The Park, Friday

[uncertain_dume]

The weather was too damn nice to spend today cooped up in a warehouse.

The weather? Was too. Damn. Nice to spend today cooped up in a warehouse.

And so Kanan was making his way to the park, leaving a note on the warehouse door for any of his regulars, telling them where they could find him. He'd even brought Stance along today, because why spend a day in the park if he wasn't going to bring his dog, who would have just been making sad faces at him from his apartment window anyway if he hadn't.

It all made for some adventures in meditating that morning, sure, with an excited dog ripping around the lawn, re-discovering ducks and needing to be called back a few times in order to keep from having a repeat of the mobbing incident from last year.

On the flipside, it made things much easier in the afternoon once he'd broken out and assembled his lightsaber, since Stance was good and tuckered out and had taken to napping next to Kanan's bag of water bottles and assorted practice weapons while Kanan ran through forms.

He'd missed this.

[OOC: Open!]

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey called a little late today, when she had a chance. But she called.

Ring, ring!

[uncertain_dume]

"Rey! Hey, how's it going?"

'A little late' was generally cause for concern, but she was also actually calling instead of just texting, so maybe it all came out in the wash? Either way, he was going to go for 'happy to hear from you' instead of 'worried as hell like always,' because on occasion Kanan could actually police his tone!

He was kind of proud of that, too.

[thatwaslucky]

"Busy," she said. "How about you?"

She even sounded fine!

[uncertain_dume]

"Actually not busy," Kanan offered. "The weather's improving in fits and starts, I'm doing my training in the park today."

She might even hear excited barking in the background as Stance noticed the ducks. Again.

"But busy, huh? Find something good today?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Actually, Unkar has me working on one of the ships he has parked out Heeee, just doing some basic maintenance."

Apparently when you worked on a ship for months and didn't try to leave on it, you could be trusted not to steal other ships.

(For now.)

"I really shouldn't have him catch me with the phone, though."

[uncertain_dume]

"So this is going to be a short chat, huh?" Kanan's tone was sympathetic, now. "But at least basic maintenance is work, huh?"

Better than scavenging?

Hopefully?

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a shorter day because it's closer, and it's easier overall. I have no idea if it'll be worth it or not yet, though."

But she also missed being on a ship, even if it was junk.

[uncertain_dume]

"Well, here's hoping, then," Kanan replied, and so help him, he was going to hold his breath and hope, just like that. "I'm sure you wouldn't mind catching a bit of steady work, so long as it's worth your time."

[thatwaslucky]

"It's probably just for a couple days, but that's fine."

Sorry, Kanan.

"I'll take a couple days of easy."

[unusual_sith]

Lana didn't actually need the note to find him, so she showed up at the park. And paused to watch Stance chase the ducks. He seemed to be having a wonderful time, at least.

[uncertain_dume]

"A couple of days of easy is still better than nothing," Kanan agreed. "And hell, do a good enough job, maybe there'll be more easy down the road, too."

[thatwaslucky]

"Maybe." They'd see what she got paid. "How are things there this week?"

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan glanced up from where he was meditating, and once again offered Lana a nod and a little bit of a smile.

Stance was gonna be the one to steal the show, though, about-facing and coming barreling over to greet her.

[unusual_sith]

Lana laughed and knelt down to greet him without being bowled over. "Hello, Stance. Do you have new friends? Are they refusing to play with you?"

[uncertain_dume]

"Well," Kanan mused, "I didn't spend any of this week as a penguin."

So, better. Much improved.

Tomorrow was gonna be a different story. But at least next week he'd have 'So on Saturday I was a smelly hobo' stories for her.

[uncertain_dume]

"They're terribly unfair," Kanan called over with a grin. "You'd think they'd know that Stance time is playtime by now."

[thatwaslucky]

"That's good! And no time spent as anything else?"

Until the weekend.

[uncertain_dume]

"Not so much as a second, nope," Kanan confirmed.

Until the weekend.

[thatwaslucky]

"Does it feel better, having a normal week?"

Until the... well.

[uncertain_dume]

"Mostly," Kanan mused. "Though around here, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Fandom hasn't tried to kill us yet this spring."

[thatwaslucky]

"It feels like the snow monsters weren't long ago," Rey said, frowning.

[uncertain_dume]

"December," Kanan replied. "Three months ago, going on four. We get three of these a year, something'll probably get us in a month or so."

A pause.

"Or maybe I'm just paranoid and coming up with patterns were there aren't any."

[thatwaslucky]

"Or they're throwing you off by messing with the timing." Which would be mean.

But it had happened.

[uncertain_dume]

".... Let's hope that's not the case. Easier to prepare for something you see coming."

And that was why they would throw him off by messing with the timing.

Probably.

[thatwaslucky]

"Or the island could consolidate and wait till summer." Maybe!