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

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[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.

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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.

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[ she seems... shockingly unshocked by this ]

You made it out okay?

More okay than them, that's for sure.

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

... 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?

I think I can relate, yeah.

... 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.

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.

... Exactly.

Thank you. I appreciate the help.

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.

From "darkness"? I'm guessing not literal darkness. ... The Dark Side?

Something like that? Maybe?

[Most non-Jedi wouldn't be all that familiar with the concept of the Dark Side, so Nova's confusion isn't unusual.]

... The universe has an energy to it. An energy that runs through all living things and binds us together. We all coexist in a delicate balance with one another.

That's the Force.

The opposite of that balance is chaos. We call that the Dark Side.

That sounds about right, yeah. We just called it the Darkness.

... How did you do it? --If you don't mind my asking.

I can't help but feel like the Dark Side is growing in strong in my galaxy, too. If there's a way to stop it...

...The power of friendship?

[... Uh.]

... Can you ... be a little more specific?

Not really. It wasn't exactly clear to me. Magic stuff, like I said.

Oh well. It was worth a shot.

Sorry.

[ she doesn't sound that sorry ]

Don't worry about it.

Are there any other questions I can answer right now?

... No, I think that about covers it.

[Ahsoka gives her a short bow in the Jedi fashion-- a slight inclination of her head, combined with one hand cupping the other. Nova probably won't understand the gesture, but she's grateful.]

Thank you. ... For being so patient with me.

[ nods in return ]

You seem nice, and I've been where you are, a few times. Let me know if you need anything.

... Same goes for you. Open offer.

Thanks.

[ waves and signs off! ]