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Tweak says, "AKUSAI "

i_shot_first (i_shot_first) wrote in toboldlyrpg,
@ 2017-05-06 23:06:00

Entry tags:

- deck five lounge, ^ log, han solo | star wars (legends), padme amidala | star wars

Meeting the Mother-In-Law (Han and Padme)
WHO: Han and Padme
WHEN: 226405.7
WHERE: The lounge where they agreed to meet
SUMMARY: Han meets Padme for the first time in person
WARNINGS: There shouldn't be any

Han couldn't help being nervous as he waited for Padme to arrive at the place where they'd agreed a few days ago to meet. He'd been happy to give her the time to talk to Leia and whoever else she needed to and to get settled in before doing this meeting. He tried telling himself that he didn't need to be afraid, but knowing she'd been a queen and being unable to escape the fact that he was just a nobody smuggler didn't exactly make him feel the best about it.

He was doing his best not to let out that he wasn't always doing legal things for a living, that was why he'd said he was a cargo pilot. It wasn't entirely untrue, it just wasn't always legal things he'd been running. Nowdays, he was more respectable, but still worked at times with the smugglers' guild when he wasn't busy with Leia and the kids.

Vader was also on his mind. He didn't know anything at all about what had happened back then. Would Vader try to harm her? What kind of guy had Vader been before he'd needed the suit, when he'd presumably gotten Padme to fall in love with him? There had to be more to him than just the homicidal monster he, Luke and Leia had met, although Han was mostly just worried about the Sith's current state of mind these days. It might be wise to warn her while they were talking.

He just hoped that, by the time it was over, she'd see that there was more to him than the brash, cocky attitude he usually projected and that she'd recognize whatever it was that had made Leia fall for him, even though she had pretty much hated him in the beginning. That she'd see that he was ok, even if he wasn't some high and mighty aristocrat.

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amidala
2017-05-14 09:34 pm UTC (link)

"I think I can understand, too. The idea that you met during a difficult situation, anyway. I don't have to wonder where I would be without Anakin. Our planet would have been destroyed by war if he hadn't been with us on Naboo, and there was..." She trailed off and ducked her head a bit, "The time he saved my life, and the other time he saved it, and that other time... and then of course, I was never going to love anyone else quite the same."

"So I could wish he'd had a better life, or that I'd lived something a little less high profile myself, or that we all could have been happy together. But then I'd be alone, and he would a proper Jedi, and it's like wishing for the bad things to happen so that you can have the good things that happened, too. Then you feel guilty for wishing ill of the Galaxy." Padmé mused, clasping her hands together on her lap.

"And those events caused the ones that give the rest of you so much pain. There is that, too." She added, frowning. Then she shook her head, "There is no point dwelling on it, I guess. Can you tell me about what happened when the timelines diverged?"

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i_shot_first
2017-05-14 10:55 pm UTC (link)

Han nodded. "I guess history is what it is...all we can do is try to make the next part of it as good as we can." he said.

"There were imperial remnants fighting for power." he said. "The biggest problem was Grand Admiral Thrawn. He really had the New Republic in a bad spot. Somehow, we won though. Jacen and Jaina were born pretty much as it was all happening." he said.

"Palpatine wasn't gone for good either...he had clone bodies hidden away. SOme kind of Sith thing. Luke thought he could figure out how to beat the dark side from inside...but he almost got sucked in for real. And Palpatine's clone bodies weren't working...he wanted our Anakin. Leia pulled Luke back from the darkness, and we all had to fight back. Luke had him distracted, but I can honestly say I took him out. No way was I letting him anywhere near my wife and son."

Now, Luke's rebuilding the Order...he did have to fight an old Sith spirit, but that kid never gives up. He's been close to dying more times than I care to remember, but somehow, he comes through. We all do."

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amidala
2017-05-15 12:56 am UTC (link)

Now that sounded like something that the Emperor would do, though Padmé wasn't as well versed as the Jedi Order was when it came to the origin of the clones. But they did have access to cloning facilities, and Palpatine had been keenly interested in diverting more and more funds to Kamino.

She remembered, too, that he'd had them specially made to betray the Jedi. Her own memory of some of those events was foggy but Ahsoka had brought her up to date. "It seems that in either timeline, Palpatine was a mastermind. Preparing so long in advance, manipulating events to his favor. Even I fell for it. He's from Naboo, did you know that? Senator Palpatine was a mentor to me in my early days. It was only towards the end of the Clone Wars, just before my death, that I realised how poisonous his politics were."

And then there was all of the things that Luke had been through, which made her brow pucker with worry. Though that Luke was far away from there, and there was nothing she could have done. "You all really did go through it, didn't you? Is there ever a time when our family gets any peace? Do you and Leia and Luke get a moment to catch your breath? And... I am sorry I'm firing so many questions at you, it's just that there's so much to talk about."

Padmé wanted to know everything, even though it all still seemed overwhelming. At the moment there were so many questions still sitting on the tip of her tongue that she almost had to bite it to stop herself from continuing to ask them.

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	i_shot_first 2017-05-15 12:59 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that sounds like him." Han nodded. "I guess no one caught onto him until it was too late." "Sometimes I wonder" he said with a sigh. "Sometimes we do get a break, though. Just not very often. Even Luke's wedding got interrupted by unhappy imperials. But, we manage to get peace once in a while. We just have to enjoy it while we can." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

amidala
2017-05-15 01:29 am UTC (link)

"Leia would argue with me over not being a Skywalker - I know that she has very legitimate issues with the idea. But when you talk to me about how chaotic your lives end up, it makes me think about how related to Ani they both are. It made her wince, but I find I can't help it. I knew him when he was only a man, a Jedi. Not... what he's become." Padme said, letting out another sigh. And then they'd named a son after him, which was like asking for trouble. But in all the good ways.

"I think that's true. Did you and Leia at least get a few good moments with the twins before everything fell apart again?"

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i_shot_first
2017-05-15 09:36 pm UTC (link)

Han nodded. "It took my Leia a while to come to terms with it as well. I think it's mostly making peace...she can't forget, and I don't expect her to, and forgiving isn't always the easiest either. But, she's accepted it and moved on. And...I guess sometimes that's the best way to handle something like that...remember the man you loved and the way he was before things went bad."

He nodded. "Yeah, there were a few, in amongst kidnap attempts and having to let Leia's friend Winter take care of them while we were busy saving the galaxy."

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amidala
2017-05-15 10:22 pm UTC (link)

"I want to, but I think it's fair to say that I also have to keep those memories in the past, where they belong. Even if there's something still human inside of him, the Ani I loved is long gone." But she wasn't sure that she knew how to do that, even though Padmé was certain that that line of thinking was the best for everyone.

"And they're all Force Sensitive, aren't they? That must have been quite the challenge. Twins, wreaking havoc with the Force. This 'Winter' must have been at her wit's end."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-17 10:37 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah...yeah, sometimes it only makes it worse to dwell. I'm sorry for you, though."

Han laughed. "Yes....all three. Believe me, it was a lot to handle. And yeah, they did drive her nuts sometimes. Luke is pretty good with them, naturally, although I'm a little surprised Mara warmed up to them. She's a woman who's only had to deal with herself for quite a while. But then, they're a little older now, so that helps.

I think it was hardest for Leia, though...there's some kind of parent bond, and if one of them gets hurt, she feels it. It's tough on her sometimes."

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amidala
2017-05-18 12:34 pm UTC (link)

Padmé smiled, though it was a sad smile. "It is alright. As many planets as there are in this galaxy and more - that's how many hearts were broken, or lives destroyed by that war. Anakin and I were never meant to have a happy ending. But I think that when you look forward, to you and Leia, and your children? That is the happiest ending we could have had."

And she meant that. Even if the years had sounded incredibly trying at times. "When I was... dying, I actually felt Anakin's pain momentarily. I'm sorry that she has to feel something like that at all, but I have a feeling that with the trouble yours get up to, it's something she feels more often than not."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-19 06:34 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah...yeah, that's a good way to do it. I'm glad you're able to be here and see us all." he replied, his gaze sympathetic. I'm still kind of hoping the others will show up...then you'll have seen everyone. But even this is good."

"I'm sorry." he said. "And yeah, I get that feeling, too. I end up feeling bad that there's not much I can do to help beyond just being there for all of them. I mean, I do what I can, but most of the time, I feel over my head with the Force stuff. I'm just glad Luke's there for them."

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amidala
2017-05-19 11:57 pm UTC (link)

"I'll take whatever I can get, it is all of it a precious gift. I think it's possible that I am the one getting the most benefit out of this odd situation we're all finding ourselves in. And yes - I am glad that Luke is there for them. But I have no doubt you're doing your best, Han. You seem like a caring man, and I think you must have made a good father." Padme said, giving him an adoring smile.

She reached out and patted his hand, "Each of us can only do what we are equipped to do. You're trying your best. Even in this place."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-21 07:55 pm UTC (link)

"All I gotta say is, I've come a long way..." he replied. She'd probably have got a very different opinion of him if they'd met before that trip to Tattooine.

He smiled back, glad the meeting had gone better than some beings could say about meeting the mother-in-law. "Glad you think so. I guess maybe it's just getting past the first impression. Ya kinda have to crack through the outside to figure out who I really am. And I'm glad to have met you. I was a little nervous at first, but I'm definitely gettin' to like you."

"That's all we can do, I agree." he nodded. It did make him wonder if perhaps Bail would ever show up. Leia would like that, no matter which timeline she was from.

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amidala
2017-05-22 11:39 pm UTC (link)

"Perhaps we are all lucky that our first impressions happened over text on the logs instead of in person. It helped me to form a good opinion of you from the start." Padmé said, smiling at Han adoringly.

"And I was always well trained at looking through those cracks to see the person on the inside. Whatever else there is about you, I believe that you truly love my daughter and would do anything to look out for her. That's the best thing anyone can ask for, I think."

She rose to her feet, then, and grinned at him. "It was wonderful meeting you, Han. I hope we'll talk again."

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i_shot_first
2017-05-24 08:10 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, maybe it did work out better that way." he nodded, smiling back. It could be tough figuring out tone of voice and interpretation via the text system, but at the same time, there was less looking at the person behind the text and judging based on appearances.

"I think so, too. It's odd, though...somehow, things seem to have gone very differently in Leia's world...at least from what she told me. I just keep wondering how things turned out so different. And I feel bad that she's been through so much pain over the years...I mean, we've had our share, but at least we had a few times to be happy now and then. It doesn't seem much like that for her."

"It was nice meeting you." he replied, a lot less nervous now. "I'd like to talk again soon, it'd be nice."

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