Competition: No Place Like Home for the Holidays

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No Place Like Home for the Holidays

Life Day is a time for family, friends, and food shared amongst both, a time for sharing joy with those we love, and remembering those that have been lost. People come together on Life Day; they reunite after long years apart, forgive old wounds, and rekindle past connections. Over steaming feasts and unwrapped gifts, vows of affection and fraternity are newly forged, repaired, and newly formed. The memories made during this time last forever; as all the best things should, but never do.

In 500 words or more, create a story describing this year’s Life Day festivities through the eyes of one of your characters. You can make it as mooshy, goosy, and sickeningly wholesome as you’d like, on the level of those Christmas classics over on the hallmark channel. If you wanna have Mommy kissing Santa Claus, or more, be aware; adult content is allowed, but you must NOT publish the submission. A warning would be kind, as well.

Submissions must be in .PDF format, or through the text-box. All grading will be done according to the Fiction Grading Rubric, and Second level crescents and clusters of Ice will be awarded to all those three who sufficiently capture the holiday spirit.

Merry Life Day, and happy writing!

Competition Information
Parent Competition
The Dark Jedi Brotherhood Holiday Special!
Organized by
Sera Kaern, Zodac Polcim
Running time
2019-12-13 until 2020-01-03 (22 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
16 subscribers, of which 9 have participated.
Results
Member
Qyreia Arronen
Submission
Qyreia Arronen opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
1st place
2nd place
Tomora Nay'ek
Member
Tomora Nay'ek
File submission
DJB - No Place Like Home.rtf
Placement
2nd place
Member
Master Ruka Tenbriss Ya-ir
File submission
Sithmas Snapshot.pdf
Placement
3rd place
Member
Aedile Tali Sroka
File submission
Lek Day 37 ABY.pdf
Placement
4th place
5th place
Duelist Revs
Member
Duelist Revs
File submission
Home for the holidays.pdf
Placement
5th place
Member
Adept Bentre Stahoes
File submission
Home_for_the_holidays_14185.pdf
Placement
6th place
Member
Ashura Isradia Sadow
Submission
Ashura Isradia Sadow opted out of publishing his submission.
Placement
7th place
Member
Agate Gua'lara
Submission
Agate Gua'lara opted out of publishing her submission.
Placement
8th place
9th place
Lumyi Hicyl
Member
Lumyi Hicyl
Textual submission

There’s no time off for a Consular. Sure, officially they are allowed to go and have “fun” if it is allowed by the Jedi Code, but unofficially they study, meditate or train others. At least that’s what I think. Meditation can’t hurt, right? Today I’ll try to see into the past, it doesn’t hurt to know a little more about our history and besides I can train my Sensing skills. Studying in the Tython Jedi Temple is peaceful. It’s quiet, especially since the Jedi Guardians are absent during the time off we are granted by the Council.
Meditation begins. Dimly lit room, locked door and meditation pose. Relaxation of the mind and of the body. Eyes closed, but I can see something. I can hear something. It’s not from the Temple. I can see myself using the holocom. It’s not happening now. It’s from the past. I’m not even sure if it’s me or another Kel Dorian. I’m in the middle of a battlefield, surrounded by other Jedi. There are what appear to be Dark Jedi, running towards us. We are on Tython, being invaded by the Dark Jedi, or at least a group of their conquerors. The lightsabers are clashing everywhere, the plasma blades blinding me. I can only spectate, I don’t control the person I thought was me. My Jedi takes his lightsaber and turns it on, a green blade coming out of the hilt. He raises his lightsaber in an Ataru opening stance. He starts running towards the Dark Jedi, stabbing and slashing them. He has no feelings towards his former Jedi friends, for they had betrayed the Jedi Order and pursued a path of Darkness, a path for those that seek power and fame, not regretting killing for his own gain. He kills Dark Jedi left and right, running past their army of darkness as a shadow in the night. Light and Dark Jedi are dying every second, I can even feel it in the Force. He gets to their ship. There are lots of Dark Jedi in a small room. He kills them all, I sense no remorse in him. He kills the ship crew and he sends a message to what I assume is the leader of the conquest movement. I only hear a few words, “peace”, “violence” and “unbalanced”. My Jedi gets stabbed in the heart through the back by a Dark Jedi. I feel him falling to the ground and losing his life. The Dark Jedi says something, this time I can make a phrase out of it, “Power is not for the weak. The Darkness shall rise”. I lose my focus and return to today, the holidays of the Jedi Order, in the meditation room, dimly lit as before.
The Jedi Civil War. Fascinating, before the beginning of the Sith Order. Peace could have been achieved, but instead Balance won the fight. The Dark Jedi, the most powerful of the Dark Side users, became the Sith, driven by anger, suffering, vengeance and power.

Placement
9th place