#simet

This is an excerpt from my fic about the retired Jedi.  They are doing a group project similar to Diamond Dots and most are failing spectacularly when they try to use the Force.  Wallace is admittedly senile (he has no short term memory due to brain injury) but is surprisingly doing very well.  Simet had been helping him and is able to move the dots with ease, to the astonishment of everyone.  Cupro is younger than the other residents, he recently lost a leg and is only in the home until he recovers enough from his injuries to live alone again, so it's been weird for him to live among the old people, and he doesn't quite fit in.  Master Bes is an older amputee that Cupro looks up to.

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“This is lovely picture, Brother.  Who is it for?” [Wallace asked].

 “You’re making it for Cin,” the monk explained. “Luna is his tooka cat.”

 “Cin has a tooka cat now?”

 “He does.”

 “Did you make the pattern, Brother?”

 “No, Master Clearing.  You showed your idea to Master Silvanus and he helped you lay it out.”

“Master Si has a good eye.  You should see him paint.”

(Si and Bes are original character in a Prequel Trilogy fanfic universe I write in.  Both are retired Jedi and Bes lost his legs in an accident several years ago).  

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“Do you know any of your family?” Si asked.  

“A little, mostly through letters.”  Bes settled into the cushions, remembering.  “I met my parents once when I was a young knight. Apparently, I was the youngest, a surprise baby, they were elderly, and wanted to meet me before they died and tell me about my clan so I would know my heritage.  I think they were initially a little put off when I told them I was a homosexual, but when they realized as a Jedi that I wouldn’t be having children anyway, and that it was not an issue in the Order they were much less bothered.  I think it would have been more of a problem to be gay on Kiffar at the time.  They gave me a book with my family tree and history and sent me birth, death, and marriage announcements so I could update it. Two of my grandnieces came to visit with their children when I was in rehab for my legs.  We still write every few months.  The children send their little arts and crafts and I do the same, which is normal for Kiffar.  Their families are expatriates, so I think they like the connection to another relative, even a distant, unattached one, and being younger and more cosmopolitan, they don’t mind that I’m gay.”  He pointed out a flat pic of himself with two younger women holding toddlers in the Visitor’s Garden of the Healing Halls, all of them with the same clan markings. Bes looked thin, pale and stressed, but his facial injuries were mostly healed.  

“You need to send them a new picture,” Simet told him after a long look.  “They are probably worried for you if they last saw you that frail.”  

Bes shrugged.  “I don’t get my picture taken often.”  

“I know.”  Simet gave him a pointed look.  “That’s why I suggested it.”  He looked down at his own hands and sighed.  “I’d offer, but . . .”  

Bes snorted.  “But we’d have to wait for me to be cleared for strenuous activity?”

Si looked slightly disturbed.  “I don’t think that would be an appropriate means of getting a good picture for your psychometric grandnieces.”  

Bes burst out laughing.  “No, it really wouldn’t.”  

“Loris is good with a camera.  You should ask her sometime if she’s having a good day.”

“That sounds safer.”  

“If you want an art piece that shows you are professionally respected but in an entirely platonic way, ask the Duckling.  The psychometric Jedi say he imprints well on his work, and he knows you fairly well.”  

“That’s a good idea.  Maybe he can do one of me and Quinlan together.”  Bes grinned in delight at the idea.

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LASZLO SIMET CAMMINA SUL DANUBIO video Negli scorsi giorni vi avevamo annunciato che, nell'ambito dei festeggiamenti per la Giornata Mondiale del Circo 2023, a Budapest era annunciato un evento straordinario. E puntualmente la spettacolare esibizione c'è stata. Il filferrista ungherese, Laszlo Simet ha attraversato il Danubio, da una riva all'altra, in equilibrio su una fune metallica tesa tra le due sponde del fiume. Il cavo su cui l'acrobata ha realizzato l'impresa era teso ad un'altezza di 30 metri, lungo 280 metri e spesso 22 millimetri. Sono diversi gli organi di stampa che hanno dato ampio risalto all'impresa, anche media italiani. Ne ho scelto uno pubblicato da Euronews per mostrarvi il video che trovate qui sopra  

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A BUDAPEST UN GRANDE EVENTO (MEDIATICO) CON LASZLO SIMET Un grande evento, anche mediatico, in occasione della Giornata Mondiale del Circo. Per la prima volta in Ungheria, un uomo cammina sul Danubio da una sponda all'altra, in equilibrio su un cavo teso tra le due sponde del fiume. Questo prodezza da record è opera di un artista ungherese, László Simet jr.  che si esibirà all'evento di apertura delle Olimpiadi del Teatro, nell'ambito del programma 150 anni di Budapest E’ possibile assistere in live streaming online godendo di una visuale da più angolazioni differenti grazie a un importante lavoro di regia televisiva. Inoltre avremo l’occasione di una visuale davvero eccezionale, oscillando sulla sottile fune metallica sul Danubio, grazie ad una videocamera GoPro montata sul bilanciere dell’equilibrista Simet! Le altre visuali saranno rese possibili da riprese aeere in diretta dai droni, da piattaforme galleggianti sul fiume e dal punto di vista dell'artista! Grazie allo streaming online, l'esperienza è garantita, come mai prima d’ora. La trasmissione in diretta online è finanziata dal circo stabile di Budapest.

SEGUI L'EVENTO Segui la prima traversata del Danubio cablata da casa o sul posto, mentre guardi filmati esclusivi della telecamera che nessun altro può vedere, contemporaneamente in live streaming: - Guarda in diretta ciò che vede il funambolo: segui la traversata dal punto di osservazione dell'artista László da un'altezza di 30 metri. Guarda in diretta dal bilanciere dell'equilibrista grazie a due telecamere posizionate a ciascuna estremità dell’asta. - Guarda la partenza da Buda e l'arrivo a Pest, mentre ascolti il ​​commento del nostro esperto. - Guarda dalla chiatta in mezzo al Danubio, dove gli artisti tengono i loro "cavalletti" tenere in tensione il filo. - Guarda dall'alto dalla prospettiva della nostra telecamera su drone. - Guarda i videoclip esclusivi dei preparativi. Guarda la migliore produzione del National Center for Circus Arts "TAKE IT OWER" in diretta online durante l'evento di apertura delle Olimpiadi del Teatro il 15 aprile 2023! Per acquistare i biglietti visitare il sito www.fnc.hu

Elliot has gone to visit his best friend Simet after they have been avoiding each other for a while, offering to tune up his lightsaber, which Simet no longer has the dexterity to do himself.  Both are facing growing old and infirm (and are in their late eighties and retired from official duties).

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“Hi . . .”  The tone was so surprised it was almost a question.

“Hello, Simet.” Elliot’s grin was genuine, touched his old friend’s obvious concern.  “I had some time this afternoon and thought you might want your lightsabers tuned.”

Simet blinked at him, uncharacteristically uncertain.  “There isn’t something else you would rather be doing with your time?” Or someone else you’d rather be spending it with?

Yoda and Elliot are having dinner.  Elliot has been recently diagnosed with a serious chronic illness.  Simet is Yoda's former padawan and Elliot's best friend from childhood.  Elliot and Simet are a too old to be taking padawans (which is why Yoda is teasing about it) and Simet suffers from depression

“Hmm, a good argument that was, but so sure you are.”

Elliot looked confused as he felt Yoda scan him in the Force.

“Aha!”  Yoda poked a clawed finger in Elliot’s direction. “Knew I did that something different was!  A new training bond you have!”

(Denna and Simet are helping a nervous instructor select pop culture images that retired Jedi might find interesting for a craft class).

“Ah!” Denna spied another familiar name further down and tapped it.  “Hilla Roose.”  

Simet peered down at the image.  “That is a terrible depiction of Hilla.”  

“I think it looks like her.”  Despite being a Twilek, Denna considered herself a good judge of the human form.  “And in a real mosaic it would be all sparkly, just like all her fancy holofilm dresses.”  

“It looks like a mug shot.”