Room 317 [after class]

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Luke was in his room with the door cracked open a bit as he worked up his courage to deliver the flowers he'd gotten for Jo to her.

Artoo was in the corner letting out squeaks of droid-y amusement as he replayed what he thought of as the greatest hits of Luke's weekend.

Luke wasn't as amused.

[OOC: Open!]

Baker Baker - Tori Amos

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"It wasn't exactly planned," Luke whined. "I grew up miles from anything. Including girls."

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Z didn't point out that Luke now lived in a coed dorm and had had a girlfriend all summer. Nor did she ask if there had been any boys around. She just said, "Must have been rough."

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The pillow nodded. "My aunt and uncle were very strict," it said. "And this summer...was kinda crap."

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"But you had a girlfriend!" Z argued.

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Luke sighed. "I wasn't in the right headspace to enjoy it," he said. He pulled the pillow from his head. "You can keep a secret," he decided. "This won't surprise you, but my family's pretty screwed up."

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"No, really?" Z asked wryly. "I never would have guessed. Your dad looks practically our age, not to mention moody as hell and occasionally kind of mean, and I have no idea what's going on with that sister of yours."

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Luke took a deep breath. "Yeah, our story makes Lifetime movies look fairly tame," he said. "My father's a Jedi, right? And they weren't supposed to get married. Since there's a Leia and I, you can kind of guess how much attention he paid to those rules."

He bit his lip. "So there was a war and the Jedi got exterminated by Darth Vader for, you know, existing, and Leia and I were separated after we were born to protect us from him and his boss, who'd taken control of the galaxy. Great guy. Really."

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"Pfft, rules," said the police cadet. "Who needs them?" Z frowned. "Darth Vader, wait, isn't he the old Ethics teacher? From before your dad came?"

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Luke nodded. "That's him. He came because he recognized my last name. The Emperor'd thought that Anakin hadn't had children. I was a threat to his power."

As an 18 year old kid with three weeks of Jedi training. Some threat.

"So he sent Vader here to give me a choice." He bit his lip. "Last November he did. My choice was supposed to be joining the Dark Side or getting killed. I didn't really like those choices."

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"Yeah, no, I can't see that you would," Z agreed.

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Luke flexed his glove. "So he cut my hand off," he said, "then, um, told me that he was my father."

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Z was totally at a loss for words for several seconds. Then, "You let me think you cut your own hand off?!"

After another few seconds she screechd, "He said WHAT??"

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"He wasn't lying, either." Luke rolled his eyes. "His timing blows."

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Z had no words. Well, maybe a few. "But. But. I met your dad. He tried to teach me how to fly. Twice."

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"Welcome to my world," Luke said. "I had a bit of a problem imagining the guy who'd dated Rory and graduated from here turning into, you know, seven feet of evil."

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Z shook her head to clear it. "Okay, exactly how much time travel are we talking, here? Because I only know one Rory and she's like our age...as is your dad. Ow. My brain."

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"Okay, Rory and Anakin dated when my father was a senior and she was a junior," Luke said. "Then he went back home, met my mother, turned into, you know, Darth Vader, and tromped around the galaxy for eighteen years while I grew up oblivious on Tatooine, the planet with no girls. I came here and apparently only about four days had passed in Fandom time." He grinned. "Okay so far?"

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Z took a moment to remember that there was a two-year-old her on the other side of the continent. "I'm good. Wait. No I'm not. What about your sister?"

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"She grew up as a princess on Alderaan," Luke said with a smile, "and no idea she was a Skywalker. I didn't know until I went home after the whole hand thing. Ben didn't think that was information I needed, apparently." He rolled his eyes. "Ben didn't think I needed to know a lot of things."

He bit his lip. "Father blew up her planet to get Leia to talk. It's why she doesn't exactly get along with him."

Go figure.

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"We've had a few things like that happen, too," Z said. "Sirius. KO-35 had to be completely evacuated once. But Jesus. Wait, your sister got to be a princess while you grew up in that desert place with no girls? Ack."

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"I think she won the coin toss," Luke said, nodding. "But I got the Jedi to watch me." He frowned. "And the last name like a giant target on my back. Huh. I'm sure there was a plan there somewhere."

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"You'd be surprised at how often the people in charge are in fact incredibly dense," Z said, thinking of Cruger. Then she picked up a shoe to throw at Luke. "You told me you cut off your own arm!"

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"Because 'hi, turns out my father's Darth Vader, PS: he's really good with a lightsaber' was something I really wanted to say," Luke retorted as the shoe bounced off his shoulder.

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"Don't make me kick your butt," Z warned him. Then she took a deep breath. "Okay, okay, so, why isn't your dad dressing like an evil overlord--which, hey, apparently he was--and why are you speaking to him after he cut off your arm?" Yes, Z was a little hung up on that.

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Because Luke was too forgiving by half.

"Because there was still good in him," Luke said with a soft smile. "When I went home at Spring Break it was to stop a new Death Star from being built. And to see if I could get my father to turn away from the Dark Side." He shrugged. "I just asked him. Leia almost killed him for trying, I think."