driftfleet | V. Important Requests

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V. Important Requests

Who: Katie and anyone
Broadcast: Fleet
Action: The Vanquish if you want
When: 10 Feb

Dear Atrama, Can we please visit a planet with beaches next? I keep meeting people who haven't seen one and that's terrible. It's actually a crime where I come from. Please don't let anyone get arrested. I believe in you. Also if you take requests can I have my cat please. And some chalk and I was meant to have a sword I think I could be wrong. It's a short silver gold magical IT'S A LIGHTSABER A RED ONE Either that or just give me Mihawks.

[GO BIG OR GO HOME]

Please thank you love Dorothy.

[This has been a totally efficient use of your communicator, Katie, gj.]

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[She's not good at not being suspicious.]

I don't think I saw you in person. You were [...oh lord did they call it television what was it she can't remember she didn't pay attention--] up on a screen! It was all very exciting. You were fighting with another Jedi!

[If he was running around fighting wars and being heroic, he surely had to turn up on a news broadcast somewhere. Right? Fingers crossed.

...technically none of that is actually a lie, either.]

[ Maybe all small children are like that. Who knows ]

On a screen, fighting against another Jedi? [ He sounds confused, a bit shocked, and he is exactly that. They don't allow vids in the Temple and especially not with a reporter. And that would be the only place where he would fight another Jedi, in a sparring ring. ]

No, that can't be me. You sure you weren't watching a holodrama? Hey, maybe it was someone who looked like me.

No, no, not against, with. [Hurriedly. Don't get the wrong idea! Or the right one.] Um... you know. Both of you together. Against bad guys!

Jedi wouldn't ever fight other Jedi, would they?

[ Against the bad guys! That's more like it. ] So it was a holodrama!

Sometimes, Jedi spar- they fight each other for training. Obi-Wan and I would used to do that when we had free time and were in the Temple. We spent hours sparring. We have to keep in shape and practice beating the bad guys, right?

Oh! That's right! [She's relieved. This is less dangerous ground.] And you're all very good at it.

Do you ever spar with people that aren't Jedi? Though I suppose nobody else really uses a sword or anything, so I suppose you wouldn't get much chance.

[ He'll... let that go for now. It's probably easy to mistake holodramas with actual war footage. ]

Sparring doesn't require a lightsaber. We could always use wooden swords or practice hand-to-hand combat. My Captain is an excellent example someone I would be more than happy to spar with if we ever had the free time. Not that he's here, but if you've ever seen him in action - that man knows how to handle himself without a blaster.

Wooden swords! That's a good idea. [Bruises only. Seems good.] Would you be willing to spar with me some time?

[Said the nine year old.]

[ Speaking as a former nine year old who loved every minute he had with a training lightsaber ]

If that's what you want then, of course. But you might need a bit of training before you can spar with anyone.

[She likes him. That's a better answer than you're too young.]

Hmm, you might have a point. How much training do you think I'd need?

[ Where he's from, it's never too young to learn to defend yourself. ]

How much time you got?

As much time as I need, I imagine. I trained as a knight for a while! But not a Jedi one, just a normal clanky one.

A clanky knight?

[ He chuckles lightly, then explains. ]

We call some droids clankers or tinnies where I'm from. It sounds like you're a droid knight. Did you train with swords as well?

Oh! Well, being a droid knight sounds like fun, but I think I'm not made of the right stuff. Knights in our worlds wear armour that clanks! And they ride horses and save damsels, that kind of thing. Or at least they did. [Probably.]

I've trained a little! I don't know if I was any good.

That's... [ He thinks about it for a second. ] ... almost exactly what Jedi do. You just replace the horses with starfighters and damsels with not-damsels.

Only one way to find out. Let me know when you can and we'll have our own training session.

[Oh my god, TRAINING WITH DARTH VADER. Or-- well no. Anakin's entirely different. But she still likes the sound of it. (Sorry, Anakin.)

I thought they sounded similar! Though I don't think mine use the Force or any magic or anything.

I need to find my sword! I lost it. [Well-- this one isn't her fault. The Atroma took it.] But once I find it again, we can train!

[ The Force as magic, now there's a familiar comparison. And honestly, some Jedi are magicians, from a certain perspective. ]

Funny, I lost mine too. But as my old dueling master used to say, you are the weapon, the tool you use is only as effective as you make it.

And I doubt Atroma is willing to let anyone have anything remotely dangerous on them.

It's very strange that they pack our ships full of guns, then. [They won't let a child have a sharp blade but laser guns are hers for the taking, aw yeah.] Maybe they think we'll panic and attack each other when we first arrive.

I could get another, I suppose. It's not quite the same as making it yourself.

I've heard some of the crew say they've gotten away with knives. But actual swords might be a more difficult to get away with. Nevermind a lightsaber.

Did you make your own sword, back home?

Every knight has to make their own sword! [A roundabout way of saying yes. It's also not true, but Tully was a blacksmith and knew her too well not to suggest it.] That way they have a lot of respect for their weapon and try not to lose it all the time.

[ He laughs. ] That's right, they should!

And it's true you have to respect your weapon, but you're not always going to be lucky enough to keep it with you. It's not a bad idea to learn to duel with another weapon so you're never caught off guard when you do lose it.

Oh, that's true!

I should definitely learn how to use a lightsaber, then.

[It's the most innocent of remarks. Really.]

[ He gets caught up in her confidence and nods in agreement. ]

You definitely should. It feels different from a normal sword, you know.

Is it lighter? It looks like it would be lighter. And hot!

It can cut through durasteel so you have to be careful. Most padawans have training sabers so they don't accidentally... cut off an arm.

[ Hah. haha. ]

In my opinion, it's more balanced than any sword is.

Do you think it could cut through the side of one our ships? [She isn't sure what durasteel is, but it sounds hella strong.]

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