#nadia grell

[coruscanti-real-estate]

Why I Stopped Looking for Another App

I used to bounce between AI companion apps, always hunting for the next better one. SweetDream ended that. Once I built a companion who felt right and held up day after day, the search just stopped.

That staying power comes down to quality. The chat stays natural, the visuals look great, the calls feel real, and nothing breaks the illusion. sweetdream.ai was the first one that made me want to settle in instead of move on.

[coruscanti-real-estate]

The plot thickens ...

[galaxywithoutend]

WIP: Nadia's Choice

“If you go back to Sarkhai, I will not follow you. I will no longer be your Jedi Master. I cannot train you, I cannot tell you what to do and I cannot be directed by you in the interest of one planet. I don’t say this to hurt you. But I must say it to inform your choice.”

Nadia’s lips worked. Finally she said, “Does not doing anything always feel like this?”

“A better man might say no. But I still have a few connections. And not doing anything chafes like a choke collar. I could remove that collar at any time. But then I would not be Jedi. And so far, that choice hasn’t justified itself.”

[bellaralutare]

[bellaralutare]

[crqstalite]

since nadia and cele were visiting voss, decided id doodle the pair of them. fun fact, since cele is 6'0"-6'1", nadia is nearly six inches shorter than her. or more. honestly i have no idea how tall nadia is but i thought it was kind of cute.

all sorts of sights to see! and beasts to hopefully not get ran over by.

[galaxywithoutend]

Chapter 37.2. Jedi Consular

Tebbith followed Nadia to the mess. It was quiet, for once, its patterned tile walls and simple macrame decorations displayed for no one. He leaned on one of the high ceramic chairs by the counter, where kitchen implements from half a dozen planets stood in neat rows. “Nadia, we need to talk.” 

“Yes, Master?” Nadia bit her dark lip. “I'm sorry for what I said back there, I didn't mean it.” 

Kill him...isn’t that what you do? “Didn't you? Someone murdered your father and I declined to punish the murderer. I'd have to be made of stone not to understand why you were angry.”

Her forehead scrunched up. “But I shouldn't be angry. It’s not the Jedi way.”

“I can't judge you. You said killing people is what I do.” He had tried living with that fact and it wasn’t easy, but there was also nothing else he could really believe about himself. “You weren't wrong. I'm trying to do better.” 

“Master Tebbith, you were the kindest, strongest person I ever met…”

“How disappointed you must be.” 

“No.” Her assurance was abrupt and complete. “You came back to us. I thought…I thought you would stay with your Sith and we would have to be enemies. I thought you would use up all your care and your wisdom on apprentices.” Her voice was shaking. “I thought…with Father gone and you in that room with that Sith, I was sure everything I’d learned was going to fail.” 

And with that, she would be…what? An orphan and an unusual padawan in an organization that knew nothing of her culture or values? She was close to tears and he didn’t want that. “You don't fail easily, Nadia Grell. It's a family trait.”

“You think so?”

“I know so. Maybe I’m a killer, but I am trying to be a Jedi again. If you’ll have me, I’ll go on training you.”

“And I won’t throw it in your face. I promise.”

“Thank you.”

Nadia looked at his hand. “Wrist, please, Master Jedi.”

He brought up the wrist with its red beaded bracelet. Nadia deftly undid the end and slid one bead off to drop on the floor. “For kindness,” she said, and bound up the remainder of his debt for later use.

The hand-carved beads represented a manifold debt of honor, presented to him when he returned to her post-killing. Each fallen bead reduced his debt, with no haggling or holding on to grudges. He had been kind, or brave, or something, and she had released one layer of her claim on him.

It felt like progress.

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Story Index

[angularblade]

It might be time for Mesa's first Dark Side choice because holy cow Tharan back the hell off.

[storm-chaser07]

Been thinking about writing a fic with my Consular (her names Alla) and Nadia that’s basically a mix of a soulmate au and a Daemon au (if you don’t know what a daemon is it’s basically like the physical manifestation of your soul in animal form, it’s from His Dark Materials so some wiki page somewhere probably explains it better than me)

The way it would work is basically up until your about 18 you have your daemon with you always, but one you hit 18 your daemon leaves to be with whoever your soulmate is, and vice versa. You basically switch daemons until you meet again, thus you know who your soulmate is based on if they have your daemon, that kinda thing

I also like the idea of it being a sort of ‘you only see them when it’s the right time’ kind of scenario, so some people See and Recognize their daemons the minute they meet their soulmate, but for some people it takes months or even years to Recognize their daemons again.

And Nadia and Alla’s whole dynamic is basically the idea of a lot of repressed feelings up until realizing you might never get the chance to actually express those feelings, and then throwing care to the wind because it’s been 7 years and I thought i would never see you again and I have to let you know or else I’d regret it for the rest of my life and- I feel like that can fit so well??

(And a little disclaimer, Nadia and Alla don’t enter a relationship until they meet again on Ossus, and even then the age gap and dynamic of the whole thing is very much different considering Alla is actually a year younger than Nadia. I already had an age for her in mind when I made her, and when I realized in game she’s supposed to be older I just kinda ignored it because I am a great fan of ‘child prodigy forced into the world too early and too roughly because of their skills’ and I also intentionally wanted to match their ages up because the whole master/padawan thing is already kinda icky without the age gap of Nadia being so young)

(Edit: also yes I know realistically their daemons would be Star Wars animals but I don’t know enough Star Wars animals to even attempt to match them with certain characters, so we’re using real animals so I don’t get a headache) And while I imagine Alla’s daemon being an elk, but I’m struggling to figure out what Nadia’s would be. I keep picturing snow leopard? But I don’t know if that’s Nadia, y’know? Daemons are supposed to be them, just in an sort of animal manifestation

If you guys got any ideas for Nadia’s daemon I’m more than open!