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solo_sword) wrote2008-08-08 10:34 pm
solo_sword) wrote2008-08-08 10:34 pm
On a transport right up into Fandom, early Saturday Fandom time
Jaina awoke to an alert buzzing, which she recognized blearily was the sound of them reaching their destination. She wondered if she should pretty herself up or something to go with that whole goddess thing, and then decided psychological warfare could wait until she'd had some caf.
She hadn't been sleeping well, which was no surprise, but by the time she dressed and headed to the cockpit of the freighter she and Kyp had been traveling in, she at least looked decent. "Does this mean we can finally trade up to a ship that doesn't make me fix things constantly?" she asked, slumping into the copilot's seat.
"Getting used to the special treatment, Goddess?" he asked with a grin.
"I can be plenty spoiled," she assured him, and looked out the viewport. Her smile disappeared as she recognized the surface of the planet, and asked slowly, "Kyp... where did you bring us?"
"You need me to tell you that?" Kyp asked, but he was not only serious, he wasn't looking at her.
She hadn't really had a chance to be in the cockpit much. He'd teased her about how goddesses didn't fly falling-apart ships and had yet had no problem sending her to fix whatever needed fixing, and no, she wouldn't have put it past him to have broken anything himself to keep her away from checking their coordinates. Jaina turned on him, eyes flashing. "You brought me to Fandom. We talked about this. I told you I wasn't going back."
"And I heard that. That's why I made the decision for you."
"No. Kyp, we're supposed to be working. There's still plenty to do before Borleias-"
"Borleias is on hold," he told her.
"That's ridiculous. You can't put a campaign on hold for one person-"
Kyp crossed his arms and cut her off again. "Let me tell you how this is going to go. Then you can get all offended, and I know you will. You've had a rough few weeks."
"That happens to me a lot," Jaina shot back.
"Do all your rough weeks turn you to the dark side?"
She stopped herself from biting out a nasty comment in order to stay on topic. "You were at that meeting. You heard the plan. Everyone checked off on it. Uncle Luke is handing me his squadron. You volunteered to fly under me. Do not take that the wrong way."
"I volunteered and I meant it," Kyp told her. "But not yet. You're not ready."
"That's not your decision to make!" Jaina snapped.
"No, just my idea."
She paused, realization dawning on her. "Everyone knows about this?"
Kyp nodded, though he didn't seem to like admitting that much. "I don't think you have any idea how worried people have been about you. Your father, for one."
Jaina had known she hadn't helped most people's opinions of her, but this hit really hard. "And everyone thinks I'm unstable."
"It is quite a change in you from Eclipse to Hapes to Borleias," he pointed out. "And let's face it, I'm your rashest decision yet and this is you."
Anger dissipating in the wake of all the new bruises to her ego, Jaina rubbed at her temple. She'd brought this on herself. "So what do you want me to do, Kyp? You're shipping me off back here?"
"Not permanently. Unless you really screw up," he said, but there was a bit of teasing resonating in that statement. "Borleias will happen. You'll get Twin Suns. Everything we discussed will still happen. But if we're going to hand this all over to you, we need to know you can handle it. Take some time. Deal. Actually talk to that boyfriend of yours rather than moping. In the meantime, we'll be using the goddess thing to our advantage. We'll use that to excuse your absence so when you come back, you'll be able to jump into your spoiled brat routine."
"And then?" Jaina pressed. "You decide I'm not going to start sending you all off to die-"
"You did do it once."
"Shut up. You decide I'm okay and what, I'm back home for good?"
Kyp paused. "I can say that I would prefer you kept coming back here. Because again, it's you. We both know what you'll be like if you stay there. You'll burn yourself out and I'll get the blame."
Jaina shook her head. "I'm not a volunteer like you. I'm enlisted. The military doesn't work like that."
"You're the false incarnation of the Yuuzhan Vong trickster goddess. You can do whatever you want."
She was quiet for a moment, mulling this over. She wasn't happy about it. She hadn't wanted to deal with things yet. People here might not take the news of her time away very well, and she had no idea how to tell her grandfather what she'd done, what she'd chosen. But she'd known it was going to be hard, and she would have to answer for her actions, and short of hitting Kyp with more Force lightning and hijacking the ship till he stopped her, she didn't have much of a choice.
Finally she sighed, "I want full reports. Constantly. I mean it. I want to know exactly what's going on at all times. Keep using the goddess thing if you have to, but I want all the information everyone else has."
"Got it," he nodded. "Is that your only condition?"
"This is a negotiation?"
"No, but let's pretend."
"I don't want to wait forever," Jaina went on. "I want to be back out their fighting."
"That's up to you," Kyp told her. "Or, actually, me. And I'm a harsh judge."
She took a deep breath, and nodded. "Fine."
Kyp let her get her things from her cabin while he landed the ship, though when she rejoined him in the cockpit she wasn't much for talking. The anger and hurt had given way to a sick sort of nervousness, and probably sensing this, Kyp gave her space.
When they'd landed at the causeway, he opened the landing ramp and nodded towards it. "I'll be in touch," he promised.
"You'd damn well better be," she said, hefting her bag onto her shoulder.
"May the Force be with you, Jaina."
"You, too," she said, a little stunned that she meant it. He needed it as much as she did. He'd said they were in this together, which made her wonder if this wasn't as much as a test for him as it was for her.
When she stepped off the ship, she backed off just enough to be at a safe distance to watch it fly away. For some reason she wanted to make sure she saw him go. Maybe she just didn't trust him not to somehow stay here and watch her in secret.
Or maybe she was just putting off heading back into town, which was far more likely.
[That Jaina's back if good for broadcast, everything else is NFB.
And that's it for pre-written spamming! Thank you to everyone who's read along! *collapses*]
She hadn't been sleeping well, which was no surprise, but by the time she dressed and headed to the cockpit of the freighter she and Kyp had been traveling in, she at least looked decent. "Does this mean we can finally trade up to a ship that doesn't make me fix things constantly?" she asked, slumping into the copilot's seat.
"Getting used to the special treatment, Goddess?" he asked with a grin.
"I can be plenty spoiled," she assured him, and looked out the viewport. Her smile disappeared as she recognized the surface of the planet, and asked slowly, "Kyp... where did you bring us?"
"You need me to tell you that?" Kyp asked, but he was not only serious, he wasn't looking at her.
She hadn't really had a chance to be in the cockpit much. He'd teased her about how goddesses didn't fly falling-apart ships and had yet had no problem sending her to fix whatever needed fixing, and no, she wouldn't have put it past him to have broken anything himself to keep her away from checking their coordinates. Jaina turned on him, eyes flashing. "You brought me to Fandom. We talked about this. I told you I wasn't going back."
"And I heard that. That's why I made the decision for you."
"No. Kyp, we're supposed to be working. There's still plenty to do before Borleias-"
"Borleias is on hold," he told her.
"That's ridiculous. You can't put a campaign on hold for one person-"
Kyp crossed his arms and cut her off again. "Let me tell you how this is going to go. Then you can get all offended, and I know you will. You've had a rough few weeks."
"That happens to me a lot," Jaina shot back.
"Do all your rough weeks turn you to the dark side?"
She stopped herself from biting out a nasty comment in order to stay on topic. "You were at that meeting. You heard the plan. Everyone checked off on it. Uncle Luke is handing me his squadron. You volunteered to fly under me. Do not take that the wrong way."
"I volunteered and I meant it," Kyp told her. "But not yet. You're not ready."
"That's not your decision to make!" Jaina snapped.
"No, just my idea."
She paused, realization dawning on her. "Everyone knows about this?"
Kyp nodded, though he didn't seem to like admitting that much. "I don't think you have any idea how worried people have been about you. Your father, for one."
Jaina had known she hadn't helped most people's opinions of her, but this hit really hard. "And everyone thinks I'm unstable."
"It is quite a change in you from Eclipse to Hapes to Borleias," he pointed out. "And let's face it, I'm your rashest decision yet and this is you."
Anger dissipating in the wake of all the new bruises to her ego, Jaina rubbed at her temple. She'd brought this on herself. "So what do you want me to do, Kyp? You're shipping me off back here?"
"Not permanently. Unless you really screw up," he said, but there was a bit of teasing resonating in that statement. "Borleias will happen. You'll get Twin Suns. Everything we discussed will still happen. But if we're going to hand this all over to you, we need to know you can handle it. Take some time. Deal. Actually talk to that boyfriend of yours rather than moping. In the meantime, we'll be using the goddess thing to our advantage. We'll use that to excuse your absence so when you come back, you'll be able to jump into your spoiled brat routine."
"And then?" Jaina pressed. "You decide I'm not going to start sending you all off to die-"
"You did do it once."
"Shut up. You decide I'm okay and what, I'm back home for good?"
Kyp paused. "I can say that I would prefer you kept coming back here. Because again, it's you. We both know what you'll be like if you stay there. You'll burn yourself out and I'll get the blame."
Jaina shook her head. "I'm not a volunteer like you. I'm enlisted. The military doesn't work like that."
"You're the false incarnation of the Yuuzhan Vong trickster goddess. You can do whatever you want."
She was quiet for a moment, mulling this over. She wasn't happy about it. She hadn't wanted to deal with things yet. People here might not take the news of her time away very well, and she had no idea how to tell her grandfather what she'd done, what she'd chosen. But she'd known it was going to be hard, and she would have to answer for her actions, and short of hitting Kyp with more Force lightning and hijacking the ship till he stopped her, she didn't have much of a choice.
Finally she sighed, "I want full reports. Constantly. I mean it. I want to know exactly what's going on at all times. Keep using the goddess thing if you have to, but I want all the information everyone else has."
"Got it," he nodded. "Is that your only condition?"
"This is a negotiation?"
"No, but let's pretend."
"I don't want to wait forever," Jaina went on. "I want to be back out their fighting."
"That's up to you," Kyp told her. "Or, actually, me. And I'm a harsh judge."
She took a deep breath, and nodded. "Fine."
Kyp let her get her things from her cabin while he landed the ship, though when she rejoined him in the cockpit she wasn't much for talking. The anger and hurt had given way to a sick sort of nervousness, and probably sensing this, Kyp gave her space.
When they'd landed at the causeway, he opened the landing ramp and nodded towards it. "I'll be in touch," he promised.
"You'd damn well better be," she said, hefting her bag onto her shoulder.
"May the Force be with you, Jaina."
"You, too," she said, a little stunned that she meant it. He needed it as much as she did. He'd said they were in this together, which made her wonder if this wasn't as much as a test for him as it was for her.
When she stepped off the ship, she backed off just enough to be at a safe distance to watch it fly away. For some reason she wanted to make sure she saw him go. Maybe she just didn't trust him not to somehow stay here and watch her in secret.
Or maybe she was just putting off heading back into town, which was far more likely.
[That Jaina's back if good for broadcast, everything else is NFB.
And that's it for pre-written spamming! Thank you to everyone who's read along! *collapses*]