Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday - Evening

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The night is for terrible things, not the day, silly narrative revelers. Especially when the night is clear, warm, and filled with the sizzling sounds of sssssamba! It might be Lent now, but it's still Rio, and it's still Friday. Time for dancing on the sand, in the clubs, and if you think there's no dancing in the streets anymore, you must be walking down the wrong street. Turn left by the man with the saxophone; drop a tip in his hat and he'll tell you where to go from there.

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[OCD: Rooms / Cipriani Restaurant / Pool / Bar do Copa / Platforma Samba / Restaurants and Clubs / Elsewhere / Daytime / OOC / My mom ]

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Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"Sith are generally considered evil," Ben said, nodding.

And, glancing at Topher's face, founding himself very glad he hadn't started with the story about how his cousin had tortured him for a few days, or what Tahiri had done after giving him the scar on his back.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

Topher hesitated. "Is that what your dad is? Ender said -- it was 'cause of him."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"Dad's not a Sith," Ben said vehemently. "He's just a little...focused on the endgame."

Whatever that would be.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"So he let you get hurt?"

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"It wasn't really a 'let'," Ben said, frowning hard. "He'd been beaten up too--knee injury, throat problems, someone'd tried to set him on fire--"

Ben's galaxy was so much fun.

"He would have helped if he could."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"Oh," Topher said, nodding a little. "Um. Sorry. I didn't mean... sorry."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"It's okay," Ben said. "You didn't know."

And Ben would only allow criticism of his father from one person.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"But. Um. You always... go, Ender said. Even though you get hurt a lot?" Topher bit his lip. "That's a Jedi thing. Right?"

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"He's not just my dad," Ben said. "He's also the boss."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"But... it's like with Tony," Topher said. "With the... almost getting killed and stuff. Sucks."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben shrugged. "I'm not afraid of dying," he said, absolutely sincere, "as long as it's for a good reason."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

Topher frowned. "Yeah, but... I mean. You're cool. So."

Eloquent, Topher.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"Thank you?" Ben said, looking a little confused.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

Topher wrung his hands a little, uncomfortable. "I mean. So. Don't, um, die."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"I'm not planning on it," Ben said with a quick smile.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"Good," Topher said, looking more than a little relieved. "Because -- yeah. Friends. And."

Not a sentence.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"I'm not going home after graduation," Ben said. "I'm going with Ender."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"Oh."

Topher looked... well, a little surprised, but not a lot. He'd barely ever known Ben and Ender before they'd started dating, and even before that, he'd never known them to be especially separable. So.

"That's okay, then," he decided, totally seriously. "So -- is that, like, space?"

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

"Really slow space," Ben said. "It takes his galaxy years to get anywhere."

And conversation successful turned, maybe?

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"Peter told me," Topher shared. "About how his sister's going to take forever to actually get places."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben nodded. "He won't see her again because of the way time will work for him," he said quietly. "It'll take us three years or something, but it'll be fifty years on their Earth, maybe more."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"Oh." Topher bit down on a knuckle. "So -- we're not gonna see you guys after you leave, then."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben bit his lip. "We're not sure," he admitted. "Fandom runs differently sometimes."

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[dollpocalypse]

"But Peter's world runs like ours," Topher pointed out, looking almost concerned. "Kenzi and I were there, and it was... like, the same as here, I think. And Ender's should be the same. So if fifty years go by on his Earth..."

Topher sometimes thought he knew everything. Fancy that.

Re: Room 328 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

Ben shrugged. "I'm trying not to think about it."

It was kind of a theme with him.