Waiting for the Wayward

[vicioussweetie]

Ali set a comfortable pace for herself on the walk back to the house in Betäuben. There was no need to rush, and no need to worry. Whatever Jas was doing with his newfound powers was quite beyond her control. And, just maybe, he'd appreciate her better if she weren't there to clean up after him this time

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[goodform]

*If it's any consolation to her, she's absolutely right about one thing: her wayward husband certainly is going to appreciate her support in something entirely non-Sith related he came across in the Nexus - if she's willing to give it. When he finally arrrives, he's in quite a state, and comes stamping into the house like a hurricane. Ali may be glad to note that it's a hurricane dressed in burgandy velvet and gold brocade. The LOL seems to have miraculously worn off*

Ali? Ali!

[vicioussweetie]

Ali appears in the doorway to the living room, a half-dozen pretty tassels in her hand. "Unless the floors have insulted you, there's no reason to stamp about. What's wrong?"

[goodform]

*He stops and gestures with the hook, behind him, in the vague direction of the bay and the ship*

I went to the Nexus. *He looks an almost comical wreck, having obviously hurried back here at a punishing pace, hair a curling black lion's mane and the little muscle in the corner of his left eye twitching spasmodically* There were children there - two girls - Ali, they said I was their stepfather...

[vicioussweetie]

"Oh, Mari and El are in the Nexus?" Ali looks quite pleased at the thought. "I should go and say hello...

"That doesn't explain what's wrong though."