ad astra ✧ contact

[realists]

@ kestrel
text ✰ voice ✰ holovid

Comments

voice; misfire

[facultative]

[It's not Anakin's current voice, but instead the steady intonation of Darth Vader that is somehow sent in this message.]

The Emperor is disappointed in your lack of progress. I will be landing shortly to put things back on track.

[realists]

The Emperor can suck a Hutt.

[ it's automatic, she doesn't even think or question it. jyn erso says fuck the government. ]

[facultative]

[And then it's Anakin's confused voice.]

Who is this?

[realists]

What are you? You called me.

[ now she is! suspicious! this ship is supposed to be safe and she introduces herself by her real name generally, but the name attached to her device is not her name for a reason.

the reason is a healthy dose of saw gerrera inherited paranoia only barely mitigated by the announcement that things would be weird for a while. ]

[facultative]

What do you mean what am I? You're the one that called to talk about the the Chancellor and the Hutts.

[Anakin has none of her paranoia, but at the moment it doesn't occur to him to offer more information.]

misfire! | un: dameron

[withinreach]

I'm just saying that it could get awkward considering how many people have already seen me naked. Intimately. Do we just pretend it didn't happen?

[realists]

Is your naked body that unmemorable?

Poor you.

[withinreach]

[ This is clearly not who he was trying to talk to. But since they're here anyway. ]

It's not, that's the problem. It doesn't necessarily bother me, I'm just used to that being a mutual kind of thing. It feels a lot like forgetting a one night stand.

[realists]

Why are you nude and not them? That's not very equal.

[withinreach]

Some people around here knew me before. But it wasn't... me. Or if it was I don't remember any of it. It's one of those anomaly things, apparently.

( misfire )

[unjedi]

This is Fulcrum. Please respond.

[realists]

No

[ WHOMST IS FULCRUM? ]

[unjedi]

. . . You realize that's still a response, right?

[realists]

I am aware, but I didn't want to keep getting the message if I didn't answer

What the kriff is Fulcrum anyway?

misfire

[marshalcobb]

I don't feel I have to explain why I take three hour showers.

Re: misfire

[realists]

You really don't. It's the luxury.

[marshalcobb]

See, exactly. Never had one on Tatooine, we're lucky when we've got enough water to drink.

[realists]

Yes! Sonic's fine but I'd rather die then get out of the bath.

You're from Tatooine? Unfortunate.

[ JYN! ]

march misfire, un: deveny

[selection]

I assume drunk me had his reasons. I trust his judgment.

[realists]

Is that wise?

[selection]

[ he excels at just leaning into this whole misfire business, so -- ]

Perhaps not, but it has generally worked out well for me until now.

[realists]

What serendipitous mistake did your drunk self make this time?

action — bathhouse

[evasives]

[ he honestly doesn't put up too much of a fight when jyn drags him off to the fancy bathhouses after a long day of dino-watching and dino-petting, though both of them shy away from the encouraged nudity and don some fluffy bath robes atop their swimsuits as they meander through the heat, looking for a good spot. and by looking, it's mostly jyn dipping her toes into a bath and getting irritated when someone else pops up, so it takes some time. ]

[ the one she eventually settles on is in a quiet little corner, the pool small enough to discourage others but spacious enough to splash around, maybe about eight feet long. the stairs dropping down into the water are elegant, and there are a few chairs and divans tucked around the edges, all hidden by the plants and giant leaves that cassian assumes are meant to be decoration but really just close off these little areas. there's a fountain at the other end, pouring in fresh hot water. it's... nice, he'll admit it. ]

Are you sure now?

[realists]

Yes.

[ she doesn't dignify his remark with a defense of her choices because she knows she's unsocial enough to have been equally bothered by other people's company when he's in nothing but a pair of swim trunks. (though she does stick her tongue out at him.)

jyn's seen him naked and she's still questioning how much of a good idea it was to go to the bathhouses where she'll be faced with his bare shoulders and this was her idea. but she's a fool, k2 would be happy to point that out were he here. ]

Not very warm, but it'll do.

[ it's not boiling, is what she means. it is literally a hot spring but it's not hot enough. ]

[evasives]

I can literally see the steam.

[ not boiling, that is not survivable. but it's plenty warm. he knows this is not an argument he's going to win even though he is objectively correct, so he'll just... settle on one of the divans, setting their towels beside him. yes he brought towels, even if she may have forgotten. he takes off his robe too, folding it neatly beside the towels, leaving him in his swim trunks. ]

You can go first, I do not want to climb in unless I know we are staying. [ yes he still has a little bit of doubt. ]