nonelikemesince: (Confused)
[personal profile] nonelikemesince
Right, so only two days here had passed since he left; that was weird, but unless he'd come back to another bizarre alternate world, really, Anakin was just glad to be in a place where stumbling across hostile anti-Jedi crowds wasn't a concern.

Jaina back home was busy with the Rogues, but that didn't mean Anakin was out of luck when it came to wanting to talk to the sibling who didn't drive him crazy. Thus heading straight here after his arrival, and knocking on Jaina's door.

[OOC: For the occupant, of course.]

Date: 2012-09-27 02:35 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (lookback)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
Jaina'd been up and doing things since way too early, so it didn't take her long to get to the door. And while she was glad to see Anakin on the other side of it, she couldn't exactly say she was surprised.

"You're back," she said with a little smile, opening the door wider to let him inside.

Date: 2012-09-27 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
You know what? Anakin was just going to step inside and go for a hug. He could really use one.

"Really glad to be back," he mumbled.

Date: 2012-09-27 04:49 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (hug)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
Yeah, she knew that reaction. She hugged him back, asking, "That kind of trip, huh?"

Date: 2012-09-27 04:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Anakin nodded, a little sullen. "I thought Centerpoint was awful when we were kids," he admitted. "This was worse."

Date: 2012-09-27 05:06 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (sympathetic)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
Jaina sighed, wishing- not for the first time- that she could warn him about this stuff before he went into it. "Yeah. Nothing good really ever happens there, does it?"

Putting it lightly, Jaina.

"Want to sit?"

Date: 2012-09-27 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Well, it was a giant mysterious superweapon that was an ancient artifact to boot. That was a recipe for not-good things happening.

"Right, you'd remember it," Anakin said, and he wished she could warn him, too. He took a seat and rubbed his hand over his face, suddenly realizing how tired he was. "I almost, almost wish I could go back and tell eight-year-old me not to touch the repulsor on Drall."

Date: 2012-09-27 05:26 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (conversating)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
Jaina shook her head as she sat down. "Don't start thinking about things you could have done differently. Once you start doing that, you'll never stop."

Date: 2012-09-27 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"How can I not?" Anakin asked. "Everyone gets on my case for not thinking before I act, and the one time I do, it's a disaster."

Date: 2012-09-27 05:41 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (serious talk)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"There's a difference between thinking before you act and beating yourself up over something that's already done," she told him. "But okay: what would you have done differently that's not going back in time seven years?"

Date: 2012-09-27 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"Not hesitated," he said immediately, because, well, he'd been beating himself up over it since leaving Centerpoint. "Taken the shot instead of listening to Jacen."

He sighed. "Or not gone at all, but who knows what would've happened at Fondor in that case?"

Date: 2012-09-27 05:58 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (long hair)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"True. So you take this and you remember it for the next time you're in a bad situation and you learn from it," Jaina said. "But you can't change what happened, no matter how hard you think it over."

Date: 2012-09-27 06:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Whatever his reputation was, in some respects Anakin was still a kid. The way he had to bite his lower lip to keep it from trembling probably underscored that.

"Just like I can't change what happened at Sernpidal?" he asked so quietly it was almost a whisper.

Date: 2012-09-27 06:09 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (quiet)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
This kid never caught a break, did he?

She moved over to wrap her arm around his shoulders. "Yeah, like that," she said quietly. "And you know, to this day I think you made the right call there. It's just really not easy to be the one making the hard decisions."

Date: 2012-09-27 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Anakin leaned into her, more grateful than he'd realized for the contact. "Especially when the number of people who live or die depends on my choice."

He wasn't even old enough to vote by American standards. But no pressure.

"And now on top of that, the Jedi reputation is going to be worse than it already was, while Thrackan comes out looking like a hero."

Date: 2012-09-27 06:50 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (taking it in)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Don't worry about either of those things. There'll be enough talk of the Jedi reputation, and Thrackan... there are spoilers there," Jaina said. "I wish I could make this easier for you."

Date: 2012-09-27 06:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"You kind of are, even if it probably drives you crazy not saying things," Anakin pointed out with a wry, mirthless half-smile. "You're not off somewhere else and too busy to listen."

Date: 2012-09-27 07:00 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (little smile)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Your me will make time for you, I promise," she told him. "And it only drives me a little crazy."

Date: 2012-09-27 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Anakin considered that. "You must be used to it by now, huh?"

Date: 2012-09-27 07:22 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (straight on)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
She nodded. "More or less. It's not always easy, but, after a dozen years of having to be quiet, you don't have to think about it anymore."

Date: 2012-09-27 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"Or maybe you're just getting forgetful in your old age," he tried to joke. It fell a tiny bit flat, granted. "It doesn't get easier, does it? Making those decisions?"

Date: 2012-09-27 07:37 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (and more serious)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"No," she said, knowing lying wasn't going to do any good here. "You do what you can with what you have and make the best call you can. Sometimes it'll be wrong, and sometimes people die, and you just have to know you did the best you could."

Date: 2012-09-27 07:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Anakin nodded slowly. "No matter what they're saying on the HoloNet."

Little bit bitter? Tiny bit. Thanks for watching obsessively, Jacen.

Date: 2012-09-27 07:51 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (resigned)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Never listen to the HoloNet," Jaina said, maybe a little strongly since she'd been on there a bunch recently. "They're usually trying to sell a story rather than the truth."

Date: 2012-09-27 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"The good thing about being here," Anakin began, then trailed off with a sarcastic, "Bet they probably think I ran away now."

Date: 2012-09-27 08:20 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (eh)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Or are laying low. Which a lot of Jedi are probably doing right now, so it's not a huge deal," Jaina assured him. What, with Vong putties bounties on them soon, if they hadn't already.

Date: 2012-09-27 08:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"Like Corran," Anakin added, frowning. "You'd think I'd be used to people getting hurt whenever I do things by now."

Date: 2012-09-27 08:54 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (attentive)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Oh, honey," she said, hugging him with her arm a little. "Don't do that to yourself."

Date: 2012-09-27 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Anakin reached out to hug her back, but paused and tilted his head, then managed a tiny laugh. "You're definitely older than Jaina back home. I can't really see her saying that." Or maybe that was just because he was a teenage boy.

Date: 2012-09-27 09:38 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (oh?)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"The 'honey' or the not just telling you to suck it up?" she wondered.

Date: 2012-09-27 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"A little bit of both," Anakin admitted, "especially since the last time I saw her, she was literally trying to keep me and Jacen from throttling each other."

Date: 2012-09-27 10:08 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (thinky)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"Oh, right. I remember those days..." Not fondly, but.

Date: 2012-09-27 10:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
Those days hadn't been fun for anyone.

"So we grow out of it eventually," he guessed.

Um, Anakin . . .

Date: 2012-09-27 10:18 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (even)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"You kind of come to an understanding," Jaina said evenly.

Which was true. It just happened like right before Anakin died.

Date: 2012-09-27 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
So from a certain point of view, then. Very Obi-Wan of you, Jaina.

"It's hard to see that right now," Anakin said with a little huff. "He can be as philosophical as he wants to be. I'm just not going to listen to him any more."

Date: 2012-09-27 10:36 pm (UTC)
solo_sword: (eyebrow)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
Jaina just raised an eyebrow at him. Seeing as how she knew better and all.

Date: 2012-09-28 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"What?" You know that whole teenager thing? Anakin was convinced he knew better. "It's not like we agree anyway."

Date: 2012-09-28 12:34 am (UTC)
solo_sword: (oh come on)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
"That's exactly why not listening won't work, Anakin. You're both going to keep trying to convince each other because you don't agree," she said. "And you know you're not going to get Jacen to shut up about this stuff. He's incapable."

It was weird to talk about him in present tense.

Date: 2012-09-28 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
More or less weird than talking to Anakin?

"I know, I know," Anakin conceded; his shoulders slumped. "It's just hard to work with someone who always questions how you do things . . . though that works both ways."

He'd almost rather have stuck his head in a rancor's mouth than admit that.

Date: 2012-09-28 02:47 am (UTC)
solo_sword: (listening)
From: [personal profile] solo_sword
She was a little surprised to hear that, too. "Someone questioning how you do things can be good, too. Keeps you on your toes," she said. "I can say that now. And because no one's currently questioning everything I do."

Date: 2012-09-28 05:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nonelikemesince.livejournal.com
"Every now and then," Anakin agreed, but quickly added (just in case anyone got the wrong impression that he wasn't still mad at Jacen), "but not all the time."

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