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The Books of Oyja III: Leik and leiks
Chapter 1 Going In

Jash and I were now standing and looking at a wall. Her arms were crossed and my new Twi’lek body just stood still. Beyond this wall was time, I had not been in time for a very long while. Navigating the leiks was a risky business; people who got trapped in the leiks were tortured for eternity.

My male twi’lek body only had one giant lekku curling around its neck; this annoyed me as movement was somewhat limited. I looked at Jash, whose bird-like body was mystical, and knew that my choice of body was worth the inconvenience. Jash looked over at me and smiled. “This should be easy, Oyja.” She said and I smiled back. Sure, this would be easy.

“Sure, we go through here and we fight Doltan.” I joked. We would not find Doltan through the wall, The Dark Lord of the Night would not choose to use Doltan until it was time. What time was that? I don’t know, but I dreaded it. At the end of the battle between Doltan and I The Dark Lord of the Night took Doltan away. For reasons I could only guess at.

I had been born as a girl named Carrie Minaz, and had lived a hard life. After I murdered five people, who had been very close to me, Kuhn Tenju had given me the chance of having great powers and a chance to escape punishment. But, as I learned, it had a price. Even now I don’t know why Kuhn chose me. I suppose he was given orders, but I want to believe there was some deeper meaning.

“You’ve fought off worse things than this.” Jash said. “You’ve fought off the life of a hermit.”

“I believe that was your fault.” I replied.

“Do you not want to know me?” She asked.

I looked at her. She still reminded me of Padawan Kiem. I knew she had Kiem’s memories, but there were also others. “I would dearly miss you.” I said. “I wasn’t really blaming you, just pointing out a fact.”

I had ended up getting to the highest possible level of Tenju society, I had become a Tenju. I had then grown tired of it. I felt I had betrayed too many of my morals, I had given up my gender and became an it; Jash had come and gotten me into rebelling against the Tenju and, eventually, into fighting Master Tenju himself. Master Tenju was also known as Doltan.

“The facts you point out show your opinion.” Jash said and looked to the wall. “What you think of as important states your opinions.” She looked at the wall very hard. The wall seemed to break apart and reform again and again. Jash was use to going through time, for me it was a new experience. Actually, I had gone through the leiks, but had not known it at the time.

Time. I laughed, something I had thought I had felt but really hadn’t. I imagined all the things time would bring. Would I age? That was the danger; you would automatically die if you didn’t enter the leiks properly.

I touched the wall gently with my mind. It felt smooth and perfect. An angelic being. Tas herself had created it. Such a shame it was going into ruins. Perfect. It was perfect. I felt like I was in heaven, like Tas herself was with me. I saw a little scar and touched it. Hell’s fire poured onto me! So many sensations, so many minds. I screamed in fear and panic. It hurt so much.

Jash touched me and I tried to find comfort in her. I couldn’t. My body started to ache and I screamed louder. Suddenly I found the scar again and started to climb out. I breathed hard, I sweated blood. My heart raced, my mind felt better as I left the scar and went back into my body.

I opened my eyes slowly. “What was that?”

“It’s a break in the leiks. Makes it even more dangerous to enter.” Jash looked kindly into my eyes. “I was not certain; you needed to find out for yourself. Only that will teach you.”

“What memory is that?” I asked. Whose memory could be so cruel and unkind?

“A memory of a Hist.” She replied. “His name I will not say.” She made me sit up. “I will show you how to enter.”

Jash calmed my mind and I tried to enter the leiks again. She felt the scars, but from a distance. Jash controlled the awe she had. The awe was there, but controlled. I saw that Jash was a real master. I, Tenju trained, was nothing besides her.

This time I entered with purpose, I went through the wall. I then saw memories:

a nexu eating an acklay. i was watching. i was cheering the bloodshed on. each time the nexu sturck i cheered louder. i was winning the bet.

I had just experienced the life of a Genosian. They were so violent. Life is precious; it can’t be taken so cruelly without just cause. It was unfair.

sitting in the shade of a tree with my pet kaadu. we felt like we could take the world on our own. naboo was just waiting for us. i smiled as i thought more about my studies. i was taking my studies very seriously, but i still felt a need to hangout.

I laughed. A normal person just waiting for life to come; just trying to figure out what to do, while not caring. I had been that way, but now I had changed. I had changed so much that I couldn’t tell who I was now.

More memories came to me; some of joy and love; some of pain and suffering; some of death and life. So many things, Jash had to keep my mind in check so I wouldn’t get lost. I saw a path now, hidden in the mist of the netherworld; so wonderful and so mystical.

Jash and I landed softly on the path. I could see the path, but it was lost in the fog. So much fog containing every universe out there. “So these are the leiks.” I said.

Author’s Note: I welcome you back to The Books of Oyja, where another adventure is brewing. This is more about explaining what Leik and the leiks are.

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The Books of Oyja III: Leik and leiks
Chapter 1 Going In

Jash and I were now standing and looking at a wall. Her arms were crossed and my new Twi’lek body just stood still. Beyond this wall was time, I had not been in time for a very long while. Navigating the leiks was a risky business; people who got trapped in the leiks were tortured for eternity.

My male twi’lek body only had one giant lekku curling around its neck; this annoyed me as movement was somewhat limited. I looked at Jash, whose bird-like body was mystical, and knew that my choice of body was worth the inconvenience. Jash looked over at me and smiled. “This should be easy, Oyja.” She said and I smiled back. Sure, this would be easy.

“Sure, we go through here and we fight Doltan.” I joked. We would not find Doltan through the wall, The Dark Lord of the Night would not choose to use Doltan until it was time. What time was that? I don’t know, but I dreaded it. At the end of the battle between Doltan and I The Dark Lord of the Night took Doltan away. For reasons I could only guess at.

I had been born as a girl named Carrie Minaz, and had lived a hard life. After I murdered five people, who had been very close to me, Kuhn Tenju had given me the chance of having great powers and a chance to escape punishment. But, as I learned, it had a price. Even now I don’t know why Kuhn chose me. I suppose he was given orders, but I want to believe there was some deeper meaning.

“You’ve fought off worse things than this.” Jash said. “You’ve fought off the life of a hermit.”

“I believe that was your fault.” I replied.

“Do you not want to know me?” She asked.

I looked at her. She still reminded me of Padawan Kiem. I knew she had Kiem’s memories, but there were also others. “I would dearly miss you.” I said. “I wasn’t really blaming you, just pointing out a fact.”

I had ended up getting to the highest possible level of Tenju society, I had become a Tenju. I had then grown tired of it. I felt I had betrayed too many of my morals, I had given up my gender and became an it; Jash had come and gotten me into rebelling against the Tenju and, eventually, into fighting Master Tenju himself. Master Tenju was also known as Doltan.

“The facts you point out show your opinion.” Jash said and looked to the wall. “What you think of as important states your opinions.” She looked at the wall very hard. The wall seemed to break apart and reform again and again. Jash was use to going through time, for me it was a new experience. Actually, I had gone through the leiks, but had not known it at the time.

Time. I laughed, something I had thought I had felt but really hadn’t. I imagined all the things time would bring. Would I age? That was the danger; you would automatically die if you didn’t enter the leiks properly.

I touched the wall gently with my mind. It felt smooth and perfect. An angelic being. Tas herself had created it. Such a shame it was going into ruins. Perfect. It was perfect. I felt like I was in heaven, like Tas herself was with me. I saw a little scar and touched it. Hell’s fire poured onto me! So many sensations, so many minds. I screamed in fear and panic. It hurt so much.

Jash touched me and I tried to find comfort in her. I couldn’t. My body started to ache and I screamed louder. Suddenly I found the scar again and started to climb out. I breathed hard, I sweated blood. My heart raced, my mind felt better as I left the scar and went back into my body.

I opened my eyes slowly. “What was that?”

“It’s a break in the leiks. Makes it even more dangerous to enter.” Jash looked kindly into my eyes. “I was not certain; you needed to find out for yourself. Only that will teach you.”

“What memory is that?” I asked. Whose memory could be so cruel and unkind?

“A memory of a Hist.” She replied. “His name I will not say.” She made me sit up. “I will show you how to enter.”

Jash calmed my mind and I tried to enter the leiks again. She felt the scars, but from a distance. Jash controlled the awe she had. The awe was there, but controlled. I saw that Jash was a real master. I, Tenju trained, was nothing besides her.

This time I entered with purpose, I went through the wall. I then saw memories:

a nexu eating an acklay. i was watching. i was cheering the bloodshed on. each time the nexu sturck i cheered louder. i was winning the bet.

I had just experienced the life of a Genosian. They were so violent. Life is precious; it can’t be taken so cruelly without just cause. It was unfair.

sitting in the shade of a tree with my pet kaadu. we felt like we could take the world on our own. naboo was just waiting for us. i smiled as i thought more about my studies. i was taking my studies very seriously, but i still felt a need to hangout.

I laughed. A normal person just waiting for life to come; just trying to figure out what to do, while not caring. I had been that way, but now I had changed. I had changed so much that I couldn’t tell who I was now.

More memories came to me; some of joy and love; some of pain and suffering; some of death and life. So many things, Jash had to keep my mind in check so I wouldn’t get lost. I saw a path now, hidden in the mist of the netherworld; so wonderful and so mystical.

Jash and I landed softly on the path. I could see the path, but it was lost in the fog. So much fog containing every universe out there. “So these are the leiks.” I said.

Author’s Note: I welcome you back to The Books of Oyja, where another adventure is brewing. This is more about explaining what Leik and the leiks are.