faithfulson | Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

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Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

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

[ Doesn't blame Lando, but he doesn't agree. That much is clear. And it's fine, Lando understands why. Luke has all his most important people here. There's no war, no Empire (aside from Hux and his machinations). Why would he want to give this up? ]

Well, if you want company in the meanwhile, give me a ring.

I will.

Thank you, Lando.

Any time, Luke.

How are you doing, by the way?

I don't ask you that enough, it seems.

Oh, you know how it goes. Trying to keep the world from crashing down. Just trying to make it by.

I can understand that.

I saw you trying to run for ambassador. I'm sorry you didn't get the nomination.

Ah, that's alright. I probably would have done a terrible job at it. I don't have the grace or patience of your mother.

Oh c'mon, you can't say that.
You ran Bespin well enough, didn't you?

[ Minus the whole... making deals with the Empire thing. ]

[ Hey, now, he wasn't given much choice on that one. ]

I appreciate what you're trying to say, but at the end of it all, Cloud City was a business operation. Nothing more.

But there were still people who's well being you were responsible for.

There's a lot of common ground between business and politics.

I suppose you're right. And that's the campaign platform I tried to run on.

But in the end, people decided they'd rather have a leader than a businessman.

Yeah.

She seems like a competent leader, but don't let that tell you you're not the same, Lando.

Maybe. But for now I'm happy to go back to just leading my employees while they move boxes.

How has that been going? Still looking for help?

I could always use an extra set of hands.

Or... you know. The Force.

[ L A N D O ]

Is that supposed to be a hint?

I don't know, was that you volunteering just now?

I'm kidding. I wouldn't say no if you wanted some extra work, but I know a Jedi probably has better things to do.

It's not like I'm constantly meditating on a rock or anything.

[ Seriously, Lando, he is bad at meditating. ]

If you need an extra hand, let me know. I can pitch in every now and then.

Thanks, kid. I appreciate the offer. I'll try to only call you for the more interesting jobs.

Interesting?
Does that translate to chance of personal injury, or the thing being moved is interesting?

Now Luke, you're not implying that I would put my employees in harm's way, are you?

Not intentionally, no.

[ ...but Lando is Han's friend; trouble seems to follow the both of them like they're magnets. ]

You don't have to worry about that. I have workman's compensation insurance.

That's reassuring?

[ He thinks?! ]

This planet has a lot stricter labor laws than the Empire. You won't see any untenable working conditions on my watch.

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