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Rising Hope and Stalking Valor
Jun. 19th, 2018 02:32 pmShe is busy, carefully wrapping a young girl's wounded leg, when she notices a crowd gathering around the refugee camps only holoprojector. Curious and finished with the girls leg anyway, Ahsoka helps the girl stand, so she can join her friends playing, before making her own way to the crowd. By then, cheers and gasps have started and she can just hear a voice from the projector say, "We have been called criminals, but we are not. We are rebels, fighting for the people, fighting for you."
She continues to listen, recognizing the voice and the boy in the holo. He's hard to make out as she only sees him occasionally between the milling people, but she recognizes him as one of the Spectres, Ezra. Listening further, she feels her heart lift and she doesn't even realize she's smiling until the mother in front of her looks at her and says, joy clear in her voice, "Can you believe it?"
Ahsoka nods and looks to the other refugees of the Empire's expansion, people expelled from worlds or forced to move once the Empire used up all the resources of their worlds. The mood of them all is hopeful and almost happy. There is anger, but there's always been anger. The difference is now it's not sullen and impotent. Now it feels like it could do something. Now it needs directing before it can explode or burn up, taking the people with it.
She noticed two people at the edge of the crowd who don't seem to care so much for the message, which now has repeated twice over. In fact, the two men seem to be noting faces of those most outspoken in reacting to the broadcast.
Ahsoka watches them unobtrusively and isn't surprised when they slip away. Well, she had come here to find out how the Empire kept finding out about the relief supplies she'd been delivering and to find a way to stop them confiscating them. Now she knew.
Wrapping her cloak about her, but leaving her hands free, she followed until they entered an office. Kicking the door in, she force pulled their comms from their hands and smiled.
"Good evening," she said as she crushed the devices with her heel. "Spying on these people was your first mistake."
They didn't bother to reply, just drew their blasters and taking aim.
Another force pull and her sabers were in her hands and igniting. "And that was your last."
She continues to listen, recognizing the voice and the boy in the holo. He's hard to make out as she only sees him occasionally between the milling people, but she recognizes him as one of the Spectres, Ezra. Listening further, she feels her heart lift and she doesn't even realize she's smiling until the mother in front of her looks at her and says, joy clear in her voice, "Can you believe it?"
Ahsoka nods and looks to the other refugees of the Empire's expansion, people expelled from worlds or forced to move once the Empire used up all the resources of their worlds. The mood of them all is hopeful and almost happy. There is anger, but there's always been anger. The difference is now it's not sullen and impotent. Now it feels like it could do something. Now it needs directing before it can explode or burn up, taking the people with it.
She noticed two people at the edge of the crowd who don't seem to care so much for the message, which now has repeated twice over. In fact, the two men seem to be noting faces of those most outspoken in reacting to the broadcast.
Ahsoka watches them unobtrusively and isn't surprised when they slip away. Well, she had come here to find out how the Empire kept finding out about the relief supplies she'd been delivering and to find a way to stop them confiscating them. Now she knew.
Wrapping her cloak about her, but leaving her hands free, she followed until they entered an office. Kicking the door in, she force pulled their comms from their hands and smiled.
"Good evening," she said as she crushed the devices with her heel. "Spying on these people was your first mistake."
They didn't bother to reply, just drew their blasters and taking aim.
Another force pull and her sabers were in her hands and igniting. "And that was your last."
