01 | video + action

[ontrial]

Who: Barriss + OPEN
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: July 6, later

[ for all she really doesn't appreciate waking up somewhere entirely unknown, barriss handles it well. she checks for her lightsaber, then for any lingering effects of being drugged, and then for communication devices. ah. making sure it's not broadcasting, just in case, the green jedi spends her first few hours aboard the marsiva investigating what she can. it's not much, but methodically going through everything she can access makes her feel a little bit better, at least. she's solitary, for the most part, unless eye contact is made, as soon as it becomes apparent that none of these people are her captors.

nope, all kidnappees here.

it's only once she's established that that barriss goes back to the network, presenting herself for a clearly carefully worded message. ]

At this point, it's quite apparent that we're nowhere near the planet I was last on. In fact, this isn't known space to me. [ she sounds like that's a big deal. she may or may not have a good handful of star charts from home memorized, just in case. ] So we're captive, but why?

And more importantly, who does a person have to negotiate with to get back to Republic space?

[ she's pretty sure she can kick their ass if it means getting back to coruscant, she means. ]

Comments

[ontrial]

Anakin is... like a storm, in action. Make a point to watch him once, if he has to fight around you. [ even if she sorely hopes they have no reasons to battle here. sparring, perhaps. she knows that anakin and ahsoka used to do that, at least. ]

But I'd have to agree that Ahsoka probably likes not being the inexperienced one. The first time I met her, that's the very thing she was all bent out of shape about.

[forcesensitive]

[Like a storm in action? Finn's eyes widen at the description. Yeah, he'd like to see that, all right.] I will. Probably in practice, though. This is a pretty mellow planet.

Heh, I bet. Me, I got no problem admitting there's a lot I don't know. Never saw any Jedi out in the Unknown Territories where I'm from.

[ontrial]

Well, Finn, if you ever come across any questions that Ahsoka can't answer, or you'd just like to talk to someone else, I'd gladly make myself available for teaching.

[ she smiles a little as she continues, the barriss version of joking around: ] My interests have generally been more academic than Ahsoka's, though.

[forcesensitive]

I will. Not that I'm academic, but I'm sure you know a lot I don't.

[Like, you know, galactic history with an entirely different set of biases than what he knows.]

[ontrial]

And you have decades worth of knowledge that I don't. Which... I won't ask you about, don't worry.

[ the future is tempting, and omniscience even more so. barriss knows this full well, but she also knows the sorts of rhetoric surrounding time travel and knowledge of the future. so a good jedi just won't ask. ]

But I'm sure we'll find plenty of things to talk about. Every person is interesting in their own way, after all.

[forcesensitive]

It's a lot to explain. [And none of it is good for the Jedi. Finn would tell if pressed, but he prefers to avoid the subject - not least because of his own upbringing.]

I think so, yeah. There's a lot to talk about here that has nothing to do with back home.

[ontrial]

There is. [ since this is all still sort of bafflingly new to her, but this conversation has helped. at least she has some idea of what's going on and who to expect now. ]

You've been of great help already at catching me up to speed, Finn. Thank you.

[forcesensitive]

No sweat. I'm over on the Caprine with my friend Poe--he's an X-Wing pilot--in case you ever want to visit.

[ontrial]

I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

[ and a nice polite nod. ]

May the Force be with you.

[forcesensitive]

[No matter how many times he hears it, Finn still gets a thrill from that phrase. Maybe some day he'll even feel worthy enough to reciprocate it.]

Thanks.