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Jacen Solo ([info]isatraitor) wrote in [info]toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-03-27 01:32:00

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Entry tags:ax | animorphs, jacen solo | star wars (legends), leia organa | star wars, natasha romanoff | marvel comics

WHO: Jacen Solo & open
WHEN: 224603.26; evening
WHERE: Corridors
SUMMARY: Jacen makes his way to his new quarters, with a few exploratory detours along the way.
WARNINGS: None yet



Jacen was about to set off on his voyage to learn about the Force, things his Uncle Luke's Jedi Academy and Vergere hadn't taught him. Other groups of Force users existed in the galaxy, after all. Someone had to reach out to them.

So he wasn't too confused about being aboard a new spaceship. A little discomfited at the confiscation of his lightsaber, but ... well, he could cope without it. He couldn't sense much distress in the area, after all, beyond the usual tensions of sentient beings in close quarters with each other. And just because he didn't have his lightsaber didn't mean he was totally disarmed.

He wandered along a corridor, browsing the information on his PADD. So, his parents and Uncle Luke were here. That was ... nice, actually. They hadn't had much time to catch up in a peaceful setting like this, not with the war going on. He faintly wished Jaina could be here as well (and maybe Tenel Ka, not that he'd say as much out loud), but hey ... he could put up with hanging out with his parents and uncle alone for now.

And who knew? Perhaps there'd be opportunities to learn new things as well.


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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 09:26 pm UTC (link)
She felt the shimmer in the air, even her lack of training gave her the ability to sense a change in the Force, and she turned even before she heard someone call out "Mom!" She half-expected - for better or for worse - to see Ben, but that wasn't who it was at all. A frown passed across her face as she looked at the young man who had spoken. He was familiar, yes, but not in the way that she thought she might have ever met him before. In fact, she was certain she hadn't ever met him before. "I'm sorry," she said gently. "I think you might have me confused with someone else. If you're new here, you should probably be told that it's possible that some people have doubles, or look-alikes, for some reason."

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 09:32 pm UTC (link)
Jacen slowed with a frown. His mother looked a little older than he remembered, sure -- but he himself looked older than his twenty-one years, thanks to the Force and various battles. The woman in front of him was definitely Leia Solo.

He shook his head, smiling faintly as what she said registered. "Sorry -- Mom, it's definitely me, Jacen Solo. I know you thought I was dead for a year, but I'm back now. Alive and well."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Jacen Solo, Leia repeated to herself. Jacen ... that was one of the names (the one that wasn't [...] Anakin) that Han had mentioned, wasn't it? After he arrived, when he asked her about their kids. Kids that she didn't have with her Han. Leia pressed her fingers to her temple and sighed. She smiled wearily at Jacen, understanding now what the problem was. If it was a problem. "Jacen Solo," she said. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Leia Organa. Who I understand is your mother, which means this is even more complicated." She shrugged. "How about you join me for supper and we'll hash this all out."

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 09:44 pm UTC (link)
He noted that, the Leia Organa rather than Leia Solo, and his frown deepened for a moment. But, well, his mother picked her names as appropriate for diplomatic situations. He just ... didn't think this was one.

"...yeah," he agreed, with a rueful sigh. "It sounds like that might be a good idea, M-- Leia."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 09:50 pm UTC (link)
"You can call me anything you'd like, Jacen," she insisted to him. She hadn't meant to chastise him or make him uncomfortable. It was just that he wasn't her son, at least not strictly speaking. And her mind was still too full with everything Luke and Rey had told her about Ben turning to the dark side.

"Han arrived just about a week ago," she said. "Your father, that is. That's where we determined that there's some split, alternate timeline." She stepped into the turbolift and touched the panel to send them to the deck with the mess hall. "He mentioned you. And your brother and sister. But see, where I'm from, I've only got one son, Ben, and it looks like there are a lot of other differences too."

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Well, he'd like to call her 'Mom'. But he could sense she wasn't totally comfortable with that. And if she was right about what she was saying, then it wasn't accurate, either. (And he'd never known his mother to lie, especially not to him or his siblings, so he trusted every word she said. No version of Leia could be dishonest, right?)

"So, the Han Solo here--" Jacen held up his PADD to indicate where he got his info. "--he is my father? And knows about Jaina and Anakin? But you..."

He paused, biting his lip. So. Ben wasn't his tiny baby cousin, to this Leia. Ben was a brother. He decided not to mention that discrepancy for as long as possible.

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 10:04 pm UTC (link)
Leia leaned a shoulder against the inside of the lift as it moved and nodded. "Yeah, he's your father." She hoped she didn't wince visibly at the mention of Anakin. "That was an awkward conversation. It never occurred to me that there was some other version of me, or Han, out there. Then again," she continued, " it never occurred to me that I'd be uprooted from my life and brought to another galaxy entirely without warning," she finished dryly.

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 10:09 pm UTC (link)
Visible or not, Jacen sensed it. He tactfully ignored it, leaning against the opposite wall of the lift.

"Heh, yeah, I was looking for a new journey, but -- this is not what I imagined..."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 10:11 pm UTC (link)
"Not what I imagined either," she admitted. After all, she was starting up a Resistance, avoiding the senate, and running away from the public exposure of her bloodline. She supposed all that made it easier here, where it didn't matter, but then this galaxy had to go in and do this complication, with a son she didn't know and a Han who was nearly hers and yet not.

The turbolift door swooshed open on their deck and she motioned for Jacen to step out first.

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 10:19 pm UTC (link)
Jacen nodded and stepped forward, angling himself unconsciously to defend his mot-- Leia from any threats. Not difficult, since he was almost a foot taller. But still more unnecessary than it had been in years.

He looked around, getting the lay of the land. A typical mess hall, it seemed.

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[info]i_shot_first
2017-03-26 10:26 pm UTC (link)
Han saw Leia first when she came in, and saw she wasn't alone. There was someone with her. There was no mistaking who it was, but he looked older...far from the young teen Han had left behind. Still, Han was glad to see him.

He got up and came over to them, offering a lopsided smile.

"Jacen...is that you? Boy am I glad to see you. But you look...you've grown up." He looked at Leia for a second, then back to his son. "It's complicated...I guess there's a few more years than usual between us."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 10:30 pm UTC (link)
Leia startled, only a bit, at the sight of Han. How young he actually looked, face to face like this. She offered him a smile back and stepped to the side to let them have their reunion. "Everything about this is complicated," she said wryly. Then she gestured for an open table. "Pretty coincidental running into you here too, Han," she said. She searched his face. He looked like her husband. Not much of a change except for the fact that he was younger than when she had last seen him. That and all the differences in their timelines.

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 10:37 pm UTC (link)
"Dad!" Jacen brightened (again, that brief light in the Force) and nodded. "Blaster bolts, I've only been here a few hours and it's already the second-worst kidnapping ever. Oh-- I'm twenty-one," he finishes, deflating slightly.

Yes, this was his father -- but it looked like his father from several years ago. Before the war, before Anakin ... before Chewbacca.

Jacen would have to have a lot of secrets here, he was realising.

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[info]i_shot_first
2017-03-26 10:49 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah...very true." He agreed. He sat down with them after retrieving his meal from where he'd been before. His attention turned to what Jacen said.

"Wow...that's a lot." Han had a lot going through his mind hearing that. 22...how much had happened in that time? What had Jacen been through? What had he been through himself? He wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"Last I remember, you were still a young teen. It was about four and a half years after your uncle Luke's wedding." He said. "It's hard to imagine what's gone on since then...but I really don't think I want to know. It looks like you're doing all right, though."

Han could see a difference in Jacen's eyes and face...he suspected things hadn't been good at times, but he felt better not knowing what it was. Unless somehow it could be changed...for now, though, he wasn't pushing it.

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-26 11:09 pm UTC (link)
Leia looked back and forth between Jacen and Han for a moment, feeling like an outsider intruding on this family conversation. She marveled at how different the exchange was from anything recent between her husband and Ben. She frowned and tried not to mull too hard on situations that might have been. Her life was her life, even if this short exchange hete proved that it could have been different. "Jacen," she said. "Are you hungry? I can pick something up while the two of you catch up." She looked meaningfully but briefly at Han, hoping he might pick up on the fact that he could explain whatever this discrepency between all of them was while she was gone.

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-26 11:17 pm UTC (link)
So, right before Dubrillion, if Jacen had his math right. Definitely before Chewbacca. He shook his head with a small, sad smile. "I was Uncle Luke's apprentice for a while -- well, you probably remember that much anyway. I'm a Jedi Knight, now."

He stopped to look at his mo-- at Leia, with a smile. "Yeah! Do they do nerfburgers here? Whatever the equivalent is, I need two, with all the trimmings."

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[info]i_shot_first
2017-03-26 11:43 pm UTC (link)
Han could sense Leia's awkwardness too, and he knew it must be strange for her....probably a lot like how he'd felt talking to her and Luke before. Familiar, yet like he didn't quite belong, either.

"Yeah, I remember that much." Han agreed. "And that's good. Jaina and Anakin, too?" he asked.

Leia asked Jacen if he was hungry, and Jacen agreed. Han chuckled...the boy always had a good appetite. And her idea was good...they could talk alone for a few moments while she got the food.

"Something like that, I think." he replied. "If you're wondering, what's in here can be a little unpredictable at times, but at least it tastes all right."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-27 07:00 am UTC (link)
As she walked away, she heard "trained with Uncle Luke" and "Jedi Knight," and her fist clenched against her side. It was different, she told herself. Jacen looked out together. He didn't look filled with the same anger that Ben had often displayed, anger that her brother told her would push him to embrace the dark side.

She picked up a tray and filled it was a soup and salad for her and a burger - not nerf but some other red meat - slathered in sauces and such for Jacen. She returned to the table and slipped into a seat. "So, Jedi Knight?" she said. "How's that going for you?"

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-28 11:53 pm UTC (link)
Jacen pondered for a moment how best to answer his father's question without revealing too much, if anything, about the war. About the worst of the past five years. At least without lying out right.

"Anakin's ... something of a role model," he decided, and smiled at Han. "It's been, well, a tumultuous few years for the galaxy. He and I still had our arguments for a while, but he really stepped up and became a better Jedi Knight than I'll ever be, I'm sure. As for Jaina--" He laughed a little. "Well, you know she takes after you most. She left Aunt Mara to join Rogue Squadron for a while, you know. But she's a Knight as well now, probably on some important mission with Zekk while I'm here eating burgers."

He accepted the food gratefully and took a bite almost before putting down the plate. After a couple years of mostly military rations, not to mention the weird substances that passed for food on Yuuzhan'tar, he was still getting used to having access to real food again whenever he wanted. And this was good.

"It's going well -- it's only been a little over a year since I was officially Knighted, though. I still feel like there's so much more to learn."

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[info]i_shot_first
2017-03-29 05:30 pm UTC (link)
Han suspected Jacen might be holding back, but he didn't push. If it came out along the way, he wouldn't fight it, but he wasn't going to press, either. "Sounds like business as usual, really. Trouble in the galaxy, you two arguing on and off." he said.

Han nodded. "That is definitely Jaina. She may take after your mom with the Force part, but the piloting skills are mostly from me. Okay, I'll give Luke's side a little credit." After all, there was the whole "Anakin-the first one-was a prodigy pilot who won a podrace" thing.

"Luke does say that. It makes sense...we never really stop learning. What we learn is a lot different depending what we're doing in life, but overall, it's the same kind of thing."

He noticed one thing. "What about Anakin? He's a knight, too, right?"

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-03-29 07:25 pm UTC (link)
Leia still had no idea what to make of the idea that she willingly named a son of hers Anakin, but she didn't say so. "And there weren't any issues?" she ventured carefully. She poked at her salad before taking a bite. Then she sighed. She felt like an outsider, and she never liked that. She sat up a little straighter and cleared her throat a little bit, not knowing how to take part in the conversation. Decades of experience in politics and here she was, sitting with a man who was almost her husband and a man who wasn't her son (but was at the same time), and she didn't know what to say.

"Han, I'm curious," she said, looking between them. "Or Jacen, you could answer as well. When were you born?" Where was the difference? Why did this Han and his Leia have twins and she and her Han only had Ben?

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[info]isatraitor
2017-03-30 03:33 am UTC (link)
And there it was. The direct question Jacen had hoped to avoid for now. Time to make a decision -- to choose and act, as it were. The Jacen that Han knew back home might have been mischievous, sneaking out with Jaina to explore Coruscant, convincing his little brother to build secret droids, getting into all kinds of trouble. But he was always honest about it in the end. Before the war, and the Yuuzhan Vong. Before Vergere.

Jacen smiled faintly, hiding regret and grief behind a facade both in expression and in the Force. (He wasn't sure how trained this version of his mother was, and didn't wish to burden her with his untruths. She'd clearly been through enough -- different from his mother back home, but at least as difficult.) "Of course," he told his father. "You know Anakin: he was born to be a Jedi Knight, even more than Jaina and me. I'm sure he'll take Uncle Luke's place leading the Order in twenty years or so. In fact, I'll bet twenty creds on it."

Who knew -- if there were other universes where his mother hadn't had twins, perhaps there was one where Anakin got to grow up. This idea cheered Jacen up a little as he took another bite of his burger, letting Dad field the birth question. (It was weird hearing your own mother ask that. She was supposed to be have been there, after all.)

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[info]i_shot_first
2017-04-02 04:35 pm UTC (link)
Han was still a little suspicious, but he knew better than to make Jacen defensive or push him. He'd only get angry, and it wouldn't help. He did laugh at the comment, even so. "Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me." he replied.

"It was 9 years after Yavin." he replied to Leia. "During what we refer to as the Thrawn Crisis...the time when the Empire tried to reassert itself and Grand Admiral Thrawn tried to overtake everything. It was chaotic, I'll say that. My Leia was about to give birth, Luke was taken captive on Myrkyr...ironically the woman who was involved, who swore she'd kill him, is his wife now. I end up prisoner myself for a bit. But, somehow, we pulled through it. Luke had to kill a crazy Jedi clone who cloned Luke himself. That fight really made me nervous." he explained.

There had been more...Ackbar being accused of treason, Mara saving Leia's life...but he didn't want to go on too long and overload her.

"Anyway, the twins were born right as things finally came to a close. Anakin was born not even two years later. That's another tough story, if you want to hear it."

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[info]mirrorbright
2017-04-02 05:19 pm UTC (link)
Leia took that all in and sat back, her food left ignored in front of her. She shook her head. Would anything have been different for Ben had she and Han waited longer? She didn't know the answer to that. She didn't even know if she wanted to know the answer to that. She took a deep breath. "My son - Ben - was born in 5ABY," she said simply, as though that was enough of a difference."

She pressed her fingertips to her temple for a moment. "I'm sure we could sit here all day and tell stories, so many another time," she said tiredly.

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[info]isatraitor
2017-04-05 08:36 am UTC (link)
Jacen swallowed his last bite of burger and glanced at his not-mother. "So he'd be my big brother. Not just my older-by-five-minutes sibling like Jaina," he added, rolling his eyes with a fond smile. He wiped his hands on a napkin and leaned back in his seat.

He wondered for a moment if that sort of age gap might have helped his own relationship with Anakin. Having maturity backed up by actual experience, rather than misleading Force visions. Maybe they would have listened to each other, rather than arguing constantly.

His expression turned concerned. "We could. I'm sorry, M- Leia. Hey, tell me what this ship's like! It seems smaller than a Star Destroyer, but it's got a lot, right? I haven't had a chance to explore yet."

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