Competition: Downtime

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Downtime

Prompt

The GJW has just finished. What does your characcter do in the aftermath. Do they take some vacation time off, continue to train, gamble their life away, or anything else your heart desires. Write a story about how your character relaxes, or unwinds after the GJW.

How to submit

Write a fiction at least 500 words in length. No maximum. Including a list of songs used at the end of your fiction that go with the story is preferred, but not required. The music is preferred to go with your fiction as I'm reading it, but any music is acceptable. Preferred submission format is pdf, word documents, and submitting in the text box is acceptable too. Anything in a GoogleDoc must be exported as a pdf for submission.

How it will be graded

Grading will be based on the Fiction Rubric.

Competition Information
Organized by
Maximus Alvinius
Running time
2017-11-30 until 2017-12-14 (15 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
17 subscribers, of which 8 have participated.
Results
1st place
Mauro Wynter
Member
Mauro Wynter
File submission
Atonement.pdf
Placement
1st place
Member
Qyreia Arronen
Submission
Qyreia Arronen opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
2nd place
Member
Dr. Giyana Jurro
Submission
Dr. Giyana Jurro opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
3rd place
Member
Hyle Alihandross
Textual submission

The Nancora expedition had been … Interesting. Hyle had used his lightsabre in action for the first time since finding the brotherhood. Things were falling apart in this part of space as usual, but for Hyle himself, things seemed to be slowly coming together. The incident on Nar Shadda and the expedition to Nancora had helped him understand the cause of the Odan-Urr and his own role within that cause. He had promised himself however, that none of this would change who he was, which was why he had made various contacts. All the pieces were in place.

“Hyle, good to see you.”
“Good to see you too Nickle, it’s been a long time.”
“Too long,next time at the Crossroads eh?” The Crossroads was a station which stood more or less at the junction between two major trade routes on the Outer Rim, where Nickle Holker practised as a doctor. He was also married to Hyle’s sister and Hyle had last seen his brother in law at the wedding itself some three months before his mission had led him to the Odan-Urr. They had talked occasionally over holo net, but it wasn’t the same.
“Where’s Helaine?”
“She’s getting us a table at the Havoc’s Tether, she wants us all to hear the news?”
“News?”
“That would be telling.”
They made their way to the Cantina, where a droid ushered them to their table. Sitting there were two more welcome faces from the past.
“Zyra? Commander Docker?”
“Please, Hyle, Jyles will do. OF course, it’s good to see you again, all of you.”
Zyra smiled and they embraced.
“I’ve missed you.” She whispered.
“How?”
They sat.

“So, Hyle, it seems you have found your calling then?” Jyles. Jyles and Zyra had served alongside Hyle in the Sector Militia, occasionally doing tasks for Vice-Admiral Holdo. Jyles Docker was a devotee of the Church of the Force, and was the first to suggests that the feverish visions Hyle had been experiencing for years were just that. His hunch had proved correct when medical testing had proved that Hyle was Force sensitive.
“So it seems, and thank you, both of you.” Hyle said warmly, taking Zyra’s hand from across the table.
“Good evening.” Came a familiar voice.

“Helaine, I thought you were waiting for us.” Hyle greeted his sister with a smile and outstretched hands.
“Careful.” She said light heartedly. Hyle wasn’t quite sure what had given it away but he asked anyway.
“When?”
“Early next year. But you’re supposed to wait until the announcement.”
Drinks were served, and Nickle stood, making his way to the head of the table.

“I’m glad we’re all here, and I’m glad to meet some of Hyle’s closest friends, perhaps one day I might have that honour.”
“You’re family now, what more do you want?” Hyle asked, genially.
“Well, that’s why I’m here, family. Helaine is expecting her first child.”
“Father, Mother and Child.” Hyle raised his glass.
“Family.” Jyles and Zyra raised theirs in response.
Hyle didn’t remember much of the evening itself but they were all happy to see each other. Jyles and Nickle spent several hours exchanging anecdotes about the medical hazards of living and working in space, some were more amusing than others. Zyra had confided in Hyle that things were getting much worse with the First Order.
“We had to pull a lot of strings to get here, this will probably be the last leave I get for a while.”
“It’s really that bad?” Hyle asked. She nodded.
“We knew this would happen sooner or later.”
“We also thought we’d face it side by side.”
“The First Order is evil, but there are other evils in this galaxy, nd we face the ones we have to face. Even if we don’t fight together, we’ll still be together.”

It was late the next morning before Hyle awoke.
“They’re going to exploring some old landmarks they read about here. I told Helaine we’d be ready in a couple of hours. I’ve sent for something to eat before we go.” Zyra said with a smile.

Placement
No placement
Member
Ethan Martes
File submission
Downtime_Comp.docx
Placement
No placement
Member
Essik Lyccane
Submission
Essik Lyccane opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
No placement
Member
Plaid Sadira
File submission
Downtime_-_Plaid_Sadira_.pdf
Placement
No placement
Member
Zeline Nemesis
Textual submission

“The Great Jedi War is finally over!” ”What a great victory for my Clan” Zeline Nemesis thought.Of course it was a great team work and needed a lot of effort from everybody within the Odan-Urr!!! She could still remember her Master’s words in her ears to become better and better,otherwise victory won’t come. But after so much fighting and mental effort a good time off to rest her body and her soul was exactly what she needed.. “Maybe a little bit of time to sacrifice in meditation isn’t a bad thing for recovery” another voice inside her mind said.And while she was making plans about her life and how to spend her time off,all sudden everything changed…She definitely needed vacation to get away from her issues after the War,you can only imagine how bad she would need vacation afterwards since her “demons” returned.It was a regular day for Zeline when she received first the good news,that she earned her first Dark Cross,the GJW seal,her new robe and on the top of that she got promoted to a Padawan!Two hours later she found a note that her beloved one probably was being captive or just disappeared for no apparent reason.That situation without a warning,without further details or a way to receive more information about the case “teared” her “up”.She had to do something drastically she felt,to resolve it but no good plans or tools to utilize were available in this weird situation.Zeline Nemesis to take out of her system all of her anger and stress went to her room and grabbed her lightsaber..It’s blue light reflected on her dark brown eyes and made them sparkle!That was the beginning,she started training as fastest she could,as hardest she could..Every position difficult for her body to maintain balance she tried it,while she was holding her lightsaber.But she didn’t want to sit down and do nothing about the situation..When it comes to help,care and protect people she is the one! Zeline placed down her lightsaber,left the room and started running…She run and run with all the strength she had,until she couldn’t breathe anymore.She almost fell and sat down..Her brown sweet eyes were sparkling but this time wasn’t from the reflection of her lightsaber but from the wetness because of tears..Poor Zeline nobody should let their feelings to “conquer” them especially Jedis..But when you actually love somebody how can you be able to control such a strong feeling?She was already inside the trap by falling in Love with him..A forbidden for Jedis situation because they should stick with balance.Time for meditation?Time for training or earning more knowledge as she did?Time for vacation and distract herself from the real situation? Honestly,nothing really helped..Zeline Nemesis never felt more helpless in her entire life..Should she ask the help of her Clan or take this battle on her own? All these thoughts in her mind.. Another voice in her mind said: “Patience,just be a little more patient and everything will come up to light” She tried to think what relaxes her and she thought maybe she should write some poems for him since the War was over and had plenty of time..Oh,she missed him,she dearly and sincerely missed him..And what’s left in the END? Only Hope.. P.S the song that came into my mind as soon as i put the last dot on my text is: Only Hope by Mandy Moore from a walk to remember one of my favourite movies but i don't know how to upload it!

Placement
No placement