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[puddledancer]

[Quill's lounging in the curve of a ruin, his feet up on a protruding piece of rock, a drink in one hand as he holds his comm device with the other]

Hey, listen, I know you're all really busy with your Geraldo versus Donahue thing, and that Southern lady's doing her best to be Sally Jesse without the shoulder pads? But I'm gettin' real tired of the daytime talk show, and there's nothing else on here except maybe knockoff Cheers. And your robot Sam doesn't even have a Diane, so it's pretty awful.

I touched that glowy thing in the middle of town and it put some weeeeeeird-ass junk in my head, which, hey, not the first time I touched a magic rock and it did stuff? But I'd love a little more to go on than that.

When you're not busy.

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[puddledancer]

You - you know about Ego? ... He kept himself pretty secret from everyone ... was this other me a giant blabbermouth or something?

[Grizzly Adams blabbermouth other Quill is going to get an earful if he ever shows up on Temba, believe you him]

[kree_soldieress]

Star Lord is a famed hero, and Kree care about warrior heroes. And the Skrull's intelligence network is expansive. They are, after all, Skrull. Such information is freely available to the Supreme Accuser as it might be useful in the execution of her duties.

[Aka someone is a fan and went into the secure intel records to find out more about the Guardians. Also... being the Supreme Accuser was no small thing as he would well know. Hers was a high position in the Empire.]

[puddledancer]

Wait wait wait. You're a Supreme Accuser? And you're excited about meeting me?

[is this real life???]

[kree_soldieress]

[Why is he so shocked?]

Not a. After the Cotati attacks, I'm the Supreme Accuser. The Accuser Corps must be regrown, with truly noble and just Kree and Skrull to allow us to serve the Empire properly.

And yes. You're STAR LORD!

[puddledancer]

Cotati, they're the gardeners that went all homicidal, right? I've never actually met one.

[he only knows the vaguest things about them - mostly stories that Yondu and the other Ravagers told at night while in their cups. but if this chick is the only Accuser, that's an awful lot of power. he may not know much, but he knows that. and she's capslocking him. this is awesome.]

I'm sorry they took out so many of your, uh ... co-Accusers? Is that what you call it? That sucks.

[kree_soldieress]

[Lauri-Ell just frowns sadly.]

Yes. Quoi led them astray, but given all the Kree and Skrull did to them, it isn't that shocking. We must do better.

No, it is not that which wiped us out, though they did not help. The Kree and Skrull have suffered greatly. Hala was nearly destroyed. The Emperor says he shall attempt to restore us to it as the new Throneworld.

[puddledancer]

Doin' better ... that's a good strategy. I've been workin' on it myself for a while.

[he winces. he hates this so much, even more so because he can't offer any help being stuck here]

Well, if ... if other Me is out there still while we're stuck here, he's probably helping, yeah? I bet he is.

[kree_soldieress]

[It is always an interesting idea to her, to want to do better. It's not that simple of course. Couldn't be.]

The Guardians have their own work. They will likely trust that the Kree-Skrull Alliance can manage their own issues. They must do more, with the Nova Corp nearly completely destroyed.

[puddledancer]

So that's still true for you, huh? Ronin wiped most of 'em out in my ... uh, version of reality? That what they call it? ... when he was trying to use the Infinity Stone. I was busy trying to kick his ass at the time, but Rocket was there. It was ... yeah. I may have had run-ins with some of them before, but none of 'em deserved to die.

[kree_soldieress]

Ronan did that? That is very distressing. In my world, the Corp suffered more than a few decimations of their ranks. I believe there is but one Nova remaining.

[puddledancer]

Wow. That ... you guys have it real hard out there, don't you? Why the heck would these a-holes grab you and bring you here when you have a whole damn planet to look out for? That's not very cool.

[kree_soldieress]

No doubt to protect my Emperor and his Prince, the former of whom is no longer here.

[puddledancer]

Oh.

Yeah, uh - that makes sense.

[great, now he feels dumb. never mind that he has to mouth 'the former of whom' to figure out that she means the Prince has gone bye-bye, before shrugging to himself]

You guys showed up together, then?

[kree_soldieress]

No, that would not be a correct statement. The Prince arrived when the Agrii started their project. I believe the Emperor more than half a year later. And myself a bit over half a year ago.

[So she's not as experienced.]

Now my duty is protecting my Prince and others here. Kree law does not apply to this place after all.

[puddledancer]

Oh. ... Well ... at least he was able to explain it all to you when you got here, right? Even if he was here without you. That's helpful.

[kree_soldieress]

They did not know me upon my arrival. They are from my past.

[puddledancer]

That sounds like it was super awkward. You guys okay now?

[kree_soldieress]

No. We are not okay. But we are growing to be. Peace has come, we are starting to rebuild. I believe we're going to return to Hala, I believe, to make it the new Throneworld. And so the Kree and Skrull shall find peace.

[puddledancer]

That ... sounds super good, actually. [the hope in his eyes is so genuine it might not seem real at all] I really hope that works out for you.

[kree_soldieress]

AS do I. We have been working toward peace for a very long time. Or hoping for it.

[Not all of them of course. But Lauri-Ell? She had never wanted war.]

I have faith in the Emperor.

[puddledancer]

[a small part of him will never get over how epic some of the things people in space say are. it's just so dang cool. faith in the Emperor, you must have. he grins.]

So until you get back to that ... what're you doin' around here? Besides watchin' your Prince.

[kree_soldieress]

[What is she doing other than watching her prince? Huh, weird. Why would someone do other things?]

I run security patrols, I maintain a gym for people to work out in, and I try to each them to defend themselves.

[puddledancer]

[it's an American cultural thing. you have to be Constantly Doing Something. no one's thought about second guessing that yet in his time.]

Legit. You want any help with the training? I could probably teach people some moves. Like this!

[that is most definitely a dance kick, Quill, not karate. please stop.]

[kree_soldieress]

[Does one always have to be doing something? Well, Lark likes doing things. And she smiled as she watched him, because this made no sense.]

That is not suitable for combat.

I can never remember if it's Ronin or Ronan, please help

[puddledancer]

Says you! It's legit. I took Ronin down with a dance-off! Well, I helped.