Room 204, Sunday Afternoon

[glacial_queen]

It was sad being stuck in sweaters and sweatshirts again--and right now Karla was wearing both because it was cold, dammit--but it wasn't like there was nothing to do in Fandom. Just because they were no longer in Hawaii didn't mean they couldn't keep themselves entertained.

...It just all had to be inside. And not on the beach. And probably wouldn't involve brightly colored drinks decorated with cute plastic animals and tiny umbrellas.

Instead, Karla had decided that the boyos were going to host another movie night. Rather than let Ender choose the film, she'd grabbed one about a snake and a magical cup or something. She hadn't really been paying attention. Actually, she was planning to use it for background noise while she and Ben bitched about Ender's tan and she laughed at Ben for getting his face stuck to the table that one time.

"Kiss kiss!" she called, poking her head through the door. "I'm bored, so guess what! We're hanging out today!"

Weren't they so lucky?

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[glacial_queen]

"Terrifying or not, you somehow noticed," Karla pointed out. "Did you see any witches while you were visiting?" she asked Ender.

[momslilassassin]

"We stayed away from the populated areas, such as they are," Ben answered for him.

[endsthegame]

"So all I got to see was the rancors," Ender filled in, "Which were much less terrifying."

[glacial_queen]

"Really? With everything I've heard about Skywalkers, I would have assumed that they would have chased you two a little."

[momslilassassin]

"Oh, they did," Ben said a little wryly. "Ender and I got some quality time hiding in a cave."

Shut up, Karla.

[endsthegame]

"Apparently it's the done thing in his family."

Not a word, Karla.

[glacial_queen]

"Darkness forfend you go against family tradition," Karla said mildly.

YOU SO OWED HER.

[momslilassassin]

"Well, Dad did it upside down with a wampa, so our version was really tame," Ben declared.

[endsthegame]

"So obviously it wasn't anything worth writing home about," Ender said, "The poor rancor got it worse."

Ah, deadpan.

[glacial_queen]

"It rarely is until someone loses a limb," Karla said, nodding as if this were completely normal.

[momslilassassin]

"In Dad's case, that was the fate of the wampa," Ben said, nodding, "but then Dad stumbled out of the cave and almost froze to death."

As Skywalkers do.

[endsthegame]

"Whereas we limped out of the cave and flew back half a day later," Ender filled in. Then gave Ben a curious look.

[glacial_queen]

"Psht. That barely even counts," Karla decided, sudden arbiter of Skywalker adventures.

[momslilassassin]

"Well, Ender and I were relaxing," Ben said, grinning.

[endsthegame]

"Please don't tell me Naboo has rancors," Ender said.

[glacial_queen]

"Which planet is Naboo?" Karla asked.

[momslilassassin]

"Vacation resort in the Mid-Rim," Ben said, nodding. "It's supposed to be beautiful but I've never been."

[endsthegame]

"Ben wants to go," said Ender. He had a wry look on his face that said that he knew very well how damning that answer was.