Try Not to Die [Thursday, May 8, 2014]

[sith_happened]

Anakin met the class out in front of the Portalocity office with a cup of coffee and a slightly evil smile on his face.

You should have a bad feeling about that smile, class.

"Welcome to Try Not to Die," he said. "I'm Master Skywalker. This year, instead of exploring this planet, you will be exploring places in my own galaxy."

You lucky, lucky things. "Our first stop is the capital planet of Coruscant," he said. "While it's not the physical center of the galaxy, in every way that counts, it is. Space coordinates have even been shifted so that Coruscant is 0,0,0 and al other areas are based off of it. It has standard air and gravity, and it is home to 1 trillion official permanent members, with various beings coming and going constantly, as well as members of populations who don't especially wished to be counted, so the unofficial number of residents is probably closer to 3 trillion. It is the home to the Jedi Temple--at least in my time, that changes depending on the person from my galaxy you're talking to--the Senate and most major government offices. It is also almost entirely covered in buildings: Coruscant is divided into quadrants and zones, and then each zone has sectors depending on how high into the air it is. The further down you go, the less light you get and the shadier--literally and figuratively--the neighborhood becomes."

Anakin gave them all long looks. "Do not go into the lower levels. There are places that even I couldn't find you in." He pointed to Jessica. "This is Jessica Drew, the TA for the session. She also won't save you if you do something stupid." He slid his hands into the sleeves of his Jedi robes and nodded, satisfied that they understood his degree of seriousness. "I'm going to send you into the more populated, tourist-friendly areas. Follow the instructions, don't get hurt, and I'll see you at the checkpoint at the end."

With that, he stepped out of the way of the portal.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin was waiting on the steps of the main building of the University of Coruscant (no reason to tempt fate and traipse too close to the Jedi Temple...).

His hood was up, just in case, and he was enjoying being back home for the first time in years, even if it wasn't exactly his home these days.

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[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

Karina surveyed the people who'd shown up before her with a vaguely disgusted air.

"Well," she said, "that was about what I expected, really."

Which was both terrible and nice. Her feelings were pretty conflicted on this.

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[sith_happened]

"You're the seventh to arrive," Anakin told her. "Not a Coruscant fan?"

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[notacokeperson.livejournal.com]

"I like the planet just fine," she said, vaguely surprised that he thought that might be the issue. "I don't like chasing my food right before eating it."

Because no.

"And I'm against eating slugs in general."

Because ewwww.

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[shippedtomaine]

"Hey, where is everyone?" Surely he didn't send them back to Fandom already?

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[sith_happened]

Anakin grinned at her. "You're the first to arrive. Congratulations."

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[shippedtomaine]

"Oh," Emma said. She was not expecting that. "Yay?"

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[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

Barry showed up covered in grease and was swearing under his breath.

If Anakin was listening closely he could hear some choice words about a certain Toydarian.

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[sith_happened]

"You're sixth," Anakin told him. "Not a fan of speeder bikes?"

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[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

"No! The speeder bikes were cool but they're totally inefficient!" Barry whined complained replied. "I totally upped their speed factor by ten but the flying snuffleupagus made me change them back."

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[nolizardhere]

Speeder bikes, it turned out, were fun, though they had nothing on a Galaxy Glider. Andros arrived looking not at all put out, though he was clearly displeased to see people there before him.

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[sith_happened]

"You're fourth today," Anakin said, smiling.

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[nolizardhere]

"Could be worse," Andros decided. "It reminds me a little bit of parts of Eltar."

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[doesnotkneel]

There happened to be a stack of cloth laying just a little off the steps - a fortuitous thing, because one shell-shocked young blond had just hurled himself off part of the building.

Whump, he went.

He stepped out of the pile, pulling cloth away from his head, and stared at Anakin. "What?"

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[sith_happened]

"What what?" Anakin asked, smirking slightly. "You're eighth, by the way."

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[doesnotkneel]

"What in hell is this?" Edward demanded.

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana thought she had a shot at winning, but she realized not so much when she got to the mat.

"Guess I spent too long fixing things," she said ruefully. She looked sweaty but ultimately pleased with herself.

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[sith_happened]

"But fixing things is fun," Anakin said, smiling. "You're third today."

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana shook her hair out of her eyes. "It is, which is why I can live with third," she decided. "Have to say, this was fun even with the slug soup. Reminded me of home a little."

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[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Nathan didn't think he'd finished last but he did see a few people standing around when he arrived. Still, he had to admit that had been kind of fun and his stomach wasn't protesting too badly at the weird food.

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[sith_happened]

"You're fifth today," Anakin told him. "Not bad."

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[notamascot]

Kaylin didn't exactly crash the speeder, nor did she kill anyone on her way there, but it was a near thing.

"This class," she said to Anakin, "Actually makes sense."

Okay, so she'd probably never be here, but these were useful things.

She'd was going to do very well in this class.

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[sith_happened]

"See? This isn't a normal school," Anakin replied. "You're second today."

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[justwantedfriends]

When Kira finally came up, she turned a little red at seeing so many other people already there. "So much for making a good first impression," she said grumpily.

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[sith_happened]

"At least you got here?" Anakin offered.