Third Floor Common Room [evening]

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey had found her room with little difficulty, and after tossing her bag towards one of the (thank heaven) two beds, she'd memorized where she'd be returning and wandered out to see what she might find.

And naturally, the there was the common room on her floor, with a television (granted, much older than she was accustomed to, but it would do.) And where there was a television, there was news, and ways to catch up with the fact that she was twenty years in the past.

As a result, Evey was curled up on the couch, quietly flipping through channels and trying to acquaint herself with a world that seemed somewhat different from her history lessons. Perhaps her memory was just a touch fuzzy.

[open! come watch TV yay!]

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Really," Luke said, nodding. "Her name's Jaina and she's really amazing, but it was still kind of a shock. I can't exactly tell my twin sister who she's going to marry."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Oh! I know her!" Evey said, eyes going wide with recognition. "She came over to talk to me this morning. She's nice, your...niece."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"She didn't call you by that other name, did she?" Luke asked quickly.

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"No, but why would she?" she asked, suspicious now. "Do I really look like this other person?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You really do," Luke said with a shy smile. "Though I'm glad to see that your clothes don't light up."

Cue the blushing. "The woman you look like was a queen in our galaxy. Her costumes were...elaborate."

And it just occurred to him that someone should probably warn his father about this before he ran into Evey in a hallway and his head spun completely around.

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey was just going to keep staring at him.

"What?"

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Yup, definitely not mentioning the part about her being his mother.

"She was a queen?" Luke repeated. Because that was the weird part, yes, Luke.

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Do I really look like a queen in some other galaxy?" she asked, unbelieving.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "Enough that Artoo here thought that's who you were," he said, pointing to the droid, who whistled in an embarrassed way.

He smiled. "Artoo's not a student, by the way."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"...what is it?" she asked, eyeing Artoo. "Hello."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Artoo chirped cheerfully, already moving closer to her.

"He's an astromech droid," Luke said, smiling. "Um, he helps fly starfighters generally, but around here he also thinks he needs to keep me out of trouble."

Artoo let out a long, if incomprehensible, rant about how true that was of all Skywalkers.

Luke ignored it.

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"He's noisy," she said, but it wasn't a critique.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke laughed. "He certainly doesn't keep his opinions to himself," he admitted. "Are you living on this floor, too, or just get too tired to go all the way up the stairs? My new school-appointed little brother's on the fifth floor."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"316," she replied, nodding. "I just came out to try to catch up, somewhat, with the world as it is now."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"You're across the hall from me," Luke said, looking very pleased. "I've learned there's an entire channel devoted to food shows, if that helps at all."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

That earned him a real smile. "I was a bit more interested in politics, news, that sort of thing. But thank you. I'm sure that will be useful."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"I tend to leave politics to my sister," Luke replied with a smile. "She has more of a gift for it. So I guess your classes will be skewed towards government, then?"

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Create Your Own Government, Criminal Justice, and Ethics," she recited, nodding.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"...Ethics?" Luke repeated, going pale.

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"Yes -- a boy I met earlier told me that the professor's a bit of a git," she replied, waving that off, "but it should all prove to be interesting."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Artoo let out a low electronic moan and zipped away.

"Very interesting," Luke repeated. "The teacher's my father."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey blanched.

"...oh. I'm -- oh. I'm so sorry. I mean, he said he's got a good heart, too."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke waved it off. "Oh, both parts are completely true," he said. "He likes to challenge people and doesn't really remember things like feelings when he does it."

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

"I had a friend like that," she said mildly.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"So try not to take it personally when he freaks out at you," Luke cautioned. "He just...takes some getting used to."