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[After she'd gotten herself out of that stasis pod and dressed, holstered, and strapped up, Kerra Holt took a moment to have a look around. This was definitely not where she'd intended to wind up when she'd made that last jump. Hell, where was this? And...what freak had shoved her into a tube naked?

Of course, when Kerra found the commlink, she was definitely going to poke at it. And set off the video thing accidentally.]

Oh. OH! Hey. Video? That's...different.

[Not Sith-tech, unless it was from Calimondra. No way any of the others had that sort of thing. Or Republic make? Or...the Hutts. Either way, it was broadcasting.

Kriff. Broadcasting. That wasn't good. People could see her face. Well...time to put on a smile and ask some questions then, Kerra.]

Right. So. If you can hear this...I guess I'm the new girl around here. And I've obviously got a few questions for anyone with the inclination to answer. Starting with where the hell am I? What system? What Quadrant, even. I don't even know if I'm in the Core Worlds or out on the Outer Rim. Last I knew I was making a Hyperspace jump and now I'm here.

[And just to be safe...but polite at the same time, may as well give the other name.]

Oh, and the name's Mercy.

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I'm not sure what system this is. From what I hear, the stars don't match up to any known charts. Anyway, this planet is Verdana, and I'm Christine.

Don't match any known charts? So this is...great. I'm the luckiest girl in the Galaxy, aren't I? Accidentally wind up in uncharted space.

[Kerra snorted in amusement. At least she's got a sense of humor.]

Well, nice to meet you Christine. Any idea how I got into this stasis pod?

[There's a loud bang and the image of her kicking something, though slightly off center.]

Well the story is something like we were collected to help in some periodic war Verdana has with another planet, but I don't know if that's even true.

Um, everything okay?

Story according to who? Who runs this planet?

[She laughs and gives the comm a sheepish look]

Yea, I just...stubbed my toe.

[Okay, note to self, don't kick them again. OW.]

Well out here in the Old City there's Nem. I guess he's in charge. And there's Roni, the leader of the military. But there's this city under a dome nearby too, and from what I hear, they sometimes launch attacks on the Old City. So I guess they run the planet overall. I'm pretty new myself; it just so happens a friend from home was already here, and he's been filling me in.

Okay. Let me see if I understand this.

There's a city outside of a bio-dome called the Old City. I'm going to guess that it's more like a refugee camp than anything? And in this dome there are people who attack the Old City.

[Boy this sounds familiar. Verdana meet Darkknell. Darkknell, meet Verdana. You're like twins.]

Any idea why?

Right. And the guess is it has something to do with us: the outsiders from the pods. Beyond that, I don't know.

Right. Guess that'd make sense. What with us being...here and all.

[Definitely Sith space.]

Um, where...is this city, by chance? I'm still in the big pod chamber.

[And for emphasis she kicks the pod again]

Oh! [Right. Directions would help.] You follow the lights on the floor out to a hatch that's open to the outside. From there, you should be able to see the city and the path that leads there.

Anything I should look out for? Between...here and there?

Wildlife, patrols? [Sith Hellbeasts?]

And...uh...where can I get something to eat?

I was told to watch out for the wildlife. I didn't see any but... well, I heard there are dinosaurs here.

[Yes, she knows that sounds crazy. She's giving the camera a look like "I know."]

Nem can set you up with the basics when you arrive, including food.

Dinosaurs?

[She sounds a little baffled]

Yeah. The giant lizards? I haven't seen any, but others swear they're here.

Oh, giant lizards.

[She grins. That sounds like home, really. ~~Because in Star Wars everything is a giant lizard~~

Kerra picks up the device and starts walking down the corridor, still talking.]

Don't have them where you're from I take it? Where is that, exactly?

We did in the past. They went extinct, though.

[She's looking a tad surprised that "Mercy" isn't more freaked out about this.]

Earth by way of space.

Oh, huh.

[She sounds a little apathetic.]

Never heard of it. Core or Rim? What system?

Uh, well it's in the Sol system. Alpha Quadrant? Sorry, well don't really use the terms Core or Rim.

Sounds like we're from entirely different galaxies then. That's been pretty common terminology for the last 8 or 9,000 years.

Unless maybe. Say, ever heard of Coruscant?

[Could always be from a primitive culture?]

I'm from the Milky Way galaxy, if that helps.

No, never heard of it.

Can't say that I've heard of that either.

[She shrugs down at the camera in her hand]

Definitely not from my home galaxy then. Which raises a lot more questions, of course. Questions without answers.

[Mostly things she didn't want to think about, like how in the name of the Force she got here.]

Mind if I ask, what do you do here?

I really just got here myself, but there's a hospital and I'm a nurse, so I've been there. What about you? What d'you do where you're from?

A Nurse, good to know.

[Kerra grins]

Well, I'm a bit of a jack of all trades. Mostly...a bit of a public servant. I don't guess titles and things would mean much to you, being from another galaxy and all.

You'd be surprised. I mean, you know what a nurse is.

Of course.

[Another shrug]

Do the words Jedi or Sith mean anything to you?

Mmm, no. Never heard of them.

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