Room 529, Tuesday Midday

[weetuskenraider]

Well, she'd gotten her lightsaber back, at least; disconcerting as it was that the piles of zombie bodies had just disappeared from the school grounds she wasn't complaining about not having to pick through reeking piles of goo and rotted flesh to find it.

Tahiri sort of lost track of how time passed between here and home, and didn't really try to keep track of it that much anyway, aside from what was strictly necessary to keep up with how the war was going. It was more timeline confusion than she really needed. So she hadn't realized what today was, not until she checked her messages and found several birthday greetings There was a hyper one from Tekli that made her smile (nothing about a one-meter tall, fuzzy brown Chadra-Fan on an apparent sugar high wasn't funny), and more subdued ones from Sannah, Valin, Kam, and Tionne that got about the same reaction. The message from Han and Leia, though, nice as it might have been (and it really was, considering how worn down they looked and that they'd still taken the time to send it), was a little more bittersweet.

She sent back some cursory replies, thanking them and sort of glossing over the fact that the last week and change had been less than fantastic. Force knew they all had bigger things to worry about anyway.

Huh. She was sixteen now. She felt a lot older than that sometimes, she mused as she sat on her bed, staring out the window with her datapad dangling from one hand. And maybe, if some things worked out, this year might end up stacking up better than the last couple had.

Considering this was the first birthday she'd had since Anakin died, it was a little surprising that she was thinking that. But Tahiri wasn't sure that was a bad thing.

[OOC: Door's open a tad, post is all the way open! Subject to SP until late afternoon, but open anyway. She's not emo, I swear. ETA: OMFG BURGER KING KTHX.]

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[momslilassassin]

Ben knew exactly what day it was. He'd even gotten a present for her before things had gone to hell back home.

He stood awkwardly in the doorway and waited for her to notice. If she didn't, he could leave the gift and run away.

...maybe he should try that. Easier for everyone...

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri looked away from the window and noticed Ben in the doorway. "You can come in, you know," she said, trying not to look too relieved that he'd come by.

[momslilassassin]

Ben clutched the gift a little harder and stepped into the room. "Happy birthday."

And what a week for it.

[weetuskenraider]

Seriously.

"You remembered," Tahiri said, setting the datapad down and managing a brief smile. "You probably remembered before I did."

[momslilassassin]

"You forgot your birthday?" Ben replied.

[weetuskenraider]

"Not really? I just forgot it was actually today." Tahiri shrugged, embarrassed. "The last few days all sort of ran together."

[momslilassassin]

"Not sleeping?" Ben guessed.

Mostly because he wasn't.

[weetuskenraider]

"Partly," Tahiri acknowledged. Actually she'd been sleeping fairly well the past couple of nights, but the few before that, not so much.

[momslilassassin]

"What else?" Ben asked because sometimes Ben was stupid.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri just looked at him for a second. "Things on my mind, maybe?"

[momslilassassin]

"Oh yeah," Ben said, deflating visibly. "Want your present?"

Ah, subject change. His old friend.

[weetuskenraider]

"You got me a present?" Tahiri asked, trying for a smile to lighten the mood.

Good going, Tahiri.

[momslilassassin]

"I know you're really, really old now," he said, eyes sparkling with his old humor for just a second, "but I saw this and thought of you anyway."

He handed her the package.

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

Well, since the door was open a tad it was a clear invitation for the Burger King to come in.

This time he had a plate of delicious BK Chicken Fries.

[weetuskenraider]

Oooh, something smelled good, but -- Tahiri yelped and knocked her comlink off the nightstand when she actually looked to see where the smell was coming from.

Okay, seriously, she had seen a lot of freaky looking things, but right now this was just going to win, hands down. There could not possibly be anything freakier looking than that mask. Ever.

"No thanks. Really, thanks but no."

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

No? No? How could you say no to delicious chicken fries?!

The Burger King lifted up the plate and nodded. Come on. You know you want some.

[weetuskenraider]

It wasn't the delicious chicken fries that were the problem. It was the thoroughly disturbing, er, person holding them.

"Do you talk?" Tahiri asked. "Or do you just stand there with food and look creepy? Because I don't make a habit of taking random food from silent surprise, um, royalty."

The Hapan court kind of scared her, see. Sorry, Tenel Ka.

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

He was not creepy. You're creepy, barefooted girl.

He was not to be pushed away. He had chicken fries to peddle, dammit.

The Burger King did a little jig, hoping that would get Tahiri to accept the delicious food.

[weetuskenraider]

Hey now. Tahiri wasn't creepy. Not unless you asked Katchoo and she wasn't going to do that, thanks. Actually she thought Katchoo was the creepy one.

"Oh, don't do that," she said, staring in horror at the jig. "That just makes it worse."

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

He stopped dancing immediately and took on the posture of someone who was giving a "bitch, please" look.

Because bitch, please, his moves were awesome.

[weetuskenraider]

"No, okay, that makes it worse," Tahiri said, more than a little horrified now. "If I take the food, will you stop?"

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

The King nodded quickly. He just wanted to see her happy and full of delicious food. Was that so wrong?

[weetuskenraider]

Yes. Yes, it was. Had he looked in the mirror?

"Fine then," Tahiri said. And waved a hand to levitate the chicken fries toward her. Nyeah. Look, she wasn't getting within arm's reach of him, because aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaugh.

[mauledbyabear.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Creepy girl had a creepy powers. That was a new one.

There was a brief moment where the Burger King considered capturing Tahiri and using her creeptastic powers to make some sort of new floating milkshake. He thought better of it. Kidnapping and child labor just led one down the path of the Dark Side.

McDonalds.

Since she had taken the chicken fries, the King kept his end of the deal and gave her a little wave as he left her room.

[weetuskenraider]

And thank the Force, because one experience like that had been more than enough, thanks very much.

Tahiri eyed the chicken fries dubiously for a few minutes and then set them down on her desk. They still smelled good, but the plastic creepiness had pretty much killed her appetite. Ew.