Insects can learn...

[The Flickering Flame]

The water trickled down from the miniature waterfalls in the gardens. Small, shrub-like trees sat placidly, and rocks lay on the ground, ignorant and uncaring. The sounds of small birds, fish, and other insects intrigued Ky Kz'lx. The twelve year-old Verpine looked closely at a vibrant blue grasshopper that was sitting on a leaf. Ky was a slim, light Verpine Padawan with a shiny green exoskeleton. His blue-black eyes glittered with curiosity, and the two antennae sticking out behind his head twitched as he listed to the noises around him. The insectoid alien turned his head to look closer, and he slowly reached out with his three-digited hand, the slender, green fingers reaching out to stroke the smalll insect gently. At first, the grasshopper twitched, but it stopped when the Padawan calmed it with the Force.

Ky stood up, and dusted himself off. All the young Jedi wore was a pair of earthy brown pauldrons and a belt- the outer part of the usual Jedi tunic, which was usually very cumbersome. The green insect shook his digigrade legs, and touched the training saber on his belt. It was standard, but he liked this one. He always chose this one for classes.

The Verpine Padawan heard the sound of footsteps outside the small courtyard. It must be Aser Mirathuralis, his new master. The young Padawan gad been chosen in the nick of time, only six months before his thirteenth birthday. The green insect turned to look at the entrace to the courtyard, his dark blue eyes shining in the sunlight.

[Zarkan]

Aser's Armored boots clanged off the smooth stone floors that surrounded the gardens and training areas of the temple as his mind wandered. The young jedi knight was mulling over the person he was to meet Ky Kz'lx his padawan this would be his first face to face meeting with the young verpine and he was desperately hopping that the jedi would not be put off. For not the first time he debated whether he should have pulled out a pair of normal jedi garb rather than wearing his armor to this meeting, but then it's to late for the aser so there was no need to worry about it now he would remind himself.

Aser ran his hand along the hilt of his light saber absentmindedly as he turned into the small peaceful courtyard that was one thing you cold count on in the jedi temple, peace. He remarked to himself as his eye's focused on the insect like verpine. He studied his padawan from a distance, while aser had seen him before it was afar and he had yet missed the change to speak to him with the rush after he returned to Corrusant. Aser shook his head and stepped down into the center of the court yard with Ky before smiling. "Ky kz'lx I presume, I'm aser, it's a pleasure to meet you."

[The Flickering Flame]

The young Verpine Padawan looked up at his master. He had icy blue eyes- that was the first thing the Verpine noticed. The human Jedi Knight towered over the slim, small insect, and was rather imposing in battle armor. In the Jedi Temple. If Ky had had eyebrows, he would have lifted one skeptically, but seeing as he lacked them, his usual skeptical expression was a twitch of the right antennae. The green insect then said to the tall Jedi, "Yes. I am Ky Kz'lx. It's nice to make your acquaintance, too, Master."

He sat down in the grass, crossing his digigrade legs, and looking up at the Jedi Knight with his dark blue-black eyes, questioningly. The thin, green-exoskeletoned Verpine inquired, "What will be the first thing I am taught? I understand that the usual is the Jedi Code and its meaning, but every Jedi has a different teaching technique, or so I have read."

((OOC/ Yeah, you get the impression that he reads a lot. ))

[Zarkan]

Aser leaned back against a low wall as his new padawan sat down cross legged on the grass. Aser nodded at the verpine as he spoke. "Well.." the jedi knight said slowly. "That is a option." he said somewhat uncertainly. Aser shifted his feet as he looked around the garden clearly unsure of which course to go. "I suppose." he said coming to a decision. "What do you want to learn?" he asked with more confidence.

[The Flickering Flame]

The young Verpine sat down cross-legged in the grass. He looked up at his master, thinking intently. He began, "Quite honestly, the thing I want to learn most is lightsaber combat. I've read about the forms in the archives, but the style I want to learn I only have a rudimentary knowledge of. Ataru."

The slender insectoid Padawan cocked his head, looking inquisitively at his Master and mentor. Hopefully, he would be able to learn.

[Zarkan]

Aser smiled at the verpine as he nodded. "Well, we can certainly do that though we'll need to head to one of the practice chambers." Aser increased him smile to a grin. "Master Koil tends to get rather gruff when some one injures his precious plants." The young jedi stood up straight and looked at his padawan. "Do you have your training saber on you or do you need to collect it?" Aser sighed after he spoke. "Well, I suppose it doesn't matter much we can always collect it now, why don't go to the last one on this wing my sore legs could use the stretching." He said walking to stand by the far entrance to the room.