Learning(Shade)

[Vista Alor]

Vista runs into one of the training room's and hides behind some of the equipment which is in their. She had accidently dropped a jug of milk on the floor of the quarters which she shares with Rognan and is scared that she's going to get into trouble, so she got out of there.

Dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, a hat on her head, hiding her horns which have started to grow back, but are being very slow about it. She looks around to see somebody practising, so she leans forward, revealing herself from her hiding spot so she can watch.

[Shade Magus]

Shade finishes his backflip and almost stumbled when he saw the small girl looking at him. He had been so focus on his routine that he hadn't seen anyone run in. He caught his balance and walked over to the small girl and knelt down beside her.

"Hello. Can I help you?"

[Vista Alor]

"I'm not here. I'm hiding cause I don't want get in trouble. But why you here?"

[Shade Magus]

"Well you seem pretty here to me and I'm here practicing," he replied as he dropped down into a sitting position. "Now what's this talk about getting in trouble?"

[Vista Alor]

Vista smiles.

"Nope, I'm not here cause if I'm here, Rognan will find me and I get in trouble cause I spilled the jug of milk.

Why you practising?"

[Shade Magus]

"I'm practicing to get better...and I don't think Rognan would be that upset, but he might be worried if he couldn't find you."

[Vista Alor]

"He knows I don't leave building without adult now."

Vista moves out from behind the equipment completely and sits down on Shade's lap.

"So practising makes you better?"

[Shade Magus]

Shade was a bit startled when the girl saw in his lap, but he quickly got over it. He adjusted his legs so that himself and Vista would be more comfortable.

"Yes it does. And who would you be just out of curiousity?"

[Vista Alor]

"I'm Vista Alor. I say Rognan's my Daddy cause my Mommy show me a picture of my Daddy and Rognan matches picture, but he doesn't believe he's my Daddy but he still takes care of me anyway.

Who are you?"

[Shade Magus]

"Well that's nice of Rognan...and I am Shade Magus. I'm glad to be meeting the daughter of a friend."

[Vista Alor]

"So, what do you do here?"

Vista questions as she looks around the training room, getting a good look at it this time.

"You know, Rognan really likes Marga."

[Shade Magus]

"At the temple? Well...I'm a Jedi Knight." He ran the name Marga through his head and recalled the young woman.

"Well...she is a nice lady. I take it she is your mommy?"

[Vista Alor]

'Nope, my Mommy's dead. We used to travel together, but she got killed and so I find my Daddy.

Since you a Knight, that means you teach, right?"

[Shade Magus]

"Yes it does."

[Vista Alor]

"Can you teach me to be Jedi just like Daddy?"

[Shade Magus]

"Well I supposed so...what would you like to learn?"

[Vista Alor]

"I want to be Jedi like my Daddy. You make me a Jedi like him."

Vista says, though she unknowingly uses the Force to try to convince Shade to do what she wants him to, make her a Jedi.

[Shade Magus]

"I...," Shade started and his thoughts got fuzzy. He shook his head and smiled. "I can try, but what does your father have to say about your training?"

[Vista Alor]

Vista shrugs slightly.

"Please, I really want to be Jedi like Daddy."

Vista again uses the Force unknowingly to try and convicne Shade to make her a Jedi.

[Shade Magus]

Something came over him and again and again he had to shake his head to clear his thoughts. "Ok ok....I'll show you some tricks, but you can stop doing that now."

[Vista Alor]

"Stop doing what?"

Vista asks curiously.

"All I'm doing is talking."

[Shade Magus]

"No trying to use the Force to influence me...I was just worried about what Rognan might want you learning, but if you're that strong then I'll just teach you."

[Vista Alor]

"How was I using the Force?"

Vista asks as she gives Shade a hug for agreeing to train her.

[Shade Magus]

He patted the girl on the back and looked at her with confusion.

"You mean you really weren't trying to influence my thoughts?"

[Vista Alor]

"How do you influence thoughts?"

Vista asks curiously again, truly not knowing how, or even knowing that she's been doing that.

[Shade Magus]

Shade couldn't help but smile at the child's innocence. She wasn't lying and anyone could tell that. She really didn't know. She must be incredibly strong in the Force.

"Well...we kind of do it by placing subtle ideas in peoples minds. Most of the time we wave a hand so as to get their attention focused, but you...you can do it with almost no training and with apparent ease."

[Vista Alor]

"I can? If I wanted to, I could get you to do what I wanted?"

Vista asks innocently.

[Shade Magus]

"Well, maybe if I didn't know what you were doing then yes. But since I know I can prepare myself for it. On a normal person then I wouldn't doubt it."

[Vista Alor]

"Cool."

Vista pauses for a moment.

"But let me guess, it's not good to take advantage of it."

[Shade Magus]

"And you catch on quick. Maybe you would make a fine Jedi."

[Vista Alor]

"I want to be Jedi like Daddy."

[Shade Magus]

"Ok...ok...we'll see what we can do," Shade said as he rubbed his head. This girl was strong and if he didn't watch it he would end up her slave. "First can you tell me what you know about the Jedi and the Force?"

[Vista Alor]

"The Force is an energy that connects everything. Jedi follow the Lightside and help protect and because of this, I shouldn't go around using my powers to make ppl do what I want cause that would be bad."

[Shade Magus]

"Well you sure got this down packed...has Rognan been teaching you things too?"

[Vista Alor]

Vista shakes her head no.

"I just watch and listen."

[Shade Magus]

"Ok then...first thing you need to learn is to connect with the Force. Calm youself and feel happy and peaceful and reach out for a kind of...," he paused as he searched for the right word. "Glow. You'll know it when you feel it."

[Vista Alor]

Vista smiles as she closes her eyes, following Shades instructions. Quickly though she's touching the Force since she's already learned how due to the Kid's Force classes.

[Shade Magus]

"Ok first off...we need to tone down your mental abilities. Learn to focus them and you can control them. I want you to concentrate on a thought and try to send it my way."

[Vista Alor]

"Ok"

Vista says as she focues on her want to be hugged. After she's got that thought in her mind, she does her best to send it to Shade.

[Shade Magus]

Shade smiled as he picked up on the thought. "You want a hug?"

[Vista Alor]

Vista smiles proudly as she nods her head yes.

"Hugs are very important and is something you can keep on giving."

[Shade Magus]

Shade smiled. "Well then I'll be sure to give you one after we get done. Now you see what you did? That was what you were doing earlier, but you didn't know. With some practice and some more subtly I'm sure you could have anyone doing what you wanted, but don't do that. Ok?"

[Vista Alor]

"I know. But I was doing that, but not knowing I was. Neat."

Vista smiles proudly.

[Shade Magus]

"Ok...now let's try a more complicated thought and remember, take your time. Sometimes these things aren't easy."

[Vista Alor]

"What's a more complicated thought?"

[Shade Magus]

"Well...you just formed a thought for something you wanted me to do. Something simple. Form something else that would be harder for me to do or even mulitple little things that flow together."

[Vista Alor]

Vista nods as she sits in silence thinking for a moment or so. Then she perks up as she forms her thought of wanting to picked up and spun around. After she's got her thought formed clearly in her mind, she goes to send it to Shade.

[Shade Magus]

At first Shade started to stand up and move to pick the little girl up, but caught himself as he was standing up. "Whoa...that was...better than I expected."

He sat back down and shook his head. "Ok this time, do the same thing, but try to use a little less energy, or just don't concentrate on you thought as hard."

[Vista Alor]

Vista nods her head slightly and goes to focus on her thought again, but instead of concentrating less, she concentrates more as she goes to send her thought to Shade.

[Shade Magus]

Shade calmly got up and walked over to Vista. He bent down to pick her up and swing her around playfully.

[Vista Alor]

Vista squeels with joy as Shade picks her up and swings her around playfully.

[Shade Magus]

When she squealed, Shade snapped to and stopped, holding Vista out in front of him. "You didn't concentrate less did you?"

[Vista Alor]

Vista hangs her head with a sorry look on her face.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to see if I could."

[Shade Magus]

"Well you can, but I wouldn't try it on other Jedi. You don't know how strong they are at resisting or what they would do. Remember with great power comes great responsibility."

[Vista Alor]

Vista nods her head slightly.

"And with respansi responsibility means I have to be good and use the power properly."

[Shade Magus]

"That's right, so let's try that again and this time do what I asked you please."

[Vista Alor]

Vista smiles as she forms a new thought in her head. She wants a piggy back ride. After she has the though firmly in mind, she tries to send it to Shade, though with less concentration behind it though.

[Shade Magus]

Shade could sense the thought and smiled. It wasn't as strong as before, but he still had the urge to do it.

"I can feel it. Well, well...keep practicing this and you'll be a strong Jedi one day."

[Vista Alor]

Vista smiles happily that Shade sensed the thought.

"So I did better this time?"

[Shade Magus]

"Yes you did. Maybe you should ask Rognan to help you practice later. I'm not as good as some Jedi when it comes to this kind of stuff, but one that is could help you do it even better than I could."

[Vista Alor]

"I will. I'll ask Daddy for help and I'll say that you taught me and and an I'm sure that he'll be happy."

[Shade Magus]

"I hope so too," Shade said standing up. "That's about all I can show you though."

[Vista Alor]

Vista hugs Shade, a huge smile on her face.

"Thank-you for teaching me."

[Shade Magus]

"It was my pleasure," he said returning the hug. "Anytime you need help, just ask and I'll do my best."

[Vista Alor]

Vista pulls back quickly, a huge smile on her head, but as she pulls back, the hat that she's wearing falls off, it had gotten loose earlier. As soon as the hat falls off, she gets a look of horror on her face before quickly looking away to pick up her hat and put it back on.

[Shade Magus]

Shade gets a confused look on his face as she quickly turns. "What's wrong?"

[Vista Alor]

"Nothing."

Vista says rather quickly as she straightens out her hat. She's not about to tell if somebody has to ask.

[Shade Magus]

"Ok...is there anything else you want me to show you?"

[Vista Alor]

"Everything"

Vista says quickly, happy the subjects been changed.

"I want you to show me everything that I can learn."

[Shade Magus]

"Umm...well I might have been a little open with that. I can't teach you everything, but I'm sure your father can, or we can find someone that could."

[Vista Alor]

"You mean it? You and Daddy, and somebody else could teach me everything? Promise."

[Shade Magus]

"I wouldn't see why not, but you'd have to ask him first."