Borleias, Tuesday Fandom Time

[weetuskenraider]

It had been just over two weeks since they'd arrived, and Tahiri was packing. Not to go back to Fandom -- not yet.

Luke was assembling a team to go back to Coruscant, now in Yuuzhan Vong hands; he'd had a vision of a powerful dark side presence there, an even more compelling reason to go than just the vague suspicion that Jacen, if he was still alive, was being held there.

It hadn't been for either one of those reasons that Tahiri had volunteered for the mission, though; she didn't flatter herself that her skills would be an asset on paper against a potentially powerful foe, and well . . . if she was really honest with herself, what she knew of Ben's world was coloring her opinion too.

But if he was alive and there, it was too much of a risk for Jaina to go, and that was what Tahiri had told her: twins being such an obsession for the Yuuzhan Vong, she'd endanger the mission if they knew she was there and tried to capture her too. They couldn't afford that. She still couldn't quite believe she'd won that argument against a Jaina who scared her the way the one in Fandom didn't (as much), or that she'd let loose with a variant on the same speech she'd given Mara, but she had, and so she was packing to head to Coruscant with Luke, Mara, the scientist Danni Quee, and members of Intelligence's Wraith Squadron.

And here she'd been thinking this trip hadn't been awkward enough.

Tahiri wondered how much time had passed in Fandom; from what little the Jaina there had told her about her own trips home, she guessed that time didn't necessarily move at the same pace. She had no idea how much longer she'd be gone or even what would happen, but for now she had a few minutes to herself. It seemed as good a time as any to put in a call or two back to Fandom, or wherever her friends were now.

[OOC: Yeah, this post is totally a spacer to spread things out a little longer. If your character knows what she's up to and would like a (brief) call from Tahiri, feel free to ping in as receiving one! She won't really give out details (so I don't joss myself) but you're welcome to have her check in with you if you like. Mega-SP during the day as I sneak tags on my phone and then around in the afternoon/evening Pacific time.]

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[momslilassassin]

"Skywalker," Ben replied, opening up his comlink and hoping it wasn't bad news.

[weetuskenraider]

"Just the Skywalker I was hoping to hear from. Hey, you," Tahiri said.

[momslilassassin]

Ben's entire face lit up. "Hi! You're not in a medclinic, right?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Nope," Tahiri assured him. "A little scratched up, but just your standard jungle patrol kind of scratched up."

[momslilassassin]

"Only if you ran into something bigger than a tree branch," Ben said, sounding a little worried.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Wha... hi?" Hurley said, answering his phone.

[weetuskenraider]

"Hey, Hurley," Tahiri said, trying to sound a little extra cheerful for his benefit.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Whoa, Tahiri?" Hurley said. "You... can call me from space?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Yeah, it's one of the more advanced lessons they taught us at the academy," Tahiri said deadpan. "I just wanted to say hi, mostly."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Hurley said. "You doing okay?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper's first experience with the phone had been that day with all the strange calls. So she was understandably hesitant when she picked the device up. "Hello?" she said.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri grinned, surprised and pleased that she'd picked up the line. "Hi, Firekeeper."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Tahiri!" Firekeeper said cheerfully. "Is good to be hearing from you." She was so not going to admit to being worried.

[weetuskenraider]

"You too," Tahiri answered. "Did you go on the trip?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper snorted and rolled her eyes, almost forgetting that Tahiri wouldn't actually see the latter. "My belly is not liking boats much." Never mind that a cruise ship isn't exactly a boat, she just never got the hang of using different words to describe what was, to her, the same thing.

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

After she was back in her room after shopping, Savannah flopped across her bed. Hearing her phone ring, she grabbed it up.

"Hello?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Hi, Savannah," Tahiri said over the sound of a transport taking off outside somewhere. "Did you get my message?"

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"I did," she confirmed. "Are you all right?"

[weetuskenraider]

"So far," Tahiri answered. That was all you could ever really allow for with this lifestyle. "Just thought I'd use the few minutes of downtime I've gotten in two weeks to check in and say hi."

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

"Two weeks?" Savannah commented in surprise. "It's been two weeks for you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hi! Dinah Lance's phone!"

Dinah was up on the Sun Deck, basking in the sunlight and waves.

[weetuskenraider]

"Hi, Dinah," Tahiri said as she cinched down a strap on her pack. "How are things going in the two days for you that've been two weeks for me?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Awesome, wish you were here, two weeks? What?" Dinah boggled at that, and shook her head. "Are you okay? Are you going to make it back soon?"

[weetuskenraider]

"No idea," Tahiri admitted. "I've got a new assignment that I leave for tomorrow."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Well that blows," Dinah said. "I mean, if every day is a week for you, you could be gone ages. And I guess not miss any classes, but still. Where are you? Do you know what the assignment is?"