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Who: Everyone
When: May 1st and on
Where: The Moira + Amissis-Re
What: The crew finds themselves visiting the very barren planet of Amissis-Re.
Warnings:None, but please label your content!

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far from nowhere
"the trees rustle in the evening when we stand uneasy before our own thoughts."

With the events of Del Pascia behind the Moira, things are only now beginning to settle—and not very well. Through the combined efforts of some of the crew, D-E-L and her permanent residents were incinerated into the dust of space. While it’s not the most peaceful end, it is one, and not many are going to be thinking back on how nice Del Pascia’s facilities were for quite some time. Repairing what they could of the ship’s interior and putting as much distance between the Moira and the prison as possible, those aboard are informed by Navigation that they are approaching another planet. This means, of course, the potential for better supplies, as some things are beginning to dwindle, and the Captains elect to dock so long as the crew follows protocol.

WELCOME TO AMISSIS-RE

Amissis-Re is an unregistered planet with no documented histories or signs of life. The Moira’s Navigation crew have scanned the planet for any usable resources and have discovered a faint signal emitting from beneath the surface of Amissi-Re. Using the transporters and any other crafts located in the Cargo Bay, the crew are able to travel to the source of the signal. Upon arriving in its exact location, they’ll find a small series of lakes that lead to a tower-like structure that appears to be in use. Crew must cross a poorly assembled bridge system that sways and dips when weight is applied to it in order to gain access to the entrance. Once there, a woman comes out to greet them and explains, excitedly, that she is so very happy that they have come to Amissis-Re.

Everyone can go home.

Their host insists that she has done the impossible and has somewhat fixed the Ingress that’s been built on Amissis-Re a long time ago, and what’s more, she can send crew home for short bursts of time. Upon following this woman inside, crew will find that the planet is not, in fact, barren at all. Diving deep into the underbelly of Amissis-Re, it’s like an eternal factory of machines, and while vast, for whatever reason, it also seems incredibly welcoming...

☄ LEAP OF FAITH ( 05.01 and on )

The barren planet of Amissis-Re is devoid of vegetation and organic life except for a lone woman, and the planet itself is an intricate honeycomb of machines that go for miles below the surface. Yet, that seems insignificant and unimportant in comparison to the news that the crew has just received. After Thán has looked at the Ingress, he tells the crew that he cannot say for certain that it is properly functioning, but Emiri native, Ben Link, will volunteer to test it out.

An elevator takes crew down to a glass platform that overlooks an inverted Ingress portal. In order to return home, the Moirans will have to take a leap of faith and jump in. Ben, in order to show his commitment to the crew and willingness to help get them home, takes that jump with Captain Thán seconds behind him. Jumping feels like dropping through wind; lights swirl, it’s warm, and a soft buzzing encompasses you as you fall. You don’t feel the landing. One moment you’re falling, and the next, you’re in a new world.

A few hours pass before a similar elevator rises from below and to the left of the Ingress, stopping beside the platform. Ben and Thán step out unharmed.

It works, and everyone can temporarily go home. Will you jump?

☄ COMBINE THE EXTREMES ( 05.01 and on )

The woman that greeted the crew and led them to the platform will allow anyone that wants to go home the opportunity to go. There’s only one catch: it’s not permanent. She’s worked for years to fix the Ingress so that she can return to her own home but hasn’t been able to make the trip an everlasting one. Everyone always comes back. Always. They go for a few hours, at first, but that amount of time increases with each visit.

The one guideline, she says, is that you can’t go alone. Each trip requires a partner, or it becomes too much for the mind to bear. These rules are simple: the world takes shape depending on who jumps first, but if crew go hand-in-hand and leap at the same time, the worlds combine. This new world will be populated with people that existed in both and may appear to be a jarring combination of both worlds. It may seem unusual, but if the woman is asked, she’ll explain that the combined world does exist as there are more universes than can be imagined. The Ingress tries to take the person to their own home, their original home, but when jumping together, it finds the closest possible match and deposits them there instead.

From that point on, you can travel the world together or split up, but remember, this world is a living, functioning world. It doesn’t matter if it’s the home of one crew member or a combination. You meet other people. You can get hurt. You influence and are influenced by others.

Be cautious, and enjoy your visit “home”.

☄ LINGER ON ( 05.05 and on )

The more times the Amissis-Re Ingress is visited, the more it seems that your trips last longer and the experience becomes even more vivid. More real and harder to distinguish from the current reality that you know. It’s difficult to explain why, but you get the feeling that maybe if you went without the aid of the host, that perhaps you’d be able to stay. Forever. It takes some subterfuge, but in time, you see your chance: she’s nowhere in sight, and you take it.

The world you are in now is completely your own, whether another crew member accompanied you or not. The people you know are there, everything around you is exactly as you remember. A few hours pass, and you don’t feel that familiar tug, that invisible hook at the base of your spine that signals that your visit is over. Even more time goes by, and you’re still in that world, your home. When the first day has passed, you begin to question if you’ll ever go back, or if life on the Moira was all a dream. The person with you won’t be able to convince you otherwise, and they’ll start to feel less real, a stranger that you used to know.

There’s only one way to go back to the Moira. Someone from the other side has to come in and retrieve you both. Once in, contact with a third will jump-start a link through the Ingress, and it will pull all crew back to the platform.

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[It's a little place, but it's reasonably well-built. And if they squeeze, they might even be able to fit inside.]

...Oh.

[So that's what that smell is. Well, she's still willing to choke it down. Lead the way, Luke.]

[Yoda emerges from the hut before they're even at the door. He's a little creature, from a species Luke's never heard before, and Luke had intended to warn Leia, he knows, but it had slipped his mind. He hopes she doesn't... well, he hopes she doesn't fail Yoda's tests as completely as Luke did.]

[Though he can't imagine that she will.]

Returned, you have. [Yoda looks Luke over, and raises his staff to poke at Luke's exposed metal arm.] And lost much. But what did you learn?

[Luke sits on a fallen log, somewhat lessening the height difference.] A great deal, Master. But- [He gestures to Leia, and Yoda hrrms and turns to her.] A great destiny, you have. Much power, and much pain. Seen it, you have... and you will again.

[Interrupting this critically cryptic moment is Luke, piping up with a squeaky voice and a shocked expression.] You knew? Why didn't you tell me?

[Leia isn't prepared for the sight of Master Yoda, exactly, but she's seen stranger things in her life. If she's surprised by his tiny, wrinkled face and broad ears, she doesn't show it.

Inwardly, she does wonder where he comes from, though. He can't have always lived on Dagobah, can he?

There's hardly time to think too much about it, anyway; Yoda moves swiftly from Luke's prosthesis to...well, all of her. For a moment, she's frozen in her place, staring down at him in shock. ...And you will again.

After a moment, she recovers herself and crouches down before him.]

It seems you know me, Master. [She smiles politely, holding out a hand to shake.] Luke's told me so much about you.

Watched you, I have. Seen your struggle. [Yoda ignores Luke's protest entirely, focusing closely on Leia.] To the future, he always looks. And you, to the past. You see not where you are, or what you do. Always thinking of what has been done, and what is not done yet.

[Yoda turns away, begins walking toward the end of the clearing.] Come. Even less time, you give me.

[Luke gets up to follow, but his expression is conflicted. He looks over to Leia with an apologetic expression.]

[She lets her hand hover for a moment, and when it's clear that Yoda's form of politeness doesn't take in that particular greeting, she lets it drop. What he says is mildly accusatory, the weary disappointment of a schoolmaster with an idle student.

And the worst part is, he isn't wrong.

She straightens up and shrugs at Luke when Yoda isn't looking. What matters here is that they take advantage of this time--for her brother's sake as much as her own.]

What will we be doing?

[But Yoda doesn't answer, and Luke isn't sure what to say. As they trudge through the underbrush, he grows more and more concerned. Dagobah is warm, and yet, the farther they go, the colder it gets.]

Yoda, you can't- you didn't want me to go here.

A test.

And I failed, I know that now, but-

Again, fear for your friends, you do. Learned, you have not.

[Luke falls silent.]

[Leia notices the way the temperature drops, but it's more than that. There's a chill that quite feel physical, a not-quite-describable sense about this part of the forest that makes her want to turn back.

I have a bad feeling about this.

She shoots Luke another look, questioning, and keeps her eyes peeled for an explanation. It's eerie, and the air feels thicker in her lungs, but if Luke's master can walk in without fear, so can she.]

What kind of test, Master Yoda?

[Yoda isn't known for answering direct questions. They keep walking. Eventually, the path turns toward a giant, gnarled tree. There are endless trees on Dagobah, of course, but this one is different. The natural life force that all living things exude has been twisted by it. It stands at the mouth of an ancient cave.]

Take only what you need. [Yoda gestures toward the cave, before waddling away, looking for a place to sit and wait.]

[Luke takes a step forward.] You'll do fine. [He reaches out to squeeze your hand.] Nothing here can really hurt you. I promise.

[Helpful, she thinks, and it's exactly as sarcastic as one might expect.

But she can't linger on a tiny, withered being's cryptic comments when she's apparently gotten herself into some kind of test. And not just any test--one that savors of the same darkness she recognizes from the brief occasions she's spent in the emperor's presence.

Whatever this place is, it feels evil. Her brother's reassurance that she'll be fine only tells her he thinks she's afraid, which she suspects is a conclusion drawn from his own experiences.]

What's going on, Luke?

[Luke sighs.] You must feel the darkness in that cave, Leia. I don't... know why it's there, but you just have to-

[Yoda clears his throat.]

...I wouldn't let you go alone if I thought it was really dangerous. Just... frightening.

[From his tree branch, Yoda calls,] Dither, Jedi do not.

I'm not dithering!

[Leia rolls her eyes--it's not dithering to ask for an explanation beforehand, that's called strategizing--and takes that as her cue to go. On her way into the cave, she draws her blaster.

Of course she can feel the darkness. It slinks past her, through her, like a stalking panther and leaves every hair at the nape of her neck prickling. But what's the point of walking into it willingly? When it isn't even a darkness connected to the Empire? This is a boondocks refusal to back down in the face of a challenge, and it seems unnecessary.

On the other hand, she's not about to play the coward in front of a Jedi master.

When she's far enough in that she can no longer hear Yoda or Luke behind her, the point arrives in the form of a mist-shrouded figure. His cape is blacker than any of the shadows around them, and the mechanical expansion and contraction of his lungs is all too familiar a sound. Dread pools in her gut as she stares up into the empty eyes of Darth Vader's mask.

He says nothing, only raises a hand, as though debating the merits of crushing her windpipe. Leia shoots on instinct, firing bolt after bolt into his chest, his shoulder, his head. A crack like dry firewood, a burst of light and sound, and Vader falls back.

His mask is broken, his face exposed. But it isn't his face--she has no idea what his face could be. It's dark-eyed, long-nosed, soft-lipped, pale-cheeked: Kylo Ren.

She yells something without words and fires again and again through the rising smoke and fog, even as her feet carry her back from the crumpled figure. Until she's at the mouth of the cave, still staring into it, she shoots.

Never turn your back to an enemy. Never assume your first shot was enough.]

[Luke runs up to her, trying to place a gentle hand on her shoulder.] It's fine, Leia, he's gone. He was never here. [On instinct, he assumes they saw the same thing.]

[Yoda, still on his branch, hrrms disapprovingly.] Such anger, hmm. For one so young, much hate you have.

[Leia holsters her blaster with a shaking hand and takes a deep breath. She's rattled enough that she'd like to shrug Luke's hand off, but she tolerates it for his sake.] I'm fine. [A low voice, one she hopes Yoda can't hear.]

How you send people into caves like that and expect them not to be a little annoyed is beyond me. [That's said over her shoulder, and this time, it is for Yoda's pointy ears.]

[Luke knows that tone of voice well enough. He withdraws his hand. Luke just cringes and waits for Yoda's answer.]

People, hmm, no. But a Jedi? [He nods, and points to Leia.] Master their emotions, a Jedi must. Hide them, they do not.

I'm not hiding anything.

[She's turned to face Yoda entirely now, looking up at him with barely concealed (whoops) impatience.]

Do you start all your students out with...whatever that was? Or did I just get lucky?

Too old I am to believe lies, Leia Skywalker.

[He gets down from his branch, and begins walking toward them. Luke, for his part, has no idea what to do. Oddly, it reminds him of Han and Leia on Hoth, and the knowledge that his presence was required, but not, actually, his input.]

The last of the Jedi, you are. No time. Difficult, your journey will be. Match it, your training must. A Jedi must let go of fear, hmm, anger, pain. [He raises his staff to poke at her.] Suffering.

It's Organa. Not Skywalker. [Terse, but without the offense she might take in the future. At this point, there's nothing wrong with being a Skywalker; it simply isn't (solely) who she is.]

And I haven't lied to you. [She reaches out to push the staff away from her, in hopes of stopping him before one of his jabs connects with her body.] What do I have to hide from you? I hardly know you.

And yet, hide you do. From all you meet. [Yoda turns, and begins walking back the way they came.]

[Luke is left kind of gaping, unsure where to turn. Follow, or...? He'll take Leia's lead, whatever that is.]

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Excuse me?

[The worst of all of this is the fact that she knows what Yoda means. For the majority of the galaxy, she's princess, senator, and rebel leader, not human. And that means that what she feels will always come second (or third, or fourth) to the rebellion's needs.

For once, someone's legs are shorter than hers, so it only takes a step or two to catch up. This conversation isn't over, Master.]

What I do isn't hiding. Being professional isn't hiding.

[Yoda, it seems, isn't much interested in arguing his point. He keeps walking. Luke trails along behind them both, stuck between a desire to keep his distance and not be too obvious that he's keeping his distance. As much as he wants Leia to be safe and happy at all times, he knows he can't protect her, especially from someone who isn't even an enemy.]

Much anger, I feel in you. Much pain. [Yoda doesn't turn his head to look at Leia as he speaks.] Rise above these things, a Jedi must.

Rise above. [Leia rolls her eyes. She's heard this one before, Yoda.] And let go of our attachments, right?

[The tone she answers with doesn't suggest a desire to do anything of the sort.]

Doubt, you feel? [Yoda just keeps walking. Luke's anxiety over the situation has turned into the dull sort of bordeom one feels when they wait for the other foot to drop. He grits his teeth and listens.]

You could say that.

[Come at her, Yoda.]

Mm, more you have to say. [Yoda keeps walking, but he does, finally, look up at Leia.]

[This is the point where Luke starts holding his breath.]

I thought maybe you did, since you're so interested in telling me what I'm doing wrong. [But he asked.] I'm not going to forget about the people I care about just because someone else's philosophy tells me I should.

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