Every species has their own system of codes and ciphers. Every species had hidden or lost treasure. But no species ever made there’s as needlessly complicated as humans did.
They coded everything, from their names (nicknames), to their door locks (who doesn’t use bio locks in this day and age?). They coded so much that it seemed to be ingrained in them to solve these codes.
Humans started being hired by historians of other species trying to uncover their own history. Normally one or two per team was all that was required, more if your species had a history of traps.
Quite suddenly, lost histories of every species were being discovered and shared. It was the largest boom of historical knowledge the universe had seen. For every planet except Earth.
Every historian who’d ever asked a human for help eventually turned their attention to the humans own history and lost artifacts. Many were too scared to actually go to the deathworld, but they started sending more and more advanced technology along with human explorers.
They dove into stories of human lore. Everything humans claimed lost over the years. A city. A pilot. A ship. A mountain. An island. They dove into these for clues and anyway they could offer their humans assistance in finding their own histories.
Slowly, they did. One at a time they discovered the truth in the stories and found these precious treasures.
But then they discovered the stories of monsters and gods. Already this far, they dug into those as well.
The truth behind those were not as reassuring. Terrible things in history that seemed tamed by the humans own lore. When they brought this to the humans attention, the response was not one they expected.
“Yeah, we knew where those came from. We prefer the stories we came up with.”
Historians across the known universe stopped, and it became a common rule to accept human stories as presented, lest you uncover a much darker truth.
It was a ship wide rule to never interrupt human’s movie night. It was a quiet and safe group activity to strengthen their pack bond, and it was normally a movie that other species couldn’t understand. I knew this rule, but curiosity got the better of me.
After watching the entire movie with the humans, I went to the ship’s biologist. He allowed me inside.
“What troubles you Cannan?” Ghro asked.
“I joined the humans’ movie night. I had always heard their movies were more, fantastical. The feats were certainly impossible, but there appeared to be no discernible story. The humans seemed very intense while watching, so I know I must be missing context.”
Ghro nodded. “Many human movies require specific context to understand. Tell me, what is the name of the movie and I will research it for you.”
“They called it Olympic.”
Ghro paused. “Cannan, this is very important, did they call it only by Olympic or was there something else?”
“The Olympic maybe. Does that matter?” I asked.
Ghro nodded, and pressed a button to page a medic.
“You’re scaring me,” I said, glancing instinctively towards an exit.
“What you saw was not a fictional movie. You were watching The Olympics, a quadrennial competition of human athletes all attempting to best previous human limits.”
I laughed. “No, of course not. One human ran 100 minsecs in 8.97 seconds. You can’t possibly expect me to be so foolish as to believe you.”
Ghro said nothing. I frowned.
“This isn’t funny Ghro.”
“I’m not joking.”
I stood up, aggravated. “I know humans are absurd but they aren’t super beings. They have limits. Humans are meant for land and climbing, so the female who swam faster than a frullo is not real.”
Ghro said nothing again. I shook my head.
“Take it back! It’s not real! Humans cannot lift as much as a Helvsparr! Four arms are stronger than two!”
Ghro glanced at the page indicator. He wouldn’t tell me the truth. I felt anxiety rise. I grabbed my arms.
“Humans aren’t capable of that. They just aren’t. Their bodies can’t handle it.” I insisted.
“Those humans in the Olympics train their entire lives to reach these limits and push past them. You are not the first to fail to understand how their body allows this. Many scientists have been retired because their minds could not grasp the lunacy of human biostats.”
I had to know. I had to know. I turned and ran.
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I knew Cannan was not prepared for the truth. Unfortunately his species, Faetatia, can identify lies with frightening accuracy. I had no choice but to give him the truth.
He could not handle the truth, and so his instinct to run kicked in. I got up and followed him, keeping a safe distance. I also alerted the medics to find us in the halls.
I found Cannan gripping a human, Mario, and screeching for the truth. Mario looked concerned and unsure.
Medics came and used a gas to render Cannan unconscious and carted him away. He would undergo testing to be sure his mental functions were still well and then reassigned to a ship without humans.
“Ghro, what happened?” Mario asked.
“Cannan watched the Olympics and could not believe that humans are capable of such things.”
“Oh. You told him those were extreme cases right? Not every human is like that?” Mario asked.
“I could not, because every human has the potential. That thought frightens many, too many.”
“I guess the Olympics are gonna be banned on ship wide movie nights then, huh?” Mario asked.
“I’m not sure. They do just as good a job of pacifying humans as they do frightening other species, so it is the Captains call.”
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Desertduo Vigilante AU Masterpost
Welcome to the Vigilante AU Masterpost, every single post that is important to the story will be found here.
Remember, if I don’t answer one question immediately, there’s a high chance it will be explained in the future, or it was already explain in comics or asks.
Feel free to ask anything still !
Fanarts and Fanfics are VERY welcome, tag me on them or send me the link.
COMIC PARTS
Part 0
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4 // 4.5
Part 5
Part 6
ASK (that are important to the plot)
What do they teach on University
Why they can’t realize they are the same person
Character designs (that aren’t in comics) 1
Ages
Design talk 1
Powers 1 2
Everyone’s Roles: CUB JIMMY JOEL/LIZZIE PEARL TANGO
Ahsoka is now 1000% convinced that’s Anakin’s kid. I don’t think she’s felt this at home in years.
For anyone who missed it, this is not Ezra’s first yeet-the-baby offense.
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RIP to my home boy Wolffe
Obi-Wan giving his Eeopie a treat everyday.
Obi-Wan buying back his stolen part and joking about having it cleaned but not getting mad and paying for it anyway.
Obi-Wan saving up his money to buy little Luke a toy starship.
Obi-Wan giving the clone trooper vet money
Obi-Wan buying Leia fun gloves even though they're on the run.
Obi-Wan realizing Leia is attached to the droid and instantly changing his tune.
BUT ALSO
The Jedi saving the Bartender.
Owen staying silent.
The girl giving Obi-Wan free spice.
Haja not only sending Obi-Wan to a ship to escape but also facing down an Inquisitor.
IS THIS SHOW ABOUT KINDNESS? I'M SO HAPPY.
Since we haven’t started the @jedijune prompts yet, I thought I’d just do a bit of a teaser for what I have planned.
A lot of my Jedi content this month will focus on their relationship with younglings, and there’s not better way to start things off than to remind you all that Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi actually spoils kids a lot and always have.
There’s just so much softness and love and fondness here, and it’s beautiful.
+ Bonus: Yes, he spoiled Anakin too, just a bit <3