Let's See What's In The Cards (Mmhm)

[missrecalled_mods]

The weather was still bitterly cold, and the snow was still thick on the ground, but it was finally possible to at least go outside by the front doors. The King and Queen have still forbidden anyone from staying overnight at the museum district in case it started snowing again. But the King could be seen outside trying to shovel snow enough to make a path to the castle at the least.

The snow was still too thick to get easily anywhere not shoveled, and the snow was so heavy that even beasted out, Ben needed to take constant breaks inside to sit down and dry off. This wasn't going to be a fast task.

It was only made harder when it started. For those who slept, it would start after they have fully awoken for the day. For those who don't sleep, they'd find that they had fallen into a pleasant daydream, even if it wasn't normal for them to do so. When they came out of it, that was when it would start for them.

But what is it, exactly?

Small snippets of memories, playing for anyone who was with the person remembering to see. But the thing was, these memories... were memories the person had not yet made. Memories of the future.

Not enough to give answers, probably not enough to give reassurances for much other than "oh hey, I do have a future after all," but generally pleasant, and short. Hey, it will give people a thing to talk about, at least. Especially since this will go on for the next two weeks or so.

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[ubuntu_programmer]

"Not all... but think about it... Jedi didn't just pop into being. They are people who could use the Force and then trained and behaved in a certain way. Even if all the Jedi died, the Force wouldn't die, would it?"

[princess_weia]

"I don't know," Leia said. "I don't know how the Force works." Slight pause. "I don't think the Empire likes people talking about it."

"And anyway how do you know if all the Jedi died or not? Do you know one of them or something?"

[ubuntu_programmer]

"Something like that, but we probably shouldn't talk too much about that part just now. To be safe. But thankfully for you, I once tried to get a board to accept a dissertation on the fundamentals and physics of the force." Sadly that topic had been rejected, but time travel had made a more useful backup as it turned out. "So, willing to trust me enough to try?"

[princess_weia]

Leia still looked a bit dubious. After all, this would hardly be the first time an adult tried to get a kid to believe something outlandish about their capabilities. As she considered how to respond, though another vision shimmered into view.

Accepting Help

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Seen from the outside, the vision shows Leia, a few years older than she is now, talking to a man that would be instantly recognizable to Ian. It's difficult to tell where they are, just that it's dark, with a lot of machinery around.

"Look," Leia in the vision said, "since I met you I've been chased, shot at, I almost fell to my death, and now there are Inquisiting people after us. If somebody is offering us help, I think we should take it. Now come on." When Obi-Wan didn't immediately follow her as she started to walk off, she turned back and asked, with a note of exasperation, "What now?"

"Nothing, you just remind me of someone," Obi-Wan said. "She was fearless too. And stubborn."

"I'm not stubborn," Leia in the vision protested.

"Yes you are."

"I'm not!"

The vision faded there, leaving it unclear if the argument continued. But after looking at the spot where her vision self had been for a long moment, Leia turned back to Ian and nodded. "I don't know what a... dis-ter-tion is, but OK," she said. "What do I need to do?"

[ubuntu_programmer]

What she needs to do first is give Ian a moment to stop choking. That series was one of the last things they had gotten to watch before arriving here. Actually they had saved it to their tablet hard drive to share it with Jen in downtime....

Wonder if it is still there.

Hmmmm


Ian shook their head. Time enough to consider that later.

"Dissertation is basically a very long research paper for school that takes years, and requires approval and check ins along the way and when it is done you have to stand in a room and defend it in order to get your degree. It is a lot of hard work, but if you pick a topic you are passionate about... it hardly feels like work at all. Somedays, anyway. But for now... Sit comfortably facing the thing you want to lift." Yoda they were not. There was no reason Leia had to be uncomfortable to learn to use the Force.