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

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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.

Comments

Sign in [5/7]

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Ready to see weird aliens!

Listen to the lecture [5/7]

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Anakin's not much of a coddler, huh?

Road Block!

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Anakin had been very specific with the Portalocity gnomes about what version of Coruscant to send them to: he wanted the Coruscant of his mostly ill-spent teenaged years, where he knew the city and the holes in the walls that looked a little seedy but weren't completely unsafe.

With three trillion beings from more systems than even he could name and a planet-wide city that literally never slept, he didn't want to lose a student on his very first day of class. The paperwork would be endless.

So the directions for getting to the road block involved negotiating with a local cab drive and a very fast drive through Galactic City's ridiculous traffic to arrive at Dex's Diner in CoCo City:



For your roadblock, you have to eat three bowls of apple slug stew and one serving of beast yeast, which will first have to be chased around the table.

Mmmm, good eats.

Detour: Fix Up or Kiss Up

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In Fix Up, you take another cab to the The Works section of the planet, where you will find a Toydarian named Zloto. He will show you ten speeder bikes that need to be repaired. Once you have completed the repairs to his satisfaction, he will hand you the next clue. You will fly the speeder bike to the checkpoint.

In Kiss Up, you take a cab to the Galactic Senate, where you will serve as a page to the junior Representative from Naboo, Jar Jar Binks. Anakin was cruel. You must deliver ten messages around the massive building to ten different Senators, from ten different systems and species. Once you have completed this task, Jar-Jar will hand you the clue to tell you where to find Anakin. You must take another cab to get there.

Check in

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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.

Talk to Anakin or Jessica!

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Bitch about beast-yeast!

OOC

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The RNG speaketh, and the order of arrival today is:

1. Emma Swan
2. Kaylin Neya
3. Alana
4. Andros
5. Nathan Byrn
6. Barry Ween
7. Karina Lyle
8. Edward Kenway
9. Kira Yukimura