Somewhere in space- GFFA- Tuesday evening Fandom time

[solo_sword]

Just as she'd thought, a day after Jaina and Zekk had both gotten to Coruscant, they'd been sent out on their first mission back together. Considering she'd blown up at him for running a day late through no fault of his own when she'd been here waiting to do something, that kind of quick turnaround was not the worst idea. Resuming life as usual had chilled Jaina out a bit, too, at least in that regard. It was good to put her brain to work and get back into the action and know for sure that she was in the right place, doing the right thing, at the right time.

Not that she didn't end up missing people when things got quiet. Like now.

Currently she was aboard a passenger transport headed to Mordagon, on the tail of one of the members of a particularly hard-to-find crime ring that was springing up more and more often. Rather than come in being all obvious in X-wings, they'd stowed them on the civilian ship and decided to play this as low-key as possible. She and Zekk had separate rooms, since while they hadn't been Joiners in nearly a year, their bond to each other was still just strong enough to make sharing a room uncomfortable. It was something they might have to get used to, but not yet. Besides, Jaina hadn't apologized for that blowup on Coruscant yet.

That was also the reason she wasn't going to bother him now they they had some downtime till they arrived at their destination: she was just being stubborn. So when she'd gone through all the information she had, and plotted out a plan as well as she could, she got out her phone and checked the time in Fandom. After a moment of wondering if it was maybe too early to be doing this yet, she dialed a number anyway and waited to see if she got voicemail or not.


[Apparently when I'm crabby and headachey, this is the right character to post. If you think you got a call, you did.]

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[solo_sword]

"What?" She immediately tried to lower her voice, not sure exactly how thick the walls were here. The rooms weren't that big, and she didn't to draw any attention. Or, you know, deafen Tahiri. "So, what, Jacen's not around to answer for the decisions he made so they have to blame someone?"

Nice going, Other Jaina. Couldn't bring him in alive?

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri winced, not because it was that loud over the comm but because she felt kind of guilty about getting that kind of reaction.

"That's about the gist of it. I didn't ask for too many details." Funny how breaking up distracted from the political developments. "So unless he can prove he can make sure it never happens again, he can't come back to Coruscant for ten years."

[solo_sword]

"Well, to start, they could maybe not put another Sith in charge of the galaxy, but hey, it's not like they shouldn't have learned that lesson a generation ago and I don't think that's Luke's call." She paused, taking a deep breath. "Sorry. I'm not trying to yell."

[weetuskenraider]

"It's okay. Under the circumstances I think you're holding it in pretty well." Tahiri snorted. "Honestly, you'd think they wouldn't have forgotten that already."

But no. Recycling storylines Repeating history was apparently the way to go.

[solo_sword]

Was it wrong that there was a tiny part of Jaina that thought If that's how the government handles their mistakes, no wonder Jag ends up being Emperor? Especially since she didn't even know how Jacen ended up in power.

Oh, well. She was getting very used to thinking things she probably shouldn't and being okay with it.

Calming down, it occurred to her that if Ben was gone, that he wasn't exactly coming back. "How are you doing?" she wondered.

[weetuskenraider]

Yeah, the only thing Tahiri really remembered about that one weird weekend they'd all ended up older was that she'd apparently ended up with different alliances that made things strained between her and Ben.

"I'm functioning," she answered -- which might not seem like much of an answer for anyone who didn't remember the near-catatonic wreck she'd been after Myrkr. (Different circumstances, granted.) She still sounded grateful for the concern, though. "It's not as if I didn't know it was going to have to end anyway; it was just a little ahead of schedule."

[solo_sword]

It still surprised her how well Tahiri was handling this, and not even just for the way she'd been after Anakin. Breakups were hard, and Tahiri sounded more adult about it than Jaina probably had. "I'm sorry," she said. "It'd still be nice if circumstances could have worked out in your favor."

[weetuskenraider]

It wasn't that easy, honestly; it was just that Tahiri never wanted to let herself get that close to broken again.

"So do I," she replied. "I really do. But I can't ever complain about what we got. Besides, if Luke's going to have a good chance at finding that proof he needs, Ben's in the right place."

She could probably have sounded a little more convincing about that. Not that she didn't think it was true.

[solo_sword]

"If nothing else... it's his dad," Jaina said with a shrug, even if Tahiri couldn't see it. "I kind of got the impression time together can't hurt."

Especially with Mara gone, which was not something Jaina was allowing herself to think for more than a second when Fandom's Luke had just met her.

[weetuskenraider]

"There is that," Tahiri agreed. "Force knows they have years to make up for."

Her thoughts might have been trending along the same lines, which was why the smile Jaina couldn't see crossed her face for a moment. "They're taking the Jade Shadow."

[solo_sword]

That got her to smile a little. "Seriously? That's fitting."

[weetuskenraider]

"That's what I thought," Tahiri said. "Ben will probably go stir-crazy in no time flat, but if they have to do this, I don't think they could have picked a better ship."

[solo_sword]

"Yeah," she agreed. "Though I'd still rather beat the responsible parties so they don't have to do this at all."

[weetuskenraider]

"I'd help you," Tahiri said without missing a beat.

If only they knew, really.

[solo_sword]

"I suppose it wouldn't be a great idea to actually team up and go there, huh?" As much as she wanted to, she also realized she had no idea what their standing was in Ben's time, which would probably just complicate things more. Still, it was a nice idea.