Log Eight

[desig_survivor]

[All that practice Rogue's been putting into writing on paper?  Gone.  Have a horrifying scrawl made of jagged letters, all connected, not on the same level plane, slanting first one way and then the other, and cramping up here, spacing out there.  There are dark reddish smudges under the ink, too.  ...He's sixteen, the muscle memory is gone, and

Comments

[ice_echani]

It will only be temporary. I believe you will be back at your normal age in a few days.

Cursing is not necessary.

[desig_survivor]

I was cursing?

[pause]

Si I guess I was. It just seems to happen... easier, or something.

[ice_echani]

Yes, although I haven't heard or seen that one used in Edensphere.

I suppose it is a matter of impulse control, or a reversion to previous habits.

[wtk_is_wedge]

That's strange. Sithspawn, Sithspit, the whole sithing gamut - sorry - I haven't heard anyone but Biggs say anything like that.

I do seem to act and think differently like this. I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out, though. This is weird.

[ice_echani]

Sith? Do you know the true meaning of that word?

[wtk_is_wedge]

True? Sith are... they're... evil. Guardians and protectors who went wrong. Right?

[ice_echani]

[the following is written very slowly.]

I think that is correct, yes. They are... evil. Do you know what you mean by guardians?

[wtk_is_wedge]

I can't remember the word. The... defenders, peacekeepers. They could touch the life-force, bend it into laser swords, and live forever, but the Sith turned on them. So I guess less "forever" and more "a long time".

I want to say it's a myth or a children's tale, but... I don't think so. Maybe it's because I'm a kid right now, but I'm reacting more to the idea than I should if it's just a story I knew.

Maybe I'm more spiritual than I thought.

[ice_echani]

No. Not forever. It is not a myth, either.

I think the word you are looking for is Jedi.

[wtk_is_wedge]

Jedi.

You're right.

[very, very long pause]

There were Jedi once, and then there was... a war, and the Sith, and... I don't know. It feels so vague.

I should be able to remember more. It feels important.

[ice_echani]

It is to my shame that I cannot.

[the above is thoroughly inked just after writing it. not the sort of thing she should say on the journals.]

It is extremely important. But I do not think it is a conversation for the journals.

[wtk_is_wedge]

Okay. Whenever and wherever you want to talk about it. I don't think I know a lot more, though.