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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"Better that way. At least then it's based on something," Tyler joked.

"It's how I prefer it," Indiana replied. "I take it you know Skywalker, somehow? Or only from the staff meetings?"

"Not well, but yeah," Tyler hedged. "I was here for a while as a student, and I got to know him and his wife then. He's always been decent to me."

"Well maybe we just got off on the wrong foot," Indy shrugged. "Not that I expect anything to change between us. You were a student here at the school?"

"Sophomore year, yeah," Tyler nodded. "There was some time weirdness involved when I came back to teach. Skywalker was class of '06, something like that, and I would have been '09."

He shrugged. "I sort of skipped a decade."

"Skipped a decade," Indy repeated. "Yeah, I did something like that myself coming to the island. I'm from the late 1930s so it was a bit of an adjustment."

"Seventy-some years?" Tyler asked, doing the math aloud. "yeah, I'll say. Are you used to modern life yet?"

He glanced around. "Though it doesn't look like modern life has reached this planet."

"Reminds me of some tribes in New Guinea," Indy remarked. "Except for them being teddy bears. And yeah, I've adjusted somewhat. TV is nice but don't ask me to work a computer."

"I got my housemate on the Internet, and she's from 18-something," Tyler noted. "What were you ding in New Guinea?"

"A dig," Indiana explained. "Before I came here I taught archeology at Marshall University. Obtaining rare antiquities used to be a specialty of mine."

Endor [Monday, December 29]

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