Try Not to Die [Thursday, May 22, 2014]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was in a black, black mood today, students, so...sorry about that.

"You're going to Tatooine today," he began without preamble. "I'm going to wait here because there aren't enough credits in the multiverse to make me step back on that desolate rock masquerading as a planet again."

Sounds like a great place for a class, doesn't it?

"Tatooine is hot as hell and half as inviting," he continued. "There are two suns blazing overhead and so if you don't wear the ponchos I've provided you have no one but yourself to blame when you come back with a raging sunburn."

He pointed to the portal. "Now go away."

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Road Block!

[sith_happened]

One of the major industries on Tatooine is moisture farming, which, yes, is about as futile as you'd think.

Take a speeder out to a moisture farm and listen to the farmer explain how to make the evaporators work. Once you have pulled a liter of water from the atmosphere (this will take a while), she will send you back to the portal.

Watch out for Tusken Raiders on your way back.

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[shippedtomaine]

So it turned out that moisture farming was very, very boring. Emma was deeply shocked by this development.

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[notamascot]

Kaylin's glare made the poor farmer talk faster and faster and eventually leave off half of the lecture before helping Kaylin get her liter from the atmosphere just to make her leave.

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[justwantedfriends]

Kira got a little worried as the farmer explained his job. What if people needed that moisture? What if she messed it up? She tried her best, but she was too cautious to get the job done quickly.

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[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

Barry cheerfully waited for the farmer to explain how the evaporators work even though it almost made his brain explode.

Then he spent almost an hour diagramming the device and explaining to the farmer how it could be improved.

The farmer wasn't too pleased with Barry.

That liter took a very long time to get pulled.

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[not_a_moonie]

Alana appreciated having a nice farm to work on today. It was boring, sure, but it was safe and calm and refreshing. She lingered over her task until the farmer all but shoo'd her on her way.

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[halfbad.livejournal.com]

This whole thing was frustrating and made an impatient person like Nathan get even more irritated. He stuck with it only so he could finish but he was muttering curses by the end of the whole thing.

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[nolizardhere]

Andros knew how important water was on a desert world like this (he hated to think how an Aquitian would have fared here), so he paid careful attention to the moisture farmer's instructions, which meant the process of drawing moisture went fairly seamlessly, even if it did take a while and was pretty boring.