Obi-Wan is aging surprisingly well (obi1) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2012-05-31 15:23:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, obi-wan kenobi |
Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi--Narrative
What: Obi has a dream, or The Cantina Scene from Someone's POV Other than Han Solo
When: Thursday Afternoon
Where: Obi-Wan's Bedroom, Mrs. Higgins's House/Tattooine
Status: Complete
Rating: PG (Vague references to some violence.)
He was an old man again.
His hands still buzzed from the quick work he had made of the criminal who'd threatened The Boy. Obi-Wan extinguished the lightsaber and made a cool exit from the cantina bar, taking The Boy by the arm and removing him from the situation. He was trembling, but he was trying his best to be brave. It was clear he hadn't expected that from the old man: the flash of light, the severed alien arm on the floor, the pool of blood they now dragged along the floor with their boots.
The music from the bandstand trickled back into the room, and the patrons turned away from the gory scene--not because they were squeamish, but because their entertainment was over.
Obi-Wan and The Boy took up seats at a booth in the back of the cantina, but they weren't alone. The Wookie was here, the first mate on the ship that could supposedly get them where they needed to go. Out of the corner of his eye, Obi-Wan picked out The Captain as he crossed the dim room. Dark and handsom, he slid into the booth with a swagger that seemed... well, utterly superfluous, really. He should have realized the only reason they were bothering with him, with Mos Eisley at all, was because they were desperate, and desperation made all details unnecessary. The Captain was a show-off from the start and of the worst sort.
"Fast ship? You mean to tell me you've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?" said The Captain.
"Should I have?"
"It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs."
This was, in all likelihood, a lie. A weak attempt at a boast. Obi-Wan fought the urge to pretend to look about the room. Was there someone else The Captain was hoping to impress, because clearly it wasn't him.
The Captain continued. "She's fast enough for you, old man. What's the cargo?"
Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked."
"What is it? Some kind of local trouble? He was laughing at them now. Obi-Wan was nonplussed.
"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements........ ... .. .