General Voice Test

[back_to_the_past]

-1-

[There's a stranger in town, at the local watering hole, be that a high class cafe or a seedy bar. He orders his drink with an aura of watchful calm.]

Hot water please.

[Apparently he's making tea. Join him for tea? Mock the wussy drink? Just generally feeling chatty?]

-2-

[Rumor has it you have access to or at least have heard of a time machine. Whether or not this is actually TRUE, Jack has come to find out.]

Excuse me, I was hoping I might speak with you.

-3-

[There he is. The man with the biggest bounty you've ever heard of. The so called most dangerous man in the world, and whether it's by design or pure chance, he has crossed paths with you.

He doesn't look like all that.]

I'm sorry, but I am in something of a hurry. Please let me by.

Comments

[echo_of_a_jedi]

You carry your own tea leaves and order the water? I'm not sure what to make of that, either.

Mind if I join you, though?

[back_to_the_past]

Tea leaves are very light, water is not. It makes sense.

[After a moment, he nods slightly at the other seat across from his.]

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[The robed woman sits, making sure her hood's pushed back before giving the guy a slight smile.]

Guess I'm just used to carrying everything around, including water and a heater. It's been a while since I had a nice cup of tea, though.

[back_to_the_past]

Do you have a cup?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

[A largish mug appears from somewhere within her robes and ends up on the table.]

Like I said...

[back_to_the_past]

[Water, leaves...in short order Ms. Jedi has some tea.]

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well, this smells delicious...thank you for sharing it with a stranger.

[As she waits for it to cool...]

Speaking of which, my name is Meetra Surik.

[back_to_the_past]

Good tea is one of the great pleasures of life.

[He does not, cautiously sipping the piping hot beverage.]

They call me Jack.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

You look like someone who's spent a lot of time fighting, Jack.

[She doesn't even have to cheat with the Force to see it in his build and how he sits. Frankly if she was only looking at posture, she'd be half-certain he was a Jedi.]

What brings you here, particularly?

[back_to_the_past]

[He doesn't deny it.]

Rumors.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Rumors of what?

[She blows a cloud of steam off of her tea, all logic aside for a moment, and begins sipping at it.]

[back_to_the_past]

[The taste is good, but a bit faded, like the tea leaves have been traveling with the man for a long enough time to lose some flavor.]

A cave, to the north. No two people say the same thing of what lies within, so I am here to see for myself.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Sounds interesting.

[Especially since everything of Jedi interest is invariably in a cave of some kind.]

Planning to go it alone?

[back_to_the_past]

I don't have any traveling companions, so...

Yes.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Need an extra sword? It could be dangerous, and I'm curious now.

[back_to_the_past]

If you wish. It cannot hurt.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Glad to hear it.

After we finish our tea, then?

[back_to_the_past]

Very well.