Third floor Common Room- Wednesday afternoon

[solo_sword]

Jaina had managed to heal up the soreness and most of the bruising from Sunday, though she'd learned it was not yet time to get rid of the sling. Nor was it a reason to say she was going to try training just a little bit.

It'd been a rough lesson, let's say that.

So without training to do and no classes today, she was in the common room in front of the TV. Somehow she'd stopped on a Maury episode, and while she meant to change the channels, she was left staring at the people's reactions to all the paternity test results.


[What, I love those eps. Open like a common room, with a warning that I'm home sick and sleep would be awesome if I could manage it.]

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[momslilassassin]

Ben had ditched his sling but was still not up to full speed on his workouts either.

"What are you watching?" he asked, flinging himself onto a sofa.

[solo_sword]

"Some guy telling a lot of other guys they're not anyone's father," she said, looking up at him. "I have no idea why I'm still watching."

[momslilassassin]

"Is that because he's the dad?" Ben replied, looking confused. "I didn't know kids randomly showing up was a planet-wide problem."

[future_sandworm]

Leto entered the common room, mostly looking for company to distract him. Whatever was on the TV didn't seem interesting, but he took a seat on the couch in front of it anyway.

"Are you watching this?" he asked Jaina.

[future_sandworm]

"Hello, Ben," Leto said, smiling at the boy. "I see you survived the weekend."

[solo_sword]

"No, he's the one running the talk show. There are a lot of women showing up on these things needing paternity tests. It's a little like a speeder wreck," she reasoned.

[momslilassassin]

"In one piece, even," Ben replied with a grin. "Well, more or less. How have you been, Leto?"

[solo_sword]

"I seem to be," she said, sounding confused by this. "If you want to change it, though, you'd probably be saving all of us."

[future_sandworm]

"Oh, not bad," Leto replied. "At least I wasn't a tree during this BDE but that was only because my mun was too tired to post it" "I'm trying to make the most of the time I have left here." Not really. He was thinking too much about the future and feeling restless.

[momslilassassin]

Ben blinked. "They don't know how they got pregnant?"

[momslilassassin]

"You graduate in a few months, then?" Ben said, looking a little disappointed.

[future_sandworm]

"There is nothing in particular I want to watch," Leto replied. "It seems like whatever is on the TV always gets more attention than it deserves." He smiled a little. "How have you been?"

[solo_sword]

"No, that's another show entirely." She'd seen that one, too. It'd been traumatizing. And also oddly addictive. "More like not sure which of multiple people got them that way. I have no idea."

[future_sandworm]

"Yes," he replied. "And there are things I need to do on Arrakis." There was a small frown when he mentioned that - he didn't bother to hide it - but then he grinned. "So I hope you're up for some more training sessions in the salle before that.

[solo_sword]

"Fought a bunch of lizards, now it's back to real life," she said with a wry smile. She almost missed stuff like fighting lizards being real life. "How about yourself?"

[momslilassassin]

"Wow," Ben said all judgmentally. "I think Dad would kill me if I ever ended up on a show like this."

[future_sandworm]

"Enjoying the peace and quiet of Fandom before going home." Yes, he was being ironic.

[momslilassassin]

"Definitely," Ben said, eyes lighting up. "Just give me a few more days for my stupid chest to completely heal. Granddad will spar against me tomorrow to let me know if I'm allowed to do anything really strenuous." Ben made a face. "Probably interspersed with a lecture on why I shouldn't let creatures hit me with their claws, like I don't know that already or something."

[solo_sword]

"I think your dad probably raised you better," she agreed. "And I doubt you'd go on television."

[solo_sword]

Jaina grinned. "Senior, right? Are you going right away?"

[future_sandworm]

Ben got a laugh in reply. "Because you did let them on purpose, of course," he said. "How have you been, apart from fighting?"

[momslilassassin]

"I'm hardly the most interesting member of the family from the holosnews' perspective anyway," Ben said with a laugh, "but you know that, right?"

[glacial_queen]

Karla showed up in the doorway of the common room, giggling to herself. Apparently, her metabolism decided that the pot brownies weren't hurting her and so weren't bothering to process the THC quickly. Or maybe it was all worn out after that hallucinogenic fog. Or maybe the mun just thought she was funny. Either way, Karla was still being affected by the brownies from the Magic Reserves meeting.

"Kiss kiss," she sang, bounding into the room. "Oooh, whatcha watching?"

Whatever it was, it looked fascinating.

[glacial_queen]

"Be-en!" Karla called, waving at him. Like he wasn't all of two feet away or something. "I followed you here!"

That hadn't supposed to come out quite that creepy. Sorry.

[future_sandworm]

"I am," he nodded. "My presence is needed at home. And yourself?"