Logged: June 26, 2001
Logged by: Ashton
Titled: Where Jedi Train…
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Tai Jinn                  
Ashton                  
Cerin  
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Courtyard - Jedi Complex 
    This vast courtyard is where much of the daily life of the Jedi 
can be observed. A park-like area near the bridge is often used as 
a study area, and the open areas in that park are teaming with life 
as students and teachers alike take part in sports and athletic 
activities, honing the body. At each corner of the square compound is 
a tower that is easily 200 stories high. Paths criss-cross the entire 
compound and run the perimeter, from tower to tower. At the north end 
of the compound is a large hill constructed of many different types 
and sizes of boulders.
    In the center of the courtyard is the largest tower - rising 
another 100 stories above the other towers in the complex. The 
doublewide, ornate doors to this tower are always open. Unlike the 
other towers, this one has a wide section near the top that removes 
the tapered look the other towers have. Above this bulge is where the 
Jedi Council Chamber is located.

Ashton
    A powerfully built man whose eyes and smile coincide with his 
young and athletic-looking physique. Averaging these two factors, a 
guess that the human male is somewhere in his late teens or early 
twenties is close to accurate. His light brown, almost sandy-brown 
hair is just longer than collar-length with a slight wave at the 
bottom as if it's starting to curl. He has light hazel eyes, more 
green than brown, but this changes with his mood or outlook. His 
short goatee is light brown with tinges of red in it. He is rather 
average in height; no more than five foot ten inches tall.
    Ashton is wearing a light blue tunic over a soft white, high-
collared shirt. The loose sleeve tunic is belted at the waist with a 
black utility belt. His black pants are tucked into a pair of knee-
high boots, made of soft black nerf leather. Clipped to his utility 
belt is a smooth, silver cylinder.

Tai Jinn
    A young man of about 16 human years old stands here. That much 
is evident as you gaze upon this being. Nothing seems to stand out 
exceptionally about him, just a normal everyday joe, with nothing 
fantastic to his looks. A dark blond... almost a reddish blond mop 
of hair is present on the top of his head. It looks slightly unkempt, 
but fortunately it is cut short so it doesn't look horribly sloppy. 
Maybe 1/2 an inch in length, the only way you can tell it's unkempt 
is the slightly poofy look it presents as if it was just washed and 
then life moved on. A pair of matching eyebrows is also present. 
Perhaps if you looked hard enough, you'd notice that the right one 
seems a bit longer than the left, but it's not -horribly- obvious. 
A pair of hazel eyes is present under the eyebrows, twinkling slightly 
with either excitement, or perhaps a little secret. For the most part 
they look to be joyous, however a possibility of pain is always there, 
just hidden further underneath. A small mouth with palish lips seems 
to curl into a natural smile, adding depth to the cheeks and permanent 
dimples found there.
    He is clothed in the standard brownish robes of a Jedi, a black 
sash/belt wrapped around his mid-section and black boots upon his feet. 
His walk is easy with a natural grace to it, as are most of his motions.

Cerin
    Cerin is a tall human, with an athletic build to himself. His skin 
is a few shades darker than fair... showing that he has often been in 
the sun on one world or another. His hair is a deep, almost chocolate
brown, and falls to just above his shoulders, kept free from any 
restriction as well. His eyes are a soft gray, and they shine brightly 
as they gaze over his surroundings.
    Over his body, he wears simple brown robe, over a tanned tunic. 
The robe itself is hooded, and seems to be well worn, but still quite 
serviceable. The tunic, from what can be seen, covers his body and his 
upper arms, though any further cannot be discerned under the robe. At 
his forearms though, a pair of bracers rest, to help protect his 
forearms. A wide belt wraps over his waist; the only thing tied to 
that is a single lightsaber hilt; of simple yet functional design. The
robe continues to cover him, down to his ankles, where it partially 
covers a pair of dark brown leggings, as well as a pair of well-used 
boots, made from a soft, but dark black leather.

As the sun begins to set in the west, long shadows begin to cover parts 
of the courtyard from both of the towers on that side of the complex. 
The stillness of the evening is broken only by the sounds of feet against 
stone. As it is nearing dinner, very few students or teachers are about. 
Walking down the main walkway from the central tower is a young man of 
possibly 22 or 23 standard years. Unlike many of the Jedi Knights, he 
doesn't wear earth tones. His blue tunic is a pleasant sight against the 
sunset backdrop. Ashton continues his leisurely stroll through the 
courtyard, at peace with himself and the Force, and happy to be home.

Tai enters into the main courtyard from the entryway that leads to the 
main streets of Coruscant. He strolls casually and with confidence, yet 
with direction in his steps. Pausing a moment, he turns direction and 
begins to walk towards Ashton, the returned Jedi Knight from wherever he
might have been. As he arrives in speaking distance, Tai calls out 
quietly towards Ashton. "Excuse me?" he inquires towards him.

Stepping out from the platform, Cerin looks up towards the tall towers 
of the Jedi complex. Eyes wide with curiosity, the Corellian continues 
his upwards glance, before looking back down, surveying the grounds 
before him. Seeing the other two nearby, a wry smile comes to his face, 
and he walks quietly towards them both, "Good day to you..."

Ashton slows slightly as he senses first Tai and then Cerin as they enter 
the courtyard. He stops as Tai greets him and inclines his head to the 
young man. "Hello," he says simply with a small smile. He turns his head 
as Cerin approaches and lifts a hand in response to the greeting. "Good 
evening to you both..."

Smiling to Ashton, warm and friendly as he always is, Tai speaks to him 
quietly. "I'm sorry... I don't believe we've met. I am Tai Jinn..." He 
trails off as he tries to focus upon Ashton and remember the man from 
somewhere but merely draws blanks. "I have a near perfect memory... and 
I don't remember you for certain... who might you be?" Tai's tone never 
leaves the area of friendliness.

Listening quietly, Cerin listens quietly, looking towards Ashton 
curiously as Tai speaks his question. Holding himself casually, he can't 
help but glance around the tall spires again...around the tall spires 
again...

Ashton arches an eyebrow slightly, his smile widening into a grin. "No 
reason you should remember me, Tai Jinn," Ashton says, his voice tinged 
with a recently re-acquired Corellian accent. "I am Ashton Quince... and 
to be honest, I haven't been on Coruscant for some months now." He offers 
his hand, first to Tai and then to Cerin. "So what brings you two young 
men in so late for dinner?" He realizes Cerin probably just arrived, but 
Tai had been in the city, so he was somewhat certain both were new 
students here in the temple. Probably recently transferred here from 
Ossus.

"I just landed a little over an hour ago, sir..." Cerin smiles a bit upon 
hearing the familiar accent of a Corellian dialect. He continues on after 
a moment, "I just found my way here..." grinning a bit, he adds, "Though 
I hope dinner hasn't been totally finished."

Tai smiles slightly, "I've been on Coruscant for awhile now, been out in 
the city offering aid to some others that were needing it. Helped a woman 
with a large number of bags earlier at the spaceport... just been keeping 
myself busy. In fact, I hadn't realized I had nearly missed dinner until 
you mentioned it." He speaks all this after shaking Ashton's hand of 
course.

Ashton grins, shaking his head slowly. "Doubt it... and if it is, we'll 
raid the kitchen." Obviously this young man is a somewhat seasoned Jedi, 
but he maintains his youthful, almost mischievous attitude. He gestures 
towards the residence hall. "Most likely, your rooms have already been 
set up. The dining hall is on the ground floor though... past the 
elevators." Tai's words seem to give Ashton a reason to pause though, 
and he turns to the young padawan slowly. For a moment, he threatens to 
frown, but a smirk escapes instead. "Just don't let Master Pos'kil know 
you were near the spaceport. He gets kind of concerned with new students 
going out on their own before settling in." He chuckles before nodding 
towards the residence tower. "Well, if you're hungry, let's go... you 
probably need to check in with the Headmaster anyway..."

"That'd be excellent, sir..." Cerin bows his head once, a calm smile 
on his face as he looks over towards the residence tower; waiting for 
Ashton to lead the way for them, "You said you just arrived to 
Coruscant sir?"

Tai hesitates slightly before following the others quietly, listening 
in to the conversation that's taking place.

Ashton nods as he begins making his way down the path towards the 
southwest tower. "That's right," he says to Cerin as each of the 
Padawan fall in on either side of him. "And it was good to visit 
family when I was away... but it's nothing like Coruscant." Despite 
his apparent knowledge, Ashton seems different than many of the Jedi 
the two padawan are most likely used to. His speech is definitely not 
as starched or official as most Knights or Masters. Instead, he seems 
to relate to the two padawan in plain old basic. He pauses as the door 
to the residence hall opens silently in front of them. No Jedi trick - 
the doors are made to sense movement and easily slide aside.

Following behind Ashton, Cerin smiles widely, nodding his head slightly 
as the older Jedi speaks, "Where was it that you had gone sir?" even 
with Ashton's relaxed speech, Cerin still maintains some protocol... 
just in case this might be a test of some kind. Watching the doors open 
before them, Cerin follows Ashton inside.

Tai Jinn follows behind as well, smiling always in some sort of either 
inner joke, or inner joy. He seems to be the happiest of any Jedi you'd 
run across.

Ashton seems to sense the caution Cerin uses and nods in approval. As 
they enter the main lobby, Ashton leads the younger Jedi towards the 
dining hall, which has begun to thin out, as the dinner rush seems to
be over. "Corellia... well, the Corellia sector really. My family lives 
on Tralus, but I spent most of my time on Corellia." He makes his way 
into the hall and nods towards the cafeteria-like line of food. "Help 
yourselves... I'll go check on your quarters and find out where you 
go..." With that, the Jedi Knight bows his head and exits the dining 
hall towards the lobby.

Tai heads to the food lines and retrieves some food, however after 
several moments he heads to a seat with a bunch of other Padawan and 
sits down with his plate of what appears to be only green items, 
vegetables. After a few moments of contemplating the food, he begins 
to delve into it slightly and commences making small talk with some 
of the other Jedi around him.

Cerin heads over as well, taking a few different types of meats and 
gravy style food. After finishing his plate, he walks over towards 
Tai, and then smiles, setting his tray down across from the other 
Padawan, "Mind if I join you?"

Nodding to the seat, Tai finishes his mouthful of salad and states, 
"No, not at all, in fact I encourage you to." He smiles to Cerin before 
taking another bite of his meal. Interesting how all the Padawan are 
seated around at that table now, including the few NPCs or what not. 
"So, Cerin... what is it there that you're eating?" Tai inquires to 
the man friendly.

Cerin grins widely as he takes the seat, and then nods his thanks to 
Tai. At the question, he looks down to his food, "This? Sausage and 
roast nerf, in a meat sauce," he glances over to Tai's dish, "How 
about you?"

Ashton re-enters the dining hall as things quiet down. In tow is a 
more somber looking human male, who looks to be twice as old as Ashton. 
Ashton pauses as the near the table and smiles to both padawan learners. 
"Tai, Cerin? This is Tirol'dyn. He's in charge of the housing for the 
padawan learners." The fact that Ashton doesn't refer to Tirol'dyn as 
'Master' is a sure sign the man is a Jedi Knight, the same as Ashton. 
Just much older and much more scholarly-looking. Despite his serious 
demeanor, he offers a smile to both young men. "Welcome to Coruscant, 
young padawan. I've got quarters set up for you on the 100th floor. 
You're fortunate; you're the only padawan we have on that floor for 
the time being. We're renovating some of the lower floors..."

Speaking to Cerin before Ashton returns, Tai smiles and says quietly 
to him. "A salad... all I ever eat." Tai moves to speak again, but 
then Ashton returns with the housing manager and he stands quickly, 
bowing slightly to the Knights. "Thank you much, Knight Tirol'dyn, 
for quickly attaining us quarters. We are most grateful."

Cerin turns around to face the other Knight, and smiles a bit, standing 
up to bow slightly, "Yes we are, thank you Knight Tirol'dyn." He looks 
back up, and then turns back over towards Ashton as well, "Thank you as 
well Knight Ashton..."

Ashton smiles at both young men, and a definite feeling of peace washes 
over the young padawan. It's easy to locate the source of the peaceful 
feeling, as Ashton's presence in the Force grows brighter. "Just Ashton 
is fine." Tirol'dyn nods sagely, "Yes, and you can call me Tirol... or 
simply Ty if you wish." Ashton nods towards the plates on the table. "If 
you're done... we were about to head outside for a bit. Unless you'd 
rather get situated in your rooms first..."

Cerin looks towards his mostly empty plate; he's a rather quick eater, 
and then turns back up to face Ashton and Tirol, "Actually, I would like 
to see the grounds a bit first..." he looks back over towards Tai Jinn, 
"How about you Tai?"

Tai doesn't bother to return his gaze to his plate, which is nearly full. 
He instead nods towards Cerin. "I concur actually, I'm rather intrigued 
to see what is about this region more fully." Smiling at the two knights, 
he waits for them to lead the way.

Even as Ashton and Ty turn away to head outside, the dishes that the 
padawan students have left on the table are lifted and carried, via the 
Force, to where two of the younger padawan are gathering dishes. KP 
duty... yuck. But they do their duty with a cheerful smile. 

As the two Knights lead Tai and Cerin out of the building, they emerge 
into a small gathering of padawan learners and Knights, all facing the 
center of the courtyard. Once Ashton pushes his way past a few students, 
he stops, grinning. There, in the light of the courtyard's lamps, two 
Jedi Knights are facing each other, lightsabers ignited. Ashton jabs Ty 
with an elbow. "Those two STILL competing against each other?" To which 
Tirol'dyn can only nod with a smirk.

Cerin glances over towards the two knights squared off against each 
other, and then turns his head over to face Ashton, a faint smile on 
his face, "Rivals, friends, or both?"

Tai watches with a studious eye, taking in their actions from a 
standpoint before sighing and shaking his head. "Some actions I will 
never understand... such as these..."

Ashton tilts his head to one side, watching as one Knight makes an 
incredibly aggressive move towards the other, to which the other parries
and dances back a step. "Both," Tirol'dyn says quietly, watching as 
intently as Ashton. As the two Knights break apart and begin circling 
each other again, Ashton turns his head to Cerin. "Worse, they're 
brothers..." Again, Tirol'dyn's only reply is to smirk. "Personally, 
I think they just love the attention of the students." He glances at 
Tai, notices something, and then glances back at Cerin. "Have you 
both constructed your lightsabers?"

Cerin nods his head once; holding out the cylinder in one hand after 
unclasping it, "Yes sir... I have..." he smiles a bit, looking up 
towards Ashton and Tirol.

Tai also nods and produces a cylinder handle of a lightsaber blade. 
"Yes, I've created one as well... although it's not exactly as I want 
it to be." Shrugging however, he displays it for the others to see.

Ashton nods to both padawan learners with a small smile. "Good... 
follow me." With that, Ashton turns away from the students and pushes 
his way through the crowd and emerges out into the clearing as both 
Knights engaged in combat there come to a stop. The crimson and violet 
blades pause, then both Knights notice Ashton and turn to him and bow 
slightly. With a whoosh, both sabers are turned off, and the area gets 
a bit darker without the added light from the blades. Ashton grins at 
both of them. "Show-offs," he says with a grin. With a hand, he 
gestures the two new padawan out into the open area with him. Tirol'dyn 
is close to follow.

Tai follows along with Ashton, although a bit hesitantly. He certainly 
can tell where this is heading and the Padawan definitely does not like 
it. Whatever his motivations are however, are yet to be seen.

Cerin follows as well, looking over to the other two Knights for a 
moment, before turning back over toward Ashton, quietly waiting whatever 
the more experienced Jedi has planned.

Ashton turns to the gathering in the courtyard and arches an eyebrow. 
His eye catches some of the other Knights and a few nod as they recognize 
what he is doing. This isn't a demonstration, it's a chance for the 
padawan to practice and have some fun. Ashton has barely turned his 
attention back to Tai and Cerin before the other students and teachers 
are moving away to other areas of the courtyard. Ashton catches Cerin's 
eye. "Nice and slow... You both should know some basic control over those 
things, so I want to see that." He turns to Tai, "This is merely a 
portion of your training Tai. Not a demonstration." With that, he steps 
back and makes room for the two Padawan to prepare.

Nodding his head once, Cerin lifts his lightsaber in both hands, igniting 
it after a moment. With a snap-hiss... a brilliant golden-yellow blade 
emerges from the hilt, and Cerin inclines his head slightly to Tai, 
bringing the saber up in a quick salute, before dropping into a sparring 
stance, a friendly smile to his face.

It was quite clear that Ashton knew what was concerning Tai... he 
definitely is not one to show off, or demonstrate... preferring to do 
his training in private. Not often in fact will one see him actively 
use the force unless he himself is incapable of doing something... as 
the masters always taught, don't use the force at the expense of your 
own abilities. Nonetheless, it is evident to Tai he has no choice really 
in the matter but to spar. Igniting his blade, it's bluish-white beam 
of energy shooting out of the handle, he also salutes towards Cerin and 
assumes a defensive stance, always a defensive stance.

Tirol'dyn cocks his head to one side, reaching out with the Force to 
sense both students' frame of mind. He eases past Cerin, with his 
energetic acceptance of the guidance the Force is giving. He senses 
that Tai is willing to allow the Force to lead him, but reluctantly 
accepts this necessary portion of his training. He grins at Ashton. 
"Whaddya think? Scholarly type?" to which Ashton can only shrug with 
a smile, never taking his eyes off of the two padawan.

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