[hologram; public]

[neverjoinyou]

[A figure appears in a black jumpsuit, brow furrowed in concern though his stance is ready. The only sign of any fear is the slight flexing of the fingers of his right hand, as if seeking something it knows is not there.Do you read me? Leia? I've tried to find an encrypted channel and I'm not sure it worked, but I'm taking the chance. I seem to

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[theniputitback]

[Yeah okay. Hardison had insisted that you couldn't say that you had lived until you'd seen Star Wars. Personally, Parker was of the opinion that you hadn't lived until you'd thrown yourself out of a helicopter and truly believed for one split-second that your parachute wasn't going to open, but she'd sat down with him and watched the movies all the same.

Whoever this guy is, he must be an even bigger geek than Hardison. He even looks kinda like Luke.

...

She's silent for a moment. And then she brings her hands up to her mouth and starts breathing.]

still hologram

[neverjoinyou]

[Dignity is the Jedi way, but it's a little easier to accomplish when you haven't just had your hand cut off by the man you thought killed your father who says he is your father. The holographic image dives for cover, forgetting for the moment that the transmitting device is fixed to Luke's wrist and therefore hiding isn't exactly going to help.]

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[theniputitback]

[Oh maaan. She hadn't expected that.

Parker stops the Darth impression, waiting for a moment to see if he's going to pop back up and laugh it off. When he doesn't, she switches to video.]

Hey, I was just kidding.

...You're not one of those guys who refuses to break character no matter what, are you?

[Her tone is more curious than judgmental, though.]

hologram

[neverjoinyou]

[That's not Vader. Unless Vader has another secret he hasn't revealed, but Luke's not really that clever. He does pop up, looking at the video display and frowning. His voice is wary, his curiosity overcoming his intense discomfort at the trick, joke, whatever it is that whoever this girl is shouldn't have been able to pull.]

Which character would that be?

[savor_last_shot]

Which empire are you looking for?

[He can't really recall all that many from his neck of the woods.]

[neverjoinyou]

"Looking for" might be too friendly a term. What have you got?

[savor_last_shot]

Some people might call the turians an empire. That's the only one I know about, though.

[Aside from a few jumped-up minor nations.]

[neverjoinyou]

I think I'm really, really lost.

[inkstolen]

...No.

[That's not a no of denial. It's the sort of breathy, too-delighted exclamation a small child might make upon walking into the living room on Christmas morning to find a suspiciously pony-shaped package standing next to the tree.]

No, no fucking way. No. That's impossible. This is some kind of stupid Dave prank. You are Luke Skywalker.

[She laughs.]

Okay, that's cute guys. Knock it off. You got me.

[neverjoinyou]

[Luke would be as confused about being considered any sort of present as he would be by wrapping a pony. For the moment, he looks confused, then slightly alarmed, then just wary.]

Who are you?

[inkstolen]

I'm Marjorie Elizabeth Pots, and y'all better cut it out.

[She'll be embarrassed forever when she stops being in denial.]

[neverjoinyou]

I'm sorry, I don't know anyone named Yall.

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[double_discs]

There are no known Users or Programs by that name on this network. You will have to manually encrypt the frequency if that is what you require.

Your 'Empire' is probably not present here as this is likely not your world...or universe.

[neverjoinyou]

Well that's what I was trying to do, I...

What do you mean?

[double_discs]

Then you will have to work on your programming skills. [Because they suck.]

This is an alternate reality from the one you are used to.

[neverjoinyou]

It doesn't work like the ones at home. And anyway you can't encrypt something if the frequencies aren't...

Look, whatever, just... how do I get back?

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[azulescarabajo]

Luke Skywalker?

[neverjoinyou]

[Okay, this is getting really creepy. Or irritating. Or both.]

Who is this?

[azulescarabajo]

Oh jeeze--Uh, you don't know me. Sorry.

I'm Jaime Reyes.

[neverjoinyou]

[Well it's not like no one's ever heard of Luke Skywalker, but this is still relatively new territory for him.]

And you know me from...?