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[provenforce]

[ The video turns on to Rey sitting in front of a display of brightly colored glass items, a forced smile on her face. She's never actually made a post of her own, before. Attention freaks her out. There's a five second span where the look on her face screams 'ABORT ABORT' but she pushes through it, exhaling. ]

Hello. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Rey. I've recently opened up a shop on Level 2 that deals in all different kinds of junk and recycled items, as well as electronic repair. I have a background in spaceship salvage, and my workers all have varying degrees of knowledge or interest in similar things.

If- If anyone is interested in stopping by, or have a request, feel free to check us out. The shop is called Spinebarrel and you can find it listed in your map application.

[ And awkward pause, before D-0 beeps at her in binary and nudges her foot with his nose. This is of course off-camera, but she looks down and smiles, before her eyes return to the video feed. ]

Thanks.

[ and it's off before she gets weird. ]

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[provenforce]

[ She is more like Anakin Skywalker than his own grandson is some days. ]

We've only been open a few weeks but we've gotten decent business. It's really just... something to keep busy with. And I like doing it.

[jedies]

It's certainly admirable. I don't know the first thing about running a business.

[provenforce]

[ Rey lets out a small laugh, shaking her head. ]

I don't either.

[jedies]

Well, initiative never hurts.

It is not our way to turn profits, but perhaps I might need to bend that particular axiom.

[provenforce]

[ Rey has Feelings about the ways of the Jedi these days, but she doesn't say anything nodding her head. ]

If nothing else, it's something to do besides meditate all day.

[jedies]

. . . Meditate all day?

[provenforce]

Do Jedi not meditate a lot? It was like half of my training.

[ is she joking or is she serious who can tell. ]

[jedies]

[ the more he hears about what people think the jedi are, the sadder he feels. it's normal, considering how twisted the jedi became during the war, especially in the eyes of the people. but it is sad nonetheless. like a culture reduced to a summary. ]

We do, though mostly when we go through turbulent feelings. Emotions that threaten to overwhelm us.

[provenforce]

Oh, well. That would explain why my master had me meditate so often.

[ What is emotional control is it something she can eat ]

[jedies]

Perhaps. I cannot speak for another teachings. I certainly didn't employ meditation that much when I taught my padawan.

[provenforce]

It was probably just different. It was only the two of us, she was trying to help me learn to use meditation to reach out to Jedi that had passed into the Force.

[ This is not her favorite topic for a variety of reasons, she wrinkles her nose, before shaking her head. ]

Which is a lot harder than it sounds.

[jedies]

[ that . . . is not a teaching obi-wan is familiar with. that has to do with the whills. but he pushes that aside for now. ]

I can imagine. Reaching for a presence in the Living Force is considered a high-level technique.

[provenforce]

No kidding. I've always been better at the physical aspects of the Force. I managed it, once.

[jedies]

[ his lips twitch. ]

Oh, everyone loves the more physical parts. Moving things, the lightsaber. But I'm afraid that's the most surface level teachings.

[provenforce]

[ She bristles a little. ]

I know that. I've spent a year studying the ancient texts.

[jedies]

The "ancient" texts?

[provenforce]

Yes.

[ She reaches off-screen and comes back with an old book that looks like it's been rebound many times. She holds it like it's been one of her few friends over the past year. ]

They were written by the earliest Jedi.

[jedies]

[ huh. ]

Was there some kind of answer you were looking for in there?

[provenforce]

Several. I learned a lot from these books.

[jedies]

[ hmm. not what he asked, but obi-wan lets it go. ]

I'm glad. It's good to know some part of the Jedi culture lives on.

[provenforce]

They might be the only thing that does.

[jedies]

[ a pause. ]

Why is that?

[provenforce]

[ Oh. She bites her lip, eyes darting away from the camera as she absently hugs the book to her chest, fingers toying with the fraying edge of the cover. She realizes that she's probably said too much about the future, but then she'd been here, to their universe, and back again. She knows for whatever reason, they can't change things, because they don't remember.

Looking back at the camera, regret weighing heavily on her shoulders and etched across her face she replies in a somewhat small voice. ]

Because I'm the only one left.

[jedies]

[ obi-wan falls quiet, his face in shadow. there are questions, but they won't help him now. but in the back of his mind, a horrible picture does form. ]

I am sorry. To be a Jedi alone . . . is difficult to bear.

[provenforce]

[ Rey smiles a little sadly, shaking her head. ]

It's not that I'm not used to it. I've always been alone.