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[bbqedchosenone]

There's a video of some very nice looking peppers, fish (both fresh on ice and salted to preserve), and berries. Whoever is filming it never turns the jPad back to film himself.

"I find myself with far more of these than I can use. I am willing to sell or trade, if anyone would be willing." His voice is just a little strange, as if he's messed up the audio recording in somewhat, or filtered it. Human but something a little off, almost mechanical in a way, about it.

"I'm new to farming, although I was taught the basics, so I've had limited success." Has he been living off fish and very few vegetables with even less grain? Yes, yes he has. "I can walk to meet you if you aren't close to me, I believe I have this tagged with my location." Which of course means just show up, right?

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[biotictouch]

[ Moira's finally found a place to frame her jPad, and it clicks on to show as much. ]

While I'm partial to any of these, might I suggest canning them? If you haven't any takers, they'll last you much, much longer.

[ NOT THAT SHE KNOWS HOW, REALLY---she might, but not very well.

Those peppers look really nice, though. ]

[bbqedchosenone]

[ Anakin has used holopads for so long, the jPad seems normal carried with him at all times. But he still doesn't flip it around to show his face. ]

I don't actually know how to can them. Where I come from, we dehydrated everything. Seems a waste of time here, and even if I did, I'd still never use them all.

[biotictouch]

I see. I assume there's a device for dehydration here, but I'm unaware of how to procure one.

Canning is quite easy, [ She says, having limited knowledge on it. ] though I'm not the best teacher.

All I can personally remember is that canning fresh meats is nearly impossible without special circumstances, and a high pH is required to keep other things fresh.

[ A beat. ]

Let's say this, I'll relearn, then teach you, in exchange for one jar of your peppers. Does that sound fair?

[bbqedchosenone]

We never needed on, it was a desert.

[ He keeps it to himself that he could easily build one. ]

That sounds fair. I can be on the lookout for equipment, if you provide a list.

[biotictouch]

Oh. How convenient.

[ She smirks, and taps her nails on the table. ]

I'll do you one better, I'll provide materials. I'll have to learn with something.

here's some emotional fuselage for you [audio]

[soka]

[ Ahsoka's not yet going to show her face, having not yet settled herself in just yet. After all, she wasn't entirely sure just yet who was here, who wasn't...if she had friends or allies here.

Here's the thing though; she's definitely feeling something here, and she isn't quite sure if it's the Force, or something else. ]

You too huh? I'm still not sure what is and isn't edible, at this point, I'm hoping that everything I've picked so far is...well, at the very least, usable.

Hopefully you've found something that someone will trade you for! I have no idea what those are.

SC REE

[bbqedchosenone]

[ Ahsoka doesn't have to show her face, he knows that voice, would know it forever. And well. Doesn't mean she would know his, it's changed buy the implant replacing his trachea. So when he replies, it's in Mand'o. ]

SNIPS? Where are you?

this was made to hurt

[soka]

[ THIS WAS UNEXPECTED.

But not unwelcome! She knew she felt something, and at the address of Snips, she knows she's right on the money. There's only one person who calls her Snips. Back, in Mand'o; ]

Skyguy!

Right where I am, actually, here. Let me...how do I---oh! There! You should be able to see me now!

I'm not that far off, I think. I didn't think you followed me all the way out here.

[ Oh boy. ]

YEP!

[bbqedchosenone]

[ He's going to stay in Mand'o until he turns this off. ]

Oh Snips.

[ His voice is different, but also older. Sad. It's been years since he's seen her. ]

I'll...I'll explain. It's complicated and I didn't actually follow you. But stay there, I'll find you.

[ The Force should lead him right to her, and he's going to turn the jPad off and feel until he finds her, then head straight for her. ]

[soka]

[ She's assumed he's wearing a helmet, something's up, but she can't discern exactly what. Still, she nods, and keeps herself optimistic. ]

Okay, well. I'll be here! Wherever here really is, to be honest.

[ Snips looks around a bit, sontent to stay exactly where she is. Sitting down on a rock, on some path between farmland and small town. It's nice, quiet. Serene, even. It'd be a good place to meditate in the future, surrounded by the sounds of nature.

There's a bit of a pinprick in her sight of the Force, and she's sure it's Anakin, but...it's different. He doesn't reach out long enough for her to tell what it is that's wrong, but if there ever was a time to have a 'bad feeling' it's right now. ]

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[takeittothebridge]

"Well, I'm pretty good on fish for the moment, but those peppers sure are looking good. You looking for anything in particular to trade for?"

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[bbqedchosenone]

"What else do you have to offer?" There are many things he desires, after all.

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[takeittothebridge]

"Er..." He glanced off to the side, then held up a finger. "Gimme a sec."

The screen goes blank for a moment, though the call is still connected. After several minutes, he returned onscreen.

"We have, uh...coal." There was a slight look at something - or someone - off screen. "It's good for cooking and making things."

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[bbqedchosenone]

"Would a two to one ratio of peppers to coal by weight be agreeable to you?" It was probably not quite a fair trade in someone's direction. But he didn't actually have much experience with coal.

[takeittothebridge]

He couldn't help a small frown. He wasn't too experienced with trading that didn't involve money, but he knew that would mean that he would get a fair more amount of peppers than the other would coal.

"Is that really okay with you?"

[video]

[idealisticartist]

[The fact that whoever is recording doesn't bother Jeb, nor does the strange audio quality whenever he speaks. He assumes it's for a reason, and he's not about to pry.]

I'd be interested in either selling or trading for some fish! What would you want to trade, if we go that route?

[video]

[bbqedchosenone]

What do you have? There are more fish than these, several different types.

[ He'll never name a price first - in part because he doesn't know the value, but in part because value is based on how much an object is desired. ]

[video]

[idealisticartist]

I have a lot of strawberries, but that's probably not helpful, since you're trying to get rid of some berries of your own... [Hmm... oh, right!] I could also bake you something, if you'd prefer that!

What other kinds of fish do you have?

[video]

[bbqedchosenone]

I have never had strawberries, are they very different from these blue ones?

[ He's had red berries before, but not that type ]

Bread would be wonderful, actually. I'm not much of a baker.

[ And the camera pans to each type of fish as he names them, all on ice or salted. ]

I have trout, sunfish, catfish, walleye, and some kind of bass. At least according to what I've found.

[video]

[idealisticartist]

Oh, yes! They're a lot different. [And fortunately, him literally magicking them up hasn't affected the taste any, so they'll be just fine for his first strawberry experience.] And I'll bake you up some bread, then! It'll be my pleasure.

[He didn't just offer because it's part of his skillset. He genuinely loves baking and cooking, especially for others.]

I'm most interested in the sunfish and catfish, but a little bit of trout would be nice too!

[Action]

[faithfulson]

[ He knows that voice. ]

[ He watches the video, notes that the person that owns the voice doesn't show his face, but he knows that voice. Sure, it was different than usual, more human than modulated, but it was the same he had been listening to on and off for eight years, then taking orders from for the last few months. But something was seriously wrong; the idea of his lord taking to farming was a more than a little ridiculous. ]

[ Instead of replying to the jPad, Luke sought him out, following the location tag as he carefully reached out to that shadow he was familiar with, hoping to feel that warmth that was always directed at him. ]

[Action]

[bbqedchosenone]

[ He's aware of someone strong with the Force approaching before he's aware of it being Luke - though, in his defense, he'd only met his son once. But as Luke grows closer, he is recognized and welcomed. Anakin can tell he's not the Luke he's met - there's a very subtle difference - but he's Luke, and there is warmth directed at him, and welcome, leading Luke right to him.

Not in the place the video was shot, further away, on the lush green of the grass and blue of the water flowing near by - but in the shade, away from the bight sunlight his scars and graphs couldn't tolerate. ]

[Action]

[faithfulson]

[ Luke felt his heart leap in his chest at the familiar sensation of Vader reaching back out to him, and he quickened his pace, hurrying to get to him. He found himself pausing when he reached the spot where his lord's shadow was leading him, trying to get a good look at him. It had been too long since he had seen him, having been unconscious for two weeks, coming to long after Vader had left his palace. ]

[ And... something still didn't seem right. ]

Lord Vader...?

[ Luke's voice was soft, and when Anakin got a good look at him, he'd see his son was a lot younger than he had last seen him, not even twenty yet. His hair had clearly been in a military cut, as it was starting to grow out from it, shaggy around a youthful face, marred with a scar over his right eye. He was wearing black -- an Imperial pilot's uniform without the necessary gear for flight -- with a compression gauntlet hiding his right hand. ]

[Action]

[bbqedchosenone]

[ There's a somewhat familiar object in Anakin's lap, or something trying to be an object. A lightsaber or most of one. It's what he'd been working on. ]

[ Luke was so much younger, younger than Anakin currently was, but still far older than the infant Anakin often imagined Luke to be. And the cut and unfamiliar uniform, added to the title drew him to assume there was no way this was the same Luke he'd met, nor one who knew who he was. It stung. The scar only added to it. ]

I am, although I do believe I haven't managed to wear the shine off the name yet. Come Luke, join me as you sought me out.

[Action]

[faithfulson]

[ He may not have known who Vader really was, but his excitement and relief at seeing him was all the same. Luke hurried forward, a smile breaking out on his face... before he came to a gradual stop, staring at his bare face. He'd never seen it before, never knew he could possibly exist outside of that mask of his. It wasn't that seeing that burned and scarred face was horrifying, really, just... ]

[ Just that every time he thought of his father, he saw that face. Not as scarred and burned of course, and also older than what he was seeing now, but all the same. ]

[ He let out a faint noise after a moment, looking away. ]

I... I'm sorry, my lord. I didn't mean to stare.