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[resnipstance]

Who: Ahsoka Tano + you
Broadcast: Video (Fleetwide)
Action: Aboard the Marsiva
When: Current

action.
[Ahsoka wakes with a start. Even before she's fully conscious, everything around her feels wrong. One thing is instantly apparent: this is not her beautiful home. Ha ha, that's a joke. Get it? Because she has no home right now, and if she did, it wouldn't be beautiful. Her hands fly instantly to her belt for her lightsabers, but-- oh, that's right. She doesn't have them anymore. She remembers that much. So why can she not remember how she got here?

Eyes wide and breathing hard, she fights down rising panic to take inventory of her surroundings instead. What does she know? What can she find out?

Spaceship. Gravity? Normal. Oxygen? Normal. Something about a game show? Whatever. She dismisses that piece of information, it's clearly not relevant right now. Next she checks the door-- not locked. She lets herself out. Hallways-- no guards. Well, that's slightly unsettling. In fact, as she runs down the hallways of the ship from one place to another, it becomes increasingly apparent that there's no personnel anywhere. And no way off. Eventually she stops running after what seems like her fiftieth traverse down yet another an empty passageway, one hand on her chest trying to calm her rapidly beating heart. Finally, she mutters to herself:]

Well. I suppose you don't need guards if you can't get out.

video.

Hello. If you're receiving this message, please let me know. My name is Ahsoka Tano.

I'm stranded on what appears to be a large cruiser of indeterminate class with no apparent crew and in an unknown system. If anyone has any information on what star system we're in, or recognises the vessel and knows where the escape pods are, I'd be very grateful.

Thank you. Over and out.

Comments

[takeabow]

[ raises her hand ]

[resnipstance]

... What?

[takeabow]

Where I'm from, the government's police forces are called Peacekeepers. The way they choose to keep peace is through violent suppression, I guess.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka's indignation is palpable.]

What?! That's not a peacekeeper. That's just a common thug.

[takeabow]

I guess it changes when you have the government to support you.

[resnipstance]

I suppose so. The Republic supports the Jedi Order back home, and the Order supports the Republic, but... ultimately they're independent, subject to their own rules. It's more like a partnership than an ownership.

[takeabow]

Sounds nice. Functional, even.

[resnipstance]

[Haha...ha.]

... For the most part. No system is perfect.

And we're currently in the middle of a war that's been going on for three years and doesn't seem to have any end in sight, so... take that as you will.

[takeabow]

Fair enough. Everywhere's got their problems.

[resnipstance]

That's true enough.

... What's your name, by the way?

[takeabow]

Oh. Right.

I'm Nova.

[resnipstance]

Nova. It's good to meet you.

I'm sorry if I was a bit short with you earlier. If we're going to be here together for a while, it would be nice if we could be friends. Or allies.

[takeabow]

If you were, I didn't notice. It's kind of a shock to be here, I just wish I had more answers for you.

[resnipstance]

It's fine.

I just wish I could say it was my first time being kidnapped for someone else's entertainment by way of excuse, but I don't even have that.

[takeabow]

You don't?

[resnipstance]

Nope.

About a year ago a band of Trandoshan Hunters thought it would be hilarious if they captured a bunch of Padawans and then set them loose on an island with no weapons-- you know, for their clan to hunt down one by one so they could have some nice trophies for their mantelpiece.

Needless to say, they aren't exactly doing business anymore.

[takeabow]

[ she seems... shockingly unshocked by this ]

You made it out okay?

[resnipstance]

More okay than them, that's for sure.

[takeabow]

Then, good. It sounds like it was awful, though.

[resnipstance]

... Reasonably awful, yes.

I wouldn't wish that experience on anybody. But at the same time-- I feel like I'm stronger now because of it. Does that make any sense?

[takeabow]

I think I can relate, yeah.

[resnipstance]

... Yeah.

There are a lot of bad people out there in the world, but...

There are a lot of good to balance it out, too.

[takeabow]

And that's what we have to remember, right?

[ she could explain the situation she came from right now but... it's exhausting to talk about, and she likes this girl. she doesn't want the pity right now ]

Hopefully you'll get settled soon. Like I said, it's not all bad.

[resnipstance]

... Exactly.

Thank you. I appreciate the help.

[takeabow]

No problem.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened to me, either. The space stuff is new, but where I came from wasn't my home, either. It was another place I was kidnapped to, magically or something. We had to help preserve it from Darkness.