An (Extremely Belated) April Catchall

[faithfulson]

Who: Luke Skywalker; some closed prompts, some open ones.
What: April is really not a good month for Luke, between hope sucking butterflies, portals to other worlds, and the moon constantly being out.
When: All through the month.
Where: All over Trench.

Content Warnings: Star Wars-typical violence, nightmares, torture, excessive use of lightning; further warnings are likely to be added.

[ Prompts will be in thread starters below; feel free to respond to multiple if you wish. Also feel free to contact me if you would like your own starter. ]

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[faithfulson]

He peered over at her, giving her a reassuring smile, as if to say that he was fine, really. The droid stopped his tirade at Usagi's words though, as if realizing he was on a tirade and let out a faint boop of apology. It earned him his own reassuring smile from Luke, and he reached over to rest a hand on the droid's head, rubbing it as if it were a pet and not a programmed construct.

"He was going a little fast for me to completely understand," Luke began, "but from what I caught of it, it sounds like he serves me and my father as part of Black Squadron in his version of our universe. That's... not at all how things are like in mine."

The droid let out a soft wooo noise, as if realizing just how badly he messed up by just blabbing like he did. It was followed by an almost shy series of boops that drew a snort out of Luke, and he peered over at Usagi before translating.

"He says his name is Deevee-too, and asked if it was okay to stick by me if he was stuck here with us."

[lightthedarkness]

"Well, as I don't understand him at all, even understanding him a little is better than nothing," she offered as she looked back over to the droid, offering a smile in apology. She lifts a brow at the mention of serving Anakin AND Luke and tilts her head. Wasn't that blue droid Anakin's?

Wait, a different universe?

"I'm sorry, did you say HIS version of your universe?" so what, now stuff was showing up from parallel universes or something?

"Oh uh, nice to meet you, Deevee-too, I'm Usagi Tsukino. I'm sorry you're stuck here now," Trench was... not a sort of place Usagi would recommend at all if it weren't for the people, she'd absolutely go back into the ocean and try and find a way home.

[faithfulson]

DV-2 let out a happy noise at her greeting, as Luke let out a faint snort.

"It's... not that surprising," he finally said softly. "We're all from different worlds -- different realities. Who's to say there isn't alternate versions of our own realities as well?"

DV-2 let out another boop, rocking back and forth on his legs, as if to point out the fact that of course there's different realities if he exists. Luke let out a snort, reaching over and patting the droid on the head.

[lightthedarkness]

She sighs, rubbing her arm, not at all comforted by the thought. She can only think about all the ways she can screw up and mess up in OTHER universes now. A universe where Beryl wins, where she doesn't save Wicked Lady, where Pharaoh 90 takes over the Earth, Nehellenia keeps Helios kidnapped, Galaxia destroys all life from ever being created again in the universe. And those are just the BIG things. There's everything else in between.

When did she become this worried all the time?

No, she knows when.

She lets out a sigh and looks back to Luke, needing to get out of her own head, and the millions upon millions of realities where she fails now exist.

"So, now what are you two going to do since he can't go back?"

[faithfulson]

He can totally understand the worry he feels from Usagi, especially since this all spawned from a droid that lived in a reality where not only did he get along with Vader, but also served the Empire. That alone was upsetting, not to mention the thought of always being so close to the Emperor's greedy clutches... ugh; he had to shake away the creepy-crawly nightmare thoughts that went with that.

"Well," Luke replied, peering at DV-2 thoughtfully. "I'll need to come up with a recharge station for him, but I don't mind looking after him."

He'd never admit that he missed having an astrodroid following him around like a faithful pet. His father already had Artoo, after all, and he would feel guilty if he tried to separate the two of them.

[lightthedarkness]

One day they are going to have a very long conversation about the nonsense she faces back home. Today is not that day. So she will try to tap down on the panic she's feeling, remembering that Luke was like Rei and could pick up on... all of that.

"Are you as techy as your dad? Or is that something easy to do?"

[faithfulson]

He looked up at her, an almost mischievously happy glimmer in his eyes.

"Well, I don't know how techy father is exactly, but I manage well," he replied, reaching over to rub DV's head, who let out a pleased peep in response. "I would fix a lot of the vaporators at the farm on Tatooine. Kept those things working long after they should have been replaced."

[lightthedarkness]

"Oh! He made me a robot, you should meet him, he's super cute!" she grinned. "I'm not all that surprised you're smart on top of being handsome and sweet." She tilted her head. "You could ask your dad for help, I'm sure he'd love to do something with you, Luke."

Or he'd loathe it with his entire being, but either way he'd be one or the other, Anakin never did anything in the middle.

[faithfulson]

Luke's mouth was open to say something, wanting to admit that he would happily take the excuse to have some bonding time with his father, only to click his mouth shut. It took a moment for what she said to completely process, but once it did, his face started to turn a healthy shade of pink.

"...handsome and sweet?" he echoed, and DV looked between the two of them, letting out a curious boop.

[lightthedarkness]

She smiled, tilting her head, not really understanding the issue.

"Yes, handsome, sweet, and smart," she shrugged. "Don't tell me you don't get told that? Do I need to tell you every day or something?" she moved back to the topic at hand. "Anyway, ask Anakin! I'm sure he'd love it... or... as much as Anakin can love an idea."

[faithfulson]

Luke seemed to turn redder with each word, before he finally looked away, muttering something that sounded vaguely like he wasn't used to it. He finally cleared his throat, glancing back her way, though he was only just a little less red in the face.

"Y-yeah, I will. I'm sure my father will appreciate it."

[lightthedarkness]

He's cute when he blushes. She then idly wonders if he can hear that particular thought? Oh well, it's true.

"Speaking of your dad, how are things going with that?"