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The trees trick you 'cause they're always standing still

Aug 13, 2010 02:44

WHO: Jacen & Tenel Ka | closed
LOCATION: Outside the Ravenclaw Common Room
WEEK: 56
TIME: Afternoon
WHAT: A reunion and some Disney-style Star Wars derp
RATING: Probably G, Holmes.

( But time is really racing by - you can see it when you drive )

tenel ka chume ta' djo, jacen solo

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heirtostay August 13 2010, 06:58:06 UTC

The Ravenclaw Common Room was not a place that Tenel Ka had often ventured during her stay at Hogwarts so far, but she had memorised the way during the night of the Ball, when she had explored the castle and grounds with Zekk. She walked that path now, and if her steps were perhaps a beat faster than usual, she was fairly certain no one had been monitering her footsteps in order to tell.

His presence was there in the Force, closer now that it had been in months and she couldn't help the way her pulse sped up with anticipation and nervousness and worry and - well. That was an issue she could focus on later; for now, she would jsut be glad to see him.

She rounded a corner, and then he was right there, where he hadn't been any of the other times she had walked past this corridor. She ducked her head slightly, hiding a smile as she slowed her steps. Now she could see him, she did not have quite so much reason to hurry. "Jacen, my friend," she said softly. "It has been a long time."

masterofpuns August 13 2010, 07:07:57 UTC

His first instinct was to hug her, but he hesitated on the edge of it for a moment, jerking forward slightly before stopping himself.

But in the end, it was still his dear friend standing there, and it was so unexpected and satisfying that his hesitancy melted away immediately, and he crossed the space to embrace her.

"Yeah," he said finally, "I guess it really has." It felt as if so much of that time had just slipped away, in a tidal wave of events that had been difficult to stop.

It was nice to feel like he wasn't slipping off the edge of something anymore. Like they all weren't.

heirtostay August 13 2010, 07:15:46 UTC

She was in the process of considering whether or not to hug him, or simply shake his hand when Jacen took the decision out of her hand by stepping forward and embracing her.

She was still for barely a moment, suprised and unused to the close contact after so many months of ensuring people didn't get close to her, for fear of assassination and everything else that came with ruling Hapes.

And then his presence, so achingly familiar, washed over her and she relaxed utterly, her arm coming up to return the hug as she rested her forehead against his shoulder for a moment, taking more comfort than she could say from the gesture. There had been many things she had worried about in relation to this meeting, but they all proved groundless now, inconsequential.

She didn't say anything for the moment, felt no need to. Words were, for now at least, unnecessary.

masterofpuns August 13 2010, 18:24:08 UTC

Jacen's own silence echoed hers, as he just soaked in her presence. He finally drew back, the smiling etching its way back across his features.

"Which means we've got a lot of catching up to do," he continued, as if they hadn't missed a beat. "I'm glad you're here," he added quickly, in case there was any doubt about it. He couldn't remembered if he'd said this or not yet: he'd been too initially surprised to really know what he was saying.

"Was it uh... your idea to come?"

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