May Mingle (Caprine)

[moonofmylife]

Who: The crew of the Caprine and visitors
Broadcast: N/a
Action: Yes
When: Throughout the month of May

[Enjoy the snacks! Sadly they are mostly goo.]

Comments

[archaeotechnician]

[ realization dawns on her. ]

You're a Jedi.

[resnipstance]

Yes. ... And no.

[Ahsoka's face is carefully neutral.]

I left the Order a few weeks before I came here. Apparently, that's how I survive the purge. Or so I'm told, anyway.

[archaeotechnician]

It's tough being the survivor. That kind of thing will mess with your head. [ thick with implied meaning, but aphra does not linger.

she holds up her hands in apology. ]

No talk about Jedi. Forget I said anything. It's me, I start talking and I get excited and I invariably say something I probably shouldn't.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shakes her head.]

It's okay-- don't worry about it. I think I already know the worst of it anyway. The Order dies, [because saying "the Order" is easier and less personal than "everyone I know and love"] the Chancellor becomes the Emperor, and the Empire turns into a Sith dictatorship. Am I right?

It doesn't matter. None of it does. Because we're going to change it.

[Obi-Wan doesn't actually agree with this plan, but Ahsoka doesn't care about that anymore. It's typical Ahsoka bullheadedness, really. She can't live with the idea of simply accepting that all that will happen, so she refuses to. Hm, wonder who she gets that particular trait from.]

[archaeotechnician]

[ cute. ]

Spoken like a true rebel.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka grins. Being told she has a future by Kanan and Hera as a rebel leader against the Empire makes that comment even funnier to her. But she's done with finding out future information, so she decides against trying to pump Aphra for any extra info she might know.]

Anyway. As for lightsabers, I'm not sure I actually can teach you how to build one. Unless you're Force-sensitive. It's something you need the Force to be able to do. That's why you don't see them around. It's not something that can be replicated by just anybody, otherwise-- well, they would.

[archaeotechnician]

Force business. [ aphra gives a slow, knowing nod. ] I'll leave that to you guys.

[resnipstance]

[That earns a chuckle.]

Is there anything else you want to know? While you've me here.

[Ahsoka can relate to having a million questions about stuff.]

[archaeotechnician]

[ blithely pointed out! ] I should probably know what to call you, kiddo.

1/2

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka blinks, surprised-- and a little bit embarrassed.]

[resnipstance]

[Somewhat sheepishly:]

Oh-- right. I guess I got a little carried away, huh?

I'm Ahsoka. Ahsoka Tano.

[archaeotechnician]

Don't worry about it. That's my life's theme so far. [ case in point.

she lifts a hand in a cheerful wave. ]

Aphra. Or 'Doctor' if you want to be formal.

[resnipstance]

Aphra. [Ahsoka has never been one for being overly formal unless the situation demands it.]

It's nice to meet you. Circumstances aside, anyway.

You're a doctor?

[archaeotechnician]

Archaeologist. So yes, I am and no to the other kind of doctor.

[resnipstance]

Ohhh.

[Ahsoka eyes widen in understanding-- archaeologist. Someone who digs up relics that no longer exist.

"No wonder she's so fascinated by Jedi stuff," is a traitorous thought her brain can't help but supply. In her stupor, all she can think to say is:]

Um. Is that... fun?

[archaeotechnician]

Oh, it's a lot of fun. [ energized by the subject, aphra visibly perks up. ]

I get to fly all over the galaxy looking for lost artifacts. When I find them, I clean them up, fix them if I have to, and find them a new home, one where they'll be appreciated. It's sort of like giving them a new lease on life.

[ translation: she fixed up clone war era weaponry to sell to shafted clone war era droids. then she sold those same things to darth vader. ]

[resnipstance]

Yeah? Like what kind of artifacts? Have you found anything cool?

[archaeotechnician]

Anything valuable. A lot of people think because something's old it's immediately valuable. Mm-mn. [ aphra gives an emphatic shake of her head. ] Not everything does, and, hey, I have to eat.

I did come across the ruins of a Jedi temple once. I mean, that thing had to have been abandoned for a millennium. Didn't show up in any records. It was a complete accident that I came across it.

[resnipstance]

A millennium...

[Abruptly, it occurs to her that she never asked what year Aphra's from.]

Uh. Hang on. I have to check, but-- what year is it, for you?

[archaeotechnician]

[ GOD WHATEVER YEAR THE BATTLE OF YAVIN TAKES PLACE

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE BBY/ABY THING IS STILL CANON, THE WIKI SAYS NAH.

WHY AM PLAYING FROM THIS CANON. ]

[archaeotechnician]

-- or twenty years since the end of the Clone Wars. There are three different calendars in the galaxy. Popularly used. So there's likely a dozen more.

[ SIGHS. ]

[resnipstance]

Oh! So you're from the same time as Luke, then.

[Not quite what she was imagining.]

[archaeotechnician]

Luke Skywalker? He's here?

[resnipstance]

He was. He left about two months ago. Why, do you know him?

[archaeotechnician]

[ (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ]

Yeah. Yeah, I know Luke. Who else is here? The princess, the wookiee…?

[ and *looks at smudged writing on hand* ham polo ]