces again. Dace, Kairos, Sandra, Feya, it also seem like they doing fine. Feya special…"

A small smirk appear before she lift the bottle and take a large sip then lower it back before glancing down.

“Once more i am back at the same place, seem like whatever goal i try to set for myself and try to aid in the way i can i get the short end of the stick. The order back then…and now…”

Ira glances to the night sky and shake her head lightly
“Stargazer…certaintly, take my credit, have the Moonlight Angel company work for half the resources. At least Feya fullfiled the contract by giving it back to the Navy and yet it give me a bad taste in my mouth. Why…i should be happy it doing work and help in space as i planed. I am certaintly not blaming Feya, she did the right thing and i am not blameless either for being gone so why…do it still give me a bad taste of feeling used”

She take another large sip from the bottle and start to sing lowly in a annoyance “Use me up, burn me out…”

A while go by where she just watch the sky silently then place the bottle on the platform and reach to the Moonlight angel company logo and rip it out of the armor clothing then look over it before giving a small smile.

"At least?..one objective from this plan worked as i hoped. The Stargazer and showcasing Echani command presence might not worked out though i gave Feya a place during it, gave her the support and focus to move forward and out of the pit she was in and watch her now… i am proud of you Feya, you also achieved one hope and dream you had a while…you own lightsaber, may it forever remind you that you are a jedi in your heart. "

She put the logo away in the belt bag before taking another large sip from the bottle then lower it with a small frown
"Step forward without feeling used? …oh spirit of light, you make it sound simple, no matter… i am still taking small steps forward even it would not surprise me it be repeat of things. You hear that moon …keep watching me stumble and be used again likely with nothing to show for it or true appreciation except from few! "

She lift the bottle to the sky before taking a sip and close the bottle then standing up with a slight stagger and make her way down the mountain.

#56

Ira sit on her smaller ship with her legs crossed and the ritual brand on the lap. Bandage across her mid section from injures. Her mind replay the battle in space and she gentle tightening the grip on the ritual brand for a moment. Explosions, destroyed ship and their part floating in the space. The punishment the Javalin took and its sad end. She recall her nervousness of being a gunner in a gunship.

She open her eyes slowly with a sigh.

“More life lost though that the way of the battlefield even then that loss could be prevented i belief. Although not like i could had done much to prevent it, i was not studying or training to be a gunner or piloting but fleet tactic and being in command of the Stargazer so i could focus on my limit battlesight to guide the crew to fight and return home. I even remember being scared deep inside of being in charge of so many lives onboard of it…well…nothing to do about it.”

She grab the ritual brand and stand up with a tiny grunt before walking back to the cockpit and look out of the window before lifting the free hand gentle and look at it then close the hand.

"Revan’s flagship and now the Zenith. I had been through alot, looking beside the fact i am disgruntled with how i been treated or why it seem no matter what i do it not enough then i had been part of battles that few would return from and that changed the tide. "

The strange calm voice from the spirit of light echo in her mind and she smirk faintly.
“Still not solved that riddle. Maybe i am doing it wrong ? …maybe i should try to direct more of Echani command to aid instead of rely on and thinking i can do much within structure here on viscara,though they are busy and there is the political side of things and finally it not like i am high ranked among them even if my rank carry some respect”

She shake her head lightly before smirking faintly.
“Also was unable to take part in the meeting of the Nova collage though they have to excuse me for that, i just been through carnage in that battle. I will find out the detail of what i miss in the next day or two. I hope they choose smart and things work out”

#57

Ira sit in a chair onboard her smaller ship with the feet on the table and a glass on wine in her hand while glancing to the ceiling with a brief empty stare before the sound of the porg giving a small trill sound as it playing with a small ball is heard and she look over before smiling lightly as she watching the porg then she take a sip from the glass. “must be nice not having any concern or just live in the present …could i put my blade away and live a normal life if i tried?..”

She consider the thought, imagine a house back on Eshan and such lifestyle, even trying to imagine having kids around before a small chuckle escape her and shake her head. “No… that not me, atleast not yet. My fire might waned, my believes might be smacked down and my hopes might be broken but the fact i am feeling agitated with the situation means i had not accepted it.”

She lift the glass to take a sip but pauses as the datapad on the table make a sound then put the feet down and place the glass on the table before grabbing the datapad and enter the password to enter Echani command channel and another password before looking over the information. As she read the text she give a sigh “Another dead in the service, may the moon guide their soul…”

Logging out and turning off the datapad then place it down before grabbing the glass again and taking a sip. Her mind start to wanderer , her thought start to remember everyone she know or knew, Callista, Sandra, Markus, Qyili,Kairos,Ali, Abi, Kesh, Rhirk, Thess, Feya, Dace, Ca Jor, even few of those she had trouble with such as Aiven, Kathea and varies memories springing forth, some nice one and some not so nice before she look at the ceiling again.

“gee i -feel- old thinking on it…but each one had struggle for their belief and finding their place but one repeating pattern to all…always the jedi order or republic with few exception like Rhirk”

She give the glass a gentle swirl as the porg jump on the her lap and she blinks before petting it softly with the free hand while it nuzzle against her happy with a soft cooing. She look down at it with a faint smile.

“Then we have the newer people and their wish of the collage, Valaria, Isena and others. Truth to be told i was only originally planning to help get their idea into reality, i am still asking myself why…Heh i mean i am not exactly anyone except a older ‘resident’ of Viscara. Maybe a part of me felt if i never can rise then i could help other rise with their ideas ?..what you think, Porgington …pathetic or sad ?”

The porg give a content trilling sound at the petting and attention as Ira give a small smirk before taking a sip from the glass and sigh.

“Wonder if thing been different had i never gotten here at all, i likely had raised within Echani command, with a purpose and respect while doing my duty like Y’serna but i would never had met people i call bonds here then. Maybe this how Mart felt at time, bleeding,fighting for people and only in his passing was he truly recognized. I doubt even that would happen if i die …just another casualty to be forgotten mere days after. Perhaps this just my fate ? …fate?..”

The porg start to nuzzle more into Ira while giving a almost sad sound at the words, almost if clearly disliking the idea of her dieing and Ira look down at it and give it soft scratching at the back of the head. She briefly remember Nel’s tarrot card drawing and smirk a little.

"Stay true to yourself or risk drowning eh?..true even if i dislike things then i am who i am. I am warrior, Firedancer and agent of Echani command. I am the daughter of Maru’dan Cali. I am forgetting my pride and honor of that. Let them dismiss me as cannon fodder or a nobody. By the moon i will find a way to rise, even if it has to be via Echani command or Ali’s idea… For rare side in my life time i will be selfish in order to help more and with the respect i should have for it. "

#58

Booting up the modifed datapad and enter a password then another password before she end on the Echani Command channel, after logging in with the last password a sigh escape her then start to type up

              To Echani Command

Topic: Saint Alberia sunworshipers
Location: Viscara

There is had been activities again from the same cult of Saint Ableria, this time no hostility took place however they did seem had lobotomized people from what i got told. One seemly left n the jedi care and one of the jedi was quick to thinking and trail their shuttle, i am sending the location infomation on a file. This is all for my small report

As always, i stand ready if required. May the Moon watch

Ira’dana of clan Cali

Ira then place in a datastick and let the file transfer happening before packing it up in the secure channel and send the report and cordination. She then turn off the datapad and put it away.

#59

The sound of punches and kick echo through the ship’s hallway as a innocent training dummy is the victim of half frustrated and half angry lashing from Ira.

“Everything is normal. Everything is how it used to be almost and yet…”

She sudden make high spinning kick as the dummy head break off and fly off, bouncing of the interior wall and roll to a stop as she clenches a fist then turn away fast while her hair sway after the motion while she step toward the table with a grumble then lightly slam the hand palms beside a bottle of red wine.

“Keep smiling, keep pretending everything fine. Ignore the idiotic politic…”

At that moment she recall the talk with Dace and the words and questions ‘with you all done you could been so much more , what happened’

Ira give a frown as a old familiar sensation teetering then a faint voice “That you naive, self sacrificing and ask for nothing girl.He right you know, if you had pushed back harder in all the time you every been on Viscara, demanded mor-”

Ira shake her head with a groan to shut it out before grabbing the bottle and take a few sip then lower it and place it on the table. She cast a glance at the cleaned and folded gallery uniform with the Echani command badge on the corner of the table. "Insulting offer. I am Ira’dana, daughter of Maru’dan and firedancer of clan cali. I am Echani command agent.Hmph they know this is so far away from the home that there is no real Echani command presence and thus no consequence nor any weight to counter this behavior. "

She move around and sit down on the chair with a large frustrated sigh and look at the ceiling.
“Oh i would love to see their faces if Echani command ships jump out of hyperspace above Viscara, it be glorious to see them get just a little nervous of their political gameplay and sudden have to realize that Viscara sector is not the only thing in existence. The fact i am even thinking this is bad, it just go to show all that matter now is power and the leverage it give. So …for once in my life i ask this, how do i get power for leverage?. The most suited way would be Echani command but that not likely. It even less likely i get access to ship and revive the company but that route also have no consequence, they easy could pull string there…”

She grab the bottle and take a few more sip then place it back down as she consider then shake her head. “Whatever…nothing changed, this just continuation of my life on Viscara. Being a Pyre decoration and fighting and even if i did pulled a miracle and saved the day single handed, it would not matter …”

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Ira sit at the table in her ship and holding a bottle of red wine in the right hand as a small frown stay on her expression. Other empty bottles dotted on the table and two on the floor at the table leg, giving one sad display and idea of what happen over the last few days. The proud Echani is nowhere to be found in this scene.

She end holding a palm against her face as unheard the familar nagging whispers break through from the back of the head: “Naive girl, morality?, loyalty?, oath? those are chaining you down. You could get all you want if you used how thing worked here!”

Ira give a low grumble “shut up…”

Though it keep going: " You could worked for GPMC, you could take work from Revanites, you could rise with them. You not weak, we not wea-"

The bottle is tossed into nearby wall as it shatter and splashes red wine across it. The porg give a small frighten sound in the order side of the ship and hide,peek out behind a wall at Ira who stand as she grab a chair and throw it across the ship hallway with a grumble and clenches a fist.

“You are not in control so stay quiet. You just trying to get control by abusing my negative thoughts. You might be right that the collage is is having hard time, that Isena have a hard time as well. That i am stuck doing the exact same thing i did across my two year here but…”

The whispers break through again: “But you still having use, because of Echani Command praise you and Feya for the service and said you helped the galaxy, dont make me laugh child. You even got annoyed with the news Feya got deep down…”

Ira give a grumble and step to the table and sit on it, hitting a empty bottle that roll of and hit the floor. She give a large sigh: “I am happy for her but you right …though it fine. I should not even have ambition in first place, my role and purpose was decided the moment i picked up my path. Eshan is my life and my life is Eshan’s. My purpose to fight and die if required. If that mean watching from the shadow and only be another body and blade then it how it should be…”

She stand up and walk over toward the bed where she open a closet and take out the ritual guarding robe, putting it on then the firedancer mask with the flame symbol and walk outside the ship as Porginton give a almost worried look after her.

Moment later out in the mountains she just stand in the rain like a statue as she mumbles to herself: “At least i still have use for Echani Command…”

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