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anakin solo ([personal profile] hopesparks) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-05-06 12:16 pm
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better to burn out than to fade away ☼ may catch-all

Who: Anakin Solo, some CR, and maybe you
What: Catch-all with open and closed prompts
When: Throughout May
Where: Throughout the Trench

Content Warnings: None yet but they will be noted in the subject lines as needed!
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thisislife: (he doesn't mind I have a flat broke-down)

[personal profile] thisislife 2022-06-30 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
She tries to be reassured, anyway. His attempts at being reassuring are much better than the ones she's used to.

And those words make Lexi's eyebrows arch. "That's...awfully reductive. Like saying that because there's a piano and because there are the works of Chopin, I should be able to play his music. Or that I shouldn't play at all. And that if I don't manage to do it, trying didn't count for anything."
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-07-11 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Anakin gives her a small, almost apologetic smile.

"That's what it sounds like, isn't it? It's an old saying in the Order by someone both very wise and very sparse with words. The saying is supposed to mean something along the lines of: if you're going to do something, don't just try. If you 'try,' you assume you can fail completely. If you 'do,' you might not succeed at the main objective, but you'll still succeed at learning something valuable."
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-07-11 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
She smiles back, also apologetically. She figures she's questioning things that others had taken for granted as the truth for a long time and isn't sure if it's her place to really ask. But she's always been more curious about things than she's usually willing to admit.

"Okay, that makes a little more sense. Sort of the whole 'shoot for the moon, if you don't make it, you'll still be among the stars' thing" But don't ask her where she first heard that saying, not unless he's willing to hear all about first grade.

Actually, first grade might not be too bad. High school, on the other hand, wasn't worth mentioning.
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-07-28 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
His smile changes to something more sincere, almost sort of fond.

"You know, I think that might be a better way to put it."
thisislife: (like a druggy like I told you)

[personal profile] thisislife 2022-07-28 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
She grins fondly in response.

"Thought so. Mom told it to us once. It always seemed...kinda nice? To be among the stars?"
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-08-21 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"It is. There are so many people here who haven't flown among the stars that I wish I could share it with them."

He thinks wistfully of flying with his father.
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-08-22 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think I'd die of joy if I got to travel in space. I think every kid goes through a phase where they want to be an astronaut, and I was definitely one of them. But the chance to actually travel through space...it sounds amazing."
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-08-31 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I couldn't imagine a life where I couldn't. My dad's a pilot, so maybe it runs in my blood."

The thought of being stuck on one planet indefinitely makes him feel claustrophobic. It's one of the big downsides to the Trench.
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-08-31 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably? Plus, he was probably taking you out into space forever. That probably helped, too."

While for her, Trench is so weird and so unlike anything she'd ever imagined before, she's always finding new and exciting things.
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-09-07 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, definitely. I have a lot of good memories traveling with my family."

Some bad ones too, of course, but that's just life.

"It turns out that my mother's side of the family has some incredible pilots too."
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-09-07 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"That must be great. I still can't get over the idea of travelling through space from planet to planet. It's like a sci-fi novel brought to life."

When it comes to family? She knows that feeling.

"Really? Are they here?"
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-09-18 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"My maternal grandparents and uncle are here. I'm not sure if my grandmother is a good pilot, but my grandfather and uncle are two of the best."

He's never seen his grandfather fly, granted, but he did win the Boonta Eve Classic (which he guess is important) at age nine.
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-09-19 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's so cool! And you can get to know all of them, you know, before they became grandparents age."

She'd love to know her grandparents. Any of them. Suze didn't get along with her parents, so Lexi had never met them. And her dad? He wasn't around anymore and neither were his parents.
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[personal profile] hopesparks 2022-09-27 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Anakin hesitates a moment but decides not to mention that they'll never reach grandparents age. It doesn't matter, after all, does it?

"That's true. Though I don't think people change that drastically the older they get."
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[personal profile] thisislife 2022-09-27 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it would matter in that she felt like she'd shoved her foot into her mouth?

"Really? I'm not sure I agree. I have an--an old friend, Rue. She's changed a lot over the years." And not for the better. She wanted to help Rue, but Lexi knew she couldn't save her from herself.
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