may the force be... (open)

[kanyounot]

» WHO? Kanan Jarrus and YOU!
» WHEN? 8/26
» WHERE? Mostly Deck 1
» WHAT? A blind Jedi guy arrives on the station... what do???
» WARNINGS? nah, will update if needed

[ 1; Chapel; ]

[ Kanan makes his way into the nearest quiet room from where he woke up - this place feels all wrong to him, and he's not sure why. Meditation, though - that's what he needs. He needs to calm himself, center himself, and - all unknowing - he chooses the chapel to do so.

Settling in, legs tucked under him on the floor, he takes a few deep breaths, and then reaches out - to the web of energy that connects all life - and finds -

Well, he finds Ezra quickly enough, their bond as strong as it ever is, and he's nearby, Kanan can tell, and that's reassuring. But the others...

Usually, no matter how far apart they are, on opposite ends of the galaxy even, Kanan can reach out through the Force and sense his family. He can find Sabine and Zeb and Hera (not a day has gone by in almost ten years that he hasn't been able to sense Hera) but today... today they're gone, and it distresses him. He doesn't allow himself to panic, but it unmoors him a little, weakens his concentration.

Nonetheless, he can certainly sense anyone who approaches him. ]

I don't suppose you can tell me who's responsible for bringing us here?

[ B; Mess hall ]

[ Kanan is at least good enough at following his nose to make his way to where most of the food is kept. Of course, that doesn't mean the food is any good, or edible for him. Or that he can figure out what it even is, given that he's blind and therefore has to rely on his other senses. ]

Okay, just answer me one question: is there something here other than protein milk and ration bars?

[ C; wildcard ]

[ Got another idea? Toss me a prompt or PM me your idea so we can hash something out! ]

Comments

[kanyounot]

Ah well, that's fine. I'm not exactly a fashion-forward kinda guy, anyway. At least it's not robes. I don't think I pulled off that look even as a kid.

[ He gives her a little smile. ]

Can I ask... have you got... a crystal on you somewhere?

[ Because seriously, that niggling in the back of his mind is not going away, and it started when she walked in. ]

[adjy]

You wore robes as a child?

[ which is a strange thing to say, she thinks, at least before his rejoinder. how would he know about her crystal, unless- ]

Are you one with the Force? [ taking a leap of faith, she digs a hand under her layers and produces the kyber crystal tied around her throat. ] It was my mother's.

[kanyounot]

[ Kanan has to laugh at that. ]

I think most of us can only aspire to be truly one with the Force. But I was trained as a Jedi. I know a kyber crystal when I feel it. Even an inactive one.

Can I ask about your mother? As in, where she got a kyber crystal, and why she gave it to you? It's not exactly common.

[adjy]

[ a jedi... the man revan had been trained among their ranks as well. she can't really begin to imagine such a thing. she nods, dropping her necklace and edging closer into his space. ]

Lyra Erso was her name. It was her most prized possession, so she gave it to me because she knew she was going to die.

[kanyounot]

[ The name doesn't ring a bell, and Kanan tilts his head a little. ]

Interesting. She wasn't Force-sensitive, but she... what, thought highly of the Jedi?

[adjy]

You don't have to be a Force-wielder to believe in its power to influence your life, Kanan.

[kanyounot]

Not many people do, in my time. It's mostly illegal to even talk about.

[ So, yeah, a little surprising. ]

But it's always nice to hear when someone does. Remember them, anyway.

[adjy]

My mother had no patience for laws enforced by men with no morals. I like to think I've followed in her footsteps that way.

[kanyounot]

Hm. [ Kanan taps his knees for a moment. ] Rebel Alliance?

[adjy]

[ she nods ] Yes. Callsign Rogue One. Have you heard of us?

[kanyounot]

I haven't, but I also don't usually get invited to the Important People Meetings.

My apprentice and I are both with Phoenix Squadron, though. Before that we were the Lothal cell.

[adjy]

I spent most of my life refusing to join the Rebels. I thought it was suicide.

[ maybe it was. it likely had been for them, if she ever gets to go home and find out how that story plays through. ]

But then there was a mission. One only I could complete.

[kanyounot]

It pretty much is suicide, yeah. It just depends on whether you care more about living than about fighting for something.

[ He says that with no judgment implied. Most people will and should choose to live. ]

I avoided it for a long time, too. Kept my head down.

[adjy]

[ she nods, keeping her head down. that's an accurate depiction of what she'd done as well. ]

What we did was bigger than our lives. It may well have won the war.

[ otherwise she never would have gotten involved. ]

[kanyounot]

Good. When I left, things weren't looking too great for the Rebellion.

[ Atollon had been a low point, for sure. They lost a base, they lost a lot of good people. It was going to be hard to bounce back from. ]

[adjy]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[ and to her credit, she sounds sincere. ]

My team may well never make it off Scarif, but it will still be worth it. History will reward us.

[ it's ironic to say that while bodhi and herself are here, perhaps. ]

[kanyounot]

Mm. I've got a sneaking suspicion I don't have much longer, either. But I made my peace with that a long time ago.

Some of us make that choice, to give ourselves over to something bigger than us. A greater good.

[ He smiles wryly. ]

Buuuuuut we'll have to find a way off this station in the meantime.

good ending point?

[adjy]

Yes, we will. [ she agrees forcefully. ] If only for their sakes.

[ everyone else who's trapped here. everyone who still has a future back whence they came from. ]