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[sith_happened]

Even though the Republicans had decided against the straw poll in Iowa this year, the call of Presidential candidates stuffing phallic-shaped fried hot dogs into their mouths was too much for Rory's editors to resist and she was going to be spending the rest of the summer shifting between Iowa and New Hampshire following the tools. Er, highly qualified clown car of idiots.

...Anakin really needed to rein in his internal monologue.

ANYWAY, since Rory was going to be out of town for the rest of the summer and all of the good children's camps in the DC Metro area had been booked since said children were fetuses, Anakin was heading up to Connecticut to spend time annoying Rory's grandparents and seeing his wife when she was in New Hampshire.

So he was packing up his office for the next six weeks, running his hand periodically over the stubble of hair that was growing back now that Jaina's wedding was over.

[OOC: Open if you want to catch Anakin before the fall!]

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[saddeserthermit]

"Packing, Anakin?"

Obi-Wan's voice drifted in, casual and curious.

[sith_happened]

Anakin glanced up, looking a little guilty. "Only for the next few weeks. Rory's going to be out of town."

[saddeserthermit]

"What will you be doing?" Obi-Wan asked.

Perhaps he should return to Tatooine - see about the boy.

Perhaps.

[sith_happened]

"Watching Juliet and Chris and wondering why summer camps apparently filled up last February," Anakin said.

[saddeserthermit]

"Is there some kind of rise in popularity for these camps?" Obi-Wan asked. "Or did you merely forget to check?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin's cheeks heated, a sure clue of the second one.

"How hard can it be to camp?" he demanded instead. "The students are doing it right now."

[saddeserthermit]

"You gave them a large amount of building materials and told them to build their own shelter," Obi-Wan pointed out mildly.

[sith_happened]

"Character building," Anakin said, "and significantly better than the bouncy castles from a few years back."

[saddeserthermit]

"It also means the camping drains rather less resources than, say, a more elaborate affair," Obi-Wan said.

[sith_happened]

"It's like you've met the school board," Anakin said, all faux-wonder.

[saddeserthermit]

"Unlike, presumably, the camps you wanted to send your children to," Obi-Wan said blandly.

He wasn't judging you or anyone else, Anakin. Really.

... Much.

[sith_happened]

"Well, I was looking for more in a day camp for extremely special children so that their daddy doesn't have to watch animated cartoons until he goes insane," Anakin said. "Apparently so is everyone else."

[saddeserthermit]

"Well," Obi-Wan said, "I believe you are the one who frequently insists you enjoy being a father."

Unlike Obi-Wan, who was VERY HAPPY just to be the crazy uncle, thank you very much.

[suitably_heroic]

"Oh, space," Atton cackled, poking his head in. "The squirrels weren't lying!"

[sith_happened]

"About what?" Anakin said, running his hand over his head again.

[suitably_heroic]

"The hair," Atton said, pointing at his own just in case Anakin wouldn't know what he was talking about. "You look like a walking cueball!"

[sith_happened]

"I do not," Anakin retorted.

This was...not true.

[suitably_heroic]

"Oh, you do," Atton said. "This is priceless. Wait, hold on, I need to go get my phone..."

[sith_happened]

"I do not look that stupid!"

Anakin was so, so wrong.

[suitably_heroic]

Atton held up one hand while he rummaged for his phone with the other one.

Then he held up the phone and snapped a picture.

And another one.

"Oh, yeah you do," he cackled.

[sith_happened]

"I hate you so much," Anakin declared.

[suitably_heroic]

"What happened?" Atton said, lowering his phone. "The wife finally give in and set fire to your head with a blowtorch?"

[sith_happened]

"I had to attend my granddaughter's wedding and not be made as the guy who'd wrecked the galaxy for the better part of two decades," Anakin said, "but Rory made her opinions about the new look very clear."

[suitably_heroic]

"I'm kind of sad I missed the 'reflects the lights as he passes by' phase you must have had," Atton mused, "Though the peach fuzz is hilarious."

[sith_happened]

"You just wish you could pull this off."

Anakin, you were in no way pulling this off.