[Golden Mingle - It's glitter-tastic!]

[effluent]

Who: The crew of the SS Golden and any visitors!
Broadcast: Could be? We'll see what people do.
Action: SS Golden
When: 01/18 -> Any time in the coming week

[Ah, the Golden. A lovely little ship with a weird little crew. They got two new people last week, and now another person? How will they all get along? Tune in and find out!

Yep yep, it's a mingle, crew of the Golden. Time for all these weirdos to hang out and see what happens...]

Comments

[neverknight]

You know, the Pathstone is just too quiet. I keep expecting to have Ezra and Zeb to bust in with Chopper at their heels.

[The appreciation of peace and quiet that came with being on the fleet lasted for about all of one day. Now it's just hard to be away from the crew.]

[firstrebel]

Yeah, it's the same here. Everyone is just too well-behaved.

[ She smiles faintly at Kanan. ]

I'd say we should try to get transferred to the same ship but I think they're all pretty full right now.

[neverknight]

I'd thought of that. I think we'd have to arrange a swap. I don't know that there's anyone on my ship that would be willing. Besides, I'm dead weight on that ship anyway. Apparently there's three security officers on board now.

[firstrebel]

You'd find a way to make yourself useful, regardless.

But yeah, I have no idea if anyone on my ship would be interested in switching, either.

[neverknight]

We'll put a pin in it for later. [They can only strategize so much. They knew what they knew and that was it.] It looks like we're going to be here for awhile. This might not be one of our usual quick escapes we've gotten so good at.

[firstrebel]

Yeah. I've talked to people who've been here for months, even a year. However we figure this out, it probably won't be quick.

[ She rubs the back of her neck thoughtfully. ]

This timeline stuff has been giving me a headache. How are you holding up?

[ Of the two of them, Kanan's the one most affected by the presence of so many other Jedi - from the past, maybe even from the future, for whatever that's worth. She knows of some of them, vaguely, but it's Kanan with the emotional connections. ]

[neverknight]

[Ah, so it's back to this. He lets out a breath and grows pensive.]

... I'm fine. It's been a lot to handle at first, but I think trying to keep it all in was a mistake. Plus, it's not easy trying to conceal everything all the time.

[He's done way too much of that already just trying to live out in the Outer Rim. It could be refreshing not having to do that here.]

[firstrebel]

[ Hey, she's worried. And also a little uncertain how to proceed, with all these... people from different points in time. ]

I'm not sure it's good for you, either. Besides, I'm not sure what good hiding it all would do. It doesn't work for long, and I'm pretty sure at this point the Empire is far away from here.

Not that I'm planning to blab all of our battle plans or anything, but...

[ She hesitates for a moment. ]

Maybe it's a good thing, to have some other Jedi here?

[neverknight]

[He nods.]

There's still a lot I never learned. Anything I can... [He runs a hand through his hair.] Well, I might as well make this worth our time. Ezra deserves to learn everything that he can.

[It would be selfish to let his own personal feelings get in the way of his own training and thus, Ezra's in turn.]

[firstrebel]

[ Hera watches him carefully. ]

Sure. Though, I guess I'm thinking more of you right now. [ Maybe this could help him resolve some of his own feelings about the Jedi. Is that selfish? She doesn't think so. ]

[neverknight]

I know, I know. [He does appreciate the concern. He really does.] Maybe it will help in other ways. If I can figure out where Obi-Wan Kenobi is in our time, then the rebellion would be in a lot better shape.

[firstrebel]

[ She worries! He internalizes a lot, and okay, maybe that's a Jedi thing or maybe that's a Kanan thing, but either way Hera would rather help him shoulder his burdens than leave him to them alone. ]

Possibly. I mean, on one hand, I agree that if he's alive in our time we definitely need to be seeking him out. On the other, I'm not sure exactly how this time stuff works here.

[neverknight]

I'm trying not to think about it too much. The truth is, I don't know what we'll come back with after all this is done. But I don't want our time here to be wasted.

[So... any knowledge they could take from this, then it might just be worth it.]

[firstrebel]

That's fair. I mean, better safe than sorry.

[ It almost completely escapes her that they're talking about Obi-Wan less like he's a person and more like he's a potential resource to exploit. At this point, the strangeness of it barely even crosses her mind. It's how she first sized up Kanan, after all, and everyone else on her crew. ]

I still wish I hadn't told him what happens. I feel bad about that.

[neverknight]

[he shakes his head.]

No, it's probably better you did. Spending all that time having to hold it back wouldn't have been fair to any of them.

[Now that this is done, he can treat them as people... and not shadows of the past to be pitied.]

[firstrebel]

I know that, logically. [ She gives him a wry smile. ]

But emotionally it kind of stinks. Being the one to drop that on him. Being the bearer of bad news.

[ It's part of her job, sometimes, though, and she does it. She'd rather do it herself, ultimately, than make anyone else do it. ]