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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: (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.
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[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?"

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Holdout blaster for the nursery," Luke said with a shrug. "Old habits and all."

Hard to believe Ben grew up so normal, huh.
endsthegame: (+ valentine ready now)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
For some value of 'normal'...

"Luckily, we're not nearly as close to war as your universe generally is," Ender said. "But it would have been useful had we stayed in your galaxy."
endsthegame: (kissing a booooy)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender turned his head and kissed Ben's cheek absently, because it was there. "We try and make this a safe place to raise a baby. Within the limits we have."

Like the moving around.

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do the best you can," Luke agreed, blue eyes focusing on Ben for a long moment, "and hope they forgive your shortcomings."
endsthegame: (like a painting)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender didn't say anything, but he looked towards Ben's expression himself.

It wasn't a statement he was qualified to answer.
endsthegame: (in the background)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ender smiled, and then shifted Val so he could burp her. "At least at the moment, she's not terribly demanding. Beyond the large chunks of our nights she insists on usurping."

[identity profile] notsoreckless.livejournal.com 2015-05-12 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"That won't change for at least five years," Luke said.
endsthegame: (+ valentine ready now)

[personal profile] endsthegame 2015-05-12 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"She's lucky," Ender said wryly, "We're not used to sleeping that much anyway."

More than when they were kids, thanks to the relative contentment they held now. But still.

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