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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 12/18/07 1:47pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 14: Zekk/Jaina)
	JoE: I love the Nomi drabbles. I haven’t read the comics featuring Nomi (though I’m trying to get around to it! ), but I know the basics and I love the way your wrote her. I also like the way you brought the storyline full circle, detailing her fall, training, and rebirth in such few words. Thank you! Don’t tell, but I actually haven’t read any of her comics except the very first one. I only read that one because I’d wanted to find out more about Nomi ever since Tionne’s story about her in Lightsabers. Love love love the J/Z drabbles, as usual! I’m glad they didn’t disappoint. Great look at Zekk in Jedi Bounty; I can just imagine him feeling like this after Jaina’s little adventure on Ryloth. Incidentally, his rescue of Jaina is one of my favorite YJK moments, so it’s nice to see it referenced in fanfic. I love that moment too. Then it occurred to me that Zekk might be just a little mad that someone had done that to Jaina, so voila! Drabble! I love J/Z banter. Isn’t it amazing? I love this. She’s so pushy. That’s Jaina for you. Aw! Great set of drabbles. Thanks! ZekksGoddess: Ah! I'm so sorry I've disappeared and missed out on your lovely drabbles. I'll make up for it right now! That’s okay! Thanks for the lovely long review! Week 9 REBIRTH: Lovely description. I like the blended memories from Riina/Tahiri- it totally validates her confusion. I <i>love</i> that last line.</i> Thanks! I always thought it was kind of a wonder that Tahiri didn’t go completely nuts. SCARS: Tahiri's finally coming into her own- sort of. Excellent way of showing how she's learning to live again, with er...new developments. She’s a tough cookie. DISEASE: The description is incredible. Thank you. AGONY: Poor Tahiri. Yeah. HEALING: Again, lovely description- I love how you delved into Tahiri, her emotions were displayed wonderfully. Thanks! That’s what I was going for. Week 10 BELL: Irritation edged into his voice at his own failings, and he looked away, but not quickly enough to miss the bewildered pain that flashed across her face. Would he ever stop hurting her? Oh, Zekk. Wonderful characterization. Poor Zekkie. BOOK: I love the casual reference to his parents- they're exactly the sort of little details you'd expect a kid to remember. I liked the idea of Zekk as a childhood bookworm. And it does make a good detail…of course, so does remembering one’s own last name, but I won’t gripe about that now. For a moment, it was almost as if the last decade never happened. This line just pulled right on my heartstrings. CANDLE: Zekk didn’t like candles. They were too much like Brakiss’ flare stick Wow- nice thought. It certainly makes for an interesting comparison. Thank you. He knew it was because he refused to fully immerse himself in the Force, but he was afraid of what would happen if he did. Would he just hear the song of power again, dragging him under like a sinister lullaby? He didn’t know, and until he was strong enough to resist, he’d rather be a crippled Jedi than a dark one. Again, fabulous characterization. I’m flattered. BOWL: I love the easy banter between Zekk and Jaina. Love it. Banter makes the world go round. BLADE: Yess! Go Zekk! This last drabble was very uplifting- nice ending to the set. Thanks! Week Eleven DAWN: So cute- I loved seeing how his feelings for her changed over time, from an annoying little girl, eventually to his friend. Well, let’s face it. Jaina probably was annoying. MORNING: He could be not-quite-but-almost the boy he’d been once, before he’d ruined things, and right now…despite everything, he couldn’t imagine life being more perfect than it was today. I love this line. Thanks. NOON: Nice capture of what happened in so few words. Thank you! I was rather happy with how it turned out. DUSK: Wonderful job showing Zekk's concern, and his feelings- and why he had to leave. It's sad, but true. Yeah. Canon!Zekk gets an undeserved bad rap for that, IMO. EVENING: He still had his duties, and he’d never been good at staying away from her. Sad ending, but fitting- great characterization, as always. Thanks. Zekk’s been long since doomed where Jaina’s concerned. Week Twelve GOOD: Nice job seperating Anakin from the norm. Thanks. He always seemed like a bit of an outsider to me. EVIL: You showed the effect of his name wonderfully, and the pain it caused him. Great glimpse into his character, too. Well, I figured if my mom had named me after one of the most infamous killers in the galaxy, I’d be pretty angsty too. DREAM: His determination was always a big factor in his character, and you've shown that well, as well as his desire to protect people, and his strong desire to walk his own path, not his grandfather's. Well, he wouldn’t be a Solo if he weren’t stubborn. NIGHTMARE: So much weight on one boy's shoulders. He was already old for his age, but the war makes him a man, one who will do more than what’s asked of him in pursuit of the Jedi ideal. So when the Myrkr mission is proposed, there’s never any question of what he’ll say, what he’s willing to risk. But that surety doesn’t make things any easier. Woderful. Just wonderful. Thank you. He really did have a lot of burdens. TRUTH: Beautiful- this was definitely my favorite. Aww, thanks! Week Thirteen KISS: Such sweetness. Thank you. I’m always worried about writing mush. HUG: Interesting switch from the last part- I like the change in feeling. Yeah…lots of tragedy running about the SW universe. SMILE: I love how you showed her apathetic nature, and yet her determination to succeed for her daughter and husband. Thanks. It just seemed like something she would do. FROWN:Great job showing the stubborn ideals, and the reminder of the reasons behind them. She was pretty (understandably) traumatized by the whole lightsaber thing. Plus stubbornness seems to be a universal Jedi trait, despite what the masters say. LAUGH: Uplifting- and very well written. Thank you. Week Fourteen: SUN: Ah! Wonderful- the way the darkness creeped up on him so easily, and yet he resisted. Excellent job showing both his dark demons, and his devotion to Jaina. Ooh, nice way of putting it. That’s kind of Zekk in a nutshell. MOON: Such a small moment, yet beautiful. Why thank you. STARS: He couldn’t complain about the company on Yavin either. “So which one’s Ennth?” Even if it was slightly annoying at times. CLOUDS: Ah, you write such an amazing J/Z friendship. Aww, thanks. That means a lot. PLANET: Lovely ending to the set. Thank you! -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 12/18/07 1:52pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 14: Zekk/Jaina)
	I was feeling random, so there's an assortment of NJO characters this week. ---INDIFFERENT--- Something flickered on the edges of his perception, and he looked up, only to see her stride into the docking bay. When he saw her, all the old emotions, stubborn as ever, claimed him for a moment. But the moment passed as their friendship had passed, and he slammed his shields up to keep her from sensing him. She turned to take the arm of another pilot, and he exited the bay, unwilling to stay any longer. Zekk knew that Jaina would never even know he’d been there; to her, he was just a habit that had faded long ago. ---EXHAUSTED--- Leia Organa Solo was exhausted, and that wasn’t likely to change anytime soon. She knew that some of her responsibilities were suffering because of it, knew that a burnout was only a matter of time, but as usual, there was no one else who could do what she did. So she kept working, even as she watched her family break apart in time with the galaxy around them. Every time she said goodbye to one of them, she wondered if it would be the last. Despite what the public thought, despite what she wanted to believe, death took heroes too. ---HOPEFUL--- Danni Quee couldn’t sleep, again. She blamed the yammosks. Every time she closed her eyes she saw them, spinning around with equations, computer simulations, and gravitic signatures in a frantic dance of as-yet meaningless information. This project was different from anything she’d ever worked on. This wasn’t theoretical or academic, just a very practical matter of life and death. The responsibility was almost crippling, but somehow she was sure it was going to pay off. Maybe it was youth or naïveté, but Danni was hopeful for the first time in a long time. She was going to run with it. ---RELAXED--- Everything else could fall apart, but this was where things held together. Outside, people died, friends left, love cooled, and innocence fled, but inside, there was no emotion; there was peace. What happened in the rest of the galaxy might be out of her hands, but what happened when she was ensconced behind the controls was not. Here, she was not the Sword of the Jedi, the daughter of famous heroes, or the granddaughter of Darth Vader. Here, she was more herself than she could ever be anywhere else. Here, in the cockpit of her X-wing, Jaina Solo was home. ---RESTLESS--- Shawnkyr Nuruodo was not accustomed to feeling restless, but she found herself struggling with the emotion nonetheless. Jagged’s behavior of late had been very unsettling. They had been close since childhood, and while she had never known him to be reckless or irresponsible in the slightest, she could find no other words for his actions now. Jaina Solo’s influence over him was undeniable. Solo was everything that Jagged was not, and Shawnkyr did not intend that as a compliment. Shawnkyr would simply have to express her concern to Jagged; he would understand. After all, she just wanted her friend back. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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ZekksGoddess Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 12/19/07 11:07am Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 15: Various NJO Characters)
	INDIFFERENT: Zekk knew that Jaina would never even know he’d been there; to her, he was just a habit that had faded long ago. Ah, this line just kills me- fabulous way to sum up their relationship, or lack of, in just a few sentences. EXHAUSTED: So she kept working, even as she watched her family break apart in time with the galaxy around them. Very sad, but very true. She leads a difficult life, she does. Every time she said goodbye to one of them, she wondered if it would be the last. Despite what the public thought, despite what she wanted to believe, death took heroes too. HOPEFUL: I like how you're using the variety of characters- it's nice to see some more minor characters like this once in a while. RELAXED: This was great- you really captured a lot of Jaina's essence in NJO. Awesome! RESTLESS: This was neat- Shawnkyr didn't get a whole lot of 'screen time', but I found her interesting nonetheless. (Plus, I secretly wished Jag would fall for her and they'd elope back in Chiss Space together, leaving Jaina conveniently available. ) Great job! -----signature----- Zekk gets a book! - http://vent-crawler.sitesled.com/news.html Lifeday Candles - http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=28264205&brd=10477&replies=0 To Ease the Pain - http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28240759/p1/?2
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jedi_of_ennth Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 12/21/07 8:11am Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 15: Various NJO Characters)
	Very nice set! Points for including Danni; she's often overlooked or hated, but IMO, she's one of the more interesting characters introduced in the NJO. The Leia set was lovely, too. -----signature----- "I'm your friend. I love you." -- Zekk to Jaina, LotF: Fury
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 1/27 12:11am Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 15: Various NJO Characters)
	ZekksGoddess: Ah, this line just kills me- fabulous way to sum up their relationship, or lack of, in just a few sentences. Thanks! I am inexorably drawn to J/Z angst. Very sad, but very true. She leads a difficult life, she does. Yeah. Leia’s kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place for most of her political career. I like how you're using the variety of characters- it's nice to see some more minor characters like this once in a while. Thanks! I was trying to show some of the neglected characters a little love. This was great- you really captured a lot of Jaina's essence in NJO. Awesome! Thanks! This was actually the first drabble I ever wrote, just as an experiment. This was neat- Shawnkyr didn't get a whole lot of 'screen time', but I found her interesting nonetheless. (Plus, I secretly wished Jag would fall for her and they'd elope back in Chiss Space together, leaving Jaina conveniently available. ) Great job! I secretly wished that too, and I still love Jag/Shawnkyr fics, but they’re hard to find. I’ve given up on any such eloping in profic, but I still wish they’d bring Shawnkyr back. JoE: Very nice set! Points for including Danni; she's often overlooked or hated, but IMO, she's one of the more interesting characters introduced in the NJO. The Leia set was lovely, too. Thank you! I thought Danni and her scientific-mindedness provided a nice contrast to all the touchy-feely Force stuff in profic. Plus, science geeks are underrepresented anyway. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 1/27 12:17am Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 15: Various NJO Characters) - Date Edited: 1/27 12:20am (1 edits total) Edited By: Emerald_Lady
	Week 16: Jaina Solo ---HAPPY--- She knew she wasn’t really supposed to use Daddy’s tools...but she only wanted to fix that light in the aft corridor. The toolbox was too heavy to carry, so she used the Force to make it lighter. She had just coaxed the glowpanel into working again when she heard footsteps. She wasn’t fast enough to hide the tools before Daddy came around the corner. He was looking at her appraisingly. “I’m sorry Daddy...but I did fix it!” she added proudly. He looked at the glowpanel, and then back at her. Then he grinned. “You’re my kid, all right.” She beamed. ---GLOOMY--- She should be happy, now that Uncle Luke had finally cleared them to build their lightsabers. But she felt strangely gloomy now that what she’d wanted for years was finally happening. Sure, she was good with machines, but she didn’t have all that much experience with actually building things, and this was important. She was uncharacteristically worried about it. What if she built it and it didn’t work? What if she wasn’t good at dueling? What if something went wrong? What if she had to use it against...but she wasn’t going to think about that. It just made things worse. ---STRESSED--- She had nightmares about chronometers. They hung, inexorably threatening, above the heads of family, friends, even strangers. Every time a chrono ran out, someone died. There was never anything she could do to stop it. She didn’t exactly have to be a genius to interpret the dreams. She had already resigned herself to the fact that she had a very good chance of dying in this war, but she couldn’t resign herself to the deaths of others. Especially if the people who died were people she could have saved. It seemed not even a goddess could deny death its due. ---CONTENT--- They were no longer lonely. The colony sang in them and around them, warm and vibrant and all-encompassing, and they followed it joyfully. They were needed here, welcomed and accepted. Their presence and abilities made a difference, and no one judged them for their past, no one expected things from them that they were unable to give. They were together, fully and finally, and stronger for it. They comforted each other, their thoughts and emotions reflected and amplified in each other, and they no longer knew which of them was happier at their oneness. They were, at long last, content. ---CRANKY--- They were at it again. Today’s battle involved hours of footraces around the clearing. Zekk was winning; she could feel him tapping the Force for endurance, but Jag was close behind, probably staying upright by sheer cussedness. Annoyed, she raised a hand. A few seconds later they were both running uselessly in midair. “If you’re quite done reenacting the Alpha Male Saga, we do have actual work here.” She released them and stalked toward the ship. She knew they’d follow, probably with identical half-chagrined, half-defiant expressions on their faces. Gods. Sometimes she wished she’d never heard of the opposite sex. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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kecen Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 1/27 3:17pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 16: Jaina Solo)
	I ought to consider this is made of one-shots... I liked the images of disemodied objects. Yammosks and chronometers, or my! And Danni Quee too (although I expected some Yuuzhan Vong lovers when I read the first lines of week 15). -----signature----- there is nothing in the world that we can count on even that we will wake up is an assumption...but i know for a fact that i loved someone and for about a year he lived on Bastion... Member of the George R. Binks fanclub, whoo!
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 3/8 10:08pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 16: Jaina Solo)
	kecen: Thanks for your comments! It's always nice to have a new reader pop in. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 3/8 10:12pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 16: Jaina Solo) - Date Edited: 3/24 10:25pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Emerald_Lady
	Week 17: Jaina Solo ---NOTHING--- Nothing was going to stand between her and her dreams. Bright possibility stretched out in front of her as far as she could see, just waiting for her to follow it. She was finally a Jedi, and right now she had everything she needed. Her family and friends surrounded her, and together, how could the future be anything but a perpetual adventure? All it would take was a little hard work and patience to see all her dreams fulfilled, and while there might be trouble along the way, she’d overcome it. Jaina Solo had never been one to back down. ---EVERYTHING--- She had one more year of dreaming. Then everything shattered. She’d never forget the first time she killed. The rush of battle fended off all but the initial shock, but after, that was when it ate away at you. That was when you started to wonder about the person you’d killed: did they have a family that was mourning now, or children? Would they have had more children if they’d lived, children that might have done something great if you hadn’t wiped them out of existence before they’d even been born? How many futures had she annihilated in one blow? ---NOW--- It was funny, how much a comparatively little thing like this upset her. She shouldn’t be surprised that the Jedi Academy had been destroyed; it made tactical sense, and it sent a message. But even though she’d accepted that she’d changed, that she’d never be the same Jaina again, it wasn’t that simple. It was one thing to know that you couldn’t go back mentally, and another to realize that you couldn’t go back physically, not even if you wanted to. The Academy had been one of the last relics of her life Before, and now it was gone too. ---FOREVER--- Sword of the Jedi. The title had such a brutally detached ring to it. Swords were cold tools to be used for someone else’s purpose. Was that what she was as a Jedi now? Just the Force’s pawn, never to rest because she’d be too busy playing enforcer for the will of some nebulous energy field? Someone future generations of Jedi would weave into their tapestry of legends and sing of in ballads, the Sword who was forever bound by duty but never knew peace? Destiny was all well and good in stories, but in life, it was a shenbit. ---FATE--- Her whole life had collapsed to a singularity of purpose: by whatever means necessary, stop Jacen. For what he’d done, for what he would do, for the boy he’d been once and the people who loved him still. She had expected to be devastated by her decision, but was relieved instead. She had done her thinking; now there was only action, the military reassurance of mission and objective, tactics and battle plans. The grief would come later if she succeeded, but for now she accepted her role and prepared accordingly. Maybe she was born for this. Maybe it was fate. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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ZekksGoddess Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 3/9 7:45pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 17: Jaina Solo)
	Yay! Drabbles to read! HAPPY He looked at the glowpanel, and then back at her. Then he grinned. “You’re my kid, all right.” She beamed. So cute - there really isn't enough father/daughter stuff of Han and Jaina around. GLOOMY I really liked this- Jaina seems a little more like a natural teenager rather than with that Jedi-like confidence. STRESSED She had nightmares about chronometers. They hung, inexorably threatening, above the heads of family, friends, even strangers. Every time a chrono ran out, someone died. There was never anything she could do to stop it. Wow- this is a great image. Well sad, but an awesome idea for the drabble. Very effective. It seemed not even a goddess could deny death its due. I love this line. CONTENT Well, obviously I loved all of this one. CRANKY “If you’re quite done reenacting the Alpha Male Saga, we do have actual work here.” She released them and stalked toward the ship. She knew they’d follow, probably with identical half-chagrined, half-defiant expressions on their faces. Gods. Sometimes she wished she’d never heard of the opposite sex. This is so my favorite. NOTHING Her family and friends surrounded her, and together, how could the future be anything but a perpetual adventure? An adventure, definitley. She has no idea how much of one. EVERYTHING I love that you used this - I don't think they show enough of the shock of taking someone's life in canon. NOW It was one thing to know that you couldn’t go back mentally, and another to realize that you couldn’t go back physically, not even if you wanted to. The Academy had been one of the last relics of her life Before, and now it was gone too. Great sentiments. FOREVER Destiny was all well and good in stories, but in life, it was a shenbit. Sad, but this line made me smile a little. FATE Her whole life had collapsed to a singularity of purpose: by whatever means necessary, stop Jacen. For what he’d done, for what he would do, for the boy he’d been once and the people who loved him still. Awesome drabbles - the characterization is incredible. I'm excited for more. -----signature----- Zekk gets a book! - http://vent-crawler.sitesled.com/news.html Lifeday Candles - http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=28264205&brd=10477&replies=0 To Ease the Pain - http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/28240759/p1/?2
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jedi_of_ennth Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 3/10 9:54pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 17: Jaina Solo)
	Look, sir! It's Jaina Solo! As a competant, strong woman, no less! In the aftermath of Revelation, I salute your mad characterization skillz. Really enjoyed the last two sets. -----signature----- "I'm your friend. I love you." -- Zekk to Jaina, LotF: Fury
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 3/24 10:24pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 17: Jaina Solo)
	ZekksGoddess: Squee! It's good to see you around the boards again. So cute - there really isn't enough father/daughter stuff of Han and Jaina around. I agree. Jaina’s family relationships haven’t fared very well in canon. I really liked this- Jaina seems a little more like a natural teenager rather than with that Jedi-like confidence. Thanks! I figured even Jaina couldn’t have been fearless all the time. Wow- this is a great image. Well sad, but an awesome idea for the drabble. Very effective. Thank you! I love this line. Well, obviously I loved all of this one. lol I just can’t resist the J/Z angle. This is so my favorite. Thanks! I definitely enjoyed coming up with that one. An adventure, definitley. She has no idea how much of one. Ah, the optimism of youth…. I love that you used this - I don't think they show enough of the shock of taking someone's life in canon. That thought occurred to me too, especially considering how much the NJO deals with loss of innocence. However, I haven’t read all of the NJO, so I’m sure there’s something about it in there somewhere. Great sentiments. Thank you…I got a plot bunny when I started to wonder how the YJK would have reacted when they heard that the Academy had been destroyed. Sad, but this line made me smile a little. Yay! That’s what I was trying for, so I’m glad it worked. Awesome drabbles - the characterization is incredible. I'm excited for more. Thanks so much for the long review! As for more, ask and ye shall receive. JoE: Look, sir! It's Jaina Solo! As a competant, strong woman, no less! In the aftermath of Revelation, I salute your mad characterization skillz. Really enjoyed the last two sets. lol I tried. I wrote them before Revelation, but they did turn out as good character therapy after all that. Thanks for the feedback. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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Emerald_Lady Registered: Dec '06	Date Posted: 3/24 10:29pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 17: Jaina Solo)
	Week 18: Zekk ---EYES--- The undercity has eyes, and it’s watching him. Every day is a battle between exhilaration and fear, freedom and oppression, and he’s keenly aware of the tightrope his life has become. Today he can feel the treacherous winds blowing and the chasms gaping beneath him, just waiting for him to make a single mistake so they can claim him. He can’t ever stop or slow down, and adrenaline can only keep him going for so long before he falters and falls. He just wants to stay upright long enough to make it out of here, and take Peckhum with him. ---NOSE--- He avoids the higher levels if he can help it. Even in the middle city, where people have no right to be so proud, they turn their noses up at him and hurry away. Even though he dismisses their regard as not worth having, it still stings. He hates that. They wrap their disdain around them like a cloak, so he uses his pride as a dagger, piercing them with his gaze until they look away. Sometimes he wonders just what he’d have to barter to command their respect, and if there’d be anything left of him if he did. ---EARS--- The Palace has ears, and if Jaina doesn’t show up soon he’ll have to dodge security for the second time this week. Just because she seems to want him around doesn’t mean the guards feel the same way. They’re still intent on keeping riff-raff out of the Palace, and it’s just one more proof that he doesn’t belong here. Jaina’s the only reason he’s allowed at all, and he doesn’t delude himself that he’d even be tolerated without her eccentric esteem. He knows that being part of her world is only make-believe, but he can’t bring himself to stop pretending. ---THROAT--- She’s gone now, and the noose of a bleak future tightens around his throat a little more every day. Peckhum is all he has left, but Peckhum isn’t getting any younger. Zekk knows, better than most, that people die; loving them can’t prevent it. He can take care of himself again if necessary, but he wants to do more than just get by. He wants to have something to look forward to. Instead he lives with the indelible awareness that his days with Jaina are over, and the fear that it’s only a matter of time until Peckhum’s gone too. ---SKIN--- He doesn’t like the irony of being someone else’s find. The dark woman makes his skin crawl, and her lackeys are almost as bad. Their leader, though...he’s different, and he makes Zekk an offer. If there’s anything Zekk can appreciate right now, it’s trade: the future for the present, and honor for shame. He has misgivings, but they’re getting overruled by the hope that keeps rising in him at this man’s words. He resists, but deep down he knows he’s already made his decision. This is his chance and he’s going to take it. He’s got nothing left to lose. -----signature----- "Maybe he'd smashed her like a bag of chips in his drive to get some."--Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn "Every time you say Zekk abandoned Jaina in DJ, the Force kills a kitten."--jedi_of_ennth
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jedi_of_ennth Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 3/25 6:30am Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 18: Zekk)
	flails That is about as coherent as I can be about these. Lovely, lovely drabbles. Definitely your best yet. They wrap their disdain around them like a cloak, so he uses his pride as a dagger, piercing them with his gaze until they look away. Sometimes he wonders just what he’d have to barter to command their respect, and if there’d be anything left of him if he did. Wow! Beautiful lines. If there’s anything Zekk can appreciate right now, it’s trade: the future for the present, and honor for shame. I love the way this echoes back to the final lines in "Nose"; he wants respect, and he's willing to lose himself for it. Sad but understandable, given his past. I loved this set so much. I think I need to go read The Lost Ones now. -----signature----- "I'm your friend. I love you." -- Zekk to Jaina, LotF: Fury
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iamobiwan1970 Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 3/25 5:11pm Subject: RE: 100 Ways to Leave Your Lecture: Emerald_Lady's Drabbles (Week 18: Zekk)
	You just know Zekk so well!!! Great lines: Sometimes he wonders just what he’d have to barter to command their respect, and if there’d be anything left of him if he did. If there’s anything Zekk can appreciate right now, it’s trade: the future for the present, and honor for shame. Great drabbles as always!!! -----signature----- Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, with open arms and open eyes.
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