a solo boy who might not go to the dark side

[isatraitor]

Are you gonna re-read those books about me and Jaina? Astral!

...you mean the ones where we're at the Academy, not the shavit after that, right?

Just checking.

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[flownsolo]

Think I know which ones I'm pulling for.

...Not to say the experience was firsthand, or anything.

[isatraitor]

I knew you liked my jokes!

[flownsolo]

I guess if that's your definition of "like"...

Didn't we agree that you were going to practice your material on Lowie from now on? He appreciates your sense of humor.

[isatraitor]

Naw, he just appreciates Chewbacca's life debt enough to not kill me. Subtle difference.

[twelve_not_fourteen]

My handler humbly offers our services if you need a Han for something, though, some of these books were read a long time ago. We're currently going through Star Wars: Crucible.

[isatraitor]

This mun's never even read Crucible. She only got halfway through Fate of the Jedi. (She should have finished it, I hear Ben Skywalker was a good kid, but oh well, muns are lazy sometimes. Not like us Jedi Knights in training who are always working hard all the time no matter what Uncle Luke reports home.)

[twelve_not_fourteen]

"Imagine me playing sabbac with my captors, half naked, while they've hooked me up to a lie detector and the loser of each hand has to pay up with answers. In the first hand they asked 'How did you feel when Chewie died', 'Why did you mourn more for your co-pilot for your youngest son' and 'why did I love Anakin more than I loved you'?"

He shakes his head and swallows hard. "Had better days."

((Chapter 13, fml. He's been going crazy in my head ever since. That said, crucible happens well after after the whole Lord Caedus thing, so, wouldn't blame you if you just weren't interested. I tend to focus more on Han-centric stories, myself.))

[isatraitor]

"Uh, Dad, did you go on another galactic trip with Droma or something? Because it sounds like you got into some spice, like, even heavier than Anja."


[ ooc: Yuuup, this mun is just way more interested in the Solo kids. But also both Bens, as confusing as that can get. ]

[twelve_not_fourteen]

"It was like a glitterstim and kyrf fueled bender from hell." He grumbles. "But with none of the fun."

((It interested me because it was Han/Luke/Leia at their FA ages, but in the Book!verse, so naturally, way better. I remember reading young jedi knights as a kid, which is where most of my knowledge of the Solo!spawn come from, but I'll catch up eventually. I know the high and low lights of what happens. :/ ))

[isatraitor]

"Blaster bolts, that sounds awful." Jacen shakes his head, then grins. "But it's over now! Right?"

[YJK is fantabulous, as is JJK (the Anakin Solo version). If you need epubs of them or NJO, pm me!]

[twelve_not_fourteen]

"Till the handler starts reading again." He says with the patented Solo eye roll. You know the one, the whole family does it.

((Hope you're ready to honor that marker, kid. I'mma bout to take you up on that.))

[isatraitor]

Solemn nod. It's not an expression that used to come naturally to Jacen, but he's noticed it working for Anakin, and it seems to come in handy in general.

"They do that at the worst of times."

have a mom :) she's from movieverse and idk the EU but I'm all for crossmedium shenanigans!

[notimeforsorrow]

Jacen.

[She was testing the name out on her lips as much as she was addressing him.]

It's good to see you.

i've been itching for various cross-verse stuff since tfa came out lol

[isatraitor]

You too, Mom! Jaina and I have been away for months now. Anakin must be driving you crazy without us to distract him.

[ This is mostly sarcasm. Jacen knows that Anakin is, in fact, extremely hard to notice without he and Jaina keeping an eye on him... ]

me too, but I always get so intimidated because the EU is so complex :x

[notimeforsorrow]

I haven't met Jaina or Anakin yet. However, I've no doubt that you're all a handful. I wouldn't have expected otherwise.

[Her smile was wry and teasing.]

I certainly gave my adoptive parents the worst headaches of their lives.

[isatraitor]

Oh.

[ His mood falters only for a second before his lopsided grin returns. ]

Yeah? Y'know, you never really told us about all that. I guess it's a bit late for me and Jaina to make use of the tips, but if you've got any knowledge I can pass on to Anakin...

[notimeforsorrow]

[Meanwhile, Leia gave him a look of surprise - only to have her expression shutter closed with frustration. Not at Jacen, but at herself, for making the same mistakes with all her children, in whichever universe.]

It's never too late.

[She gave him a small smile.]

Get over here.

[She opened her arms to embrace him, her eyes softening with warmth.]

[isatraitor]

No?

[ He blinks with surprise -- then smiles and moves in to hug his mother. He's still young enough for it to mean something, pre-NJO, after all. Even if said Mom doesn't technically know him. ]

So, what's the best prank you pulled on Granda Bail?

[notimeforsorrow]

[She hugged him tight. She'd met Ben Solo and mourned for him, and she could only hope that she could rectify her wrongs with her other children. She was so accustomed to pushing aside her feelings to fight for her cause, but at what price?]

I never really pranked him because I felt sorry for him. [Oh, the amount of times he tried to ban her from something, only to have it backfire.] But there was one time a friend and I put pranked the Minister of Agriculture. We put a giant wooly moth in his drawer . . .