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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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i_shot_first
2017-04-05 04:44 pm UTC (link)

So her Ben was born earlier...Han was't sure how that would have gone. "My Leia...she was worried at first. She was afraid of what could happen to her kids because of what her father was. But, we had to make a trip to Tattooine to find something, and she came across the diary of Shmi Skywalker, Anakin's mother and the kids' grandmother. She saw some of what he was before...the part of him that wasn't a monster." Thinking back, the twins must have been conceived when they'd made love that night on Tattooine... " That was also, I think, why she chose Anakin for our third kid. I was pushing for Han Solo, Jr..."

Han nodded when she said they could talk all day. "It would be good to get together and talk a few other times, I agree." He could see that Jacen was doing a lot of thinking about what she was saying, probably, he surmised, about how things could have been different with him and his siblings or something like that.

Jacen shifted to another subject, and Han was happy with that as well. "I'd be all right with hearin' more...I'm still getting used to it myself."

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mirrorbright
2017-04-05 04:49 pm UTC (link)

Wasn't that everything that Leia herself had always worried about too? Why she and Han hadn't told Ben the truth about his bloodline? Why Vader was not a topic of conversation? A dark look passed across her face as she thought about what this Han in front of her was saying and she shook her head. She could never give her son the name Anakin. "Ben came along quickly after Endor," she said simply. She didn't go into details, that she and Han were surprised and not ready and weren't even fully committed to a future together by that point.

She was glad for the change in subject, and she nodded. "It's - clean," she said. "Almost sterile. From what I've read, Starfleet is military-like, though peacekeeping, not necessarily defensive. It's not really like any ship I've ever been on before myself."

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	isatraitor 2017-04-05 06:42 pm UTC (link)
	Jacen nodded, glancing around. "At first it reminded me of Imperial ships -- yes," he added with a rueful grin at his father, "I've been on Imp ships recently, as a guest of Grand Admiral Pellaeon, not a prisoner. "But a little ... friendlier. It certainly feels less militaristic than I've experienced lately, which is a nice change." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_shot_first 2017-04-07 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	That got Han's attention. He knew they'd made peace, but it still made him wonder. "Why was that? That you were on the Imperial ships? I mean, I know we made peace...I guess it's still taking some getting used to." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isatraitor 2017-04-09 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Jacen glanced at his not-mother with a rueful smile, then shook his head. "Diplomacy, Dad. Don't worry, we're not best friends--" Well, except maybe for Jagged Fel and Jaina, but he sure wasn't gonna tell Dad about that. "--we just have common enemies." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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