Chapter 3, Part 4 (Saganami)

*the scene opens in total darkness. Slowly, lights come on, but it's still quite dim. The scene is revealed to be a small, round room with a door on one side. Edward Saganami is unconscious in the middle of the room, but soon comes to and sits up. He blinks once, twice, then sits up, then stands.*

Saganami: Huh. Ow. What a headache... Glad I have the medkit.

*he pops a few aspirin, opens the door, and leaves the room. The door leads to a corridor, then to a large rectangular room. As Saganami enters the room, the lights flare, and the door closes behind him. A figure stands in the middle of the room, glowing slightly. The figure is an Echani female, with short white hair, and simple, yet efficient white robes. Saganami walks up to her.*

Glowing Figure: I was once Brianna, the Last Handmaiden. But no more. Everything that I was has passed into the Force. I speak now through a holocron.

Saganami: Holowhatnow?

Brianna: A Jedi tool. One of learning, and of teaching. I must learn if you are worthy to be taught.

Saganami: How do you propose to do that?

Brianna: Through combat. Battle is a form of self-expression, of communication. I will learn more through a duel than I ever could through conversation.

*a metal quarterstaff appears by each of them, and they duel. The dual lasts for quite a while, and Saganami even manages to impress himself. However, he misses a parry, and Brianna scores a final blow. However, this is a duel, not a fight, so he's not dead*

Saganami: Ow.

Brianna: You are worthy.

*she fades out, and a door opens. Edward Saganami goes through the now-open door. On the other side is a small, round room very similar to the one he awoke in. There are three pedestals in the room, one with a pyramidal object, the other two with metallic cylinders. One cylinder is slightly shorter than the other, and the pyramidal object glows with a soft blue light. Saganami hefts the longer cylinder experimentally, and places it, along with the pyramid and other cylinder into his bag, mentally shrugging as he does so. The pedestals sink into the floor, and a platform much like the one from earlier rises from the ground. Saganami steps onto it, and it carries him upward.*

*scene ends*