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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part II

Some extra tables had been set up in the shade of the trees on the lawn, away from the buffet in spots where it might be less crowded and much quieter. Well, aside from the mariachi band, but at least their music was entertaining? They might even take requests!

[OCD is up, have at it! This is the FIRST post for general mingling. Please use this post first, if your browser can handle the comment load. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here and there's more room for mingling here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

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"You plan to eat all of that?" she asked, eyebrows raised. "An entire structure?"

"I'm a growing boy," Ben said. "Hi, I'm Ben."

Considering who she'd met earlier, she was suddenly a little wary. "Ben what?" she asked.

She didn't want to be surprised by someone laughing if she gave her name yet.

"Skywalker," he replied, looking a little wary. "Why?"

She'd had a feeling.

Sia offered her hand. "Marasiah Fel. Apparently I'm a relative of some sort."

Ben was much less surprised by this than Anakin might have been--he'd kept Jaina's engagement to himself, for the most part.

He grinned at her. "Hi. Are you Jaina's daughter?"

Maybe named for his mom? It made sense.

"Great-granddaughter."

Which was why she couldn't readily identify how exactly she was related to Ben.

Ben's jaw dropped. "Seriously?!"

He was no longer the furthest along in the timeline. It came as a relief.

Sia nodded. "Extended relatives among different timelines is very new, but I can at least confirm that."

"Ow," Ben said, rubbing at his forehead. "So how are...things, then? Everyone still fighting?"

Given the Skywalker predisposition towards being Jedi, Sia thought that over carefully.

"That may not be an answer you truly want," she told him. "I would think things are very different now."

Ben bit his lower lip. "Different bad?"

Was there any other kind in their galaxy?

"I for one am not satisfied with the current state of the galaxy," she admitted.

Which was putting it lightly, what with the Sith hate.

And she didn't feel evil, but then Vestara wasn't exactly cackling with glee most days either...

"Because shockingly, we haven't managed to destroy the Sith for all time?" he asked tiredly.

"To say the least," she replied. "I won't be happy until they are destroyed."

"Fan-kriffing-tastic," Ben muttered. "Don't suppose they've made it easy and have gone back to the Rule of Two?"

That would make Sia so happy.

"No," she said, very seriously.

Ben blew out a breath. "This is weird for me," he admitted. "For the last four years, I've been the furthest point for our family timeline, and I didn't want to tell things in case it screwed something up, you know?"

"Understandable," Sia told him. "Even if I knew the answers to all of the questions I'm sure you and your grandfather have, there are things I certainly wouldn't answer."

"Let's keep it general then," Ben decided. "Are you here to keep you safe?"

It seemed to be a theme for them.

"Yes," she said, allowing a little sigh of frustration. "Which I am less than pleased with, but I understand why it had to be done."

"Join the crowd," Ben said with a sympathetic smile. "It's why I ended up here to begin with, but it's really not that bad."

"It seems all right so far." Atton aside. "It still feels cowardly."

Last in the line. Had to keep reminding herself of that.

Yeah, definitely one of his relatives. "Think of this as a place to get new perspective," Ben offered quietly. "To remember that there's more out there than the neverending dance of Jedi and Sith."

Oh, she definitely remembered. The Jedi were unfortunately little more than an afterthought to her now.

"I'm not a Jedi," she told him, figuring she should get that out of the way.

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