Aboard the Jade Shadow [Tuesday, Fandom time]

[momslilassassin]

Ben was grabbing a quick snack as he waited in the galley for his father to finish docking the ship on the first human-majority planet they'd seen in months and taking the chance to catch up on more reading about the Aing-Tii Monks. As soon as they restocked their supplies and checked for physical mail (Ben hoped that Tony's package would catch up with them here), they'd be heading into Aing-Tii space, which was a challenging enough flight that Luke Kriffing Skywalker looked slightly apprehensive about it.

Ben stopped being nervous by remembering that if Jacen had been able to do it, Luke would be able to do it better.

...it had never been said that Ben could not be very petty if the occasion called for it.

[OOC: Open for calls, texts, visits from the boy who's in space with him, care packages from home full of YA gay literature...]

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[endsthegame]

"At last," Ender said, wandering into the galley. He was feeling at least a little peckish, "Chance for a haircut."

[momslilassassin]

"Or a chance to explore the numerous options in ponytail holders," Ben agreed, grinning.

[endsthegame]

Ender reached back and pulled his hair together. He did come up with enough for a small ponytail. "I think I'm going to pass on that option," he decided, dropping it.

[momslilassassin]

"Sparkly barrettes?" Ben tried.

[endsthegame]

"Just because you aspire to be like your princess aunt doesn't mean you should start projecting on me," Ender said, poking around for a snack. "I'll be gone for about an hour or two. I promise not to get lost."

[momslilassassin]

Given how cooped up Ben was feeling, he wasn't going to begrudge Ender some alone time. "Take the extra comm just in case," he said. "Are you going to find the post office, or should I?"

[endsthegame]

"I'll bring back whatever Tony sent over," Ender said, and popped the snack in his mouth. "Unless you want an excuse to go for a stroll, in which case you can just tell Luke you're getting it."

[glacial_queen]

Your comm was ringing, young Skywalker. Did you have a bad feeling about this, yet?

[momslilassassin]

"Ho, Karla," Ben said, smiling and hoping for the best as he answered his comm.

[glacial_queen]

"Are you dead?" she demanded crossly.

[momslilassassin]

"It'd be a neat trick if I was and could still answer the comm," Ben decided.

[glacial_queen]

"I was attempting to give you the benefit of the doubt," Karla informed him. "Did you just finish fixing your comm, maybe?"

[momslilassassin]

There was a brief pause. "If I say yes, will you stop trying to figure out how to send me a punch to the head through the mail?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ben could expect an obliviously cheerful text on the subject of care packages.

Did it arrive yet?

[momslilassassin]

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So...yes.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

...I'll take that as a yes?

[momslilassassin]

Yes. Thanks for the book? Oh, and the Mountain Dew wasn't shook up behind recovery either.

Ben was trying to be polite.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you need better taste in books, man. That was nowhere near the best written thing I've read.

You read engineering manuals, Tony.

And awesome! I was worried it would soak things mid-transit.

[momslilassassin]

If only the Mountain Dew had exploded all over that book...sigh.

Not at all! We'll be properly caffeinated for our next stop.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Because poor Ben didn't get enough of Tony...

There was a noise on his computer. For the best Skype session known to man.

[endsthegame]

Ender looked up from where he'd been putting away his clothes, and eyed the computer in question.

Ah. Tony. "Our dear friend Mister Stark doesn't seem to be getting enough of you," he called down the hall. "Phone!"

[momslilassassin]

"If he found a sequel to that book, I will kill him," Ben muttered almost under his breath as he came back in.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Hellooooo?" Tony said from the computer screen.

He was in his lab rather than the campfire like normal people.

[endsthegame]

"Tony," Ender greeted, putting the navy sweater down on the bed for the moment. "What's up?"

Okay, so this was probably going to be a conference call...

[momslilassassin]

"Hey, Tony," Ben added, shifting the sweater onto his lap so he could move closer to the computer. "Did something explode?"