Haven Base [early evening]

[tatooine_doofus]

Not that he hadn't appreciated the effort, because he had, but Luke had to admit that his first joint birthday party with Leia had been a bit of an experience.

And not just because someone had left Janson unsupervised with the food. In his worst kitchen experiments with Gavin, Luke had never managed to turn something that shade of purple.

It had been nice to have some down time, though. Rogue Squadron's missions had increased in tempo and Luke had barely had time to breathe, let alone remember things like dates. The surprise part of the party had been complete: mostly because he'd forgotten it was his birthday at all. Leia had teased him about that for an hour.

He flopped onto his cot--a perk of being in command meant he didn't have to share his admittedly tiny quarters--and fiddled with something mechanical and complicated that Wedge had given him, enjoying time to himself. Artoo burbled happily in the corner, checking for new communications.

[OOC: Open for calls or emails. Up early for great SP justice!]

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Aww," Luke replied. "Win it in a card game? Does it have a name?"

[wannabehunter]

"More like he followed me home and wouldn't leave," Jo said, scratching behind Jet's ears. "He's called Jet."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"It's good to have friends," Luke said, "even short, furry ones. Is it jet like the color or like the aircraft?"

[wannabehunter]

"It was the colour," Jo said. "But after the first time he decided to take me for a w-a-l-k..." She was taking no chances of him wanting to go for another one just yet.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke laughed. "He was in a bit of a hurry, huh?" he guessed. "Sounds like fun. Right now we're so busy I'd kill a goldfish. I'm hardly ever at home."

[wannabehunter]

"Just a little one," Jo replied dryly. "Poor thing."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Has he made any friends?" Luke asked. "There were roughly ninety bazillion pets around that place when I left."

It was much more interesting to talk about Fandom than what he was up to, he decided.

[wannabehunter]

"Not of the four-legged kind yet," Jo said. "Although he'll schmooze with anyone."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Hoping they brought him food, probably," Luke said with a laugh. "I think that was Vladdie's primary motivation."

[wannabehunter]

"You're probably right," Jo replied. "It's hard not to notice the bottomless stomach or the continual shedding."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"But if you got a hairless dog, it'd look like Chad's cat and no one wants that," Luke replied. "How are you, aside from your new friend?"

[wannabehunter]

"I'm good," Jo said. "Things have been pretty quiet, well, except for the usual run of weirdness."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"How weird this time?" Luke asked. "The strangest I've seen in weeks was the cake Janson made for the party today, and that's just because he can't cook."

[wannabehunter]

"The usual, pirates, drop-bears, and really odd food," Jo said. "Plus the adults turned into little kids again this last weekend, but I didn't run into any of them."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"...Drop bears?" Luke repeated.

[wannabehunter]

"These really weird koala things that fall down on your head," Jo explained, making gestures that Luke couldn't see.

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke glanced up at the ceiling. "They do?"

[wannabehunter]

"Uh huh," Jo replied. "They flatten you, then bolt."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Of course they do," Luke said faintly. "I'm not getting one in the mail, am I?"

[wannabehunter]

"No, they seem to have all vanished."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"That's too bad," he replied. His tone said otherwise. "Are your classes any fun?"

[wannabehunter]

"Pretty much," Jo said. "Even if I'm starting to worry about Professor Deadpool a little."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Uh oh," Luke said. "What's he doing now?"

[wannabehunter]

"He's got a real thing for making the students wear dresses in class. All of them."

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"..." said Luke.

"All of them?" he finally repeated. "I don't suppose John or Gavin is in the class..."