Leia "fITE ME" Organa (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
oratorical) wrote2016-05-05 08:19 pm
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[She isn't acting like an affection zombie, but there's no way she wouldn't return Han's embrace, especially as relieved and emotional as he's being. Her arms go around him, and she nuzzles her cheek against his.]
I'm sorry I worried you.
I'm sorry I worried you.
[He may say it isn't urgent, but Leia gets back to Qui-Gon not long after receiving his message. There's no point in putting things off, if you ask her, urgent or not.]
What was it you needed?
What was it you needed?
Thank you for responding so quickly.
I wanted to know if you'd be interested in taking some family portraits.
[Wait. That may need some clarification.]
Of yourself and Bail, I mean.
I wanted to know if you'd be interested in taking some family portraits.
[Wait. That may need some clarification.]
Of yourself and Bail, I mean.
[The clarification is appreciated, even if it's what she assumed as soon as he mentioned family portraits. And her response is immediate, with no hesitation in her voice.]
I would.
[Not just with Bail, with Han and Ben, too. But she knows full well Ben would be difficult to cooperate with in this.]
Are you offering to take the portrait?
I would.
[Not just with Bail, with Han and Ben, too. But she knows full well Ben would be difficult to cooperate with in this.]
Are you offering to take the portrait?
I'm afraid I sorely lack the talent to do so.
But I believe I may have found someone who is both able and willing.
But I believe I may have found someone who is both able and willing.
Can I have their name?
[Probably, she would've been surprised had Qui-Gon actually been offering to take the portrait himself, so a third party is about what she expected.]
[Probably, she would've been surprised had Qui-Gon actually been offering to take the portrait himself, so a third party is about what she expected.]
Not your fault, is it?
[he says it in a near-murmur, like it's aimed more at himself than her.]
Just...tell me if you start to feel funny. Right away, alright?
[he says it in a near-murmur, like it's aimed more at himself than her.]
Just...tell me if you start to feel funny. Right away, alright?
You don't have to ask twice. If I notice anything odd, you'll be the first to know.
[Not that she's sure she'd notice anything off, given she didn't earlier. But this time, perhaps, now that she's aware of it, she'll be able to catch that behavior more quickly and put a stop to it.]
Are you planning on going back to the Hawk?
[Not that she's sure she'd notice anything off, given she didn't earlier. But this time, perhaps, now that she's aware of it, she'll be able to catch that behavior more quickly and put a stop to it.]
Are you planning on going back to the Hawk?
His name is Prompto.
I found him after he broadcasted his services across our amulets.
I found him after he broadcasted his services across our amulets.
I must have missed his offer.
[While she does try and keep an eye on the amulet and its happenings, sometimes there were just too many people clamoring for attention for her to listen to them all.]
I assume you've met with him?
[While she does try and keep an eye on the amulet and its happenings, sometimes there were just too many people clamoring for attention for her to listen to them all.]
I assume you've met with him?
Not yet in person. I wanted to gauge your interest before asking for his services.
I'm touched you thought to ask.
[And it's a genuine sentiment, not her being rude or sarcastic. She's much happier when she's being consulted on things rather than having them sprung on her.]
Did you not want portraits for yourself?
[Since he asked her before checking on his services and all.]
[And it's a genuine sentiment, not her being rude or sarcastic. She's much happier when she's being consulted on things rather than having them sprung on her.]
Did you not want portraits for yourself?
[Since he asked her before checking on his services and all.]
I would have no use for them outside of my time here.
[Because. You know. Dead guy.]
My goal is to commission mementos of Verens for you and others from our galaxy to take home.
[Because. You know. Dead guy.]
My goal is to commission mementos of Verens for you and others from our galaxy to take home.
Of course.
[Even after being here for so long, it's still weird to think about some of these people--people she's never met--being dead back home. But that's not her main point here.]
I only thought... perhaps Obi-Wan would like one.
[Even after being here for so long, it's still weird to think about some of these people--people she's never met--being dead back home. But that's not her main point here.]
I only thought... perhaps Obi-Wan would like one.
I concur.
[There's a hint of... not regret, but perhaps something close to longing that seeps through the connection before Qui-Gon quickly cuts it off.]
Once the time is right, I'll be sure to ask for some on his behalf.
[There's a hint of... not regret, but perhaps something close to longing that seeps through the connection before Qui-Gon quickly cuts it off.]
Once the time is right, I'll be sure to ask for some on his behalf.
[She notices the odd feeling leaking through, but for Qui-Gon's sake, she says nothing about it.]
I'd also appreciate a portrait with you in it.
I'd also appreciate a portrait with you in it.
[he draws back from the hug at last, just in time for her to catch the hurt look on his face. an unfortunate coincidence, as if he realized he was making that kind of face he'd probably prefer her not to see it.]
Do you want me to?
[he sounds unhappy about that possibility, too. he came home early to spend time with her, it would be pretty demoralizing for her to shoo him back to work.]
Do you want me to?
[he sounds unhappy about that possibility, too. he came home early to spend time with her, it would be pretty demoralizing for her to shoo him back to work.]
[even if she didn't intend to ask him to leave--or even want him to, really--she feels a bit bad upon seeing the hurt expression on his face. She isn't sure how he'll take the gesture, given how uncertain he looked at her reaching for physical contact before, but Leia reaches up to brush his hair back, a fond sort of smile on her face.]
I was hoping you wouldn't. You're already here, so there's no point in making the trip back.
[not just because she does like spending time with him, but also because of something happens and she starts acting strange again, having Han here to help would be a relief.]
I was hoping you wouldn't. You're already here, so there's no point in making the trip back.
[not just because she does like spending time with him, but also because of something happens and she starts acting strange again, having Han here to help would be a relief.]
[he watches her cautiously, but doesn't move away and even relaxes a bit as she messes with his hair. it's not that he doesn't want her to touch him, it's that he's wary of it being a trigger to whatever was affecting her before.]
Oh. [and with that explanation, the hurt fades from his expression, leaving a slightly guarded but otherwise relaxed expression in its place.] Right, yeah. It's been a while since we had a day together, anyway.
[a couple weeks since he had a dedicated day off, which isn't too bad but also isn't ideal. stupid thieves and their stupid hassling his ship every time he turns his head for five seconds.]
Oh. [and with that explanation, the hurt fades from his expression, leaving a slightly guarded but otherwise relaxed expression in its place.] Right, yeah. It's been a while since we had a day together, anyway.
[a couple weeks since he had a dedicated day off, which isn't too bad but also isn't ideal. stupid thieves and their stupid hassling his ship every time he turns his head for five seconds.]
[she frowns just so slightly at his guarded expression. Because she's fine--or she thinks she's fine, anyway, not that she thinks she'd notice if she were still behaving the way Han said she was before--and she doesn't want Han acting like this every time she tries to touch him from now on.]
I'm not going to freeze, Han.
[well. She can't promise that but she can still bluff and be reasonably confident in her response.]
And if something does happen, I trust you.
I'm not going to freeze, Han.
[well. She can't promise that but she can still bluff and be reasonably confident in her response.]
And if something does happen, I trust you.
I don't even know what I did.
[he says a touch fussily. her reaction seemed to change a little after he rejected her affections so that might have been it? but she snapped out of it after he explained about their life back home real slowly, so maybe that was it too?? he hates this uncertain crap.]
Do you remember what we were talking about at all? Before, uh, you felt better.
[he says a touch fussily. her reaction seemed to change a little after he rejected her affections so that might have been it? but she snapped out of it after he explained about their life back home real slowly, so maybe that was it too?? he hates this uncertain crap.]
Do you remember what we were talking about at all? Before, uh, you felt better.
I don't. It's still not clear.
[eventually, she's sure, it might come back. But for now any attempt to think back on the past day or so only brings up fuzzy bits of memories and feelings that just seem off. And if those memories didn't come back, well, from how he's described them, she's not so sure she'd mind.]
What were we talking about?
[eventually, she's sure, it might come back. But for now any attempt to think back on the past day or so only brings up fuzzy bits of memories and feelings that just seem off. And if those memories didn't come back, well, from how he's described them, she's not so sure she'd mind.]
What were we talking about?
Us. Our life back home.
[he takes on a resolved expression as he comes to a decision.]
An' I think it helped, so maybe I should tell you again. You know, just in case.
[only in more detail and with less panic, hopefully.]
[he takes on a resolved expression as he comes to a decision.]
An' I think it helped, so maybe I should tell you again. You know, just in case.
[only in more detail and with less panic, hopefully.]
I am humbled by the thought.
And would be happy to take one with you.
[If they both fit in the frame...]
And would be happy to take one with you.
[If they both fit in the frame...]
I'd like that. It's not fair that I can't remember what you already told me.
[because whether or not she needs it to avoid becoming an affection zombie again, she wants to know anyway.]
[because whether or not she needs it to avoid becoming an affection zombie again, she wants to know anyway.]
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