One of Naboo's Many Lush Fields
Rusty sat on a bench, thinking to himself. He tried to mask his Force presence, but felt he wasn't doing a good job at that, and he didn't seem to care. His mind was preoccupied. Someone had once told him that he was too caught up in the past, too troubled to do anything useful with himself. But Rusty had done something useful. He had trained under Han Skywalker, and passed his trials into Knighthood easily. Rusty stared at a picture in his wallet. It was a young girl, about 14 years of age. She had shoulder length brown hair and the most beautiful eyes. She was a very pretty girl, and as Rusty thought of her, a few tears ran down his face.

"Megan...how could I...how could I have gotten where I am today without you...you brought out the best in me...I became a Jedi to protect the people I love, and in the process, lost you...the one I loved the most. Now I'm alone again...truly alone. I'm not the hero you thought I was. I'm NOTHING!!"

Rusty sighed heavily, and stood, stretching his legs and returning his wallet to the breast pocket of his robes. His saber dangled at his side, swaying slightly as he moved. His mind went back to his lost love and he sighed once more

"Perhaps I can still prove myself to you after all. I suppose I should try to get on with my own life. That's what you would want for me. And I had better make some friends whilst I'm here."

Rusty's thoughts then went to his old Master, Han Skywalker. After Rusty's parents were killed, he began his training. Han had become like a father to Rusty. He told Rusty the truth, no matter what the consequence. For that, Rusty truly respected him. Rusty sat back down at the table, and thought to himself silently, reflecting on the difficult hand he'd been dealt in life.

Kamon was walking in the fields of the lush planet of Naboo. He suddenly sensed a strong presence in the force. But it was quickly gone again.
'Whoever it is, they are trying to conceal themself. I shall go see who it is,' he thought.
He headed in the direction of the presence. He hid his presence immediately after he felt the other. He weaved through the trees and came to a clearing. A man was in the center of the field. He unleashed the Force and called to the man.
'Are you friend or foe of the Jedi?' he sent to the man's mind.
He stayed just within the tree boundary.

OOC:I'll try to keep up with you. I'm not always on.

OOC: That's ok

IC: Rusty jumped at the words and looked around. He saw a guy who appeared to be trying to hide behind the trees. Rather than using the Force, Rusty called to the man.

"I am Rusty Metropolis, Jedi Knight. I am a foe if you are a Sith. If you are a Jedi, then I am a friend."

Rusty smiled as he approached the man, and extended his hand. He knew the man wasn't a Sith

The blue lightsaber burned in Wade Vox's hands,he had been fighting for a little over twenty minutes.His dueling partner,a Jedi Padawan made a feint to the left and struck in a long arc to his right.Wade steppd forward and and parried to the right,knocking the Padawan's lightsaber away.He whiped his saber around and stabbed foraward,lightly touching the padawan on the neck.He signaled that the fight was over and bowed.The padawan did likewise and Wade left the training room.He showered and changed into fresh robes and decided to go for a ride in his new V-Wing airspeeder.Once in the air he enjoyed swooping over the Nabbo plains.After a while he sensed two other presences,Jedi.So he landed the V-Wing and went over to talk to the two Jedi.He came up behind Rusty and touched him on the shoulder.

"My name is Wade Vox,I am a Jedi Knight.Is there anything I can do for you two?"

Rusty extended a hand

"Nice to meet you. I am Rusty Metropolis, Jedi Knight of Dellalt. As far as help, I was just sitting here thinking, when this gentleman approached."

Rusty motioned to the other man

"Seeing as you sirs approached me, I would think that there was something I could do for you..."

Rusty smiled slightly

The field that Rusty and Kamon were conversing on was in a vastly remote part of the planet Naboo, and was bordered naturally by a contingent of tall trees. On one side of the field, more like a plain, the countryside extended further in much the same way. On the other three sides, however, a forest loomed dangerously close to the tree border, with only a small patch of grass separating the two.

It was in this forest that a man hung, dangling limply from one of the taller trees. His robes fell unceremoniously about his face, but in his calmed state this embarrassing fact meant nothing to Adrian. His legs were hooked around the right-angled branch of a tree, and he hung upside down in meditation, not giving much care at all to the outside world, as he became one with the life force of the tree he was imposing upon.

The tree was not angry, he was sure, that Adrian was hanging from its branches. It seemed to be not changing at all, and if Adrian knew nothing of the force, he wouldn’t have been here now, at least not in this position.

Back on his home world of Corellia, Adrian had owned a house in the country with his brother. In the surrounding fields and woods he had found solace, and peace, and had even started raising a small garden in one of the adjourning fields to his house.

Now, as he was training under the Jedi Knight Kahn on Naboo, Adrian had been encouraged to continue his study of plant life that had held him captive on Corellia for so long.

It was thus, then, that Adrian often spent many hours, both with and without his Master, roaming the vast forests that were usually too out of the way for anyone to disturb him.

Now, though, Adrian was suddenly jolted out of his meditatory state by the sound of a passing flying vehicle. He was only a Padawan, after all, and could not hold his concentration for very long periods of time, or if he was interrupted.

Adrian opened his eyes, and pushed his robes down – or up, depending on how you’re looking at it – off his face. He looked around, and saw the V-Wing retreating swiftly, but then stopping, and coming to a rest somewhere out of Adrian’s range of vision.

He had recognised the V-Wing as Wade Fox’s - a fellow Jedi - instantly, and dropped silently the twenty or so metres to the ground, back-flipping as he did so so that his feet hit the damp earth first.

Curiously, Adrian could now sense a mass of Force signatures off in the direction that Wade had landed. Not being very experienced had its obvious drawbacks, and Adrian could only guess that there were about two to five people over in that direction.

With a quick but careful stride, he set off to see if his guess was right.

Cole stood leaning against a tree out in the middle of the open field, his legs crossed lazily as he stood. His upper back was the only thing that held him up against the tree. He was smiling lopsidedly as his soft brown eyes scanned the field before him. He had his right arm drawn upward, close to his face. In his right hand he held a Zoochberry, which he had not chosen to put into his mouth quite yet.

Been a long time since I've been back here.

He squinted his eyes just slightly, just now noticing a few people off into the distance, several feet away from where he himself stood.

He stretched out with the force, seeing if any of the visitors could be identified by his own presence.

His lopsided smile grew into that of an actual smile.

He popped the small berry into his mouth, swirling it around in his mouth, getting a taste for the juice that was inside of it, the fruit was said to be famous for its juicy taste.

He held his jacket in his left hand as he tossed it over his shoulder, the wind had seemed to die down a bit, and it was much more cooler now.

Yet he still remained under the tree, being the observer he was, the onlooker and never the one to be part of the crowd.

Kamon took the man's hand and shook it.
"I am Kamon Vondiranach, the Prince of Tholatin and a Rogue Jedi Padawan. I was once the apprentice of Master Cole, whom I believe is over that way."
He pointed in the direction of where he thought his master was.
"I felt your presence and came to see if it was possible to duel. I need two duels, and to pass the trials, before I can become a Jedi Knight."
He nodded to Wade after he had spoken.

Rusty grabbed the man's hand and pulled him close

"I've not been a Knight for long...nor do I take pity on my enemies..."

Rusty smiled

"But you're a fellow Jedi, and Rogue at that. Come on..."

Rusty moved to the center of the field, away from the trees, as he disliked hiding.

"I don't know your Master, but I'd assume he's a good one, as he recognized you. The Force is strong with you...now...attack me..."

Rusty smiled

"...if you can."

Rusty unclipped his saber from his belt, but left it powered down as he awaited the padawan's first move.

*Han stood by Cole, watching rusty's actions.*

"He's a bit impulsive. He takes after me, i guess. "

*To Rusty he spoke then.*

"Rusty, now is not the time to fight amongst ourselves. We are in the midst of confolict with the sitha nd the imperials, we must concentrate our energies there. I know you are going through tough times, but for the moment, you must put those to teh backl of your mind and concentrate ojn the here and now, not the past, or the future."