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TnTornado Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/10/06 4:27pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/8)
	Great update Daena, They sure have alot of weapons at their disposal. L/M still seem to be taking a background role (by that I mean Luke fighting with 2 sabers against a few, and the others taking on tons of vong with no problem). Still an awesome update - keep it coming! TnTornado -----signature----- I PROUDLY Ship: J/TK, A/T, L/M, H/L, K/J New Viggie - My Emotions(Anakin Skywalker): http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25624549/p1/?5
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/11/06 11:17am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/8)
	Re TnT's reply: that is different--usually Luke's taking on a horde of enemies singlehandedly & has to spend a lotta days in bacta So... on that side of things, it's quite a relief not to see him have to get put back together again. -----signature----- Luke/Mara, most melty, moving of soulmates Stoked to beta their stuff Mush's so nummily nice, I give one of these twice! Squee! Squggles!
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DaenaBenjen42 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 10/13/06 8:15pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/8) - Date Edited: 10/13/06 11:17pm (2 edits total) Edited By: DaenaBenjen42
	Jade_eyes: Thank you. RedGold: Um… having the people in question be the Vong? VaderLVR64: She might, yes, but... well, that way lies the plot. Thank you. Jedi_Kassandra: Thank you. TnTornado: Thank you for the review. Jade_eyes: oh my gosh… that’s it, exactly... Thank you, Jade_eyes. Note: Many thanks to emeraldshadow and Trimaj for action advice. Luke was providing cover with Red Wave while Orange and Gold Waves made energy bombs. “This is bad.” “Is is?” Red Wave asked as she lashed out with her sword and hooked a warrior in the chest. Luke nodded. “I can’t predict their movements.” Red Wave sighed. “Or feel them?” “That either.” “That’s because you can’t.” “What?” Luke frowned over at her, and then went back to covering. He swung around in time to hit one warrior and make it go down hard. “They don’t show up in the force, Master Skywalker. Stop relying on it and just use your eyes.” Luke nodded and switched tactics. He felt a shiver and turned just in time to catch the next Vong. “Thanks.” “You two almost done?” Red Wave asked impatiently. “Almost,” Orange Wave told her. “Couple more and we’ll have it whipped.” [Don’t make those too potent,] Jessica advised over the comlink. [Don’t want them to go off too early.] “We know, Jess,” Gold Wave muttered. [Vincent’s annoying Miranda, by the way. Something about Mel having the mirage batons?] Red Wave glanced over toward them and smirked. “Miranda’s using two mallets now and Mel’s got the batons. Looks like they’re having fun.” Her attention was taken momentarily by a trio of incoming Vong. [Ah… Peter says that they’re moving on to the sixth node now. Anything you want me to tell him?] “Only if you want to relay a flirtatious message, and being that he’s your foster brother, I’m pretty sure you don’t.” Red Wave turn and caught another Vong that tried to sneak past her guard. [Cute. I’ll just tell him that all is well and that you’re planning on talking dirty later.] “Jess!” [What?] “Nevermind.” [Uh-huh...] ~~~~~ Blue Wave turned to Mara as they were finding their way to the next node and regarded her calmly. “Ranko wants to know how you are.” Mara smiled. “Better than I’ve been in weeks... how’s Luke?” She could feel him sure, but that wasn’t good enough and the signals were confusing. “Jess? Mara wants to know how Luke is.” He listened for a moment, then nodded. “And Moira? ...Okay, good.” “Well?” “He’s fine. Finding the Vong disconcerting, but fine.” “Disconcerting?” “They don’t show up in the force.” Blue Wave shrugged. “Takes a little getting used to.” Mara frowned a moment. “Is that why I don’t feel anyone here but our group?” “Yes,” Gray Wave said from behind them. “Oh.” Mara was about to say something when she felt a sudden emotional uprising in the rear. “What was that?” Gray Wave sighed. “Elsie.” “Again?” Blue Wave asked, letting Mara take the lead, and going to check. “I’m confused.” “Don’t be. It’s par for the course while on a mission.” “’Par for the course?’” Gray Wave chuckled. “Yeah.” ~~~~ Dark Star was laying at Moira’s feet while Moira listened to the open comm channel and watched the sensors. [Moira? Peter is requesting a status check,] Jessica’s voice said from the relay channel. Moira checked the monitor board. “Everything’s all clear on this end. How are things?” [One moment… Okay, sorry about that. Things seem to be great. My brother is being annoying and Miranda may have to bargain with Melinda to get her weapons back. Oh, and I have a question for you from Mara.] “Yes?” [How is Dark Star?] Moira glanced down. “Sleeping.” [At least someone is… wait. Who is Dark Star?] “Mara’s pet.” Moira looked at the status board again and noticed that one of the grays was lit up. “Ask Peter if Elsie’s all right. Her sensor is blinking at me.” [Right…] There was a slight pause, and then she came back. [She’s fine. Slight problem at a check point. Turns out that the Vong aren’t completely invisible and she walked through a psychic shadow.] “Do I need to pull her?” [No, if we had to pull her every time something like that happened, she’d never get to do anything.] “Ah.” ~~~~*~ Mara had almost gotten used to it being quiet and the mission being easy when they happened upon a group of Vong and she found out why Blue Wave had told her not to say that it had been too quiet. Her eyes narrowed and, lightsaber ignited, she waded into the fray, the rest of Blue Team quickly behind her. TBC… -----signature----- "Say it with me now. Postcard. Zoo. Not. Shopping." master to jackyyy17, micky-nikki & Trimaj e-sis: BrightFeather & BrentusofGath http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/
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TnTornado Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/14/06 12:55am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/13)
	Great update, and good action sequence. TnTornado -----signature----- I PROUDLY Ship: J/TK, A/T, L/M, H/L, K/J New Viggie - My Emotions(Anakin Skywalker): http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25624549/p1/?5
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/14/06 3:32am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/13)
	Thanks bunches for the PM. Loved the banter and the action combo there. The Rangers' weapons fascinate me no end. Apparently, they pack quite a punch, perhaps being like a weapon on stun setting but instead of firing it, you thwack someone with it. -----signature----- Luke/Mara, most melty, moving of soulmates Stoked to beta their stuff Mush's so nummily nice, I give one of these twice! Squee! Squggles!
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Jedi_Kassandra Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/16/06 11:27am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/13)
	Thanks for the pm! I loved the bit bout the mallets and batons-- "Miranda’s using two mallets now and Mel’s got the batons. Looks like they’re having fun." and "My brother is being annoying and Miranda may have to bargain with Melinda to get her weapons back." Loved it!! ~kasss -----signature----- "The greatest atrocities committed by man were committed for the sake of progress." -Keziah Lee
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DaenaBenjen42 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 10/20/06 10:54pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/13) - Date Edited: 10/20/06 10:55pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DaenaBenjen42
	TnTornado: Thank you. Jade_eyes: Yep. And, you know, the thawking part is half the fun. Thank you. Jedi_Kassandra: Thank you, Kass. Mara stuck and lashed out with her lightsaber as the rest of blue team let loose around her, unsheathing their assortment of small arms. There would be no mercy here, she knew, for they’d come too far and seen too much as they’d made their way from node to node. Blue Wave entered the fray with his glaive already swinging for the first warrior in his path. He struck, and it fell to the ground. “I was hoping to get through this without fighting,” he said through clenched teeth. Bronze Wave chuckled. “Small chance of that, Shadow Man.” She aimed with her bow and fired, then pulled out a short sword and a dagger. Mara barely noticed the action around her as she took down a warrior at a time, coldly and methodically. Time became fluid as they kept coming, seemingly without end, and then it was over, just as quickly as it began. Out of breath, but not exhausted, Mara looked around and was prepared for more. Dust Wave came up beside her. “I think we got ‘em all.” Mara nodded slowly, still scanning the shadows for more. “Seems that way.” Blue Wave looked around at his team and counted. “Alright, lets move on, shall we?” Echo Wave saluted him. “Sir, yes sir.” Mara blinked at that as the rest of the team had a collective chuckle. “Was that really necessary, Chris?” Blue Wave asked as they continued on to the next node. “Probably not, but I felt like it.” “Right…” Much later…. Red Wave was concentrating on providing cover when she saw something out of the corner of her eye that distracted her for a moment with a sense of déjà vu so real that it nearly bowled her over. Not five feet away, Luke felt a ripple of emotion, almost like an echo, and frowned. “Ranko?” “It’s nothing,” Red Wave said, her voice tight. Luke wasn’t convinced, but nodded and shifted his attention back to the incoming Vong. “Okay, we’re done,” Orange Wave said from behind him as she got up off the ground, and pulled out her staff. “What’s going on… oh no.” Gold Wave heard the almost strangled tone in Susan’s voice and frowned. “What?” Orange Wave motioned to Red Wave. “Tell me I’m wrong.” “Huh?” Gold Wave turned as she unsheathed her weapon, and nearly dropped it in shock. “Oh ***.” Luke blinked at the sudden use of language and turned just in time to find Orange Wave throwing herself at him, and tackling him bodily to the ground. He had no time to wonder why, as the answer erupted right in front up him in an electrical frenzy. “Sorry!” Orange Wave yelled over the noise. ~~~~ They were at another node, and Mara was again guarding an opening with Blue Wave. “How much longer is this going to take?” “Not too long,” Gray Wave told her quietly. “This node is bigger than the others, so it’s taking longer to do.” “It’s a central node, Dawn,” Bronze Wave pointed out. “Of course it’s bigger.” “So we could have just come straight to this one to set up the feedback?” Echo Wave asked. “Wouldn’t have been as effective,” Silver Wave muttered. She noticed a slight flicker in the light levels and frowned. “That’s weird.” “What is?” Mara wondered. “Minor atmospheric change, not sure what kind… Jessica?” [Yes?] “We had a flicker. Did something happen?” Pause… [It’s nothing, really. We’ll tell you later.] Silver Wave frowned at that answer. “What?” [Just trust me. It can wait.] “Jess?” Blue Wave asked. “Are you hedging because you know I’ll get mad?” [Yes,] Jessica said simply. “Right, then. Is she at least speaking an earth language?” [Mostly.] Blue Wave sighed. “Tell Moira to pull her in ten minutes if we aren’t done before then.” [Will do.] Mara frowned at him. “What happened?” “Same thing that happened the last time. She pulled a Thundershock on the Vong.” “What does that have to do with atmospheric change?” Luckily, he didn’t have to answer as they were interrupted by the other half of their team pulling away from the node and joining them at the archway. “Okay, now we’re done,” Gray Wave told them. “And Mara? You’ll find out. Trust me on that.” Mara looked at her funny. “Right…” ~~~*~ Luke slowly got up off the ground and dusted himself off, then stared around at the immediate area. Everything, including the Vong warriors in the general vicinity, was absolutely charred to a crisp. “What in the name of the Force?” “That’s why I tackled you,” Orange Wave said sheepishly. “I forgot out the personal shields.” Luke’s gaze fell on Ranko, who was now in plain clothes and sitting down. “What happened?” “That’s what I’d like to know,” Gold Wave muttered. “Ranko?” The woman shrugged, and said something in a language Luke didn’t understand, and Gold Wave stared first at her, then turned around to see where everyone else was. “Ah. You know Amy is fine, right?” “Si.” “I knew there was a reason I didn’t want to do another one of these missions,” Pink Wave said as she came up to them, still dusting herself off. She glanced at Luke. “Sorry about that. Our fearless leader will be fine. Granted, she’ll be speaking nearly every language she knows for an hour or so and Peter may kick her butt, but she’ll be fine… and that last one was Spanish. Como esta?” “Bien,” Ranko said as she got to her feet, shaking her head. “I’ll believe it when you’re speaking English.” “Is this kind of thing a regular occurance?” Luke wondered. “Only when something stupid happens,” Copper Wave said as she joined them. [Hey guys?] Jessica asked. [Allison wants to know what’s going on.] “Ranko happened,” Yellow Wave told her. [Ah… Do you think Moira should pull her right now?] Yellow Wave glanced at Ranko. “Your call, Ranko.” “Niet.” Yellow Wave snorted. “You start speaking Chinese, I’ll hurt you.” Blue Team appeared just then, and Ranko ran to Blue Wave. “Airen! Wo Ai Ai!” “…or not…” Yellow Wave giggled as Ranko snuggled up to Blue Wave. “Wo Ai Ni.” “Love you too, Ranko,” Blue Wave muttered. He glanced around the immediate are and whistled softly. “Moira?” [Yes?] “Fourteen to teleport. We’re done.” TBC... -----signature----- "Say it with me now. Postcard. Zoo. Not. Shopping." master to jackyyy17, micky-nikki & Trimaj e-sis: BrightFeather & BrentusofGath http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/21/06 4:06am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/20)
	That was way too much fun! Now, though, Luke and Mara can get down to wedding (and honeymoon) type stuff. -----signature----- Luke/Mara, most melty, moving of soulmates Stoked to beta their stuff Mush's so nummily nice, I give one of these twice! Squee! Squggles!
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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 10/21/06 6:01am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/20)
	Como esta? -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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Jedi_Kassandra Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/21/06 10:40am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/20)
	"If you start speaking Chinese..." LOL!! Great Post! ~kass -----signature----- "The greatest atrocities committed by man were committed for the sake of progress." -Keziah Lee
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DaenaBenjen42 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 10/22/06 9:29pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/20) - Date Edited: 10/22/06 11:33pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DaenaBenjen42
	Jade_eyes: Going through a few things first, but we’ll get there. Thank you. RedGold: And now you know the limit of my Spanish... Jedi_Kassandra: Glad you liked. Thank you. Note: okay… these “[ ]” marks are relay communication, and these “{{ }}” are translated words from other languages. When the transport sequence wound down, Peter took a moment to glare at his wife. “What was the idea here?” Ranko blinked innocently at him. “Nani?” “You knew that an energy discharge like that could set off a bad reaction, Ranko. What happened? ...And don’t start acting like you don’t understand. I know you do.” Mara turned to Luke. “What is he talking about? I still don’t get it.” Luke shrugged. “Some sort of energy thing. She hasn’t spoken basic since.” Mara thought back to what the area had looked like. “Oh.” Her eyes widened when Ranko launched into a long explanation in a tongue that she wasn’t familiar with. “Oh... huh?” Susan sighed and handed translators to Luke, Mara, and Moira who’d just entered the cabin. “She’ll be like that for a while. Put these on or you’ll be utterly lost.” “How many languages does she know?” Moira wondered. She remembered the lessons in elvish, so it wasn’t that much of a surprise. “I lost count at 10,” Susan muttered good-naturedly. “Don’t ask. It had to do with an education mix-up, or so the story goes.” “A what?” Mara asked as she put the translator on, still slightly baffled. “My sister didn’t have a normal childhood,” Susan shrugged. “One of the results was that she’s multi-lingual.” Mara nodded slowly, still not getting it really. “Right.” She turned her attention to the currently defensive Ranko and was startled when she could understand it. {{…and then I saw Amy down, and had a…}} Here Ranko paused, at a loss for words. {{Well, you know what I had. It wasn’t good. And I forgot all about the energy bombs, Peter. I shouldn’t have, but…}} Peter glanced at Amy. “You got thrown to the ground?” Amy rolled her eyes. “I let my guard down and a hit got through. I’m fine... And you’re seriously blaming it on something totally random?” Ranko just looked at her for a moment, unsure of how to explain it. {{I am not blaming anyone for my actions, AJ. I am just explaining. You know why.}} “Yes, I understand that you had a flashback. I also understand that I was fine and there wasn’t a paralelle between my getting knocked to the ground and Carter having an aneurysm caused by a Colmeri telepath.” {{I didn’t say it was logical, Amy.}} Peter muttered something that Mara couldn’t hear and Ranko turned to glare at him. “Don’t think I’m not serious, because I am.” “I was going to tell Jill to stop by and have a talk,” Susan spoke up after a moment of thought. “This just reinforces that.” {{And what was your reasoning?}} “Various little things, like you bringing up my being kidnapped. It happened 30 years ago and it is over and done, just like what happened to Carter. And they were both accidents more than anything else.” [I hate to interrupt here, but y’all may want to look out the view ports or something.] Jessica’s voice came over the comm system before they could lay into Ranko any further. [And I called Jill already. She’ll be here shortly.] {{Great,}} Ranko muttered as they all turned to the view port and watched as… nothing happened. {{Um... did we forget something?}} [Aproaching max build-up, two, one... zero... now.] Vincent counted down for them, almost in sync with a bright flash that filled the view port. {{Vincent?}} Ranko asked. {{Did we get all of them in that?}} [Peter, did she just ask if we got everything? I didn’t understand most of it.] “Yes, she did. Well?” [We’re checking,] Jessica told him. [I’m pretty sure you did, but is good to make certain so we don’t have to do it all over again… Hi, Jill. Good to see ya.] Ranko sighed. {{Terrific. I don’t wanna.}} [You’re the one who had the incident. Deal with it.] {{What are you, my mother?}} [No, but I could call her and tell her all about this if you want. See how well it goes over with her, hmm?] Ranko said something not worth translating. [Hah, hah… Okay, according to my screen here, this says, preliminarily, that all of them blew up, skips included. Don’t go celebrating just yet, as it’s a prelim report.] Susan frowned, and turned to Ranko. “I’m going to go and help them with that.” Ranko nodded. {{Go on.}} “Right... Savvy, come with me.” “You understood that?” Savage asked as she followed Susan out of the crew compartment. Susan laughed. “It’s only ancient Valari, Savage. Of course I understood it...” Ranko shook her head and glanced at Peter. {{If she gives Jill a full report, I’ll scream.}} “Before or after your language skills return to normal?” Peter teased her playfully. {{You really think it’d matter?}} And then Ranko grimaced as she heard something over her private comm chanel that she didn’t like. She sighed. {{Fine. Peter, tell Jill okay for me, would ya? Might as well get it over with.}} Peter chuckled. “Right. Jill? If you didn’t understand the grumbling, permission granted.” ~~~~~ Mara leaned against the bulk head, calmly watching as the Wave Rangers went through various calming routines and cleaned up. Luke turned to her with an inquisitive expression. “How was it?” “Couple hours of boredom with a moment of sheer terror,” Mara told him blithely. She turned and smiled a little. “I think it was weird that all I did was provide extra guard…” “And?” “And it was fun.” “Fun?” “With sheer terror intermixed.” She considered him for a moment, then put her arms around his shoulders. “And I remembered something in all of this, Farmboy.” Luke smiled down at her. “Oh really?” She nodded. “Yes.” “And what was that?” “I love you.” He saw in her eyes a sparkle that had been missing since she’d woken up in the hospital months ago, and he believed. “What changed?” “I needed to go and do something to remember what it was that made me… me.” She paused, going over that in her mind. “Okay… that made no sense, but you know what I mean.” He silenced her with a kiss. When the kiss ended, Mara blinked up at him. “I know what you mean, Mara. I love you, too.” Mara gazed up at him, then said with conviction: “We are so getting married when we get back to Coruscant.” “There was never a doubt in my mind that we wouldn’t be.” Off to the side, Melinda nudged Amy in the shoulder and motioned to the happy couple. “You know, for some reason, I don’t think the cannon time line applies.” Amy followed her gaze and smiled. “It’s a possibility.” TBC… -----signature----- "Say it with me now. Postcard. Zoo. Not. Shopping." master to jackyyy17, micky-nikki & Trimaj e-sis: BrightFeather & BrentusofGath http://www.randomkittengenerator.com/
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/23/06 3:25am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/22)
	Love the banter. But totally am chuffed by the sparkle in Mara's eyes. This little adventure has gone a long way in healing. -----signature----- Luke/Mara, most melty, moving of soulmates Stoked to beta their stuff Mush's so nummily nice, I give one of these twice! Squee! Squggles!
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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 10/23/06 4:56am Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/22)
	Glad to see things are working out for Mara and Luke.... and interesting comment there about the cannon timeline... -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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MirandaFair Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 10/23/06 8:00pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/22)
	“I love you.” He saw in her eyes a sparkle that had been missing since she’d woken up in the hospital months ago, and he believed. “What changed?” “I needed to go and do something to remember what it was that made me… me.” She paused, going over that in her mind. “Okay… that made no sense, but you know what I mean.” He silenced her with a kiss. When the kiss ended, Mara blinked up at him. “I know what you mean, Mara. I love you, too.” Oh, this is the perfect mix of banter between L/M. Just what is needed when coming home from work and unwinding! Loving it. -----signature----- May the Muse be with you.
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TnTornado Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/23/06 11:06pm Subject: RE: Ever and Always (L/M, angst/romance) (update 10/22)
	Great updates, cant wait for more - Oh, and the cannon timeline was great! TnTornado -----signature----- I PROUDLY Ship: J/TK, A/T, L/M, H/L, K/J New Viggie - My Emotions(Anakin Skywalker): http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/25624549/p1/?5
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