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The Books of Oyja IV: MistakesChapter 3 Party
Music was playing in the apartment and decorations had been hung. Veja was in Jash’s lap, just smiling. He looked up at the lights that were shaped like krayt dragons, nexus, and vornskrs. He was showing particular interest in the vornskrs. I had gotten him a stuffed toy of a vornskr which I had made by my own hands. Jash put Veja on the couch with the toy I had named Virgil. Virgil was an earth poet that had lead Dante through Hell.
“That was lovely of you.” Jash said and hugged me. “Veja loves it so, just as though it were real.”
“It is real to him.” I replied and kissed her gently. “Maybe one day it will be real to us as well.”
She laughed at that. “How could we keep a vornskr? They are very rare, as you well know. What if some Jedi came over and was attacked by Virgil?”
“We hide.” I said and indicted the whole room. “Want to dance?” She took my hands and we went all over the room, the music reaching into my ears and soul. “You look as beautiful as the day I met you in Tenju Hell. The same mystery.”
“A mystery you’ll never solve.” She replied and touched my lekku. “Do you want to solve it?”
“Inside you I couldn’t find out.” I replied. “How can I ever?”
Veja started to clap his hands and Jash let go of me to go over to him. She then picked him up and spun him around with her. I saw his black streak but I ignored it. Teimn was going to bring over a couple of friends and I wanted to be happy, totally happy. Jash handed Veja over to me and I held him up, I tossed him up and then caught him. Each squeal of joy brought my spirits up more and more. I then sat down with him and picked up Virgil. I then started making up stories about Virgil, each one more fantastic than the last.
“Ever wonder if any of those things will actually happen?” Jash asked.
I shook my head. “But everyone must have a dream, a goal. Without that they are truly lost.” I said.
She sat beside me. “Maybe you need more faith. Go ahead, tell another.”
I nodded. “One day some honest traders were attacked by the Hist and they called out for help. No higher answered their calls as they were being killed. Then Virgil the vornskr came to the rescue. ‘Stop,’ He said. ‘Do not touch these or the full wrath of Tas will come upon you.’ The Hist laughed harder and harder, then Virgil quickly eliminated them. A great celebration was held, a feast for the almighty Virgil!”
Jash laughed and the doorbell rang. “Let me get that.” She said and opened the door to Teimn and his friends. “Welcome.”
“Good going, Sir Oyja!” Teimn shouted. “We have some gifts and food! Some more food for your hungry, hungry tummy.”
“I’m not fat yet.” I said. “I do watch my weight, though I drop all fears for such a celebration.”
Teimn and his friends put out food and brought the gifts to Veja. One of the presents was shaped in the form of a box. I helped Veja open it and it was a wooden lightsaber case. “I figured you’d train him in the Jedi arts.” Teimn’s friend, Viona, replied.
The next present was a chocolate duck. I smiled. “You know we’re going to have to melt this for him?” I asked and Viona nodded. Veja touched it and tried to eat it. We all laughed. He finally managed to bite off a little and then Jash cheered loudly. “The great Veja overcomes his first obstacle; put that down in the baby book.”
Jash laughed and unwrapped the next gift. It was a picture book about a race. Taking the chocolate duck away from Veja, Jash showed him the book. He squealed at the pictures, they were funny to him. Not a great plot, but at least there were some good drawings, and it was funny.
“It is time.” Teimn replied and clapped his hands together. His friends Imoxarn and Kintarn had put out the food. The food was a good collection of fruits, vegetables, and meat.
“Let us give a thanks for Oyja and Jash’s son, Veja,” Teimn said. “May Veja grow strong and never falter. May his destiny prevail!”
“And may Jash’s love cover Veja for all time and may darkness never take her.” Viona said. “May Veja learn to love and cherish the light, to ward off all darkness.”
“And may Oyja’s courage protect those he loves, may it never falter.” Imoxarn said. “May Veja grow in light and die in it also, to show absolute servitude to the light.”
“And may the Jedi win the Sith War, may the Republic be in peace.” Kintarn said. “May Veja learn about the Jedi but stay apart from them, for he should not be separated from his family.”
With that we began to eat. I tried some sushi they had gotten, some specialty that I had grown to like. They were all well prepared and I wondered where Teimn could’ve gotten them, it wasn’t from our normal spot. Some of the fruits were from Naboo and I smiled. The planet was quite lovely and I liked the society. Maybe, one day, I would go there and explore. I would go under a different guise, of course, but I would still want to go.
“Dreaming about Naboo again?” Jash asked. “Really, you’re going to have to focus on another planet. Just so I can be interested again.”
We all laughed at that, I had done research on Naboo and had talked about it for a long time to Jash. “Come on, you know you want to go there.” I teased and she smiled. Her smile was a wonder, a wonder not found anywhere else.
“How about Ryloth?” Viona asked. “That is an interesting place.”
“Which she won’t stop talking about.” Teimn replied. “I could give you the titles of some books to look for.”
I nodded. “That sounds like a very good idea, Viona.” I replied.
Author’s Note: Notice how much slower this is than Book III? I like to give color to my characters, to show that they’re not just black and white. I am actually interested in Ryloth, which is my connection to Viona.
