Carefully picking up the blond haired baby, Rex let out a small coo and grinned happily as he bounced the giggling bundle, glancing over when Anakin repeated the action with his daughter.
Becoming a father, as exhausting as it was, had done the other man well.
There was a peace in the other man’s eyes that had never been there during the war, even during down times.
Though then again, they had been in war, being tranquil had never really been something people felt easy.
To relax or feel comfortable.
Just brief, stolen moments.
With a child pressed to your chest, you couldn’t help but modulate yourself, relax, feel your breath fall into an even state as your heart settled calmly.
There was also the responsibility of having someone that was totally reliant on you for even the most basic of things, to eat, clean yourself and even hold their heads that had a way of making you grow.
Feeling the gaze, Anakin looked at his former captain and smiled slightly, a tad shyly. “What? Is there something on my face?” He questioned quietly as he tucked Leia into his neck.
Shaking his head, smiling slightly in return, Rex opened his mouth to answer only for both to jump around when the door slammed open, Rex automatically reaching for a blaster he wasn’t wearing.
Thankfully, since it was only Obi-Wan, his eyes wide and excited with a big smile on his face. “Anakin! Anakin look what I found!” He held up an odd, blue plant growth.
His fellow blond quirked both his eyebrows, his shy smile turning bemused but wider, Obi-Wan’s clear excitement infectious. “A plant?” He guessed. “A very nice blue plant?” Anakin tacked on when Obi-Wan’s lips turned that familiar not pout twist.
“Its a form for citrus,” Obi-Wan squirmed a bit, his smile still wide despite the not-pout twist of his lips. “Similar to lemon but blue.” He beamed, wiggling excitedly even as the two blonds froze slightly.
Rex automatically accepted Leia when the other handed her over, settling her against the opposite shoulder to Luke. “Oh really,” Anakin said, purposely keeping his voice light. “Found today?” He cleared his throat.
“Mmhmm, I found it, an entire orchid of wild grown. I wonder if it can be peeled…” Obi-Wan was studying the fruit with his eyes, missing Rex and Anakin’s horrified expression exchange.
“You are not putting that in your tea until its been examined Obi-Wan.” Anakin stated strongly, taking a step towards his old master.
The redhead bounced back a step, moving further away. “Its just a piece of fruit Anakin, I’m sure its harmless.” He huffed, coloring a bit at the dubious look the other two exchanged.
“You mean like the poisoned grain we found last week?” Rex questioned a tad dryly, remembering Cody groaning into his shoulder about his General eating poisoned grain.
“Or that rabbit creature you found, whose fur could shift into razor like spikes while you were petting it?” Anakin tacked on just as quickly. “You are not testing that thing yourself, regardless how much you miss lemon in your teas, don’t test me Obi-Wan, I will tell Cody.” Anakin said sternly.
Cradling the blue citrus to his chest, slowly looking between the two blonds, Obi-Wan seemed to be considering his options.
Then he stuck out his tongue at them, much to Rex surprise. “You can’t stop me!” The man raced right out with Anakin on his tail.
Clearly he had expected this to happen, as he had given Leia over to Rex, the captain juggling two twins in his arms. “Obi-Wan get back here! Master Gallia! Stop him! He has an unknown and untested fruit! SOMEONE CALL CODY!” The commotion echoed across the building town.
Slowly, Rex looked between the two twins, getting sleepy blinks from both of them. “…Guess you two are with me for the time being,” He stated, a tad amused but mostly worried, glancing after the other two males. “…Lets hope your uncle doesn’t poison himself… again.” He sighed, resigning himself to calling Cody.
The worst part of his murder plans is that Fox actually feels pretty apathetic about them.
He technically doesn’t have strong feelings about the Chancellor, he is just a man, a corrupt and evil man, at least in Fox eyes considering he tried to kill their Birdie, but still just a man.
If he focused more on that, well, then Fox could feel more about it.
But he is aware that the man is Force sensitive, he’s studied the man he’s been protecting for all these months of the war.
Fox refuses to believe that the man isn’t at least somewhat trained with those powers, maybe not a Jedi level of power but some kind of training at least.
That means that strong emotions would alert the man to any potential murder plans.
Which is why Fox approaches said plans with an apathetic calmness and a clinical detachment, so to prevent the man from being too suspicious or cautious about what is going on around him.
Its also why he refuses to tell anyone else about his plans to dispatch the Chancellor.
He knows his vode, he loves them, some more and some less but it doesn’t change that they are family and he cares about all of them.
He’s not sure all of them can keep the same emotional detachment as Fox as he carefully plans his murder, starting with the Chancellor office starts to fill with gas. Not enough to start effecting the air quality of course, he can’t have the alarms go of.
But enough that it will harm the man, enough that as the Chancellor breathes it in, that his organs starts to slowly decay, enough that Fox knows that the cause will look natural.
Of course, there are details to iron out, to narrow down which gas to use, to ensure it will work, getting one that is odorless and colorless.
Obi-Wan to keep safe.
Skywalker to keep clueless.
He can’t have Jedi drama going on when he gets the Chancellor out of the way.
Which is why he manages to get the orders through that Obi-Wan and Skywalker, along with the 501st, get sent to Kamino to meet up with Jinn and the 212th.
The Jedi under the guise of doing some checkups on the future troops with General Ti and the troopers to help train their younger vode.
But the truth was that Fox went slice happy with a few of his Coruscant Guard hackers and got them sent to safety.
Anything to keep their little birdie safe.
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Tiredly holding onto Anakin’s belt, Obi-Wan let out a soft noise as a warm arm wrapped around his shoulders, bringing him into the older Jedi’s side. “Just another half hour and you can take a small nap padawan.” Anakin promised quietly, rubbing lightly at his shoulder.
Obi-Wan simply nodded, pressing closer to Anakin’s side as the conversation of the council and Master Qui-Gon washed over him in a low buzz. The healers had only just allowed him out of bed and cleared him for field work.
Light field work.
Apparently the observation of the troopers on Kamino was considered light, though, considering it would be Anakin doing most of the notes and decision along with Qui-Gon and Ti, that wasn’t really all that surprising.
Obi-Wan suspected that he would end up following Cody and Rex around for the most part.
The latter had been hovering a lot since Obi-Wan had entered the Resolute, following only a few steps away from him at all times and every time Obi-Wan as much as sniffled or swayed a bit in place, he could feel the poor captain’s anxiety rise.
He knew why.
He knew why the entire 501st got so antsy about him.
He wasn’t ignorant after all and while he didn’t feel so good about making them worry, it was nice to know they cared about him, just as they had cared about Ahsoka before she left.
Pressing his face to Anakin’s side, feeling his head throb a bit, Obi-Wan let the conversation around him buzz as he tried to meditate standing, Anakin’s warm arm wrapped protectively around him.
If the bridge and the conversations grew a bit quieter without the tired and healing padawan noticing it, well… no one could say that the Jedi and troopers didn’t care about younglings and tried to indulge them as best they could in these hard times.
Honestly the more I think about Din trying to give Bo-Katan the darksaber in the finale the more hilarious it is to me, because it’s literally the worst thing he could have done to her in that situation.
In a room full of witnesses that can spread rumors, he literally just straight up said he doesn’t want the thing and that she can have it, and now that rumor is going to color any future interaction they have no matter how it goes. They could have some massive epic duel months later with Bo-Katan winning, and everyone would still think he simply just let her win.
He pretty much just permanently invalidated any attempt she could ever make for the throne and did it by complete accident. And that’s absolutely goddamn hilarious to me.
Maul finds a wounded Obi-Wan and decides to help him
«I have to say, I never expected you to come to my rescue, Maul.»
Obi-Wan received a glare, before the former sith replied, «It would not have been satisfying to kill you in this pathetic state. That is the only reason I’m helping you»
«Well, I appreciate it nevertheless,» Obi-Wan said, shivering a little from the cold that had pierced through his clothes. He glanced at Maul, who wasn’t well dressed for the weather at all, wearing a poncho in place of a jacket. «Aren’t you a bit cold in those clothes?»
Rex: I protest! Whatever those individuals will say, you are the best!
Windu: What’s going on?
Kenobi: I’m afraid they are drunk.
Rex: Even if you throw me away over and over again, you stay the best general ever!
Cody: No! It’s you, master Kenobi! Don’t listen to them! Even if you forget me all the time for hours, you’re the best of all.
Wolffe: Rubbish!
Wolffe: General Plo Koon! You’re the best fa… chief. Because I have absolutely nothing to blame you for.
Rex/Cody: …
Wolffe: Ah! Nailed it!
Bly: Tss! Everyone knows that the best of all, it’s the general Secura. Because…
Wolffe/Rex/Cody: …
Rex: If it’s you, it doesn’t count.
Bly: Why not?!
Wolffe: Because you’re in love with her.
Bly: No! It’s false! It’s completely false! Don’t listen to him, my lady.
Bly: Anyway, it’s impossible!
Cody: But, wait. Don’t we have interrupted something?
Windu: We were in a middle of High Council Jedi meeting.
Bly/Wolffe/Rex/Cody: o________O
Wolffe/Cody/Bly/Rex: Sorry! Pardon! Excuse-us! Sorry! We are leaving! We are not there anymore!
Bly: It’s false!
Rex/Wolffe: BLY!
Secura: Well, that would explain a lot of things.
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It took me ages! So much references needed (sorry if it’s burning your eyes, I didn’t have all the colors needed and the paper has strange reactions with some of my pencils).
Well, here is what happened when you are stuck in a middle of cat fight between drunk brothers. XD
So much references needed (sorry if it’s burning your eyes, I didn’t have all the colors needed and the paper has strange reactions with some of my pencils).
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