#mathias ilesar: 001

[ilesar]

DATE & TIME: 1/04, 2:00PM   LOCATION: The Hangar, Yavin IV TAG: @knighthimself

Measured steps take Rishla down the loading ramp. The hood of her cloak is lowered by her shoulders and the sharpened outline of her jawline ticks briefly as she looks around, knowing already—having known before they left Jedha’s atmosphere—who they’re lacking. 

There isn’t much time—is there ever enough time, really?—until she, Llewyn, and Obi-Wan will need to report to Rebel High Command to relay the details of their failed mission. 

Her eyes scan over the faces of the Jedi, stopping when she spots the person she knows she must speak to before attending to other matters. 

Rishla plants herself. She inhales, slowly, eyes honed in on the space behind Mathias’s head. His shoulders are tense. He knows she’s watching him. She waits a few seconds longer until she shouts, her voice cutting through the chaos of the hangar like a vibroblade, “ILESAR!” 

The people around them and between them drop suddenly into silence. Her voice is like steel, each syllable heavyweight, “Meet me inside.” 

[aldanars]

DATE & TIME: 1/03, 6:30PM   LOCATION: The Fields, Yavin IV TAG: @knighthimself

What does Jedha look like? Bail, and Leia—names she’d only heard for the first time when she arrived on Yavin IV, faces she’d never seen, people she’d never met, and now find themselves on the other end of a blaster. She doesn’t know these people; doesn’t know the significance of the place which many of the Jedi have volunteered to travel in an attempt to stop the executions. 

Nimm was not one of them to raise her hand. She knows there’s still an opportunity to go with the others in the morning, but—

she doesn’t know. Instead, she takes to the fields. 

The light of the day is vanishing. She cups her hands around her mouth and calls out for the banthas to return in several notes. Her voice echoes down the valley; a few distant moos from the banthas answer, and after a moment, they can be seen slowly making their way over the hill back towards the fields. 

She catches her mind wandering, eyes fixed on the horizon. Something nostalgic in it. Until she senses that she isn’t alone—turns, eyes finding Mathias in the low light, “Oh,” Nimm clears her throat, averts her gaze. She picks up the shepherd's staff and begins to nervously twist it in her palms.

(What does he think of her? Does he know she doesn’t belong, does he think it better if she stays?)

“I didn’t—sorry. Hi. How long’ve you been standing there for?”

[aldanars]

PLOTTING CALL: REVENANT

During the announcement. Nimm has never heard of Jedha—but she sees the other’s faces, she feels it in her chest. She doesn’t want to say she’s afraid; doesn’t want to say that she knows she’ll be no use to them. A scrappy junkyard nobody whose only weapon is a vibroblade. Something tugs in her chest. She knits her hands nervously in front of her. Wants to stand up straight—but instead, finds her shoulders curving inward. 

During the extraction. Instead of staying behind on Yavin IV, Nimm pulls the oversized coat her guardian used to wear over her shoulders, attaches the vibroblade to her utility belt, and boards the ship set for Jedha with the rest. It reminds her of Tatooine. She can’t peel her eyes away from the solemn faces of the Senators as they stand facing execution; solemn, like those around her in the crowd. Until it all devolves. Until her Master is up on the stage. Until the first blaster shot rings out. Suddenly, she is on the defensive—pulling civilians out of the line of fire. There’s so much screaming. She feels as though in shock when someone yanks her back towards the ship—the ringing doesn’t stop. It’s too loud. It’s too quiet.

Aftermath. She can’t stop asking herself what she’s here for. Only, there’s a howling in her chest that she can’t place. Her fist is clenched, white-knuckled; and her hand is shaking. It hasn’t stopped for hours. 

This is (loosely) what Nimm is up to during Event 001: Revenant! If you’d like to plot out a thread with Nimm for this event, drop a like and I’ll contact you via Discord!

CURRENT THREADS:

Mathias Ilesar

Atticus Prior

Noa Niedra

Fein Komo

Xavis Ryom

Nareen Grelan

Khadis Shrike

Val Kalar

IN DISCUSSION:

Kess Long

TO REACH OUT:

Name Here

[ilesar]

PLOTTING CALL: REVENANT

During the announcement. Rishla is impossible to read—but, something flickers across her features at the mention of Bail and Leia Organa being faced with death. This is a ploy, this is the Empire spitting in their faces—and there’s no time. She paces like a big cat trapped in a cage. It may not show, but tension radiates from every heavyweight step. It’s with a slightly lifted chin that she accepts the position to stand beside Obi-Wan and Llewyn; her heart isn’t in it, she lacks the gleam in her dark eyes that showed so frequently during the Clone Wars. The Rebels call her General. At the title, her gaze only grows more distant.

During the extraction. We move undercover and we move as one. It’s a whisper passed throughout the ship as they travel to Jedha. There is no time to construct a proper strategy. She feels like her skin is crawling. There should be another way—but there isn’t one. The hood of her cloak is pulled up over her head as she stands amongst the crowd. When the riot erupts, she is forced to ignite her saber—and reluctant to enter the fight. Each and every one of the Jedi caught in the crossfire are in her mind’s eye; she will not let any of them fall. She cannot allow that. 

Aftermath. She is one of the last to climb the ship’s loading ramp, waiting until the rest are boarded until she stalks up into the ship’s hull, practically bristling. Bail Organa’s absence does not go unnoticed, but nothing can be said—nothing can be done. All there is, is to return to Yavin IV, to pick up the pieces. To prepare. They were not ready for this mission; grievous errors were made, and it’s led to their exposure. The only thing left to do is prepare, to prevent worse from occuring. 

This is (loosely) what Rishla is up to during Event 001: Revenant! If you’d like to plot out a thread with Rishla for this event, drop a like and I’ll contact you via Discord!

CURRENT THREADS:

Mathias Ilesar

Noa Niedra

Llewyn Alarcón

Orion Sula-Raeth

Blair Costa 

Osira Santo

Kess Long

Val Kalar

Sorin Noveske

IN DISCUSSION:

Name Here

TO REACH OUT:

Nareen Grelan