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[housepartyprotocol]

Who: Tony Stark and anyone!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Still on The Marsiva
When: Now

[ The video feed crackles to life, and on the screen is a man looking equal parts composed and annoyed. He settles into the frame and smiles wryly.]

I'm not going to waste time here asking where we are, since I'd like to think we can all recognize space, but fair warning: you've got about [ he looks at his watch ] 2 minutes before I start taking this place apart. Not a threat, just making you aware that without a pretty impressive explanation, I will cannibalize your lovely and expensive ship and fly myself home.

[ He smiles briefly and with no humor before sitting back in his chair and tapping his watch. ]

Comments

[resnipstance]

You're the one who's getting repetitive. I don't know where you're getting your information on galactic current affairs, but the current conflict is being termed the Clone Wars, not the Star Wars. As for Obi-Wan, let me simplify this for you.

I'm Ahsoka Tano. Previously Commander Tano of the 501st Division, of the Grand Army of the Republic. General Obi-Wan Kenobi is a good friend of mine, and also the old master of my old master.

[How fast can you put two and two together, Tony? Whose padawan does that make her?]

Recently, I left the Jedi Order to pursue a different path. Does that clear things up for you?

[housepartyprotocol]

[ Blandly ]

Not even a little bit. Big fan of Yoda, though.

[resnipstance]

[Darkly:]

Yeah, well that makes one of us.

[housepartyprotocol]

Come on, everyone likes Yoda.

[resnipstance]

Sure, everyone like Yoda until they find out he's a giant hypocrite.

[housepartyprotocol]

Everyone is a hypocrite.

[resnipstance]

Maybe so, but when you're the leader of an Order of a hundred thousand and your decisions affect millions, you kind of have to be better than that.

[Yeah, she's bitter.]

[housepartyprotocol]

[ Making a face. ]

Never look into Earth politics. You'd have an aneurysm.

[resnipstance]

Politics everywhere gives me a headache. Just give me a problem I can punch.

[housepartyprotocol]

That sounds healthy.

[resnipstance]

Clearly you haven't sat through hours of arguing in the Senate about banking deregulation. Euuughhh.

[housepartyprotocol]

I've sat through enough.

[resnipstance]

Then you know what it's like!

Look, there are people who are suited to that kind of thing. I'm not one of them. That's all.

[housepartyprotocol]

I don't know, a few of them could stand to be punched.

[resnipstance]

You won't see me disagreeing with that, either.

But apparently that causes "intergalactic incidents."

[housepartyprotocol]

[ A chuckle. ]

You're right, of course, but it would be satisfying. Just sometimes.

[resnipstance]

Oh well. We can't always get what we want. Or something.

[housepartyprotocol]

That is a matter of opinion. Shouldn't getting everything be the goal?

[resnipstance]

Sure, if you're selfish enough. I'm relatively sure that goes against the Jedi Code pretty explicitly.