May the Fourth Be With The All Skate

[jedi_interrupted]

The bar shifts, or it changed when no one was looking, and now resembles a certain cantina popular with the villainy and scum, as well as more upstanding folks. The air is dryer than usual, and a taste of grit and sand just hangs in the air. It just makes you want some blue milk doesn't it?

Has your character changed? Perhaps...who can tell? The Landlord I suppose but they aren't talking.

[ooc: HI and Welcome to a Star Wars themed All Skate, the best way to celebrate May the Fourth! Party style post. You do not have to interact with any of my characters to play.
The Rules are simple:
- This post, and any post with the subject heading ALL SKATE are open to everyone.
That means old characters, new characters, retired characters, doubles of characters, original characters, non-canon compliant characters.
- We will all play nice and adhere to Wheaton's Law: Don't be a dick.
- Gratuitous behavior, either of a violent or sexual nature, will not be tolerated in the Comm. Take that to an OOM, and then Content Warning the hell out of it before you link it.
- Communication is paramount. Everyone's keyed up, let's just have some fun.]

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[girlofclay]

Bitts blows out a cloud of smoke as she noticed he’s looking at her.

“What?”

[childofrebellion]

"Trying to place your face. When did you leave the Academy? I'm Cassian Andor and work in Intel,"

He offers as he likes to know all the Rebels who come to Milliways.

[girlofclay]

She offers a weak grin. “About two standard weeks ago. My grades got me a post at first-mate on the Rand Ecliptic and we mutinied on our first outing.”

She grins, and offers a hand. “Bitts Darklighter.”

[childofrebellion]

"Good to meet you. What squadron are you with now?"

He shakes her hand with a smile, mutinying is always good for the Rebellion.

[girlofclay]

“Red Squadron,” she says. “Under Garvon Dreis. You know it?”

[childofrebellion]

"I do, good pilots. I've flown with Blue Squadron under Merrick,"

And at times he still does when his missions intersect with theirs.

[girlofclay]

She hasn't heard Cass' name, but that could be anything - she's very new and still making a name on talent alone within her own squadron.

But she knows Blue Squadron, and she should know Merrick's name, so her grin stills.

"I don't know him," she says, and sounds a little sad. Is this a time thing?

[childofrebellion]

Cassian's face still, its odd that she doesn't know Merrick if she's a pilot, "Huh, have you flown any missions yet?"

Milliways must be being odd with time, now to see if he can find the right question to get where she's in from pinned down.

[girlofclay]

"Nothing big," she says slowly, her thoughts going in what she assumes is the same direction as Cassian's.

"Little skirmishes. The last big conflict was just before I joined: Scarif."

But she hasn't heard any names from that, just that something really important went missing afterwards. She hasn't quite figured out if it's a person or intel, yet. Reports seem confused.

[childofrebellion]

"Scarif, they store Imperial archives there. I wouldn't have expected a battle there,"

Its not a logical target for an attack but perhaps for infiltration, but even so, those odds are horrible.

[girlofclay]

"Well," Bitts says after a moment's thought and a touch of dry pilots' humour, "they don't anymore."

[childofrebellion]

Cassain smiles, that must have been a major battle, "Good."

[girlofclay]

She gives him a quick smirk, and then drops the subject heavily, because she doesn't want engage in too much speculation where she didn't read up yet.

Instead, something's been nagging her.

"Hey, you catch sight of the other guy?" Nodding her head backwards towards the bar. "You know him?"

[childofrebellion]

"Not too closely, he looked older and like he's seen some hard times, but then everyone has," That's the way the galaxy is.

[girlofclay]

“This,” says Bitts, “is going to sound really crazy, but he looked just like this guy I knew back on Tatooine.”

A planet he might not even have heard of.

“Except, you know,” she mimes having a lightsaber, an object she’s only ever heard of before today.

[childofrebellion]

"Tatooine, is that where you're from?" The galaxy can be small at times.

[girlofclay]

She nods.

"Boring hellscape of a desert planet. Good for airspeeding and crime, and not a lot else. Got out of the place as soon as I could."

[childofrebellion]

"I can understand that. Glad you're bringing your piloting to where it can be used,"

Since the Rebellion always needs pilots.

[girlofclay]

She grins, and touches her forehead in nothing like a salute.

Ben Kenobi fighting Darth Vader still nags her, and it's going to do that for a while.

"What about you, where'd you grow up?"

[childofrebellion]

"Cold planet called Fest but left not long after the Clone Wars ended,"

So its where he's from but hasn't been home for a long time.

[girlofclay]

She glances him again, appraising. He doesn't look that much older than her, so there may be time things at play here as well?

"How old were you?"

[childofrebellion]

"Only a boy, I think six or seven," At that point, it was safer to leave.

[girlofclay]

A nod.

"I was a baby when the clone wars ended," she says. "I don't remember any of it at all."

[childofrebellion]

"I remember some of it but I've heard people tell stories about it." He looks around, "I wonder if we could convince a rat to come out here. I could do with a drink."

[girlofclay]

"We didn't get so many stories - Tatooine stayed out of it mostly," she says. Which is why it's so weird seeing Ben acting like a Jedi.

"Hold up," she raises a finger and turns around, creeping o her hands and knees along the wall to the back door in order to peek in.

"Looks quiet..."

A lot less active destruction going on.