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[ the face that currently peers back at the device gives a small, tired smile and wave, he's set amidst a backdrop of what looks like an open area. ]

I think I was just ported out, but I'm not sure how long it's been. There's something new, I didn't have before. I think that's why -- [ he runs a hand over his face, adjusting his goggles before he's holding the camera a little back so something can be seen in the shot -- the pair of glossy black feathered wings he's now sporting at his back. ]

When I said I missed flying, this wasn't what I had in mind.

[ and Bodhi looks a little somber now - the smile fading a bit, pausing before he continues, addressing a few people. ]

I'm sorry to any of my friends that I may have worried. [ Even if he couldn't help it, damn it stop apologizing. ] I'm -- I'm on my way back home.

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I'm putting trackers on all of you.

Damn it is good to see you.

New pieces and all.

[Which are a bit disconcerting but very unimportant relative to Bodhi being all right after all.

There will be questions, making sure he was all right prior to leaving… though this seems further evidence Hux remained a steaming pile of bantha mopak. And a liar.]

It's been about six days. You've got me beat for speed.

Was gonna ask if you wanted to be picked up. But…?

Edited 2017-08-30 06:04 (UTC)

[A medium-sized bird appears on the screen, turning its head sideways to allow its eye to peer into the camera lens. It tilts its head one way, then the other, as though trying to make sense of the video it sees on the screen. After Bodhi's message finishes, the bird opens its hooked beak and lets out a series of high-pitched sounds, like it recognizes the message and its sender.

The video switches off, somehow, and a short while later, it's soaring above the different Porter cities, trying to locate the man in the message, calling out with the same series of chirps as it had in the video.]

Yeah? That doesn't sound like a bad idea, at this point.

Would you be including one for yourself, too?

Cassian, hey.

They're really weird. I feel like they should be heavy, but they're not. They're just... there.

[ Huff. ]

I could just fly...? No, not yet. I mean I probably could but I wouldn't say no to company.

[ Even if it means taking a slower means. ]

Edited 2017-08-31 06:35 (UTC)

[ The video is a little... confusing to Bodhi to say the least, but he doesn't think too much on it. He's still got a little ways to go before he's able to make it home, he just wanted to let the others know he was back before he got in, so they don't think he's an imposter, or something.

It's not until the bird, the same from the video, from the sound of it is flying above. Realization hits, and he waves his arms, and calls out. Maybe if he got up in the air -- ? But all he manages is a sort of hover -- just a few feet above, and he's flopping down onto the ground.

Gonna need to work on that. ]

[A pause.]

I have something similar already built in to me, with more advanced technology than what I'd be able to get for you.

Edited 2017-08-31 17:47 (UTC)

So if we all had something like that we'd know if one of us was still here or was actually sent -- away, if we disappear.

[ honestly its not a bad idea, and considering it's happened twice in one month... yeah. And he was worried, that he'd come back to find that the others had gone back too, and hadn't returned. ]

Did I miss anything?

[Hi, Bodhi. Have a very relieved looking Poe.]

Good to see you, buddy. Had us worried for a minute, there.

Those, uh - those are something else. I didn't realise that these power things could add body parts.

That would be the gist of it, yes. If I couldn't detect your tracker's signal, then it means you were actually gone, while if I was still able to find it, or even see that it was still online, it would mean your body was still present. It would eliminate the doubt that we've been encountering.

If this is acceptable to you.

Well, look who's back. A pleasure to see you once more, Bodhi Rook.

Yeah, sorry. You don't really get any sort of say in the matter before they take you. Kay has suggested trackers.

[ he looks back at them a little, with a raised brow. ]

I didn't either, but flight is a power. Just a different kind than yours.

[ Huh. Bodhi doesn't even recall giving Hux his name. ]

I find it hard to return the feeling.

I mean. It's more likely to work than say, none of us leaving one another's sight for the next foreseeable future. I don't think even you could manage that one.

[ And as much as he loves his friends, just. No. ]

I think it would face some arguments when it came to using the restroom.

It's not a bad idea, to be honest. But if someone ported out - would the tracker go too, or - do people leave their clothes behind? [It was a very sudden, gruesome thought, imagining a pile of clothes and Bodhi's shoes, somewhere, and he immediately focused on the other topic.]

So they work, then? You can fly?

I'm sure. I have to admit your wings are rather impressive.

[And no doubt flammable.]

What do you want, Hux?

I'm not really sure how that works. I assume that it'd go with you?
[ That's kind of a weird thought.

But he grins, nodding. ]

They do. I can. Well, hover, at the moment. It'll probably take a bit of time and practice till I'm giving you a run for your money.

Among... other things. [ Looking at you, Jyn and Cassian on that one. ]

So I was gone for a while. A week. We didn't... were there any problems while I was away?

Well damn. The Porters did a number on you, didn't they?

[ That's not to say developing a spontaneous pair of wings isn't impressive. However Lando's a little jealous. All he can do is give people moustaches and manipulate luck and tech. ]

Yes.

Hux tried to claim he killed you, another unknown identity tried to claim they killed you, I experienced more emotions that I have now identified, and Poe and Jyn were very tempted to do something that I can only describe as "a plan so bad it could be considered elaborate suicide."

Yeah, just a little. I didn't even know this kind of thing was possible.

[ It's kind of weird, but he's gotta admit. It's different, and something he might grow to like. ]

Two people claimed to have murdered me? I must be popular. [-- he should probably be more concerned about that but he already knows about Hux wanting him dead and he's pissed. Dammit.

Hearing about the trouble his disappearance had caused his friends, everything that ensued after... Hux and the imposter. ]

Please tell me they didn't go through with it, whatever it was.

Only to welcome you back, Rook.

[And to make sure Bodhi was aware that Hux knew his name now.]

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