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Voicemail
Hey, you've reached Ben. I'm probably at the gym or Stark's or eating ice cream--shh, I don't want to hear about it, Ender and Karla--but I'll get back to you when I turn the comm back on if you leave a message! -
Moctezuma, Christmas Day
After wishfully believing Val would let them sleep in after their trek to the local cathedral to celebrate Midnight Mass with the rest of their neighbors (yeah, no way. She was up at 5:30, just like every other morning), Ben was--in the spirit of the season--bringing Ender and Big Val giant mugs of coffee from the kitchen while Little Val gleefully ( Read more... ) -
Ben, Ender & Val's hotel room [Sunday afternoon]
Ben stared at his daughter, sitting inside the suitcase he was trying to pack.
"Ice cream," she told him, narrowing her eyes.
"Packing first," Ben replied, crossing his arms.
"ICE CREAM!"
"Ow," Ben said, holding his hands over his ears.
[small: OOC: For the boy and any other visitors!] -
Milliways, Thursday evening
Ben had been to some stupidly decadent restaurants (being the son of Luke Skywalker had its privileges), but this one blew even those most ridiculous on Coruscant out of the water.
"This is barvy," he muttered to Ender as their waiter led them to their table. "Look at all of the people here. And...other beings...of course ( Read more... ) -
Skywalker Home, Naboo
"Happy birthday, Val!" Ben said, beaming at the baby, who was glowering at him from under her (frankly hilarious) pink and bedazzled birthday crown. Ben was hoping this would nip the "want to wear the Queen of Naboo's headdresses" thing right in the bud.
"Cake?" Val asked pointedly, looking from one dad to the other. -
Ta'a Chume'Dun, Hapes, Hapes Cluster, Friday evening
Ben leaned against the balcony of their suite in the Fountain Palace and sighed softly. Hapes really was ridiculously beautiful, and while he preferred Naboo because of the lack of constant political posturing, he did enjoy getting to show Ender and Val off to Tenel Ka, who flatly refused to believe he was old enough to have a baby of his own when ( Read more... ) -
The Skywalker-Wiggin House by the Lake in Naboo
"Come on, sweetheart, the water's not that cold," Ben said, but he was being drowned out by the deeply angry screeching of his daughter, who was Not Having It.
"Don't think she likes the lake, kreetle," Ben called out because he was not afraid to state the obvious.
[OOC: Open to the Ender-person as well as calls and drop-ins!] -
Sorelledolce [let's call it Sunday]
Ben was starting to feel at home on Sorelledolce: he had a routine for getting produce for the week at the same store, where the older man behind the counter insisted on spoiling the baby with strawberries, plums or apples, depending on what he had available when they arrived. He'd then get bread at another shop (and a roll for Val to gnaw on), and ( Read more... ) -
Room 614, the Arms Hotel, Saturday lunchtime
Turns out that waking up as a woman when your daughter is expecting you to be a man is not the most exhilirating start to a morning-now-heading-into-afternoon ( Read more... )