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[notmygrandfather]

Okay. So where are you going to app me?

... well, I kinda want to get away anyway, especially if, like you said, my family won't notice when I'm gone. I want adventures like the twins, you know? Yes, I've had some adventures, but ... not lots, and none like theirs. So don't be surprised about my acceptance!

N-no, don't tell me about the war, and older!me, and all that ... stuff. I like being twelve. Let me stay twelve.

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[animalempathy]

Anakin?

[After dealing with dad and mom and uncle Luke, he's pretty sure that this really is his little brother.]

[notmygrandfather]

...Jacen?

[ Anakin frowns. Aw, are his siblings here before him? Figures. ]

I thought you were on Yavin 4.

[animalempathy]

I was. Till this lady decided to drag me off it to play in a place called mayfield_rpg. Most of the family is there actually.

[He frowns.]

You don't look happy to see me.

[notmygrandfather]

[ he smiles; it's faint and rueful. ]

I'm not unhappy. I just ... thought I'd get my own adventures.

But, ah, I guess the novelty of being somewhere new on my own would wear off pretty quickly anyway. What's this Mayfield place like?

[animalempathy]

[Jacen is seriously unnerved at the idea of his little brother being in some of the more horror based games by himself.]

There are some really bad places out there Anakin.

It's this weird town in some place called America. Mom and dad are there and so is uncle Luke. Our grandmother and grandfather are there too. Apparently it puts them into family groups and tries to force you to be what the town wants you to be. Other stuff happens too though, like someone let zombies loose a few times. It's all kind of a big mystery.

[notmygrandfather]

[shrug] We've been to some bad places, Jacen.

--how can the town force you to be something you're not? [ Confused frown. ] I guess, zombies, that's a thing you fight, but ... I don't get it.

[ wait he just registered the rest ]

... Grandpa's there?

[animalempathy]

These are places that try to change who you are. It's really hard to explain.

[He frowns.]

He was, but I think he was from before he went to the dark side.

[notmygrandfather]

That's... that's weird. I mean, I'm me -- how can a place change that?

--so it's ... he's Anakin Skywalker? That's really weird.

[animalempathy]

Yeah, but kinda nice too.