Self-Defense for Shinies, Tuesday, June 18, 2024

[sith_happened]

The weather today was already sticky and hot and while Anakin was still in Jedi robes because of course he was, he was prepared to take pity on the rest of you. "We will be fighting with water today," he said.

And it was just water too!...okay with some food dye in it. "After all, learning not to get hit is perhaps the most valuable self defence lesson you could learn."

You needed the dye How else would your teachers know you'd been hit?

"So true," Anakin agreed, nodding. "There's a small obstacle course to travel through to make it more challenging. Stay low to the ground and keep moving. Freezing in place is a guaranteed way to get hit."

"Especially since your classmates will also be armed." This was actually an improvement on when Anakin had decided Ahsoka needed to learn about this.

He was getting better! So take that, Shenanigan whiners. "It's only fair to be armed," Anakin agreed.

Ahsoka was just...not going to comment on Shenanigans.

It was a VERY NORMAL HOBBY, Ahsoka. You know, on a scale of Skywalker.

"Put on these white jumpsuits so we can see the dye better, grab your Supersoakers, and get ready," Anakin added.

Comments

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

So many things.

"And if there's one thing everybody loves, it's upsetting people and getting shot at for it!"

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"Well, if you've sent for the Jedi, chances are that you already knew the beings they'll be facing are both evil and trigger happy," Ben replied.

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Hey now," Arden said, "sometimes they like to strangle you from like three yards away."

...Don't worry about how she knows that. Unimportant.

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"That's a really specific fact to know," Ben said, jumping over the wall without climbing it.

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden was just going to climb over it. You know, like a peasant.

"Oh. Uh. Yeah. I guess, maybe it is," she said. "Uh. I sorta met an Inquisitor. Kinda. In a way. We...disagreed on some things."

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"Probably your right to exist and remain breathing," Ben commented wryly.

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Close enough," Arden drawled. "Though, I think more, he was trying to hurt a friend."

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"Jedi?" Ben guessed, based on experience.

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

She glanced away, but nodded. "Yeah..."

Sorry, Cal. This felt like betraying a confidence, almost, but...

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

Ben smiled quickly. "I won't tell. Inquisitors are from a pretty specific part of our history. If they are in hiding, I won't betray them."

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Oh no! He's pretty out about being a Jedi," she said. "I just...don't think he would want folks to know about the Inquisitor that came, since he wasn't there, exactly? It was weird island stuff."

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"There's always weird island stuff," Ben said with a humorless smile. "Worst nightmares again?"

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden waggled her hand. "Probably close enough for government work," she said.

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"I am not sorry to have missed that," Ben decided.

Re: Run the Course!

[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"The guy who misses running from getting shot at has bad dreams?" Arden drawled. "I am very shocked."

Re: Run the Course!

[momslilassassin]

"I contain multitudes," Ben said with a wink.