Lost

[Keshani]

Kesh sat curled up in the chair almost afraid to breathe for fear of messing something up that would displease their hosts. She felt lost and had no idea what she was supposed to do from here.

"Maris?" She almost whispered, afraid of making too much noise, "Are you there?"

Her voice carried a note of distress in it as she looked around hoping the older female could offer her some guidance or at least help to soothe her nerves a bit...she would understand...

[GM Craig]

An idea slowly begins to blossom in your mind that you should send the droids away.

[Keshani]

She shook her head to clear it as an idea that didn't quite feel like her own surfaced in her thoughts. But it wouldn't go away. "Maris?" she called out again. The idea stayed.

Shrugging she looked over at the droids. She never really was comfortable around droids anyway.

"Um. Droids. Can I be alone for a bit please?" she asked, feeling awkward, not exactly really sure how to talk to a bunch of droids....

[GM Craig]

The droids respond, "Certainly, Mistress. Call if you need us, we will be close by."

Then, as stated, they withdraw from the suite.

When they are gone, you hear Maris' voice, seeming to come from everywhere and nowhere.

"I'm here, Kesh."

[Keshani]

She stays curled up, confused about where to direct her attention.

"Where ARE you?," she asked

[GM Craig]

The everywhere-but-nowhere voice says, "Come to the bath. No sensors in there."

You go to the spacious bath room, with the tub big enough for ten people. The door closes behind you. A few moments later, the numerous taps start pouring out water. That done, Maris melts out of thin are a few feet from you.

"Sorry for the spook stuff. Too many security sensors in this place. It'll keep you safe, but it gives me the willies."

[Keshani]

She was just a BIT unnerved by the way Maris suddenly materialized. She still wasn't sure how she felt about all this Jedi stuff, and the fact that Maris could sneak around so easily undetected WAS a bit....well, creepy.

But she tried to shrug it off.

"Maris, what am I supposed to do in this place?" she asked instead, raising her arms to encompass all of the...things, the luxury around her.

"How am I supposed to stay in a place where I'm afraid of leaving muddy footprints or causing wrinkles in the furniture?"

There was a fair bit of distress in her voice. It was clear she was not comfortable here and verging on panic.

[GM Craig]

Maris chuckles. "Sweetheart, you could bring in dirt and make mud pies on the bed, and they'd smile and bring you more mud. You're not going to be charged for breaking anything. This is all yours - enjoy it. No one is going to punish you, or get angry if you get something dirty. In fact, make things dirty! There's a dozen servants and two dozen droids who would be all too happy to clean up after you!"

[Keshani]

"But why should they have to wait on me?" She asked. "Why should they be considered lower than me, to have to clean up after me and stuff?"

She fought the urge to ball up again, remembering how she had been treated by people with money back on Bakers.

 "I....don't think I like this. Can't I just stay someplace with a bed and not all this other.....stuff?"

[GM Craig]

Maeis shakes her head. "Kesh, it's not about who deserves to be served by whom, and it's not about being better than those that serve you - asses behave like they're better than their servants. These people are paid good money to wait on you. It's how they make their living, but that doesn't make them less than you, or better than you. And don't forget the Queen is grateful to you, so this is her using her vast wealth to give you a gift. Let her pay some people to look after you."

Maris shrugs. "Look, you want to thumb your nose at a real bad and three squares a day, I'm sure they can set you up in a stable and feed you animal food if you ask them. But you're turning up a gift, freely given, from a woman who is really thankful for what you've done. Accept it graciously, or throw it in her face - it's up to you."

[Keshani]

She winced, feeling a bit taken aback by Maris' words. Of course she didn't mean to insult anyone.....

"Aren't YOU doing the same thing by being invisible?", she asked softly. "You helped at the end, too. Without you none of us may have made it out of there...."

[GM Craig]

Her turn to wince. It takes a moment before she responds. "Yeah, you got me there."

She takes a deep breath. "But in my defence, there isn't an entire branch of the Imperial army who's sole purpose is to hunt down people like you and either kill you or torture you until you break."

[Keshani]

She shivered a bit involuntarily at Maris' response. She couldn't even imagine what it would feel like to be hunted constantly...

She flopped down next to Maris and let out a long sigh. "I'm bored."

[GM Craig]

That seems to irritate Maris somehow.

"You've, what, probably never been in a place like this and you're bored? Go jump on the bed or something. Take a bath. Have a massage. When I was your age, I;d have killed..."

She suddenly walks to the door of the bath room, obviously angry. She stops before going through, and half turns her head back to you.

"Look, I'm sorry. This is difficult for me - all of this - and I'm not dealing with it well. I need to get my head squared. I'll be in touch."

[Keshani]

"Maris," she called out to the older girl's retreating back, "I'm sorry. It's just....you're not the only one trying to adjust to things lately. I'm sorry.", she said again.