voice • the 001st • accidental? ish.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

[What seems to very distinctly be a young girl's voice comes out of the Vine's megaphone. Either she's been trying to get it to work for some time now, or she doesn't know she's being recorded––she cuts in mid-sentence. She sounds a little quiet, as if she's not very close to the megaphone.]

--Tano, with the 501st Legion of the Grand Army of the Republic. If you are receiving this transmission, this is a distress call. I am at an unknown location on a foreign planet, alone, and cannot reach command. I repeat, this is a distress call. This is Commander Tano, with the––

[Pause. Rustling.]

What's this? Hello? Is this plant some kind of communicator? Can anyone hear me?

[Maybe someone didn't bother to read the scrolls all that carefully, huh?]

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[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Hi.

[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

[ The apparent youth in her voice catches Caprica's attention, but so do the words legion and army, and— God, she sounds too young to be in the military. ]

... I can hear you.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

[She's taken aback by the speedy response, maybe, or the quick words.]

Can you tell me what's going on here?

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

Sort of. But sort of not.

None of us know much.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

So this is a general broadcast, not just a direct line? Whose network is this?

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

Us? Who is us?

[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

It's— I don't think anyone knows how it works.

This place is called the Gardens. All of us have been brought here, and no one knows why yet.

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

All the other women here.

Except for the Queen of Hearts and that High Priestess woman, they seem to know all of it, but they're not telling.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

The Gardens? I've never heard of it. It doesn't sound much like any planet I've ever heard of. And other people have been "brought" here, like I was? [You can almost hear the air quotes.] Just randomly woke up in a forest? In someone else's clothes? So creepy.

But, uh, I'm Ahsoka Tano. Do you mind if I ask who you are? Where you're from?

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

Well, if there are more of us than there are of them, why don't we go make them tell us?

[A pause.]

With... uh, peaceful negotiations.

[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

There seem to be quite a few. All women.

[ She pauses a moment, as if she's considering what she's being asked. But she doesn't let the silence hang overlong. ]

Call me Caprica. I— [ It's so bizarre for her to ask this, and it shows in her tone of voice, hesitating. ] Have you heard of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol?

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

Because we'd need to be able to find them. If they made this place, and brought everyone here, they've got more than enough power to keep themselves out of hand.

What? I'm already pretty sure I'm going to have to at least kill the Queen. You don't need to play your words up nice.

[Seriously not getting everyone's aversion to solving straightforward problems with straightforward solutions.]

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

Someone's kidnapping only girls? This is getting creepier and creepier!

And... Kobol? No, I don't think I've ever heard of that. It's not a Separatist system, is it? [A hint of suspicion has snuck into her voice, although she seems to be trying to control it.]

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

A Jedi never draws their weapon unless it's in the defense of themselves or someone else. Or, you know, pre-emptive defense. Or to get the point across in negotiations.

I think my Master would probably be okay with it, in this case.

[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

There was someone earlier calling herself the Queen of Hearts. She seems to be in control of this place.

'Separatist'? [ Her tone is clearly confused. ] No, I... don't think so.

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

What's a Jedi?

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

Separatists, you know? The… the war? The Clone Wars? This is probably a Separatist plot. If I could only figure out how!

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

This isn't a secure line. ...And I'm curious to know why there's another soldier as young as myself here.

Major Anna Lin, from a planet and military I'm sure you've never heard of.

[aunomdedieu.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of the Clone Wars.

This place, it's— [ She's plainly struggling for the words, explaining something she doesn't fully understand. ] It's an alternate dimension, of some kind. People from different worlds, different universes are here.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

A Jedi Knight! I'm a Jedi Knight.

Well. Almost. I'm still in training. Jedi have kept peace and defended order in the galaxy for twenty thousand years. Uh, give or take.

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

Never heard of 'em.

And I would hope you're still in training, you sound awfully young.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

Alternate dimension?!

[It's hard to tell if Ahsoka is more angry or shocked. She stops, immediately, and takes a deep breath. Let go of emotion. All tha Jedi jazz.]

Sorry, that was inappropriate. This is… it just seems incredible. Impossible. People from other galaxies, or other universes. Wow.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

I am not… awfully young. Just. Kind of young. [She lets out a huff. Sounds like someone is pouting.]

What's important is that I'm a warrior. I protect those who cannot protect themselves, and that mandate includes getting us out of here.

[shien-reverse.livejournal.com]

My communicator should have been a secure line to the nearest Jedi command, but it's... well, it's not.

I'm not… exactly a solider, I'm a Jedi Padawan Learner. But in wartime it's a lot the same. Most Padawans are about my age.

[thetrueblow.livejournal.com]

You sound... 15? 16?

Well, you're not really the only warrior around here. And I don't know how many people wouldn't be trying to get home.

Maybe the woman who died. She's probably not in a rush to go back to being dead.