<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/OmXwNpC.png)</div><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/2uxbDiJ.png)</div><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><strong>Name:</strong>Kaiya and Arisa<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Main Hall<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>open<br/><strong>Content:</strong>ceremony<br/><hr/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Kaiya could sense the impatience in the room. The aura of anticipation surged through the assembled students, feeding off itself in a subtle feedback loop. Everyone there was excited in a way that made them almost irritated, and even though she could see it happening, Kaiya didn't quite have it in her to shield herself from it. Such things, she thought, would be unseemly in the present situation. As she stepped into the room proper to take her place towards the back of the assembled youth of the Jedi order, she pulled back the hood of the white cloak she wore. She was dignified and appeared calm, the years of Jedi training helping her keep the appearance of composed serenity even as the excitement of the room pulled her along with it.<br/><br/>Beside her, another of her fellow trainees stood at attention. She too wore the robes of the Jedi order, but Arisa's brown robes didn't stand out quite as much as Kaiya's off-white ensemble. What marked Arisa were her unusual features, the blue skin and glowing red eyes of the Chiss were extremely rare in this part of space. Unlike Kaiya, Arisa seemed less serene, coming off a bit more as reserved, watchful, observant. She turned her head subtly, sizing up each new arrival, watching the exuberance of the younger children here to move up in class or be assigned their various tutors.<br/><br/>"It's good to be back." Kaiya spoke first, clasping her hands behind her back and standing facing towards the front of the room, a little bit more like a soldier at ease than a Jedi.<br/><br/>Arisa nodded. "I did miss this place." The two of them had been in the Jedi order since their childhood, and had finished a period as Padawans in the field. The idea, at least as far as they understood, was that they were now returning to the temple to study and prepare for the trials and tests that would mark them as full-fledged Jedi. Personally, Arisa was in no rush. Neither of their masters had been able to make the ceremony. Masters Kirsch and Al-Iriti had been together since their own temple days, and tended to do everything together (even, to Arisa's chagrin, taking Padawans from the same class and cohort). Arisa hadn't exactly planned to spend her entire apprenticeship hip-to-hip with Kaiya, who outclassed her at almost everything, but one didn't always choose one's circumstances.<br/><br/>Kaiya, for her part, had never noticed Arisa's small jealousy, or at least had never acknowledged it. "Hush. We begin." Just as she spoke, Arisa turned back to look at the front of the room, where Yoda was beginning to speak. The both of them watched the ceremony with appropriate dispassion, Kaiya keenly aware of the conflicted and strong feelings around her. Such was to be expected in this place, especially now with so many new learners joining at advanced age. Arisa, for her part, was oblivious.<br/><br/>With the ceremony over, the two turned to head out of the hall, sticking together more out of habit than any particular desire for each others' company. Both of them had their minds solidly on the work ahead of them. Even after a lifetime of training, becoming a Jedi was no easy feat.