Room 313, Monday afternoon

[solo_sword]

After classes, Jaina came back upstairs, closing her closet door against a pair of talking boots- talk about unethical treatment some more now- and decided she just had to go ahead and make the call home. It might be the weirdest question ever, but she'd volunteered to have it and really, this was something she might as well talk about anyway. Back to real life and all.

Besides, the look on her uncle's face when she explained that she needed to know a wedding ceremony- not for her- but so that he could officiate the marriage of his father to his 19-year-old girlfriend was pretty classic.


[Door's closed, post is open post-Luke trauma.]

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"The big, ugly beasts seem to love it here," John agreed, grabbing at her foot with one hand. "'Course, I wouldn't be here if anyone had mentioned that in advance."

[solo_sword]

"Good thing no one did," she said, not fighting too hard for her foot back. "And what do you think about it here now?" She actually didn't think that question had come up.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I seem to be on the receiving end of a lot of crazy," he admitted. "But I can't complain. I mean, I got to fly in space."

[solo_sword]

"Oh," she said, having forgotten about this with break, "by the way, I got my hands on a ship."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Oh? What for?" he asked, rubbing her foot with his hands.

[solo_sword]

"To show you how to fly it," she said, watching his hands.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John's hands stilled. "Really? What kind of ship?" He was extremely excited at the idea, but was trying to hold back.

[solo_sword]

"It's an unarmed transport ship, part Leviathan," she said. "It's part of a living ship, so it's a little different."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"A living transport ship," he repeated thoughtfully. "Have you flown it before?"

[solo_sword]

"No, but I've worked on it. And it seems simpler than a Vong ship. I sort of want to outfit it with weapons and a hyperdrive but I don't think that would go over real well."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I like the sound of that," John said, hands resuming massaging her foot. "No one can get too upset over a hyperdrive. And what they don't know about the weapons won't hurt you." He was not a good influence.

[solo_sword]

"I think the weapons would be a little obvious," Jaina grinned. "Has anyone ever told you you're a bad influence?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Well, let's just say I've never been called a good influence," John admitted with a little grin.

[solo_sword]

Shaking her head at him, she said, "I think I'll stay away from things that could get me killed though, thanks."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I can't disagree with that," he said, liking hearing her say that. "So you're going to take me up in your ship?"

[solo_sword]

"Whenever you're free," she said, not admitting that it wasn't exactly hers.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Cool," he nodded, trying not to get any ideas, but really failing. At least he chose not to voice them. "Anything else new since...yesterday?"

[solo_sword]

She wasn't sure what he was thinking and she wasn't going to ask. "Class, Karal's a horse, scarring my family back home. No, I think that's everything. Tell me you've got something new and interesting."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"New and interesting," John considered her request. "Yeah, I got nothing."

[solo_sword]

"I'm going to blame the day after vacation," she decided.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"You know, there's only thirty-nine weekdays until summer break," John said. "Not that I'm counting."

[solo_sword]

Jaina laughed, surprised. "Wow."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"So while today's the day after vacation, we're pretty close to our next vacation," he explained.

[solo_sword]

"I'm going to have to remember you've got the countdown going," she said, still amused by that. "You haven't planned for the next vacation, have you?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Would it be bad if I have?" he asked. She had nothing to worry about being as he wasn't exactly one to plan that far ahead.