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frankieskywalker Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 8/8/06 5:57pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 7/31)
	this is really good can i be added to the pm list -----signature----- and so the plot bunnies attack a whole in his heart http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=24122906&brd=10477 my second fic Your sightless eyes have seen too much http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/24195526/p1/?0
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 8/12/06 1:18pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 7/31)
	Hi: Tried to rein in my curiosity but couldn't so I read all the posts from beginning to now and I'm loving it. Could you add me to your PM list? Vima's and so is Mara's family. -----signature----- Whee!! I'm reading 10 drabble threads! Loving it too! Check out ginchy's gambit, Myriad's 10,000 words, path-seeker's kaleidoscope. "Take my Hand", "Tyranny Reborn"= sheer genius.
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DaenaBenjen42 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 8/19/06 10:55pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 7/31) - Date Edited: 10/17/06 7:42pm (2 edits total) Edited By: DaenaBenjen42
	RedGold: Hmm, indeed. Thank you. JediFalcon: He was, but he got a bit distracted. Having an old woman who speaks in third person suddenly show up will do that. (Working on more. Thank you.) MirandaFair: Yep. (On both counts!) Thank you. RK_Striker_JK_5: I had to read DE again to get her speaking pattern right. Thank you, Striker, for the vote of approval. Meredith_Kenobi: Thank you. Glad you're enjoying. G__Anakin: Thank you and you're welcome. Crazydan: Something like that, yeah... Thank you. ginchy: Yep. Thank you. jasa: Hi! (PMs? Sure.) Thank you. Glad you're enjoying. Courtney_Solo: Thank you for the review. TnTornado: Thank you. (as for more often... we'll see...) Star_Angel: Thank you. Zebula_Nebula: Okay... then I won't. Thank you. emeraldshadow: Thank you, Master! amidalachick: Thank you. (And yes. Very good guess.) jackyyy17: Thank you, jacky. (and yes, yes it does) Jedi_Kassandra: Thank you and you're welcome. LilyHobbitJedi: Welcome back from vacation and thank you for the review. frankieskywalker: Hi! PMs? Certainly. Thank you. Jade_eyes: Why hello there! PMs? Alrighty... Thank you. Glad you think so. Updated PM list for Obsessed With Flowers RedGold BrightFeather BrentusofGath JediFalcon amidalachick Courtney_Solo MirandaFair Meredith_Kenobi ginchy JadeLotus LilyHobbitJedi MoeTharen mavjade RK_Striker_JK_5 jackyyy17 Vongchild Trimaj emeraldshadow Star_Angel G__Anakin Crazydan ZebulaNebula TnTornado motoish maramijade Jedi_Kassandra jasa frankieskywalker Jade_eyes If anyone would like a PM and isn't on this list, or wouldn't like one and is, please let me know. -----signature----- "Say it with me now. Postcard. Zoo. Not. Shopping." master to jackyyy17, micky-nikki & Trimaj e-sis: BrightFeather & BrentusofGath All cats are leopards after dark.
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G__Anakin Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 10/17/06 8:07pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 7/31)
	Hi, up please -----signature----- Knighted by Courtney_Solo - - - My fanfic - - - Jedi Sith - http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26751105&brd=10476&start=26759554
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DaenaBenjen42 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 10:27am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 7/31)
	G__Anakin: Up, it is… Note: many apologies for the rather long delay. And now, at last, on with our story... Widia watched as Mara took a surrepititious glance at Torath as he sat there, stony-faced. Finally, she sighed. "Would you just talk, already?" That got Torath's attention and he looked over to see Mara looking at him. "Hi." "Hi... we didn't exactly get to meet earlier," Mara started to say, and then stopped herself and looked away. "It's not important. It can wait." Torath's frown deepened in confusion. "What can wait?" "It can wait," Mara said again, hoping against hope that something, anything would save her from having to really talk to him. "I can't believe she was right." "What are you talking about?" Widia asked, more confused than Torath was. "A friend told me a long time ago that I had family out there somewhere. I... really didn't believe her. Having Luke around was enough for me." Mara shrugged and looked down at her hands. "It's all so much to take in, you know?" Torath glanced at his mother, who nodded subtlety, and they both moved to sit next Mara, on either side. Widia put her arms around Mara and let her lean into her. "It may be a lot for you, Mara, but I'm glad you're here. I am glad you found your way back here. Back home. Back to me." "And me," Torath said, nudging her knee. "And I didn't even know about you until two days ago." Widia looked over Mara's head at him with a small smile, and he shrugged bashfully. The moment was broken a minute later when a loud grunt was heard, followed by the tiny, mewling wail of a newborn. Widia smiled at the torn expression that swam across Torath's features, then she motioned for him to go. "Go on. Your family needs you." Jaelle was just coming out of the hallway when Torath brushed past her so fast she nearly got whiplash. She looked after him for a long moment, and then shook her head, and tried not to laugh. Coming out into the living room, Jaelle sat down in a chair and looked at her mother and Mara. "They'll need a minute, don't you think?" Widia nodded. "I think so. How is she?" "Alena's great and the baby... is a girl." Jaelle waited a moment before smirking at the calm acceptance. "I'm surprised it wasn't twins, actually." Widia stopped and looked at her funny, while Mara looked up from her hands in confusion. "What?" "Just what I said. I wouldn't have been surprised in the least. Alena's family has a history of twins." "They do?" Mara asked, intrigued by the notion. In the back of her mind, a thought formed. She quashed it, but the suspicion remained. It wasn't possible... right? Jaelle nodded slowly, watching as her mother slowly stood up. "Go on, Grandma. Go see." Widia turned to Mara, who waved her off. Widia nodded, and left to go see. Mara leveled a look at Jaelle. "Is it always like this around here?" "Well, no. But then, usually we aren't bringing babies into the world in the guest room or having missing family members turn up out of the blue." "Funny." "You asked." Jaelle let the silence hang there for a minute and studied Mara. "I didn't know what to expect..." Mara looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean?" "I didn't know what to think when I read the records. About you." Jaelle shook her head in thought, trying to process what she wanted to say. "You were this enigma. Sure there were little things like your birth date, and your eye color, and pictures, but... that doesn't tell a whole lot about a person, really." "It doesn't let you know them?" Mara offered. Jaelle nodded. "Yes." "You're one up on me, you know. I don't actually know when my birthday is." When Jaelle glanced at her with an expression of incredulity, Mara shrugged. "I was five. I didn't have it memorized yet." "Oh." Jaelle got up out of the chair and left to find something. Mara frowned, wondering what that was about. Jaelle came back a moment later with a hardcopy folder and handed it to Mara. "Anything you want to know is in that." "Why do you have these?" Mara asked, opening the folder to find a holo of herself as a child standing next to... her father as he was making notes and looking at a plant with familiar blossoms. "I remember that." "I figured that it might come in useful at some point." Jaelle smiled as Mara picked through the file, occasionally stopping to study a holo. "Brings back memories, doesn't it?" "Some." Mara looked up at her and smiled. "Can I keep this?" Jaelle nodded. "I'm sure mom won't mind." "Huh?" "I copied that file from hers. She'll never miss it." Mara chuckled. "Ah." She let the silence linger for a moment, then glanced at Jaelle. "It wasn't easy, you know." "Hmm?" "What you heard me say earlier, about... well, you know. That. It wasn't easy, learning imperial ways. It's just that... I forgot everything else." Mara shrugged and looked away. "I only mention it because I sensed the confusion you had." Jaelle moved to sit next to her. "You don't have to explain yourself to me." "Yes I do." "Would you please look at me?" Jaelle waited for Mara to look at her, them smiled comfortingly. "You have nothing to be ashamed of, Marani, and you need not explain anything to me. I just didn't understand how you could brush something like that off." "It's over and done, and it happened a long time ago." "But you still carry the scars." "Scars are part of life. Stories to tell, though sometimes painful." Jaelle couldn't argue with that. "And..." Mara stopped at the sound of the door opening, and was treated to the sight of her husband helping an old, frail figure in a well-worn and tattered robe into the living room. "...Luke?" She glanced behind them and saw her son following along happily and breathed a sigh in relief. "What in the world?" Jaelle wondered. Luke helped the person in the robe to a chair and helped them to sit down, then he turned to face Mara. "You did say to watch for a person standing in the shadows, you know." "I did?" At his raised eyebrow, she realized that she had, in fact, said exactly that. "Oh right. I did... Is that who I think it is?" She heard plenty about his mystery jedi woman that spoke backwards, but had managed to miss meeting her by less than a day. Luke nodded. "Yes. Mara, this is Vima-Da-Boda. Vima, this is Mara..." "Jedi's wife, she is! Vima happy to meet, she is." Vima looked out from under the hood of her robe, eyes glittering with interest. Her gaze settled on Jaelle, and she stared. "Family? Here? After so long?" Jaelle frowned and looked at Luke. "What is she talking about?" Luke shrugged. "She said she came all the way here from Dantooine because the Force called her here. And then something about family." Widia came back into the living room just then and saw the figure in the cloak. "All right... what'd I miss?" Vima's head turned at the sound of her voice, and she struggled to stand. Widia saw the struggle and rushed to help her. "Steady, now, old timer. No need to rush." And then Widia got a good look at the old face under the hood and stared. "Aunt Vima?" Vima stared back at her. "Widia?" Widia tore her eyes away from Vima to stare at Luke. "Where'd you find her?" "Spaceport, exactly where Mara and Ben said she'd be." He shrugged and sat down next to Mara, Ben getting into his lap. "Oh." Widia looked back down at the woman in her arms and smiled. "Well now. Wasn't expecting that." "Happy accident?" Vima asked brightly. Widia snorted, then stifled a laugh. "There are no accidents, happy or otherwise. Come on. Let's see about getting you cleaned up, hmm?" The four of them heard Vima protest as Widia was helping her out of the room: "But Vima safe this way!" Widia, wisely, said nothing to protest that assessment. Ben turned to his mother. "Baby?" Mara smiled at him. "What about the baby, Ben?" "I see?" Jaelle laughed and stood up. She held out her hand to him. "Come on, little man. I'll take you to see the baby." Ben looked at Jaelle timidly, then looked at Mara in question. Mara nodded, and he got off Luke's lap. Ben took hold of Jaelle's hand and went with her. Alone in the living room, Mara turned to Luke. "Where's Han?" "He excersized his right as the husband of the Chief of State and chose to stay on the ship when I told him what was going on here." Luke shrugged, then smiled at her. "Personally, I think he's enjoying the quiet." "How can it be quiet with a wookiee around?" "Probably makes less noise than three kids." "Cute." "Thought it was." He nudged her arm, and she glanced up at him. "Feel better now?" Mara smiled at him. "Somewhat, yes. Though, now... I think I have to have a talk with Renna." "Why?" "She has dreams. Had dreams. Bad ones. About me." "What do you mean?" Mara was silent while she gathered her thoughts, then looked at him again. "When I went with Widia to check on her, Renna blurted something about the baby, which we hadn't gotten around to announcing yet. She said it was going to be a girl." "While she was awake?" "Yes... and then Widia told me that, five years ago, when Renna was an active part of the reconstruction efforts, the project leader told her that Renna woke up screaming from nightmares more than once. For months... And you know what happened five years ago." Luke nodded. "Vividly... Do you think she needs training?" "Jaelle and Torath do, too. Jaelle had dreams as a child, and I don't know about Torath, but it would make sense." "Yes, it would." Luke paused, something just now occurring to him. "We're having a girl?" "You're the Jedi Master, you tell me," Mara told him playfully. "All right, then I will." Luke reached out to her in the force and probed lightly. He saw it, yes, and was surprised at the accuracy. Before blinking it away, he felt something else. A suspiscion. No, a questionn. Unasked, but there. He blinked open his eyes and smiled at her. "Girl, it is... What is this about a suspicion you're having?" "Huh?" "Something about twins and family lines?" Mara blinked at him in surprise. "Oh. It's something I need to look up for later." Luke wordlessly pulled her data padd from his jacket pocket. "Had a feeling you might need this." Mara took the data padd from him graciously, and waited for it to boot up. "Thanks." She'd have told him more, but hadn't wanted to give him hope and then have it not be true. "Now, let's see..." TBC... -----signature----- "Say it with me now. Postcard. Zoo. Not. Shopping." master to jackyyy17, micky-nikki & Trimaj e-sis: BrightFeather & BrentusofGath All cats are leopards after dark.
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LilyHobbitJedi Title: Apples to Apples hostess Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:09am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	I love seeing the way Mara's family interacts with each other. As for Renna, I'm very curious to see what her dreams about Mara could mean. Wonderful update! -----signature----- Proud Master to eboneya & Alassë Eärfalas! Everybody Lies- House/SW Crossover! http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28032689/r28039379/ A Light In The Darkness http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b1047
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JediFalcon Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:11am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	good update and I can't wait for more always twins in the family line, hmmmmmmmmmm more? -----signature----- Rogue Three in FFC Rogue Wing, Ward rm #306 Council Member of the Lightside Master to Stridarious Crimson makes my heart go Master of BYS AHBY The Impeccably Patient Drugged-Out Lunatic of the Skies I wonder whats my purpose in life
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ZebulaNebula Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:13am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	Wonderful ... almost all of the family is reunited ... we just need the rest of the Naberries for it to be complete ... well, and the Solo's. So Mara's having a girl ... it fits, especially with how girls seemingly run in her family. I wonder how Ben's gonna like having a sister ... I wonder what Luke & Mara are planning on naming their daughter. -----signature----- I Jedi mind-trick pushy salespeople ... "You do not want to sell me jewelry/beauy products/shades/whatever." They can take our lives, but they will never take our FREEDOM! Feeling down? Have a mint.
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Crazydan Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:19am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	So Vima is a relative of Mara. Does that mean Mara's family are descredants of the Sunriders?
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G__Anakin Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:31am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	-----signature----- Knighted by Courtney_Solo - - - My fanfic - - - Jedi Sith - http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26751105&brd=10476&start=26759554
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jasa Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:32am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	I loved the interaction in this scene. -----signature----- J/J, J/TK, H/L, and L/M Senior year at American University!!! Job searches are fun! --Ambassador Taps
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Star_Angel Registered: Jan '06	Date Posted: 11/11/06 11:50am Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	I wonder if Mara suspects that she have found a family member of Luke’s. Because by the last name I think that she have. And they had a girl, and Luke and Mara is going to have a girl, that’s great. This was an amazing update, I’ve been waiting for it, thanks for the pm, and I’m looking forward to read more. -----signature----- “It’s not our abilities that shows us what we truly are, it is our choices” – Albus Dumbledor (CoS) <- fanfics/fanart + a funny video in bio SWEDEN HOCKEY forever
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 11/11/06 1:39pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	Ah!!! Warm, sweet, touching family moments there!! Luke and Mara are going to have a baby girl huh? And maybe... not just one? MMMMMMM. happy sigh Just what I needed. Thanks oodles! -----signature----- Whee!! I'm reading 10 drabble threads! Loving it too! Check out ginchy's gambit, Myriad's 10,000 words, path-seeker's kaleidoscope. "Take my Hand", "Tyranny Reborn"= sheer genius.
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ginchy Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 3:50pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	A baby girl! And it seems that Mara is picking up on her sister-in-law's Naberrie sur-name... and what that may mean. Twins, indeed. Can't wait for more! Great update! -----signature----- Oh my gosh, I'm doing drabbles. eeek! http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/29089731/p1/?0
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Meredith_Kenobi Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 11/11/06 8:16pm Subject: RE: Obsessed With Flowers (L/M, Ben, AU) (update, 11/11)
	Brilliant update! So we have a baby that is a girl, a baby that’s gonna be a girl, and something about twins? Can’t wait for more!!! -----signature----- Proud to be ZaraValinor's Padawan Delighted to be brodiew's Master
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