Log:Jedi Order: An Order in Healing

Two Jedi become Knights

OOC Date: June 12, 2022
Location: Tempes
Participants: Jedi Order, Vhe Tenara, Zandra naMuriel, Jax Greystorm, Vega, Yuun, Nora Frayus, Rey, Ban Iskender, Aryn Cortess

Today's class room has no healing regalia to it, though the topic was over healing the Order; one might safely assume that Aryn, being the academic she was, intended to parallel that with some lesson over physically healing. Her expertise, well before joining the Jedi Order, had been in medicine. So, this topic is near and dear to her heart.

Aryn stands at the front of the classroom leaning against a desk with her arms crossed and looking at a holo projection of the Jedi Order's emblem slowly rotate above its projector. At the first signs of life, Aryn straightens to her meager height and allows her cape to fall victim to gravity, hanging along the back of her legs and just above the surface of the floor.

"Everyone, find a place to sit and do leave the central aisle open. I asked Chewie to bring some first aid training sets in; though I think he may be held up a bit.." Aryn glances at her time piece, expectant.

Vhe is an eager student, arriving at the room with her hair drawn away from her face just in case practical application is used so that it does not become an obstacle. The Ysanna smiles as she watches Aryn straighten, her hand lifting in welcome as she moves to take up a seat. "I am sure he will arrive soon enough, either way, thank you."

The colorful initiate plops down into a seat and gives a tug at the tunic to loosen it around her neck a bit, the embroidered stitching giving a light brush of her fingers as she idles, turning her head to watch who else files in for the gathering.

Zandra comes in, offering a nod to those already there. She doesn't move to the front of the room, the violet haired knight instead taking a spot towards the back. It seems she's letting the younger students take precedence for this healing class. "Aryn, Vhe," she greets with a warmth to her voice. "I thought I'd come listen in and learn a bit more. Every bit helps, I think - and certainly my first aid could use some help." She sounds hopeful, at the least.

Ban Iskender chooses a place on the right side of the central aisle, checking visually over his shoulder to be sure he has left sufficient clearance before adjusting the lie of his cape, and settling in for the lesson.

Nora Frayus is situated atop one of the cushions towards the front pedestal. She's got her elbow propped atop a small wooden table she'd found (and dragged noisily across the room) in front of her, and her chin rests in her palm. Straight, pink hair falls lazily around her shoulders, save for the small twist of it that the Alderaanian Noblewoman has captured between her index and middle finger of her free hand. She's turning those strands this way and that, inspecting the ends for splits and damage. The sun on Tatooine and the cold of Tempes are particularly potent at damaging that hair. Say nothing about the dye itself.

She gives an exasperated sigh as she surveys the damage, and turns her icy blue eyes up towards Aryn when she speaks. A glance is given over her shoulder to the door, half expecting the massive noisy fuzzball to come busting through it at the mention of his name.

Alas.

She spies Ban checking the aisle beside him and gives a bit of an impish grin and a drum of her fingertips against that wooden table. Her fingernails tickity tickity tickity in a rhythmic percussion. "You are in the way, My Lord..." she says, trying to keep a straight face.

Yuun walks into the school building, he's dressed for the weather, but once inside he takes off his cloak. He smiles as he sees his friends and fellow Jedi here. Upon hearing Aryn tell them to have a seat, he nods his head and moves to find a place to sit down. "Hello everyone." he says as he makes sure he's not in the way. He knows basic medical, but nothing more intnese then that.

Rey is off to one side, already here, and already seated at a small desk. She's got a silver thermos cup beside her on the desk, and a small cup with a little orange fruit inside of it. The fruit is sliced up in to little pieces, and she's raising one of the pieces up to her mouth to bite down on it as she watches other arriving. She shows a smile with her lips closed, om nom nom noming the fruit pieces while everyone settles in.

Her eyes go forward to where Aryn is, and her free hand goes up to tuck some of her dark brown hair back behind one of her ears, her hair not done up this evening, and just loose about her head.

Vega has quietly found a seat after making sure the dust and dirt was off of her hands. She pulls her hood up as she sits back to listen to the class that is about to be given. She doesn't sit anywhere near the aisle as she doesn't want to be bumped out of the way if Chewie is moving things. Her pale gaze looks over the others before looking back towards Aryn.

"All things arrive in time," Aryn replies gently, forgiving Chewbacca for being late with what they needed, yet Aryn didn't seem all that bothered. "I suppose we can begin. -- Today, I thought to set aside some time to discuss the nature of healing. Like all things concerning the Force, healing is a perpetual process. Our bodies are in a constant state of healing; old cells replaced with new, wounds replaced with scars, and old aches to remind us of our past mistakes. Much of same can be said for our Order. The Jedi has been in a constant state of healing for many years now. We bear the scars of our forbearers, the old pains and aches that they experienced for tangling with politics and war, and our cells are constantly replaced with new."

Aryn walks out to the center of the room, in the place where she said she would like the aisle to remain clear. "To that notion, today's class on healing is more a demonstration. I would ask the Vhe Tenara and Ban Iskender join me here at the center, and we will begin."

A hand if lifted to great Ban and the others as they arrive, a huffed short laugh given as Nora observes Ban being in the way. She pulls out a datapad, setting it aside for possible use during the instruction. The feathers woven into her hair behind her ear are given a quick tuck back to be sure they stay there so as Aryn speaks the Ysanna listens, a nod given in agreement.

When she is asked to join Aryn another quick glance is given towards the Lord before she rises. "Instruction by involvement is the best possible route..though I admit I have little to no experience," she says as she walks up the central aisle left as instructed, stepping up beside Aryn as she angles between looking out over everyone and their instructor for the day.

Zan grins at Chewie being late, quite amused by the scenario. She shrugs a bit, as she watches, secure in her seat at the back of the class. She doesn't even make any sarcastic remarks, just quietly watches. She does nod her head towards Vega and the others, each as they enter, acknowledging their presence. Of course, she can't quite help but comment, "Some of the scars are fresher than others." Her own violet hair may not actually be dyed; at least it never shows any roots.

Ban Iskender regards Nora dryly. "All folk are in the way of something. So long as I am not obstructing a Wookiee, and merely disrupting my lady's jest, I am well content." That answer (joke? was there a joke in there?) given, his attention is returned to Aryn at the front of the classroom as the day's instructor speaks. The metaphor of the Order healing as a body does is considered with a quiet, "Hm," before Aryn asks Vhe and himself to assist. One dark brow rises in brief surprise, but he rises and steps as requested, gloved hands lightly clasped at the small of his back. "Object lessons, perhaps," he quips aside to Vhe.

Nora Frayus smiles slyly in Ban's direction, leaning a bit forward in her desk and opening her mouth to deliver what is likely another little remark to the man across the aisle from her. But then, Aryn has begun to speak. Class does appear to have begun, so Nora Frayus settles back into a more comfortable position and lets her eyes track the woman as she moves about and down the aisle. One foot crosses over the other, and she lets her elbow lift from that small, short table in front of her so that she can prop herself upright with both of her hands planted on the ground behind her.

A brow quirks when Vhe and Ban are asked to join Aryn, but she makes no further remark. She simply watches with her head tipped curiously to the side.

Looks in the direction of where people would enter, though he nods his head to Ban in greeting, he waves to Vhe as he saw her. THough when Aryn starts to speak, Yuun goes quiet watching from from the back where he is sitting. "We're still here and going, growing, healing from the past." he says. Looking at those gathered here, he smiles as he watches Nora, and looks over to see Rey and Zan.

Rey is taking a sip from her thermos when Aryn starts her presentation. She lowers the cup down to set it gently upon her desk, before she caps the small fruit cup with a tin lid. Leaning back in her chair then, Rey wraps her voluminous dark brown robe around her form then, helping to hold back the ever-present chill in the air from this cold world.

She listens intently, watching the others move toward the head of the class, as she glances to the rest of the onlookers, even smiling faintly toward them before she just rests her arms across her stomach...

Vega gives a bit of an eyebrow quirk when she hears that there are going to be volunteers. She seems curious by this, but keeps her gaze towards where Aryn and the others are. Her bb-unit warbles gently as he rolls into her legs. He is also watching the goings on. She reaches out to pat the ball droid on the head, "Keep it down, Roundy." she whispers to him softly.

There are ways to sneak into class late and there are other ways to sneak into class late. After nearly twenty-seven years of sneaking into class late, Jax had it down to an art. So as Zan's holding up in the back of the class and Chewie is causing a bit of scene for being late. Jax simply appears at the back of the class leaning against the wall to watch the class.

"Healing manifests in many forms, but on this day, it is in the form of Vhe and Ban," Aryn says cryptically. "The days that we began our journey as Jedi, it was a quest of learning and patience. Over time, and throughout our experiences in war, politics, and traversing the galaxy, we have had to learn bravery and courage in the face of adversity, mercy and grace for those who may yet walk another path, and compassion.. not just for the people, but the galaxy as a whole. These tenets are emboldened by the words we say as code of our Order."

Aryn steps back, tucking her hands beneath her cape and clasping them at the small of her back. "The Jedi Order's healing shows progress, because today, we intend to embolden our Order with two new Jedi Knights. I would ask that our Paragon, Rey, and our Jedi Knights join us."

Aryn motions to the pair, Vhe and Ban, then grins. "As you have come to know it, I would ask that you recite the Jedi Code, and say it before our Paragon, the Knights, and the members of our Order to hear."

Ban gets another look from Vhe, "Let's hope it is with tenderness that we are the subjects," she intones. A soft laugh escaping her, though it quickly quiets as she listens to Aryn, a brow arching a bit as the colorful nomad hesitates at hearing this. "Tenderness it is," she murmurs as a faint smile draws across her lips before she clears her throat. "Impromptu speeches," she looks a little nervous, her expression shifting as she draws a deep breath.

"Thank you..."

She begisn then, speaking up as adjusts the volume of her voice enough to be heard:

"There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge, There is no passion, there is serenity, There is no chaos, there is harmony, There is not death, there is the Force."

Zan flashes a grin over at Jax, who is not too far from her. She gestures with her chin to the front, and then moves to tap Yuun on the shoulder as she moves forward. "Please come with me, Yuun." Her hand reaches for her light saber as she does so, ready for this. She ignites it, one blade, the sound and colour quite obvious in the quiet of the classrom.

Zan moves to stand to one side of Ban and Vhe, holding that purple crystal up to form half of the light saber bridge that has become a tradition at each of these ceremonies.

The youngest knights present, creating the bridge for the new ones.

Zan nods once to Aryn, a note of thanks and agreement, and then glances to see where Rey and Jax are planning to join in. It's time to listen to Ban and Vhe. Zan is quiet at this point, standing her position as a silent sentinel.

Ban Iskender has a naturally formal bearing, raised to court and to military ceremony, straight backed, shoulders square and head already high. Aryn's announcement as to the reason for Vhe and himself to stand forward causes only subtle changes, outwardly. His heels are drawn together from a more casual separation, a dip of his head and shoulders to Aryn and a moment taken to note the Jedi who are summoned forward as witnesses, before a slow breath is drawn and he speaks in time with Vhe: "There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is harmony. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no death, there is the Force."

Nora blinks back and forth, her cold blue eyes flicking between Aryn's visage and the faces of the two soon-to-be Jedi Knights. Ban and Vhe get an inquisitive expression, one that's shared with the rest of the Jedi Order behind her as Nora casts a glance over her shoulder to them as well. It's a sort of 'did I forget to check my e-mails' expression, but one that vanishes a few moments later when intuits that this was, indeed, a surprise. The Lady's posture straightens into something a bit less relaxed and a touch more formal. Her weight shifts so that she is kneeling upon that cushion, feet pointed out behind her and hands gently resting in her lap. She gives a gentle nudge of that table out from in front of her. Its woody groans of protest are masked by the sound of Zandra's lightsaber igniting.

Yuun listens and he smiles at Aryns words, leaning back against the wall where he sat. THough before that, he looks to Jax, when did he get in here? A puzzled look is on Yuun's face. Though it's at that point that he is tapped on the shoulder by Zan. He sees her and nods, and gets up. A smile showing on his face as he looks to Vhe. He can't help it, then to Ban. Then his face goes stern, he moves over to Jax and taps him and nods to where Zan is. They're going to do this right.

Standing across from Zan, he unclips his lightsaber and ignites it and crosses the tip to Zans to form the bridge. Another Sentinel who faces Zan as he too awaits the words and upon hearing Vhe's, he doesn't show any hint of emotion for now.

As the Jedi Code begins to get repeated outloud, Rey stands up from her chair and lets her left hand grip the wrist of her right arm over her lap. She walks softly to the side before stopping again, now just standing there with her robes softly forming to her standing now. She shows a light smile to them as she just quietly watches, her eyes do dart around to the others then, unable to resist catching glimpses of their reactions too, of course.

Vega gives a look up when it turns out this isn't a healing class. But people getting Knighted. There is a look down to her bb-unit as he makes a noise and she pats him again. She then looks up again to watch folks get Knighted. She gives a soft round of applause and then goes back to being quiet and watching.

Jax nods briefly to Zandra. He was about to push off the wall when Yuun taps him on the shoulder. He nods briefly at his fellow knight. Then turns to follow Yuun and Zandra. As he takes his position across from Yunn and flanking Zandra. He raises his light saber to join the saber arch. His blue blade humming until it connects with the others.

"Henceforth, you are both Jedi Knights of this Order. Recall you the tenets of the Code you just recited and take comfort in the words when you are most in need. Congratulations to you both. May this be one more stepping stone toward a greater and brighter future for our Jedi Order." Aryn says, bringing her hands up to clap in a muffle-like gloved clapping of hands.