Room 317 [afternoon]

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After a few hours poking around on the X-Wing with Artoo and a quick check to see if Leia had written--she had, and there was still no sign of Han--Luke flung himself onto his bed and began to practice with the Force.

Yoda was not excited to be one of the things chosen to be juggled.

Seeing Luke distracted, Artoo made his way stealthily towards the door.

"Don't even think about it," Luke said sternly. "Last time you got out, you came back covered in cake."

Artoo whistled innocently. "No," Luke replied.

Artoo made sulky noises and rolled back towards the corner.

[OOC: Door is closed, post is open! Oh, and contents of the conversation with Rory are NFB, please.]

Blue Eyes - Cary Brothers

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"Just before I came to school," Luke said. He gave Molly a wry smile. "I was sent here so I'd be out of Vader's way. That didn't exactly work according to plan."

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"I heard he was gone at the same time you were. Did he follow you back home too?"

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"I didn't see him," Luke said. "But he tracked down my friends and tortured them." His eyes flashed. "He's evil."

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"Tortured!" Molly was visibly taken aback. "I got the feeling in class yesterday that he would have gotten along well with The Pride," she said ruefully. "I was more right than I even imagined. Are your friends..."

She couldn't bring herself to finish the question. She hugged him again instead. "I'm sorry, Luke," she said quietly.

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"Han's in carbonite," Luke said, hugging Molly back. "So he's frozen, but still alive. We just don't know where he is. Leia...is not taking that particularly well."

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"Frozen? He can be unfrozen though, right? If you say he's still alive?" Keeping her hands on his arms, Molly pulled back just enough so that she could look up at Luke. "That means there's hope. Your friends will find him and get him out."

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Luke gave Molly a small smile. "That's the plan. Vader picked the wrong person to mess with. I've never seen someone as determined as Leia."

He shook his head, trying to change the subject. "Did you have a good holiday?" he asked.

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Molly smiled back at him. "I did," she said with a nod. "I went to visit some of my friends who graduated last year. Ray went with me and it was a lot of fun."

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"Was this California?" Luke asked, wrinkling up his forehead.

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Molly nodded. "Yeah. Why?"

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"Angel had invited me when I met him back around Homecoming," Luke said. "I'd really wanted to go."

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"Awww. I wish you could have come too," Molly said and then grinned. "You could have gone to Disneyland with us."

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"Disneyland?" Luke repeated, looking confused.

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"It's a huuuge amusement park and it's lots of fun!" Molly told him. "There was even a simulator ride that made me think of Anakin. He would have laughed at it," she added with a chuckle. "The one we used in his workshop is so much better."

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Luke's smile almost reached his eyes. "He would've loved that," he said. "Did you tell the people at the park that you'd been on a better one?"

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"Nah. The people who work there just run it. They wouldn't care. I knew though."

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"That's what counts," Luke said, nodding. "Were there any other rides? I've never been to a park like that."

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"Oh, there were tons of rides!" Molly said with excitement. "The rollercoasters are the best though. You sit in these little cars that are all hooked together in a short train and they ride on tracks that go way up high into the air and then you plunge down a big hill and sometimes there are loops and it goes really fast and it is as close to flying as you can get without actually flying!"

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Luke grinned. "Like the Boonta Eve podraces, but without the death?" he asked. "I was only allowed to see those once."

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Molly grinned and nodded, remembering the race from Anakin's flight workshop. "Yes. A lot like that. Especially the 'without the death' part."

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"I have to find one of these parks around here," Luke decided. "It sounds like fun."

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"Oh! Good idea!" Molly said. "There has to be one within a few hours of here. We'll get a lot of people to go. It'll be so much fun!"

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Luke bounced a little. "Sounds like a plan to me! When it's not so cold, maybe?"

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"Definitely," Molly said with a nod. "If there are water rides, it's no fun to go when it's cold because you either freeze to death or can't go on them at all."

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"Rides with water?" Luke's eyes were huge. "Really?"