Collet Manor

[Lora Collet]

Telos IV, often called simply Telos, was a world located in the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy and situated on the Hydian Way hyperroute. The planet is covered with hills and sunny weather, while one part of the planet was covered with polar ice caps and snowy days. This area housed the legendary Telosian Academy, secret to only a few of the Jedi that fought against the Reconstructed Galactic Empire. In the main part of town housed the Angelbay Medical Station.

This is where Lorana and her clone, Casey, are making their home on this peaceful planet. Their home is built right on the outskirts of town, but close enough to make daily trips to the snow and to the local town. The house is a 2-story, 5 bedrooms, with a huge backyard. In the middle of the backyard, a young worsyyr tree (representing new beginnings) is growing. There are two cottages next to each other as well. One is a training house, with one room for solely saber practices. The other is a barn where Lorana's dream of housing pigs will live at.

[Lora Collet]

*The ship lands and Casey turns around to Lorana*

Well here we are Lora. Are you sure this planet is safe for us?

*Lorana nods, looking at the manor and amazed how through the times it was the only building that never changed.*

Yes Casey. I'm sure. No one knows about my time here with my parents, even my so called father won't remember. We'll be safe here.

*Casey nods and gets up to get whatever luggage they had. Lorana continues to stare into the vast fields of Telos as images of her childhood came rushing back. Casey's calling interrupts Lorana's final image: her dad holding a small Lora on his back. Wiping the tears from her eyes, Lorana quickly takes off her seatbelt and heads outside with Casey.*

Okay, so from what I saw in my father's study, the Collet Manor belonged to my great-grandparents. After my father left, we don't know what happened to the rest of the family.

*Casey stops at the mentioend of unknown family and calls out to her*

What if someone is still here Lora?

*Lorana shrugs her shoulder and winks*

Well Casey, that's where the fun begins.

[Lora Collet]

*Casey and Lora continue on until they got to the gates of the manor.*

*Looking from the outside of the gates, the manor looked like it had been deserted for many years. Weeds covered around the gates and along the sides of the manor walls. The grass was mostly dead weeds and overgrown. The trees that line the corner of the property, by the windows, were bare. Lorana takes out her blaster and shoots the lock off, the gate squeaking open. Casey also takes out his blaster and they slowly walked through the barely visible path to the manor.

Man Lora. This is something out of a horror movie.

*Casey says, looking around. Lorana just nods, wondering what could have caused the family to just abandoned the manor. Finally, after manuvering through huge branches and roots coming from the ground, they reach the porch and Casey steps forward, holding his hand up for Lorana to wait.

*He slowly climbs up the stairs and knocks on the door. Casey didn't hear any answer, so he tries the door and surprisingly it opens. He waves Lora up and they both walk inside to the foyer.

[Lora Collet]

*Lorana looks around the room, trying to get a sense of the last time people were in here. The walls were covered with frames but you couldn't see what the pictures were because of the thick dust on them. The huge chandeliur hanging from the ceiling was covered in cobwebs.

"Wow. This does look like a horror movie. I'm just waiting for some monster or zombie to come out and attack us."

*Casey said, lifting up sheets from the furniture. Lorana just nods as she continues walking around to the next room: the living room. Slowly, a voice came into her head: her father's voice.

"Your grandmother loved to hold dinner parties in the living room Lora. She would have everyone sit on the big chairs surrounding the fireplace as your uncle Jake would play the piano. Boy I wish I could have played the piano like him."
"Really, Dad? Is that why you wanted me to play the piano?"
"Yes dear. That's why. One day we'll go visit your grandparents and you can play for them. Maybe Uncle Jake and you can have a competition.
"Oh Daddy!"

*Lorana turns around and sitting in a corner, facing the fireplace, was the famous piano that her dad told her about. By instinct, she walks over towards it and takes off the sheet. Dust and bugs start flying in the air, but with one swish of her hand, Lorana uses the Force to move the particles away quickly. She sits down and pushes a key. The piano makes a dead noise and she laughs. Suddenly Casey comes running into the room, blaster up and looks around*

"Lora! What the? What are you doing?"

*Lorana looks at him and laughs a little*

"I wanted to see if the piano still works Case. I guess it needs a tune up."

*Casey chuckles a bit and sits down on a chair next to the piano.*

"You were right about this place Lora. No one will think to look for us here. So what's our next move?"

*Lorana continues to press the keys on the piano a bit more while she thought. After leaving Bandomeer, she didn't think much about what to do next. Obliviously she couldn't go back to the Order (they wouldn't accept her back) and definitely knew she wouldn't go back to the Sith (Lonefire would definitely kill both of them). Lorana stopped and turns to Casey*

"For once Case, I don't know what we should do next. I think we should lay low for a while, do some side jobs to get by. I mean, how hard is it to be a pirate right?

*Casey just shrugs*

"I don't know Lora. Your father has agents EVERYWHERE. Plus can't he feel you through the Force or something like that?"

"Yes he could but that's why I've been practicing with this dark magic I found in his study one day. It's supposed to help force users conceal their thoughts or something. Hopefully that will help us out till we figure out what to do, but trust me this place, this PLANET, will be the last place Darth Lonefire will want to visit.

*Casey nods, hoping Lorana knew what she was doing. Lorana just smiles, glad Casey couldn't read her mind because she wasn't sure if the mind blocking power really worked. To get her distracted, Lorana gets up and starts removing the covers from the furniture.*

"Come on Case. Since this will be our home for the time, let's clean this place up. I'm curious to see what this place looked like back in the 'glory day.' "

*Casey got up, since he didn't want to spend his time sitting, and started to move furniture around. They kept it up for a few hours, until the living room looked like a room again.*

[Lora Collet]

*After many hours (and injuries to Casey lifting heavy items while Lorana stood back, giggling because he knew she could do it herself) the first floor of the manor was cleaned. Sweating and dirty, Lorana pats Casey on the back (gently) and smiles.

"Well Case. You really proved yourself today. You graduated from being just a clone to a house man."

"House man? Uh no Lora."

*Casey replies, chuckling at the thought of his fellow clone friends seeing him doing house work. Lorana pats him on the head and sits on the stairs.*

"Now we have the rooms but let's make it easy. I'll pick one and for tonight just crash there. Tomorrow we can work in the other rooms."

*Casey slowly gets up and sighs, looking at the long flight of stairs.*

"Or...or just a thought.. We crash down here in a clean room."

*Lorana turns back and realizing what she was asking was impossible, looks back at Casey and jumps up*

"You're right. Better not go kill ourselves on the stairs."

*She helps Casey up and they drag themselves to the living room. Picking the sofa by the window, Lorana grabs some decent sheets and hands a few to Casey. Casey immediately knocks out on the other sofa by the fireplace as soon as he laid down. Lorana, on the other hand, lays down but doesn't fall asleep yet. Looking outside at the starry night, she imagines how life was in the manor and her father growing up here. The last thing she sees before falling asleep was a smiling Merrik dancing in the foyer with his brother.*

[Lora Collet]

*After a few days of cleaning and rearranging the remains of furniture, Lora and Casey got the Collet Manor looking livable again. Sitting at the table, enjoying a small Thanksgiving dinner, Lora looks over a recent holo that she found in one of the rooms. Casey finishes eating his last piece of steak and leans over the table.

"Hey Lora, so that's gonna be our first job then?"

*Lora just nods and finishes up reading the information. She slides the holo towards Casey and finishes up her drink.

"Well, this is a start but I think we can handle something a bit more....easy. Remember, this is our first time AND we have to be careful where we go. Plus, you don't inherit pirate genes like that voodoo stuff you do."