Coruscant- Saturday

[solo_sword]

Her time in Fandom had pretty much done exactly what Jaina had needed it to do: she'd had time to heal up, and while she still felt off, getting back some degree of normalcy had helped a lot. Maybe this was what happened when you coped like a normal person? When she arrived at the Temple, she went straight to the Masters, ready to explain what she'd been doing in Panem and why, and take whatever lumps she had to. She knew she could do so calmly, without coming off like she'd been traumatized or completely angry.

Of course, that was shot to hell the second Corran mentioned that she'd been gone for almost a month, when she should have only been gone two weeks. It made things a little more difficult, trying to talk about how running off was the right thing to do when you were trying so hard not to think about what it had meant the last time time had sped up for her.

Jaina didn't get an answer today, but she knew there'd be some sort of punishment, even if it was getting stuck in the kitchen for the next month. At the moment, that was a secondary concern. When she was free to leave she'd immediately gone to her quarters and got her phone, sending a quick text to multiple contacts reading: Time kriffing sped up again. How are you? and then waited for the messages to bounce back at her. If they did, she'd know she'd been cut off from Fandom again for who knew how long.

Everything went through just fine.

With a sigh of relief, Jaina decided she'd stick to her room for a while, unpacking, doing some quick math to figure this out, and waiting to see if anyone responded. She'd be cursing to herself in the meanwhile.


[Open for calls, texts or emails! If you want to have gotten the message and know about the time speed, you totally got it.]

Comments

[momslilassassin]

She got a text almost immediately from Ben:

HOW FAR AHEAD?

Call him paranoid.

[solo_sword]

Somehow Jaina had not only expected that response, but it was the exact reason she worried about the time speed.

A couple weeks. Going at least 2x as fast, I think.

[momslilassassin]

Yikes.

I just sped through six months in about two and half, Fandom-time. It's not fun.

[solo_sword]

Definitely not. Where are you now?

Asking how things were going was probably too long for a text.

[momslilassassin]

Naboo, taking a break without Dad. I'm heading back to school.

And not at all bitter about it, really. Nope.

[solo_sword]

Huh. And now she wished there was a way to strive for casual here.

Did you get what you were looking for?

[momslilassassin]

Not exactly, Ben sent back. Dad's going to try for a bit on his own. I get to brief the Council.

[solo_sword]

Oh so you get to do the fun stuff.

Shhh, she'd just had to do the same thing.

[momslilassassin]

Totally. Think I need to draw charts?

[solo_sword]

Those might put Kyp to sleep.

Said with platonic love, of course.

[momslilassassin]

And I probably can't hit him with them either, huh.

[solo_sword]

Probably not. When do you get back?

[momslilassassin]

In time for the picnic, I think, if we can bring ourselves to leave Lake Country. It's amazing here--have you been?

[solo_sword]

Have had better times, she admitted. Just got back from a few days in Fandom, got to see people.

[momslilassassin]

Were you there for the creepy alien thing?

[solo_sword]

Just missed it. Heard about it though. You did too?

[momslilassassin]

Yeah, Tony sent me a picture of him with a tail. NOT OKAY.

[solo_sword]

Im impressed he thought to take a picture while he was growing a tail.

[momslilassassin]

...yeah, thinking back that was pretty impressive of him. Then he tried to eat a teacher.

[solo_sword]

Just tried, right? Didnt actually do it?

[momslilassassin]

Right. Mr. Rogers apparently took it in stride, which says something about Fandom teachers.

[solo_sword]

Probably not the first time something like thats happened to him.

[momslilassassin]

That's what Tony said he said. I mean, I've almost been eaten a lot but not by people I know!

[solo_sword]

I have. It gets awkward.

[momslilassassin]

...I can imagine. Was that the zombie thing?