Chapter 4: Chapter 4: A Second Chance
The next few days went by fast for Connor, most of his time was filled with meditating and the rest of the time was the typical routine of a youngling. They would have studies every day, follow by lectures on the Force, next would be a strict physical training regime to help strengthen their bodies. After that, the rest of they day was thier's to explore the jedi temple. Something that Connor did realize is that meditating would give him experience towards his next level. Although, this was a very slow process. Connor had meditated for about 5 hours a day for three days before he gained one experience point. 'Slow and steady wins the race I guess' Connor thought to himself on the day he gained this one exp point. Connor also knew that as a youngling he would not undergo the trails for about three more years so the different ways he could gain exp as a youngling was pretty much only limited to meditating.
A week had gone by since Connor had found himself here and he had slowly adjusted to daily life at the temple. There was not much for him to do right now except learn from the instructors and deepen his connection with the force. However, training with Master Yoda was happening today. This would be Connor's second time, but the biggest difference would be that this time he would be much more prepared.
The time had finally arrived for the training session and Connor found himself to be quite excited. He would be able to see the effects of F.U.S.S. with his own eyes although his eyes would be covered. When Connor arrived in the room designated for youngling training, he saw that there were quite a few that had already arrived. Most of the others were giving him sideways glances, no doubt talking about the way he had embarrassed himself before. It is not uncommon for a youngling to be struck with a bolt from the seeker mine but to not even deflect one was almost unheard of. Connor sat down in his meditative pose in a corner of the room and waited for Master Yoda.
It was then that another one of the younglings approach him or at least Connor assumed he was a youngling. The man in question towered over Connor by at least a foot and was well built too. If Connor did not know any better, he would have assumed that the person in front of him was a jedi padawan and had been for a couple of years. "Hello, you must be Connor. Name's Bruce", the man's British accent surprised Connor for a moment when it came out. While Obi-wan's accent could be described as light, Bruce's was a thick, cockney accent. "Pleasure to meet you, Bruce", Connor replied. "Everyone's been talking about you, called you fool's gold.", Bruce said. "Why is that", Connor inquired. "Because even though you couldn't deflect a single bolt, you still managed to catch Master Yoda's eye".
Hearing this strange nickname and the reason behind it, Connor chuckled. "Well, to be honest, my mind was in disarray the last training due to personal reasons and I was unable to draw upon the Force", Connor answered carefully as he was still mindful about lying in the Jedi Temple. "Aye, I figured it was something along those lines, things just didn't add up for something so strange to occur", Bruce quickly believed Connor's words. "Don't pay attention to their complaining though, way I see it is we are all on the same team here, all trying to serve the Jedi Order the best we can.", Bruce proudly declared. 'Looks like someone's fully indoctrinated', Connor mused. 'Not that there is anything wrong with a firm belief.'
"It was nice to meet you, Bruce. Hopefully when our training as younglings is complete, we can cross paths as padawans", Connor said. "Yes, I feel there is a long, grand journey that awaits us as Jedi.", Bruce replied, then bowed to Connor went to take his spot. No later did Master Yoda enter the room in his levitating chair, whether it was technology that made it levitate or Yoda himself, Connor had no idea. "Today, how much you have improved we will see, younglings. Yes, hrrrm", Yoda spoke in his usual jargon. Yoda eyes then looked straight at Connor. "You feeling better today are?". "Yes, Master Yoda, I feel you will be pleasantly surprised", Connor stoutly replied. Yoda then told the younglings to put on their helmets the time for deflection training had come once again.
Connor placed his helmet over on his head as it also covered his eyes. 'This time will be different, I'll make a fool out of this training orb.', Connor declared to himself. Connor then activated the training saber, "Pssshhew", the familiar sound came as the blue laser left the hilt of the training saber. Connor then took a moment to calm his mind and let the Force flow through him. Only in this way would his force sense work to the maximum and warn him of any incoming danger in advance. The sound of the seeker mine turning on almost broke Connor's focus, but he was quick to recover. Connor stood in front of the seeker mine, displaying the Shii-Cho neutral stance like a lone samurai ready to defend his village from invaders.
Connor was then alerted; something was telling him that a bolt was coming to hit him and suddenly, he knew the exact trajectory of the bolt as well. Connor began to move his lightsaber towards the position which was just in front of his right shoulder. The predicted bolt then fired out and landed directly on the training saber. The seeker mine was made specifically so that the laser bolts fired out was at such a low power setting that they would be dispersed into nothing but heat by the training saber as well as a lightsaber; this would help to prevent any collateral damage while training. As such, the training saber dispersed the projectile.
Connor was ecstatic about the small success he just had but focused his mind back on the task. He had only just started and had a long way to go. Connor also felt something when he demonstrated the Sho-Chii form. When he had learned Sho-Chii from F.U.S.S, it was like a bunch of information had been stuffed into his mind and muscle memory. It felt unnatural, but now he could feel his mind and body almost digesting the information. Connor smiled as he noticed this, this was training for him in more than one sense of the word.
Ding!
[Quest received: Impress a Jedi at the initiate trails and become their padawan]
[In three years, the user will undergo the initiate trails and have the opportunity to be selected by a Jedi knight or master and become their padawan. Impress the Jedi and be selected as a padawan]
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