Fourth floor common room, Sunday morning

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean was in the kitchen making breakfast for whoever happened by as he occasionally was wont to do. Hunter was with him, stalking across the back of the sofa and sniffing curiously inbetween the cushions. The tv, thankfully had been dispossessed of whatever weirdness that had had it playing pirate porn the night before and Dean had it tuned to nothing more provocative than some music videos.

All in all it was a fairly cheerful morning.

[OOC: free breakfast for any who wants it.]

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara smiled at the boy she hadn't met yet then stared at Artoo. She completely forgot to actually say hi.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke smiled back. "Hi," he said. "Have you ever seen a droid before?"

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Hi," she said, tearing her eyes away from Artoo. "A what?" She grinned. "So, that's definitely a no."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"A droid," Luke repeated as Artoo scooted over to the girl and beeped. "He helps me to fly my starfighter."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara bent down to study Artoo more closely. "Hi. You're cute." She looked back up at Luke. "Starfighter? I'm sorry. I have no idea what you're talking about. Is he a weird sort of armadillobear?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke blinked. "An armadillobear sounds more like a bantha," he said. "A starfighter is a space ship."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"You've been in space?" Katara asked, lighting up. "It is real? Bridge said so too."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Of course it's real," Luke said, chuckling. "I flew here to get to school from my home galaxy. I can show you my ship sometime if it will help you believe."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, I'd like that," Katara said thoughtfully.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"We'll definitely do it, then," Luke promised. "Oh! I'm Luke, by the way." He blushed. "I think I forgot to say that earlier."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you're Luke!" Katara said. "Molly was telling me about you. I'm Katara."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully Molly was saying good things," Luke said with a small smile. "It's nice to meet you, Katara."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Are there bad things to be said?" Katara asked with a grin.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"There are always bad things to be said," Luke replied. He made a face. "Darth Vader, for instance, isn't exactly a fan of mine."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"That's why she was telling me about you," Katara said, more seriously. "He seemed ...well, not nice, but interesting. But Molly said he was evil."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"He's absolutely evil," Luke said vehemently. "He blew up a planet just to get my friend to reveal the location of a secret base. He's enslaved billions."

It was better to stick to the truth in this case, Luke decided, not his hopes for changing Vader's mind.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara had heard most of that from Molly, but hearing it from Luke made it more real even if the concept of blowing up a planet was a bit outside her experience. "Oh. Why?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"As far as I can tell? Because he can. He's the chief enforcer for the Galactic Empire, the government back where I come from." Luke's lips pressed together. "There are people fighting back, though. I think we've got a shot, provided Vader stays distracted here."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Are you the distraction," Katara asked, looking concerned.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded. "I killed the machine that killed Alderaan," he said. "Vader's not exactly happy with me. And I'm a Jedi. We're supposed to be extinct."

Luke wasn't going to mention the many other reasons Vader had for keeping an eye on him.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"And so you believe you should always help others with your powers," she said, half questioningly, half thoughtfully. She tilted her head, looking at Luke. "You killed a machine that destroyed a planet? Are you the Avatar for your people?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke blinked. "Avatar?" he repeated, confused.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"The Avatar is the bridge between the spirit world and ours," Katara explained. "He can wield all four elements." She paused, speaking more softly. "He's going to save the world."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke suddenly looked very, very sad. "That was my father," he said to the floor. "At least...kind of a variation. He was supposed to bring balance to our galaxy. He was called the Chosen One."

The past tense in Luke's wording could give a good idea about what had happened.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara looked very sad as well, trying not to picture what would happen if Aang was captured and held by Zuko. "I'm sorry."