Stirring the Sauce, Pounding out the Dough!

[spontaneouscombustion]

Who: Kitty Pryde, Pinkie Pie, and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide invites!
Action: Planetside
When: In between Winn waking up and the Marsiva taking off




[Video]

Early this morning, a video might interrupt whatever you're doing. On one side of the screen, there's a beautiful lady with light brown hair. On the other, the pinkest pony ever to have walked the multi-verse.

Hey hey HEY, everybody! It's the start of a new month, and we've had a GREAT time on this planet so far, especially with all this yummy real food! Sooo Kitty and I have been planning a pizza party!

Um, right. So, you should come. I guess. [She doesn't know how to do group invites with ponies. What is life?]

We'll be in this HUGE clearing at THESE coordinates, so bring some smiles, your stomach, and maybe a side dish or snacks if you want too! We'll see you there! And Wrath: we've got chimmy cherry chongas~!

We had to use a few substitutes, but it's still pizza, so you know today's priority. Also a good time to check it out if you've never heard of it.

[And with that, the feed ends and coordinates to the clearing show up on the communicators.]


[Action]

[Local vendors have been generous enough to loan the use of their ovens and some long wooden tables for the clearing. Sure enough, there's dozens of pies, plain or topped with meat or vegetables or both. There's also jugs and jugs of fruit juices and lemonade and punch, and an equally bountiful dessert table including apple tarts, cakes, donuts, and yes, chimmy cherry chongas. And the best part is there's not a single gel-based ingredient in sight. Feel free to add something to the bounty or just come in, grab a slice, and enjoy!]

Comments

[beardstrokes]

If you really want to, Sascha, then you can. But you still need to work on your self-control.

That's the most important part about being with children. It's not about you.

[pneumo]

I can't help it... It's really exciting to meet people that don't hate me. And hugs are so nice...!

[beardstrokes]

Which is fine. I'm not saying it's wrong.

But I am saying that with children, it's different.

[pneumo]

But kids hug their parents all the time!

[beardstrokes]

Are you anyone's parent at this moment?

[pneumo]

Well....no...

[beardstrokes]

That's what I thought.

With children, the parents must always put them first and themselves last.

[pneumo]

So...I find a kid to keep, I give them hugs before you and stuff?

[beardstrokes]

[ He sighs. ]

Close. But not quite. There's more to it than hugs, you realize.

[pneumo]

Like what...? [ explain fatherhood to him, dad! ]

[beardstrokes]

Many things.

[ He's firm on this. Obi-Wan isn't going to explain parenthood. ]

[pneumo]

...Too much to tell? [ Yep, he's catching the implication there. ]

[beardstrokes]

It is a very wide topic.

[ He pauses. ]

Technically, Jedi don't have parents.

[pneumo]

You...don't? [ But...the birds and bees?? ]

[beardstrokes]

No. We're taken from our families at a young age to be trained.

[pneumo]

You get kidnapped??? [ No wonder tiny!Obi was so grumpy, holy ]

[beardstrokes]

[ Sharply. ]

I was not kidnapped.

[pneumo]

[ Well, that was apparently the wrong thing to say! Sascha starts a little at how firm he sounds before nodding quickly and correcting himself. Sort of. ]

You said 'taken from our parents' so it just...sorta sounded like...y'know.

[beardstrokes]

[ It takes Obi-Wan to realize how rough his voice had been. He stiffens, folding his arms but his tone is gentler. ]

My apologies. It is a sore topic. A parent has to consent to it, of course. All families do. To be trained as a Jedi is an honour and benefits those who are touched by the Force.

[pneumo]

But...what about the kids? I mean, they get to say yes or no too right? [ It can't be all up to the parents if their child stays or goes can it? ]

[beardstrokes]

The children are too young for that kind of decision.

[ He pauses. ] But I've never regretted it. No one I've met has either.

[pneumo]

You don't miss your mom or dad or anything...?

[ Sascha doesn't miss his, never having met or known of them (and by all accounts, if they were human they died long long ago). But he can't help but wonder if it's different for Obi-wan. ]

[beardstrokes]

[ He shakes his head. ]

No. I had the Jedi. They were family enough for me.

[pneumo]

Huh... [ He takes a moment to digest this, ponder. ]

So family is okay and home isn't, but home's in your heart and stuff...





Jedi are really hard to understand.

[beardstrokes]

It is difficult to explain these concepts to other people. You're not the only one who gets confused.