Syndulla Scrap- Monday morning

[solo_sword]

Was it an impromptu trip when you had days' worth of warning about it but you decided to do it on a whim? Jaina wasn't sure, but considering the arrangements that had to go into her leaving for a few days, this was as close to it as she got these days without something blowing up somewhere.

Once she landed the promised X-wing, she sent off a couple texts and started shutdown procedures. Honestly, it felt better coming in this way.


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[uncertain_dume]

Living just across the street from the scrapyard definitely had its perks. Like how Kanan could peer out the window to see if he could spot the ship from his apartment, and how he was over in less than a minute after that, giving a low whistle as he walked across the landing pad to take in the ship. From the outside, it reminded him a little of the Z-95s that the Republic had used during the war, but prettier.

Basically, he wanted to see her fly.

Now that was a ship.

[solo_sword]

Jaina handed the rest of the shutdown over to Rowdy and popped the canopy to start climbing out.

"That was fast," she greeted him.

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, I didn't have far to go," Kanan replied, smiling almost sheepishly. "The only way the trip could have been shorter is if I'd already been over doing some work on the Ghost for Hera."

Which, hey, he'd been considering doing anyway, mostly for something in the here and the now to ground himself in. Another distraction.

"She's nice," he added, nodding to the X-Wing, probably switching back to talking about it as opposed to Hera. Probably.

[solo_sword]

"I'm a big fan," she grinned, reaching up- not too far up, she was bitty- to pat the hull. "This is the latest version of the StealthX, commissioned for the Jedi. X-wings are the best starfighters, don't let anybody tell you any differently."

Someone lived in Imperial space with a clawcraft pilot, this needed to be stated.

[uncertain_dume]

"I don't know that anybody's tried to, yet," Kanan noted, smiling crookedly. Probably because he'd never gotten into a conversation about X-wings before. "Do you know how she handles compared to the clone fighters the Republic used during the war? She's got some similarities, at least superficially."

[solo_sword]

"The ARC-170 was the precursor to the modern day X-wing," she replied. "A lot of things were streamlined, maneuverability improved... I've never flown one, but I'm guessing it's feel similar after a few minutes or reorienting yourself."

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan nodded thoughtfully, going for a stroll to take the ship in from all sides.

"I never did any flying myself during the war," he admitted. "My first ship was a repurposed light freighter one of the Separatist Generals used to pilot. But I always kind of admired them from where I was, with my feet planted on the ground."

[solo_sword]

"I feel like that's the correct thing, but then, I'm incredibly biased," she admitted. "I grew up around these, practically begging to fly then before I could even reach half the controls. And then my first ship ended up being a TIE I half stole."

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan's mouth pulled into a quirk of a style.

"I'd ask how you half-steal something," he noted, "but that's more or less how I wound up with the Escape, too."

Lots of ship stealing for him in the twilight years of his Caleb Dume days.

[futurespacemom]

There was a new ship landed at the yard? Better believe Hera was over there as soon as she noticed.

She grinned, looking at it. Smaller than she usually cared for, but it had nice lines. "A fighter, I take it?" With that amount of weaponry, she'd be shocked at anything else.

[solo_sword]

"Yep. Pretty much the newest X-wing we have in my time," Jaina grinned. She loved this thing. The only upside to losing her military tank was that she still got to have an X-wing.

[futurespacemom]

"X-wing?" Hera asked. "Makes sense. I've never seen one before."

She belatedly stuck out her hand. "Hera Syndulla. Pilot and always curious about new ships."

[solo_sword]

"Jaina Solo," she says, shaking the offered hand. "Pilot, Jedi, a little jealous of your freighter myself."

[futurespacemom]

"I see Kanan's been talking," Hera said, grinning. "Jedi? Are you from the...past?" That was definitely weird to be asking, but Kanan had just spent some time there, so it was the logical conclusion.

[solo_sword]

"Uh, about fifty years ahead of you guys," she said. "Timelines are weird. I'm Anakin's granddaughter."

You know, to make the weird timeline stuff even weirder.

[futurespacemom]

"Fifty years ahead?" Hera blinked. "You mean in the future?" She couldn't help the spike of hope that gave her.

[solo_sword]

"At least in my time, things worked out there." She didn't want to give too much hope when she couldn't guarantee anything in another timeline, but it was also a major part of why she was here, too. "There are a few of us from around my time that pop in here sometimes."

[sith_happened]

Anakin ambled over after his class, still trailing glitter.

"Hey!" he said with a grin, leaning way, way down to give her a hug.

[solo_sword]

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"Hi," she said, hugging him back. "Why are you sparkling?"

[sith_happened]

"There was a very angry 20 foot plastic fish yesterday," Anakin said. "Buried me in glittery confetti. It was a whole thing."

[solo_sword]

"Uh. Can I ask why there was a very angry 20 foot plastic fish?" Jaina asked as she pulled back.

[sith_happened]

"Because it grew from being a totally normal sized plastic fish through the power of its rage at how we treated it as a prize this summer or something?" Anakin said, wincing slightly.

[solo_sword]

Jaina blinked.

"I wouldn't have ever seen that coming. I'm actually sort of impressed."

[sith_happened]

"It's not going to look great on the ol' employee evaluation, let me tell you," Anakin said ruefully. "What brings you back? Not that I'm not thrilled to see you, because I always am."

[solo_sword]

"I'm helping Kanan with some of his training," she answered. "Sounded like a good time to spend a couple days in town. Also too much time in Imperial space makes me twitchy."