Eros [Sunday afternoon, Fandom time, NFB]

[momslilassassin]

Ender had wandered off on his own for a while, which meant that Ben now had a chance to really explore Eros.

Wearing his most Earth-friendly pair of jeans and a black t-shirt (and slipping his lightsaber into his backpack just in case), Ben joined the people in the narrow hallways (careful not to bang his head on anything--half-gravity made for a really bouncy experience) and fought back the almost constant feeing of vertigo caused by the way the floors sloped downward.

He wouldn't want to spend an hour more than absolutely necessary here and he noticed a slightly green tinge on the faces of those he guessed were the most recent arrivals. But Ben loved learning about new places--even really weird ones like this--and soon he was searching for a food vendor and people to talk to.

[OOC: For the NPCs what populate Eros...]

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[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

"No, she's trying to charm one of the shopkeepers into a discount," Carn observed. "She's tenacious, I'll give her that."

[momslilassassin]

"Think you could put in a request to get her into your colony?" Ben asked, only slightly teasing.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

Dink snorted. "Like he has that much pull over the colonist manifest," he said. "You'd have to pull a lot of strings to get anyone into another colony. She's Shakespearian now, like it or not."

[momslilassassin]

"Not," Ben said, since he was pretty sure the two guys had already figured out his thoughts on this.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

"My god, Dink," Carn said, "I think we've found someone even more eager to disapprove of everything than you are."

"I'm not eager to disapprove," Dink shot back, "Just not blind."

[momslilassassin]

"Ender will have enough to deal with without women trying to trip him into bed with their daughters," Ben said, making a face.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

Behold: two vaguely stunned Battle Schoolers.

"Um," said Carn, finally. "Good luck to her with that."

[momslilassassin]

Ben glanced between them, feeling their shock. "You hadn't figured that part out?"

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

"We've never actually met the woman," Dink pointed out. "Women. Whatever. You're kidding me."

[momslilassassin]

"I wish," Ben said with a little roll of his eyes. "They are very sad they haven't had a chance to meet with their good friend, dear Admiral Wiggin, since he's come back. I can practically feel Ender breaking out into hives from here."

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

Carn snorted softly. "Fangirls," he said. "Still, it could be worse."

[momslilassassin]

"They could've recognized you?" Ben replied.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

"Or it could be Alai still trying to shac--"

Dink slung an arm over Carn's neck and yoinked on it companionably to get him to stop talking. "Or it could be better, and we could be headed for the pub now."

[momslilassassin]

"What about Alai?" Ben asked, ears pricking up.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

"Nothing important," Dink said, trying very hard not to sigh. He really was the big brother, wasn't he? "C'mon, let's get out of here before the girls spot you again."

He dragged Carn with him as he turned, giving the guy a little shove. "It's down a block or two."

[momslilassassin]

"Lead on," Ben said with a little grin.

[jeeshboys.livejournal.com]

And lo, Dink did.

It only took a few drinks to get Carn and him going on about some of the best stories from Battle School. Neither of them dwelled much on Command, but they did have a couple of 'and then he tried to take a metaphorical swing at Ender' stories they were happy to share.

Though they kind of got distracted with insulting each other. A lot.