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Felix Flint
May 9th, 2004, 10:15:34 AM
Continued from here (sw-fans.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31071)...

The normally quiet recruitment centre was filling with the sound of voices. Although the room usually had quiet a few people milling about in it, it was always quiet – a kind of nervous quiet, as potential Jedi waited to see what their fate would be. For, then, there to be an enthusiastic and somewhat giddy conversation going on was quite out of the ordinary. The voices were those of two young boys – one familiar, one not so familiar. They had not known one another for long at all, but to look at them you would think they had been friends all of their life.

“Woooow.”

The taller of the two, Felix Flint, tilted his head right back as he looked around the room he now stood in. There roof, held up by great big pillars made out of something unmovable, was all glass panelling, and the light from above spilled across the highly-polished floor, giving the whole room a sort of unearthly glow. The Jedi, with their trailing robes, looked as though they were gliding from place to place rather than walking. They were all framed in the warm light, regal and divine. It made the hair on the back of Flint’s neck stand on end.

“This is really something,” he said, continuing to gawk at the room, his mouth hanging low enough to cat passing flies. He’d never seen anywhere so impressive in all of his life. It was otherworldly, unlike the terribly messy excuse for house that his family called home.

“Is everywhere here like this?” he asked, looking back down at his new-found acquaintance.

Loki Ahmrah
May 9th, 2004, 10:53:30 AM
"Everywhere." Loki looked back to Felix and gave him a nod of certainty which made the red haired boy's face light up like a beacon of joy. Loki grinned, unwilling to confess to the shapeshifter that after a year of nothing but big, grandiose buildings one after the other, he may find it all loses it's sheen and may, like it has with Loki, appear excessively showy and gaudy.

"Just wait until you get inside the Temple." He added mysteriously, opting for casual mellow drama rather than being a show-off. Loki loved the temple but he could tell by the look Felix gave him, he didn't look to enthralled at the prospect of spending any time in a temple. The padawan laughed.

"And no, it's not the type of temple you're thinking of with priests and endless hours of praying; it's more like a social sanctum and is where the council resides - the bigwigs of the Jedi Order. A lot of training goes on there too and it's from the temple you will be assigned the first of many missions and adventures during your life as a Jedi. Is that better?"

Felix gave him a nod, looking relieved and satisfied, Loki wandered up to the help desk and gave them his friend's name while Felix stood and continued to stare in awe at the immaculate interior of the facility.

"Well, that's that done. Now all we have to do is wait for a knight or master to come and speak with you."

Dasquian Belargic
May 9th, 2004, 11:05:41 AM
The young pair had already attracted the attention of one Jedi Knight, who approached them with a warm smile on his face. He nodded in greeting first to the Jedi Padawan, and then to the boy with him. As he spoke, he could see and sense the excitement in the redheaded boy. He was staring up at Dasquian with a look of mixed admiration and trepidation, to which the Jedi responded with a light laugh.

“Greetings Padawan Ahmrah,” he said, looking then to the other boy and introducing himself. “I’m Dasquian Belargic, Jedi Knight. Can I help you both with something?” he asked, addressing the question foremost to Loki. He was curious as to why he had brought his friend here – if it was simply for a tour of the Temple, or perhaps something more…

Loki Ahmrah
May 9th, 2004, 11:54:42 AM
"Good afternoon, Master Belargic." Loki bowed in greeting, pleased that Felix would be assessed by a friendly face rather than a more intimidating Jedi; Dasquian posessed fair features and spoke pleasantly which was probably why he spent so much time welcoming new recruits. The padawan turned to his red-haired friend.

"This is Felix Flint, we met today in-- erm, in the Bar and Grill. He is interested in enrolling to become a Jedi."

Dasquian Belargic
May 11th, 2004, 01:59:41 AM
It was as Dasquian had expected. It was always pleasing to see young students being admitted into the Order. In the days of the Old Republic, it would have been very odd for anyone but children Loki’s age to be allowed training. Unfortunately, the Order did not have such a broad vantage over the galaxy now, and it was impossible to pick and pull candidates whenever they appeared. Added to this the willingness of many adults to submit themselves to rigorous training, and it would seem to many Jedi of Dasquian’s time that the Jedi had undergone a drastic shift in recruitment policy.

“Tell me, Felix, why do you wish to join the ranks of our Order?”

Felix Flint
May 16th, 2004, 04:50:52 AM
He erred and paused, looking to Loki for a moment as if hoping for some guidance on how to answer the question. He received an encouraging wide-eyed look as a reply, and so quickly turned back to the mildly intimidating figure before him. He was just like something out of a movie where people would throw extra e’s on the ends of their words, and say things like ‘thou’ and ‘thine’. It made Felix feel like he had just stepped into some odd alternate reality.

“Well, uh- sir- Master Bellartik- Loki said that Jedi help people… right?” he looked again to his friend. “So maybe I could do that too. And learn how to do the cool things that Loki does.”

Loki Ahmrah
May 19th, 2004, 12:20:00 PM
"And uphold the virtues of justice and peace and abide by the Jedi Code wherever you go and in whatever you do, right?" Loki quickly added, looking wide-eyed at Felix, nodding and silently beckoning for him to nod along in agreement.