Tony gets an iPod, catches up with Jaina.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

[ OOM: Tony contemplates on scars and second chances. ]

Weird things happen at Milliways.

Which is why a happy Tony shouldn’t be any stranger than the universe ending outside the Observation Window. This Tony, whom few in Milliways have ever seen before, walks to the bar and orders his lunch, taking a seat on a barstool.

Along with his order, a curious object appears: a green iPod mini. At some point it must have made the acquaintance of a hard, rough floor, as there is a small chip on the upper right corner where the headphone jack is. Most curious about this object are the headphones themselves—not the signature white earbuds made famous in the television commercials, but a thick, heavy black set of stereo headphones that seem to dwarf the overglorified MP3 player. Tony picks up the device and holds it in his hand, donning the headphones and fiddling with the central control button until he’s able to select the “Shuffle Songs” option.

However, he accidentally turns the volume up too high. And unfortunately, the theme to Star Wars begins to play.

Any wise film score geek would wisely advise Tony not to listen to John Williams songs at high volume. Unfortunately, Tony is not a film score geek, and despite his vast geeky knowledge of the Star Wars universe, he is not quite prepared to anticipate the first note of the theme at high volume. Startled, Tony jumps. And falls out of his chair.

Silly Tony. Doesn’t he know he already has a bruise over his eye?

Someone stop him before he hurts himself again.

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[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

As Jaina walks back inside from lightsaber practice, she sees Tony fall out of his chair. Her eyes widen, and she rushes over. "Tony, are you alright?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

No, the theme song to your universe just knocked me out of my chair.

Tony directs two very embarassed eyes in Jaina's direction. The headphones are askew on his head. He takes them off completely, letting them dangle around his neck.

"Ah, hi, Jaina. I'm cool."

He grabs on to a barstool and hoists himself up.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

Jaina chuckles and takes a seat on a nearby barstool. Glancing at him, she raises an eyebrow. "Are you sure? That fall looked painful." A pause. "How did you fall, anyway?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Um, I lost my seating."

The whole part about being startled by music should be eradicated from all history.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"How?"

Poor Tony. She's not letting it go that easily.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He scratches his cheek. "Something startled me, all right?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Oh." She points to the green device. "That thing? It doesn't look dangerous."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

It's not the device that's dangerous. It's the music.

"It's nothing, Jaina. How are you?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Doing alright. I haven't seen you in a while." She shrugs, and glances up at the tabs list. More specifically, that belonging to Wes Janson. "Hey, can I get you something to drink?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Been out of the bar. What's up? In a good mood today?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"You went back home?" Jaina chuckles, shaking in her head. "Just trying to take as much advantage out of beating Janson in sabacc as I can. Loser pays for the other's drinks for a week. It's revenge for that vapin' yellow sim."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He grins. "Ah, no, I'm cool, thanks." He removes the headphones and slides the iPod to the side, scratching his cheek. "And we did go back home for a bit, yeah."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

She nods, ordering herself a Corellian ale. "We?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Me and Michelle. We came back together." As Tochelle, although one unit, comprises of two persons, and thus is a "we."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"So you two worked everything out?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"We sure did."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

Jaina smiles. "I'm really happy to hear that."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. We, ah, we really missed it here."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"How long were you gone?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Three months, my time. Michelle was gone for about a month. I think we were gone for about a week here."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

Jaina bites her lip, considering his words. "That's strange."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Not for Milliways."

There are a lot of things that normal people'd consider "strange" that aren't so at Milliways.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

Jaina nods. "So it could be possible for someone to come back with, say, two years having passed by since he was last here?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"It's possible, yeah. Why? You worried about your friend?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Not worried, just..." She shrugs. "Jag left. And I'm hoping that if - when - he comes back, he's from the same point of time as me. I think I'd like that, a lot."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He nods. "I can understand that. It's why Michelle and I chose to leave."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

She takes a sip of her drink. "How so?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Well, as long as we're from different times then we can't really have a future outside the bar, you know?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"I didn't know you two were from different times."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I was a few months before her, my time."

He leaves out the 'but when I left the bar I was sent a few months back in time' part because that's head breaky.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Oh." Jaina takes another sip of her ale. "But now you're both from the same time, right?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He nods. "Yeah. It's better that way, you know? I hope it's the same for your friend."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"I hope so too," she says softly. "I need to apologize to him...and tell him that I love him."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Apologize for what?"

Tony? Nosy? Never.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Breaking up with him."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

Tony gives her a Very Confused look.

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

She laughs at his expression. "About three months before I came here, we had our final battle against the Yuuzhan Vong. Afterwards, Jag wanted me to go to Csilla with him, to meet his family." She pauses, biting on her lip. "I think I panicked. I told him that I was still on the move, and that someday I wanted what he was offering. But not then."

Jaina shrugs. "So I broke up with him."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"I see. Just needed time to think, didn't you?"

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"I think so. A lot had happened leading up to that point."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Well, hopefully everything'll work out okay for you."

[jedipilot.livejournal.com]

"Thank you."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"No problem." He grins.