thefinaljedi | 19th Transmission: A Poor Imitation [Voice/Action] (May 20-23rd)

[Taking up the maintenance work had been just the thing Luke had needed. Reeling from the loss of Obi-Wan, he'd just wanted to be away from everyone and everything, friends and girlfriend included. A note for Ami was all he'd really left, promising to be back when he felt up to facing the future after the ridiculousness that was...well...that last shift. And he had to admit that even though it was only low orbit it had been nice to see space again. Being so long cooped up on a single planet was strange to someone who was just used to flying, and it'd done wonders to relieve pressure.

And given him an itch.

For the first day after he returns or so, Luke can be found at the farm, taking care of maintenance after the planting had been finished, while in the afternoon he's busy programming something rather complex on the Battle Dome computer. And of course, he'll be resuming his evening shifts at the Clinic and spending some quiet time at House 46.

However by the 22nd he's finished his project and on 23rd he sends out a generalized broadcast.]

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Hello Luceti.

This is Luke Skywalker. It occurs to me that I've not done one of these in some time, so allow me to extend a greeting to the New Feathers from this cycle. I manage the farmland and could always use some volunteers to help maintain it. It's meant to supplement the food supplies granted to us by the Malnosso in the event of an emergency, so it's a rather hefty project that could always use more hands.

Also, I've been working on a little side project at the Battle Dome. If anyone is interested, I've managed to program some training and historical dogfight simulations from my homeworld. Flight simulations, for both X-Wings and Y-Wings, the two kinds of snubfighters I've had the most experience with. I'd appreciate any help testing them for bugs, and if anyone would like to add to them they're more than welcome to do so. If you've ever wanted to fly, it might be a good chance, and it's a skill might be useful if another draft occurs in space.

On an unrelated note, I've apparently missed my own birthday. I'm 31 now, and this is my second in Luceti. It's a little strange, having been on a single planet for so long. For those of you who do remain stationary, how do you manage it? I admit it's got me rather restless.

Thank you for listening, and may the Force be with you.

[Luke will be at the Battle Dome for anyone who wants to try his simulations, and he's got quite a few to choose from...]

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[Nervous he can deal with. But there was one other, and he asks with a big smile, already knowing the answer.]

Now that that's out of the way. And...cleared up. Tell me you aren't really pregnant...

[LUKE!!

Ami immediately flares up with color, and looks half panicked as she manages to quickly shake her head no before she finds her voice.]

Nothing like that! [Is it possible to seriously be embarrassed to death? Because she's working on it now.]

I'm joking, dear.

[He laughs and shakes his head]

With everything being so serious...we need to loosen up, too.

[Luke, that was a very mean joke, so embarrassing! At least Ami has the chance to feel relieved as soon as he says that, though.]

But, I'm really not. [She says it more seriously this time, because it is serious, the thought of bringing a child into the world - this world - any world.]

Ami, I know.

[He reaches up to squeeze her shoulder reassuringly]

I'm sorry, it was a joke in bad taste. So now that I've screwed that up, how about we try some of your cake?

No, it's alright. [She quickly moves to 'reassure Luke' mode.]

Let's have the cake and celebrate, though. Even if it's here, you should celebrate your birthday.

Yes. Let's do that.

[He nods in agreement and heads into the kitchen to get some plates.]

[Ami gets up and follows Luke, who shouldn't have to do the work for his own mini-celebration. She'll work on drinks since he seems to be covering the plates anyway.]

Would you like to something with all your friends, too?

I think this is better. Honestly, I'm not really sure I want to have a party or anything.

Just...personal time, with the people that matter.

As long as it's what you want. [She feels better about it, too, to tell the truth; she's never entirely comfortable in a large crowd where she feels like she only knows a very few people.]

That's exactly what I want.

[He nods again, giving her a quick hug before the settle down for a quiet evening with cake!]

[As they start eating, Ami risks a few surreptitious looks to try to tell if Luke enjoys the cake. Baking still isn't her forte, and she hoped it turned out well for a special occasion like this.]

[He's enjoying it quite a lot, Ami. He'll even cut a piece and let it float over towards the woman he wants to marry. Because he's a dork, like his father.]

[The comparison to Luke's father is perhaps a bit alarming. She's used to Luke's sense of mischief - similar to her own, the way it comes out in fits and starts - and she reaches for the piece of cake very deliberately as if nothing is out of the ordinary at all. Did he do something? She can't tell. Really.]

[Well Luke at least doesn't have the trouble of cheesy dialogue. He just smiles and lets Ami do her thing too.]

[Her thing? No, no, she's just eating totally normal cake. Totally normally. See? Proper small bites on her fork. Which stabs the cake in mid-air.]

[Totally normal. Even with the stabbing]

[It would be rude to eat her cake with her hands, Luke. Rude!]

[He'd never mind]

[After awhile, she can't help it anymore.

It starts very small. It's just a little noise, really. But it's unmistakably a giggle. She can't keep up this flying-cake-is-normal pretense for very long.]

[Well, he can't help it any more either. He breaks too, and laughs faintly too...]

[That only sets her off more. Ami covers her mouth while she giggles, and finally controls herself only with effort.]

I'm not used to it yet after all.

No?

[He loses it as well, letting the cake float back to the plate before he loses concentration]

It's really good. Thank you again, dear.

[It's alright. It's something that's helped her to relax, actually, the way Luke treats these things as normal.

Because she's not. If she were to have revealed herself, back then, to someone in her own world... It might have startled or even frightened them. They might not have even believed it. Having someone like Luke, who understands and even has power of his own, is... easier, in some ways.

But right now, she's just going to eat the cake. This time, not from midair. She takes a smug bite.]

Thank you.

[Luke can't really relate to that, as he's been such a high profile member of the Rebellion and the Republic and now the Jedi that for him to hide his power would be all but impossible. To say nothing of the somewhat invasive nature of the Force itself. An ever present sixth sense.

But at that smug little comment, Luke just grins and stuffs a big bite into his mouth. Better not to laugh anymore, since the cake's just that good.]

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