Test Drive Meme | #39

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TEST DRIVE MEME - TU SHANSHU EDITION!

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Ahsoka Tano | Star Wars | 2

[snipsandstones]

[By now running for one's life, whatever the reason, should really be par the course. In Ahsoka's defense, it's rarely because of something she's directly done.

So really, how could she have known that things would go south? One moment Ahsoka is helping what she thinks to be a dog than in the next she's met with growling, snarling beasts.

Which takes us to the now, where Ahsoka is running with these things hot on her heels. Of course taking a wrong left would put her right into a populated area because that is just her luck, isn't it? Nothing can ever go smoothly, can it? So cue one Padawan gently pushing people out of the way with a warning on her lips. Perhaps even using the Force to knock over a crate or two to try to discourage the beasts from following.]

[ignitethestars]

[Is that -- oh yes it is. He'd be able to tell her anywhere. Anakin was off to the side minding his own business when he heard the commotion and that's when he saw her.

And she's being chased by angry creatures, which, actually isn't too unusual all things considered. They both had been on many missions were something like this is basically 'Tuesday.'

Still he's not about to let her get caught. With a few swift moves he causes an avalanche of merchandise from a random person's market cart to fall on the creatures (yes, yes, Obi-Wan will scald him later but what else is new there). And then he takes off to catch up with his former apprentice.]

I'll give you one thing, Snips. You always know how to make a dramatic entrance.

[snipsandstones]

[And Ahsoka can sense her master before she can see him. If not for that, then the angry shop keeper yelling and shaking their fist at them might also be another clue. She'll have to go back and apologize, she knows. Her master might not have the sense to.

Regardless, it is a relief to know that he's there. Ahsoka catches her breath as he meets up with her.]

I'm only trying to live up to your example.

[ignitethestars]

[Anakin rolls his eyes, which of course isn't setting the best example, but since when has he ever? It is a little strange, but welcoming to fall back into old times. He missed her a great deal and seeing her again (even if being chased by monsters) brings him a sense of joy.]

Well, in that case, I think it needs a little more work. Try adding some explosions next time.

[snipsandstones]

[Please don't lie. Master is probably jumping for the chance to actually get to do something. The fact that it brought him to Ahsoka is just a happy coincidence!]

I'll remember that for the next time I'm being chased by someone or something. For now I think I'll leave that to the expert.

[ignitethestars]

Hopefully we won't have too many events like that. What did you do to annoy those creatures anyway?

[And yes, he assumes Ahsoka just did something to piss them off.]

[snipsandstones]

[She doesn't appreciate that accusation. If anyone would accidentally or not so accidentally set someone or something off, it's the person that she's looking at right now.]

I might have found one of their babies.

[And she might have touched it.]

[ignitethestars]

[Oh well that explains things. He gives her a look. The kind of look a teacher gives a student. Or one a person gives their dog after they stole food off the table.]

You touched it, didn't you?

[snipsandstones]

I touched it.

[Look, she thought she was helping.]

[ignitethestars]

Ahsoka, what have I told you about bothering strange creatures you don't know anything about? Especially strange baby creatures that might have parents nearby?

[He should have expected that response.]

[snipsandstones]

I thought it was injured.

[Why else would would she touch a strange creature?]

[angelofnaboo]

[Since she is more than well acquainted with all the headaches that can happen when you mix one (1) Jedi with anything even vaguely resembling trouble, Padmé isn't very surprised to see the commotion as she goes about shopping. She half-expects it to be either Obi-Wan or Anakin, but when she sees the teen, she lets out a sigh.

In many ways, it's just as bad.

But she also feels responsible for her husband's padawan. Hefting her shopping basket to one arm, she steadies one of the disrupted kedan before speaking.]

Ahsoka, this way. Hurry.

[snipsandstones]

[That's certainly a welcomed voice! Padmé calling out to her is like a godsend. Don't be surprised that Ahsoka quickly changes direction to follow after the Senator.]

[angelofnaboo]

[Padmé leads the girl to a place in the Sky Sector, up and away from where the dogs are chasing them and slams a gate behind her with a sort of ominous finality. When they're safe, she blows the wisps of hair out of her face with a huffy sigh.]

Well, that's just like back home. Do you have your lightsaber, Ahsoka?

[She drops her shopping basket and pulls out the blaster pistol she'd secreted into it in the morning before leaving.]

We have to go back through this gate to reach the hotel where Anakin and Obi-Wan are.

[snipsandstones]

[You try to do a good deed and it backfires. Isn't that just like back home... For the moment, though, they can catch their breath.]

I have both of them.

[Of course the Senator would have a blaster on her. Of course.]

Do you always carry hen you're shopping? [Knowing the Senator? Probably. Silly question.] Forget I asked. Those things aren't going to go away are they?

[angelofnaboo]

[No good deed goes unpunished, Ahsoka. You should know that by now. She gives the girl a smile and checks the blaster to make sure it's ready to be used.]

Glad to hear that. I'm sure that our mutual friends will be relieved as well. Evidently it's not that easy to make them here.

[Padmé looks over the gate, checking on their furry pursuers and getting snarling and a few close calls for her effort.]

No, but when has anyone chasing us backed down without a fight? I can't name one.

[snipsandstones]

[You don't need to remind her of that. Her hands are going to her lightsabers, still feeling a little uneasy. Naturally it wouldn't be as easy to make them here. The materials might not even exist.]

Speaking of people who don't back down from a fight. How are our mutual friends?

[angelofnaboo]

[It is a good thing that Ahsoka is smart enough to read between the lines. Subtlety is definitely a skill that some people needed to learn.]

Alive and well, I assure you. Once we're out of this, I'll take you to see them. Anakin will be happy to see you.

[The growling behind the gate gets louder and Padmé's grip on the pistol grows tighter. She puts her free hand on the pull handle and she turns to the girl.]

Ready or not!

[And it's open!]

[snipsandstones]

[ a skill some people need to learn indeed. not going to name any names there. Anakin ]

I'll be happy to see him. Both of them.

[ Ahsoka has a lot of affection and respect for them. but right now? right now she focuses on the task at hand. once the gate is open, she gives the pack a push to clear the way. ]

[angelofnaboo]

[Even Obi-Wan and Mace Windu could learn to use subtlety more. It's a failing of the Jedi that they are so literal sometimes.]

Head towards the College! It's the domed building in the middle!

[She lets the girl cut a swatch through the pack of dogs with her dual lightsabers, but she has her blaster ready to take out the stranglers that are smart enough to dodge the plasma blades. It's not easy work, and it's slow as well, but eventually Padmé makes it to the grounds of the college without a furry pursuer nipping at her heels.]

I just love it when I have to run for my life.

[clonekiller]

[Galen's seen pictures of Ahsoka in Imperial records, and in the Jedi Temple's archives. He knows who she is, and how they're connected, but he just can't come out and openly reveal himself. Instead, as she runs by, Galen subtly Force-pushes the beasts to a halt. He waves a hand before the lot, wondering if Mind Trick even worked this way. If Ahsoka looks back, all she'll see is a faded gray cloak, and the back of a shaved head of dark hair.]

[snipsandstones]

[Look back she does. How she couldn't notice the distinct lack growling and snarling? Regardless, instead immediately thanking the stranger that has put a stop to the pack, she's wary. Gray cloak? Just who is it that she is looking at here?]

[clonekiller]

[Satisfied that the beasts are suitably pacified, Galen turns to their quarry, half a grin on his face. He certainly looks like a Jedi, lightsabers clipped to his belt, and a familiar symbol adorning the clasp of his cloak, but there's something...rough about him. Like he's spent too much time on his own.]

You oughtta be more careful. For some reason, the creatures native to this place can smell a Foreigner like we've been sprayed down by a rutting Katarn.

[snipsandstones]

[ familiar, yes. but pinpointing it? not quite. but yes he does look like a jedi and it's not like she knows everyone, right? ]

I'll remember that. Truthfully, I thought I was helping. Thank you...

[ a pause, searching for a name to fill in the blanks. ]

[clonekiller]

Most of the time, you would be. It just takes a few weeks for the smell of home to wash off of us, before the animals will trust us. Unless you're Obi-Wan Kenobi, of course. I don't know how he does it...

[He rubs the back of his head.]

Oh, I'm Galen. Galen Marek. You're Ahsoka Tano, right?

[He figures he's safe with the "assumption", given that Ahsoka Tano and Shaak Ti were the only Togruta that were relatively well known in the Jedi Order before it was wiped out.]