Sweet dreams are made of these...

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ROOMS BY CHARACTER

A Abigail Hobbs Aiya/Gray Nightingale Adrasteius Anor'thalion Ahsoka Tano Alex Russo Allen Walker Anders Anthony Crowley Asteffiel Axel

B - D Belthazar Spellscry Beverly Crusher Bran Stark Caesar Zeppeli Cayde-6 Cheese Sandwich Clay Terran Coil Cole Davesprite Duke Pantarei

E - I Elecman.exe Elena Gilbert Elize Lutus Felix Harrowgate Fenris Finrod Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus Imperator Furiosa Isabela Issac Lahey

J - M Jade Harley James Barnes/Jim James Barnes/Winter Joseph Joestar Katara Katniss Everdeen/Nova Kirito/Kazuto Kirigaya Kurt Wagner Leanne Loki Maladict(a) Max Caulfield Megaman Mordin Solus

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

[The usual disorientation of finding herself someplace entirely new and unexpected passes much more quickly this time than any of the previous times for Wanda. Most likely it has something to do with the loud sounds of battle and spacecraft overhead. It causes Wanda to look up, taking in the sight of the screeching ships flying overhead. The lasers flying all around as they attempt to shoot each other out of the skies. Wanda knows she needs to get to cover somewhere and fast.]

[When she turns back to the hallways, a sudden feeling of indecision overcomes here. She looks left, then right, then left again. Which way should she go? It really shouldn't matter, as anywhere would likely be better than where she currently was. Sure enough, the cry of an unfamiliar voice followed by the full-body tackle prove just how dangerous her current location actually is.]

[It takes her a moment to catch her breath again, and get back on her feet. She looks over at her mysterious savior, about to say something to her. However, the sound of more aircraft flying overhead and more weapons firing causes her to shut her mouth. She needs to make a decision and now. She closes her eyes, quickly shakes her head, and then darts down the left hallway. She looks over her shoulder to see if the strange girl who saved her is following.]

[resnipstance]

[Calibration!Ahsoka does indeed dust herself off and follow, but at a respectable distance. Her hands clasped behind her back, she seems content to walk and watch their surroundings carefully for any further mishaps rather than engage in conversation. But despite her following you, she gives off a protective presence, rather than a menacing one-- somehow, it feels like she's at your back to make sure you're safe here. If you make eye contact with her, she'll give you a friendly wave and smile.

You turn left, down the hallway with the gallery. Immediately, two things are apparent: they are all paintings of the strange girl who saved you, and they are almost all paintings that involve fighting of some kind. Whoever this girl is, it seems she lives or lived a very active lifestyle.

The paintings you see all have titles beneath them, and if you get closer, you'll be able to read each as follows:]


Grievous


Grievous: Redux


Faith


Outrage


Sai Cha


Cad Bane


Protection


Patience


The Beginning *
* long clip (~8 min)


Heroes on Both Sides


Attachment Theory


Determination


Justice


Reunion


Prison-break


Trust


Co-operation


The Wrong Jedi


Turning Point


Judgement


A New Path

The Wrong Jedi

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[After confirming that the girl was indeed following her, Wanda turns back to face whatever may come down the hall. However, after a few seconds, she slows her pace down. The had not paid much attention to the pictures on the walls at first, but one happened to catch her eye. She even turns, and walks back towards it to get a better look.]

[It's title reads "The Wrong Jedi," and it appears to picture the girl who saved her--well, the back of her anyways--facing a mysterious, hooded figure. The silhouette against the red, burning flames stands out to Wanda the most.]

[She looks from the painting to the girl, then back to the painting. She confirms that is indeed the same girl, wondering then who this other figure is facing her. She tries to catch the girl's reaction to the painting out of the corner of her eye.]

[resnipstance]

[She seems to be aware that you're watching her. She walks over.]

That one has a prequel to it, if you wanted to make sense of it.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She turns towards her companion, a little surprised by her voice. She had almost expected her to stay silent throughout whatever was going to unfold; however, that certainly didn't mean her voice was unwelcome.]

Would you show me?

[resnipstance]

[She points towards the one labelled "Trust" of a girl falling down an impossibly long cityscape.]

This one. I had to take a leap of faith... and be sure that someone else was going to have faith in me in return.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda stares at the painting, taking in the details. She listens to her companions explanation, but she doesn't take her eyes of the painting.]

And did they?

Have faith?

[resnipstance]

[She steps aside, and motions Wanda forward.]

You can see for yourself, if you want.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda nods her head and makes a motion signifying she is willing to follow.]

[resnipstance]

[As Wanda nods, the painting in front of her seems to fill her field of vision and the following memory plays out. It's... recent. Very recent. All the images Ahsoka saw, all the feelings Ahsoka felt, they're still sharp and fresh as the day it happened.

You're running through the industrial pipeline system for your life. You've just escaped from prison, wrongly detained for a crime you didn't commit. But despite your protestations of innocence, nobody seems to believe you. And the more time passes, the more evidence turns up that seems to miraculously implicate you, even though you know you didn't do it.

So escape is the only option. If you stay, you'll be found guilty, and you have no intention of going down for this. So you run. You run and you run, with Clone Troopers hot on your tail, determined to escape and find the real murderer who's framing you. It's clear now that's the only way you'll be able to clear your name. But losing the Clone Troopers isn't easy. They've given you a rough chase out of the military prison so far, and though the pipeline is making it easier, you're still far from ditching them. Your heart thuds in your chest like it's going to explode, even though you're at the peak of physical fitness and could probably continue running for hours.

Finally, it seems like you've made some distance between yourself and the Troopers, and you run towards the light at the end of the pipeline. Only... it's not exactly an exit, you discover. It's an exit that looks out over the thousands and thousands of levels of Coruscant. You know you can jump several hundred stories and land safely without injury through use of the Force, but thousands is pushing it. What do you do now? If you backtrack, they'll surely find you.

That's when your master catches up with you, and the conversation in the memory plays out. He could easily have stopped you...

But he doesn't.]

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wehn the vision fades, Wanda takes a moment to re-orientate herself. Even though she has experienced visions like this in other "rooms," it was still hard getting to that sensation of experiencing someone else's memories.]

[Once she's back and focused, Wanda looks over to her companion.]

Did it end up working out? Were you able to clear your name?

[resnipstance]

... My name was eventually cleared, yes. But... not by me.

My vision was... too clouded by bias and hasty judgement to see the true culprit clearly.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

The true culprit?

[Wanda realizes she may need a little more context here to understand exactly what was going on.]

What exactly was it that you were accused of? Why did you have to go on the run like that?

[resnipstance]

Terrorism. Murder. Sedition. Treason.

... A bomb was detonated in the Temple. Jedi, clones, military officers and innocent civilians alike were all killed in the blast. All for one person to make a statement. It was... it was horrific.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wow. That's a heavy load. Wanda frankly looks rather shocked by it all.]

And... why do they think you are the culprit?

[resnipstance]

... I was deliberately set up to take the fall. Framed.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Well, that much was clear. She wouldn't have been blamed if that didn't have reason to, right?]

How then were you framed? Those are pretty serious sounding charges after all. It could not have been just wrong place, wrong time.

[Wanda doesn't necessarily mean to sound accusatory, but it's possible her words could be taken that way.]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka just sighs. She's been over this so many times now, she doesn't take offense. She just expects it.]

The true culprit who master-minded the bomb plot had a civilian accomplice. We apprehended her, thinking she was working alone.

Once she was in custody, she requested to speak with me. Said she wasn't working alone, that she had a Jedi accomplice who master-minded the whole thing, and she didn't trust anyone other than me to pass along the information to. So I went to her cell for the information and dismissed the other guards, thinking it would make her feel safer.

Unfortunately, neither of us knew that the true culprit was hiding nearby. Just as the woman was about to reveal their name, they used the Force from their hiding place in the shadows to choke the poor woman to death. There was... nothing I could do to save her. And when a woman turns up dead in a locked cell in a secure facility and you're the only other person in the room... well.

I'm sure you can imagine how that looks.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Well, that certainly was a lot to take in. And although the explanation sounds somewhat rehearsed, Wanda is more willing to chalk it up to her having had to repeat it multiple times. After all, if this girl was the culprit, why would she have bothered saving Wanda when she first appeared here? Certainly didn't sound like something someone truly guilty of bombing a building and killing innocents would do.]

I can see how that would be rather damning evidence. How then did you do it? Clear your name, I mean?

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka's whole body practically droops. She looks abjectly miserable.]

... I didn't. For all the effort I spent breaking out of prison, trying to track the culprit down... all I ended up doing was further incriminating myself.

I contacted Barriss-- my best friend back at the Temple-- for information. We'd fought together side by side in the war for years. I trusted that she'd help, that she wouldn't tell anyone. Sure enough, she said she'd done some digging for me, found out the location of the warehouse where our original now-dead suspect got her bomb from. I thought-- great, you know? I could go there, see if I could find any clues. Once I got there, though... the Clone Troopers came in hot on my tail and I was recaptured. This time in the vicinity of the same bombs that had been used to bomb the Temple.

In the end... it was my master was able to see what I couldn't. Or... wouldn't, maybe. That Barriss had sent me there deliberately, planning for me to be recaptured in that location, adding more damning evidence against me.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda ponders over this new information.]

Your master... the brown haired one yes? The one who was pursuing you in the sewer without the white armor?

[Then a realization occurs to her.]

Then, if your friend sent you there deliberately- she must have...

[resnipstance]

Yes... and yes.

... She confessed during my trial, after Anakin tracked her down and dragged her there.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

I- I am sorry. I cannot imagine... why your friend would do this...

[resnipstance]

I know the "why"...

But I don't understand it.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

May I ask what it was? Her "why?"