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Who: Anakin
Broadcast: Fleetwide video
Action: Marsiva - Hospitality Deck
When: Dec. 17th

[ His first moments of waking up are pretty typical; groggy mumbling, hands and arms flapping around and a jerk that brings him upright then standing. Something... feels wrong. ]

Wha- Where am I?

[ His hands goes to his belt, only to grasp at air. It's alright, don't panic. It's not the first time he lost his lightsaber, not the first time he's gotten a concussion with the foggy space in his memory either. He checks his right arm, gripping it along the junction where durasteel meets flesh while he takes in his surroundings.

He scowls at the video feed that looks particularly turned on. But he doesn't care about that now. His arm is brought close to his face, and his own Jedi commlink beeps. ]

Obi-Wan? [ Nothing. ] Artoo, come in. [ More nothing. ] This is Anakin Skywalker, requesting emergency-- [ An odd electrical sound and click later, he sighs. ]

Great. I better not have to ask Obi-Wan to pick me up.

[ The same arm reaches out towards the ship's communicator and it flies to into his fist. Now, the feed points away from him and through his point of view as he scans the Hospitality deck. ]

What is ... this ship? [ The communicator shuffles. ] Where is this transmitting to?

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[ oh boy. ]

I come from a world where none of this technology is even thought of, let alone exists. I spent a few years in another universe before coming to this one, where none of this exists. And my augment is useless, so I'm not exactly able to steal a ship and leave -- and even if I wanted to do that, the ships can't get too far away from the Marsiva. And even if they could, who knows what kind of weaponry the rest of the Fleet has?

[ zuko has gotten slightly more patient over the years, but god damn he has no patience for loudmouth newbies no matter what ~~game~~ world he's in. ]

We're not stupid. We're stuck here because we're stuck here. If there was an easy way to leave, we probably wouldn't be having this stupid conversation.

[ IN SUMMATION: ]

Calm down and go beat up a pirate if it makes you feel better.

[ zuko: ace therapist ]

Edited 2015-12-26 04:40 (UTC)

[ He raise an eyebrow. Maybe he's been too callous with his reactions to this kid on the other end of the screen. His own frustrations with his situation, being taken out of a war during a crucial point, seeing his former Padawan, doesn't help it any. It's not fair to Zuko here and it isn't the Jedi way. ]

What is your augment?

[ It doesn't mean he has to say sorry because that was rude Zuko. Rude ]

[ ... he had been expecting an argument, and instead, a legitimate question. and zuko stares for a moment, caught off guard, before rolling his eyes with a huff. ]

It doesn't matter, it's pointless.

[ literally. pointless. though zuko gets his own office which he totally just uses for a meditation room so whatever. ]

I never use it.

[ See, he can do it. All Jedi Master and shit. Except... He's now judging Zuko for being a freeloader and not doing his official job as a whatever because he never uses his augment. ]

That can't be right. Everyone gets one, and they all serve a purpose within a crew. What's your job on the ship?

[ EXCUSE YOU ANAKIN he is super useful he's

a portable heater ]

Personnel.

[ flatly. ]

It's useless.

[ obviously, given this entire goddamn conversation. ]

[ That's not very descriptive. ]

Personnel, what? What do you do?

[ goodDDddd ]

I get an office on the ship and listen to people complain about their problems and tell them how to fix it.

[ it's

so

useless!!!! ]

[ Coming from an Order that has that kind of personnel in the mentors, he doesn't think it's entirely useless. Just... ineffective in their execution, maybe. But more importantly: ]

So, were you just telling me to fix my problems [ WHICH HE DOESN'T HAVE ] by beating up pirates?

I told you it was useless. And also stupid.

[ and a complete mismatch of character, considering zuko doesn't like talking about his own problems, let alone hearing other people's. he can't fix what he doesn't understand. ]

Besides, you brought up pirates first.

It's not useless. If people are getting taken, you have the responsibility to assimilate them and make them comfortable in this new environment.

[ Implied: do your damn job. Right now he doesn't think Zuko is doing much of it and being used to strict military structure, you can't have a slacking crew. ]

Are there really pirates among the crew?

[ zuko has met someone who is even more of a stick in the mud than he is.

this, oddly, makes him feel better. and so he completely ignores anakin's inspirational speech to answer his question. ]

Who knows -- probably. Everyone comes from different backgrounds and universes, so the odds are there are a few pirates and criminals.

[ zuko doesn't sound like he minds all that much ]

As long as they don't do anything wrong here, though, I don't really care.

[ maybe it makes you feel better bc you're kind of screwed up inside, zuko. ]

Your definition of wrong sounds a bit loose. For a personnel officer.

{ he is 100% screwed up inside sir. ]

That's because 'wrong' stretches over a lot of different things. There's a big difference between killing someone and stealing something.

[ though zuko doesn't approve of either, obviously. ]

Everybody has their own stories on their own worlds, and some people decide to take these opportunities as fresh starts. So long as people behave themselves here, then leave them alone. If they don't, then they're asking for it. It's a pretty simple concept.

[ does he need to spell it out for you bro ]

Edited 2016-01-01 21:23 (UTC)

That's not very proactive.

[ But he gets it, just not how he would run things. He shrugs lightly ]

As long as someone feels like they're being wrong, that's a good enough cause for me to investigate. I'd want to intervene but it might not make sense if it was, say on another ship.

[ pause ]

How can you tell if someone is feeling that they're being wrong?

[ somewhat suspicious. >:c!!! ]

[ Here we go, space wizard bullshit ]

I'm a Jedi. We use the Force to pick up on... certain truths. For example, if someone's feeling anxious when they're answering a question, I could probably pick that up and I'll know it's very likely that they're lying.

If they're feeling they've been wronged, that's an emotion and intent that is very hard to hide in the Force.

[ . . . ]

So you invade people's privacy.

{ no judgment bro that sounds super useful but also super creepy ]

[ shrugs. ]

It's not like we can filter it out when it comes in strongly. And people who doesn't even know about it can't consciously do anything about it unless they are also trained in the Force.

You can't turn off your powers?

[ that sounds like bullshit.

also zuko wants you to be as far away from him as possible bruh. ]

Or meditate to control them, or focus on yourself, or something?

[ zuko meditates a lot it's very healing okay ]

The Force is all around us, and inside of us. You're a Force-sensitive, there is no "turning it off". You can control it, and focus it and block it from certain individuals, but you're still susceptible to some of it, no matter how hard to try.

[ space wizard yall ]

[ ... hm. zuko's brow furrows. ]

That sounds terrible.

[ zuko has enough difficulty keeping his own emotion in check and figuring out his own feelings and ensuring that they don't interfere with his bending, let alone letting everybody else's emotions interfere in addition to his own. ]

Emotion and control are really important with my own powers, but I don't have to deal with other people's.

[ zuko would probably kill them tbh he can't even deal. ]

It's not that bad. If I sit quiet enough and listen hard enough, I can feel whole civilizations on planets near and far. It's blurry but it still makes you feel more part of the universe than anything else could.

[ an eyebrow raised ]

What's your power?

[ hm. interesting enough.

but at anakin's question, zuko raises his hands to view in the camera, and a ball of fire appears between his palms, suspended neatly. it seems to be reacting to his breath -- every inhale and exhale seems to bring the fire brighter or dimmer, even if subtly. ]

It's easier to show it than explain it.

Oh. Wow. That's

[ Damn son. ]

You can control fire?

I can control and manipulate fire, and I can create it.

[ zuko presses his hands together, and the ball of flames extinguishes itself into a faint puff of smoke. ]

Heat, too, and temperature. Some other things, but --

[ pause ]

Yeah, I can control fire.

[ that's just easier ]