Coruscant- Thursday night

[solo_sword]

While Jaina was more than happy to spend this much time in Fandom (a fact her teenage self wouldn't have ever believed), it was also killing her to be sitting around doing nothing. So they'd celebrated the boys' birthday- after a fire drill- and the next day Jaina had gone home.

There were leads on the cell that they believed was after the family, but she was under very strict orders to not pursue the lead so she didn't throw them off.

Instead, Jaina was on Coruscant, being very visible. She'd so far managed to escape having bodyguards, she'd made a point to be seen with family members, and while she still wasn't the Jedi's favorite person, they had offered help that she'd denied. Politely. Here she was, an open target, all alone and vulnerable, just begging for someone to try and kill her. Maybe they could catch someone. Maybe they could get more information. Maybe.

It wasn't happening. As far as anyone could tell, the cell was making no movement towards her, and she seemed to be in no real danger. It was sort of disappointing, if she was being honest. Disappointing and unsettling. She'd had a feeling they weren't after her, and she had no idea why.

She was staying in the hotel quarters that Jag had been using as his Coruscant home base since his Head of State days, After another day of not having her life threatened, she headed back to said quarters, where she sat on the too-hard sofa and sent a message off to Jag to see if it was a good time to call the kids, since she didn't like how empty it felt in here.

One more day. Then it was time to head back and let the pros do their jobs.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin would be the first to tell you that it's not paranoia to wake up and do Force-assisted headcount of your family members. (Anakin would be wrong because that was completely paranoid, but, well, his life.)

And Jaina's presence had been gone for too long for his comfort.

So check that comlink, Jaina, because your grandfather was doing a wellness check while pretending to be Very Casual about it.

[solo_sword]

Did Jaina actually want to talk to someone just for noise right now? Yes. So she basically pounced on the call, answering with, "Solo."

[sith_happened]

"Hello, Solo," Anakin said, a smile in his voice. "It's Skywalker."

[solo_sword]

Jaina smiled. "Hello. Miss me already?"

Like he hadn't just been a cat and knew what was going on.

[sith_happened]

"Yes," Anakin said. "You missed a fun day yesterday."

Well, fun for Anakin, anyway.

[solo_sword]

"Was it better than making people catch waffle ingredients on their heads?"

You two.

[sith_happened]

"I missed people catching waffle ingredients on their heads?!"

He was so sad, Jaina. So. Sad.

[solo_sword]

"I gave them quicksand, too," she said. "I was inspired."

[sith_happened]

"You are a worthy successor," Anakin teased.

[solo_sword]

"What'd you make them do?" she asked, like she wasn't going to get called next week.

Because she was going to get called next week.

[sith_happened]

"They played kickball," Anakin said, "and I used the slides you bought between the bases."

Beat.

"And they were in giant foam mascot costumes."

[solo_sword]

"I'm both sorry I missed that and glad I missed being in it," she said. "Really glad the slides got reused."

[sith_happened]

"They were spewing chocolate this time," Anakin said. "It was a big hit."

With squirrels.

[solo_sword]

"I'm impressed. And be kinder next week."

When she got called.

[sith_happened]

"Will you be back by then?" Anakin asked hopefully.

[solo_sword]

"I'll be back before Saturday," she said. "I don't know that I'm actually doing any good here, so there's not much point to it."

[sith_happened]

"What were you trying to accomplish?" Anakin asked.

[solo_sword]

"I am failing at being bait," she said with a sigh.

[sith_happened]

"I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be sorry to hear that," Anakin admitted finally.

[solo_sword]

"I'm more prepared to handle that sort of thing than most people." See, she could be humble. "And we have some people around if anything went badly. I was hoping I could draw them out but it doesn't seem like that's going to happen."

[sith_happened]

"Then I am sorry to hear that it didn't work out," Anakin said more sincerely.

[solo_sword]

"I don't like sitting back and letting other people do the hard part," she said, and he could probably have figured that out.

[sith_happened]

Anakin chuckled. "I do know your parents," he said. "I wouldn't expect anything else."

[solo_sword]

"There's a decent chance I'm worse," she admitted. "It was my job. I'm twitchy."

[sith_happened]

"That's very understandable," Anakin said. "Did you get anything out of the trip?"