But Still the Days Seem the Same [CLOSED]

[spiritwalks]

Who: Obi-Wan jedies and Vyng spiritwalks
What: A chill evening in an empty, abandoned bar
When: Very beginning of July
Where: Colonel Dan's in Red Cellar

Content Warnings: Listed in subject lines when applicable


((From here))

When they step inside, they're met by darkness pierced only by slivers of lamplight from the alley. Silence — rare in the entertainment district — blankets the place like dusty tarps draped over old furniture.

Vyng flips the switch. A warm glow spills onto a mahogany bar top, an empty stage, and the vacant booths lining the far wall. Nobody is here.

"Welcome to..." Laughter quietly colors Vyng's words. "This. Place."

(He forgot the name.)

Comments

[jedies]

Did it? Help, I mean.

[spiritwalks]

Eventually. Once I left home.

[jedies]

[ obi-wan hums softly. ]

Leaving home can always seem . . . like a crossroads. With no map.

[spiritwalks]

I felt...unmoored at times. But I still had my mother's memory — what she taught me, the songs she sang, her love for the land — to act as my compass.

[jedies]

[ ah. he softens. ]

The best kind to have.

[spiritwalks]

"I'll always be there to show you the way."

That's what she told me, not long before she died. I still keep those words close to my heart.

[jedies]

[ a low hum. ]

A true compass of the heart.

[spiritwalks]

One of the few things that's stayed consistent in my life, to be honest.

[jedies]

Because you held onto it.

[spiritwalks]

I think you're giving me too much credit there.

[jedies]

Am I now?

[spiritwalks]

I gave up my name. I gave up my shapeshifting. But the things she taught...are part of who I am.

[jedies]

Precisely. I am very different from Qui-Gon Jinn but what he passed on lives on in me.

Which is more than a name and my powers.

[spiritwalks]

I guess...I never felt like I had to hold onto anything. Those lessons were always there with me, wherever I went. All I needed to do was reach for them, you know?

[jedies]

It may not feel that way because it is intrinsic, but it is held all the same. Simply because it may feel like air does not mean you are not holding it.

[spiritwalks]

That it's as intrinsic as air is a testament to how well she taught me — and he, you.

[jedies]

Yes. Because we're all filled with light.

[spiritwalks]

The fire ants helped.

[jedies]

[ obi-wan huffs. ]

Perhaps.

[spiritwalks]

[With a quiet smile, he lightly clinks his glass against Obi-Wan's.]

To uphill climbs — and the hard knocks our teachers lovingly imparted to us.

[jedies]

[ cheers. obi-wan takes a languid sip. ]

To teachers who are still with us.

[spiritwalks]

[He softly hums in agreement and takes a sip of his own drink. Sometimes, if he listens, he still hears his mother's song. Especially in quiet, reflective moments like these.]

[jedies]

[ it is the quiet moments that truly linger in the heart. ]

[spiritwalks]

[Vyng comfortably nurses his drink in silence. After some time, half-melted ice clinks together as he sets his empty glass down.]

Can I interest you in another?

[jedies]

Why not?