[Video]

[leftonjakku]

Who: Rey & Open
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: For Marsiva.
When: 9/16

[She is understandably confused, but after all she has experienced, she is taking this in careful strides. Unlike a certain member of the Dark Side.]

If anyone can see this transmission, my name is Rey and I was just - [Meeting a cloaked Jedi. No big deal.] It doesn't matter. I'm looking for the Millennium Falcon and a tall Wookiee named Chewbacca.

[Unless she has been kidnapped by the First Order again.]

This ship is called the Marsiva, isn't it? It...wouldn't happen to be owned by the First Order, would it?

[Please say no. She has noticed that she is missing the lightsaber and that leaves her with only one option if she is cornered. How does the Jedi Mind Trick even work?]

Comments

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[leftonjakku]

I'm sorry. Names are great if they connect you to someone, but in your case and mine, they probably don't mean very much.

Finn doesn't have a surname either for that reason.

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[beardstrokes]

I know. Clones - Troopers follow a different code and they're not given names.

[video / private ]

[leftonjakku]

That's not right. It's like they want to strip away their identities.

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[beardstrokes]

Clones didn't have identities. Not at the start. We - The Jedi encouraged them to have some.

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[leftonjakku]

Finn isn't a clone, though. He was a regular kid, I think.

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[beardstrokes]

There are no more clones, not in your time. They would have all died out by now.

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[leftonjakku]

Is that...good? Or bad?

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[beardstrokes]

Not everything is good or bad. Sometimes . . . that's just the way they are.

[video / private ]

[leftonjakku]

It's sorta sad when people die out. They didn't choose to be clones.

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[beardstrokes]

No one chooses to be anything. The choice is what you do with yourself that matters.

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[leftonjakku]

I hope the majority of them chose to live good lives, then. After the wars, of course.

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[beardstrokes]

I'm sure they tried to.

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[leftonjakku]

It shouldn't be so difficult -

[No, she closes her eyes and calms herself with a few breaths.]

I feel like some make it too hard to be happy.

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[beardstrokes]

[ Obi-Wan wouldn't know tangible happiness if it hit him in the face. It's a transient feeling and as a Jedi, he's not meant to be chasing it. ]

Perhaps. But you're responsible for your own happiness. We all are.

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[leftonjakku]

I...believe that, but...

We can help each other find it. That's okay to do.

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[beardstrokes]

[ This is a surreal conversation for him to be in. ]

I suppose it is.

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[leftonjakku]

[Now he knows how she feels speaking to him at all.]

There is only so much happiness you can find on your own. Believe me, I looked for ten years!

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[beardstrokes]

[ He pauses. ]

I wouldn't know.

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[leftonjakku]

I lied to myself a lot. I know I was delusional now. [She shifts, uncomfortable.] I'm sorry for rambling. You're easy to talk to.

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[beardstrokes]

[ He runs a hand through his beard. ]

I try to be a good listener when I can.

[video / private ]

[leftonjakku]

Thank you. [There's so much she can thank him for, honestly. His ideas about who could teach her, his ability to calm her and him not calling her crazy or something worse because of what she said about hearing his voice.]

I won't waste any time. My training will matter.

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[beardstrokes]

I look forward to seeing what kind of Jedi you'll be.

[video / private ]

[leftonjakku]

[She beams at those words, touched beyond words.]

Take care, Master Kenobi.

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[beardstrokes]

May the Force be with you.

[video / private ]

[leftonjakku]

You too.