Appointments

[thefinaljedi]

This thread is for IC Appointments. If you need to reach Luke for anything, feel free to leave a message here.

Timestamps, such as "Date/Time/Type of Action" would be great!

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[seaoflight]

[Luke wasn't running off, it was work and that's all there is to it.

Now, when he activates the Holocron, it comes to life in a brilliant shade of electric blue, warming up with a faint hum. As the sound reaches a crescendo, a figure appears next to Anakin. A hologram, of course, but full sized and in color.]

Good day, master Jedi. What can I do for you?

[ignite_the_stars]

[Anakin knew what gatekeepers were, sometimes holocrons were used during lessons. But one on one was never an experience he'd had.

The Gatekeeper did not look familiar to him, which wasn't surprising, the Temple housed thousands, or more. That seemed like a place to start.]

"Uh, hello. Who am I talking to?"

[seaoflight]

[The Gatekeeper folds her arms and studies him, the thousands-year old spirit seeming to size him up.] I am Nomi Sunrider, Grandmaster of the Jedi Order some four thousand years before Master Skywalker’s time. May I ask who I am addressing?

[ignite_the_stars]

[Anakin assumed that must be a lesson given to all Grandmasters, that sizing up.

It didn't make him nervous. As long he could remember someone had been appraising, slavers, slave masters, pod-racers, Jedi, Sith. It was an experience he was comfortable with.

Though, he's sure he should know that name, even if it was four thousand years old. Weren't at least the names of all the Grandmasters taught at the Temple? History truly was one of his worst subjects.]

"Jedi Knight..." [Oh, then there is the matter of that name. It was clearly indicative of some kind of a connection, and he was about to reveal that to a Grandmaster of an Order that eschewed those kinds of connections. At least that's what Anakin has been taught.]

"Anakin Skywalker."

[seaoflight]

[The hologram nods, her lips quirking into a vague smile. The spirit currently inhabiting the holocron had actually come from Luke and been a part of Luceti for a time thanks to the machinations of the Malnosso. It was a curious thing, she thought, but she'd spoken with another version of this man before.

And she knew full well who it was. The question was more to gauge his honesty.]

Luke's father, then. A pleasure to speak with you, Knight Skywalker. Or would you prefer Anakin?

[The hologram steps back and hops up onto the workbench, sitting comfortably and easily. She's tall for a human, 5'10" at least, so her legs dangle a bit. Dignity was never her real concern after all.]

What can I do for you today?

[ignite_the_stars]

"So... Luke has told you about me? About who I am?" [Anakin is slightly derailed from his objective, but Anakin was never good at staying on target if he wasn't comfortable about something. And knowing what Grandmaster Sunrider knew about him would go a long way to making him more relaxed and better able to stay focused.]

[seaoflight]

You mistake me, Anakin.

[The Grandmaster smiles at him brightly.]

I've met a previous you. The Malnosso have made me walk in Luceti before, seeing through the eyes of Luke. Am I to understand you are a different Anakin?

[ignite_the_stars]

"Luke hasn't told me much about what you know." [And Anakin hadn't asked that many questions.] "I'm sure there isn't another Anakin Skywalker."

"So... what do you know about me?"

[seaoflight]

I know what Luke knows. Our consciousnesses were joined by the Malnosso. And that is a rather complicated story, Anakin. One I'm not sure would make much sense even to me.

[She smiles wryly and kicks her feet.]

Besides, you did not wake me up to ask questions about yourself, did you?

[ignite_the_stars]

"No, I didn't... but..."

[As well as Anakin could withstand a scrutinizing stare, Grandmaster Sunrider's comportment was not what he expected from a Grandmaster. She was very different from Grandmaster Yoda.]

"You're willing to talk to me, still... knowing who I am?" [If there was one thing that was drilled into initiates about Gatekeepers, it was that they could and would deny you access to the holocron, or them, if they felt you were unworthy. And Anakin couldn't imagine he came out favorable from any assessment.]

[seaoflight]

Are you implying I should not?

[She folds her arms across her chest and looks straight into his eyes.]

You are a Jedi. You are more than welcome to ask me questions, and I will answer as I see fit.

[ignite_the_stars]

"I... that designation might be too generous." [Well, he'd started out with honesty, he momentum now.]

"Are you- you don't act like a Grandmaster." [That might have been too much honesty.]

[seaoflight]

Oh?

[She raises an eyebrow imperiously. The effect may be spoiled by the fact that it's a hologram.]</small How should I act? What were you expecting?

[ignite_the_stars]

“I’ve… never seen a Grandmaster sit…” [He gestured to all of her. Especially the feet that had kicking.] “Like that.”

[seaoflight]

[She laughs and leans back, studying him with that same summery smile.]

And how many Grandmasters have you met that live as a spirit inside a holocron? And for that matter, how many have you met who weren't Yoda?

[ignite_the_stars]

"Well, none besides Master Yoda."

[He paused.]

"I've never actually spoken one on one with a Gatekeeper before. Holocrons were only accessible to Masters, and I mostly only saw them in group lectures."

[seaoflight]

Then you have no idea what it's like. Coming out feels freeing, frankly. That's why I'm probably not quite up to Master Yoda's standards, but...then I'm also nowhere near as old as he is. At least, I wasn't when this recording was made.

[ignite_the_stars]

[Anakin looked down with suspicion at the holocron in his hands.]

"So... you can tell when you're inside? Like, you're trapped inside a box?"

[seaoflight]

No. I don't really feel anything in there. I'm just a digital imprint, you understand. But I know when it's been activated and deactivated. And I do like being on, because it means I'm doing the things a holocron was meant to do.

[ignite_the_stars]

"And what's that? What were you meant to do?"

[seaoflight]

Guide the Jedi of the future, of course.

[ignite_the_stars]

[Anakin snorted.] "If you're a Master, you mean?"

[seaoflight]

Well, in my time only masters are permitted to make Holocrons.

[ignite_the_stars]

"In my time only Masters were permitted access to them." [He said it with a shrug, he guess that was a sort of symmetry. And though it wasn't entirely accurate, on a rare occasion a Master might utilize one during a group lesson, but those instances were so very few and dependent on the Master teaching the lesson that it was basically the same as saying only Master's were permitted to use them.]

[seaoflight]

Is that so?

[Nomi frowns, looking at the glowing crystalline matrix that was projecting her form.]

That is not what was originally intended. There were dangerous holocrons, yes, recovered artifacts of the Sith. But Jedi like Master Vodo-Baas or Odan Urr? Surely they are not so similarly restricted.