UPDATE!... anyways, enjoy! :) (By the way, the planet from the last chapter is called "Ab' Bshingh" or, as Anakin so affectionately refers to it as, "Coordinate O-19")
"Hm."
"That's it? Just 'hm'?"
"Were you expecting something else?"
"Yes, actually, I was. Like maybe how we could use something to build a rescue beacon or an idea of how to safely walk across all of that stuff to get somewhere. You know, some of that famous Kenobi ingenuity that pops out of nowhere in these sorts of moments... "
"It doesn't just pop out of nowhere, Anakin."
"Well... wherever it comes from, could you please come up with some soon? I think this tin can is starting to sink."
"How astute of you."
"Sarcasm isn't helping, master."
"Sorry, Anakin, but I'm afraid we'll have to settle for just winging it, because I have never been on this world before, nor do I recognize whatever it is we happen to be sinking into at the moment... hm. That's interesting."
"...what is?"
"Do you hear that? Something's hissing."
"Hissing? As in there's something reptilian out there?!"
"I'm afraid it's a bit worse than that."
"Worse? I think our last encounter with those giant, snake-like, warty things is a hard one to top, don't you?"
"How about sinking into something that is currently eating our ship?"
"Oh. That kind of hissing. You have a point."
"Wonderful. Now that that's settled, maybe we could work on getting on to some solid ground?"
"Not exactly the brilliant ingenuity I was counting on, but I guess it'll work..."
"Good. You first."
"Why me? Did you see how fast it ate the canopy?"
"Yes, Anakin, I did. However, I do know that if we just keep sitting here, we will be dissolved in a matter of minutes! Now move!"
"Okay, okay! Umm... well... I guess I'll try that rock-looking thing over there. Do you think it looks safe?"
"Since when have you ever been one to care about safety?! Just jump already!"
"Whatever... here goes nothing."
...
"I don't think it's sinking, master! It should hold both of us!"
"Can you move over a little? There's not much room for me to land...!"
"Sorry, but that's all I can give you! I'll catch you if you land wrong!"
"Here I come!"
...
"Well, it appears to be an actual rock."
"How astute, master."
...
"Hey, if you can't take it, don't dish it."
"Fair enough. Could you scoot a bit so I can sit down?"
"Sure."
"Thanks. Anyway, I was just surprised that this stuff can't eat a rock when it can eat through a ship in a matter of minutes."
"That is kind of strange... speaking of our ship, there goes the last bit of it."
"Marvelous."
"Don't sound so annoyed. It did get us off of the last planet and away from that massive gun."
"My annoyance isn't with the ship, Anakin. I'm annoyed because you crashed... again."
"We only had one engine left, every blasted alarm in the ship was screaming at me, you were giving me an earful about Force knows what, the screen was down so I had no way of seeing what sort of surface I was dealing with, and it was literally all I could do to simply focus on keeping control of the ship. That was the situation, and you want to blame me for crashing?"
"Anakin, what do you see in that direction?"
"Nothing, just more of this acid stuff... wait, there might be some actual land over there, through the fog where those trees are peeking out. Is that what you're pointing at?"
"That, my dear friend, is what I was giving you an earful about when you were trying to land."
"... oh. Right."
"Maybe next time you'll listen to me and not the ship that has alarms blaring because of the two-dozen things that are either missing or not functioning?"
"Point made."
"Thank you."
"So... how do we get over there?"
"I'm still working on that one."
"Thank the Force it's just us two here right now."
"Why is that a good thing?"
"Can you imagine the look on Windu's face, or better yet, the words that would be flying from his mouth if he saw us right now?"
"I imagine we present a pretty pathetic picture."
"You think? Maybe I will let you tell this one to the younglings..."
"Perhaps we should avoid them instead."
"They'll find us sooner or later. Somehow they always know when we're back in the Temple."
"Exactly how do they know? I've always wondered at that."
"I blame Windu."
"Really."
"Yes, really. It's kind of like you always claiming I'm a valid excuse for any trouble you might get into... well, just like you blame me for everything, I blame Windu."
"Anakin, it is Master Windu -"
"And why did it take you three times to point that out?"
"- and I wholeheartedly agree. He has it out for us for some reason."
"Wow. You know, I think I'm finally starting to rub off on you a bit."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Well, aside from blaming Master Windu, you've cursed up a storm, swallowed a slug with pretty much no hesitation whatsoever, agreed to just blast your way into a Separatist base, and then made good on your word when you actually did just blast your way in. From my point of view that's a successful mission."
"For you, you mean."
"Exactly."
"Because we haven't actually succeeded at much of anything so far."
"Yeah, well, it's all about how you look at it. I choose to look at the bright side."
"Mmm... yes. Well, perhaps you'd like to find the bright side to our current situation then?"
"You mean getting off of this rock?"
"Yes, that."
"I'm hoping for a giant, snake-like, warty creature right now."
"Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you just say -"
"Yeah, but at least it would be something to possibly jump on to so that the leap to dry land is a little more manageable."
"I suppose..."
"I really have no idea, though. Can't see much else in this fog and I really don't want to just jump and hope for the best."
"I'm glad you've thought this through."
"Funny. Do you have any grand ideas?"
"Not yet."
"Soooo... we're stuck here. On a rock. In the middle of a lake of acid."
"On an unfamiliar planet."
"In the Outer Rim."
...
"What?"
"I just keeps getting better and better."
"Pessimist."
"Realist."
"Same thing. One term is just more honest than the other."
"Honest?"
"Fine. Blunt. 'Pessimist' is more blunt. Whatever, it doesn't matter. How about we do something to cheer ourselves up?"
"Such as?"
"I'll tell a joke."
"This oughta be good..."
"Ready? There's two Jedi on a rock with fog all around them. The first Jedi says -"
"Force help me."
"Not what the Jedi was going to say, but I'll run with it."
Leave a review if you can! Have a marvelous day! :)