Contact: 1 - Time to say hello

[kraythero]

[ The viewpoint spins very slowly and smoothly, not showing a face but a tree, the bark, a branch, a nest. Occasionally tiny fuzzy grey heads stick out over the nest, and their squawking can be heard. The nestlings are grey and white, with pin feathers and a couple have a crest. Someone is studying a nest of blue jays. ]

I’m pretty sure there is a parent around, but only pretty sure. I don’t really know what they are either. Some kind of bird but? Are they going to be alright? They keep yelling.

[ Help a new import out? ]

Which isn’t what I was thinking about saying, but they caught my attention. Anyway, I’ve been filled in, including being told I was here before, even if I don’t remember.

[ With that Anakin pulls the device closer to him, turning it to record him. He’s young, the scar over his face fresh and his hair is very short – he’s only recently knighted and had his braid cut, and his hair is still very short from the more traditional haircut. And his smile is not quite confident, even shy. ]

My name’s Anakin Skywalker, I’ve been here a couple days now. And um, so you need a ‘driver’s license’ I’ve been told. How many of you have gotten one, how did you do it? I’ve been a pilot all my life, these cars have to be easier than a ship. Even a speeder.

Comments

[kraythero]

Maul was a lot of things, but no easy fight.

[ Give he killed Qui-Gon after all. And that Anakin had studied that fight extensively. ]

Padawan? I don't have any interest in taking a padawan.

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

At least try to keep up, Skywalker. You were older the last time you were here and you're currently speaking to a Sith Lord from more than three thousand years in your past. And there are still several people here from your future.

[At least one of whom he knows has already spoken up.]

Time has little meaning in this place as far as imPorts are concerned. Whether or not you have an interest in a padawan now, you take one eventually. Precisely when I do not know, only that it was during the Republic's war against the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

[kraythero]

I don't see that changing, especially with the war going on. Where and how I fight is too dangerous to drag a kid into.

[a_gaggle_of_ghosties]

Oh, I sincerely doubt the Jedi suddenly learned to care about that little detail. They were sending padawans to the front even in my time. And not always accompanied- despite being easy targets for any aspiring Lord who didn't want to wait for the Academy to produce a new apprentice.

[kraythero]

That doesn't mean I have any desire to.