MonsieurShade

Star Wars: A New Beginning

Hey guys, just giving you all a quick heads up to let you know that i'm still around. As Rawk so eloquently put it, life can be a bit of a bitch and has kept me a bit busier as of late since a combination of spring courses being long over and my general desire to both continue classes come august and not to subsist on bowls of ice cubes and water ("Struggle Flakes" we call 'em) has seen me working more frequently. I apologize for my absence and thank you all for your patience.

As far as the story goes, i'm rather satisfied with how it's currently going.

Life in Space

Rocky nodded once more and stepped around Kabiri to start his own perimeter sweep, moving purposefully towards the dense foliage. As he went Rocky produced his communicator once more and, after a bit of awkward fiddling, managed to tune it to a frequency that would actually allow for communication, brought it up to his face, "Lyco, this is Rocky, I'm going to cover the area just east of you, let me know if you see anything off, over." he said. The Skälen stopped just before stepping into the brush to look back at Kabiri, "Try not to fall behind." he said mirthfully. With that Rocky plunged into the jungle, trying to move at just a slow enough pace to allow the doctor to catch up before he got far in.

Rocky's eyes darted back and forth, his nostrils flared as he tried to pick up any sorts of scents that were even vaguely animal like, his head twisted and turned every now and then as he tried to listen for the sounds of movement in the underbrush.

Star Wars: A New Beginning

Just waiting for one more post before I make another. I generally try to keep a "two post" rule unless working with something that's very fast paced, however if you really want me to I can try to bang something out in a bit.

Star Wars: A New Beginning

If it is indeed a rant then it's one that's completely justified, imo. The real issue was that during the movie's initial release criticisms were typically hand waved away with that whole "you don't like a female lead in your nerd movies!" thing. That may have been true for, like, five percent of the group of critics, but that still leaves ninety five percent who were a mix of people that were displeased because they felt that the movie was a ham fisted attempt to rake in money from nostalgics, people who felt that they threw away well established and, frankly, more well rounded and likable characters for the shiny new kids, and people that were simply really, really pissed about Han.

I'm truly worried that they might get into the habit of crying wolf while they decide to pump out a bunch of cash grabs by introducing new characters to make later origin movies for rather than expanding on pre-established characters, and that the series will suffer for it. I want my Han and Chewy movie damn it! Hell, i'd be absolutely over the moon if they did anything Grievous related that didn't butcher him to hell and back like last time.

Life in Space

"My home world?" Rocky mused aloud before his eyes flitted up to the surrounding jungle, "My home world was not too different from the one we're on now. There are dense forests like this were you could walk for days, even weeks on end before you find the great swamps that lie beyond them. The air was much...richer? No, that's not the right word...", he trailed off as he struggled to think of a word, "I guess you could say that there was just more of it. ". His nostrils flared as he breathed in, being somewhat disappointed at the thinness of the air he breathed, "Definitely more. As for the planet itself, everything was heavier. The colony that found my world said the gravity was nearly three times stronger than what was on terra.". Rocky's eyes scanned the foliage around them for anything that might be amiss, "Since a vast majority of the creatures on my planet were similar to the reptiles back on earth the colonists decided to name the planet "Creta"; said it was because it reminded them of a time when large reptiles roamed the land on terra. Since my people hadn't really thought of a name for our world beyond "home", we sort of went along with it.".

Rocky's eyes locked back onto Kabiri before he gave a shrug, "Not much to say beyond that. At least nothing that could be said without us actually sitting down to focus on that. We can do that later if you would like since I have my own questions about your world. For now though I don't wanna let Lyco scout all alone.".

Star Wars: A New Beginning

Personally speaking I didn't mind the movie too much, but I really don't like Rey. Specifically I don't like how the character had zero explanation as to how she got as good as she did. The understanding of how to fix a ship was sort of (and I heavily stress the sort of here) understandable given that she made a living off of salvaging and what not, so it makes sense that she might fiddle around to see what did what in her spare time, but the piloting was brought in out of left field since she not only unfamiliar with the ship she's piloting, but she's messing around with a ship that required two pilots, one of which happened to be one of the best around. Then there's the whole "using force abilities with little effort with no prior knowledge of using the force" thing which really grinds my gears. I'd be fine if the movie gave us at least a single glimpse of her doing something that would at least partially explain her abilities like we did with Luke.

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Life in Space

Rocky looked down at Kabiri and nodded a bit more enthusiastically than he intended to, still being somewhat giddy from the feeling of being somewhere a bit more familiar to him, "It's very nice here. Almost reminds me of home." he said happily. Out of the corner of his eye Rocky saw Lyco exit the vessel and walk off, likely to scout out the surrounding area. It was a wise course of action considering how unfamiliar this planet was. One couldn't drop their guard just because of how pretty something appeared to be, "I'm think i'm going to have a look around to make sure it's safe to set up a camp in case we end up staying for a while. You're welcome to come along if you'd like, might find a sample or two to bring back.".

Life in Space

Rocky nodded in response to the greeting he received, "Good to see you too Do- er, Kabiri." he'd said before shifting a bit to give his acquaintance more room, completely ignorant of the strange looks he and Kabiri may have received for the oddity that was their casual interaction. The ride from the station to the planet was only fifteen minutes, but to Rocky it may as well have been fifteen hours. From the very moment he'd caught a glimpse of the endless expanse of tree tops that made up the upper canopy of Vazoon's jungles Rocky had felt a primal stirring from deep within him. How long had it been since he'd been on a planet that wasn't already colonized into an ever expanding sea of metal and lights? How long had it been since he'd breathed natural, unfiltered air? The stirring only intensified as the ship landed and he filed out along with some of the others in an almost trance like state.

The Skälen made it about three meters out of the vessel before coming to a sudden stop. A few people complained, most however moved around him quietly as a low rumbling noise came from somewhere within his chest. Rocky's eyes widened as his pupils contracted into razor thin slits, nostril flared as he took in clean oxygen, which, while not quite as concentrated as it was back home, was far and away cleaner than most anything he'd breathed recently. He stood stock still, drinking in the sights, sounds, and smells. It all felt natural: it all felt right. The rumbling sound made its way into Rocky's throat, and was expelled as a low and drawn out growl as he felt suppressed instincts spark to life with renewed vigor. The growl was punctuated by a hiss as Rocky snapped back to his senses and realized he had earned himself a concerned stare or two. With a sheepish chuckle and an apology to those he may have frightened Rocky shuffled off to the side to watch over the researchers as they filed out until someone issued him an order.

Star Wars: A New Beginning

Jacque let out a heavy sigh, partially in response to Gavon's question, and partially in response to the fact that the two mystery men seemed to be willing to comply with his orders for the time being. This was simply not his day: down two crew members, barreling through space with the first order on his ass, and with two mystery men on his vessel, one of which continually gave a strong impression of being a ticking time bomb. As he ascended to the upper deck Jacque felt a headache coming on, likely from the fact that he was coming down from the adrenaline high he'd received during the escape. Said headache reached a new peak as halfway up he heard Fixer over the radio make mention of a VT-49 of all things lurking about.

"You've got to be shitting me, if I wanted to get fucked this hard I would've stayed in jail..." He ground out as he picked up his pace. Once topside Jacque found himself "treated" to the scent of charred flesh, the source of which was discovered after a brief moment of cautious creeping. Another body stepped over, another sigh of annoyance. Making fairly decent time, Jacque managed to catch up to Kruss, whom he was still eighty percent certain was jumpy enough to turn around and shoot him should he approach too suddenly. The human cleared his throat to try to catch Kruss' attention before he actually spoke, "Nice to see you're out of your room Kruss. We need to talk after we deal with whatever the hell's happening.".