thefinaljedi | 13th Transmission: A Year in Review. [Action/Voice]

[Early that morning, Luke rolls out of bed quietly so as not to wake Ami from her Force trance and set about his day. It was a strange thing, really, getting up in the morning and heading into a routine. The week of dreamless sleep had done him a world of good, keeping back nightmares from the draft. Things were getting better. A light breakfast follows, filling the house with smells if housemates are feeling peckish.

For the early part of the day the Jedi went through his typical morning routine. A run around the village, complete with some rather extreme Parkour has him breathing pretty heavy. He stops by the Bakery for a bit of brunch, and then makes his way to the Battle Dome for a bit of practice. Around lunchtime, he can be found at Seventh Heaven and the square before heading out to the Farmland to check on Hamal before heading back to town.

Sometime in the late afternoon, he sends out a Voice message:]

Afternoon everyone, and greetings to any New Feathers who may be listening. As always, I'd like to offer whatever assistance I can. If you need help with something, please let me know.

I've got a bit of a question for anyone who's willing to listen. Is there anything particularly special you do for the end of your first year here? I arrived one year ago, today. And to be honest it's the longest I've spent on a single planet in over a decade. I've got to admit it's a bit of an odd feeling for me.

I've also been curious about people's travel experiences. Have any of you visited other worlds? Or even other continents on your own homeworld? If you haven't, why not?

And on a final note, I regret to inform everyone that Doctor Eggman has returned home again. He was a great help with the farm, and a good friend.

[A few filtered messages follow]

[Filtered to Adele LeBlanc]

Adele, I haven't heard from you since we got back. Are you doing well? I've been worried.

[Filtered to Syre Atries]

Syre, I wanted to thank you for the notes you left a few weeks ago, and I've got something for you as a token of my appreciation. I can bring it by your apartment, or we can meet somewhere.

[Filtered to Pinkie Pie]

Pinkie, I was wondering if you could help me with something. It involves baking, and I'm not very good at it.

[Then he returns shuts the feed.]

(OOC: If you want to run into Luke somewhere, go for it. He'll be all over town today)

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You'd mentioned that before, and it did seem similar to the Force in more than a few ways...

[He trails off, lost in thought for a moment]

Well, what does that feel like?

Like being connected to the world around you. Feeling life, and the energy that binds the universe together.

Hmm, I suppose it does feel like that sometimes, a little.

[It's hard to say. For her, it's like asking whether she's actively aware of her left leg all the time, or when you remember that you're breathing but it's not like remembering triggered the feeling.]

Well, that's what it's like when you've first learning. Or when you're trying to pull on it very deeply.

For me? Now? It's just become so...intrinsic to me that I don't notice until it's gone.

['Don't notice until it's gone' sounds almost exactly like how she felt on the last draft. Except she does notice a difference between Weyard and here, something subtle that tires her faster even when there are no artificial limits on her power.]

It is kind of like that. A presence.

Yea. Sorry for all the questions.

I've been thinking about this sort of stuff a lot lately, particularly with relation to Luceti. I've got a few ideas, but without evidence, I can't really know anything for sure.

Please don't apologize. I like talking about Psynergy, it's just difficult to explain something that no one else can really see or feel. [Until it becomes water, ice, or actual healing. They see those. Surprise ice is a nice battle tactic.]

May I ask about your ideas?

Well, you know how you can touch your Psynergy here, and I can feel the Force? And other people can touch powers unique to their world here?

I was wondering if there was an explanation, and I started thinking. Everyone who has powers like that explains them in the same way. But we're all from different realities.

[He pauses, trying to put it into simpler words without Galactic terminology]

It occurred to me that perhaps this world is a sort of...nexus? A central point for all realities.

Like the middle of a wheel?

[She has other metaphors but they don't seem to fit as well as this one did.]

I suppose, but if a world like this one is the thing that connects everyone together, it's a bit...worrisome. Maybe that's just a part of how "magic" things work no matter what world it belongs to?

Yes, exactly. Or probably more accurately the center of a sphere.

[Luke pauses, thinking over her statement]

It's possible. The thought that I originally had was that because all these forms of 'magic' are so similar. Perhaps there is some sort of...wells in the middle of this great sphere and magic seeps in to every reality.

That would explain how we can tap into them all here, and how they're all so similar.

But if that's true, shouldn't I be able to, um, cast the spells of your Force as well as Psynergy?

Maybe you are, but you perceive it differently?

I think it's an interesting idea. What about the worlds that claim to not have anything like this?

Well, in my experience those worlds are either underdeveloped technologically, have strange and unexplained occurrences, or are entirely reliant on advanced technology. Which to me means that those worlds either haven't discovered or have forgotten the power, or perhaps that they're too far from the central wellspring to get any power.

I think you would probably call my world 'underdeveloped technologically' too. Nothing in it looks like the machines and contraptions I have seen here.

No, perhaps not, but you'd be from one of the worlds that has power. Such things introduced into the development of a planet's history dramatically change the course of history.

I don't mean that to be offensive, it's an observed phenomenon in my world. Force-adept cultures on isolated worlds develop technology more slowly than those without the power if those with Force sensitivity are in charge or if those with the power are shunned. Societies that blend the two develop more quickly in nearly every respect.

Sorry, I'm probably throwing a lot at you.

You...come from a place where there already are many worlds together?

[Somehow she has not grasped this until now.]

I do. Many planets, a whole galaxy in fact.

[And the weird alternate reality that is Hyperspace...]

Do you have a real center place then? One that you're thinking about when you come up with ideas like this?

In my reality? Yes, there's a center point to my galaxy, and a center to the universe as well. Of course, this is just me trying to put ideas into place, figure out more about the world I'm stuck in, but it's something that makes sense with my world view.

Oh, so have you visited your center point?

I've been as close as one can get to the Galactic center without dying, yes. The universal center would take thousands of years to reach.

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