Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

[faithfulson]

Skywalker here. Leave a message, and I'll get back to you.

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[faithfulson]

[ Luke deflated a little. No, he would have known if she came back; he would have felt it. He shouldn't have asked; now Han was just going to be worried. ]

She ported out the same time you did.

[carbonfrozen]

but

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I just

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she just

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if I came back she could too

and she was fine when I last saw her so we don't have to worry for a while until she comes back

she's tough

she'll be fine

[He's not sure who he's trying to reassure here: himself, or Luke.]

[faithfulson]

I know.

I'm sure she'll be back.

[ But the question was, would she remember everything that had happened so far when she did...? ]

[carbonfrozen]

yeah of course and in the meantime she's gonna be okay

[She will be, she has to be, and she'll remember. Han will keep telling himself these things until he believes it.]

so are you okay

how's my car

[faithfulson]

[ Better that Han was back was an acceptable answer, right? Obviously it would be best if they were both back, but at least Han was back. ]

I'm fine.

Less of a piece of junk, which will change as soon as you drive it.

Also, the stalled space shuttle was trending on bwitter for awhile.

[carbonfrozen]

excuse you it's the fastest piece of junk on this continent

you're joking

why was it trending

why is that the thing that's trending

what the hell

[faithfulson]

Also the most likely to fall apart piece of junk.

And we stalled out in the middle of a space battle.

Twice

Of course it's trending.

Also, General Syndulla may have had a hand in it getting as popular as it did.

[carbonfrozen]

now why does Syndulla being involved in getting it so popular not surprise me

listen it's NOT my fault the Porter thought it would be funny to give me that power so do not even start

[faithfulson]

I know, Han. I know.

But you're also in the public eye. People are going to tease you for it.

[carbonfrozen]

I want out of the public eye now thanks

I didn't even know I was that famous

fanart-famous yeah but Bwitter trending-famous is a whole different galaxy from some kids selling weird porn with my face in there

[faithfulson]

Look, I'm sure it'll pick up again now that you're back, but if you just keep your head down, something's bound to catch people's attention.

It's amazing how people quickly change focus around here.

[carbonfrozen]

they'd BETTER

you still home, can you come pick me up because I'm not gonna get very far in anybody else's car

[faithfulson]

sure
I'll take your car.

[carbonfrozen]

[The next message is just a photo of a 24-hour convenience store, with neon signage that has honestly seen some better days. It's somewhere near Cape Canaveral, so Han hasn't wandered very far away.]

just outside this store

no scratching my car

[faithfulson]

Got it.

[ Luke deliberately waits for a long moment, until he's stopped at a light some distance away from the store still, before deciding to mess with Han a little. ]

Oops.

[carbonfrozen]

Luke

Luke what did you do

LUKE

WHAT DID YOU DO

[faithfulson]

[ Luke kept driving, struggling not to laugh every time he heard his phone go off. Spotting the convenience store, he pulled up along the side walk, ducking his head so he could peer out of the passenger side window. ]

What?

[carbonfrozen]

[Luke's phone screen is going to have such a long string of notifs just screaming his name by the time he pulls up. Once he does, Han just bends down to look him dead in the eye, one hand on the roof of his car. He may be petting it a little.]

Did you get it scratched or anything? [Listen, okay, listen, this is a very real concern, okay, Han spent like five minutes he could've used getting potato chips and instant coffee on this.]

[faithfulson]

[ Luke let out a snort. ]

No more than you would scratch it, Han.