Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls...

[demonicbeauty]

Who: Ariadne and various (hit me up if you want a starter!)
What: Ariadne keeping busy and being bad at processing her feelings
When: Throughout January
Where: Various, but mostly Serenity Garden

Content Warnings: Backstory trauma likely to come up, discussion of Jedi/Sith violence, will update as needed.

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[demonicbeauty]

"That's a big responsibility," she said, in a gentle, knowing sort of way. She was far from the most...trained...Alastrian. But as far as she knew, she was the last of her generation. She might well be the last one alive, at some point in time.

Not a possibility she particularly liked. But probability didn't play to people's preferences.

It was fair.

"But then, maybe you're going to meet Luke at some point? I understand he's also trying to take down your Empire."

And she was pretty sure he'd managed to make some serious headway.

[ezra_of_lothal]

"Luke's great," Ezra says with honest enthusiasm. "He's got his father's raw ability, and I guess maybe he got his...groundedness from Padme? Or maybe just the aunt and uncle who raised him. I know enough..." He pauses.

"I'm almost certain I know exactly where he was, in my time. It lines up. And I know one way that the Emperor's rule could end, and in that future Luke was key. But he'd only had a few months training. He's...he's got the self-knowledge, the compassion, the commitment. He is a Jedi Knight. And maybe that's all the galaxy needs. Still, the techniques? History? Culture?"

He trails off.

[demonicbeauty]

She always felt a little flush of pleasure when talking about Luke. She was incredibly fond of him, mostly for the qualities that Ezra listed. The compassion. The commitment.

Also, he smelled really nice. Like, really, really nice.

Which wasn't to say Ezra didn't smell nice. But not the same.

And that, she supposed, was the point. They weren't the same. "Together, I imagine you two will be a force to be reckoned with."

A pause.

"Lowercase force. Not uppercase."

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ezra's mouth quirks in amusement, before he added, sincerely, "I hope we have a chance to see what we can do together."

[demonicbeauty]

"Well, that's the great thing about the multiverse," she said. "You have more chances than you ever dreamed of."

Which could be overwhelming, she supposed.

But she thought it was kind of wonderful.

[ezra_of_lothal]

He raises his tea cup. "To the big messy multi-verse?"

[demonicbeauty]

Ariadne tapped her mug against his. "To the big, messy multiverse," she replied.

And although she planned to take a sip, she had to wait until she finished giggling. It was a delicious giggle. A happy giggle. A friendly one.

Because she decided that being friends with Ezra was going to be a lot of fun.