Is that a little camera in there?
[ Yes, that is a little camera in there, and it is on. Say hello to the deep sparkling blueness that is an extreme close-up of an eye. ]
Hello.
[ This man - and I use the term "man" loosely here, since it currently describes an effeminate purple-haired person with a girly voice - has clearly never seen anything
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[ Now that his modesty has been temporarily restored, he takes a closer look at that strikingly familiar face smiling back at him. ]
... Ben?!
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- Sorry?
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[ ... Yeah, there's obvious amusement in his voice, too. ]
Seriously, what's your name?
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I'm Luke. Who're you? [He doesn't give his last name out anymore.]
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... Cephiro, I guess? [ Weakly. He's finally having his "OH GOD I'M ON A DIFFERENT WORLD" moment. ] Hi, Luke.
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Hi. Sooo, I don't think you've gotten briefed? This is Coruscant.
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Oh. [ hesitates ] Not to be rude, but that means nothing to me.
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You have to be kidding--
[ Goes to the window to look out. Not like he hasn't tried that before, but now he has to do it with the knowledge that the whole planet is one giant city and there might not be ground down there for miles and miles. Of course, now the camera is exposed, but he's covered up with a sheet from the bed by this point. ]
... I'm going out there. Clothes or no clothes.
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[ ... Yep, and he right ran off to go do that. (Okay, so there was a slight kerfluffle because the door has a button, but basically straight off.) But he's only gone for a second, and when he comes back he tosses the sheet on top of the datapad. ]
... Sorry. I was an Adventurer at the last place I was - it's kind of a half-explorer, half-cartographer kind of job - so... No, that really doesn't excuse how rude I'm being, but I'm sure this is pretty common, too?
... We can still talk, though. Are you from here?
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No, I'm from Tatooine. It's nothing like here - all desert, very boring. [He doesn't say it as flatly as he might have; Luke won't admit it, but he's quietly homesick.]
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... But you can't go back?
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- I'm from the future, compared to... when it is now. Way out in the future.
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[ Finally dressed, grabs the datapad and heads out. ]
... Are you busy?
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