Voicemail ~ Mask or Menace

[faithfulson]

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

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[articulations]

[ The calm she might be able to make out but not the smile. ]

Make the best of it and go from there.

[faithfulson]

Yes.

[ He paused, considering a moment. ]

...I could say the same for you. For a lot of reasons.

[articulations]

But you won't. Say those reasons. Because those reasons are better left unsaid.

[faithfulson]

[ Wow, Leia, are you trying to tell him to drop it or something? She could at least hear the smile in his voice as he continued. ]

I won't. For now.

[articulations]

Not just for now. For eternity.

[faithfulson]

Leia, there are some things you're going to need to address eventually, whether it's Han or other matters.

[ He'll be nice and not mention the elephant in the room by name. ]

[articulations]

[ Savage. ]

Oooorrrrrr I can get sent home and not have to address anything.

[ SAVAGER ]

[faithfulson]

[ Nice try, Leia; get ready for a truth bomb. ]

We know that is an inevitability, but we don't know when. Making the most of the time we have is important for all of us.

[ Just imagine if he had been the one to go to Alderaan instead. ]

[articulations]

I am not befriending that man, Luke. I have no reason to. It just isn't happening.

[ Anakin's stubbornness +5 right here. ]

[faithfulson]

I'm not saying you have to be friends with him this minute, nor that you ever need to. But he will reach out to you eventually; he's just as stubborn as you are.

[ He so see's the family resemblance. He may look like his father, but Leia inherited his personality. ]

[articulations]

Then I'll ignore him.

[ So simple. ]

I'll— I don't know— I'll use the Force on him or something.

[ Leia, please. ]

[faithfulson]

Leia...

[ First of all, that's not how it works, second of all, Anakin in his prime is terrifying why would you ever. ]

[articulations]

You're right. Maybe that won't be such a hot idea. But I can try.

[faithfulson]

There's no such thing as try.

[ ...well that came out on autopilot. Thanks, Master Yoda. ]

Sorry... but the point stands, he's not the only thing you're running away from, and you can't do it forever.

[articulations]

[ Leia gave a scowl. ]

That makes no sense. When you fail the first try, you keep trying, until you achieve your goal. Why do you think we never give up against the Empire? We've failed so many times but we keep trying. And sometimes we make progress.

Who taught you that?

You know, you can just say Han's name.

[faithfulson]

But technically if we fail, we didn't do what we wanted. When we succeed, we do.

[ So there really is no try. ]

And you know he's not the only one I'm talking about.

[articulations]

The only way to learn or succeed is to first fail.

[ There's always a try! ]

Anakin Skywalker. Han Solo. Who else am I missing here? Apparently those are the only two men in my life I currently have issues with.

[faithfulson]

...I really want you and Master Yoda to meet.

[ Especially if he could record it. ]

Well, there's Poe and his very obvious crush on you.

[articulations]

You mean you would like to see him try to train me.

[ She did a double take, blinking. ]

I'm sorry, what?

[faithfulson]

Well, yes.

[ Luke fought back a laugh. ]

Leia... it's kind of obvious.

[articulations]

Good luck with that. I'll take you as my master, how's that.

[ SHE WAS NOT LAUGHING. ]

Is it? Luke, really.

[faithfulson]

[ ...lasdjfaisdf;sdlk ]

I can teach you a few things, but I'm no master. I'll do what I can to make sure you're protected.

[ Because it was better to train her to try and resist people like whatever Dooku was (he still wasn't sure about him being a Sith Lord), then have her be grabbed up and bent to their submission. ]

Oh c'mon, Leia. If I can see it...

[articulations]

When do we start?

[ She was being serious about starting. ]

Poe is just... He's enthusiastic. He's also charming. What if he's just an overly charming and overly enthusiastic sort of person?

[faithfulson]

Ah...

[ WOW. UH. ]

Let's... try next month; it should give you some more time to settle.

[ And time for him to sit on this and try not to panic. ]

[ As for Poe... ]

Leia, we both know you're not that naive.

[articulations]

Whenever you want, Luke. I'm in no rush.

[ Here she sighed. ]

You're right. I'm not. I just don't want to look too much into it.