Surviving Deep Space - Thursday, Period Two - 8/13

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"I'm going to keep the lecture short today because our lesson is practical."

He gestured to the doors that were arrayed behind him.

"Each one of you will be entering a simulated psimoon. Psimoons, as the name might suggest, are planetoids which react to the mind of one person, adapting their terrain to mimic the person's mental state. Your mission, and you're going to accept it if I have to shove you through the door, the lot of you, is to explore your own psimoon and return 'alive' by the end of class.

"If you like it, you can even bring some of your friends to enjoy your psimoon. Once it's locked on an individual, it stays locked."

He beamed brilliantly.

"Good luck."

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Re: Listen / Chat

[glacial_queen]

Which Karla didn't know, which just goes to prove they needed to hang out more.

She shrugged in response to Tahiri's question. "I would, if you asked me to. Or just seemed really opposed to the idea. But so far, it seems like it's not that you hate the idea of a small party, but that you don't feel like you deserve one. And that's just not true at all. Everyone needs recognition sometime, even if they are just 'doing their duty.' Even Jedis."

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[weetuskenraider]

Truly. Not like Gabrielle would get jealous or something ahahaha I am so funny no rly.

"I haven't done anything to earn one," Tahiri said with a crooked smile.

Her perception of the matter was probably somewhat skewed by the company she tended to keep, granted. How did she end up hanging out so much with some of the biggest Jedi names in her galaxy, anyway? Oh right, being a secondary character in an overly ambitious relaunch series would do that. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.

She pretended to heave a big sigh. "But I can't say I'd mind. Force knows I could stand to have more fun in my life." And okay, maybe she felt a little guilty about celebrating with the pilots she'd lost still on her mind.

Re: Listen / Chat

[glacial_queen]

Karla grinned. "We can keep arguing about deserve or not later," she said. "But I'm holding you to your agreement. Hmm...you wanted small, right? Maybe a celebratory dinner? Just you and Ben and friends? Maybe with ice cream and cake?" Pardon me while I murder Priestly-mun

Karla was liking this plan, though she'd have to figure out how to actually get the meal prepared, since she was no cook. "Just a meal with friends, where your personal goodness and knightliness just happens to be a contributing factor. That's barely even a party!"

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[weetuskenraider]

And cue going red again, but Tahiri was laughing, at least. "I'd never say no to ice cream and cake," she allowed. "And I know when to concede my battles. Bring your roommate. It'll be fun. It's not a real party until I'm breaking my brain oh god someone stop me."

Pause.

"Being home was a learning experience."

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[glacial_queen]

"A learning experience, huh?" Karla asked lightly, though she was watching Tahiri carefully. "I don't know about you, but the phrases 'leaning experience' and 'character-building' make me cringe. They always presage something unpleasant."

She glanced down. "Though my own trip home could be characterised that way, too. So I hear you."

Re: Listen / Chat

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri gave her a sympathetic look. "Four months in a war zone." It was a fairly succinct statement by her standards, but that about covered it.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla winced. "Ouch." She knew far more about warzones than she wanted to, even if the one she was used to wasn't 'official.'

"Politically motivated custody battle," she offered for her own succinct explanation of her visit home.