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Above Kashyyyk [Monday morning]
Dec. 29th, 2008 01:26 amBen had spent the week it had taken them to arrive at Kashyyyk (when he wasn't trying to warn Jaina telepathically about what Jacen'd been planning for the academy) trying to talk Jacen out of attacking the Wookiee homeworld.
He wanted his cousin dead more than just about anything in his life, but he wasn't prepared to sacrifice the rest of his family to get it.
A squadron of new Owool Interceptors flew past the viewscreen on the bridge where Ben stood a half step behind Jacen and Commander Twizzl. "What a dismal showing," he commented. "If those Owools are all they have ready, there won't be a fight. Even the Wookiees aren't that crazy."
( Oh, Ben. )
[NFB, NFI, OOC is looooove. Dialogue snurched from Troy "If They Ain't Smoking, It Ain't Star Wars" Denning and his book Inferno. Warnings for violence and bad guy scenery-chewing.]
He wanted his cousin dead more than just about anything in his life, but he wasn't prepared to sacrifice the rest of his family to get it.
A squadron of new Owool Interceptors flew past the viewscreen on the bridge where Ben stood a half step behind Jacen and Commander Twizzl. "What a dismal showing," he commented. "If those Owools are all they have ready, there won't be a fight. Even the Wookiees aren't that crazy."
( Oh, Ben. )
[NFB, NFI, OOC is looooove. Dialogue snurched from Troy "If They Ain't Smoking, It Ain't Star Wars" Denning and his book Inferno. Warnings for violence and bad guy scenery-chewing.]
After a few days laying low on Coruscant (if “laying low” also included a blistering lecture via comlink from his father about Why We Don’t Kill People With Lightsabers If We Are Trying to Be Stealthy), Ben borrowed a shuttle and went off to look for his cousin. As he expected, he found Jacen on the bridge of the Anakin Solo, staring out the viewport onto yet another battle scene. Clad all in black, with a long swirling cape, Jacen reminded Ben of a shorter version of their grandfather.
He was sure neither would be thrilled by the comparison.
Aides scurried around, making sure not to glance too long at Ben. They didn’t of them seemed surprised to see him, and no one offered a single word of greeting. Ben preferred it that way--it meant that Jacen was preparing to keep him around for a little bit, at least. If he was going to kill him immediately, Jacen’d be making more of an effort to put him as ease.
He imagined the lecture he would get from any one of his teachers for the cock-up he'd made of the Omas operation to keep himself properly contrite and embarrassed. Hopefully Jacen would assume it was also due to Ben being sorry about not being home to help his cousin ruin the galaxy.
The prickle at the back of Ben's neck warned him that he was being watched by something a little more potent than eyes, and the Force-nudge calling him closer to Jacen confirmed it.
( Can this possibly end well? )
[OOC: NFB, NFI, dialogue still from “Inferno” by Troy “Jacen is a Tool y/y?” Denning]
He was sure neither would be thrilled by the comparison.
Aides scurried around, making sure not to glance too long at Ben. They didn’t of them seemed surprised to see him, and no one offered a single word of greeting. Ben preferred it that way--it meant that Jacen was preparing to keep him around for a little bit, at least. If he was going to kill him immediately, Jacen’d be making more of an effort to put him as ease.
He imagined the lecture he would get from any one of his teachers for the cock-up he'd made of the Omas operation to keep himself properly contrite and embarrassed. Hopefully Jacen would assume it was also due to Ben being sorry about not being home to help his cousin ruin the galaxy.
The prickle at the back of Ben's neck warned him that he was being watched by something a little more potent than eyes, and the Force-nudge calling him closer to Jacen confirmed it.
( Can this possibly end well? )
[OOC: NFB, NFI, dialogue still from “Inferno” by Troy “Jacen is a Tool y/y?” Denning]
Room 424 [Wednesday Morning]
Dec. 10th, 2008 12:10 pmAfter about an hour of pacing the confines of his room, working on what he would say to his cousin, Ben finally locked the door, took a deep breath and called Jacen.
( This should go well… )
[OOC: Conversation topic NFB. Dialogue snurched from "Inferno" by Troy "Icky Bug Guy" Denning. Preplayed with...myself. SHHH. I DO SO HAVE FRIENDS. Post open, door closed after the phone call.]
( This should go well… )
[OOC: Conversation topic NFB. Dialogue snurched from "Inferno" by Troy "Icky Bug Guy" Denning. Preplayed with...myself. SHHH. I DO SO HAVE FRIENDS. Post open, door closed after the phone call.]
Room 424 [afternoon]
Dec. 5th, 2008 12:19 pmAfter going for a long run and an even longer workout, Ben finally made it back to his room and collapsed onto his bed.
The message light was blinking on his comm.
"Finally," he muttered, waving it over to him. It'd been weeks since he'd heard anything from home. Not that he thought Jacen would call, but Master Horn had promised to keep him updated on what was happening.
He pressed the button to play the message, expelling a breath he didn't know he was holding when Master Corran Horn's image floated in front of him. A message from Jacen would have been hard to hear. And a message from his father would have been unrealistic.
Ben ignored the pang that realization gave him.
Five minutes later, after listening three times to Master Horn's message just to make sure his ears weren't messing with him, Ben began to wonder if hearing from Jacen might not have been the better choice.
"Jacen's taken the academy hostage," he repeated aloud, just in case that would help it sink in.
It didn't.
[OOC: Door's cracked, post is open!]
The message light was blinking on his comm.
"Finally," he muttered, waving it over to him. It'd been weeks since he'd heard anything from home. Not that he thought Jacen would call, but Master Horn had promised to keep him updated on what was happening.
He pressed the button to play the message, expelling a breath he didn't know he was holding when Master Corran Horn's image floated in front of him. A message from Jacen would have been hard to hear. And a message from his father would have been unrealistic.
Ben ignored the pang that realization gave him.
Five minutes later, after listening three times to Master Horn's message just to make sure his ears weren't messing with him, Ben began to wonder if hearing from Jacen might not have been the better choice.
"Jacen's taken the academy hostage," he repeated aloud, just in case that would help it sink in.
It didn't.
[OOC: Door's cracked, post is open!]
The enormous room was filled with dignitaries: Galactic Senators, military leaders, beings from around the galaxy who had fought alongside Mara Jade Skywalker over the decades of her life.
Jedi Knights knelt in rows in front of the funeral pyre, meditating on the nature of the Force. Ben stood next to his father, Ender and Dean close by, as Jedi Masters swirled around them having murmured conversations.
The ceremony was running late: Aunt Leia and Uncle Han hadn't arrived yet.
But neither had Jacen.
Ben wasn't sure if he should be relieved by that part or not.
He stared straight ahead, trying not to be twitchy about all the eyes staring at him.
Jedi Knights knelt in rows in front of the funeral pyre, meditating on the nature of the Force. Ben stood next to his father, Ender and Dean close by, as Jedi Masters swirled around them having murmured conversations.
The ceremony was running late: Aunt Leia and Uncle Han hadn't arrived yet.
But neither had Jacen.
Ben wasn't sure if he should be relieved by that part or not.
He stared straight ahead, trying not to be twitchy about all the eyes staring at him.
Hapes [Sunday evening]
Nov. 2nd, 2008 05:16 pmBen would have given anything for his first impression of his father in months not to be what it was: the Jedi Grand Master flattened by grief, almost impossible to find in the Force, and gazing down at Mara as she laid on an examination table.
Luke didn't even turn around as Ben entered, just held up his arm for Ben to come under. "Hey sweetheart," he murmured to his wife, "it's Ben."
( Where Luke doesn't exactly win parent of the year... )
[OOC: NFI, NFB, dialogue from Karen Traviss' Sacrifice, I broke my boys but good, plz to give me cookies?]
Luke didn't even turn around as Ben entered, just held up his arm for Ben to come under. "Hey sweetheart," he murmured to his wife, "it's Ben."
( Where Luke doesn't exactly win parent of the year... )
[OOC: NFI, NFB, dialogue from Karen Traviss' Sacrifice, I broke my boys but good, plz to give me cookies?]
Hapes Cluster [Sunday morning]
Nov. 2nd, 2008 12:33 pmThe ship's presence grew stronger the closer Ben flew to the Hapes Cluster, even though Ben couldn't figure out what Lumiya could possibly want in that part of space. He couldn't feel Jacen--hardly unusual--but he could feel a trace of his mother.
( Don't tell me we're both following Lumiya... )
[OOC: NFI or B due to distance. Dialogue snurched with love from Karen Traviss' Sacrifice. And we have gotten to the "sacrifice" part of the book now. Ye be warned for character death and general woe. Comments are love.
( Don't tell me we're both following Lumiya... )
[OOC: NFI or B due to distance. Dialogue snurched with love from Karen Traviss' Sacrifice. And we have gotten to the "sacrifice" part of the book now. Ye be warned for character death and general woe. Comments are love.
Coruscant [all day Saturday, Fandom time]
Nov. 1st, 2008 12:10 amBen had barely taken two steps away from the shuttle ramp before someone's hand was on his shoulder.
He almost shrieked--he'd shut out everything else around him in an effort to discover if Jacen was on the planet or not--and realized he was staring into his mother's face, and something was terribly wrong.
"Mom! Who hit you?"
Was he too late already?
( Wherein Ben gives Obi-Wan a run for title of exposition fairy )
He almost shrieked--he'd shut out everything else around him in an effort to discover if Jacen was on the planet or not--and realized he was staring into his mother's face, and something was terribly wrong.
"Mom! Who hit you?"
Was he too late already?
( Wherein Ben gives Obi-Wan a run for title of exposition fairy )
Room 424 [afternoon]
Oct. 28th, 2008 01:19 pmBen was in his room, surrounded by several hundred pieces of electronics.
He'd tell you he was building a droid.
He was really keeping himself incredibly distracted.
The door was cracked open.
[OOC: Open to all.]
He'd tell you he was building a droid.
He was really keeping himself incredibly distracted.
The door was cracked open.
[OOC: Open to all.]
