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[articulations]

[ As her image appears suddenly over the network, one thing is off: her hair. If anyone recognizes her for that split second where she addresses the network with a frown, her hair is once again loosely hanging down to her waist. ]

This is— [ Both voice and image blip out, and then reappear. She's scowling. At least she manages to get one more thing out before her screen goes black: ] —hello?

[ The device says it's connected. So then why isn't this outdated piece of junk not broadcasting like they'd told her it would? ]


(ooc — canon update notes)

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[kanyounot]

Leia! Welcome back?

[ Fortunately, Kanan can’t see her, so there’s that? ]

Are you all right?

video;

[articulations]

[ Hey, she recognizes that voice! And— ]

Welcome back? I think you have it backwards.

I'm— fine. I'm just trying to work this piece of junk out still.

It's good to see you.

text; network ID is just a moon emoji 🌙︎

[dragony]

Hello.

Everything alright over there?

text; that is....

[articulations]

Yes and no?

Who is this?

[Video]

[faithfulson]

[ Luke has to fight against a snort. ]

Did you forget how these communicators work, Leia?

[ ...also, since when did she let her hair down? ]

[Video]

[articulations]

[ Don't be rude :( just let it out. ]

Have you seen these things? I guess you got dragged here as well. Let me guess— Han and Lando are here with you?

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[flightforfreedom]

[He'd only just woken up, groggy and bleary eyed as he reached for his comm. BB-8 was off somewhere else, so he hadn't gotten to ask the droid if there were any status updates, when the device dinged with a new post. He immediately sat straight up and turned on the video.]

Leia?

video; old man chest clutching emote

[articulations]

[ She blinks at his sudden appearance on her screen. Well, if he isn't familiar, almost a splitting image of his— ]

Yes...?

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[phoenixleader]

Leia! Good to see you again.

[ Glad to see she's back- looks like they both were missing for some time.

Though honestly, she doesn't think she's ever seen the woman with her hair down.]

video;

[articulations]

[ Oh hey— she recognizes Hera's ID as it matches the one attached to the message she'd been left in her inbox days ago. ]

Hera. [ A warm smile. ] It's good to see you, both you and Kanan.

It... [ Some of that smile begins to dip at the edges. ] We need to talk, it seems.

[text; 1/? han why]

[carbonfrozen]

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[text; 2/4]

[carbonfrozen]

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[text, 3/4]

[carbonfrozen]

[Fuck text.]

[video; 4/4 failed private too excited sorry you're marrying him]

[carbonfrozen]

—better work—Leia! Where are you?

video. private.

[functusofficio]

[ Padme is dressed rather simply for her, sitting on her couch at home, her expression somewhere between pleased and very concerned but her smile real even through the sorry and worry.

She's glanced through enough to be aware that Leia does not remember her time here, and taken a few moments to determine what best to say. Anakin -- Anakin will have to be informed of that quickly.

It will wound him. ]

Leia. It's good to see you again, though I -- have already realized you will not recognize me quickly. I'm Senator Padme Amidala, and your adopted father was a dear friend of mine.

[ A pause, and she clears her throat. ] It's why he was entrusted with you after I died shortly after you and Luke were born.

I am aware that you will have a great many questions, but too many secrets have been kept too long, and I have no desire to do that here. I felt it would be better to break the largest silence held quickly.

If you require any aid adjusting to this place, or there is anything I can do to help, or answer, you need ever only ask.

video. private.

[articulations]

[ Senator Padme Amidala, the very same of Naboo. Leia knew of her from her father, the stories of his time in the Senate that he would share with her. About to reply, the pause from Padme and the words that follow completely change her response.

Luke had told her on Endor that he was her brother and that Vader was their father. Anything that Leia remembered of their mother hadn't been much, feelings mostly. This young woman knew of them, she was... ]

You mean...after you gave birth to us.

[ That makes the most sense. Everything inside, her instincts, what memories she has, it's all true. It has to be. ]

Why? What had happened?

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[onlydoubts]

[ Bodhi has already gone through the responses before replying and can gather that... she doesn't remember being here, so it's not likely she'll recall him but he'll still say hello. Can't hurt. ]

Leia! Um, hello. You probably don't recall - Bodhi Rook. I knew you a bit before you left, but if you need anything, feel free to ask.

[ He's definitely gonna need to check on Poe, now... ]

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[articulations]

[ Oh no, it's a Rogue One. :( Leia recognizes the name; she would recognize any of their names. Their sacrifice to get the Death Star plans from Scarif had always stayed with her. ]

Bodhi. [ It's strange to think that he's long passed in her time and yet here he is, alive, breathing and warm flesh. ] Thank you.

We were friends?

Voice

[halfblaked]

You sound like you need some help. Has anyone assisted you with your phone yet? They're a bit rudimentary, even for old people like me.

Are you new?

[ He knows she's not, but... there's a part to play. ]

Voice

[articulations]

It's certainly a step down from the datapads I'm used to. Much smaller in comparison, among other things. [ And she can't stand it already. ]

Yes and...no. Or so I've been told.

You?

video; private (yeah. he learned that one.)

[photophobic]

[ He hadn't meant to. He'd been so determined to let it go, to let her go, consign her to the past where she belongs. But- she's there, and his chest twists. How can he not respond?
Seeing her tears open the old, familiar wound that Kylo inevitably comes back to pick at again and again, as if under the compulsion of a belief that reopening it this time might draw out the poison.

His expression is clearly a little strained, and if she reaches out to him she'll be met by a torrent of grief despite the futile attempt he's making to hold his tempestuous emotions to himself... ]

...Leia. [ Mother. He doesn't say it. He swallows it instead, and realises he has absolutely no idea what to say next. ]

video; private (very smart)

[articulations]

[ This scarred man appears and she stares at him. Such familiar eyes, almost like she's looking into a mirror. Leia doesn't reach out. Yet. She first has to wonder why this connection came in marked as private. ]

Good evening. I see you marked this as private. Was there something you wished to discuss?

[pickledturncoat]

Princess Leia?

[Given the lack of information in the initial broadcast, Sinjir takes a moment to scan the public responses. She had been here before? Huh, he'd never heard that. Still, that's not as important as:]

Do you remember me? Er, not from here. From Kashyyyk, after the rescue?

[articulations]

[ She takes a moment to take in the image that appears. There were many at the celebrations on Endor after the fall of the Empire, but he... ]

I'm sorry, no. Who am I speaking with?

[majorlyugh]

[Just as he hand with Lando (and Han, for that matter), Major's trying real hard not to freak out as much as he really wants to at seeing Princess Leia on the comms. As cliche and gross as it sounds in retrospect, she was the first woman he'd seen in a movie where he was completely smitten as a kid, and it's .. just .. it's so much to see her in the flesh, as a real person now.

He thinks to send a video, but he's worried he'll come across as A Weirdo if he does that. Voice would probably run the same kind of risk. So, instead, he opts for a text.]

welcome back. we haven't talked before, but i remember seeing you around the network. i'd be happy to help you get your communicator figured out if you need any sort of help. [As he types this, he mumbles, "help me Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" to himself.] my name's major, by the way.

...omg

[articulations]

[ The text comes up, her second out of everything that's popped up so far! ]

Major. Nice to meet you. You must already know my name if you've seen me address the network in the past.

This communicator is what I consider an old version of what I'm used to. The datapads I use come with pens to write on the screens with. Do they have anything similar here?

video; how did I miss this???

[bespin]

[ Oh, good. This will settle a lot of nerves. Lando had requested via his technopathy that his comm device alert him when his missing friends showed back up again, but here before he had a chance to reach out to Leia, she's already posting to the Network.

Or trying to. ]

Good to see you again, Princess. Having a little trouble with your comm unit?

video; it was sneaky

[articulations]

Lando! [ She knew he was here; by now, she's begun to remember this place and everyone she'd left behind when she'd returned to their galaxy. ] It's good to see you, too.

I guess you could say I was. For the first few hours of returning, I couldn't quite remember anything of this place. Or anyone.