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

Entry tags:

!event: welcome picnic

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

The tables and chairs had been scattered around the lawn - some near the food, some not, some in the shade, some not - and the food was ready for anyone who wanted to come by and greet the new people.

Enjoy your last picnic where shirtlessness will be enjoyable until next summer, folks!

[OCD is up! This is the picnic post for general mingling. Roommates, fake siblings and teachers are all here. Since it's outside, the picnic is open to all students, teachers, and townies!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Kaidan watched Kanan gape like a fish and shrugged, "Must not be. You keep signing up to teach things at the school. You use part of your off-hours teaching sword work. If you didn't enjoy doing it, would you do so much of it?"

Seriously, Kanan. You know better than to ask him a question like that.

Yeah, he really did. Kanan fell quiet for another few moments, face twisting a little in thought while he contemplated that.

"I figured it was at least in part because I have a responsibility to," he said, finally. "I was denied my own training. If there's something somebody else needs and I can teach it to them... I don't want to deny them, too. Doesn't make me feel any less in over my head, but... it is satisfying to see it actually do people some good, in time."

There was no small amount of pride in learning that Tip had taken up her sword to protect the island, no.

Kaidan raised one brow and just gave him a pointed stare. So pointy. Much point. All the points.

Kanan just raised both eyebrows in return and spread his hands.

"What? I think that might have actually been me... agreeing with you?"

In a very roundabout way.

"I know," Kaidan said dryly, "That's why I didn't have to say anything. It's always interesting, watching you try to find some way I'm wrong when I say something positive about you. And then the face you make when you have to acknowledge it."

"Yeah, well..." Kanan just continued making that face, because... at this point, he was kind of stuck for acknowledging it, wasn't he? "... Guess I'm still figuring out who the hell it is I'm trying to be."

~~Space Dad~~

"Apparently, 'a good teacher' is right up there on the list," Kaidan replied, even though that hadn't been a question. "So, now that you've had to acknowledge this awful truth about yourself, what are you going to do about it?"

"Keep doing what I've been doing, continue to panic about it," Kanan replied with a sigh. "And apparently teach a Sith about the benefits of charity work."

"If the class was on the benefits to the recipient, you might want to shake that up a bit and tie it directly to how it helps the giver. Might be easier," Kaidan said after a moment, "Krogan.. they don't understand 'altruism'. It's not how their brains are wired. They do, however, understand 'mercenary'."

Kanan frowned faintly, considering that.

"I might mention that to Hera," he said, at length. "See if she has any good spins on it. Where I'm standing it seems so obvious. Help other people, improve the galaxy, it all comes back around. But that might not fit very well within the Sith worldview."

He paused a moment.

"Admittedly, I'm beginning to doubt I have any idea what the Sith worldview even is."

"True, and you'll probably have to learn so you can course-correct as necessary," Kaidan said, "If they have a reputation for being kind of the ultimate evil in your universe, either they've got a radically different worldview - or they've had one hell of a spin put on them over the centuries."

"Or both," Kanan agreed wryly. "She was mentioning lightsaber forms. Apparently, the Sith had the same, or similar. There was clearly some some crossover, at some point."

She'd mentioned Soresu.

He used Soresu, damn it.

"She's got me at a disadvantage," he sighed. "She knows something about the Jedi. It turns out I don't know nearly as much as I'd like about the Sith."

Kaidan processed that. "So. Trip to Coruscant in the near future?"

"Trip to Coruscant in the near future," Kanan agreed with a sigh. "Not sure what else to do."

It wasn't like he could just Google this stuff.

"So, ignorant question - can you ask the Force what it thinks?" Kaidan asked, pulling one side of his lower lip between his teeth, thinking.

"I can ask the Force anything I like. Doesn't mean I'm going to understand the answer," Kanan sighed. "Still... I'll probably end up doing that anyway. Even a confusing answer is a start."

He didn't ask whether the force would warn Kanan of threats. If the Force was so inclined, there'd probably be quite a few more Jedi running around.

"Having an action plan might keep you from peeling your skin off with nerves, anyway," Kaidan noted, "Hera knows, right?"

Because of course you would have already told Hera. If you hadn't, you were getting a shin kick.

"Hera knows," Kanan agreed. "Considering she's in our class, that seemed like something that was going to be important for her to know regardless."

Kaidan nodded. "Also, she lives with you, and you're not exactly a picture of calm right now so she deserves to know why."

Among other reasons.

"She deserves explanations for most of my poodoo," Kanan agreed. "I'm trying to be better about providing them."

"Good. She's your partner, she's your roommate, she kind of should be the first person you talk to," Kaidan agreed, "Piss her off too much, she might kick you off her ship."

He was relieved. Kanan needed to talk - he needed to know he could talk, and it sounded like he was at least making an effort.

"Wouldn't want that," Kanan agreed. "She's kind of..."

He quirked a little smile.

"Kind of the best thing I ever had going for me. I don't want to mess that up. So... I'm trying."

"'Kind of'?" Kaidan asked. You didn't really think he was going to let you get away with that, did you?

Damn it, Kaidan. You had Kanan clearing his throat awkwardly, now.

"She is," he amended. "She is the best thing."

Kaidan chuffed a quiet laugh, "Yeah, buddy. I know. It's just weird when you hedge like that. Where Hera's concerned, I'm never going to let you. She deserves better than 'kind of'."

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]

Re: General Mingling [Fall 2018]