Helenias Evenstar
Jan 15th, 2004, 04:23:35 AM
The gardens were always my favorite place to be. The air was so much better here than the rest of Coruscant and there was a peace, a peace you could feel and almost taste. You could always see Jedi here, day or night, meditating or walking, enjoying the peace and calm.
Me, I came here to train. I didnt really like the training quarter. It seemed too..... I dont know, harsh? Not conducive to The Force? Whatever it was, I found a peace here that always escaped me in the training arenas. In my life as a Jedi and a Senator, I relished my time spent in the gardens, guarded it fiercely and made sure none of the day to day angst and idiots of the Senate came in here with me.
Hard that was, but today, I felt especially good. Walking on the grass with no shoes, feeling the fresh blades tickle and cool the soles. I finally had a cast iron excuse to leave everything behind. My baby was due in only 10 days and my scheduled break had begun. Good that it was a sunny day too! I let my face soak the warmth of the sun, walking to my chosen spot - a graased area, shaded, with a bench seat. Upon this bench I placed two devices - my lightsabre and my Force Pike.
Was that odd for a pregnant woman to have two such things? I guess so. But so little was known about Jedi and pregnancy, everything was an adventure. I also did things according to my wants. I was very self willed.
Deferring to the size of my stomach, I was not in anything tight, but in a flowing and loose green dress. The Pike I picked up, looking ti over. I gave it a gentle test whirl, feeling it's weight and the way it cut through the air. I breathed out then in, calming my mind and feeling the calm of The Force come to me.
As I began, I reflected on how my technique had changed. 9 months ago, it was all power, aggression and speed. Now, it was grace, flow, relaxed. Deferring to the bodily changes had opened up a whole new way of doing things.
Me, I came here to train. I didnt really like the training quarter. It seemed too..... I dont know, harsh? Not conducive to The Force? Whatever it was, I found a peace here that always escaped me in the training arenas. In my life as a Jedi and a Senator, I relished my time spent in the gardens, guarded it fiercely and made sure none of the day to day angst and idiots of the Senate came in here with me.
Hard that was, but today, I felt especially good. Walking on the grass with no shoes, feeling the fresh blades tickle and cool the soles. I finally had a cast iron excuse to leave everything behind. My baby was due in only 10 days and my scheduled break had begun. Good that it was a sunny day too! I let my face soak the warmth of the sun, walking to my chosen spot - a graased area, shaded, with a bench seat. Upon this bench I placed two devices - my lightsabre and my Force Pike.
Was that odd for a pregnant woman to have two such things? I guess so. But so little was known about Jedi and pregnancy, everything was an adventure. I also did things according to my wants. I was very self willed.
Deferring to the size of my stomach, I was not in anything tight, but in a flowing and loose green dress. The Pike I picked up, looking ti over. I gave it a gentle test whirl, feeling it's weight and the way it cut through the air. I breathed out then in, calming my mind and feeling the calm of The Force come to me.
As I began, I reflected on how my technique had changed. 9 months ago, it was all power, aggression and speed. Now, it was grace, flow, relaxed. Deferring to the bodily changes had opened up a whole new way of doing things.