i'm a space cowboy, bet you weren't ready for that

[straightouttacarbonite]

Who: Han Solo + anyone on the Caprine
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Also yes
When: right before/after the 2/10 Shuffle

[ It's just about Han's luck that he, uh. Oversleeps.

That is to say, he wakes up on the Marsiva and has barely enough time to get his bearings-- to find his blaster missing and sidle over to the wide windows in the viewing bay to stare out at the unfamiliar stars-- before--

Okay, he actually has no idea before what. What happens. One minute he is quietly, definitely not panicking about the fact that he has no idea where he is, and then he's somewhere else with less idea of where he is, and confetti.

It takes him a few minutes more to catch up and (sort of) figure out the communicator, and by the time he actually tries to reach out, he looks visibly harried. ]

Okay, look, I really don't have time for whatever this is... And where is my ship?!

[ Because that is definitely the most. important. question. of all! ]

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[postocular]

Probably gone, like your weapons. They take everyone's, but you can get something again once you leave the Marsiva.

[ Hi, Han. Have a one-eyed teenager waving on the other end of the feed. ]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

What? I'm not just gonna let them have my ship.

[ whoever they are. Doesn't matter. The Falcon is way too precious to him. ]

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[postocular]

They don't have your ship. You were taken from wherever home is for you. It's like your world is on pause until you get back.

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[universal_charm]

Let me know if you get an answer, because I would like to hitch a ride out of here.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Paying passengers only.

[ habits die hard, okay. ]

Though if you can tell me anything useful about where here is, maybe we can make a deal.

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[universal_charm]

'Here' is not anywhere close to where you were, that much I can guarantee you.

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[helmsplitter]

[The confetti and jingle is his cue to start searching for new arrivals. People can show up anywhere, after all, and considering his ship consists of him, a baku that eats people's dreams, and a giant purple alien, he figures he might be the least threatening to have show up.

Even if he's the one that's always kitted up in armor and carries a Japanese katana.

So he's searching around when he finally comes upon the newcomer - human from the looks of it - talking into his communicator.]

Dunno, but now you're on this one. Welcome to the Caprine.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

[ Preoccupied as he is, Han doesn't hear anyone approaching-- so when the stranger shows up he freezes in surprise. Look, if he found a random stowaway he'd be pulling a blaster first and asking questions later. The guy doesn't seem quite so inclined, which is a relief because Han isn't so much a stowaway as he is totally lost.

Taking a moment to look the guy up and down-- the outfit could be from any of a half dozen planets, he figures, it doesn't tell him much-- he tries to gauge his best approach. Probably not complaining about the downgrade-- if this guy saw the Falcon from the outside he'd probably think it was junk, anyway, no reason to make it any harder to get back on it. ]

Pirates? [ he ventures, because it seems somewhat likely. Maybe even a little hopeful, because pirates he can probably work with. ]

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[helmsplitter]

Ha?

[Pirates? That's the first thing this guy asks?

What about Doudanuki makes him look like a pirate??? He can't help the displeased look that crosses his face, the scowl settling in like an old friend.]

I ain't a pirate. I'm a sword. Who're you?

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[youdontneedapictureofme]

The Atroma don’t really have a sense of timing or urgency when it comes to us needing to be somewhere or lookin’ for somethin’ they may have made us leave behind. Wherever you’re from, your ship is probably there waiting for you.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

I've never heard of the Atroma.

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[youdontneedapictureofme]

They're who runs this place - who brought us all here. Everyone comes here from different places and we stay here until the Atroma decide otherwise.

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[supertardiness]

[Hi, Han, have a scrawny guy who's here to talk to you about parallel universes.]

Hate to say it, but your ship is probably not close. Or ... in this galaxy. Sorry.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

The Falcon's fast, but no one's fast enough to end up in another galaxy.

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[supertardiness]

Oh, your ship is probably just where you left it. They didn't steal the Falcon.

[and this is where it's going to get complicated.]

Atroma stole you.

[passingthrough]

Not here. [At least she's direct? Kitty looks like she's multitasking only glancing over at the communicator a couple of times as she speaks.]

The ship you were expecting—was it more for water or space? Because that's really going to determine how extra weird this is for you.

[straightouttacarbonite]

A starship. [ What does he look like, a Pamarthan? ] I was heading for the Outer Rim and then...

Okay, I have no clue what happened then. I ended up wherever here is.

[poisontippedcure]

[Han doesn't have time for this? He can join the club.]

Your ship is far, far away from here. As are your home, your friends, and everything you've ever known. Welcome to the Fleet.

[straightouttacarbonite]

[ Of all of those things... he's mostly worried about the ship.

Chewie is in the ship, so it counts as his friends, too. ]

I'm not really a fleet guy. I like my independence.

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[aetherflows]

[A kid with huge pointy ears is probably not ranked very high on the alien meter.]

As you are doubtless already aware, [he says in a prim and dry British accent,] it has been left behind in the time and place you were taken from. And there it shall remain until the day you are lucky enough to be returned to it.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

[ Chances are Han would be less comfortable without non-human races around. That's usually a hallmark of Imperials, and in his experience the best thing to do with Imperials is keep them at a distance and potentially fill that distance with lasers. ]

That's what people say. It sounds crazy. But everyone's been pretty consistent in their crazy. So if nothing else you're all really organized.

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[candothat]

May I assume that you have already been told that your ship is in another universe?

[Like, he doesn't want to rub it in if so.]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Someone said something about a different galaxy.

[ And: he thought that was total bantha fodder. He sounds even more skeptical now. ]

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[scalpelofmarmora]

[He hadn't been here that long, but Ulaz definitely was aware when there was another new arrival on the ship. Even without the communicator, he overheard the comment made. He understood the sentiment completely, having had his sword taken away from him.

But rather than leaving the new person to wander the ship, he decided to go and greet him. So he left where he had been and went to the place where Han had arrived to. Hopefully he's not too surprised by a tall purple alien walking in]

Unfortunately your ship is not here. Those who bring us here take away anything that might be a weapon.

[ooc: sorry for the late tag]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

[ Yeah, Han is still ticked off about the ship. Possibly, probably, he is not going to get over that-- not any time soon, anyway. He can't help it.

Fortunately, Han isn't at all fazed by the whole tall-purple-alien thing. He gets kind of an appraising look, because that's not a species he recognizes offhand. ]

Probably a smart move.