At night

[forcechanic]

Why do we keep going to places that include weird alternate universe versions of Yoda? They even all talk like him!

[She's never going to understand why her universe's history keeps playing out everywhere except space.]

Comments

[mytearsaremine]

Oh my god, really? Where? Can I meet him? Does he actually look like Yoda, too? Like is he little and green?

[morethanashadow]

It happened again? [i mean, that kind of makes sense, if there are so many versions of all of them, but...]

[failgoyle]

...strange, that is.

[forcechanic]

He's on the Darkside council.

[Yes seriously]

He's green. And I think he's short for these elves.

[forcechanic]

He's on the Darkside council.

[That has to be some sort of twisted joke]

[morethanashadow]

...We really need to sit down and compare worlds because I feel like I'm missing something here.

[forcechanic]

Hmmm?

I always thought Uncle Luke was exaggerating when he did those impressions.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

I never thought of that, but from the way Luke talks about him, you probably have a point. Almost too bad the kid didn't come along.

Mostly though I'm glad the light and dark here isn't like back home.

I am never gonna get used to this head talking. I still don't know how you three and mom do it. Or Luke and Mara. At least you had a head start.

[failgoyle]

From what I've seen...

...nope. Not at all. Strange, his speech patterns were.

[memoryandtheft]

You've got to be joking.

[forcechanic]

Nope, joking's my brother's thing. We had weird ninja Yoda and now we have weird elf Yoda.

[forcechanic]

Maybe he'd be able to make sense of all this. I'm pretty sure the fact that Yoda's on the Darksider council is some sort of weird cosmic joke though.

I've never not had someone in the back of my head. It would be creepy to not.

[forcechanic]

Starting to realize that I am.

[memoryandtheft]

That's officially the weirdest thing I've ever heard.

[And that's saying something, considering some of the competition.]

[mytearsaremine]

Dark side. Wow, that's not ironic or anything.

I'm pretty short for these elves, too, it looks like. Also, blue. And with a fun contraption on my back instead of tentacles. This is all really weird but also kind of... really cool? Like, I like this a lot better than turning into monsters at my last place.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

He probably would.

Yeah that is definitely a huge irony. Or someone's idea of a joke.

Yeah, I bet it would be just the opposite for you.

By the way, I like the tall look on you. Bet you're having fun with it.

[failgoyle]

Good, that is!

[forcechanic]

I'm really starting to think the multiverse has some sort of twisted sense of humour.

I think I'm on the short side here too, but I'm taller than Yoda at least. I didn't know this could even happen without infiltrating.

[What was that]

Monsters at the last place?

[forcechanic]

Yeah... there's a lot of complicated history. Short version though: the Force has a light side and a dark side. Jedi use the light side. The dark side can cause a lot of damage. Master Yoda was a great Jedi Master so even though this Darkside is a totally different thing it still seems like some twisted joke.

[forcechanic]

Be taught I can.

[forcechanic]

There seem to be some weird patterns. LIke the way Yoda keeps showing up.

Being tall is fun! There are a lot of shelves here!

[forcechanic]

And the Jaunt's only just started.

[morethanashadow]

Oh. Ok. ...I wonder if they did it on purpose. [The Trumps seem to have a weird sense of humor.]

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Sounds like someone does have a sense of humor, then.

Now all we need is your brothers or your mom to show up. I bet they'd like seeing you this way.

I'm not sure how thrilled I'd be if your mom was as tall as me, though. She's fierce enough already.

[mytearsaremine]

I guess you figured I always had the whole tentacles and shadow form thing? No, I used to be pretty normal human and stuff. This is the second weird not-Earth world I've been kidnapped to, and the first one turned all of us into different kinds of monsters.

[forcechanic]

It seems like one of those things where they must have.

[forcechanic]

There's been weird alternate universe versions of them on some of the Jaunts, but letting the real them see this would be fun.

I won't tell her you said that...

[forcechanic]

Never had any reason to think you hadn't. Figured you were just a bit like a Twi'lek or something.

[It's rude to go around asking people what species they are]

I guess if it's a multiverse... it's not that surprising that there's more than one place where it all crosses over.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Yeah, it would.

If I run into an alternate version of your mom, it's going to be such a weird feeling. Or any of you kids for that matter.

[memoryandtheft]

I'm pretty sure it'll all be downhill from here.

[mytearsaremine]

When you think about it, no, it's not all that surprising. Creepy, maybe, but not really surprising. Makes you wonder if it happens more often and sometimes those missing people really aren't kidnapped or lost, just stuck in another universe.

[forcechanic]

Jeina had brothers. They weren't so far off... her parents and Junia's were pretty different from you guys though.

[Especially in terms of parental pressure for life paths]

[forcechanic]

We have a bit of a troubling track record for Jaunts ending up on fire...

[forcechanic]

Maybe. Then again, Dad's from a bit later than me and he says I never disappeared. Which is good, because it means there hasn't been a galactic incident that couldn't possibly get resolved on account of universes.

[mytearsaremine]

That, um, doesn't necessarily mean anything. I mean, you've met Yoda in more than one universe now, even if he was kind of different in each one. Maybe your dad's from the universe where you never got disappeared, and he actually knows a different you. Like, the you who chose to wear pink socks instead of blue one day.

[Pause. Hold up. Realization.]

Wait, your dad's here? No fair!

[memoryandtheft]

Please tell me you mean metaphorical fire.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Oh? How do you mean? I hope they weren't bad people.

[forcechanic]

No, the shogun's palace actually burned down.

[forcechanic]

I'm just... really hoping there's no galactic incident, they're messy. And yeah, Dad was in the group of new people.

[forcechanic]

Not bad just... the pressures were different, in the societies they were from.

[memoryandtheft]

I'm probably going to regret asking this, but why?

[mytearsaremine]

Lucky. I mean, it'd probably be weird if my parents showed up, but I haven't seen them in a long time, so it'd also be really nice, you know? I miss them.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

I guess that makes sense. And I'm glad they weren't bad. I wouldn't be too happy about it if they were. Or more unhappy than I am already.

Were you all able to at least do some good on these jaunts, help the residents?

[forcechanic]

Part of a jailbreak. I was too busy defending the monastery when it happened, but the shogun hadn't been terribly popular. Hence the monastery needing defending.

[forcechanic]

Yeah... we don't always see each other a lot at home. But it's still nice to actually see him with all the crazy.

[memoryandtheft]

I really wish that didn't make perfect sense.

[forcechanic]

It seems to be one of those things that pops up over and over.

[memoryandtheft]

Jailbreaks, sieges, or horrible rulers?

[mytearsaremine]

I guess you can catch up on lost time here, then. Did he freak out when he... wait. Wait, didn't you say your dad is Han Solo? Does he knows he's from a movie? Can I meet him?

[Sorry, sudden swing from resentful to eager. She's still fourteen, okay.]