Aboard the Falcon [Wednesday afternoon, Fandom time]

[momslilassassin]

The quarters were a little more cramped on the Falcon than they were on the Shadow, and the addition of two more people and a nexu cub was helping Ben feel a little caged in.

It wasn't helping that Luke hadn't called yet to let him know where to rendezvous to continue on with their mission. His father wasn't dead--Ben would have felt that--so Ben was trying to wait patiently for his comlink to go off, rather than calling and demanding to know what was going on.

After a few hours of staring at the comm and mentally demanding it to ring, Luke finally called in. The Sith had left the planet having captured most of the Nightsisters of Dathomir, but Luke had Vestara as his prisoner aboard the Shadow and was using her as collateral in his new pact with the Sith.

Ben's yelped "WHAT?!" at that news had echoed through the ship.

Luke's second bit of news--that the Sith claimed their young people were going through the same Force psychosis that had plagued the Jedi--was harder for Ben to believe, and the final piece--that Luke would prefer Ben head to Coruscant to warn the Council personally about the Sith rather than meet up with his father to head back into the Maw--was greeted with absolute silence, then a nod of acquiescence.

Ben was being left behind again. He was fine with that. Really. He curled up on his bunk after he wished Luke luck on his mission and stared at the wall.

See? Totally fine.

[OOC: For the guy with him, phone calls or emails!]

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[momslilassassin]

Ben had really needed that laugh, Tony, thank you.

"Hey, you busy next week?"

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"As long as I don't turn into another horse... it's free."

[momslilassassin]

"Ender and I are going to take a break from saving the galaxy to finish high school," Ben said, sounding much more casual than he actually felt about that, "and we're going to stop on Naboo for a while to recharge. Want to come? I promise nothing there will try to eat you."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"...really?"

[momslilassassin]

"Really," Ben said. "Naboo's a tourist destination."

That's probably not the part Tony was excited about, Ben.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Maybe. Shut up!

"So, you're finally letting me try weird alien food?" Tony asked cheerfully.

[momslilassassin]

"Whatever you'd like," Ben said. "I won't even tell you if what you've ordered is going to show up still alive."

Ben was nice that way.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"I could always do something to your room before you get back." Eeeeeeeee.

[momslilassassin]

"Like clean it?"

Probably not, Ben.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Does filling it with foam count as cleaning?"

[momslilassassin]

"Not really," Ben said, then groaned. "Dad's going to have to ship our stuff back."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"...tell me you hid things." Because c'mon, Ben.

[momslilassassin]

"Of course I did!" Ben said. "I didn't alphabetize them and leave them on shelves."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony took a moment to picture is that. "I'm pretty sure your dad won't say anything about it."

A beat.

"If he's anything like my dad."

Awwwkward.

[momslilassassin]

"I think in the list of things my dad wants to have a conversation with me about, those magazines are nowhere on there," Ben assured him.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"Sounds about right," Tony replied. "I could just make sure you have replacements in your room instead of foam..."

[momslilassassin]

"This won't make me seem like some kind of sad porn addict?" Ben checked.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"...I wouldn't say that."

[momslilassassin]

"In that case, sure," Ben said, "and thanks."

Theirs was a special sort of friendship.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

It worked somehow!

"So, you guys figured stuff out then?"

[momslilassassin]

There was a pause.

"Kind of. Dad's going to take it from here for a little while."

Bitter, party of one? Your table's ready.

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

Tony made a face that, you know, Ben couldn't see or anything. But it was there. "Think he'll be okay?"

[momslilassassin]

"I'm sure he'll be fine," Ben said shortly. "Besides, we've already been to the Maw. I'm not anxious to return there."

[hoorayimrich.livejournal.com]

"The place with the ominous name," Tony confirmed. "Yeah, might be the right place to avoid."

[momslilassassin]

"So you went from being an teacher-eating alien to a tiny horse, huh? Fun August for you," Ben teased.