Starfall - Episode One: Blind Man's Bluff
Grev activated the lights, they flickered bravely and then went dark again, accompanied by dying sparks and crackling. The Empire rarely skimped on their ships, it was one way they maintained power. Something very grave had happened indeed.
Shira had the guard covered very professionally but the human was no fanatical stormtrooper and offered no resistance. Rebels had the reputation of not killing or harming prisoners that cooperated and the guard seemed to be banking on that.
Uniforms were a possibility, it seemed the available (and perhaps slightly ventilated) uniforms would fit the human rebels quite well. The guard nodded at Celes' plan so enthusiastically it seemed his head might break and roll off if he continued. There was something about the gleam in her eye.
TwoOneBee scanned the others and was pleased to know his initial intuitions (if that was the right word for a droid) were correct. Besides some bruised dignity, only Ali was actually wounded. The guard's medpac would help with that under his ministrations. His scan showed some redirection of DeeJay's cranial circuitry. But to that, the old protocol droid simply put her finger to her mouth slot in a purely human gesture of ssshh-ing a secret away. One of her eyes flickered for an instant, her equivalent of a sly wink between friends.
As Thuraya stood up and regained full lucidity and concentration, she remembered yet more of what had happened recently.
"Yes. Lord Vader is inbound and while you might provide a few moments of entertainment, Master Sundancer, your friends are so much more vulnerable." Lira Wessex chuckled between coughs as Sundancer released his ethereal grip on her thin neck. Eli Sundancer thought. He could only delay the former Anakin Skywalker at the cost of this body. With concentration, he could even mask his own prominent wake in the Force. But the others, the young padawan?!
"Who are you talking to, Lady Wessex? You see...," Sundancer waved his hand in an evocative gesture, "I. Was. Never. Here."
Thuraya gasped in shock at being surrounded by so many stormtroopers and with Vader himself on the way. If only Master Sundancer had accompanied them, they would not be in these dire straits.
Captain Kolaff said, "I would rather have faced such brave souls in battle. You deserved better than this. But needs must. It will be easier on you if you cooperate. There is no heroism in sacrificing yourselves for a lost cause." He then turned to the stormtroopers and commanded, "Disarm, stun and restrain them all in the detention block, except for Blissex. Take him for interrogation."
"You mean torture." Ali spat.
Looking at her disbelieving father without even blinking or pausing, Lira Wessex said calmly, "That's really up to him."
After that, the flashbacks and the present quickly united. Thuraya remembered they were stunned in a flare of sensory overload and then woke up in the detention cell but a few moments ago. But now she remembered what had been kept from her, from them all.
Her Master Sundancer was on board, hiding from Vader, not leaving clues even in his friend's memories. But now she recalled the truth and spoke out.
"Master Sundancer was with us from the beginning but he has hid his presence from our memories so that Vader cannot steal it from us. This explains our fractured memories. But now we know the truth. What do we do now?"
Before anyone could answer, the darkness was split by a cry of pain, the kind that has to be torn out of a agonized soul.
OOC:
Getting the lights to work further will take ever more effort with ever less gain. This is obvious to even the least technically-inclined. This ship is wounded.
The guards will not be trouble. They can be stripped and thrown into a detention cell, a blaster bolt will then fry the lock so they can't manually open the door as you did. They will offer no resistance and cooperate barring an incredible opportunity to escape (very unlikely). To keep Star Wars' PG rating, it is a known fact that Imperial personnel have been issued underwear just as bland as their drab uniforms (or, if you wish, Darth Vader Underoos :-) ). It is a staple of movies (especially Bond movies) that stolen uniforms just happen to be the right sizes for our heroes (but as Luke and Han found out, stormtrooper armor is a different thing :-) ). The restraining bolt control can be used to free the droids of any remaining Imperial restrictions.
Ali could use some healing. This should be a snap with TwoOneBee and the 'liberated' medpac.
The reason for your fractured memory is now revealed. Sundancer influenced the living to forget his presence. The droids were able to edit their own memory (something they don't remember learning, but then they wouldn't, would they :-) ). Now, your characters remember, either on their own or with Thuraya's prodding. You are now fully in the present with no more contrived flashbacks needed.
You know Sundancer enough to know he would be here saving you unless he was otherwise occupied. At the same time, Vader does not seem to have found you and the still-a-padawan Thuraya is like a tinkling wind chime in the Force.
Your ears can target the source of the scream as coming from another cell in the cell block. You can end your posts moving towards the scream after some moments of disguising, healing and talking.