Beyond - Legends 'Til human voices wake us: Journal of Leela Radian Kyp/OC Completed: 01.20.08

Me thinks her iceberg is starting to melt.

Great addition to her diary.

 

This Comment will be really short (no time, sorry)- I'd say the book she was reading was saying a lot. She wants a rogue! (btw. Bucheron ?!?! Holy Sith! Switch the butcher on and he'll chop You into pieces... ...emmm Sorry- that's just my crazy associations.) And who's better than Kyp? (answer: n o n e )

 

OMG, Master Jade, I actually made a Freudian slip (I think that's what those are called). It was intentional in my writing that she read a novel about a rogue, however in naming him Bucheron I was thinking of it sounding like a French name and it's just a name that popped into my head. I never realized of course one might say Kyp is a butcher! Thanks for the insight! I will post more comments later. Thanks everyone for reading!

 

Readers: Kyp is a man of substance and intrigue! That's why I like him so much. Dr. Radian will learn soon too! Here are two more ponderings from our ordinary girl:
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1/23/33

Journal!!!!

Durron never replied to my message! Well, I did the right thing and now I owe him nothing. I haven?t even seen him in the camps. He must be busy, I doubt he much cares what I am thinking enough to want to even avoid me. I don?t have the time to think about it.

Today, I had lunch with two who are quickly becoming friends, Lura, who wants to train to be a medic and Dansk, my current medic. They are dependable in a professional way, but they are also really nice to me. Dansk said a lot of the medics get together for lunch or drinks from time to time. He asked me if I would mind hanging out with the underclass? He wasn?t joking, it seems most of the doctors stay away from the medics and camp assistants. So even here in the camps the same snobbery I saw at Hanna and Coruscant is prevalent. I guess it exists everywhere. Lura says even this snobbery is refreshingly freeing for her, for on Ryloth she would never have the chance to help us or train to be a medic. Lura is as lovely inside as she appears. She is 20 and single and childless and she says she intends to keep it that way. Her plans don?t include returning to Ryloth until they ever straighten out their misogynistic society. I can?t blame her. I couldn?t live under that oppression either.

1/28/33

Today, Kyp Durron showed up at sector 7 early. He was wearing those tan Jedi robes that you picture them wearing and carrying that light saber on his belt. He acted quiet and he came to see if we needed anything. He tried to use humor I suppose. I think I acted tongue tied and didn?t say what I could have. He was head to Ossus for some Jedi thing and wanted to let us know he?d be gone for a week.

After he left Lura just stared at me for a moment. ?You know, he might like you. There?s 16 sectors between the north ridge and south slope and he came to see us? Don?t you think that?s odd??

Sometimes I can be pretty dumb for an educated person, and this was one of those times. Lura might actually be right. I went back to the events that day when I didn?t know he was a Jedi, when we had innocently gone for caf. I had liked him then, I had thought how he was a potential date, then I let it all go, got busy with work, offended him and now I seemed to be giving him the cold shoulder. I am so confused!

Lura asked if we had had a date already and I told her of the café bombing and then it dawned on me.

He knew the café would be bombed and that?s why he chose the Dupris! And I was uncomfortable with him being a Jedi. I felt horrid guilt and shared that with Lura. She assured me we all make mistakes. She?s really too patient with prejudices and so forgiving. I could learn a lot from her. Right now as I write this I feel awful. I didn?t realize his ?power? made him know when there was trouble and since there was he acted on it. If he was an ordinary human, we might be dead.

And I was such a fool, acting all angry and here he is still trying to be kind?.Ugh!

 

Looking forward to the next time she sees him ... if she is remembering what she just wrote?

 

Aw... Aren't friends wonderful for setting one straight. I really like Lura.

A dawn of a new era is coming for Leela and Kyp me thinks.

Very nice addition.

 

LOL...Leela is waking up...I like her Twi'lek friend. She has a good head on her shoulders.

I can't wait until she and Kyp are face to face again...

Great entries...


FL

 

I'm looking forward to giving more story out. Maybe I should post more often? I don't know. I don't think this will take all year, even with the ambitious direction I am considering. But this is fun! Thanks everyone !


Maggy

Looking forward to the next time she sees him ... if she is remembering what she just wrote? She will remember and Lura will help set her straight.

PRINCESSCAMBRIA

Aw... Aren't friends wonderful for setting one straight. I really like Lura. Thanks, I thought Leela needed a grounded friend to share with and I have a soft spot for Twi?leks ever since Aayla Secura.

A dawn of a new era is coming for Leela and Kyp me thinks. All good things take time!

Very nice addition. Thanks a million!

Flowerlady

LOL...Leela is waking up...I like her Twi'lek friend. She has a good head on her shoulders.

I can't wait until she and Kyp are face to face again... Me too

Great entries... Thanks, your comments mean a lot.

 

'Til Human Voices Wake Us: Journal of Leela Radian Post # 10


2/12/33

My friend:

I had Lura over the other night. She is a lot of fun and her youth inspired me to be a little more relaxed. We watched a vid, ?Sixty Dates? that romantic comedy about a CSF officer whose friends enter him into a contest to attempt to find a girlfriend for him. It was pretty funny, even if it was fluff. She and I took one of those quizzes from a magazine, ?What type of Personality are you? It didn?t surprise me, it said I like predictability, need things fair and honest, grounded in reality. Well that?s me. Lura?s said she was competitive and a challenge seeker. I can believe that. She?s got enough drive and intelligence to continue her education right through Medical School. I?m going to do what I can not only to encourage it, but I?ll help her pay for it if she?ll let me.

We also took a ?Who?s your man?? quiz. My man is a romantic! Ha, that?s too funny given I just wrote I am grounded in reality. Dav was never overly romantic, he enjoyed quiet times and the beach, and he gave me flowers a few times, but he wasn?t overly mushy. What more would a romantic do? Write me songs? Dance? Ahh, that might be fun.

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2/14/33

Dear Journal:

He surprised me, Durron showed up at the clinic just as I was readying to open. But instead of getting in the way he stayed and while the females and children waited, he spending time talking, listening to them and trying to calm the chaos that surrounds clinic day and the general atmosphere of the camps. Ok, so maybe Jedi aren?t unaware of the universe.

In between the rush he helped me get together my healthy living kits that I disperse. He started talking freely and so I let him. What he said was basically the following:

?I chose this assignment because of something Leia Solo said to me in Hapes, right after Coruscant fell. There were refugees there then for kilometers, much like this, but unorganized. She said I could help them. But I couldn?t at the time, I wasn?t strong enough then. This assignment is a challenge for me. The emotions and suffering of others tends to infect me, and I actually feel their pain, but here I?ve taught myself to let it wash over me like water in a stream. So now it?s not so bad and I can come here and help settle all the petty fights that grow out of having nothing to do all day and no direction. Some of them have lost hope. We need to find them more permanent homes soon before their despair takes over. That?s what I was away for, I was trying to get the Advisory Council to step up the work parties for planet rehabilitation. The more people we can give work to the sooner the planets are resettled. It all will work out. Unfortunately it just going to take a long time.?

After his lengthy monologue, he looked at me tired, weary, hopeful. ?How do you stand it? I mean knowing there are so many to help??

?One at a time. If I think of everyone at once I?ll get overwhelmed.? I was intrigued by his comments. Once again he had taught me something new about Jedi. ?So you have this emotional connection to these beings??

I think he meant to be sincere, but his look was cocky. ?To all beings all the time. But I turn it off, tune it out. I have to. How are those four from the Promise café explosion?? Master of changing the subject was he!

?Two went home, they?ll be fine. Jerrod, he?s the man who lost his leg, is at the rehab center, he?s doing very well and Adonna. She?s coming along, but it?s going to take some time.?

He sighed. ?That?s too bad, she?s such a cute kid. I wish we could have prevented the whole thing.?

?Do you get premonitions?? Now I was really curious, but he assured me he did not, just vague funny feelings that something bad might happen, but nothing very specific and certainly not enough to have prevented something like the bombing.

I changed the subject to something that had been weighing on my mind. ?How can you forgive me when I was so cold to yo

 

I really liked the girlfriend night. It was cute and funny... and something I would have done. Oh, I like romantic men too... duh!

And yes... her emotional iceberg is most certainly melting. Global warming has begun... ever so slowly.

Kyp's openness about his empathy hit the mark. Can't wait to see how the after work gathering goes.

Enjoyed it all.

 

Somehow I think Lura is exactly the type of person Leela needs to hang out with...She'll teach her how to unwind and to take chances....

So her type is romantic men....

The entry with Kyp was just the ticket...Leela needs to be educated on just what a Jedi is and can do...Kyp's openess was wonderful...I thinks he's smitten... Kyp's never that open.

Great updates and I'm looking forward to more....


FL

 

I think he meant to be sincere, but his look was cocky. ?To all beings all the time. But I turn it off, tune it out. I have to. How are those four from the Promise café explosion?? Master of changing the subject was he!

-I loved that paragraph. Leela was absolutely right about Kyp and his abilities to change the subject (apparently years of practice here as well...)

As for Your Freudian Slip- I was sure You did it on purpose. Funny to know You didn't- that's really something for those who like to use psychoanalysis to literature research.

MTFBWY

 

Very nice -- she's settling in well. I like how she's making friends there. It's interesting that she's willing to see beyond the stereotypes with people like Lura but she still is a bit stubborn when it comes to her stereotypes about Jedi like Kyp.

Smart girl, that Lura. She'll be a loyal friend.

Looking forward to more!

 

PrincessCambria

I really liked the girlfriend night. It was cute and funny... and something I would have done. Oh, I like romantic men too... duh!

I would like a romantic man too! So I make up one instead!!!

And yes... her emotional iceberg is most certainly melting. Global warming has begun... ever so slowly. She just needs to get to know him and fortunately for Kyp she doesn't have a ton of preconceived notions about him.

Kyp's openness about his empathy hit the mark. Can't wait to see how the after work gathering goes. I know I wrote him really open here, but honestly, we have never had Kyp with a woman in profiction. Perhaps he would want her to see him as open and honest.

Enjoyed it all. Thanks!!!

Flowerlady

Somehow I think Lura is exactly the type of person Leela needs to hang out with...She'll teach her how to unwind and to take chances.... I loved Aayla Secura...so Lura is my non-Jedi Aayla girl!

So her type is romantic men....

The entry with Kyp was just the ticket...Leela needs to be educated on just what a Jedi is and can do...Kyp's openess was wonderful...I thinks he's smitten... Kyp's never that open.

As I said to Cambria he might be that open if he wants to be accepted by his possible love. Kyp has a huge crush on Leela right now. And why shouldn?t he be able to? She?s pretty, intelligent, and compassionate. She forms her own opinions and he admires that. So despite the set back, he is willing to give her a second chance because Durron is a man who has been given many second chances. So though he wants to impress, he also wants her to accept him for who he is now.

Great updates and I'm looking forward to more.... Thanks!


master_jade

I think he meant to be sincere, but his look was cocky. ?To all beings all the time. But I turn it off, tune it out. I have to. How are those four from the Promise café explosion?? Master of changing the subject was he!

-I loved that paragraph. Leela was absolutely right about Kyp and his abilities to change the subject (apparently years of practice here as well...)

I think we know from profic he has many comebacks for all the insults and comments over the years.

As for Your Freudian Slip- I was sure You did it on purpose. Funny to know You didn't- that's really something for those who like to use psychoanalysis to literature research

I know, I still can't believe I did that! Pretty weird!

divapilot

Very nice -- she's settling in well. I like how she's making friends there. It's interesting that she's willing to see beyond the stereotypes with people like Lura but she still is a bit stubborn when it comes to her stereotypes about Jedi like Kyp.

She is learning, and she isn't naturally all that prejudice, she has never met a Jedi. I get the feeling she will like Kyp alot.

Smart girl, that Lura. She'll be a loyal friend. Thanks for liking Lura

Looking forward to more! And here it is:

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Til' Human Voices Wake Us: The Journal of Leela Radian Post # 11

2/15/33

Hello!

I ate lunch today at the ?Sector 7 S café? with Lura and Dansk. We were joined by a ridiculously handsome young man named Jaffir. Poor Lura, I don?t think she could take her eyes off him. Guess what young Jaffir?s job is? Yep, he?s none other than Kyp Durron?s personal assistant. At lunch, Jaffir did plenty of talking describing in exaggerated details the suffering his duties under Durron entailed. All this talk made me realize Durron is human after all, but maybe a tad bit annoying. Jaffir told me Kyp was too busy to join us today, but that he sent his regards. What?s he busy with I asked.

 

I think Leela is smitten too. She suddenly wants to know a lot about Kyp....

Seriously, I like that Leela is "doing her homework" concerning Kyp. Like you said in your reply to my comment--she really has no preconcieved conceptions of who Kyp Durron is. But she does have to change some of her own thoughts about Jedi in general...

Great update...


FL

 

Jaffir continued saying that mostly you don?t notice the Jedi thing with him, he almost never wears their robes and he often carries his light saber in his coat. He wants to be seen as one of us, not as something different, especially that he?s on the Advisory Council. He thinks you get more accomplished when you don?t distance yourself from ordinary beings, when you realize no one is any better than anyone else.

I liked this paragraph because it really paints a great picture of who Kyp is and gives Leela some more to think about.

Wonderful update!

 

Here! Have some more:
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2/17/33

Dearest:

I went to the After Hour at this cantina called ?The Stage? last night. Lura and Dansk agreed to go with me and we met up with Jaffir, Kyp and another being named Nalek. We had food and drinks and then we decided to play Aurbesh. There were 6 of us so when Nelek said let?s have teams of 2 and 3 I thought that was odd. Then Jaffir sort of laughed, ?Kyp can?t play.?

?Oh, I?m not very good either.? I replied and then everyone laughed. Kyp said he?d go get everyone a drink and we started without him.

After I?d had a few turns I tried to be diplomatic and offered Kyp my throwing arrows. ?Why aren?t you playing?? I asked Kyp.

Jaffir laughed. ?We can?t let him play, he has an unfair advantage. Jedi."

I like games and I was helping my team to victory. These beings were a lot of fun. They ranged in age from Lura who is 20 to Nalek who is probably close to 50. My team just narrowly won the game when I egged Kyp on. "Okay, let?s play again, everyone against Kyp! ? I guess I just don?t know when to take a hint.

?I don?t think you get it Leele,? said Jaffir, ?we can?t beat him. He can only play this game against other Jedi.?

?Oh come on, we could blind fold him and make him use his less dominant hand.?

Nalek laughed. ?Let?s!? Kyp sighed over dramatically and said , ?why me? ? Lura took off her scarf and tied it around his eyes and I led him to the line and made sure he was facing the board.

I said, ?Ok, fire when ready.? Without hesitation he shot Aurek, Besh, Cresh. Jaffir gave him more arrows and Kyp fired in rapid succession Dorn., Esk, Forn?and then the eye. It had taken him less than a minute to perfectly hit each target and that was only due to the delay of waiting for Jaffir to hand him the arrows.

He removed the blindfold. ?That, ? he turned to me with a playful smirk, ?is why they don?t let the Jedi play,? Ok, so he was being a bit arrogant, but his friends didn?t seem to notice so we just kept talking and having a good time swapping stories about work and general stuff happening on the North Coast.

What a great group, and what fun! I?m beginning to like this job here after all!

 

cool updates
like how she is curious but doesn't dare to ask further as the topic changes

it's awesome how you manage to write so many entries


EDIT:
I overlooked your latest post
she is finally accepting him being Jedi somehow at least

 

I really enjoying seeing Leela's character blossom here and accept Kyp, the Jedi, without flinching or getting bent out of shape. Hey... she's finally having fun.

Very nice addition!

 

That was a lot of fun...I can just imagine Kyp rolling his eyes and then shooting everything as easily as he can....

Great update...

FL

 

Thanks everyone...just a few more posts left to part one:


Maggy

cool updates Thanks!

like how she is curious but doesn't dare to ask further as the topic changes She is not the nosy or gossipy type at all.

it's awesome how you manage to write so many entries

Thanks, but the parts you are reading have been done for awhile, now I am editing part two, but I really haven?t done much with part three (there?s at least 5 parts).

she is finally accepting him being Jedi somehow at least

She?s totally accepted him as a Jedi because now she gets what Jedi are?well she gets Kyp?s take on what Jedi are. If she met a different Jedi with a different take on things then perhaps she would feel differently.

PRINCESSCAMBRIA


I really enjoying seeing Leela's character blossom here and accept Kyp, the Jedi, without flinching or getting bent out of shape. Hey... she's finally having fun. Her life is opening up and it?s been really tight for 5 years so she feels great and she feels very alive! You know how that feels?that is where she is at!

Very nice addition! Thanks!

Flowerlady

That was a lot of fun...I can just imagine Kyp rolling his eyes and then shooting everything as easily as he can....

I had fun writing that. I?d gone out with friends that night and played darts, and being the geek I am I thought, what would this be like in the SW universe? So I invented Aurbesh, their version of darts, which of course Kyp would never be able to play fairly.

 

2.18.33

Mood: A mixed bundle of thoughts!

Okay, I like my job. Why? Well, several beings came to me today to thank me for everything I have been doing. They said the last doctor was mean and unfriendly. I feel good not only knowing everyone is more healthy, but also happy with me. It?s my desire to help everyone, but also to make sure everyone is well equipped to help themselves.

I talked to Doreena today. She?s longing to have me over for a girls? weekend. Doreena is really a doll, I don?t know what I?d do without a sister like her. She is so cute?well literally, where I am the smart one she is the beautiful one! Doreena?s new boyfriend Josen works at an advertising agency. I think they are very serious. But she kept pestering me if I was dating. So I told her about Kyp, not that we are dating, but that he was interesting. Then she wanted all the details, which were hard to give. I gave her a version of the Café explosion and then I told her about his interactions with beings at the camps. Imagine trying to tell your sister you work with a Jedi, without actually saying the word Jedi. And forget about the fact that he is Kyp Durron. I know if Doreena knew she would go nova! She was a history major for awhile before switching to business, she?s likely to know all the sordid details about his attack on Carida. I don?t want her to know yet, because she is too gossipy and she will tell my mother and father who will likely fly up here and speak to me like I am a child. I don?t need that!!!!!

What do I think about Kyp and what he did? It?s hard to imagine this well respected guy even would be capable of thinking of such destruction. Things must have been bad for him when he was a kid. But I certainly don?t know him well enough to ask about it, and to ask anyone else would be to pry. I know the act on Carida was deemed legitimate against the enemy, but I know he is likely to feel guilt over it. I mean how did Luke Skywalker feel after exploding the DeathStar? And what of the countless killed during our last war. I?m really happy I have never had to be a soldier, killing isn?t something I could do. Time will tell with Kyp, if things happen then I will just take it day by day.

Well it?s good Doreena and Josen are so serious. That will take the pressure off me for awhile as my parents will have someone to focus on besides getting me married again. ?By the stars is it necessary for me to be married to be happy? Sometimes my parents seem to have their priorities all skewed, but so much for them is about social status and respect. They don?t seem to understand respect comes from honest acts of goodness, kindness, fairness and not who you were born to or how much money you make.

BAD NEWS>>>>>GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .Lura was accepted to University of Chandrila at Hanna premed program!!!!! She?ll begin in a few months, it?s not really bad news, just my selfish wishes to not part with a good friend. She accepted money from me on the condition it was a loan only. I don?t care. If she can become a doctor or even a medic, she will make me very happy.

 

They don?t seem to understand respect comes from honest acts of goodness, kindness, fairness and not who you were born to or how much money you make.

This statement is so true...and the fact that Leela gave money to Lura shows just the type of person she is...

Yeah, I can only imagine how hard trying to explain just a little about Kyp without saying "Jedi" could be...But the fact that she could do it is a good sign that to Leela, despite their rocky beginning, Kyp is more than just a Jedi to her.

Great entry...


FL

 

Flowerlady posted:

Yeah, I can only imagine how hard trying to explain just a little about Kyp without saying "Jedi" could be...But the fact that she could do it is a good sign that to Leela, despite their rocky beginning, Kyp is more than just a Jedi to her.

This will be a huge road block for her. How does she share with her family that her "friend" is a Jedi and also Kyp Durron?

 

Ok, so I feel the need to finish part one today. Then I am going on a short hiatus before returning with part two of the story. Thanks to those who read and follow. It's a real pleasure. And here it is...the part you have been waiting for:

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2/20/33

He?s not annoying, that was my prejudice. He?s actually quite nice? Kyp came to the clinic this morning to tell me we will receive a new director next week, and then he kind of lingered and I wondered, what is he thinking. Finally he cleared he throat and asked me if I?d like to have dinner with him that evening. Wow, I hadn?t expected that. I told him yes, because it is just dinner, no harm done. Maybe we will have a good time, I?ll never know if I don?t try. But Lura was right, he must like me!

What do I think of him so far:

He?s handsome and has a great body. He is forgiving for putting up with my snobbery after the café incident. He?s thoughtful since he picked me up that night at the hospital. He?s a mediator who is well respected by both the refugees and the workers here, he?s a pilot which is kinda sexy and appealing, he?s a Jedi which I suppose should turn me on but well at least it doesn?t turn me off anymore. He has a history, a very bad one, and he once did something he doesn?t want justified. He?s a mystery. And I?ll never know more than this if I don?t give him a try. More later!

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2/20/33

We had an official date!!!!
So we had dinner, and I liked it! The date lasted four hours?.So let me back up.

Kyp came to my house at 19:00. I had decided to wear this deep green dress that I really love, I?ve only worn it once, but I think it looks great on me, and really brings out the green in my eyes. And well, I do exercise and I think I have a great body, so yes the dress fits in all the right places, and judging by the look on his face when he saw me, I?d say Kyp approved.

He was wearing a dark grey tunic and dark blue pants. His hair was loose and wavy as it just touched his collar and his eyes were bright with excitement. I?ve noticed Kyp?s moods are always very apparent in his eyes. His lips are very appealing to me too, but I?m getting ahead of myself. I didn?t notice his lips until we sat for dinner. First we drove the half hour south to the city. During the long ride he told me how the Advisory Council he sits on functions and how they had approved Umma Krall to be the new director of the refugee camps on the North Continent. He said he wasn?t a big fan of administrative duties, but that he was slowly learning them and it wasn?t as bad as he thought, he found he was learning to negotiate and influence people. And he added he was pleased no one made an issue about his past. I spoke mostly about what progress we?d made in health care and my hopes for our new director.

We went to a restaurant that prides itself on it?s eclectic dishes from around the galaxy. It was a pretty place, made of stone and very old. Inside were various dining rooms. Ours was called the Crystal and it had a very beautiful chandelier overhead and a fireplace. There were other patrons in the room, but only four tables total, so it was very private. We started with an Alderaan fruit wine and that?s when between sips I noticed Kyp?s alluring lips. Maybe I should restate, that?s when I wanted his lips! We had cheese and fruit and then for an entrée I ate the game bird while Kyp threw me a surprise and ordered the Ithor vegetarian dish. He told me in a few hushed words about his experience there. That loss was so sad since those beings revered life probably more than any other sentients.

Our conversation made it extremely obvious that Kyp was well traveled throughout the galaxy. I felt like a school girl who had never seen much of the universe rather than a well educated doctor. I think at some point he felt self-conscious that he was