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[falsesmile]

[ The video flickers on to a teen girl in loose black robes. At a glance, it might look like she's offering the camera a cocky half-smile, but a closer inspection will show that the expression is an illusion, caused by a small scar at the corner of her mouth. ]

Would anyone like to meet at the malt shop before school starts again? I think some of us will need a lot of help catching up for this world’s history class.

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[doneproperly]

[Mandrake's sitting at the kitchen table in his house-- how he desperately misses having an office, this is so undignified-- trying to familiarise himself with the network and the workings of the communicators. Finally, he figures out how to respond to the posts that intrigue him.]

I have been catching up on it. It's not terribly difficult to understand, just lengthy.

[Spoken like a true nerd.]

[falsesmile]

[ She leaned comfortably back against her bed's headboard and nodded approvingly. ]

You're on top of things.

[ The tiniest bit of flattery. ]

[doneproperly]

[A small smile at the corner of his lips, like he's accepting of the compliment while attempting to stay modest.]

Not as much as I would like to be, but I try. Understanding this world's history is imperative to the understanding of our current predicament.

[falsesmile]

Our predicament, or this country's?

[ She propped the communicator up and rested her chin in her hands, perfectly at ease with this level of comm technology. ]

[doneproperly]

They are one and the same, for the time being.

[falsesmile]

[ That she disagreed with. Her predicament was being far from home, stranded by technology she didn't understand. This country's predicament was getting itself into a war it wasn't strong enough to finish. Still, she didn't want this conversation to meander. ]

Alright. Care to share your notes?

[doneproperly]

[He's not keen to spend time tutoring someone who clearly can't be bothered to do the research herself as he did, but he reminds himself that he's an unknown here. He can't afford to brush people of little consequence off-- indeed, he has no idea who is and who isn't of consequence here in the first place. No, he has to start over from scratch, as he did when he was younger. The world works on the basis of quid pro quo: he helps her out with something now, and she will owe him one later.]

I would not mind, no. Though I can't stand communicating through these things, to be honest. It would be more agreeable if we could talk in person.

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[resoul]

You could always just not go to school.

[falsesmile]

[ It wasn't that she was lazy: she wanted to know his opinions on what he learned at least as much as she wanted to know the actual information, to learn about him as much as their new world. To that end, she decided to let something slip about the Tribe. Not anything dangerous, not anything the Jedi didn't already know, but something to establish a connection. ]

I understand. I hadn't seen anything like them until I was fourteen -- they do take time to get used to.

[falsesmile]

Shouldn't heroes be role-models?

[ Her voices is playful and clearly teasing. ]

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[attractedtodarkness]

I can't believe there are so many of you who actually want to go to school.

[Not that she's against it entirely but really they've all been kidnapped and given powers, why is school a thing people are concerned about?]

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[sniptuck]

Oh! Good thinking.

[falsesmile]

It will be a new experience. Besides --

[ She wagged a finger and offered a wry smile, voice teasing. ]

Shouldn't heroes be role models?

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[falsesmile]

Are you another new arrival?

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[sniptuck]

Bingo!

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[ex_question191]

Ooon the plus side, totally fresh start for the ol' GPA, right?

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[falsesmile]

[ She lifted her hand into the video screen, giving a tiny wave. ]

Alright, so we're starting on the same page.

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[falsesmile]

[ She ran through the acronyms she'd picked up over the last several years of travelling through Basic-speaking words, but nothing came to mind. She frowned, slightly, and raised an eyebrow. ]

The old what?

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[huntergames]

[ Another teen girl, around the age of fifteen stares back in boredom. ]

Ugh, no more classes. Can't we just get milkshakes and eat instead?

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[falsesmile]

I think we can manage both.

[huntergames]

But classes are boring. The history of this world is hard to understand, too.

[falsesmile]

But important to learn, if you want to understand why we're here.

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[projectkr]

[More teenagers who want to go to school. This could be a good chance to meet others before school starts.]

I've been reading up on the history of this world. My notes could come in hand if other people need to catch up too.

[ permavidddd ]

[falsesmile]

[ She flashed him a grateful smile. ]

There's a few of us who'll need the help.

[projectkr]

[Gives her a small one in return.]

We could make it a study group and I can go back as far as necessary for those who don't come from Earth to start with. History is my best subject.