closed ★ hope is always the antidote

[hopesparks]

Who: Anakin & friends
What: Catching up after the chaos of July and August
When: Early September
Where: All over the Trench

Content Warnings: Past suicidal ideation, death & funerary rites, references to war & genocide

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[jedies]

[ obi-wan opens the door with a smile. ]

Anakin.

[hopesparks]

[ Anakin smiles in return. ]

Hi, Ben. Hope I didn't interrupt anything.

[jedies]

Not at all. What can I do for you?

[hopesparks]

It's about something I mentioned on the beach awhile ago.

[ 'When I was about to throw myself into the ocean and let Mariana drown me' goes unspoken. ]

[jedies]

I see.

[ obi-wan doesn't say anything beyond that, leading anakin into the house. ]

What about it?

[hopesparks]

[ He steps into he house, giving it a cursory glance like usual. ]

I decided to do something I haven't done in awhile. An old hobby of mine. I wanted to show you.

[jedies]

[ the corners of his eyes crinkle. ]

I'd love to see it.

[hopesparks]

[ He smiles in return. Anakin digs through the shoulder bag of infinite holding and pulls out a box. It's about the size of his hand and is suspiciously decorated like a gift.

Look, he's never been accused of being subtle.

He holds it out to Obi-Wan, the picture of complete innocence. ]

[jedies]

[ hmm. obi-wan takes it politely, eyebrow raised. ]

[hopesparks]

[ Anakin simply waits politely. Still the picture of innocence.

Should Obi-Wan open the box, he'll find a sculpture of the Jedi temple made out of quartz sandstone. Although he did it from memory, it's to scale and quite detailed. ]

[jedies]

[ oh. obi-wan's eyes goes soft, looking upon it with awe. ]

How . . . ?

[hopesparks]

[ He shrugs lightly, though he seems just a bit shy. ]

I did it from memory. I don't have the tools I do back home, but I just took that as a challenge to solve.

That's not my first attempt, of course.

[ He has several broken stones and imperfect replicas of the Temple, but maybe he can repurpose those later. ]

[jedies]

It's impressive. And very thoughtful. Thank you, Anakin.

[hopesparks]

[ Well now he definitely seems shy. ]

You're welcome.

[jedies]

I don't have any . . . remnants of the Temple. This is very kindly and thoughtfully gifted.