Moving without touching (Lime)

[Zeke]

Zeke sits calmly on a mat in the Academy, his brow furrowed with concentration. The room is awash in motion as training equipment orbits the Knight at varying speeds and in varying directions, a fine display of his telekinetic might. He lets out a sigh and the objects cease to move, dropping from their points in the air to the room's tile floor. Opening his eyes he smiles at the figure silhouetted in the doorway.

"Lime? Come on in. Today's your first lesson."

[Lime]

Indeed Lime stood in the doorway, a timid look on her face mingled with an awesome curiosity. She had been watching Zeke for the past five minutes, frozen in place by the floating objects. She was still clothed in the burlap rags, in which she entered the facility days hence, but no wounds matted her pale skin.

"Lime? Come on in. Today's your first lesson."

She blinked, exiting the mental euphoria and slowly stepping across the tiled floor. The cloth of her ‘shoes’ scuffed across the tiles making slight squeaking noises. Obviously Lime was still distrustful of other people, with the hated expressions put onto her burned into the deepest reaches of the mind. Eventually, she reached Zeke and nervously chewed on the inside of her mouth before speaking.

“H..hi..”

[Zeke]

Zeke smiles warmly at her and gestures to the mat next to him.

"Sit down. Don't be afraid, I won't bite."

Seems she's distrustful yet, and she's still wearing the rags she wore when she came to the order. He'll do something to fix that later...

"I'm going to teach you how to use the Force."

[Lime]

Lime nods slowly, moving to the mat and sitting down on her thighs. The concept of the force was a paradox to the kid, but she had heard of it earlier from Wei, just before meeting Zeke here and it absolutely sounded awesome.

Of course, as any little kid is, Lime was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to do it. A slight doubt and awful phobia showed through as she twiddled her thumbs, not knowing anything to speak.

[Zeke]

"The Force is borne through beings by midichlorians. People with high count of midichlorians can use the Force to do amazing things, such as the floating objects you saw earlier. I'm going to teach you to use the Force to push and pull objects today."

She looks tense.

"I know you'll do well. I find that the Force is activated through emotion. You must be careful not to use the Force in anger, or in fear. Anger, fear, hatred, and aggression are all the keys to the darkside of the Force. The lightside is born of positive emotion...it is the source of the Jedi's power. Find for yourself something calm, happy...something that makes you feel good."

[Lime]

"S...something happy?" Lime repeated, wringing her hands. What used to make her happy? Oh! Hugs from mommy!

Lime's eyes brightened, the golden orbs glimmering brightly like the sun's rays on newly fallen snow. The warmth from her mother kept all other fears away. "M...mommy made me happy.."

What she did not mention, but it held on her mind openly, was "mommy" being inside a crystalline tube filled with a green goop. Her mother had been in a near fatal speeder accident in which Father had to replace most of her body with cybernetics - a lesser Vader for example - but the implants did not hold and the mother was placed in a bacta tank.

"She was always nice to me... until the wreck.."

[Zeke]

"Then, think of the times your mother was nice to you. Not the wreck, just the happy times. Focus on just them."

[Lime]

She did as told, recalling back ona certain event years past. Mother comfortably cuddling the pup which was Lime, one of the days where the facility was suspended.

Lime's eyes lowered halfway, face blank with the exeption of a barely visible smile tugging at her lips. She loved it back then, back then when everything was ok..

[Zeke]

"Now...focus that emotion. Direct it at an object, and try to push that object."

The room was full of stuff that he'd been floating around earlier. She should have no problem finding an object and practicing her Force push...

[Lime]

Lime's brows furrowed in confusion, Zeke wants her to move something while thinking of that good feeling?

She shrugs and crawls forward to a silver paperweight and pushes it slightly with her hand before looking over her shoulder at Zeke. "Like that?"

[Zeke]

"Not quite..."

Zeke puts a hand to his forehead. How did he explain it last time?

"Let that good feeling fill you. Then...direct that good feeling at the paperweight. Don't touch it. Just...push at it. Like this."

He pushes out with one hand, sending a remote droid rolling across the room.

"Try again."

[Lime]

"MMmm.." Lime hummed, concentrating on the instructions. She looked at the droid, back down at the paperweight, then back at the droid.

Okay, no biggie. She thought, moving to sit infront of the paperweight again. She held out her hand, much like Zeke did, and nothing happened. Again she thought about mother, put out her hand, and nothing happen.

"It's broken, Zeke.." She spoke over her shoulder, holding out her hand towards the Knight.

[Zeke]

"Focus. Take the memory of your mother. Imagine it, then the happiness you feel as a physical thing. Imagine it as a hand pushing the block..."

[Lime]

Lime withdrew her hand and concentrated on the metallic object. It reflected her face back in the rounded surface, giving her something to focus upon - her own metallic eyes.

Lime could see her own memories reflected back, the joy and sorrow of her life. Yet she blocked out the painful, feared, and regretted and let the happy visions flow out. She did the guesture again... it moved.

Not even a barest of a inch, but the definate scraping against the floor invoked a cheerful, surprised, yelp from Lime!

[Zeke]

"Very good!"

Her success is exciting...he's reminded of teaching his sister May the alphabet.

"Go again!"

[Lime]

Lime scooted closer to the block and did it again, relishing the childish curiosity and glee which the event unfolded. She did it about four more concecutive times, a bright smile on her face..

[Zeke]

Her joy at her feat makes the Knight smile. He'd love to allow her to continue, but they have one more thing...

"Now, pull it."

[Lime]

Lime halted her playful antics, gazing over at Zeke with doubpt. "Pull it?"

'Okay... shouldn't be too hard', she thought staring down at the block that was a paperweight. Slowly she slid back once, and the block followed. Subcontiously thinking, that was Lime's working, let the process reverse.

She stared transfixed with a grin on her features as the paperweight chased her around!

[Zeke]

"Float it."

Zeke is sitting with his chin on his knees, watching intently. The girl's pride and happiness in her accomplishments is so like his little sister...its uncanny. It makes him happier to watch her succeed.

[Lime]

Now that would be a whole different matter to Lime. She gave Zeke a confused glance, not completely understanding what he had just asked her to do.

"Float?"

Lime looked down at the object before her. Float it... well..

"What does float mean?"

[Zeke]

"By float I mean to lift it into the air. Like this."

Zeke gestures and silver paperweight rises into the air and places itself before her.

"Go ahead. Make it float in the air."

[Lime]

A excited gleam flashed in Lime's eyes when the paperweight lifted into the air to eye level before decending to the floor again. Slowly she put her hand over the object, fingers spread and palm down, and concentrated on her hand moving down and picking it up without actually 'moving' it.

Nothing happened.

Glancing over her shoulder at Zeke again, she repeated the attempt and the paperweight moved only slighly. The gentle rocking motion gave enough courage to her to attempted again..

[Zeke]

"Go for it...focus on it. Don't give up."

[Lime]

She did as Zeke encouraged, trying over and over with nothing more than a mere wobble. Slightly exaused from the mental load, she tried once more. It moved up into the air and cut a flip before falling back to the ground with a plunk. Lime jumped, unsure of what just happened but knowing that she did it.

[Zeke]

"Very good. Floating can be harder, because you have to fight against gravity. But you did well. With practice, you will be able to lift the weight with ease."

He ruffles her hair with a proud smile.

"That is all for today. We can continue to practice if you like, or you can go back to your quarters and rest. I'll leave the choice up to you."

[Lime]

She was tired, that was evident with her weakish smile. "We can do more tomorrow... a nap sounds nice right now.."

[Zeke]

"Very well. Tomorrow we'll learn Force boost..."

It's still early, he's got plenty of time before sunset. He picks Lime up and carries the sleeping girl to her room, then sets out for the city. He's got work to do...