Forgive me, but I am still too emotionally unstable and slightly giddy... I was trying to drown my Star Wars feels and sorrows by reading fan fiction, writing fan fiction, searching for fan art and drawing fan art the entire weekend XD Obviously it gave me even more feels.
After lunch, the group followed the coordinates R2 had given them and tried to track down the very old Alliance building.
The journey wasn't dull, because Obi-wan decided to join them temporarily and was bickering with Ghost-Anakin all the way non-stop about age differences and height differences. Caleb gave occasional comments. Luke and Ahsoka chatted with Ezra, Sabine, Hera, Zeb and Kanan about random things in order to kill time. Anakin was trying his very best to ignore 3PO, who was ranting to him about how annoying R2 was ( ' Oh Master Ani, you must tell R2 to stop rambling on to me!' ). R2 and Chopper were arguing about certain things in high-pitched Binary, which went something like this:
' Sheesh, I am a better astromech.'
' No! I am a better one! I have many functions, like scanners, built-in electric pike and I can fly!'
' I can fly too!'
That was probably why Anakin was so thankful when they finally arrived, because all the bickering around him drove him crazy.
The Alliance Building was massive (though not as big as the old Jedi Temple) and had three floors including the rooftop. In his head, Luke already made the calculations of how things would work for his brand new Jedi Order. The rooms above the building would serve as living quarters, and hopefully, they could find a place to serve as a kitchen or refreshers. There was a vacant lot directly outside the entrance (or at least it looked like an entrance, because it was just a jagged hole in the cement wall), which would be the training ground. Great.
They pushed past the tall weeds and ventured into the building. The interior was nowhere as luxurious as the old Temple, Ahsoka noticed, but it was an adequate living place. The ground floors hosted rooms that looked like storage rooms and conference rooms and of all things in the world, there was a small holochess table at the corner. ' Yes! Holochess!' Zeb said.
Located around the entrance, were two elevators, one on the left and the other on the right. Caleb had cautiously pressed the button to check if it was in working order. Surprisingly, it still worked. Well, except for the puff of smoke that blew in Caleb's face, otherwise, it was fine.
Luke decided to separate people into different pairs to explore the place. Sabine and Hera would be to explore the area surrounding the building. Zeb and Ezra would explore the ground floor and check out the storage rooms. Kanan and Caleb would look at the first floor. Ghost-Anakin and Obi-wan were assigned to explore the second floor (none of them were happy with the arrangement but didn't want to complain). Luke along with R2, Chopper and 3PO would look at the third floor. Ahsoka and Anakin would look at the rooftop.
And so they separated.
' This place is so dull,' Sabine wrinkled her nose, while examining the nondescript coloured walls. ' Not even a blotch of colour upon all these green and grey!'
' Forget about the colours! Come here,' Hera said, trying to get a better look around the corner. ' Junk is lying all around, so be careful. Didn't they evacuate all the stuff? Oh and remind me to tell Luke that we seriously need to weed this place. Vines and random weeds are growing everywhere. Once we clear up all those weeds in the backyard, I think we can even build a mini hangar.'
Sabine answered, ' Fine, coming.' But her hands automatically went to the orange coloured spray paint can attached to her belt (so she could draw everywhere) and with well practiced ease, she drew one of her signature starbirds onto the wall, except it was a couple times larger than her usual versions.
Hera had already heard the familiar spray painting sounds of pttttttt but it was too late. ' Sabine,' She sighed. ' Can't you just leave the poor walls alone?'
' What?' She exclaimed. ' Can't you see how lively the place is now with the help of colour? I'm going to paint a couple more of these to brighten up the place later. Maybe even a pink one.'
' Suuuuuuuure.'
' Remind me again why we are together?' Ezra complained.
' It wasn't my idea, kid,' Zeb snapped. ' Remember, we got paired up. I'd rather pair up with dear old Chopper than you, mister.'
' Gee, thanks,' Ezra rolled his eyes sarcastically and ran his fingers over the dust covered wall of the storeroom. Even though they made peace with each other years ago in Kothal, they still bickered from time to time.
' Honestly there is nothing special with this place,' Zeb commented, moving over to the holochess table. ' Well, except for holochess.'
' Move along,' Ezra jostled at Zeb. ' You are squashing me!'
' No I'm not! Move away!' The two fought for space in the cramped area between the holochess table and some abandoned crates of scrap metal. Zeb purposefully tripped Ezra over with his foot and Ezra toppled to the floor. He raised his hand to press to the wall for support and hauled himself up.
' You are insufferable, I-' Ezra never got to finish his sentence, because a booming sound interrupted him. The flimsy part of the wall where his hand made contact with simply cracked and fell down onto the floor, revealing a secret room.
' This place doesn't look as posh as our old Temple,' Caleb said truthfully, observing the cobwebs on top of a room. ' I think Master Skywalker should at least get some cleaners to dust this place up.'
Kanan grimaced. He had been tolerating Caleb's comments for the last few minutes, because the boy kept commenting on differences. It wasn't that Caleb liked to complain or rant, but he wasn't quite used to living anywhere else besides the comfortable Coruscant Temple. Everything was just so different and old.
His attention was brought back when he saw what the young boy was trying to do. Caleb was trying to remove the cobweb from the ceiling with the help of the Force, and the entire piece of thing wobbled above. ' Be careful, boy,' Kanan said in horror.
' Excuse me? What-' Caleb's concentration slipped for a fleeting second, and it was enough time for the cobweb to fall down onto Kanan's face.
' Sorry!' Caleb squeaked.
' Stop disappearing or trying to haunt people, Old Man!' Ghost-Anakin face-palmed as Obi-wan disappeared. ' You are freaking me out!'
' You can do that too, you are a ghost,' Obi-wan retorted. ' That's not so freaky.'
' But that doesn't mean you need to do that all the time! My son asked us to look around, not finding opportunities to test our ghostly abilities,' Ghost-Anakin snorted. ' Go ahead and try haunt Master Yoda instead.'
' Oh yes I tried,' Obi-wan said. ' But it didn't work.'
' Seriously? I thought you of all people would be more mature,' Anakin rubbed his throbbing temples at the sight of his stubborn old friend.
' You are such a spoilsport,' Obi-wan pouted. ' Come on then, let's get going. We need to report our findings to your beloved son.'
Hello! :)
Yeah, I'm still very excited. I don't think this excitement will vanish yet. Things may seem rather bleak, but I still believe Ahsoka would survive Season 2 due to many reasons. XD I'd write an essay about why I think she will survive if I can.
Whoop whoop already anticipating Wednesday's arrival, where we can see Princess Leia! Yay!
Just curious, has anyone seen the Saturday Night Live Kylo Ren version Undercover Boss? It is so funny! If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you to watch it if you like the Force Awakens movie! *Matt the radar technician* hahaha! XD Feel free to tell me what you think about it!
Yep that's all, thanks so much! Until next time!
