SS Hot Mess shows up to mingles 15 minutes late with Starbucks

[notzubats]

Who: The Huntress Crew and Visitors
Broadcast: Maybe!!
Action: SS Huntress!
When: From now until end of the system!

[There's been an elf invasion! And an Ellen Page invasion! Also there's a star system! Come in Huntress, it's been awhile, so it's time for a mingle! ]

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[beardstrokes]

[ He smiles. ]

Anakin would have liked that. He's a big fan of tinkering.

[bythewaves]

A friend of yours? Are they here?

[beardstrokes]

He is - was my padawan. Sort of like an apprentice. He's on another ship known as the Paisley.

[bythewaves]

Ah... I am glad that you have at least some familiar faces here. And I Suppose I am grateful father is not here to meet him!

[beardstrokes]

[ Whoops. He feels a bit sheepish. ]

My apologies if I gave that impression. There are quite a few people from my universe, though I'm closest to Anakin and Ahsoka.

[bythewaves]

Ahhh, I see - but even so I am glad there are those here you know. So if Anakin is your... padawan, you said? Or was - is Ahsoka, also?

[beardstrokes]

Anakin is my padawan. Ahsoka was his.

[ Though Obi-Wan had a hand in there from time to time since they worked together frequently. ]

[bythewaves]

Ahhh, three generations! [ Maglor hums softly ]

You must be pleased.

[beardstrokes]

It's a noble lineage.

[ Marked with sorrow. ]

They know I'm - proud.

[ It's the least he can give. He can't be the kind of Jedi they are. He's outdated. ]

[bythewaves]

I am glad your family has been able to endure so.

[beardstrokes]

[ He can't speak. His throat clogs up and he places his hands on his lap, trembling quietly. ]

[bythewaves]

[ Maglor frowns in concern, reaching to fold Obi-Wan's hands in his ]

Forgive me, what did I say?

[beardstrokes]

It's not - It's not your fault.

[bythewaves]

But I hurt you - my friend, what is it?

[beardstrokes]

[ Obi-Wan remains quiet for a few long seconds before replying. ]

We've been told things - facts about the future. Ahsoka and I will be the last of the Jedi. The rest of them will be wiped out.

[bythewaves]

Oh my friend, I am so sorry.

[ Maglor shakes his head in grief ]

There is nothing that can be done?

[beardstrokes]

There's always something that can be done. The future is always in motion.

I believe in Anakin and Ahsoka. But . . . I do not think I could survive their future.

[bythewaves]

I am sorry. [ Maglor squeezes his hand, head bowed in grief ]

I wish I could carry that burden for you.

[beardstrokes]

[ He shakes his head. ]

If burdens were that easily passed around, they wouldn't be worth the weight. Anakin will change the galaxy. I believe that.

[bythewaves]

You speak wisdom, but it changes not the pain you carry, nor the fact that I would not wish such a grief on any.

But I am glad you have that small consolation, at the least.

[beardstrokes]

Small consolations can rise up to be better worlds for the rest of us. I'll always believe that.

[bythewaves]

Sometimes it is the little lights in the darkness that keep us reaching forward, eh?

[beardstrokes]

As long as light exists, the Dark does not win.

[bythewaves]

So may it always be. [ Maglor nods ]

It was said once that Shadow is only a passing thing - and there is Light and High Beauty, forever beyond it's reach. Aure entuluva, as some might say - Day will come again - a saying of hope from the very worst of times.

[beardstrokes]

Do you believe it?