George Washington Masonic Memorial- Alexandria, VA- Saturday night

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Sometime after the cheer had been had and people had been appropriately soaked, there was a trip into Alexandria, and specifically a little monument. Which, yes, Jaina found pretty cool, even if she's used to seeing monuments. It wasn't stuck on top of another monument, to begin with. That automatically put it in the plus category.

"This is pretty impressive," she admitted. "And I'm not even entirely sure what it is."


[For ltcolkirk, and NFB for distance]

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"It has been awhile," John admitted.

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"Is it something you can do here? Or in Fandom, anyway?"

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"I think I heard there's a pool hall in town," John was pretty sure he'd heard Fast Eddie's had a pool table, but he wasn't positive. "If not, it can't be difficult to find off the island."

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"You should get back into it," she said encouragingly. "And then teach me so I can beat you." And that last part was said with a grin.

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"Hmm...teach you so you can beat me," John raised an eyebrow. "What would I get out of such a plan?"

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She raised an eyebrow right back. "I don't know. Does anything come to mind?"

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John was impressed by her constant non-traditional return on their conversations. That didn't stop him from teasing and using air quotes. "You know, the proper reply would be more like, 'the satisfaction of teaching someone something new,' or whatever."

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Jaina had to laugh at the use if air quotes, and said, "Okay, that's the proper reply. What's the real one?"

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"French fries," John said completely seriously. "I'll teach you how to beat me at pool for french fries."

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"French fries," she repeated. "That... sounds easy enough. You're on."

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"Excellent," John liked this plan. "Whenever you're ready for your pool hall education, I'm there."

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"Perfect," Jaina said. "I like your negotiating style, John."

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"Why thank you," John said. "It's been finely honed over the years for the purpose of food acquisition."

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"A better reason than most people have, especially at such a young age," she said. Okay, she might have been partially serious about that.

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He snapped his fingers, "Darn, you mean I could've been negotiating for use of the family car - or spaceship?"

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"Well, you seemed to really want those French fries. Who am I to deny you that?" Jaina said. "Unless you wanted to reopen negotiations."

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"First I'd need to know if you currently possess a spaceship," John said. "Or a family car."

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"Well, we don't have cars where I come from, but I do have a X-wing. It's not on this planet, though."

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"That won't do," John replied. "Hmm. Do you have a Ferris wheel?"

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"I'm missing one of those," she said, laughing a little. "A Ferris wheel?"

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"It's a giant wheel that you can ride high up in the sky," John explained. "I'm not surprised you don't have one, but that would've been cool."

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"Do you know anyone who does have one?" she asked out of curiosity.

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"Sadly, no," John replied. "They're generally found on celebrity ranches and fairgrounds."

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"Giant wheels on celebrity ranches... Sometimes I wonder if this planet isn't entirely sane," she said, but that wasn't a bad thing.

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"Sometimes I wonder that myself," John nodded. "So, tell me something odd about your planet."