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Ben Skywalker ([personal profile] momslilassassin) wrote2015-05-11 12:10 pm

The house on Naboo [Monday afternoon]

It wasn't that Ben and Ender didn't trust Fandom, but for the first weekend of their daughter's life, they weren't wild about being on an island with a history of weird weekends.

They'd just met her. They didn't want to re-meet her as a pony or a 20 year old or during a rain of tuna. After Ender's class, they'd headed to Naboo and then called Ben's father, who'd had much better Portalocity luck then they'd had (or, as Ben privately suspected, the name "Grand Master Skywalker" had a little more pull than regular old Ben Skywalker did).

He was arriving in a few minutes, and Ben was looking down at his tiny daughter in her portable crib and smiling. "He's going to love you," he murmured.

[OOC: For two!]
endsthegame: (*snerk*)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ben thanks you every day for not naming him 'Obi-Wan'," Ender teased.

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, it was a bit of a mouthful," Luke said.
endsthegame: (determined set)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender opened his mouth to reply, but Val started to move and make some noise. "...Sorry," he said wryly, "I think she's hungry."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Can't have that," Luke agreed. "My son doesn't have her on a timer yet?"
endsthegame: (+ valentine ready now)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"He's been too busy setting up all the baby monitors," Ender said. "The dangers of having three different homes in three different galaxies. Walk with me?"

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke followed along behind. "I remember it well. One home, one ship, one temporary hotel room...and Ben was constantly trying to swallow something."

"Daaaaaaaaaad."
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Go make yourself useful and get some formula," Ender called after that Daaaad.

He glanced towards Luke. "We have the added fun of trying to make sure Val doesn't get caught up in any of Fandom's weird weekends."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"We had a war and kidnappings," Luke said, leaning against the wall. "No upbringing is entirely normal."

At least not in Luke's experience.
endsthegame: (*snerk*)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," Ender said, "And Val will have to get used to all the moving around. But we can make sure she doesn't turn into a pony, at least."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke burst out laughing. "That would be a little awkward."
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"She'd be a cute pony," Ender said wryly, "But I wouldn't know how to feed her."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hay?" Luke suggested. "I didn't exactly have livestock other than eopies and that was decades ago."
endsthegame: (comic: with val watching)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender shook his head. "Better to avoid taking that risk, I think," he said.

He glanced towards the kitchen. "Ben? Is the formula done yet?"

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right here," Ben said, coming out with the bottle and yet another spit cloth--this one with lightsabers on it.

"Hey, Dad," he said, giving Luke a hug.

"Good to see you again," Luke said. "I brought a present."
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender secured the bottle and put it to Val's bottom lip in a practiced movement.

It had been several days. He'd gotten the hang of it. "You've got our attention."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's not a ship," Luke said, going back to the door and returning with a stuffed Ewok toy, "but this was Ben's favorite thing as a little kid..."
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender had never felt any particular affection for stuffed toys.

He was grinning ear to ear anyway.

"That's perfect."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's bigger than she is," Ben commented, grinning just as hard.

"Well, I don't know if anyone's mentioned it, but they do get bigger," Luke said.
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"She'll have a friend," Ender said fondly. "A slowly shrinking friend."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Luke smiled. "I figured it was better than a friend that got much, much larger, like what Allana has."
endsthegame: (*snerk*)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm happy to let Val get a few sizes bigger before we even think about pets, if we do at all," Ender said wryly. "Let alone a nexu."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nexu are probably a pet only a Solo would want," Luke admitted.
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-11 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender chuckled. "Well," he said, "No Solos here."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-11 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Leia and Han send their love, by the way, and no weapons. Han was very specific about that," Luke said.
endsthegame: (determined set)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Ender raised an eyebrow. "Were we in danger of receiving any weapons?"

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