fh_trips | Endor [Monday, December 29]

Luke, a tall golden droid, and the Ewok chief Chirpa, were waiting for the volunteers when the portal finally deposited everyone on Endor. "Welcome," Luke said, giving them all a smile, "and thank you in advance for your help."

He gestured to the Ewok. "This is Chief Chirpa, the leader of Bright Tree Village, where we'll be staying for the next few days." Chirpa bowed to them, then spoke a few words. The droid shuffled forward to translate. "Chief Chirpa welcomes you to Endor," he said, words coming out pinched and precise, "and requests that you make yourself at home. If there is anything he or his warriors can do while you are assisting their neighbors, please let him know."

There was a brief conversation between Threepio and the Chief. "Or tell me and I will convey it," Threepio said. "I am C-3PO, human cyborg relations, and will be serving as translator for you during your stay here. Do watch out for the bugs, and the large drops, and the variety of creatures found in the forest..."

Luke shook his head at him and Threepio stopped speaking. "He worries a little too much," he explained with an easy smile. "If you'll follow me, you can drop off your stuff in the visitors' quarters and we can get started building some huts."

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Ino stretched, taking a long look around, knowing it was awful of her to be nearly giddy at getting to do something like this, and not really caring. She set to work with a will, humming under her breath.

It wasn't being insensitive, not to her, because she was working as hard as she could, but all the same there were trees and seriously she needed to go and climb them later.

"Hey Ino, mind a lending hand?"

She glanced sideways at him from her own work. "With what?" she asked, reasonably enough.

"I meant do you mind if I lend you a hand."

"That's not what you said," she chirped, grinning. "But, sure, I guess. I'm not doing much of the heavy lifting, if you wanted to work on that."

"What, a chance to show off my manly physique with heavy lifting?" Billy snickered. "Why didn't you say so?"

"Pfffft," she retorted. "That'd be too easy."

"Which one? It'd be too easy to show off or it'd have been too easy to say so? What do you need moved anyway?"

"That debris there," she said, pointing. "And it'd be too easy to say."

"Gotcha." Billy nodded. He stacked the debris and carried it to the pile. "So how's Fandom treating you?"

She shrugged a bit. "Boyfriend's been a fox for over a week," Ino said. "So about normal, I think. You?"

"I got a skunk for Christmas."

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