Jedi Lost

[hadthehighground]

WHO: Obi-Wan Kenobi and YOU
WHERE: Throughout Tembra
WHAT: A new arrival!
WHEN: Beginning of December
WARNINGS: None - Will update if needed.

It was a strange experience. 

Obi-Wan Kenobi had recently moved into the little hut that he found abandoned near the Dune Sea on Tatooine. His Eopie had been munching on feed nearby while he fiddled with the broken down vaporator, trying to get it running again so that he would have a source of water. The twin suns beating down on him as he worked. It was miserable work, but it was necessary. The hood of his cloak pulled over his head to protect him from the suns and the blowing sand. 

He had just put in a new part and was hooking it up when things suddenly changed. He found himself waking up in a strange place, surrounded by old crumbling buildings covered in overgrowth. A far cry for the beak desert planet he had just been on. In alarm he tried to get his bearings, confusion overwhelming and threatening panic which is managed to quell by releasing his feelings into the Force. It was then that he caught sight of a glowing orb, finding himself drawn to it.

After getting the mental download, things were clearer, but he was no more happy for it. He shouldn't be here. This wasn't his place. His destiny and purpose was to be on that force forsaken planet, looking after a young boy who was no more than a baby. Not in this strange place called Agra 10. He had to get back, yet he didn't know the first clue on how to do so. If he could just find out where he was exactly, find a ship, something, he could get back to Luke.

Not trusting the device that he found himself with, he tucked it away in his robe and began exploring the dilapidated city. His hood still pulled over his head as he snuck about and rummaged around. His senses on the alert for anything that might be perceived as a threat. Any sudden movement likely resulting in him whirling around and taking the defensive with lightsaber in hand or a force push for anything that got too close. He was on edge, suspicious of everything, expecting to be attacked.

In his explorations he eventually comes upon the hangar, hope filling him as he sees the grounded ships. Finally, something that looked promising! The Jedi making a dash for them, and finding that he could only access one which happened to open up for him when he came near. It was the Twin Roses. With the utmost caution he carefully stepped onto the ship, hoping not to run into anyone, and making his way to the cockpit. 

((OOC: Feel free to run into him just about anywhere in the city! If you want to continue off a TDM thread I'm cool with that too!))

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[hadthehighground]

“Really? They must be rather fond of your planet to have brought so many from there.”

In which case he had to wonder why. Was there something special or unique about Earth and the people who live there? Meanwhile Obi-Wan is slower with his eating and remains polite and proper. A brow arching slightly as Tommy practically scarfs his down.

[doubled_speed]

Who knew if they were fond, or if Earth just dominated a lot of realities. He finishes his second bowl and finally sits back in his seat to consider the other.

"Maybe they just like humans."

[hadthehighground]

“Now that is entirely possible. Of all the people I’ve met here thus far, they have all been humans. It could hardly be a coincidence.”

It was a bit strange considering he came from a galaxy with many different species.

“And yet where I’m from, humans don’t come from just one planet. So it surprises me that there are so many here from yours.”

[doubled_speed]

"There are a few people who aren't human but might look it."

Like Teddy for one. And Jon. Tommy. Billy. They all just looked it.

"Oh, I'm not human. I'm a mutant."

[hadthehighground]

“Oh?” Obi-Wan raises his brows a bit though he’s not entirely surprised. There were human appearing species in his galaxy as well, after all.

“A... mutant? I’m not sure I understand.” The confusion is evident in the voice. He knows if mutation, surely, but he’s never heard the term to label one’s species before.

[doubled_speed]

"Human, but not."

He backs up from the table a bit, putting his empty bowl on the middle of it. Then he put a single finger against it. Once his finger starts vibrating, the table starts to shake, and the bowl starts to move. And of course, his hand is a blur.

"Similar, but still genetically different."

[hadthehighground]

Obi-Wan watches with a straight face. He had already seen what Tommy could do, and do he’s not surprised in the least. Instead he just looks at the young man questioningly.

“Having abilities makes you something other than fully human?”

His brow is furrowed in further confusion.

“If that’s the case then I would be the same.”

[doubled_speed]

Really? Tommy raises a hand, holds it out toward the bowl, and his hand blurs before the bowl vibrates and explodes.

"And your power is just being able to tell where I am going?"

[hadthehighground]

The Force warned him of the explosion before it happened. Thus as the shards went flying, Obi-Wan quickly lifted his hand and halted them in midair before they could hit either one of them. The pieces simply hovering there until he lowers them to the table harmlessly.

“Not at all. I’m able to do far more than just that.”

[doubled_speed]

Um... What? Tommy looks at them and considers the man carefully.

"You got it, Gene Gray," Tommy says. Telepathy, telekinesis, it's a fair decision to call Ben that.

Nicknames. Tommy did that.

[hadthehighground]

Now it’s the Jedi’s turn to be confused. “What? Gray?”

Surely he wasn’t looking that old yet. He knew he had a bit of it coming in, especially on his sideburns, but is it really that obvious?

Nicknames are something he can tolerate but this one goes completely over his head as he touches his beard a bit self consciously.

[doubled_speed]

"You'd have to be there to get it," Tommy answers, grinning to himself. Yeah, he likes this choice. "Gray is a name, back home. Not meant as the color."

But the guy looks like he could look good in gray. He really would.

"Got a problem with it?"

[hadthehighground]

"Ah well, I can't rightly say I do. Though it doesn't mean anything to me since I wasn't there."

His tone is indifferent, and he might shrug his shoulders if that was his thing for as noncommittal he sounds about it. If Tommy wanted to call him that, he wasn't going to much care. The name he was going by here wasn't his real one anyway.

[doubled_speed]

Absolutely it won't mean anything to him. But Tommy doesn't care if it does or not. He just wants to have his jokes.

"Alright then, Gene, I best bounce off to go cook. Just feel free to stop on by the Vanto Diner whenever you want."

[hadthehighground]

Still taking his time with his chili paste, Ben nods as Tommy decides to make his departure.

"Thank you, I shall at some point. It was a pleasure to meet you, Tommy."

For now he would start settling in on the ship and meeting the rest of those here. Hopefully he would be able to get along with them all. It didn't seem like a bad start.

[doubled_speed]

"There should be some obviously free bunks in the bunkroom. Just pick whatever one suits you. We don't tend to be picky on the Twin Roses."

He offers a brief salute while he stands.

"I'll see you around, Gene."

[hadthehighground]

"Good to know," Obi-Wan says. It sounded like he would fit right in as he wasn't especially picky either. Tommy would then just get a wave of his hand as that name is used again.

He would get used to it. It's not as if it was the first nickname he had ever been given. Ben, after all, had been one of them too.

[doubled_speed]

And after that, Tommy is just gone. Smiling, but gone.

He'll be back another time. Don't worry, he's annoying.