#li'l miss marshmallow

[pkmoth]

THE ASK-A-PALOOZA HAS STARTED!!! [AUGUST 4th–31st]

Happy asking, and happy answering!!! Askers, make sure to read people's intros/FAQs before asking stuff, and participants, make sure to have fun and pace yourselves!! If you're an artist, make sure to take breaks and stretch regularly :]

Also, in case you missed it (because it was kind of spontaneous and recent), I will be reblogging all event related posts to @motherbound-askapalooza!! If you don't want me archiving your posts, just let me know!!

ALSO also, if you're not on the list but decide you want to participate, you can still join mid-event!! All are welcome :D

PARTICIPANTS:

(I tried summarizing your intros in 1-2 sentences, let me know if anything seems off!!)

FULL MONTH:

*@defector-commander [INTRO] - A canon divergent AU where Claus malfunctions two years into the timeskip and breaks free of his brainwashing, going into hiding inside the chimera lab.

*@askmagicantprince [INTRO] - Magicant!Ninten AU! Everything is perfect in Magicant :)

@pk-ghost [INTRO] - Ness and Lucas take a break from SSB to visit different worlds!

*@commandernachos (most weekends + fridays) [INTRO] - A Chimera Ness and Porky AU!

@turnaboutfromnowhere [INTRO] - A Mother 3 x Ace Attorney crossover AU, where askers take the role of Phoenix Wright in Claus's trial for the murder of "Mr. Pig".

*@jefferson-earthbound [INTRO] - A Jeff RP account!

*@stearix-ask-magikin [INTRO] - An AU where Lucas is raised by Locria after Hinawa goes missing and Flint spends all his time trying to find her.

@kerushi-lemonz [INTRO] - Their Reliving the 80s AU! Tatsuro (Ness) and his friends are having strange dreams where they have different identities (their mother series counterparts).

@nucas-roof [INTRO] - Ness, Lucas, and the OMINOUS HOLE IN THE CEILING?!

@askfuelcas [INTRO] - Lucas and Fuel, featuring Claus as well!

*@ask-commander-arild [INTRO] - Post-Mother 3, the pigmask army is repurposed by Claus in he name of peace. Arild, a former captain of the old army, is now the commander of the new army.

@ghostbox99 [INTRO] - Porky wakes up in an abandoned city one day, with only an old computer (and you, the askers) to keep him company.

*@theworldreturning [INTRO] - A post-Mother 3 AU, where the new world takes place in an alternate post-Mother 2 universe (with the inclusion of the Nowhere Islands).

@quirkyearthboundinspireddinner [INTRO] - The protagonist of eggnogisdead's comic! Ten years after the events of Earthbound, Giegue's planet wages war against earth.

@butacyanide [INTRO] -The Earthbound characters!

*@daily-dose-of-lucas [INTRO TBA] - Ask Lucas!

NOT FULL MONTH (in order of week(s) participating):

@misticfog (week 1) [INTRO] - Li'l Miss Marshmallow!

@tonys-room (weeks 1-2) [INTRO] - Mostly canon compliant, except Tony has PSI and the ability to see through the fourth wall.

@twothpaste (weeks 1-2) [INTRO] - Their Intermission AU! A modern AU of the Earthbound/Mother 3 casts in college, dealing with real-world problems (and, of course, playing D&D).

*@judgment-days (weeks 1-2) [INTRO] - Corruption AU trio! King Lucas and a severely mushroomized Ness are brought in by Giygas and Cosmic Commander Ninten for questioning.

*@kellanzy (weeks 2-3) [INTRO] - Lovebound AU: a post-Mother 3 AU where all the protagonists (and Giegue) meet in the newly made world.

@projectc-114 (weeks 2-3) [INTRO] - Takes place after Claus is kidnapped and brainwashed, but before he becomes the commander. The scientists at the lab call him C-114.

*@pkmoth (weeks 2-4) [INTRO] - Swap AU Claus and Lucas in Smash Mansion! (intro TBA)

*@tanejineri (week 4) [INTRO] - An AU Claus called Commander Samuel!

PRE-EXISTING ASKBLOGS JOINING:

*@plutothenotdwarfplanet [INTRO] - A gieeg OC!

*@masterporky [INTRO] - A Pokey/Porky Minch RP blog!

*@ask-the-fever-four [INTRO] - Mayhem AU!

*@ask-clausten [INTRO] - Clausten! >:D

*up for rp

[ask-miss-marshmallow]

I think he’s calling his father, “the doctor” because maybe he doesn’t have a good relationship with him? Tbh Master Porky didn’t exactly snatch him away so maybe the guy you’re fighting thinks Dr. Andonuts left him?

THAT VOICE. That is my creator, there is no doubt about it.

Jeffrey is an enigma... he clearly has loving family of some sort, but seems distant to his father. Perhaps this has something to do with the total absence of records for Jeffrey in Master P's database? I strongly suspect that the doctor erased them himself... possibly to protect his son.

Either way... this is my chance. He is clearly far more powerful than I in combat. Now I have a choice: Either sneak into the lab to try to use the device on Kye, or sneak back to my friends and solicit their assistance.

I must impress upon you how humiliating this is. The Li'l Miss Marshmallow All-Purpose Unit does not "sneak" from anything, does not "solicit assistance" from anyone. She completes her objective unassisted and destroys any obstacle to it with impunity... She...

Perhaps this weakness is the price of "friendship"?

I must rescue Master P at all costs so I may end this nightmare.

I am... afraid.

I am afraid.

Please, someone... anyone... if you can hear me...

[yoh-yosaku]

Friend's Yo-Yo

マシュマロちゃん　Li'l Miss Marshmallow

[misticfog]

Greetings and welcome, visitors!

One of my main fandoms is organising an event #motherbound-askapalooza

For the duration of this event, I'll be hosting a *drumroll*

Li'l Miss Marshmallow askblog!

The event is starting on August 4th, I'll try to participate in at least the first week, but if I have enough fun I'd extend it for the whole duration (till the end of the month).

Some additional information:

- I've never hosted an askblog or even rped before, so please be patient with me >_<

- technically, you don't need to be in the fandom to send me asks, I'll be happy to drag you into my fixation ahem. Explain things to you, and introduce you to parts of the series!

- I'll change my pfp for the askblog, don't worry, Claus will be back after the event! Marshmallow won't fully take over my blog!

- please, be nice and respectful in the asks! I know it's common to turn on the anon and play the asshole to the character, but let's not go too far with that, eh?

I think that's all for now! Will update if I remember some other important things to bring up!

For now, bye!

Tagging @pkmoth in case I fucked up the tags and it doesn't show

[lamboflegion]

Li'l Miss Marshmallow

Day 7

[wrightanatomyau]

Chat fic, Lucas's verse. File 1

Opening chat: Fam

PapaClaus😎: I’m going to the grocery store on my way home, anyone wants anything?

💕Marsh💕: I want choco cookies!!! 🍪🍪🍪 and cake!!!! pls 🎂 pls 🍰 pls 🥺

MomLuke🌻: Marsh we have sweets home.

PapaClaus😎: Listen to your mother Marsh *wink wink*

💕Marsh💕: Ok dad :c *wink wink*

MomLuke🌻: Claus, if I see a single new package of cookies or whatever, you are sleeping in the car.

PapaClaus😎: You wouldn’t do that to your own brother 🥺

💕Marsh💕: Dady I think mom knows about the wink 😣

PapaClaus😎: I think he does 😣

💕Marsh💕: F cookies 😢

PapaClaus😎: You will be remembered 🤧

💕Marsh💕: 🫡

Lucas smiled at his phone, he may buy a small cake on his back anyway. A new notification popped up. The chat belonged to the special task force of the police department. Just in case Marsh wanted to play with his phone he named it something lame like work.

He opened the chat called Work.

Teddy: Lucas, I sent you some stuff, please review it asap. I think your suspicions were correct.

Lloyd: I sent you the results from forensics too. This bastard is sick.

Tony: And that is saying something considering our usual cases.

Luke: Ok, I will review everything now.

He put his phone down and concentrated on the documents. This damned psychopath, he always regretted being right in cases like this. If it weren’t for some documents that he had access thanks to his profession as a lawyer, they may have never figured out he targeted kids too.

Filled with determination and anger he started to make all the mental note necessary to help the team get proof without falling in some kind of legal loophole that could harm the designated prosecutor’s case later.

The cases they dealt were so delicate that even the police needed direct assistant in some legals matters. He was so focused on what he needed to say that he opened the first chat in his list, without realising that the order had changed while he review the documents.

Opening chat: Fam

💕Marsh💕: And tifanny said that may dress was cute! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° 🥰 💞

PapaClaus😎: I’m glad sweety. See? What did your dad say? You rock all looks! 😎

💕Marsh💕: Thanks dady! 😽💖

MomLuke🌻: That motherfucker is fucked, wait a minute I will send you something, this bloody asshole is going down.

💕Marsh💕: Curse words! 😧

PapaClaus😎: Bro! Wrong chat! Don’t curse here dude!

💕Marsh💕: Mom is a bad example 😢

PapaClaus😎: We are having a LONG chat when you get home. Like seriously Lucas, check your app before sending stuff.

💕Marsh💕: Dady what does fuck mean? 🤔🤔🤔

PapaClaus😎: … Do you see what you did Lucas? 😑

Lucas was screaming as silently as a grown-up man in his personal office could do. He was so screwed!

MomLuke🌻: Sorry… I will be more careful next time.

This message has been deleted

PapaClaus😎: 😒

💕Marsh💕: 😒

Opening chat: Work

Luke: I will send you a document soon, wait a minute please, something came up.

Tony: What happened?

Teddy: Are you alright?

Lloyd: ????

Luke: I accidentally cursed on my family chat thinking I was talking with you guys.

Tony: 🤣

Teddy: 🤣🤣

Lloyd: 🤣🤣🤣

Teddy: Alright, go and make some damage control 😂

Luke: 😓

Opening chat: Fam

MomLuke🌻: What if I tell you that I will buy cake on my way home?

💕Marsh💕: Cake! 🍰 Thank fuck! We have cake dady! ❤️🎂❤️

PapaClaus😎: … Do you see what you did? 😒

MomLuke🌻: I’m so sorry! 😱

Lucas left his phone aside and let his head rest in his hands. Was it too late to say that he was going to arrive late home today? Probably it was.

His phone’s screen lit up; Claus send him a direct message. He was not hearing the end of this soon, wasn’t he?

Happy Luness everyone!

This thime, and I think that for the first time ever in a fanfic? We introduce you Claus's daugther! Li'l Miss Marshmallow! (and in some future Ninten's daughter too asdasd)

Now I kinda want cake too :v

✨L✨

[shewaslikeasunflower]

THJS IS SUCH A HUGE COMPLIMENT COMING FROM YOU. 🙏🙏 THJNNAK YOU SO MUHC. he needs thoughts in that head!! emotions!!!! i am nothing without it…..hjes a beautiful character i will cry GIVE HIM MORE LOVE!!!! BUT YEAH COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE i can see him being cold and stoic in the actual game maybe? but for my headcanons i can quite literally see this boy yelling orders left and right at the pigmasks only to be like >:33 iwth ones like uc and li'l miss marshmallow and maaaybe even porky too cause silly….maybe he loves his little commander life ❤️

this is mainly for myself to remember what i gave him but. claus if he was trans and had a personality while being commander 🔥🔥silly!!!

probably my official design for him for now unlessi add more things and change him up idk

[mycringefactory]

*somehow puts the disk in the dress*

THAT WASN’T VERY BIG SHOT OF YOU, [[Little Sponge]]!

[imorphemi]

Mermay Day 21: Futuristic

Ima be straight with you, I have no idea what i really wanted to draw XD

May 21, 2020 - There are robots of humans, would there be robots of mermaids?

[askhumanlilmissmarshmallow]

Must be scary working for a army!! Is their anybody nice over there.

Colonel Jules and the Commander are very nice, they always helped me clean and they kept me company.

[kth-77]

“Li'l Miss Marshmallow Activated the Ultra Ticked-Off System!“

I like robots, but also Mother 3 is one one my favorite RPGs of all time, so here is Li'l Miss Marshmallow .

[abybweisse]

By the time they bring her in, she might not be talking or even moving around. As a parallel to Li'l Miss Marshmallow (Mother3), she might actually be destroyed now. Or at least drained of blood and acting more like the earliest Bizarre Dolls (not talking).

Also, even if she finds the energy to move and talk... I don't think that would deter Othello, who does indeed seem to possess a sadistic streak. If she's still squirming enough for him to find it physically difficult to make the necessary incisions, despite her being physically restrained, he or someone might land a last blow to her head, which is how Bizarre Dolls are typically destroyed. But since he wants to examine that part of her brain, among other things, he might just use even stronger restraints.

But I don't think he'll have trouble seeing her as no longer human. After all, in ch142, he threatens to haul Undertaker back to his lab and "pick his brain". Undertaker says he's not ready to be "dissected" by him yet, but Othello might have been intending vivisection....

Do you think that undertaker will break into the shinigami organization to save Layla? Because it's risky for ut plans to let the shinigami find out how his bizarre dolls work

Saving Layla from the reapers?

Will William and Ronald actually get Layla to the reaper organization HQ before someone, like Undertaker or Polaris, intervenes?

But, truth is, Undertaker explains to Grelle and Ronald how the basic Bizarre Dolls work (Campania arc). Does it matter to him if the reaper organization figures out how the more advanced ones function? He half-explains it to mere humans (and Sebastian... and Snake, whatever he really is) in ch141, just before Othello and Grelle show up. In ch149, Othello already has some ideas, and they aren't far off the mark; he's even got ideas on why these most-advanced ones aren't yet fully revived. I suspect Othello thinks they will need kidney transplants, but he might also come to the conclusion that Undertaker is now looking to transplant souls. Especially if he gets to examine Layla/Al.

A certain (probably large) part of this is an "F. U." to the reaper organization, so he might be okay with them knowing -- and even having one of his top subjects -- as long as he thinks they can't stop him....

[princeleonstuff2]

[crackerx3]

http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=2409506

[sporadicthingcollection]

Idea: How would Cad react to Hondo being introduced to The Little Lady, and Hondo immediately claiming her as his goddaughter/niece/future apprentice?

oh my god this is genius

The Bounty Hunter's Guide to: Job Training

Summary: In which the Little Lady bags a little bounty -- with some help, of course.

Pairing: Cad Bane x F!Reader

Words: ~3.1k

Rating: General

Warnings: Mild child endangerment.

---

"Are you sure about this?" you ask.

Bane sits on the edge of the bed, pulling his boots on. "Positive," he says. "Just want her to get a taste of it. See if she can really shoot. If she doesn't like it, den she goes back to appreciatin' her regular life."

You sit up and kiss his cheekbone. "Come back in one piece. Both of you."

He smiles to himself as you lay back down. It's nice to be worried about. He finishes lacing his boots up. "Always do, missus."

You pull the blankets up to your chin and let out a loud yawn. "Just get out of here before I change my mind and drag you back to bed."

He chuckles and stands. "Don't threaten me with a good time."

You poke a hand out to flap your fingers at him. He takes the hint.

He walks into the hallway. Todo hovers outside of the Little Lady's bedroom, clutching something in his fingers. He sees Bane and putters over.

"I tried to wake Miss Mezerel, but she refuses to get up," he says nervously. He holds up one of the Little Lady's shoes. "She threw this at me!"

The jogan really doesn't fall far from the tree. "Go get de speeder warmed up. I'll take care o' her."

"Yes sir." He hands Bane the shoe and putters off.

He enters the room and almost immediately steps on the other shoe. He gently kicks it to the side.

The Little Lady is cocooned tightly in her blankets. He'll never understand how she manages to sleep fully beneath the covers without the stale air getting to her.

He gives what he thinks is her shoulder a gentle poke. "Wake up, li'l lady," he says softly.

She lets out a sleepy trill and pokes her head out, red eyes blinking in the dark. And then a second head pokes out of her side, its red eyes also bleary.

He jumps, but once the shock wears off, he can't help but chuckle to himself. "Boy, what're you doin'?"

Bambi yawns loudly. "I was sleepin'," he says, "an' then ya woke me up."

"Yer supposed to be in yer room," Bane says.

Bambi casts his eyes downwards, but the Little Lady speaks up for him. "He got lonely," she murmurs. "Can I have five more minutes?"

Her eyes drift back closed, and he gives her rostrum a tap. "If ya wanna come, ya gotta get up."

She huffs, but does sit up. She wriggles out of her cocoon like a drowsy moth and stumbles over to the dresser, nearly tripping on toys at least twice.

He chuckles to himself again, then scoops Bambi up. "Let's give her some privacy."

Bambi doesn't say a word, just wraps his arms around his father's neck and buries his face in his shoulder. He lets out a little trill as he settles in.

Bane steps into the hallway. He stands there a moment in the darkness, feeling his son breathe, his thin chest rising and falling. His frame is so narrow now, with his baby fat almost gone. Muscle has yet to replace it.

He smiles a bit, thinking about what a little marshmallow the boy used to be. Chubby little arms with fat wrists and little jogan cheeks that dimpled when he smiled.

How time flies.

He considers putting the boy back in his own room, but has a better idea. He opens the door to the master bedroom and steps inside.

Carefully, he peels back the corner of the blanket, revealing your sleeping face. You don't stir as he slips Bambi inside and tucks the fabric up to the boy's chin.

He steps away into the darkness. Moments later, he hears a string of slurred, high-pitched Zeltrian and a surprised trill. Satisfied, he closes the door and heads for the kitchen.

Breakfast is toast and scrambled eggs. Neutral in acidity, high in protein, and high in carbs, but easy on the stomach.

He's finished his own when the Little Lady trots down the stairs. It's odd seeing her in a simple shirt and pants instead of the loud dresses you usually put her in. But he always insists on neutral clothing -- less to snag on, less to fuss over, less chance of her getting snatched up by a man with ill intent.

"Eat up, girl," he says, pouring himself a cup of caf. "We'll head out when yer finished."

---

It's about as simple of a job as it could possibly get, and he was lucky to spot the listing when he did. Some nobody smuggler on the next planet over that's been undercutting a Hutt grunts' operation. Simply find, shoot, and bring to the middleman alive so they can teach them a lesson.

Perfect for a beginner.

"As soon as you see them, pull de trigger," he says, handing her a blaster. "It's already on stun. Drop 'em like a sack o' flour."

"What if I miss?" she asks. "Or it doesn't work?"

"You won't miss," he says, "and it'll work. Trust yer ol' man and trust yer instruments."

She gives him a cautious look. "It's a gun, Daddy. Not an instrument."

He chuckles to himself. "Just means don't hesitate. And one more word of advice." He places his finger on his lips. "Keep yer mouth shut. Don't let anyone get you talkin'. You'll get distracted."

It's the truth, but the real reason is that she's just too damn cute. Trying to sound intimidating will only make her even more adorable.

---

Warehouse security is non-existent. They walk right through the front door and split up after entering.

And by 'split up,' he means he tails her at a distance. Far enough away that she thinks she's on her own, but close enough that he can swoop in if a Battle Droid shows up.

...Not that a Battle Droid will show up, but now he's irrationally worried. He hasn't discussed fighting droids at all with her. He adds that to the top of the lessons list.

But she seems to be doing okay so far. Walking on her toes, hand on her blaster, scanning and listening carefully before rounding any corners. If anything, she'd make a decent scout. Or a burglar, which she probably gets from you. You oughta take her prowling sometime.

Bane hears the movement before she does. Muffled footsteps and the soft swish of moving cloth, coming right towards them.

He withdraws into a shadow before she doubles back. She climbs up onto a crate to literally get the drop on whoever is coming. Unwise and risky. He docks a few points for that. What she should have done is waited for them to pass and then got them in the back...

She hits the ground lightly, and he hears the click of her blaster.

And then he hears a laugh he could have gone the rest of his life without hearing again.

There's no fucking way. He sticks his head out to confirm. Hat, species, stature...

That's Hondo Ohnaka, all right.

Maker damn it all.

Ohnaka looks utterly nonplussed. "Careful where you point that, youngling. You might hurt yourself."

He's about to step in when the Little Lady replies. "Make this easy for both of us and come quietly, smuggler."

Just as Bane feared, Ohnaka throws back his head and laughs. "Ah, what is the galaxy coming to? Adorable little children threatening me." He crosses his arms. "Tell me, girl, what's your name?"

"None of your business," the Little Lady says.

Bane sneaks a big closer. Better angle to shoot Ohnaka in the face if he has to.

The pirate has changed a lot in the decade since he last saw him. His coat is gone, and he's less bejeweled. He's let the tendrils on his chin grow longer as well. Must have fallen on hard times. Same stupid hat, though.

Ohnaka shifts his weight to his back foot. "Well, Miss None-Of-Your-Business, Hondo is in a hurry. Step aside."

The Little Lady stands her ground, even taking a step closer. Her aim doesn't waver for a second.

Ohnaka stares at her a moment, then laughs again. "Such spunk! If you were a little taller, I might actually be afraid."

He walks around and past her. The Little Lady blinks at him, then chases after him. "Where are you going?!" she says, flustered. "I told you to--"

Ohnaka whirls on her. "Listen, youngling," he says, voice low. "I am in a good mood. Do not test me. Turn around and walk away."

She recoils slightly. Her gaze flits around, likely looking for Bane. "N-No," she stammers. "I'm a bounty hunter and you're my bounty. I'll shoot you. I mean it."

Something like anger flashes across the pirate's face. But it vanishes, replaced with a contemplative look. He strokes his chin. "Awful short for a bounty hunter," he mutters to himself. He returns to his normal voice. "I have a proposal, youngling."

Just shoot him, he wills the girl. He'd do it himself, but he doesn't have a good angle...

She keeps the blaster on him. "If you're gonna try to bribe me--"

"Bribe you? Never! A girl with such conviction would never fall for such a thing," he says. "I am in need of a... Diminutive personage. Hondo is tall, ship maintenance shafts are small, and his joints are not as well-oiled as they used to be. Why not be my cabin girl, hm? Join the crew of the legendary Hondo Ohnaka!"

The Little Lady lowers her pistol, looking somewhat intrigued.

Bane is reasonably certain that you'd never let him hear the end of it if your daughter joined a pirate crew. Time to stop this.

He clicks the safety off of his LL-30 as he steps out of the shadow. "Dat's enough."

The Little Lady jumps out of her skin, but Ohnaka's face lights up like a carnival when he realizes who he's looking at.

"Well, blast me to Corellia!" he chortles. "Cad, my old friend!"

He tries to hug Bane. Bane levels his LL-30 at Ohnaka's gut. "Touch me and I plug ya."

Ohnaka just scoffs. "Glad to see nothing has changed," he says. "Tell me, what are you doing here?"

"Wanted somethin' easy," he says. "Lookin' fer a two-bit smuggler. Guessin' dat's you."

It's subtle, but Ohnaka flinches slightly. "We all fall on hard times now and again," he says. "But Hondo is on the up and up!"

Bane lets out a low, rumbling chuckle. "Not if I got anythin' to say about it."

That seems to put the fear of the Maker back into the Weequay. He pales a bit, but keeps his nonchalance as he stands aside. "Well, you'll have to compete with the youngling for it. Go on. Have it out."

"She's with me," he says.

Ohnaka breaks into a broad grin. He's even more nervous now. "I always knew you had a soft side. Let me guess, a street child you took a liking to? No, no..." He thinks a moment, then snaps his fingers. "Ah! Long-lost relative died and you're her remaining living family? Or perhaps--"

And here comes the migraine. "She's my kid," he says. He hopes the shock of the statement will shut Ohnaka up.

And it works, for a moment. His jaw clicks shut and his eyes widen, but soon he's chatting again. "That Zeltron girl with the nice--?"

It's been so long since Bane has seen Ohnaka sober that he's forgotten how fast the pirate can move when he wants to. He closes the gap between the two of them in moments to grab Bane's shoulders.

"And you didn't tell me?!" He actually sounds offended.

Don't engage. Don't engage. He engages. "Why would I tell you anything?"

"Because I'm your friend!" he says. He releases Bane to pace around. "And I'm the reason you two got together, after all! That practically makes me the girl's godfather!"

The Little Lady tips her head. "You know Momma?" she asks.

Ohnaka laughs. "I do! Very well." The laugh turns... wistful. "Very, very well. If your father hadn't come along, I'd have stolen her for myself."

Bane literally bites his tongue and resists the urge to put a few holes in the Weequay's torso. Even a decade later, that's still a sore spot for him, but it's not worth losing the money.

Ohnaka squats down in front of the Little Lady. "Ah, you look just like her, too. Don't know how I didn't see it before. Let's try this again." He straightens up into a bow. "Hondo Ohnaka, my dear."

Despite not wearing a dress, the Little Lady crosses one leg behind the other and dips. You just have taught her that. "I'm Mezerel. Nice to meet'cha."

"The pleasure is all mine!" Without warning, he scoops her up into his arm. She squeals and giggles as he spins her around, her previous aggression forgotten.

Bane sighs inwardly. He should have just shot him. But, as per usual, just being within a meter of Hondo Ohnaka actively makes him stupider.

"Alright, enough." Ohnaka stops spinning the girl, though he keeps her in his arms. "Drop her."

"Oh, I don't think so. I think I may keep her for myself." The pistol is out before Bane even registers it, pointed right at the Little Lady's head. The poor girl goes stiff. "You let me go on my way or I put a hole in your little girl," he says, voice no less bright.

Bane grinds his teeth, trying to ignore the rage blooming in his chest. He should have seen that coming. It's just so hard to tell when Ohnaka is bluffing. That's why he never played sabacc with him after the first time.

"Ya really wanna piss me off like dat?" he asks. "Her mother would rip ya apart, too."

The Little Lady starts to speak, but he cuts her off. "Daddy--"

"Mez, shut up," he says. He feels bad being so harsh, but it's a necessary evil. "Drop her, Ohnaka."

Ohnaka does not. He starts to step back. "Here's what we'll do," he says. "I walk to my ship. Once it is ready for takeoff, I release little Mezerel. Unless you want to see her cold and lifeless?"

He does not want that. He cannot express in mere words how much he does not want that. But the credits--

He's mentally preparing himself to give up the reward when the whir of a stun round echoes through the warehouse. Ohnaka blinks a few times, then slowly falls forward. He hits the ground with a thump.

Bane pokes him with his boot before letting out a sigh of relief. "Nice timin', kid."

The Little Lady wriggles out from underneath Ohnaka, her rostrum scrunched. "He's weird."

He huffs a laugh. Good judge of character. "I don't like him either." He clips the binders on the pirate's wrists and heaves him up onto his shoulders. “Let’s go.”

---

Ohnaka is still out cold when he tosses him at the client's feet. He gets paid a nice stack of credits -- not massive, but fair.

He had the Little Lady wait in the speeder. She looks up as he climbs into the driver's seat, and her brow wrinkles as he places some of the credits in her lap. "What's this?"

"Yer cut," he says.

She counts them quickly, then compares it to his stack. "This isn't half. Where's the rest?"

He chuckles as he slips his creds into his wallet. "Seventy-thirty split, li'l lady. I told ya dat."

"I thought it was like a bowling term or somethin', not actual math," she grumbles. "I want hazard pay. He almost shot me."

"Ya negotiate dese things before de job," he says.

He goes to give her a little pat on the head, but she flinches away. He frowns. That's not like her at all.

"Y'alright?" he asks.

She avoids his gaze, preferring to stare at her boots. "... why didn't ya shoot him?" she asks quietly.

He has no idea how to answer that. The honest answer will just upset her, but he doesn't want to lie to his girl.

He takes a deep breath. "Sometimes, ya gotta make tough decisions," he says. He starts the speeder, and the engine purrs to life.

She finally looks at him, red eyes burning into him. "Answer the question, Daddy."

He drums his fingers on the steering yoke, trying to think of a diplomatic way to put it... Or he could deflect. "He wasn't gonna shoot ya. He was bluffin'."

"That's not the question."

Maker on high, she sounds so much like you. "No," he says finally. "I trusted ya'd come through. I trusted my instrument."

The poor girl's face falls and it falls hard. She looks away from him, back to her little boots. "Is that what I am?" she murmurs. "I thought ya liked me."

"I do. I like ya a lot." He reaches his hand over to take hers. It's still so little compared to his. "But de job's over," he says gently. "An' yer back to bein' my li'l lady."

After a moment, her little fingers curl around his. She lets out a sigh. "Okay."

He squeezes her hand before letting go, returning it to the steering yoke. "You want anythin' from anywhere?"

She shakes her head. "I just wanna go home," she says.

That's really unlike her. But he doesn't push it. "If ya think of anything, speak up."

"Mmhmm."

---

The sun is just starting to go down when he lands gingerly on the balcony, careful not to disturb the sleeping girl in his arms.

You open the sliding door for them. Bambi is at your feet, peering around your dress. He breaks into a smile and tries to run to him, but you hold the boy back.

"She alright?" you ask Bane.

"Dozed off as we were gettin' into orbit," he says. He gives Bambi a nod. "Evenin', boy."

You smile warmly. "It's the engine noise. Puts her right to sleep." You kiss the crown of her head. "Sweet dreams, sweet girl."

Bane tramps up the stairs and to her room. He sits on the bed and pulls her boots off before peeling back the blankets and slipping her inside.

The Little Lady chirps as she stirs, opening her bleary eyes. "Are we home?" she asks.

He nods. He lifts his hat off and rests it on his knee. "Ya did good today." He gently touches her cheek. She has his cheekbones, sharp and shapely. "I'll make sure ya don't get grabbed next time. Teach ya how to get out of a hold."

She nods, then lets out a loud yawn. Pulling the blankets up and over her head, she rolls over and curls in on herself. A perfect little cocoon.

"Sleep tight, missy," he murmurs. She gives a response, but it's so muffled he can't understand a word of it.

He stands and walks to her door, leaving her to get her beauty sleep.

But, as he walks out the door, he can't resist one last glance at her.

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