Ender's Swingin' Bachelor Pad, Naboo [Wednesday, Fandom time]

[momslilassassin]

The nice thing about how time worked on Naboo was that even a few days away from Fandom meant that Ender and Ben had gotten almost a week to themselves to unwind.

Now the fridge was restocked, the rooms were prepared and the droid Ben had made was bustling industriously around getting rid of dust bunnies.

Ben and Ender were ready for their Fandom (and other universes!) invasion.

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Day Two: Daytime [Lake Country]

[momslilassassin]

Swim! Get some sun! Picnic and try to ride on a local herd animal like some kind of freak!

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[endsthegame]

Ender's hair was wet, but he'd had his fill of swimming -- he was now seated on the dock itself, feet dangling into the water.

The sun was nice.

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[momslilassassin]

Ben came out of the house a little bit later, reaching out to tousle Ender's hair before sitting down next to him. "Ho, kreetle."

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[endsthegame]

"Ho, pretty boy," Ender said, smiling at him a little. "Hope your hangover isn't too bad."

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[momslilassassin]

"Not too many blue things," Ben assured him, leaning in for a kiss.

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[endsthegame]

"Smart thinking," Ender said, touching his cheek before kissing him back.

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[momslilassassin]

"I can occasionally do that," Ben said, lingering for a moment before pulling back.

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[endsthegame]

Ender brought his hand down to grip Ben's hand as he did so. "Having Karla and Warren here has been interesting."

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[momslilassassin]

Ben laughed and rested his head against Ender's shoulder, staring out at the lake. "I wonder if Warren will stop thinking 'spaaaaaaaaaaace' before he goes home?"

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[endsthegame]

"Probably not," Ender laughed softly. "I think you and I are rather more used to that concept than most of our friend."

Which was fine with him. It was one of those ways he and Ben seemed to fit into the same world.

Re: Day Two: Daytime [Lake Country]

[glacial_queen]

Karla. Had. A Hangover.

Screw everything. Especially stupidly delicious alien drinks.

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[endsthegame]

"Water?" Ender asked her.

A little dryly. Just a pinch.

He did not get you, boozing people.

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[glacial_queen]

Hey now! Karla hadn't actually expected this outcome. It was very new to her. New and unpleasant.

"Does it come with extra-strength unconsciousness?" she asked, though it came out more like a groan. "If it does, I'll take a gallon, please."

Apparently, her Black Widow system didn't recognize alien drinks. Which meant she was suffering from the full effects. Her metabolism would still burn them off faster than otherwise, but it wouldn't protect her from the effects that lingered until then.

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[endsthegame]

"It doesn't, but I do have a paracetamol for you."

Ender had become somewhat adept at catering to other people's hangovers. To a point.

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[glacial_queen]

Which was very nice of him, considering Karla hadn't bothered to vanish any of her hangover remedies. Between Warren's Healing factor and her natural resistance to alcohol, she hadn't exactly expected to need it.

Stupid, tasty alien drinks.

"I don't know what that is and I don't care," she decided. "I'll take it." If she was really, really lucky, maybe it would just kill her dead. That'd be nice. "Protip. Never get into a body-shot contest in an alien bar. Even if you win, you lose."

See example Karla.

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[endsthegame]

Ender sighed, and finally passed her both the bottle of water and the one paracetamol he'd snagged from the medicine cabinet. "I'll keep it in mind," he said. "Where did you run off to? Ben didn't mention you joining him and Warren."

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[glacial_queen]

"I took in some 'cultural dancing' of my own," Karla said, gratefully (and rather pathetically) taking both and swallowing them down. "There's a place called The Landing Strip in Theed. It sounded like fun."

She eyed him and added, "If I'd thought you'd be at all interested, I'd've invited you along, but I didn't want you to feel like you had to sit through the, ahh, performance just to keep an eye on me."

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[endsthegame]

"I'll come along next time. You need a designated driver," Ender told her.

The cultural dancing was not really a relevant reason.

"Especially in Theed, where I'm told they have drinks that can quite literally blow up in your face."

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[glacial_queen]

"Hey!" Karla protested, then regretted the outburst immediately. "Hey." Okay, yeah, that was better. No yelling. "I took a space taxi there and back!"

Mostly because she hadn't bothered to memorize how to get to The Landing Strip the afternoon before and hadn't wanted to wind through the streets of Theed alone after dark.

"The nice males at the club made sure to call a reputable service for me and everything. Umm, I think the Happenin' Hapan made sure I got into it okay and that the driver knew where to bring me. Or maybe it was Argon the Anatomical Android? No, wait. It was Long Dong Phong!"

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[wwiii]

Warren, meanwhile, was in a great mood! Hangover? Warren hardly knew the meaning of the word!

"Oh, you look like crap." He noticed these things because he cared. "You must have had a good night, huh?"

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[glacial_queen]

"I loathe you with every fibre of my being not currently devoted to pain," Karla mumbled. Which...actually meant that she didn't hate him at all, because everything hurt. "Also, it's too early for cheerful."

Karla, it was late afternoon.

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[wwiii]

"You missed lunch," Warren shared, ever so helpfully. "You know you had a good time the night before when you miss lunch."

Because she was Karla, and Karlas were not made for lunch-missing. At all.

"So, is there anything I can get you?"

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[glacial_queen]

"And entirely new everything," Karla said, possibly adding 'boyfriend' to that list. Mother Night, this much energy was utterly revolting. "As long as it doesn't hurt, I'll take it. Owie."

Were her teeth throbbing? Yeah, she was pretty sure her teeth were throbbing. And her fingernails. And her hair.

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[wwiii]

"What in the world were you drinking last night?"

Oh, oh did she have one of those things that Ben had, but told them not to make it by the recipe? Bad move, Karla. The recipe was what kept the drink from exploding in you.

... As Warren had risked learning a few times, himself.

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[glacial_queen]

"I don't know," Karla groaned, frowning up at him. Like she was supposed to remember? Honestly now, Warren! "A lot of brightly-colored things, I think. People kept buying me shots, too, because they didn't believe I could keep drinking."

She dropped her head back down on her arms. It was far too heavy to keep holding upright.

"And then me and...someone else...she had a name but it was long and alien and might contain sounds I don't know how to make...got into a contest. With body shots. Off of--was it Twink? Or maybe Long Dong Phong? No, he helped me into the cab. Ummm...the Correllian Cock Rocket? Or was that a drink...?"