01 | OPEN TO BOTH COURTS

[wallhanging]

[ Han is still staring at the ‘screen’ of the locket like this is the most ridiculous piece of tech he has seen in his entire life. Still, his voice is confident, and beyond the general expression of disgusted disbelief, there are hints of worry in the way his lips thin. ]

So, apparently, there are no space-ready or functional craft, and even if there were, there is no telling where in the Galaxy we even are. [ Assuming, of course, they would be in the galaxy that Han knows. Which he is beginning to suspect is not the case. ]

So here’s a better question… What’s the best craft available for transport, and what… business is there, to be doing.

[ Chewie’s not here, the kid’s not here, Leia’s not here, his blaster doesn’t work. Hell, he’d even take old Kenobi or even Greedo over most of this crowd. Better the devil he knows.

And, all right, he kinda breaks at this and has to ask. ]

Also, honestly, how do so many of you folks not know that light has a speed, and space travel is not difficult. Really.

[ And all this magic bs can't be real. Hell, these people are worse than Kenobi's Force mumbo jumbo ]

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[mesmerism]

Not everybody here is from the same place or time. So there are plenty who don't know about space travel. We've only been to the moon where I'm from.

[ And she'll even be more helpful. ]

There are horses and fairy rings to travel over land, and ships for sea travel. I would guess ships would work best for a transport business, but there'd be a lot of over land travel involved too. A lot of the cities here are inland.

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I've kinda gathered. [ SO MANY RUBES. IT'S LIKE TATOOINE BOONIES ON GLITTERSTIM AND STEROIDS ] Doesn't make it any less terrible. This stuff has been around for almost a hundred millenia.

[ seriously, come on, guys. ]

Which moon.

[ There are a million moons in the galaxy. Does yours have a name or a planet attached to it? ]

So basically, nothing really efficient. We are looking at eopie-drawn carts level of unsofistication.

[mesmerism]

Wow. That's impressive.

[ And here she figured society would have collapsed after space travel became a big thing. Seems not. ]

Uh, Earth's moon? We only have the one so it doesn't have a name.

[ Piper shrugs a shoulder and smiles like "what can you do?" ]

They really like their swords and horses here. No need to improve, I guess.

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[ In fairness that early stuff was largely the celestials and the rest sort of just fell into place later. ]

...Probably some place in the uncharted territories, kid. Not any place I've heard of, at least.

Honestly, swords and horses seem woefully inadequate for anyone, but I guess you can get stuck in a rut.

[mesmerism]

I wouldn't think so, if your space technology is so far beyond ours.

You either get used to it or stay stuck in your room with nothing to do. I opted for the first choice.

[wallhanging]

There is a lot of uncharted territory that aren't space capable, and the hyper-lanes over there aren't monitored enough, if at all, to make those kinds of journeys all that reliable. Who knows, kid.

Man, I wonder how old Kenobi would feel about this. "More civilized age" my ass. I bet he'd get a kick out of it, the old fossil.

[mesmerism]

Is everyone either too old or too young for you?

[ It's said in good humor, though. ]

My name's Piper.

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You don't understand, kid. When I say fossil, I mean this guy was ancient. For a human, at least. Acted like it was about 4,000 years before he could have been born.

[ Han's tone has lightened to more of a teasing lilt. He actually sort of misses the guy, and while he will never admit it ever, has his own sort of personal respect for him. Han may have been little more than ten at the time, but he remembers HoloNet news of the great Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi. And after the Death Star and Yavin? Well, lets just say he's fond. ]

Han Solo. Piper, huh? I like it. Nice name there.

[mesmerism]

[ Piper knows ancient. It comes with the territory when you're a demigod. But she allows him his moment to joke. ]

Thanks. I like it too.

[ His makes him sound like a lone wolf. ]

What court are you in?

[wallhanging]

[ Well, Jabba is actually pretty ancient, and there are some species out there that live pretty long. Neti's can apparently live for almost ever, but he's dated one to tell. Still, demi-god levels of ancient would be fascinting. Kinda horrifiying, but also kinda fascinating. ]

Always good to like the name you got.

[That is actually a pretty good question. As much as he was trying to catalog information throughout the past few days, that isn't something he'd focused on. ]

The, uh, 'Unseelie' I think. Whichever one kidnaps you with little pests and dumps you on your head.

[mesmerism]

[ Piper lets out a laugh. ]

You could really say that about either side. Buuuut, I guess the fairies are a little nicer about it. Seelie, here.

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Did you get tossed in a sack? Somehow I doubt it. [ Though, to be fair... ] Actually, it's not the rudest invitation I've ever had.

[ Still, Han is smiling, and not too far from laughing himself. ]

[mesmerism]

No. It was more like following them because I thought it was a dream.

[ And hey, demigods have really vivid dreams. Mostly because they're not dreams, they're visions. ]

That doesn't really sound as impressive as fighting imps all the way, huh?

[wallhanging]

Nah, but I think I might prefer the imps. Less chance of me writing it off as someone drugging my air supply.

[ Which is a thing that happens sometimes ]

[mesmerism]

Well it's the start of my third month here. If I've been drugged, it sure isn't wearing off.

[wallhanging]

Ouch. Yeah, I've never heard of a bad trip that lasted that long.

[mesmerism]

There are people who've been here longer. And I guess how it goes is if you still have your shard, you're useful to your court. If you don't, you can go live some place else.

[wallhanging]

That's... good to know. [ Not that he plans on staying in this castle place much anyways. He'll find some suitably hole-in-the-wall corner to crawl into once he gets some funds to set himself up with. ] I'll be keeping that in mind.

[mesmerism]

Sure. Anything else you'd like to know?

[wallhanging]

Not that I can think of, but if I think of anything I'll be sure to ask around. Thanks for the help, kiddo.

[mesmerism]

You're welcome. Talk to you later.