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Into Another Day (Qui/Obi AU, Qui-Gon's Diary) Dear Diary Challenge 2008~~Updated 8/28~~
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Layren
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1/2 2:24pm
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Into Another Day (Qui/Obi AU, Qui-Gon's Diary) Dear Diary Challenge 2008~~Updated 8/28~~
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Title: Into Another Day
Author: Layren
Characters: Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, others
Summary: Sometimes destiny has a way of working out the things it must.
Author Notes: This is my entry for the 2008 Dear Diary Challenge  I hope you all enjoy this take on our favorite Jedi pairing. Though the name is under Layren, Jinngerbread is now my main account. Please send all questions, complaints and free food to Jinngerbread rather than Layren. If you see Layren, that means Jinngerbread is game-banned  Sian Ny belongs to VaderLVR64. 
Author's Note II: Many thanks to the very talented Gina for the lovely cover art!
Entry One:
Kyran bought this journal for me, so I might as well humor him and actually use this. I’ve never been much for journal writing but perhaps it will be useful. Writing is good therapy, or at least the givers of this diary claimed. Yesterday I was knighted. It was also my twentieth birthday. I endured a good deal of ribbing from Sian and Kyran. Kyran said something about this journal keeping me busy with all the spare time I would have now.
Spare time.
I’m not convinced such a thing exists, myself. They are both knights, so perhaps they know differently.
Maybe.
Sian wasn’t helping my case by agreeing with Kyran, rather loudly, I might add. His gift was a stylus to write in this journal. I tried to tell them that I would be busy with missions and would have no time to write, but my remarks fell on deaf ears.
The gifts they gave weren’t all they conspired over either.
They threw me a surprise party.
Now normally in Jedi tradition we spend birthdays quietly in meditation, musing over our lives and the ways the Force has led us to now and knighthood is celebrated between one or two close friends, possibly going out for a fun afternoon. Something different always happens when you have the friends I do though.
You can count on it.
Attendees at my party this year were tortured, er, regaled by a loud rendition of a song that Sian and Kyran had written themselves. It was called “A Knight’s Birthday” and sung by all of them, but with Sian and Kyran leading the way as the loudest singers.
Those two make even the hardest of hearing ears bleed with their noise. The song might’ve been good, otherwise, I wouldn’t know. My ears are still ringing.
This was quite a gathering, and evidently my friends are good at keeping secrets from me. Better than I am about such. Tahl, Sian, Kyran, Shane, Master Yoda, and even Master Dooku were there.
Master Dooku supplied the cake from one of Coruscant’s finest bakeries. The man has excellent taste, I must admit. My master has always been the type to enjoy the finer things in life. Ever since I have known him, he has been like that.
It didn’t take us long to devour the cake.
I had leftovers, but they’ve been eaten already. I was hungry and it was available. I'm a growing young man.
Pity though.
I had been looking forward to having some for breakfast tomorrow.
I really should know better than to leave cake lying around.
Alas, maybe I’ll remember and learn my lesson and be better prepared next year.
After the party, I examined the gifts they gave more closely. The stylus I’m pleased to say has impeccable balance and a soft ergonomic cushion for its grip. It’s the most comfortable one I have ever used.
Not that I would ever tell Sian.
I’d never hear the end of it.
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Commander-DWH
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Haha, I approve. Nothing like some loud, off-key singing to set a birthday off nicely. Not that my friends sang off-key... but they were very loud. It's a hazard of having opera singers for friends. They can deafen you pretty well.
Those two make even the hardest of hearing ears bleed with their noise. The song might’ve been good, otherwise, I wouldn’t know. My ears are still ringing.
Qui, you've got good friends. My heart bleeds for you. Really it does. 
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DarthIshtar
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LOL, for all his wisdom, Qui is a very typical 20-year-old. Cool.
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"Ecce domino" (The pizza guy's here)
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callista_gseran
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Layren, Beautiful as usual 
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Lilith Demodae
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I don't know any of the OC's mentioned, but you're off to a good start.
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KELIA
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I loved Qui's descriptions of his birthday party.
Not that I would ever tell Sian.
I’d never hear the end of it.
From sweet, humble Sian? 
Wouldn't he just say thank you and let that be that...nah!
Please PM me when you update
Looking forward to more
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Glenstorm
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**Quickly delurks**
Great start! I sometimes have a hard time thinking of Qui-Gon as a young man, but reading about his twentieth birthday in his own words just brings it to life for me.
It was also my twentieth birthday. I endured a good deal of ribbing from Sian and Kyran.
 Yes the big 'two oh' can come as a bit of a shock and friends can always be relied upon to rub salt into that 'feeling old' wound. If Qui-Gon was experiencing the same thing, I understand perfectly. And Knighted on the same day too, poor man!
Anyway, wonderful work as always, Layren. Very much looking forward to more and seeing what gets put in that diary when Xan and Obi arrive on the scene. (If Qui-Gon has any spare time at all by then)
**Burrows back into the depths of guilty lurkerdom**
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KrystalBlaze
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I saw what you posted in your eljay about this and I'm intrigued! Looking lovely as always.
-Krystal
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DarthJainaSolo
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This made me smile!
Qui-Gon's starting to realize that birthday cake > meditation.
Attendees at my party this year were tortured, er, regaled by a loud rendition of a song that Sian and Kyran had written themselves. It was called “A Knight’s Birthday” and sung by all of them, but with Sian and Kyran leading the way as the loudest singers.
Such great friends he has!
I'll be following this.
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VaderLVR64
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What a great start! Please put me on the PM list!
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They call me NANA Vader.
At least she doesn't lack confidence...
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Ara-gon
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I had leftovers, but they’ve been eaten already. I was hungry and it was available. I'm a growing young man.
Pity though.
I had been looking forward to having some for breakfast tomorrow.
Of course! Birthday cake makes an excellent breakfast! Too bad he ate it all already!
Lovely and light-hearted! A great peak into non-serious Temple life. I loved it.
That sounds like a most-excellent stylus! I hope it gives us more journaling.
PMs, please?
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Jinngerbread
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Commander-DWH I do imagine that sitting at a table with opera singers at a party would be preferable, at least they're on key
DarthIshtar He really is I'm working hard to make him seem like a normal human male.
callista_gseran Thank you.
Lilith Demodae Most are from my series The Triad Chronicles, Sian I forced MamaVader to create for a Dare Challenge, so we share him. Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you stick around for the rest
Kelia Qui-Gon says Sian and humble do not belong in the same sentence, even in jest I'd be happy to PM you!
Glenstorm Thanks! I'm glad I could bring him to life, I'm working on that here, to make him seem like a normal human being, with the same thoughts and fears and hopes like everyone else As far as when Xan and Obi arrive, stick around They'll get here eventually, though perhaps not in the order you suspect And thanks for delurking! Keep doing it
KrystalBlaze LJ is such a good advertising tool 
DarthJainaSolo He really does have good friends, and he knows it too
VaderLVR Glad you liked it, I'll be happy to!
Ara-gon Of course, birthday cake may not be very nutritious, but that doesn't mean it's not excellent breakfast fare. As far as the stylus, I only hope it'll do the same too PM's coming your way!
Entry Two:
Today I moved out of the rooms I used to share with my Master. Even at my knighting ceremony I suppose it took time to actually sink in even with the party we held afterwards, and the gifts I received.
It feels more real now that I'm truly a knight and not a padawan anymore.
I'm not quite sure what I think about that just yet. It makes me nervous, even as I am looking forward to the future and what it holds. My master won't be there to fix problems anymore, or come after me if I get in trouble.
It's a definite heavier responsibility than I've ever felt before.
I hope I find myself equal to the task and the confidence that the Masters have placed in me.
Speaking of the move, I found a few things I had been looking for as I packed them away, and many more things that I didn't need at all.
I never realized how many things I had acquired on various missions over the years. I tend not to want to throw things away, that have sentimental value, or that I find interesting, because you never know when something will be useful later, but on the other hand, I did clean out two heaping cans full of old things that I could honestly not remember why I had kept them at the time, only that I did.
It made the move to my own rooms much easier, I must say, after I cut down on the acquisitions.
During the move, my friends came to help me. As we were moving boxes, Sian asked if I'd used the journal yet. The smug look on his face as I said yes, though, almost made me wish I hadn't.
Oh well, at least I didn't tell him how nice his pen was. I pretended nonchalance, but I don't think he fell for it, the way he grinned at me when I told him I had used the stylus also.
Blast.
The Council has asked to see me tomorrow. They sure don't waste time, do they?
I'm actually rather curious about what they have in store; a mission perhaps, or some other Temple assignment that they would consider a newly knighted padawan good at.
I suppose I'll have to wait to find out.
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DarthIshtar
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Darn opportunistic council members. That made me laugh.
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During the move, my friends came to help me. As we were moving boxes, Sian asked if I'd used the journal yet. The smug look on his face as I said yes, though, almost made me wish I hadn't.
Oh well, at least I didn't tell him how nice his pen was. I pretended nonchalance, but I don't think he fell for it, the way he grinned at me when I told him I had used the stylus also.
Blast.
The Council has asked to see me tomorrow. They sure don't waste time, do they?
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At least she doesn't lack confidence...
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jedidas3
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How did I miss this?  Guess that is what I get for being gone over 2 weeks! Anyway, absolutetly beautiful job as always. I'm enjoying this insight into Qui-Gon as a young man.
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KELIA
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The smug look on his face as I said yes
Doesn't that just mean Sian is happy he picked a gift Qui-Gon would enjoy?
I love the peek at Qui's insecurity as he prepares to go to the Council. I'm sure there are plenty of missions "newly Knighted" Jedi are good enough for.
Great update
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