.002 The Fleet's Test Drive Meme

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The Fleet: Test Drive Meme. ❖Instructions. 1. Pick a prompt 2. Comment with your thread start, with your character name and fandom in the subject line. 3. Tag into other's threads. 4. Have fun! 5. And what happens on the TDM defaults to staying on the TDM (it's not taken in game), unless all players involved agree AND you have mod approval to c&p the thread to the log comm. You must get mod approval. **If you have questions, ask the Mods ❖Meme Prompts. [Shuttle] You've arrived! You've been seen by a coolly efficient (what you hope is a) medical professional - after all they did give you a shot of something. Then you were handed a slew of things you're still trying to process - communication devices, a ring (which is also a key?), a piece of transparent film that's flashing information. And clothing, that was a thoughtful gesture. And then there was the explanation - You've been taken (isn't that a nice way of saying 'kidnapped') by that floating orb of light, you can't leave, but while you're here you get room and board. Is that really a fair trade? Oh, and to top everything off, you have a set of gem like stones set into your chest, that you can't remove. Before you know it, you've moved with the crowd towards the shuttle and now that you are sitting down, it's now suddenly sinking in. You are so very far from home. [NOTE: Please note that the actual arrival process is different from the above scenario - please see the New Arrivals Page for a detailed explanation of the arrival process.] ~ ☼ ~ [Cafeteria] You’re hungry, and though the smells coming from the cafeteria are strange, they are alluring. The grumble in your belly tells you it’s worth chancing. ~ ☼ ~ [Multipurpose Common Area] You’re bored but haven’t quite worked up the courage to venture out into the greater parts of the station. The common area of the residential community seems like it might provide some distractions. And the view out the large windows lining one wall is simply stunning. ~ ☼ ~ [The Center Station Central Gardens] In an environment where spatial expansion is finite, it seems extravagant to house a garden this big. What looks like giant trees at first glance, turn outo be the wire structures that rise up six stores before fanning out actually house various breeds of creeping vines. There are two levels of raised walkways that wind around the vine structures. The ground level also wraps lazily through various plots of vegetation. There is enough variety of plants here to keep anyone interested for hours. ~ ☼ ~ [Cemetery Ring] If you’re in more for a somber atmosphere, the Cemetery Ring is open to everyone. The first sign posted outside the door reads "We are the lights that shines brightest against the night." The sign below it simply says "All are welcome." This wide corridor, that traverses the whole very top of the Inner Rings, is dimly lit, but pinpoints of light twinkle all over the wall. The wall juts out in an effort to create more surface area for memorials to those Owmi who have passed on to the next life since the Owmi started their nomadic journey. The peacefulness of the room is inviting. ~ ☼ ~ [Strange Lights - previous plot] Something strange is happening. You've been here just a few days and before you can even get used to the fact you are an abductee of a glowing ball of light, you now have an aura of lights hanging around your head. The colors change, and if you watch them for a moment (from a mirror - they are hard to get a good look of out of the corner of your eye) you notice they match the colors of the gem like stones fixed to your chest. And if you're really observant, you might catch on that the colors and intensity of the lights change with your mood. ~ ☼ ~ [Pinkie Pie's Fun Day Celebration - previous plot] Confetti/Glitter Bombs! Sometimes there’s a pair of eyes watching various residents going in and out of their rooms. Or walking around the habitat station at various places. Wherever your character may be, Pinkie is waiting with a bucket full of confetti or glitter. She forgets which one she takes with her since she prepared so many for this day. How she’s getting around without being noticed is a mystery, but that works just fine for her! Common Area Mingling! At the common area, Pinkie has the entire place decked out with balloons, confetti, several piñatas hanging from the ceiling (how did they get up there?!), and an area set up for games. She couldn’t find the actual games like the ones back home, so she had to make them herself. There’s chess, Twister, but instead of boring circles, there’s images of pink icing-covered donuts, chocolate chip cookies, blue cupcakes, and pistachio ice cream cups taped to the floor in four rows of ten, a place to play card games with images of herself in various costumes along with the card suits. There are several cakes with names attached to them on any table she could find. There’s one large cake with no name for everyone and everypony to share! It’s oddly plain, isn’t it? Not suspicious at all! There’s also snacks like fruit, cheese, crackers, cookies, and drinks to enjoy! No alcohol, though! Sorry! This party is rated G! And of course the party has piñata. A blindfold and stick are ready for the first challenger! Choose any piñata there! One looks dangerous! They’re filled with candy! Or confetti! Or both! “Step right up, ladies and gentlecolts! Try your luck and break open a piñata!” [NOTE: Please note that Pinkie Pie is no longer in game, so she will not be responding to any threads using this option.] ~ ☼ ~ [Planet Exploration: Baj E'oku Prime - current plot] A new opportunity! No longer do you need to wander the giant space Habitat Station. You now get the opportunity to explore a section of the planet Baj E'oku Prime. It's small, tidal locked planet. The area you can explore is dusty and red with surprising wild life. There are canyons and highlands, rivers and caves to explore. (See link for greater details.) What adventures or trouble will you find? ~ ☼ ~

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And now they were mutually acquainted. This was a good thing.

"More like th'friends of your father, Leia. A Jedi, t'be specific." With what he knew, cobbling all of those pieces of history together in the back of his mind, he found he was still trying to make some logical sense of it all.

[princess_weia]

"A Jedi?", she sounds a little awed. She'd only ever heard of Jedi from stories. "Daddy said almost all the Jedi were gone, though. And if there were any that weren't, they were hiding." Maybe this was where one of them had been hiding? It would probably be a really good hiding place.

"What's his name?", she asked. She'd only heard a few specific Jedi names in her history lessons, but maybe it'd be one she knew.

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"Gone?" The ARC trooper sounded genuinely confused by the idea of having no Jedi around, tilting his head a few degrees to the left while he tapped the front of his helmet lightly. "Hiding? That's a little ridiculous. Th'Jedi don't hide, they fight for peace..."

It was probably another convolution in the timeline, he thought. None of it made sense from the start. It won't make much more sense now.

Echo paused. "General Anakin Skywalker," he said, hiding nothing of the truth he knew. "He's pretty well-known."

[princess_weia]

"They did," Leia agreed. Her daddy had known some Jedi, and told her stories, stories quite different from the official histories sanctioned by the Empire. "But they were all killed at the end of the Clone Wars. The Empire said they betrayed everybody and tried to take over."

She paused a moment, debating going on. But Echo obviously didn't believe that either. "I don't believe it, though," she said. "I think the Empire just didn't want them around any more and made up a story so they could get away with it. But don't tell anybody I said that; I don't wanna get my daddy in trouble."

Well, if she'd doubted that Echo was telling the truth before, she didn't now. "My daddy did know him," she said. "He said so when he tells me stories about them." Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi were two of the most frequently mentioned Jedi both in her daddy's stories and official histories.

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Now that helped cement things into place all too well. It made chronological sense, anyway; Anakin filled in some of the blanks he and Fives were missing from their own personal accounts, and it was tough to accept the facts that remained true to all of them. Four, if he included Luke's details. Five, if he included Han's bits of reference. Even with everything he had heard, there were still details that were missing.

But there was hope. This little girl, a princess of Alderaan, heard things that no young child should know about, but she still held onto a ray of hope. That made him smile a little under the helmet.

"I promise I won't tell anyone." It might be better that way. Let her speak with whoever she could trust. "If y'want, you can meet with General Skywalker. We just have t'find him."

[princess_weia]

Perhaps it was because she was Princess of Alderaan that she still had that hope. He planet was peaceful and prosperous, and most of her life had been spent in the safety of Aldera's Royal Palace. Though she was aware of things like death, destruction, and violence, and to some degree knew what they meant, they were largely abstract concepts in her young mind.

But she was beginning to learn. Listening at her father's door when she should really be asleep as he talked of things she only half heard or understood. The way Senator Organa's expression and emotions would often become dark and serious at something shown or said on the holonet. The chilly diplomacy in the way he and Imperial representatives interacted, so different from his normal warmth.

And she knew there were bad people out there. They were the reason any remaining Jedi would have to hide. They were the reason she'd had to stop talking to her friend far away. And they were the reason she had to keep a secret. And that was one thing she wasn't going to tell Echo. He was nice, but... that was a secret she couldn't tell anyone.

She nodded, though, at the prospect of going to meet General Skywalker. "OK," she said. "Do you know where he is?"

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She was allowed to keep the secrets she still held onto. Even if he was a trained soldier, Echo wasn't the type to force anything out of anyone unless it was absolutely necessary. His main duties leaned more toward helping and protecting, and he was ready to do the former at a moment's notice.

"I'll have t'comm him," he said as he leaned back and pushed up off of his knee to stand. The partially-hidden prosthesis clicked softly behind the armor plating. "He may be wandering, but it'd be good t'check th'communal areas. An' maybe we can find your room while we're at it."