✧ Third Rebellion ✧ [Action/Text] - Post Luceti University

[borntorebel]

Action - Open to all on 9/13 and 9/14
[Since things at house 46 calmed down somewhat back in mid-July, Leia has settled into an easy, relaxed schedule. Well, relaxed by her standards. There were few deviations and distractions. Until the recent events of the entire enclosure turning into what appeared to be an university. In a way, she found the changes comforting. A happy family. Friends. Activities to keep her busy. Han.

But there are things about it that leave her unsettled still. How easily her mind was manipulated, for one. She finally understands on some level what Luke tried to explain to Han and herself when they were at Pagoda. It's not quite the same, not by a long shot, but to be given an opportunity where she and Anakin could get along without the baggage of their lives back home is like poking an open wound that she has been trying to steadily ignore.

She's gotten a little better at controlling the turmoil that her emotions normally cause by shoving it to an empty corner of her mind and pressing forward with things, but Leia knows that they'll have to be dealt with sooner rather than later. She's just not ready right this second to jump up and do that. So, instead of spending hours at the library or exploring the outer buildings of the enclosure, she's looking at the empty houses and apartment buildings. The rest of her schedule, she follows faithfully over the weekend. Until Sunday evening, when she has a few written messages to send out to some people before going home.]

Text to Sokka -
It was nice to finally meet you face-to-face, Sokka. If you'd like, I wouldn't mind sparring with you from time to time now that we are back to normal.

Text to Han -
When I get home tonight for dinner, can we talk in private first?

Text to Syre -
I find that after speaking to you for a week that I would like to get to actually know you. Are you available to meet me tomorrow morning? Also, are you skilled with fencing? I'd like to actively train in a sword art.

Text to Ami, Helios and Lee -
For the next week, can we suspend the cooking lessons? I have something else I have in mind for those times.

Comments

[borntorebel]

[His words strike harder than he probably meant for them to do so, making her remember how vehemently she'd rejected the Force Ghost of Anakin Skywalker so soon after his death.]

Yes, I know you freed him. And I remember the stories that I heard as a child about him.

[Bail Organa had made sure that she had some positive stories to hear while growing up. Of course, those had happened while Breha and his sisters were nowhere around.]

[thefinaljedi]

[They probably have the impact he'd predicted, given that she'd told him about that conversation years later. But that aside, he squeezes her hand.]

He gave us quite a legacy to live up to. [Gently, he huffs a laugh and shakes his head.]

The Son and Daughter of Vader.

[borntorebel]

[She can't help but smile at that. The words are so similar to something she once said.]

Yes, he did, didn't he? But, you know, Han corrected me once about being Vader's daughter. He said that I was a Skywalker, not a Sith.

[Her eyes track down to where her brother is still holding her hand a bit.]

I wasn't sure then 100% about that, but he's sometimes right.

[thefinaljedi]

You are, like it or not, the child of Vader. But that doesn't mean Sith. Vader never truly was either. He was always a Skywalker, at heart.

[He squeezes that hand and elbows her a bit.]

And Han's more right about a lot of things than you give him credit for.

[borntorebel]

I don't think I can escape the fact that I am Vader's daughter. Being able to wield this is proof enough, I think.

[No vemon, no anger. She's still a bit amused that Luke did it this way. It's the final piece to making her stop trying to deny that part of herself.]

Han's right a lot of the time. I admit that I couldn't find anything good about him at first. He was a scoundrel of the worst sort when we met.

But he grew on me. And when he's right, I can admit it. Now that we aren't fighting all of the time.

[thefinaljedi]

Now it's just a matter of figuring out what to do with that legacy here, honestly.

[He laughs faintly.]

It's good, y'know, to have someone like him. You've always needed someone to look after.

[borntorebel]

Is there anything we can do with it here? Back home, that's not really a problem. Sometimes, it's more of where do we start.

[She chuckles at his little joke.]

It works out for him too. He needs someone to look after him. It's a mutually beneficial relationship.

[thefinaljedi]

There's always good to be done. Projects within the community, for one. It's not as straightforward as fighting the Empire was in your time, but...it is equally necessary.

[borntorebel]

I'd like to be able to do more rebuilding than fighting, so I suppose that's a good thing. It's part of the reason that I opted to go to Pagoda when the call for volunteers came so soon after I arrived.

[She might do as much active fighting as she once did, but even the incessant meetings and plotting were getting to her. She'd almost forgotten what even a little bit of peace was like before she woke up in Luke's shower.]

Although, at this point, anything is better than just sitting around, feeling like something is going to happen again.

[thefinaljedi]

For the moment? We'll keep at this. I want you to keep the lightsaber, too. A reminder, and a tool. You'll need it I'm sure.

[borntorebel]

[The lightsaber in her hand isn't as light as she expected, but it's not heavy either. Just like the first time her parents gave her a blaster to learn to use.]

I'm not sure how I feel about needing it at all. But, better prepared for any situation than caught unaware.

Thanks.

[thefinaljedi]

We'll keep practicing. It'll get more instinctual with time.

[borntorebel]

I know you said that I have the same potential as you do in the Force at one time, but...Do you think that that is still true? I'm not sure I can do half of what you can.

[Because, let's face it, that would be really cool and scary at the same time.]

[thefinaljedi]

With time, yes. But I've got years more training.

[borntorebel]

There is that.

[She thinks about what she saw in the movies and frowns.]

How much of a difference is it that I'm learning later in life than most who became Jedi did? You were nineteen when you started, but I'm older than that now. From what I understand, most were trained from the first time they showed any sort of ability with the Force as small children.

[thefinaljedi]

Honestly, I couldn't say. It varies from person to person. All of my students were adults, and some of them like Streen were in their fifties. They've managed just fine, but I can't give you a personal perspective. Either way, you're working at about the same pace as the majority of the new Jedi.

[borntorebel]

[Hm, that helps her feel a bit better, to be honest.]

I guess I'll just have to work harder in the future then. [She checks the time, shaking her head.] I didn't think we'd been here that long.

[thefinaljedi]

Got something more pressing to do?

[It's a legit question, Leia.]

[borntorebel]

Not really, but I'm a little hungry. It's strange what having a schedule that includes eating will do for a person.

[What's sad is that she's being honest. You should know that by now, brother dear.]

[thefinaljedi]

Oh, I know how that goes. I grew up on a farm, remember?

[borntorebel]

I remember that, yes, but since I really don't know what that means, this is very new for me.

[She shakes her head.]

Well, no, I haven't had such a set schedule since school as a girl.

[thefinaljedi]

Oh, give that a few years. [Luke smiles mysteriously, a little twinkle in his eye.] You’ll be up to your ears in meetings. And about as happy about it as an Ewok in a fresher stand.

[borntorebel]

[She eyes him a bit, trying to figure out what he's implying.]

I actually enjoyed that part of being in the Senate. Before the Rebellion. It just didn't really mean much.

[thefinaljedi]

Try doing that on top of everything you do here, and raising three kids.

[borntorebel]

Hah, yes, Han says that he hardly sees me. That being here with me is some sort of treat since I'm not so busy.

I'm afraid to ask how involved I am in my own children's lives, truthfully. He seems so happy.