Room 204 [early evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben returned to the room from his afternoon salle training, dropped off dinner, and headed immediately to the shower.

He returned to two dozen messages on his comlink.

"Sithspit," he groaned as he read. "Who's in charge now?"

He should probably change out of a towel soon...

[OOC: Open door, open post! Thread with Ender is now not so worksafe.]

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By the time Ender got back to the room, there was no sign left that he'd spent the afternoon coordinating damage control in the middle of a coup. His hair was a little mussed from the wind, sure, but otherwise, he looked calm and composed as always.

"Ho," he said, shutting the door behind him as he came in.

Hi, Ben in a towel.

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"Ho," Ben replied. "Heard from Wynn lately?"

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"I think he's been busy," Ender said smoothly. "Why?"

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Ben flopped his damp head back on a pillow. "Because he seems to be running the GA now," he said, pressing another pillow over his face.

"With Saba."

Thus the face-smushing.

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Ender sat down at the side of the bed and reached out to pat Ben on the belly. "So our coup d'etat has sprung from the theoretical into the practical," he sighed.

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"Yeah," Ben said. He held up the comlink above the pillow. "Saba'll be giving a speech in fifteen minutes or so to explain the situation."

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Ender reached out and took it out of his hand. "They're choosing Saba to lead the GA?" he said. "She's not exactly who I'd have chosen."

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"Rumors are spreading about a triumvirate," Ben said, moving the pillow off of his face. "Military, Senate, Jedi."

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"So Dorvan, Saba, and...?"

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"Treen, I think," Ben said. "Female Kuati Senator. I'm researching her now."

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Ender sighed. "Wynn has his job cut out for him," he said.

He was incredibly grateful to the man for letting himself be convinced a few weeks prior. Just in case.

He reached down and took off his shoes.

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"Yeah," Ben said with a sigh. "What a kriffing mess, but it doesn't seem like there were any fatalities. Some kind of Yuuzhan Vong attack protocol was triggered."

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Ender's eyebrows went up. "Clever," he said.

And also a pain in the butt to turn off.

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Ben nodded. "I'm betting that was a Jedi touch," he said. "I just wish we hadn't been involved at all."

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"Not a lot of good can come of the Jedi being involved in this, but you already know how I feel about that," Ender said, releasing a breath of air. "And again, Saba isn't who I'd have picked."

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Ben linked his fingers through Ender's as he sat back up. "Saba is very, very good at many things," he said. "But I don't think politics is one of them."