The streams are now crossed

[youwillbe]

It would be easy to miss Yoda's presence. He is, after all, only 0.6 meters tall. People have to look down to spot him.

Of course, to anyone who does look down, he's rather unique looking. Small. Green. Wrinkly. And, for some reason, dressed in the sort of sailor suit a toddler might have worn in the 1920s. Zelien had been hard on clothing, and for someone his size, replacements were... ecclectic.

This wasn't the swamp. After the business in Zelien, Yoda was expecting to finally be back in the swamp and spending a few years contemplating everything.

It seemed the Force had other ideas though. Except... something is wrong here. He stumbles slightly as he steps forward. "Quiet here, the Force is."

And without that connection to the Force, he really remembers that he is 881 years old. And that's hard on any body.

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[ethnobotany]

Beverly is no longer in the habit of looking down much to see people. Still, when she hears that voice nearby, she has to stop to look. The sound triggers something in her, something familiar, something forgotten. And then she looks down.

They'd only met the once that she can remember, but he's a very distinct person. "Hello there. I didn't think I'd see you here." The only question is whether or not he will know her.

[youwillbe]

Yoda manages a slight smile. THey didn't know each other well, but they'd met in Zelien. And that really just raises further questions. "Expect to be here, I did not. To the swamp I was returning."

It doesn't occur to him that she wouldn't recognize him. He just hasn't learned enough yet.

[ethnobotany]

Well, that answers the question of whether or not he remembers her. She will assume he does. "You're on the starship Enterprise, in a version of my universe, so I can help you get settled. I know it's an adjustment to make, going from Zelien to this." But she really is one of the best people he could have run into.

[youwillbe]

"Nothing but adjustments, life has been of late." Five years was of late, right? That still counted? It did from his point of view, anyway.

"A nice change it will be, to speak with the natives." After Zelien. Of course.

[ethnobotany]

That totally still counts. Beverly feels that herself. The last five years have involved her son leaving and that's something she still struggles with on occasion.

"There was a timeline divergence here about a year or so ago, making this reality different from my own. The basics are still the same." So she knows enough to manage and help someone else manage as well. "The short of it is that we've apparently been brought here by a being called Q. I'm not sure what his purpose is other than to play games with the Enterprise again, but none of us are supposed to be here."

That includes Beverly herself. For the observant people like Yoda, as other Starfleet personnel pass by, it will become increasingly obvious that for a "native" person, she's not even wearing the right uniform.

[itmeanstruth]

By the time one person looked down, it was almost too late! Minoru, full of energy as always, was on his way to the gym for a good workout when he very nearly tripped on Yoda!

He wasn't a trained ninja for nothing, though. He missed him - with a hop, flip and another jump back to his feet. He might have been in his early forties, but he moved like he was still in his teens. He had a seal on his chest that absorbed natural energy from the world around him, on top of a large chakra pool. It was a lot like the force, from a different universe's point of view.

"Woah! Sorry! I didn't see you! Actually, I don't think I've ever seen you." He dropped onto the ground with a big grin. "Pleased to meet you! I'm Minoru!"

[youwillbe]

The Force really is weak here. He should have seen that coming, he should have. Then again, there were so many things he should have seen coming.

He steadies himself with the cane before continuing. "Yoda, I am called. Unsure how I came to be here am I."

[itmeanstruth]

Yoda had a strange way of speaking, but he was easily understood.

"Just about everyone that isn't from here just kind of appeared here." he tried to explain. "They say someone named Q is behind it and that they're trying to send people back."

Minoru always assumed he'd come here via a portal from Ryuuchi Cave, since the last thing he remembered before finding himself on this spaceship was jumping into one. But it was entirely possible Q grabbed him on the way. He traveled between dimensions on a regular basis, staying for whatever length of time he wanted to, and then wandered on. So that part, anyway, was par for the course.

"I'm not too worried about it. The people are friendly, even if there's a lot I don't understand."

[youwillbe]

"Mean to be returning to the swamp, I was. Troubling the interference of this Q is." Not that he had a particular lot to do in that swamp. But it was where he was meant to be. Someday he would be back to work. And he couldn't do that from here.

He glances around. "Very clean this is."

[engineermage]

The sailor suit is... different.

But the strange green creature doesn't bother Kale too much as the first thing that pops into his head, "Oh. A goblin!"

[youwillbe]

Yoda can't help chuckling a bit at that. "Called that before, I have been." One of these days, he'll have to find out what exactly a goblin is that makes everyone compare him to one.

[engineermage]

"You have? Well... I'm not surprised. You sort of look like one. At least where I'm from."

Kale would be more than happy to explain what a goblin is - at least in his world - that makes him think that Yoda's one.

[youwillbe]

"Also like a troll, kappa and elf I look. In some places." He really is more amused than anything. After a while it's the only option. He's not even sure what those species are, exactly. But apparently at least a few out of small, green, wrinkly and pointy eared. "Point out that green I am many do."

[orions_shadow]

"What..." This figure looms over the tiny little figure staring down at it before crouching down to get a better look.

"What are you?"

[youwillbe]

Yoda shoots him a dirty look which softens slightly when he realizes just how young the speaker is. Apparently he's never been taught proper manners. "Rude, such a question is."

[orions_shadow]

"Why? I just wanna know what you are." Because obviously such a question, direct as it is, does no harm. Why is it rude?

What, old bugger, got a stick up your butt?

"What's with the little sailor outfit? Are you a gremlin?"

[youwillbe]

"The most important thing about a person, mere species is not." It certainly didn't affect most of his choices. His life was driven by his allegiance to the Jedi, not a long forgotten homeworld.

"A gremlin I am not." He tugs at the collar of the sailor suit. "Hard to come by in the last place, clothing was."

[diplomaticsolutions]

Padmé could say that she didn't notice him, at least not right away. Her attention had been elsewhere, her mind thinking over everything that she has learned since finding herself here. Given the situation, she had moved to make a life for herself here, or as much of a life as she could. It was, for starters, a spaceship, and there was also the issue of her demise.

It wasn't until someone else murmured something that Padmé's attention turned. Of course the moment she saw him she knew who he was, and while he had always looked aged, Padmé would almost say that he had aged even further. What did throw her was his attire. It was like nothing that Padmé had ever seen the Jedi in before.

Brows slightly furrowed, Padmé did approach him. "Master Yoda?"

[youwillbe]

Zelien and Charon had, on occasion, brought Yoda face to face with those he did not expect. Whether they were just unexpectedly young or dead people walking, it had happened.

And yet, it always seems strange. And Padme, of course, had been so caught up in everything as it went so horribly wrong. If only things had been different.

The smile he gives her is tired, but a smile all the same. "Senator Amidala. Unexpected this is."

[diplomaticsolutions]

When it came to the unexpected, seeing Yoda could be said to be that, and add to that the attire that he was currently wearing, it made it doubly so. He looked... Well, different, for lack of a better word, and Padmé thought that the attire didn't really suit him.

Yet it was another familiar face, for better or for worse. It seemed that this Q had started to take a liking to their galaxy as their numbers continued to grow. Her own features did soften, but all the experiences and issues she had gone through had left its own mark on her. "Very. ... have you just arrived?"

[youwillbe]

Yoda nodded slowly. "A long, strange road it has been." Then again, it was a strange road long before he left their galaxy. Nothing would ever be the same again, though he wasn't sure how much Padme would know of that.

"And now, here I am." How much did she know? He searched the Force, struggling to make out anything.

[theycallmetodd]

There are a multitude of races on board The Enterprise, but most look surprisingly alike. In the eyes of a Wraith, they simply look human. With things being what they are, anyone who deviates from the norm is quickly noticed, even if this one happens to be rather short.

The Wraith known as Todd - a moniker that holds no meaning to him, but that he puts up with for the sake of simplicity - is there when this small figure makes his arrival. It isn't the unusual appearance that makes the Wraith halt, however; it is those few words. They strike a chord, as ever since arriving more than a year ago, he's been experiencing an unsettling quiet of his own. It is not the same thing, of that he's sure, but it's enough to make him pause, looking down at the odd little figure there, head tilted slightly to the side. Curious.

[youwillbe]

When Yoda notices the creature, he returns the curious look. He's not familiar with this species, but that's been common enough of late. "A relief it is, to see other non-humans."

There hadn't been many in Zelien or on the Charon. Well, other than the Great Old Ones, and the less said of them the better.

[theycallmetodd]

From the wrinkles, sparse hair, hunched-over posture and creaky voice, the little being seems ancient. Though that doesn't have to mean much. Age is a very relative thing.

"Indeed," the Wraith replies. "It has been rather uniform here."

[youwillbe]

There's a flicker of sadness. But he's so far from home still. "More like home, I thought this vessel might be." Mostly by virtue of being, well, a space ship. Instead of on the ocean.

He gestures at his clothing. "Nothing but humans, the last place was."