[log] Nothing better than a good old fashioned reunion [closed]

[majorlazer]

Characters: Zach, Kesara, Terezi, Vriska
Location Building 51
Date: Day 112 - Evening
Summary: a heartwarming reunion...maybe?
Warnings: none, afaik. May be updated later.


[Zach had arrived early to the house, putting his bags down quickly and flopping down on the couch, not even taking in his surroundings much. There's something akin to nervousness thrumming through him - he's not quite sure what's going to happen once he meets back up with Kesara and Lil' T, and he definitely doesn't feel in the mood to take Marquise's bullshit. It's probably going to be...well. Tense. Kesara's probably still sort of mad at him.

Oh, well. It's all too late now, and he's here, so might as well relax while he can. Soon he's not going to be alone any more and he's going to have to keep thinking about people's well-being and he can't keep going and putting himself in danger for no reason. That's probably going to be the hardest part of it all...

He pulls out one of the books he's pilfered from one of the random houses he's visited on his way, settling himself to wait and trying not to stress out too much about the upcoming reunion. Who knows, maybe they wo't show.

Zach is out like a light, and snoring soundly, the book on his chest, in minutes.]

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[heavensreader]

[That is a lot of information on a new supporting character. Zach needs to learn some technique, Kesara thinks, though he makes up for it by being very vivid in his descriptions. The dog-bear cross she pictures is perhaps more dog than bear, something like an upright Tibetan mastiff, and she shudders in delight at the thought of how powerful and dangerous such a companion must be.]

Does he speak a language of grunts? What a queer business. [In the best way, clearly.

She makes all the right ooh-ing noises at the trash compactor episode, though she has a very hard time picturing that - people tend to turn to mush rather than neat cube, and hacking systems is still a very vague concept, and what is a tractor beam? But all the words and terms, because there are no many, because Zach juggles them so easily, because they are mysterious and wonderful, are like magical chanting. She occasionally repeats one under her breath just to treasure the sound of it. Droids, bowcaster, tractor beam... like running her fingers over shining beads in the story's rosary.]

Oah, so now the dark and light masters are fighting each other! But where is Skywalker? It's meant to be him who defeats the evil man, not his teacher! He can't fly away and leave his master behind!

[majorlazer]

He does speak a language of grunts, actually! Han Solo can understand him, and so can C3PO, which is another droid that's traveling with them all. He's R2-D2 best friend, sorta, and Luke bought both of them together back on Tatooine. He talks a lot, and he understands every language in the galaxy, and he's kinda cowardly but also very loyal.

[Zach can see it all in his head, and his memories might be fuzzy, but the main story is still so clear and important, it's easy to retell it, and give it all the passion he can muster right now. It's good to have an attentive audience.]

Luke's here! He's actually witnessing the fight and he's super upset and mad that he can't join in, especially since he got a lightsaber too, but then - then the tragic moment happens where Darth Vader cuts Obi Wan in two! Which is awful, obviously, because he's become quite important to Luke very quickly and here, look, he's dead, and it's very sad.

[A pause, for effect.]

Han and Leia drag Luke to the Millenium Falcon and they have to make a very daring escape from the Empire's ship, it's all super heart pounding! There's a space battle and they only escape by the skin of their teeth.

[Dramatic pause.]

But it's not finished. They must destroy the Death Star!

[heavensreader]

Every language in the galaxy?!

[However exciting the next part is, Kesara is going to be distracted for a while there. A galaxy, she knows, is an exceptionally big thing, and "every language" must mean thousands. Tens of thousands. Millions. She only speaks eight. Lao Dian only speaks about fifteen. For a moment there she sits paralysed with awe and jealousy so intense that she can practically feel it sizzle.

He's not real, this C3PO, she comforts herself with the thought. Being jealous of a droid who isn't real is really very childish. It's much more important that Luke's old master died. Cut in two. That is horrible. So horrible it's almost exciting.]

That must have been so horribly bloody. [Her voice is hushed with the imagining of it. So bloody.] Poor Luke. He has to kill that evil man. And finish his work!

[majorlazer]

Yeah! C3PO speaks like, millions of languages. He's a protocol droid, that's the whole reason why he's programmed - he helps diplomacy by knowing all languages and customs of every race in the galaxy. Very useful, but he's also kind of a dink sometimes.

[How to explain that Obi Wan actually jut sort of vanished? Zach ponders that one, because himself as a kid never really got that part. There's no body. Maybe it's a Jedi thing - only when Darth Vader dies, his body remains.

One of the great Star Wars mysteries.]

Finish his work, first and foremost! Of course Luke wants vengeance but he also wants to do good for the galaxy, so he and Han and Leia join back with the Rebel Alliance to plan an assault on the Death Star. And it's a gigantic space battle! And lots of people die!

Luke's piloting an X-Wing, which is a one-person battle ship that's real good for dogfights and the likes. He's like, super good at it. But every time one of his squadron tries to bomb the Death Star's weak point, they get exploded. So, guess what Luke does?