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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 5:57am Subject: Living with Legends: A Dear Diary '07 Entry, AotC Era ~ Gasp! An Update 5/3!!! - Date Edited: 5/3/07 2:29pm (15 edits total) Edited By: DancesWithBlasters
	Title: Living with Legends Author: DancesWithBlasters Timeframe: Pre-AoTC onwards Characters: OCs Genre: Humor, sort of Action/Angst Summary: Follow Padawan Sarama Baka as she navigates her way through the darkening galaxy towards her future. Just beginning to grow up, she is faced with the horrors of the Clone Wars, pesky diplomats' sons, and her own fear of helplessness and inability. Notes: This was written for the Dear Diary '07 Challenge. And Master Coda does not belong to me, but to my talented friend Star-Foozle! Big thanks to her for lending me him. Well, this is my response to the challenge. Or at least my first entry for it. Hopefully, I will keep it up the whole year, though I do kind of doubt it. Anyway, this post is pretty much an introductory entry, so readers can get to know a little about the main and character. Still, I hope you enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Diary, You are a possession. But I guess that's okay, because Lena got you for me, and she asked her master about it, and Master V'Raak said it was fine. Lena's wonderful; she always knows what I'm going to say. I'm sure you couldn't find a better friend, or padawan in the entire galaxy, even if you searched high and low. Well, I'm Sarama, so you know. I guess you would know, because I'm writing in you. Or do you? Do you know? Either way, it doesn't matter, because I going to fill you in anyway. My full name is Sarama Avani Baka (most of the time people just call me Sara), and I'm a sixteen-year-old Jedi padawan. I was born on Alderaan, then found by the Jedi when I was three, and have been here ever since. Not exactly the most fascinating story ever, but it's my life. In any case, I like reading, music, and taking holos. I always feel so idiotic saying things like this because they never seem like me. After all, beings are too complicated for a few words strung together to explain them, who they really are. Yes, I am Jedi, but I am more, or maybe less, than a Jedi, I am a person. I am more than a person; I am a learner. I am the one you can see mouthing along to a song, but never sings along above a whisper. I am the one who doesn't hear the music, or the silence, when she's reading. I am the one who can imitate Master Windu almost perfectly. I am the one who gets queasy, but never full out space sick. I am the one who is fascinated by politics, but thinks all politicians are dirty liars. I am the one who Master Nu doesn't dislike or snap at like she does everyone else. I am the one who jiggles her foot up and down when she's nervous. That is who I am, among many other things. So, it's officially winter now! The solstice just past, so we've still got a good deal of winter to go. Not that you would be able to tell just by looking at Coruscant; you can't ever find snow here. It's too dirty, and gray. I don't think I'd ever want to see the kind of snow that could fall here. It'd gray, too, gray, and tired, and dark. But you can feel winter in the frigid wind that knots up your hair, and turns your cheeks and ears red as it blows by. Sometimes you can even feel it as deep as your bones. It's awful, really, really awful. I hate winter. It's just so cold! I have to wear all these extra layers of stuff, and it's so bloody uncomfortable. The material is always scratchy, but it would be really disrespectful or something like that to go around itching myself all the time. And I can't exactly go around freezing my butt off, so I'm forced to deal with it. But worst of all, everyone gets sick. You can constantly hear these snuffling sounds coming from just about the whole planet Most people think Jedi are supernatural or something, but we do have Healers for a reason. They are total gifts of the Force. While many normal Jedi are too stubborn to actually accept their help at first, they really are incredible. We probably wouldn't have half the number of Knights we do without them. If that isn't awesome, I don't know what is. Sometimes I think I should have been a Healer because there was always I part of me that wanted to. I liked the idea of truly being able to help people. The idea that I could call a life back from its pain, that was beautiful to me, still is. But I'd like to be a Knight, too. I'd like to go out and rescue people and negotiate peace talks, and contribute to history. I guess I'll figure out what the Force has in store for me. After all, the future is always in motion. Anyway, I've got to go to classes soon. Real fun. Well, no I really don't mean that in a sarcastic way. I like classes well enough most of time, just not all the time. I like learning about all the different places in the galaxy, and stuff like that. Personally, I think it's better being able to experience yourself rather than learn about it, but of course it's impossible to go everywhere, so classes are definitely there for something. For the most part, I even like them. The diplomacy classes and saber practice is fun, so is history and stuff like that. Classes just get on my nerves sometimes is all. What really gets me is how harsh the masters are. It's really hard most of the time. All the masters expect so much from you. Like you have to be exemplary for the rest of the galaxy. But it's not like the rest of the galaxy really cares all that such, not about us. It's the Knights and people like that they love. The public just likes heroes. I'm hardly a hero, so I'm not sure why it matters so much. I mean, I guess they're just looking out for us. But really! Even the masters could let up sometimes, maybe. We're people, not droids, or ideals to look up to and hide behind. It's a fact that Jedi just as mortal as the next person. Honestly. We were just given more gifts. That's why we have more responsibilities. That works out fine most of the time, but it's not like it's impossible for us to mess up. I mean, the cleaning droids would totally be dead a hundred times over if we didn't have badly behaving padawans and people like that wash the freshers. What does the rest of the galaxy think we do, anyway? Stars, I'm gonna be late. Master Traylin will totally have my hind-side if I am! I gotta go now, but I'll be back later. Hopefully have something interesting to say. Not that anything interesting ever happens to me. Just about everyone else I know, but never me . . . How do you sign Diary Entries, Anyway? From, I guess, Sarama ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I realize it's short, but I know from experience that most people don't have the patience to write really long diary entries unless they're really, really into documenting their lives. People like L.M. Montgomery can go ahead and do that, but I'll stick to fanfiction. Incidentally, I'm a very bad diary keeper, having this attitude, so please tell me how I did. I tried to make Sara a different kind of character, but I'm not too sure I carried it. I hope I didn't make her annoying with too short an attention span. What did y'all think? -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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correllian_ale Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/1/07 8:11am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	DancesWithBlasters posted: I realize it's short, but I know from experience that most people don't have the patience to write really long diary entries I agree, I don't think any of the entries should be too long, after all you're going to be doing this regularly all year long... Most people think Jedi are supernatural or something, but we do have Healers for a reason. How true! -----signature----- Consider this my "throw back" jersey... I govern my life around my own personal code of ethics, and I suggest that you do the same.
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Star-Foozle Registered: Aug '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 8:35am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC - Date Edited: 1/1/07 8:35am (1 edits total) Edited By: Star-Foozle
	Eee! It's up! I liked this alot, Dances. I don't think Sarama's annoying or has a short attention span at all -- she's just keeping a diary, so the entries are bound to be a bit shorter. It's realistic that way: I don't know many people actually write huge blurbs in their journals every day. Plus, as ale said, you're gonna be doing this for a while. Very nice work, I look forward to the next entry. Keep me updated, cheers, and Happy New Year! -----signature----- Can't save the world without caffeine. Proud Padawan of Charmisjess! My fics are in my profile. Midnight is where the day begins.
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 9:55am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	correllian_ale ~ Well, I don't know about the regularly, or the whole year bit, but I agree with the rest! LOL! Thanks for the compliments, it means a lot to me. Your diary was ownderful as well. Starrie ~ I knew I wasn't going to write anything too long for these entries, because like you said, i wanted to keep it realistic. I know for one, I wouldn't even have written as much as Sara did. But it's good documentation of history, ain't it? -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 12:27pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC - Date Edited: 1/3/07 1:37pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DancesWithBlasters
	Goodness, people! Your response to this thread is overwhelming! No need to rush over here and review, honestly! That was of course sarcasm, but there is a point to this post. I will be doing a PM list, so please inform me if you wish to be on it. PM List Star-Foozle Spike2002 slow_dawn Star_Angel -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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slow_dawn Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 12:46pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC - Date Edited: 1/2/07 3:44pm (1 edits total) Edited By: slow_dawn
	Nice entry. I enjoyed Sara's thoughts on healers. We're people, not droids, or ideals to look up to and hide behind. It's a fact that Jedi just as mortal as the next person. Loved that! Edit - PM list please? -----signature----- The finest country blues singer - Mississippi John Hurt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-GN-BP_Qlk The Vig Challenge Board - http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/28176650/p1
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/1/07 1:43pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	slow_dawn ~ I love your username and icon! And your writing. I read some of it, but lurked. Anyway, thank you for the lovely compliments. As for the Healers, I just thought that in cannon you see a lot of people who dislike them, so I thought they needed some apperciation. I'm not a doctor, nor am I planning to be, but I really respect the profession, having family in it. As for the other part, it just seemed like an important issue to cover. -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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furrylittlebantha Registered: Dec '05	Date Posted: 1/1/07 6:33pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	I really like your OC's voice, Dances. Very authentic--actually the diary I had a couple years ago started very similarly. It'll be fascinating to see life the Jedi way through the eyes of a teenager. -----signature----- Master of tjace and bi0nic. In mourning for the one year, nine months, and five days it has been since The Souls of Demons was updated. sob
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PadwanKayla Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 1/1/07 8:48pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	Great start! I like the perspective of this OC, giving some flavor to the life of a regular Jedi in training rather than just the heros. -----signature----- NaNoWriMo 2007 Winner at 87142! Sanity is just a frame of mind This is where the fun begins
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Star_Angel Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/2/07 1:02pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	This was amazing Dances. I’m always in awe by the way you write your OC’s and this isn’t an exception. Great job on this and until we know how thing will go with the update index in the home thread, could you add me to the pm list. Thanks. -----signature----- “It’s not our abilities that shows us what we truly are, it is our choices” – Albus Dumbledor (CoS) <- fanfics/fanart + a funny video in bio SWEDEN HOCKEY forever
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/2/07 3:27pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC - Date Edited: 1/2/07 3:30pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DancesWithBlasters
	furrylittlebantha ~ Thank you! I'm glad to know it sounds realistic. I tried to put a real teenage girl voice into it, which, seeing as I am one, wasn't incredibly difficult, but I also wanted to sound like she was maturing, so it was a little hard to keep up. I think a person Sara's age would certainly see the Jedi and their lifestyle in a different way, especially since she is one. PadawanKayla ~ Thank you very, very much! I thought that not every Jedi was going to be an Anakin Skywalker or a Obi-Wan Kenobi, and that some of them are pretty much normal people. So I tried to have Sara protray that almost normalcy, and take on the galaxy. Angel ~ You're the amazing one! I know I can always count on you to be an awesome reviewer, and a great friend. You deserve all the praise in the world. BTW, I didn't review on your diary yet, but I did read it, and it was a very dramtic beginning. I can tell I'm going to like Misty already. I'll be sure to add you to the temporary PM list. -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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KELIA Title: The Pretty in Pink Fan Fic Manager Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 1/3/07 4:18am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	Very nice beginning. I love the little characteristics you included about Sarama. Looking forward to more -----signature----- "Do or do not, there is no try." Master Yoda A Light In The Darkness: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28150602/p1/?8 NaNaWriMo Progress: 32,105
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/3/07 2:27pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	KELIA ~ OMG!!! I've lurked on your writing before, and I am soooo honored you review a fic by little ole me! Thank you for the wonderful comments. I put in those little things, because I myself hate having to describe myself in the whole "My name is such and such and I'm this many years old, and I have a brother and my hobbies are this." I always feel like that isn't actually me. Some of the things Sara wrote I actually stole from RL. The foot thing is something my brother does, though not really when he's nervous. -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/5/07 7:12pm Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC
	I will hopefully get up a post this weekend, but I may be busy, so sorry. I'll try and be consistant, but it's expect sporadic updates. The muse is tempermental. -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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DancesWithBlasters Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/7/07 7:29am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: A Dear Diary 2007 Response, OC(s), Middle of AoTC - Date Edited: 1/7/07 8:58am (1 edits total) Edited By: DancesWithBlasters
	Author's Note: And here it is! Unbeta-ed, though because I knew I would never bother to PM Spike because I'm lazy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Diary, Well, so much for on time. I swear, Master Traylin has it out for me. I'm a great student, and she knows it, but she doesn't tolerate any misstep. So, guess how I spent my free time last week? Not hanging out with my friends who're in the Temple at the moment, not reading or sparring, nope. I was working with initiates. Oh, the joy! Now, I remember being a whiny little annoying kid, but I never realized how annoying up until now. Every minute they had a question. It was always "Why?" or "How come?" or "But, I don't get it." So, being the good soul that I am, I tried to answer them. But some of them were impossible to explain, because there are some concepts young minds just can’t grasp, Jedi or not. Take the differences in genetic make-up between species, and why it’s impossible to cross-breed certain things. Don’t get me wrong, they were adorable, and most of them were wonderful, but I just don’t get how you get our stade, solemn Council Members from such whiny little kids. I don’t even know how someone like me grew from kids like that. I just had the most disturbing thought. Stars, imagine Master Windu as a youngling! Force, that’s a frightening idea. I think maybe he was born full grown, with his perpetual frown already planted on his face. But of course, he had to have been young once, long ago. He would’ve had hair. Mace Windu must once have had hair. Unless he’s actually not a human, Master Windu actually had hair once. Oh, that’s just too weird now! Hmm, I wonder what it looked like. Maybe Master knows. Although the hair was probably all gone by the time Master Coda (that’s my master) was brought to the Jedi. I’m not entirely sure I would even want to hear about, to tell the truth. It would kind of ruin Master Windu’s image as the Big Bad Council Member who will Kick Your Butt. Okay, that was admittedly rude of me. Though he totally would. And I really respect him for that. He’s done a lot of stuff for the Order, and he’s an amazing mentor. He deserves only praise, but that reverence and admiration are hard to find when he’s glaring the holy hells out of you. You know, I would be in huge, huge, huge, gigantic trouble if anyone ever read this. I’m pretty sure this would offend just about the whole Order. Particularly Master Windu, of course. And the Creche masters. So it’s good no one can find this. I think. About no one being able to find it, not it being good. I am really hoping no one ever reads this. And if you’re peeking through this and chuckling to yourself about my bout with the Jedilings, Master, don’t! At least I can cook and bake without seriously damaging the Temple kitchens! And, I had the patience to deal with the young ones, which is more than you could have said at my age. And if you aren’t, well, you’re a wonderful master, even with your lack of culinary skills. Anyway, my master and I are headed off for a mission in a week or so, to a planet called Nefitiu, in the Mid-Rim. The government and this rebel faction are settling their dispute and the Republic is sending Jedi to protect their representatives, and keep the peace. Hopefully it won’t be terribly hard. It sounds like we’re mostly going along as symbols of the Republic and peace and all that good stuff. And probably because we have scary looking lightsabers and are hyper sensitive to threats because of our ability to feel the Force. Truly, I’ll be glad to get off Courscant again. The Temple is home, and I love it, though I’m not supposed to be attached, but getting some place where things actually grow always calms me. Courscant is so crowded and brimming with life everywhere you look, that it’s exhausting to be here too long. As terrific as it is to be with my friends and fellow Jedi, I don’t really like our capital planet all that much. Whenever I’m here, I feel as if I were stuffed into a tiny corner of some enormous package, and trampled by a herd of banthas. But I don’t remember what it’s like to live elsewhere. I only hold very distant memories of my birth planet, and family. They come in flashes, frozen scenes and places, names of people I once knew, but the emotions tied to them have long been cut off. All I feel now is guilt towards them. And I’m never entirely sure why. I didn’t exactly steal myself from them. They gave me to the galaxy. Master Yoda would probably tell me something about attachment and fear and then tell me to meditate. He pretty much tells everyone that. Not that he doesn’t give wise advice, because he’s the wisest being in the entire the galaxy, I’m sure of it, but the Grand Master can get just a little, how should I put this? Well, odd. And this odd has nothing to do with the fact that he’s a short, green I-don’t-know-what who speaks in very strange syntax. It’s something . . . more. Probably comes from being alive so long. It must be horrible standing by and watching as all your friends become one with the Force, leaving you behind. Master Yoda sure has seen a lot. It makes me sad. It would be nice if he didn’t have see anything as horrible as he must have again. But with the Sith around, I sincerely doubt that’s possible. Yours, Sara ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leave a review please! -----signature----- "I want freedom for the full expression of my personality." - M. Ghandi Living with Legends and Creating History: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25880483/p1/?0 Hidden Truths: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25485040/p1/?44
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Star_Angel Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 1/7/07 8:17am Subject: RE: Living with Legends and Creating History: Sarama Baka's Diary Updated 1/7
	I think maybe he was born full grown, with his perpetual frown already planted on his face. I’ve asked the same question more then once I loved this, Sara is an amazing character. Fantastic job on this Dances -----signature----- “It’s not our abilities that shows us what we truly are, it is our choices” – Albus Dumbledor (CoS) <- fanfics/fanart + a funny video in bio SWEDEN HOCKEY forever
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