Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731
This recent fight was a side issue -- definitely reduced some of the potential complications for us, yes, but still: not our primary goal today.
And now that we're all together -- except So'Zen, who is on another mission for the foreseeable future -- I really need a snack.
Also some fluids.
Also some post-exercise stretches as a cool down.
Farseeing through the torn rift
I find no living beings near the torn rift, much less people needing to be pulled back through the rift to relative safety.
Instead, the Force calls me to continue further into hyperspace -- until I perceive a healthier, more stable looking open gate from hyperspace into what we consider "realspace".
The gate has a visible aura.
It has a sort of vines pattern, twining around to make this gate. Every so often, the "vines" curl together to form the symbol of the Jedi order.
"Here I am."
The rift widens. I see beyond it, through the coronau radiation of hyperspace, a jungle world. On that world, I see a large statue overgrown with vines. It's a jedi knight, saber hilt on the belt, very composed, looking out at the sky. I can't recognize a particular person.
Dark rubbery oily tentacles reach out around me. And I catch a glimpse of extremely large squid with a shell on its back.
Well, I do have this deliberately built reputation for giving Dark Siders a chance to have a civil discussion. I'll maintain that.
Squiddy McGee here tells me:
I struck a deal with a Hutt
and then my desires were cast aside
and I was trapped here by Skywalker
and Kenobi
This world and its people are mine per an agreement with Grakkus
It was a fair exchange
the Jedi had no business interfering
S and K had no business using the artifact to trap me in hyperspace
How long ago? Dunno. Kenobi and The Boy Skywalker
Eztrigan is not an Eborrean. So there's that.
I have commited to helping Eztrigan. Which may not equate to "freeing". I need to do research, gather facts, search for location within hyperspace, and possibly solve other problems as part of getting to a point where helping Eztrigan is possible.
(In fact, once we're away from Ghostdrift, I need to email the Bossmen. I need them to find matching openings in both their calendars so we can have a live holovid chat. And they need to arrange security so our convo cannot be recorded, eavesdropped, or redistributed.)