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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[glacial_queen]

"Drunk," Karla said, still giggling. "Him and Bobby and Warren and Darkness knows who else." She was sooooo not telling Ben what her message had said. Ender would get mad. "I've gotten three messages from them so far tonight. Bobby's eating Tony's...something and Tony wants to draw on Bobby."

And had been sending Ben bisexual porn. And wanted to know if Ender was bendy.

[momslilassassin]

"I just got that one from Bobby!" Ben said. "Weirdos, all of them."

[glacial_queen]

"You're just jealous," Karla declared. "That you're not there to drink with them. And get your face measured in plastic animals."

[momslilassassin]

"I might not have even been invited," Ben demurred.

[glacial_queen]

"The wife keeping you on a short leash?" Karla asked.

Oh the grinning.

[momslilassassin]

"HEY!" Ben yelped. "I didn't marry a rancor!"

[glacial_queen]

"Awwww," Karla said, pouting. "But I sent you a polaroid! You could have taken pictures! Since you won't let me be friends with any of the witches."

Sadly, she didn't need to be drunk to have these conversations.

[momslilassassin]

"Maybe Kaminne," Ben said thoughtfully. "She's one of the leaders of Bright Sun."

[glacial_queen]

"Bright Sun?" Karla asked. "Is she as astral as me?"

THERE WAS ONLY ONE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT SECOND QUESTION, BEN!

[momslilassassin]

"Not even close," Ben said, smiling.

[glacial_queen]

That's right, Ben. That's right.

"Speaking of being astral, I now know more about your porn collection that I think either of us wanted." Funny how she still managed to sound cheerful as she said that.

[momslilassassin]

Ben made a slightly strangled noise. "Why?"

[glacial_queen]

"Because drinking makes Tony overshare!"

[momslilassassin]

"HOW MUCH DID HE OVERSHARE?"

Volume control, Ben.

[glacial_queen]

Nothing Karla hadn't already called already.

"Some? Uhh...preferential stuff." Wait, no, that didn't help. "He suggested your tastes were rather...broad."

There. That was helpful.

[momslilassassin]

"THAT'S NOT HELPFUL."

[glacial_queen]

Dammit, Ben!

"You know!" No he didn't, Karla. "More like the camp book than, saaaaay, heterosexual."

There. That had been handled with delicacy.

[momslilassassin]

"Kuso," Ben cursed, blushing furiously.

[glacial_queen]

Hmm. Should she mention it had been obvious as all Hell, try to convince him that she didn't believe it because Tony was drunk, or pretend like she thought this was Ben covering for Ender.

Wait. Did Ben even know Ender was gay? He was really dense.

...Either way, Ender would probably light her on fire for bringing him into the conversation in the first place.

"I'm sure I will never understand these games you males play with your porn," she said, rolling her eyes. There. He could take that however he wanted.

[momslilassassin]

"...I'm supposed to be playing games with it?" Ben asked.

[glacial_queen]

Karla was just going to facepalm. "That was your out," she explained patiently. "Where you then told me that Tony liked to send you weird stuff because he could and you sent him alien porn, ha ha heee, males are so funny."

[momslilassassin]

Long pause.

"Oh yeah," Ben said sheepishly. "That's totally what we do."

Ben was terrible at this.

[glacial_queen]

Karla sighed. Heavily.

"I completely believe you," she deadpanned. "And didn't call this back my freshman year."

It was a way to say, 'I called it!' without him getting to question her. Because if he questioned her painfully obvious lie, she got to question his. It was a rule dammit.

[momslilassassin]

"Well, I didn't know then," Ben said a little sharply.

"Sorry," he said. "Long couple of days."

[glacial_queen]

Which was why Karla hadn't said anything!

"S'okay, I understand how that goes," she said, though she was raising an eyebrow at him anyway. Yes, over the phone. "You okay?"

And just because it bore mentioning... "Your porn collection isn't a usual topic of conversation. Odds are, Tony won't even remember what he said to me tonight."