MCA #1- Wednesday evening

[thatwaslucky]

For whatever reason, the Skywalker-Solos- including adoptees- had rough Augusts. Rey herself had lost four people in that month a couple years apart. Which was why in talking to Anakin, they'd decided maybe they needed to get people together for some commiseration. Also drinking.

Rey didn't have people over very often but it wasn't like there was a ton of stuff to clean in her stupid-giant apartment. As long as the kitchen worked and there were places to sit (the furniture was mostly mermaid!) it was probably fine.


[For said Skywalker-Solos. Because we have spent a lot, a lot of years being mean.]

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[tatooine_doofus]

Luke was blushing to the root of his hair, so it hadn't. "A legend?"

That was a little squeaky for a legend, Luke.

[thatwaslucky]

"Not to your head," she repeated. "But... what you did got around."

[tatooine_doofus]

"The Death Star?" Luke asked. "Or--" he gestured at Anakin.

[thatwaslucky]

"Both," she said, and a thought occurred to her, and she headtilted towards Anakin. "Does everyone here know about...?"

[tatooine_doofus]

"Everyone in this room or on the island?" Luke asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"In this room." Not that she was planning on talking about it at all but it was interesting.

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke glanced around the room, assessing. "Yes," he said with a nod.

[thatwaslucky]

"Huh," she said, looking around. Was it wrong that she felt even more accepted now, being in the club?

[tatooine_doofus]

"Are you surprised to hear that?" Luke asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes," she said. "I got very used to keeping it a secret."

[tatooine_doofus]

"It's a lot," Luke said with a slightly wry smile. "I didn't handle in particularly gracefully when I found out."

In his defense, Anakin had just sliced his hand off.

[thatwaslucky]

"How did you handle it?" Rey wondered.

[tatooine_doofus]

"Screaming," Luke said, making a little face.

[thatwaslucky]

"That seems pretty appropriate," she said.

[tatooine_doofus]

"Obi-Wan told me that Vader had betrayed and murdered my father," Luke said, "which--"

True, but.

[thatwaslucky]

"An interesting way to get around that but not the most helpful," she nodded.

[tatooine_doofus]

"I suppose he thought that I would never confront Vader, or if I did, it would never come up," Luke said.

[thatwaslucky]

"It didn't really sound like there was anyone else." Though most of what she knew was secondhand at best.

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke nodded. "It was me or Leia, really, and I had the training."

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a rough position to be in. And then having a bombshell dropped like that." SHE SAID, KNOWINGLY.

[tatooine_doofus]

"I think I need a drink to go through this," Luke said with a small smile, "and a comfortable spot to sit. You've really never heard this? I don't want to bore you."

[thatwaslucky]

"I have both of those," she said, gesturing to the rest of the giant place. "I didn't get to talk to my Luke much about it."

[tatooine_doofus]

"I don't mind talking," Luke said with a little smile. "It's not news to most people here."

[thatwaslucky]

"Do you want to get your drink and sit?" Rey asked.

[tatooine_doofus]

"Please," Luke said, wandering off for a moment and returning with very strong whiskey.