momslilassassin | Room 424 [afternoon]

Ben hadn't really had much of a chance to talk to his dad that week: lessons with his grandfather (who was still kicking his butt with a lightsaber without moving. It was annoying), a date with Tahiri (which he would definitely be doing again. Yes.), classes, clubs, stopping in on his weekly trips to bother Ender, Kaylee, and Aravis...for a not-so-social person, he had managed to fill up his schedule pretty well.

But he'd promised Tahiri that he would ask his dad about starting a dance troupe--mostly to see if he could get Luke to crack a smile--and so he was lounging on his bed with his comlink, pretty happy for the first time in a while.

Naturally, that couldn't last.

When he clicked his comm shut a few minutes later, he'd not only forgotten to ask about the dance troupe, he'd learned that Centerpoint Station had been fired again, Jacen had kidnapped Tenel Ka's daughter for use as a bargaining chip (because that had worked so well with the Jedi), and Jaina was on the trail of Alema, who Luke was still convinced had murdered Mara.

"Kriffing hell," Ben muttered to himself before settling down on the floor to build something loud and complicated.

Mmm. Repression.

[OOC: Door closed, but he's loud enough to be heard in the hall...]

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And that wasn't the half of it. Ben smiled. "So until they ask, I'm not going to mention it."

Because that was nice and healthy.

"Well if the time comes that you're planning a wedding, you might want to tell them then," Meg teased.

"You're looking better."

"So I have...30 years to get around to it. Okay," Ben said with a smile. "And thanks. I'm a fast healer."

"I suppose that's a useful skill," she replied. "Of course I'd hate to see the other guy. Or did you tangle with some weird space monster?"

"Space monster," Ben lied easily. "It'll teach me to watch where I'm going from now on."

"Let me guess, you kicked it's butt and the universe is safer now?" Meg had a vague feeling there was more to it then that but since she hated people asking her lots of questions, she wasn't going to do it herself. "So you're Ben Skywalker, Galactic Superhero?"

"Nope, my dad came and got me. So he's still Luke Skywalker, Galactic Superhero," Ben said ruefully.

"Ahh. Well you're still young," Meg told him. "Let your fan base build. And give it a few years. Then I'll bet you get your own series."

Ben smiled. "Do I want my own series?"

"You'll get fan girls. Which," she said after a moment's hesitation, "might be kind of scary. Some of them get a little crazed."

"Why would they do that?" Ben asked, looking alarmed.

"Because they have no lives? But at least it makes for entertaining reading online." Yes, Meg had all those websites bookmarked. The Dusk fans were particularly entertaining.

"I don't want to make for entertaining reading!" Ben flailed.

"Then don't let out the fact that you're an Intergalactic Superhero Sidekick to anyone that's a member of Oh No They Didn't," she told him. "I'm the only exception."

Ben made a face. "Sidekick?"

Because that's the part that would stick with him.

"Personally I usually like the sidekicks better," Meg assured him. "They usually have more fun."

"I don't really do...fun," Ben said.

"We're going to need to fix that."

"I went bowling!" Ben said. "Once! And you gave me a kazoo!"

"Yes! I did! Why was I not properly greeted?" Meg asked, crossing her arms and looking stern.

"The droids hid it," Ben lied immediately.

"Bad droids."

~~ahahahahahaha hat~~ "I'll be sure to speak to them about it," Ben said. "Besides, I've heard that kazoos are better in harmony."

He'd heard no such thing.

~~*g*~~ "I'm not so sure about improving the harmony. But they're definitely louder," she grinned.

"Is there a holiday where they're played?" he asked, grinning back.

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