Find an other way

Lana: You do not have a spare Jedi robe by any chance, do you...?

Temple guard: No, I do not. Your trial is over, please leave the room to let the other padawans participate as well.

Lana: Damn, I have to find something out quickly...! I can't piece together any cover from these pieces of clothes... Wait... we used to learn how to make **** projections... But I have always sucked at that...! And I have **** now... I must try... If I focus maybe they will all think I have my clothes on... I just can't go near anybody, or they will realize the deception...

You try, but nothing happens...

Lana: Come on! There is peace... There is harmony...

You keep focusing... Finally, you manage to form the appearance of your clothes onto you. But you must stay focused, or it will disappear.

Lana: I did it! I can't believe it! But the worst is yet to come... I have to keep this up without any suspicion.

Temple guard: Using the dark side to gain temporary strength then using the light to calm down and empty your mind. A true example of a grey Jedi. May the **** be with you in the future, Lana Ordo.

You walk to the door and take a deep breath before opening the door...

Lana (thinking): Alright Lana... you can do this... You might appear naked in front of dozens of other padawans and masters... But they will not know it... Just focus... Empty your mind and all will be well... I just have to keep my distance from everybody and avoid touching them.

You open the door and try to walk out as if nothing had happened... But you didn't expect that everybody would gather around you to ask all kinds of questions!

Ranvi: Lana! How was it?! Did you pass?!

Drek: It took long enough for you to come out... The possibility of success was decreasing minute by minute... Did you just...?

Lana: I passed, don't worry! That was easier than I thought...!

Ranvi: Really? What was it about? What should we expect?

Lana: I... I am not allowed to speak of it... Everybody gets a personalized trial, so you won't be helped if I tell you anyway...

Drek: Hm, that wouldn't be much help indeed. But you passed, that is all that matters! We will have to follow up not to be bested by you!

Ranvi: We will pass too! We have been training for this for more than a decade now!

Ranvi goes in next. While she is inside, you receive multiple other questions from others... You try not to say anything of what happened and keep your disguise on too... All of a sudden you realise something... You are... wet...?! In this situation?! How could that possibly be?! You lose your touch with the world as you are shocked by revelation...

Padawan: Lana...

Only thoughts about your exposure storm through your mind... And don't even hear that others are still talking to you... Then you are suddenly returned to reality.

Padawan: Lana...!

Lana: Oh sorry, I got lost in my thoughts...!

Padawan: I asked you a question...

Lana: Excuse me, what was that again?

Padawan: I just asked, what happened to your robe?

Lana (shocked, looking at your still visible disguise): What?! What do you mean?!

Padawan: You are missing your hood, but I remember you clearly had it when you entered... How is that?

Lana (trying to find an excuse nervously): Ehm... It must have been damaged during the fight...!

Padawan: So you had to fight?! Cool! Did you win?!

Lana: Sort of...

Padawan: You must have bested a great master! You are truly something else Lana! Thank you for sharing this with me, now I know what to expect!

He rushes back to other padawans to chat further... You have some spare time to calm down after this great rush.

Lana (thinking): I can do this... They do not see anything and they will not find out the truth... Just stay focused... But still, why the hell did I get wet?! This is almost a nightmare!

Your master steps to you.

Jereli: Lana! You must have done great inside! I am proud I was your master!

Lana: Thank you, master, it was possible thanks to your teachings!

Jereli: I am no longer your master! You do not need one now! You are a knight of the order so you can go on separate missions of your own! Congratulation!

He reaches out to put his hands on your shoulders as a sign of how proud he is of your achievement, but you evade his hands, in fear of finding out the truth...

Lana: Thank you, master...! But I could have done better, it would be inappropriate for you to be so proud of me...

Jereli: Why do you think that? You passed, isn't that enough for you?

Lana: I did but... I wasn't strong enough...

Jereli (whispering): Because you lost your clothes?

You stand there petrified... You can't even look at him... Did he just say it...? Really...? He knows...?! How could that be...?!

Jereli (whispering): The **** flows around you differently if you use such techniques. You can't sell this deception to any experienced master in the ways of the ****! But you are doing it well enough to avoid the padawans noticing your trick! And so, I say it again, I am proud of you!

He puts his hands on your shoulders... You feel them on your bare skin... Even if it appears, they are on your clothes... You can barely think of or say anything...

Lana (whispering): So... do all the masters here, know...?

Jereli (whispering): I think so. But we have seen many things during these trials, this will hardly concern them, fear not!

Lana (whispering): I try to think of that...

Jereli (whispering): And one more thing... When you got lost in your thoughts before, your disguise started to disappear... But I felt I better intervene and help you out. Only your hood disappeared from your back as a result, but nobody noticed it fading away, only when it was completely gone!

Lana (whispering): REALLY?! Oh shit, I almost ended up exposed...! Thank you, master... I mean, Jereli.

Jereli: You can still call me master if you will! Even if I will not be one, some students still call their former masters, master, after decades of passing this trial! Feel free to use it if you want!

Ranvi exits the room to receive the same amount of interrogation as you did. She looks sad though...

Drek: Ranvi, are you okay? Did you pass?

Ranvi: Yes, I did...

Lana: Why are you sad then? What happened?

Ranvi: I was... I was facing something I am not sure I could handle just yet...

Drek: What was it?

Ranvi: I will tell you two later, for now, I just want to meditate on what has happened.

Lana: Sure thing, this trial is a bit awkward as it seems...

Drek: In this case, I better go next, before the ordinary padawans jump at the opportunity! I'll be back and I won't be the one to fail now!

Lana and Ranvi: Don't fail now that both of us passed!

He enters the room and Jereli approaches Ranvi. They have a similar little talk as you had with him before. Once they are done, Ranvi comes to you.

Lana: Feeling better now?

Ranvi: I just need some time to settle. Did you encounter horrible things too?

Lana: Weell... yes, we could say so...

Ranvi: You didn't seem so sad when you came out! How could you handle it so well?

Lana: I guess we encountered different things, so our reactions can't be the same.

Ranvi (cheering up): Right... By the way, I didn't have time to say how happy I am for you, that you passed!

Lana: Same here for you!

Ranvi (coming to hug you): Come, at me, my fellow Jedi knight!

Lana (trying to avoid it): Ehm, I do not feel like it at the moment... Could we pass it...?

Ranvi (becoming sad again): Oh, alright, sorry...

Lana (thinking): Oh blast it! I didn't want to sadden her! But I can't risk her discovering I am practically naked at the moment...! What should I do now...?!