Plan Four: Attack of the Star Wars Hairstyles

[of_alderaan]

[Leia isn't too pleased when she gets a phone call telling her she's been missing work. After explaining that no, she did not in fact cut hair for a living, she's told to go down to the shop or lose her job. Which is no doubt code for droning in some manner so today you can find Leia....]

[A. Barber shop: No she does not look very happy about it. However you might notice the drones with long hair seem to be getting some strange hair styles. Lots of braids and things like that. Gee it's almost like someone's a star wars fan or...oh wait. If you walk in the store Leia will look over.]

Can I help you?

[Phone]

It may have taken them a while but they finally got around to giving me a job. Do they look for jobs we wouldn't enjoy having or is it simply my bad luck? Either way, I'll be at the "barbershop".

[Phone: Filtered to Luke]

Can we talk?

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[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Worry gone, replaced with excitement and enthusiasm.]

Really? That's great! Well, what do you feel?

[of_alderaan]

Frustration, which considering where we are, isn't surprising.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Alright, fair enough.

Well, do you want to talk about it or maybe find someone to teach you some things?

[of_alderaan]

Maybe both. I think you're right about learning to control it. It would be for the best.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

I agree, especially since... well, we don't really know how receptive you are. After Mara and I got that Force-bond, learning to block things became more important than I ever thought it'd be.

[Yeah, certain things were really awkward for a while.]

[of_alderaan]

[They must have been.]

What would you suggest then?

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Well, first off you'll have to find somebody who'll agree to train you.

[Secretly, Luke's hoping she won't think to ask Obi-Wan. But then again, another strong voice telling Ben just how stupid that old code is might not be such a bad thing... and Leia's voice certainly is a strong one.]

[of_alderaan]

[Thinking this over.]

I suppose there's Obi-Wan or Corran if you can't.

[last_ofthe_jedi]

Oh, I'm probably the last person you want training you. I haven't even finished my own training yet.

[For a moment he considers suggesting Corran and conveniently forgetting the mention of Obi-Wan, but his morbid curiosity gets the better of him. What would happen?]

I'm sure Ben wouldn't mind.

[Probably not true but who knows? If Obi-Wan agrees to train her this could get very interesting indeed.]

[of_alderaan]

[Luke.....she has a feeling you're not telling the truth.]

Are you sure he wouldn't?

[last_ofthe_jedi]

[Okay, so Luke is a really bad liar. He decides to go in a different direction.]

Well, I supposed he's been a little burnt out lately but he'll bounce back. [That's true as far as Luke knows.]

And I might even recommend asking both of them for training, just to hear things from two different perspectives. [Again, as true as he can make it. Luke knows Ben was saddened by that... discussion they'd had, but he hasn't spoken with him much since then and is truly unaware of the impact it had on him. What could go wrong?]

[of_alderaan]

I might do that.

[Leaning towards Corran now. But two views are good.]

Have you talked to either of them recently? I was talking to Corran but I haven't seen Obi-Wan in a while.