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[t65]

Who: Luke Skywalker
Broadcast: Fleetwide (Accidental)
Action: Marsiva
When: 2/16

[Luke Skywalker is sitting pensively in front of one of the wide windows on the Marsiva's Hospitality Deck. Rather than staring out into the darkness of space, he's bent over a tiny silver disk in his hands. It's open, revealing a series of wires, something mechanical and complex. Lacking any proper tools of his own, Luke is replying it with careful fingers and, occasionally, teeth.]

[Lacking any proper supplies, he's forced to improvise. At one point, he removes the glove on his right hand. There's a burn over the back, but the flesh cracks open to reveal more wires and mechanistry. Luke pulls some wires out, breaks them and inserts them into the disk. It seems to cause some of the fingers on his hand to twitch irregularly, but the disk is repaired. He presses a button, and a little blue holograph of a smiling couple appears.]

[He stares at it for a little while.]

[Finally, Luke notices that he's being recorded.] Hello, there. How long have you been on, hm? [He reaches over and turns off the feed.]

[Actually wait. A second later, Luke turns the feed back on.] I suppose if all of this is being recorded, I ought to introduce myself. I'm Luke Skywalker. It's a pleasure to meet you. [His smile kind of... twitches.] All of you.

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[pneumo]

[ All of you includes the unwanted and the loserly right? So there's no problem at all with Sascha deciding to reply despite having squinted at the broadcast for most of it's duration. The light and refresh rate of the screen bothers his eyes something fierce, but.

New person. ]

Nice to meet you too~

[t65]

Why don't you introduce yourself?

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[shockput]

Greetings, Luke Skywalker. I am Thor Odinson. You do not seem surprised to be here.

[t65]

Thor Odinson, hm! That would make you the son of Odin, wouldn't it?

I was surprised a few hours ago when I woke up. After the shock, it gets a little boring up here, doesn't it?

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[arcanepower]

[Belthazar is fascinated, glowing green eye wide and his long ears perked. He's always liked watching Hiro work on things, but um... he's never actually spoken to anyone with a robot arm longer than thirty seconds. It's very unheard of in Azeroth even with all its schizo tech.]

Your arm...

[Belth, that's rude. Nerd mode has been activated, I'm sorry.]

It looks so realistic! Did you build that yourself? How often do you have to perform maintenance? Is it just your arm, or are you entirely artificial? Can you detect heat and coldness with it? How strong is it? What is it made out of? Is it heat-resistant? How long have you had it?

[t65]

[Laughing gently,] Whoa, Whoa, I can't think that fast. Which question do you want me to answer most?

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[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka's always been one to act first think later. She doesn't even get to the end of the broadcast before she switches her comm on to send a reply excitedly.]

You came back!

[t65]

I came back!

[He came back?]

Have we met?

Video

[two_jedi_sticks]

Uncle Luke! I thought I felt something familiar.

[Jaina's grinning into her video feed. Eager, earnest. Luke is another one of those figures in her life that she figures will make a huge difference in the problem of getting home -- or, if nothing else, make the need to get home a little less pressing.]

If you needed some parts for that holoprojector, you should have just asked. I'm pretty certain I can scare something up for you.

[t65]

Uncle Luke? [That's a first.] I appreciate the offer, but... Well, I think one of us is a little confused.

[passingthrough]

[She recognizes him from her time in the prison. They only spoke once. She knows his name is Luke and he's Leia's brother and that's about it, but she'd liked him then. Not that one conversation was much to go off of. Enough to start a second though even if it won't be his second.

There's something oddly familiar about what he's doing. Not the hand part. That managed to surprise her a little, but they are from Ton Phanan's world and much of his body had been replaced. It just didn't look nearly so realistic. But the rest of it? The last thing she remembers from the prison was getting a disc with a recording that shouldn't exist of her parents from when they were still alive. She'd put it somewhere safe. She should have kept it on her then she might have it now. She doesn't know who she's looking at on his disc or what their importance is to him though. Maybe she would if she'd met more people in her short stay here.]

Not your first time or are you always this laid back about sudden, unexplained abductions?

[t65]

Um, both? [He laughs.] I woke up a few hours ago and got caught up on things through the network. I hadn't intended to make a transmission until later...

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[diplomacme]

[ He's back, a second chance to meet him. Though she had hoped he'd been freed from the Atroma.

He has a mechanical hand, clearly a battle wound. Her heart aches. It aches even more intensely when she sees what he's fixing. A holo she hasn't taken. Hasn't taken yet.

But her smile is soft when she replies. ]

I had hoped the Atroma had let you go. But it's nice to see you again, Luke.

[t65]

Um. It's nice to see you too...? I think I might be missing something! [He laughs. The holo he has is of poor quality; there's no way for him to recognize her when that's the only image of her he's ever seen.]

[Video]

[falconing]

What in the hell happened?

[ HI NICE TO SEE YOU TOO ]

[t65]

Han! [Utter joy.] Wait, what happened?

[video]

[littlecousin]

[Cute guy. Nita's been grown out of her absolute boy-crazy phase for years, but she still has her priorities.

She's a pretty blond woman with a friendly smile who could more or less pass as human if not for her pointed ears.]

Hi, Luke! I'm Nita.

Are you a robot, or is that just a prosthesis?

[The way she asks, she seems perfectly fine with either possibility.]

[t65]

Hello, Nita! [He was clearly some kind of host in another life. So convivial!] It's just a prosthetic. My arm starts about... here. [He holds up his left forearm, pointing to his wrist. There doesn't appear to be any difference in skin texture or shape, no way to tell from sight alone where his flesh ends and the robotics begin.] They don't have synthskin in your system?

[video]

[imahologram]

[Leia's experience with the Force is still near-nonexistent, but there's one thing she does know with certainty--and that's when her brother is near. It's a sensation she's missed for some time now. When it returns, she heads to the network, in search of proof of what she senses.]

Just couldn't stay away, could you? [There's a sad-eyed note to the comment; Leia had really hoped he'd stay in the right galaxy, helping with the war where she couldn't.] What's been going on at home?

[t65]

Leia! [His eyes light up with bright, shining enthusiasm. Oh, he'd missed her.] How are you? How is- [He narrows his eyes.] Well, I was about to ask you the same thing, but it seems you beat me to it.

[ video ]

[beardstrokes]

[ It's the hand that gives him pause. How had Luke lost his hand? Surely not the same way Anakin lost -- He abruptly cuts off that train of thought. He'll mire himself in doubt if he continues on that path.

He lets it go as he fixes a smile on his face. ]

Welcome back, Luke.

[t65]

[Luke's been doing a pretty good job staying keeping calm through all of this, but he'd genuinely never expected to get a second (third?) chance to speak with this man. His expression is completely open and utterly overjoyed.] Ben! How are you? How long have you-? Is this where-?

[He's moving anxiously around the camera, trying to see where Ben is, understand all of this better.]

[Hm.]

[He seems faintly embarrassed to have to ask,] Ben, what's going on?

AUDIO; PRIVATE

[sandhate]

I need to talk to you. Comm me when you get off Marsiva.

[ kthxbye ]

private forever.

[t65]

[Kind of hard to recognize you without the James Earl Jones tbh.]

--Father?

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[ancillary]

Oh, good. I've only recently arrived and noticed we were running short on optimists.

[ She doesn't sound bitchy. Pleasantly surprised, in fact. ]

[t65]

[Let's be real; Luke knows his reputation by now. He's pretty sure he's said way dumber shit.] What was so optimistic about that?

[Still, he asks with a gently curious smile.]

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[seaoflight]

[This is an interesting broadcast. Really interesting, given her conversation with Anakin on her arrival. A Luke had vanished before her, and he'd seemed cagey when it came to conversing about the departed Jedi. Out of curiosity, she stretched out with the Force towards the Marsiva, feeling for a presence. And with that as confirmation, she flicks on her own feed.]

Good day to you.

[She's a red-haired woman in her early thirties, care lines the only wrinkles she has as of yet, wearing the robes of a Jedi Master...though in a seafoam green instead of old burlap. A delicate smile graces her lips, eyes sparkling with interest as she goes on.]

Jedi Knight Skywalker, I presume?

[t65]

Um. [Um.] Yes? I'm sorry, are you someone else I don't remember meeting?

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[tobeajedi]

[WELL HELLO, LIGHT SIDE BEACON.]

Hey there, Luke. Nice to meet you too--I'm Vima. Bet you weren't expecting to meet this many Jedi right away, huh?

[t65]

Honestly, I'm never expecting to meet any Jedi. [He can smile, though.] Are you someone else I don't remember meeting?

[neverknight]

[Normally Kanan doesn't bother much with the new people, even if they might be from his own galaxy. But this is a name that's been told to him already that's supposed to be important from his blossoming days in the Rebellion.

So this is supposedly the big last hope for the galaxy? Luke Skywalker.

Oh boy.]

You did a good job busting your hand there.

[t65]

[Don't worry, he feels the exact same way sometimes.]

I didn't bust it! I was just shortening some of the auxiliary power lines so I could reuse reroute the insulation coils in the holodisk. You never know if these older models have the backup power to save the whole initial data load after a power loss, and I don't really have any other copies, so... [nerd]

[voice]

[nedstarksbastard]

[Well, since he was kind enough to introduce himself first--]

Jon Snow. [It's--weird. Just a week or so ago he was on the other end of this.] At the very least it didn't record you falling off your cot. [Which happened to him.]

[t65]

Small mercies. [His nose wrinkles in good humor.] I'm fairly sure I did fall out of my cot. Well, almost.

[video]

[delincuente]

So can you actually walk in the sky, or is your name just a metaphor?

[Here, have a young(-looking) girl in a World's Hottest Captain shirt, eating somewhat loud potato chips as she scans the network.]

[t65]

It's a traditional Tatooine name. It means one of my ancestors was a great pilot. [ Probably. It's what Owen told him to make him quit asking questions, at least.]

[video]

[eyeforaneye]

Is it just your arm that's mechanical, or all of you?

[ He jumps straight to what interested him in the introduction, dispensing with any actual pleasantries. As usual for an unpleasant person.

His own room -- where he's seated now -- is poorly lit but still his face is possible to make out: dark hair, sharp features, and an impassive expression. ]

[t65]

[Luke smiles pleasantly.] Just my hand. I lost it in an accident and replaced it with this. [He waves.]