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[acertainpov]

 We're sorry, Milliways.

But Obi-Wan Kenobi has a song stuck in his head. 

He's not doing anything crass like humming or singing it out loud. In fact, he's just sitting quietly at the bar, reading from a datapad and drinking.

It's just that the Force is now echoing with it, and as we all know the Force can have a strong influence on the weak minded, so...

....we're sorry, Milliways.

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[little_pieces_of_time]

A human teen comes to the bar, pulling a piece of handheld tech from her bag, and asks the Bar for a pack of Poloroid 600 film, a microfiber cloth, and a can of compressed air. She figures might as well take the opportunity to give everything a good dusting while the film hatch is empty.

Soon enough, though, her head is unconsciously moving side-to-side to an unheard rhythm.

[acertainpov]

He's sorry! But he's not going to admit it's his fault, he'll just have to help to distract her.

He watches for a minute or so then brings his tea over to join her, sitting just in reach to watch without interfering.

"What's that you have there?"

[little_pieces_of_time]

"Hmm?" the girl looks up from the device, and offers a slightly shy smile. "Oh, this is my camera. I needed to put in new film and figured I'd give it a good cleaning while I had the opportunity."

"Dust gets in and can affect the quality of the photos."

[acertainpov]

"Dust can be a pain like that," Obi-Wan commiserates. "Gets in everywhere if you're not careful."

It's why he hates desert planets - the sand.

"You don't mind if I watch? I can give you space to work if you'd prefer. I just prefer to enjoy my tea with company."

[little_pieces_of_time]

"That's what dust does," she remarks, with a chuckle. "I don't mind if you watch. And... I mean, I've been coming here long enough to have to explain what photography is, a few times, so if you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them."

Just in case! The girl can understand curiosity.

"And tea is always better with company."

[balancingminds]

Charles has some new journals to read and needs a break from the mansion. When he finds Milliways where his study should be, he smiles and starts navigating the crowd in his chair and partway to the counter finds himself humming a song he doesn't know. Now he changes his plan and tries to find the mind that song's coming from, at the counter, he reaches up to grab his drink and says to the man the music's from, "Hello."

At a first glance, this man seems to clearly be not from Earth which will make this conversation interesting.

[acertainpov]

"Hello."

Obi-Wan detaches himself and his tea from the bar, and gestures towards a table. "Will you join me for a drink?"

Apart from the music providing a gentle background noise through the Force, Obi-Wan's mind is a careful blank, but he's friendly and cheerful and that's a genuine feeling.

[balancingminds]

The blank makes Charles wonder about shields, the top level of his mind is quiet but welcoming, "Thank you, seems like a busy time here."

[acertainpov]

Sitting down at the table so he's much closer to an appropriate height for his companion, Obi-Wan cups his tea in his hands andd glances around them.

"It is rather, isn't it? This place always seems quiet to me, no matter the number of people on any given evening."

Cantinas at home get so rowdy.

[balancingminds]

Charles sips his tea with a nod, "There's the right balance of people."

And different kinds of people, whenever Charles is in Milliways, he thinks of New York City but Milliways is easier to manage.

[hat_and_dimples]

Jin Guangyao comes in and catches the odd little melody that's floating in the current state of the bar's fengshui, apparently all on its own.

He's a cultivator and has learned the basics of Lan musical cultivation from Lan Xichen; of course the Wellerman catches him right in his dantian.

[acertainpov]

However he reacts to it, eventually Obi-Wan does indeed look over, and raises his tea in acknowledgment and greeting.

[hat_and_dimples]

Jin Guangyao comes over, drawn by tea and attention.

"Do you hear that music as well?" he asks, acutely aware that he isn't exactly hearing it. But it's present.

[acertainpov]

"Music?" The question is genuine but a second later he realises he's been thinking that tune hard.

"Oh, yes. That's my fault, I'm afraid. I was talking to a young lady earlier and she had it in mind. Now I can't seem to shake it."

[hat_and_dimples]

"What is its purpose?" Jin Guangyao asks, because a tune that strong must definitely have some magical application.

[forceimbalance]

What is happening.

What in the name of every excellent starfighter and their blueprints Anakin is now desperately trying to go through in his brain to keep that out of his head. It's not that it's inherently bad, or anything, it's just...

A concerned beep and footnudge next to him cuts through the initial shock of stepping into the Bar. "It's fine, there isn't any danger."

Not to him, at any rate, but once he shakes his head free of the echo--it feels like the Force equivalent of not realizing the band is playing entirely too loudly in a room from outside it--he goes hunting the source.

shock-dismay-shavit this was mine (and artoo and snips)-aggrieved-ohshit-sulk-whine-wait this is all your fault????

R2-D2 cheerfully rolls up and twitters a greeting.

And you tell me not to be so loud?!

[acertainpov]

"Hello, R2," Obi-Wan says fondly, utterly unphased by the appearance of the Astromech and of Anakin in the bar he'd been enjoying as a safe haven away from Anakin's nonsense.

He looks up at the man in question, and nods in greeting. "Oh, it's you."

He says nothing about the song.

[forceimbalance]

"What are you doing?"

He is absolutely going to drive Anakin insane if he keeps this up.

R2's dome spins a little, giving the impression of nothing quite so much as rolling his eyes, and makes an enquiring beep. He hasn't seen Obi-wan here before, he has to have started coming recently, right?

[acertainpov]

"I'm having tea, won't you join me?"

A second cup appears and Obi-Wan cheerfully pours out some tea from the same pot.

To R2, he nods. "Oh a few weeks, I think, as far as time can be measured here."

[forceimbalance]

R2 whrrs some satisfaction.

There go the crossed arms.

"That isn't what I meant and you know it."

While there is an unconscious and somewhat plaintive "why are you here" lurking in his subconscious, Anakin smacks Obi-wan very hard through the Force with a distinct sensation of attempting to put a muffler on an engine--or attempting a headlock and putting a hand on the target's mouth.

Shut uuuuuup.

[jedi_interrupted]

Ahsoka finds Milliways again right after a briefing with Masters Windu and Unduli, and she is tired. Stifling a yawn, she stops when she feels the difference in the Force and the lack the ambient noise Republic cruisers have no matter where you are.

Then she 'feels' the song in the Force as well as a very familiar presence.

No, no, no. She's had enough of masters for a while. She turns heel and hopes she can make it out the door before she's noticed.

[acertainpov]

"See you later, Ahsoka."

He doesn't look up or around. But his voice rings out clearly across the bar.

So now she can stay and face her Master's Master, or she can leave and explain to him later why she left.

[jedi_interrupted]

Ahsoka, who is being taught by Master ThinkOnHisFeet, turns on her heel once more and manages a friendly and serene smile that is nonetheless rather brittle.

"Master Kenobi! What a surprise."

[acertainpov]

"Ahsoka."

Obi-Wan's smile is war and innocent and doesn't in the leat understand why she wouldn't be pleased to see him.

"Anakin said I might run into you."

It's totally Anakin's fault.

[jedi_interrupted]

When isn't it Anakin's fault? And honestly, she is mostly happy to see him.

"Ah, of course, Anakin has been hiding here." Her smile turns more honest though there's a small flare of annoyance. Anakin was supposed to be in that meeting she had to weather all by herself. Okay, Rex was there to help but it was Anakin's debriefing.