Private Catching Up

[Madalena Antares]

Josh Dragovalor​

Madalena said nothing while Josh spoke, letting his words come out without interruption from her end. The playground was large enough for Jason and Baal to just dash through and enjoy, leaving the two near human adults to their own devices. She knew that Josh would always want to keep an eye on Jason, just as she knew that Josh would never find a better babysitter than Baal. The giant wolf adored children, and she could probably guess that he was talking to him as well. Perhaps not right at that instant, but generally.

"There are others with a similar goal," she pointed out, "There is a Jedi Order, with a peace station or something like that. Last I heard they were somewhere in the Core, and I'm pretty sure you could discover their exact location if you poked around a bit."

Sighing, she led him to a small stall in the corner of the playground, one that was obviously a trap as it sold things like ice cream and other sweets that children loved at way too high prices. But it also had coffee. Madalena ordered two mugs for her and Josh.

"There are people outside of the Silvers and the Jedi Order who also hold the same beliefs, misguided as they are," she grinned, "Just because you have the same macro-goal, doesn't mean you should enslave yourself to them. I'd say Jason deserves better, but I think you're the one that deserves better. You've given enough of your life and your soul to these people who can't even be arsed to poke you for missions? Enough's enough. Either tell them to step up, or find other ways to hit the same goal."

Madalena leaned into Josh with her shoulder. THere was no anger in her words, no ill intent. The two could disagree on what was good or bad until kingdom come, but she still wanted the best for him. And the Silvers… She did not believe they were.And though no one would say Josh couldn't be stubborn, she knew how to be that as well.

"I love you, Josh," she smiled, "You're my best friend. So stop this lightside martyrdom."

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

"I've actually tried" He revealed. He knew she was right in some ways, though he ignored the "lightside martyrdom" comment for the time being. "I've looked into it. I joined these... Wardens of Light or something. A few meetings, and then... Nothing. Not a word. Just disappeared. Poof. This happens often with these smaller sects. They start, they die. Don't have the will to follow through. Silver Jedi's been a decent enough safety net to keep doing things when I'm not having luck, but... Yeah."

He shrugged his shoulders, letting out a sigh as he kept an eye on Jason. Jason was looking up to the slide with interest, though also a bit of hesitation since he hadn't been near one of them before. "You slide down them, Jason!" He called to the child, who blinked a few times before starting to climb up the stairs. Josh got to his feet.

"I don't see it as any sort of martyrdom. I'm doing what I can for my goals right now, with current circumstances. And I think part of me deep down hopes they'll shape up like they used to" He brought up. "Hell. I can deal with not being on the Assembly anymore, even if my unwarranted removal sticks in my craw and sets in to me that years of service to the Assembly meant nothing. But I'd just like to be doing things."

Perhaps she was right. Perhaps he did need to get more proactive with it. He would walk over to the end of the slide and motion for Jason to slide down so he could catch him.

Madalena Antares

 

[Madalena Antares]

Josh Dragovalor​

Her eyes were glued to Jason and his movements around the playground as Josh answered her questions. Madalena sighed. She knew it wasn't an easy subject. It never had been. Her opinions on the matter, however, were incredibly firm.

"If they were ever going to shape up like they used to, they'd have done it by now," she pointed out, and kept herself from saying any further. She had done her best to be gentle with her words, but she knew that to speak more of it would make her words brutal. Too brutal, to give a friend. Especially when there was no need; the point had been delivered and she didn't wanna keep pressing.

When Josh walked over to Jason she started giggling. While Josh made ready to grab Jason, Madalena herself quickly ran around the slide and climbed it as well, fully intent on sliding after him.

"Catch me, Josh!" she shrieked like a child, and with a roar of laughter, sat herself down.

Only she didn't slide.

Her butt was too big, and it was wedged between the slide's edges now.

Madalena grinned, and gave Josh and Jason the most innocent shrug she could muster.

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

"I know. I'm not exactly happy with the changes, but the galaxy is changing. I can either cry about it, or I can live with it and just make the best of what's in front of me until something better comes along" he pointed out. There was no use in spending all his time moping over it. The best he could do was take the good with the bad and keep moving forward. There wasn't much more that could be done, so unless she had another point to make, that seemed to be the end of it. He had made his motivations very clear.

Jason slid down and into Josh's arms, and they laughed a bit as Madalena tried to slide down herself. Josh wasn't in too much of a hurry to place Jason down when she told him to catch her. He knew what was about to happen. When her shaped rear end predictably didn't slide down, he smirked lightly as he placed Jason down.

"I'm coming up there to kick your posterior down that slide" he half-joked as he started to make his way to the staircase. Might as well try and get her out somehow.

Madalena Antares

 

[Madalena Antares]

Josh Dragovalor

"Bring it!" Madalena shouted at Josh just before falling into another bout of laughter. She wedged her thighs ever so slightly, but she was still firmly in place. It didn't worry her too much; there was quite literally nothing keeping her from folding her legs up and just standing, but the entire situation provided too much opportunity to let it slide.

Looking to Jason, she waved, still very happily.

When Josh arrived at the top, she turned around, grinning like a kitten who'd just found a saucer of milk. "Maybe if you sit on me we'll be heavy enough together to just slide down," she suggested, "Or…"

Swiftly she moved, rising from her seated position, and twisted, so that she was now facing Josh. Unless he blocked her, she would pull him to her so that they would fall together on the slide and slide their merry way all the way to the bottom.

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

He knew she could have stood up, but that was apparently not something Madalena wanted to do, so up he came. If she was going to issue a challenge, then accept he would. He wasn't one to back down from a challenge, after all. To her offer, he only smirked lightly. "Maybe if I wasn't spoken for" he interjected with all the casualness in the world.

And then she did actually get up. So she could turn the other way. Stifling a laugh when she grabbed at his hands, he decided to just go along with it and moved to the slide so he wouldn't have his arms torn off. Again. "I really was going to boot your behind down if you hadn't moved" he joked, kneeling down so he wouldn't get stuck himself as he slid down on the tips of his feet. Once they were at the end though, that was when she would quickly find her hindquarters weren't fallen towards the ground anymore.

Because at the end of the slide, he had activated Force Flight and had begun to float upwards, keeping his grip on her hands as he continued going upwards. He said nothing, only flashed her that chesire cat smile at the coup he had pulled.

Madalena Antares