#Where is Nicta? is she okay :(
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jayaorgana · 4 months ago
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I finished Balance point and...
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yjk-imagines · 3 years ago
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Preview from a future fic I'll be writing
Warning for partial nudity. Nothing seggsy, just changing clothes.
When you went through the things that Jaina had been through with her friends, the concept of privacy and personal space went out the window. And she didn't mind it one little bit. Jacen was sitting on Tenel Ka's lap, and Lowie was sitting on the bunk that the twins usually shared, playing with Jaina's wookie doll. It was a testament to her explicit trust of her friends that she didn't rip it out of his hands and hug it tightly. Jaina herself was sitting on the bench in the Rock Dragon's hold with her feet on Zekk's lap. Zekk was attempting to fix a part he'd brought from the Lightning Rod, but was struggling because Jaina's feet were tapping out the beat of the latest Bith hit.
"Masters and Mistresses," Em-Teedee interrupted their comfortable silence with a soft chime over the comms as he monitored their flight from the cockpit.
"We are coming up on Canto Bight. It would be prudent to prepare your disguises now."
"Thanks Em-Teedee!" Jaina called. Lowie growled an affirmative.
Tenel Ka gave Jacen a nudge, and despite the big, soft brown eyes he stared at her with, she kept nudging him until he fell onto the floor.
"The closet should be over here." Tenel Ka opened the double doors and the fabric nearly took off Jaina's eyebrows as it gasped for breath after being squished inside.
"Huh," Jaina grinned, "Maybe the Ta'a Chume has a few good ideas every now and then."
Tenel Ka graced Jaina with a rare smile, "This is a fact."
"Okay," Jacen slicked his hair back at the fresher unit, "Let's go over our roles one more time."
"You don't have a role," Jaina shoved a stylish Corellia-cut suit at her brother, "You, TK, and I are notable enough to have a alibi for being on Canto Bight."
"Yeah, but the holonet doesn't know anything about us. Uncle Luke said that Canto Bight is always swarming with paps, so this is our big chance to create the persona that we want the rest of the galaxy to know."
"You've been crafting a big, dramatic backstory this entire ride, haven't you?"
"I have." Jacen admitted with a huge, dorky grin.
"Hear me out;" Zekk pulled out his ponytail, "A playboy."
Jaina hummed and hawed, then looked at Tenel Ka, who already had her poker face ready to go, "It might work, if he had any girls to play."
"Hey!" Jacen protested, "It could work!"
Not with his one and only girlfriend by his side all night. Jaina rolled her eyes.
Canto Bight had connections to Black Sun, and so at the request of the new owner, Master Skywalker sent five of his newly minted Jedi Knights to snuff them out. Jacen, Jaina, and Tenel Ka would play the heirs come to have a night out, spend all their money, and sniff out suspicious activity. Zekk and Lowie would play bodyguards.
Lowie wore pieces of the same suit Zekk had squeezed into, and the boy from Ennth envied him.
"It feels too tight," He said, trying to move his arms without tearing the suit.
Jaina tried to hide a chuckle, "It makes you look more intimidating." She told him.
"Friend Zekk, there is another suit here that would perhaps fit you better," Tenel Ka tossed it to him. This style of suit was mostly black, with purple accents. It hugged his hips, but comfortably, and the sleeves allowed for more movement while concealing a couple of holsters on his arms. He placed a single tiny blaster on his right arm, just in case, and tucked his lightsaber into the two on his left.
"Still intimidating?" He asked.
Jaina, who was still indecisive about what gown to wear, looked him up and down. "Let's try a fake scar," She suggested.
"Are you sure?"
"Trust me, you look like you have a babyface."
"Are you saying I'm not intimidating?"
"Zekk, I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you're about as intimidating as Nicta."
Zekk had no idea how to react to this. His mouth moved back and forth as Jaina grabbed the makeup kit. "I was the Darkest Knight!" He defended.
Lowie growled, badly stifling a fit of laughter.
"Lowbacca is correct. That is not who you are anymore." Tenel Ka decided on a slim number in neon green, with a matching sash of green, blue, and yellow taffeta.
Zekk sighed, "Well, good to know all the time spent meditating on my actions and taking responsibility really worked."
"Hold still," Jaina pushed down gently on his shoulders to get him to sit in the chair. She began to draw a long white line over his eye, reminiscent of the scar on Anakin Skywalker's face. Zekk waited patiently, but with exasperation, for the whole process of blending, shading, and contouring to be finished. By the time Jaina was done, Lowie had brought them out of hyperspace and everyone else was dressed.
"Am I beautiful yet?" He asked.
"Very," Jaina promised.
"For a mechanic, I am impressed with the attention to detail you gave my makeup," Zekk said, examining himself in the closet mirror.
"Hey Jay! check it out!" Jacen said. His hair was spiked up in the front, and face was painted with the craziest amalgamation of colors and powders he could concoct, reminding everyone else of Raynar's robes.
"You like it?" He asked his bewildered sister, framing his face with his hands, "I'm thinking rich bad boy with a heart of gold."
"Perfect! You're bad at everything!"
Tenel Ka stepped in between the twins before they could start fighting and smear the makeup on Jacen's face.
"I thought that you might find this dress fashionable, yet comfortable enough for your tastes," She held out a pile of fabric, and Jaina could hardly tell where it started and where it ended.
First of all, she noticed the red cape. Two buttons, stretchy material, and an endless amount of opportunities. She was sold immediately, but even more so when she noticed the white pants that went under the whole ensemble.
"The shirt is more of a tunic, and can be worn with or without the pants, though I assume you would prefer the pants?"
"Um, yes!" Jaina immediately began to change, trading her cargo pants for the long white pants that, while shiny and white, fit more like Zekk's bodyguard-style pants. She was in love. They came with a matching set of white heels, but who cared when she got to wear pants to a fancy, stuck-up party?
And then she had to change her shirt.
Zekk froze, staring at her collarbone. The familiar pattern of spindly white lines trickled into existence, blossoming with the faded black and blue of bruises from lightning and gathering together beneath Jaina's bra.
"Jaina, what is that?" He asked, his voice shaking.
Jaina looked down at her chest. It hardly pained her nowadays, but yeah, it was there.
"Uh, lightning scar?" She quickly pulled the white shirt on, not nearly as excited about her disguise now.
"No, Jaina," Zekk's voice was low, and bristling with sharp, pointed syllables. "That is not a natural lightning scar and those kinds of bruises only come from Sith lightning."
He stepped closer to Jaina, who didn't move. The whole ship was deathly silent as Zekk's anger rippled outward into the force.
"Jaina," His voice held a hint of softness as his fingertips brushed against her hand, "Who did this to you?"
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