[video;] un: gen.skywalker

[ex_forcechoke292]

First off, whoever built these buckets of bolts in the hangar bay need to be let go. This is what happens when you let factories churn out garbage in large numbers: who's quality checking?

[He is. He's been here all of a few days, and he's already sequestered in the hangar, lamenting (loudly) over the sad state of automated affairs. This is where the video starts: he has the communicator propped up a short distance away as he's digging into the mechanics of one of the robots that had glitched out and come to a jerking halt with a wrench still clenched in its hand.

He mutters something about matrices before finally looking back up. This isn't the real point behind the message, regardless of how distracted he currently seems.]

Sad state of mechanical affairs aside, I have a question. [He sounds suddenly hesitant, as if he honestly doesn't want to ask it at all. He even rolls his shoulders back uncomfortably, before taking a long, deliberate breath.] I'm looking for a sparring partner. Swordsmanship proficiency if I can find it.

[Hoping against hope, but he doesn't sound too hopeful at all. As far as he knows, those who can really challenge him in this area are all back home, and neither side of that equation has a way to get back to the other... yet.]

Might as well make the most of being stuck out here, anyway.

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video; un: capt andor

[ouzel]

Those droids might belong to someone, you know.

[ Cassian's accent is thick and his squinting ability is mighty. ]

Sparring, however, I can do. Haven't had much chance to work with swords, though.

[ex_forcechoke292]

If they're broken, they're not doing anyone any good, are they?

[It's a fair question. As far as he can tell, they're simply part of the crew, in which case it's absolutely a favor. And it makes more sense than anything else does.]

I'm not sure I've ever seen droids this mindless. Even the Seps had better taste.

[He shrugs, however, and the droid--or whatever this excuse for one is--it pushed out of sight, and (for the moment) out of mind.]

It did feel like a longshot. Expertise?

[Anakin, not everyone in the galaxy is classically trained in multiple forms of combat.]

[ouzel]

[ "Even the Seps had better taste" has Cassian raising his eyebrows slightly but ok.

Okay. ]

Sharpshooting, actually.

But, I have been gently [ His eyes cut to someone off-screen. ] Reminded that I am recovering from a concussion and I shouldn't be taking on new sparring partners just yet.

Welcome to Eluvio anyway. Where did you study?

[ex_forcechoke292]

The Temple on Coruscant.

[Said as if that is completely normal. Meanwhile he's peering at the feed, watching that reaction. It feels like something he'd say at Padmé's behest, or similarly "gentle" correction. Familiar enough, at least, that he doesn't question it. The story behind it, however--]

How did it happen? The concussion.

video; un: rogue leader

[taggingwomprats]

[ OK, your video is great and everything, but Luke zeroes in on the username. There's something tugging at the edge of his perception, but he can't quite place it. ]

Your name is Skywalker?

[ex_forcechoke292]

General, technically.

[It's said so flippantly that he hardly sounds like one. But the recognition is nothing new, and despite the undercurrent of strange feeling--this whole situation is strange, this isn't any different--any inkling that this is anything otherwise is brushed completely aside. The only thing he understands from the exchange is that someone comes from his general galactic vicinity.

There's a smirk that follows.]

But between you and me, just Anakin is fine.

[taggingwomprats]

[ Luke's reaction is almost instant. His eyes widen and he looks for all the world like someone trying to contain something that's already broken free. There's a frantic energy to him that seems barely contained as he stares hard at the xommunicator. Shock, disbelief, exuberance. ]

Anakin Skywalker. The Anakin Skywalker. No, that's - this is impossible. Did you - you studied under Ben Kenobi, right?

video | un: kaytuesso

[k_2so]

[... excuse you. Are you cleared to dissemble the robotics around here? Kay stares at the screen for a long moment before speaking, in a mildly offended tone:]

Is the sad state of mechanical affairs part of your assigned job here? Not that you are wrong. Nothing here in the hanger appears to be worth ones time.

[ex_forcechoke292]

I work in the hangar.

[Not technically, Kay, no. But that technicality is conveniently brushed aside. If he's going to be down here dealing with cargo, it can't hurt to run simple routine maintenance when...honestly, he hasn't seen machines in shape this poor in years.]

It's not like I'm giving them weapons and half a brain. And no one else seems to be too worried about them.

[k_2so]

[...]

[Going to be honest here. That answer was vague and unconvincing, but also good enough for him. Mostly because he didn't care so much about the mindless robots that do so little compared to him.]

Maybe you should. They could use half a brain at least...

un; tonyhawkprosk85

[shenunigans]

do you mean actual fencing or the gay shit with the white spandex and beekeeper masks where you hopscotch around and poke each other in the crotch with knitting needles

because i can do both

[ex_forcechoke292]

[Half of this response makes absolutely no sense.]

That's not a form I've ever heard of. I can't recall ever having needed a mask.

[shenunigans]

[Just the way Dave likes to keep it.]

they call it fencing
its an olympic sport apparently
at least i think it is
its like swordfighting but with everything good about swordfighting removed and masks and costumes put in

text | un: artsy

[angele]

It's a good thing they have you here if you caught all of that. Don't really want to get inside something that might fall apart...

#irony

[ex_forcechoke292]

As much as we had a choice, you mean?

[He isn't terribly happy about the arrangement, but he's been through worse detours. If an anomaly can bring them here, what's to say it can't work the other way around? He may not trust the powers that be here just yet, but he does still trust the Force.

It would just be nice to understand what it was thinking in turn.]

The ship itself seems sound enough, if you're worried.

[angele]

Pretending we had a choice, yes. [ Nothing wrong with trying to stay on the positive side, Anakin. ]

I just don't really know much about ships. It's nice to at least hear that from someone who doesn't work here.

video, un: (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

[straycloud]

Another one of you. I'm starting to wonder what draws you all here.

[ His lips quirk into an easy smile. ] I've held a sword once or twice, but I'm afraid I can't help you. Still, you should be able to find someone.

[ex_forcechoke292]

"Another" one of what? [The question isn't quite accusatory, but that "you" carries enough of a connotation that he can't not ask.]

[straycloud]

Soldiers. I meet so many these days. [ If he catches any undertones, it doesn't show in his response. ] It's a change of pace from temple life.

video; un: syndulla

[firstrebel]

The only up-side - if you can call it that - is that some of us have our own ships here with us.

[ Hera has a small smile on her face. ]

But, when you don't have any alternatives, you make do with what you can.

[ex_forcechoke292]

I don't know. I never did take well to being told how to fly. But the familiarity is something.

[He's finding enough to keep his mind occupied and away from the rising panic, at least, which--to her point--is something like making do.]

Which one is yours?

[firstrebel]

[ Hera tilts her head a little. Something tells her this guy just doesn't like being told what to do, period. ]

Oh, just a cargo freighter. The Ghost. She's not in the hangar now - I'm flying her.

video; un: jace

[estrayer]

[ Here's Jace, arms folded and chin lifted. He's been throwing himself into training these last few days. He already misses the sparring partners he ought to have, but since that's not an option, anyone with experience is better than no one. ]

I'm good with a sword. I'll take you up on that. You formally trained?

[ He said proficiency, so Jace has some hope. He could use a challenge. ]

[ex_forcechoke292]

Going on a decade now, yes.

[F I N A L L Y. Someone gets it. Thank the Force.]

Granted, it's been a while since I've used something other than a lightsaber, but the idea is the same.

[At least he assumes from prior conversation; "sword" rarely means exactly what he wishes it did with anyone outside the Order, for good reason. But it's close enough, and he can make do.]

[estrayer]

I use something called a Seraph Blade. That's how I'm used to fighting, but with any luck, we can find something to even the field.

[ Like staffs or staves of some kind. The ship's bound to have that in their training rooms, right? That's what he's banking on, anyway. ]

I've trained all my life. I'd appreciate a real workout.