thefinaljedi | 21st Transmission [Video/Written/Action] (Forward Dated to March 17)

[Well it's about that time of year, when the weather begins to shift and it's beginning to get to the point where cultivating and preparing to for planting season is becoming a necessity. And to get all this started, Luke needs your help. He opens up the journal and smiles at the camera.]

Good afternoon Luceti,

For those of you that don't know me, my name is Luke Skywalker. For the last couple of years I've been tending to some of the farmlands outside the village, trying to build up emergency stores as well as bringing a bit of self-sufficiency to the enclosure. And as some of you may know, within the last year both Nami and Applejack have both departed, leaving the orchards near the farmland untended. I've been tending to them as best I can, but the vast majority of the help I had with the work has also returned home.

In the interest of better utilizing the space I'd like to request the help of anyone willing to volunteer their time with a bit of manual labor. I'm afraid it's simply not going to be possible to manage it all by myself, and any help would be greatly appreciated. It's beginning to near the planting season, after all. I'm happy to offer whatever services I can provide in exchange.

[There's a pause, and he seems to look somewhere off camera.]

On a related note, if there's anyone who knows anything about building irrigation systems, I'd appreciate any advice.

Thank you for your time, and may the Force be with you all.

[Shutting off the feed, he sends out two private messages.]

Written, Filtered to Loki
Loki, I know this is much less interesting than musical theater and cookies, but I was hoping I could get your help with a bit of magical work on the farm.

Written, Filtered to Trafalgar Law
Law, I figure we should probably revisit some of those supply caches and check on them. Possibly restock and take care of a few other things down that vein.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I'll leave talking to people to you two then, both of you do know them and the general village better than I do.

[This time around, at least.]

[Luke gives her a look and a half smile, oddly reminded of someone back home.]

Yes ma'am.

[Law's got a mouthful of onigiri to get through at this particular moment... so it's going to be a nod and a hum.]

Mmmhmm.

[No promises though. Albert was Albert.]

[Ugh, ma'am. Not a soldier, not an officer, so the word just makes her feel old. Ginia finishes off her tuna onigiri and helps herself to an unagi onigiri next.]

These are good. Did you make them?

[Luke silently smiles to himself as he eats. Ginia's barely older than he is, but if she knew him she'd know it's just his way.]

Yeah. [It's likely Law will polish off most of these - there's a lot and it's probable no one else brought a One Piece appetite.] Itachi and I really don't go out often, and between the two of us, I do a lot of the cooking.

... kinda a hobby of mine, I admit.

[To the point where he tends to steal more than his share of cook books from the library.]

Cooking is a good hobby to have. Mind if I get the recipe from you sometime? Been ages since I've had good onigiri.

[As the phone butchers 'onigiri' in its attempt to pronounce it. Oh well, it tried.]

[Luke finishes his own, using the food to stop him from laughing at the phone. Earthling technology...what a joke.]

[Stifling a snicker.]

Sure.

[Ginia rolls her eyes. So her phone has her shortcomings. Either of you want to talk through a phone? Huh? Huh? Yeah, didn't think so.

Nom. Nom. Nom.]

[Well...she could always ask for help with that problem. Synthesizers aren't that hard to make. Hobbie totally got one after Yavin.]

[Om nom nom.

Oh, you got to admit the way it botched onigiri was hilarious.

Nom nom nom.]

[It was. You should hear it do names.

Spoilers: Not going to happen.

Nom nom nom.]

So where's the supply cache here?

[Again, Luke looks to Law. You're up buddy.]

[Woah guys, wait one second. Let him finish wolfing down this onigiri.

Gulp.]

Not in the bathhouse itself. [There's no room and people would have stumbled upon it by now.] There's a cavern nearby where I've stowed things. It's just hidden from sight by the trees.

[In a cave out of the way, makes perfect sense.]

Either of you know well-explored the cave systems up in the mountains are?

[Luke nods.]

I've been in a few of them camping from time to time. I've got a couple of hideaways and such. But I don't know if they've officially been mapped.

The cave systems aren't. Don't think Miss Nami was much for spelunking [She had good reason not to be, not that Law knows.] But most of the entrances are.

It would be beneficial to explore more about the cave systems in the mountains, even map out more of the mountains as a whole. If we're stuck inside this enclosure, it would behoove us to know as much about the environment as possible.

Maybe. But I'm not sure I have the time or the knowhow. Are you much of a spelunker?

Same. Not for anything extended anyway. [He's planning on poking around the caverns on the third level under the tunnels in Luceti at some point but that should only take a day. He's just taking a looksie.

But he says no more as he listens for an answer to Luke's question.]

I've spelunked before, but not alone. I wouldn't want to lead, but I'll certainly go along on an expedition.

[Hell, maybe she could talk Erwin and Levi into going with her. They'd probably be interested.]

A project for the future.

Indeed. It's a good idea, certainly.

[Law nods. He agrees.

But since he's chowing down on yet another onigiri, he'll pass on adding anything more at this point.]

[Something to study and make summer plans for.

And with that settled, Ginia's going to chow down on on more onigiri. Once they're all ready to head out, to the supply cache? To the supply cache.]

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