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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[solo_sword]

"Yes," she said, and while that answer would go for both questions, she was answering the spoken one. "What is it?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Not like it's a big thing," he pointed out, because he didn't want to make it one. "But I don't think anyone here knows that my mom died when I was a kid." Probably because he never told anyone. Ever.

[solo_sword]

She wasn't sure what she'd been expecting, but she'd been hoping not to hear something like that. "I'm sorry," she said, scooting closer to him.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It was a long time ago," he said, dismissing any assumption of sadness. "I'm okay with it." Not that he was going to reject the scooting.

[solo_sword]

"Doesn't mean I'm any less sorry," she said simply.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, I'm not really good with the whole sympathy thing," he admitted.

[solo_sword]

"So you just don't talk about it?" she asked. There were some small things she'd only hinted at in the last six months, and she would have counted a dead parent as a pretty big thing.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I talk about it if it comes up," he said. "But I'm not pushing to tell everyone."

[solo_sword]

"That's fair," she nodded. "I'm glad you told me."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

He was actually surprised they'd gotten to the point where he could. "So you got anything to throw at me while we seem to be doing this disclosure thing?"

[solo_sword]

There was a long pause. "I'm trying to remember whether there's anything I haven't told you yet. Former Sith relatives, I think I talked about my parents, kidnapping and trauma..."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That sounds familiar so far," John nodded, remembering what Luke told him about the most recent kidnapping trauma. "Though I might have missed out on the trauma."

[solo_sword]

"We might be here a while if you want to hear about that," she warned. It wasn't like she'd had the most normal life, and some of it tied into kidnappings.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I'm in no hurry to leave," he assured her.

[solo_sword]

Another pause, and she admitted, "I sort of don't know where to start. I've had people after me since before I was born, it's sort of a lot."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"That is a lot," he agreed, scooting closer and resting his hands on his knees. "Tell me what you feel like telling."

[solo_sword]

"Well, there's that," she said. "Dark Jedi number one to pull that trick. I think there were three? The third was the most serious about it, though." Because he hadn't been an insane clone, yes.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Serious and successful?" he asked.

[solo_sword]

Jaina nodded. "Brakiss," she explained. "He'd been trying to train people as Dark Jedi to further the Second Imperium. He got me, Jacen and our friend Lowie, and really did try. He pitted me and Jacen against each other unknowingly, broke out the Force lightning, eventually came after the Academy... Not fun times."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Force lightning? I don't think I've heard about that."

[solo_sword]

"It's a dark side power," she said, and reconsidered that. "Mostly. It's dark energy focused into electricity you can direct from your hands. Pretty nasty stuff."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"And you were on the receiving end of that?" he frowned, really not liking the sound of that.

[solo_sword]

"Once," she shrugged. "I mouthed off. It hurt, but I was fine. Lowie went ballastic seeing it, though. I think I was more worried about him knowing I was okay than anything."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I can understand that feeling," he nodded. "I don't know how you stay so normal after having been through so much."

[solo_sword]

"Gotta roll with it or go crazy," Jaina said. "Until something's over it can always get worse, and then there's something else to deal with."