oo3. [video]; backdated to the beginning of this agedown madness

[breathingsounds]

[SMALL SRS CHILD HAS VERY SRSBSNS FACE. HE IS STARING WITH A VERY SRS EXPRESSION AT THE CAMERA.

SRSLY.]

Right, I'm pretty sure that this is some kinda communicator - it looks a little weird, but I guess there's a lot of kinds of tech that I haven't seen yet. But if that's the broadcaster it still can't have a very wide range - what is this,

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[qinaimeimei]

*Kaylee's figured the tech out pretty well already, so she's all chipper and smiley as she speaks.*

It's short range, uh-huh, zhǒng bù qiè shíjì if you ask me, but then most of this place isn't. Haven't quite figured out 'xactly where it is, but kěnéng huì gèng zāo s'pose? Don't think either those places're near, guessin' s'your homeworld or some such?

*Wait, something's just kicking in and now she's pouting.*

Must be awful f'you.

[[*kind of impractical, **could be worse]]

[breathingsounds]

I dunno. Maybe.

What language was that?

[qinaimeimei]

Oh! Chinese, 'course!

[breathingsounds]

Whaddya mean of course? I've never even heard of Chinese before.

[qinaimeimei]

Ev'ryone 'round home knows it.

*Pause, frown.*

Guessin' you're from another place 'ntirely, then.

[breathingsounds]

Somebody told me it's another dimension. I don't know if that's true, but this place sure doesn't look like anything back home.

[qinaimeimei]

Does make sense f'that were so. 'Course, it don't make sense how any'f us got here, but.

*Pleasantries? Y/y?*

Whassit like, your homeworld, then?

[breathingsounds]

Trust me, I know.

And I guess that mostly it's just a lot of desert. I haven't seen a lot of it, but I'm pretty sure there's not a lot that's different. Mostly it's not very interesting, but the Pod Racing is pretty good to do there.

[qinaimeimei]

*Nods, then:* Whassat? Sounds kinda neat.

[breathingsounds]

[GRIN you've hit on a favorite subject.]

It's high speed racing in pods... which I guess maybe you haven't heard of. They're hooked onto huge engines, and they go so fast that everything is like a blur.

I'm the only human who can do it.

[COCKYSMUGSMUGCOCKY]

I built my own racing pod too, but I guess that's probably still back home.

[Aaaand then slightly crestfallen at that last realization, that his pod is back home.]

[qinaimeimei]

*Engines? Somebody's perked up.*

Dunno th'particulars, prob'ly, but reckon it's fun. Y'built it yourself? What'd you use? What kinda engines d'they run on?

*Please, ramble on more.*

... this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship

[breathingsounds]

[OH AWESOME someone who looks like they get mechanics!]

Well, all the good racers do a lot of customizing on their pods, because the faster you can go the easier it is, so there isn't really a standard. I don't really have a lot of supplies that I can use, but uh. A lot of the stuff that I used was [LET'S JUST PRETEND THERE'S TECHNICAL RAMBLINGS i don't know how swu tech works half that well.]

Anyway, so those are matched, and they're connected by power couplings, and then the pod hangs behind them on cables.

lolll. yep. oh childhood.

[qinaimeimei]

*Attentive listening. Some of it's not exactly standard to her, but she can pick it up, and she gets it.*

Any tricks're off limits? Or just sorta go for any such thing y'please with it?

they spend the next week with anakin showing her how he builds droids

[breathingsounds]

Well, technically I think there's a few things that are illegal, but I'm pretty sure that nobody pays any attention to those. Mostly if you're caught trying to kill anyone you get banned. Some people still try it though.

very few things would make her happier.

[qinaimeimei]

Really, they do? Sounds awful dangerous.