02 ★ good morning, sunshine

[diplomacme]

Who: Padmé Amaidala & you
Broadcast: video
Action: on the Heron
When: September 4th - evening

video

[ Padmé’s been asleep for about a month, but she still seems a little tired. As usual, she’s sitting in her office when she broadcasts. ]

Good morning, everyone. [ She smiles kindly, though it doesn’t dispel the glimmer of melancholy in her eyes. ] For those who do not know me, my name is Padmé Amidala. Apparently I took a month-long nap-- I apologize for any inconvenience I’ve caused for my crew. I may need a little help catching up on current events.

[ She pauses, unsure. ] I do have a different sort of question. Has anyone experienced side-effects from our stay on Hea-Guaa?

[ Because her telepathy augment upgrade seems to have finally kicked in. ]

action

[ Padmé is idly walking through the Heron. Officially, she’s checking their supplies and making sure there aren’t any pressing issues to take care of. She rather hopes there’s some kind of pressing issue, if only to take her mind off of everything and bring her back to her everyday life on the Fleet. But she’s clearly restless and distracted. ]

Comments

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[forcesensitive]

[Judging by the backdrop, Finn is down on the nearest moon somewhere.]

Welcome back. What--what kind of side effects are you thinking? [He rubs the side of his head thoughtfully.] Cause I kinda found the whole feeling what other people are feeling thing didn't really go away.

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[diplomacme]

[ Padme smiles when she sees Finn but her expression turns thoughtful when he asks. ]

No, it's not that. I've been accidentally projecting images into other people's minds. Though it's possible that we're both suffering from side-effects. Did you fall asleep as well?

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[forcesensitive]

[He shakes his head.]

Just the way I normally do, not like when people get all knocked out for a week or whatever. But you're projecting images? Is it what you're thinking about at the time, or is it random?

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[diplomacme]

It's usually related to what I'm thinking about at the time, as far as I can tell. I don't know of anyone who's gained any sort of power like mine or yours on the Fleet.

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[forcesensitive]

That's really strange.

[He hesitates.]

I know Jedi can see what's in other peoples' minds. This hasn't been happening with just them, has it? Cause it could be their powers going strange.

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[diplomacme]

[ That's not exactly how the Force works, but it's close enough. Kind of. ]

No, it happened before on Hea-Guaa. That and if the Jedi were somehow having difficulty with their powers, we would all know by now.

[ Thoughtfully: ] Does your ability only work with Jedi? Or are you able to feel everyone's emotions?

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[forcesensitive]

You got a point there. [He hasn't noticed anything strange with the Force, he thinks, but then he still doesn't understand it at all. Obviously.]

Most people, I think. Some of them are more clear than others. And I feel it from Captain Dany's pet dragon, but not Pinkie's pet gator.

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[diplomacme]

[ Pet... gator. She's not going to ask. ]

Perhaps it has to do with how sapient they are.

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[forcesensitive]

[That's probably wise.]

Maybe? Drogon seems to be pretty smart, even if he's disobedient. Gummy's just kind of [he waggles his hand] there, I guess.

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[diplomacme]

Gummy would be the alligator, I assume?

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[forcesensitive]

Yep. No teeth. He eats the protein gel just fine, but I got no clue what he eats on her world.

[He tilts his head.]

You tried it with any pets?