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[revolter]

[ on what must be one of the first days of relative peace, a feed opens to present a newcomer. Leia is dressed as she normally would, all in white, collar high. The clothes she came with have been tossed away but there is nothing she can do about the ugly bruise on her neck, circular, red. it would turn to purple in a few days and is a dead giveaway for a collar of metal that bit into her skin until very recently.

her palms tell a story too, skin peeling at places, red and irritated from when she pulled on metal. However, it'd be difficult to pass her for the slave girl whose part she'd been forced to play. There's an air of authority to her even now.

Oh, and there's the blaster she tucks just beneath her belt, a touch of black on an otherwise white palette. ]

Well, this is rich.

[ biting with just a hint of sass but then, she seems to realize her message is finally being sent. ]

I see no practical reason for so much technology when we all live in the same cell.

[ this is what she calls this, a cell. A prison is a prison, vast as it may be. ]

But if you hear my message, know I mean you no harm. I understand I've come in a time of great peril [ somehow, she senses it in the very air around the halls ]. My own world is in great peril as well, it is urgent that they'll receive any help available if they're to see our mission done.

[ a beat. ]

We share the same predicament, I ask that we share information as well. If there is anything worth knowing about this system, I'd hear it and if any assistance is needed, I will supply.

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(private)

[revolter]

And incredibly modest, too.

[ but she does smile around the words. ]

You can meet them on the grounds? They dare risk going outside to roam among the people they've trapped here?

[ why? is the question that bothers her. she'd have blasted the bastards if she could had she caught them on the grounds. ]

(private)

[beatupgrass]

Don't happen often, but yeah. I don't know how they get away with it, either. People either don't have to stones to try and get the drop on 'em or there's something up with that.

(private)

[revolter]

I suppose we best keep our eyes open and try for ourselves.

[ a dangerous thing to say, especially as her captors might be reading this but Leia doubts they don't already know what's her take on this.

If they expect her to linger by quietly, they're sorely mistaken. ]

I've never asked your name.

(private)

[beatupgrass]

It's Rocket. And believe me, my eyes are always open. You don't get stuck here for as long as I have without picking up a few things, but this place... It's tricky.

(private)

[revolter]

Hello, Rocket, I'm Princess Leia of Alderaan. I want to say call me Leia, but I have a sure feeling you will either way.

[ and it does make her smile. ]

You say your stay here has been extensive?

(private)

[beatupgrass]

I'd call you princess, but it don't work unless you're a little bit miffed by it, otherwise it's like I'm actually being respectful. And that's not a great look on me.

[he'll find something else to call you, don't worry.] Anyway, it's been about three years, yeah.

(private)

[revolter]

Only one person ever miffed me by calling me that.

[ and han isn't here which means that no, it probably won't work but the attitude is appreciated. it's nice to see some with a bit of spunk. ]

Three years? these bastards kept you here for three years?

[ she doesn't know what she had been expecting, but not that. not this long. ]

(private)

[beatupgrass]

Hey, I'm as pissed as you. That's longer than I've ever been held anywhere. [Even Half-World.] Escaping prisons is my thing.

A few folks have been here longer, but I think it taps out at six for the most part.