Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was standing on a chair in the middle of the room trying to attach what looked like a very complicated disco ball to the ceiling.

He was very interruptable.

[OOC: Contents of conversation with Alanna NFB, please!]

How Many Hearts - Travis

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara rapped gently on the door frame and hoped that she didn't accidentally startle her teacher and cause him to fall down and break his neck.

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Anakin turned around and gave Katara a small smile. "Come in," he said. "I was just finishing up a project."

He gave the ball a steady look, then flicked it to life.

Millions of points of light in varying shades spun in the room.

Anakin gave a satisfied nod.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

She looked up in wonder. "Oh! That's beautiful."

[sith_happened]

Anakin, in the center of the galaxy, gave her another smile. "It's home," he said.

Well, technically two small yellow lights in the back corner of the room represented home.

He walked over to his desk, stopping only for a heartbeat to look at a small blue star right by his chair, and waved Katara to a chair. "How are you doing this week?" he asked.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"In the lights?" she asked, not understanding what the lights represented. Katara continued looking around as she came into the room and sat down.

"I'm fine, thank you. How are you?" She might have been a bit worried about him after class on Monday.

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose looked in and smiled. She leaned on the door jamb, crossed her arms and said, "So, you startin' a dance club in your office?"

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"Bringing the actual galaxy into my office would be impractical," Anakin said. "I think this version is a little prettier."

Avoiding her question?

Like a pro.

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Anakin smiled back. "Not exactly."

He stopped tweaking some of the parts and flipped the machine on. Tens of thousands of points of light scattered through the room.

"It's my home galaxy," he explained.

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara looked at him in surprise. "This is the galaxy?"

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Anakin nodded, proud of himself. "Well, the stars, anyway," he said. "Adding planets just clutters it up."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Oh." All the jokes Rose formulated fell unsaid when she saw the holographic representation. It was... it was almost as good as being back there again. She approached one star system as if to touch it.

Awe. Wonder and and an almost supplication was written across Rose's face.

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"Hoth system," Anakin said with a nod at the star almost in her hand. "Totally skippable."

He shrugged. "I had a bit of time on my hands."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Rose laughed, "Yeah, a bit of time." She drew her hand away, "You're as worse as the Doctor. So, what's the best system to visit this time of the year?"

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Pain flashed momentarily in Anakin's eyes as he moved to the star closest to his desk.

The positioning was not a coincidence.

"Naboo," he said.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory tapped on the door after she closed the library, holding two cups. The bruises she had sported on Tuesday were now turning some lovely shades of yellow and green and pink along the edges of the purple, which Rory figured was a good thing. Hopefully."

[southernbender.livejournal.com]

"Oh," she repeated softly. "Where are we? In the...galaxy."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

"Naboo," Rose rolled the word around her mouth. "Short, sweet, I like it." She waded through the field of stars and brushed her hand across the system.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna knocked on the door, shifting Faithful in her arms.

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Anakin turned immediately to face her, his expression switching to a worried one Rory would recognize.

"Hi," he said, trying to smile.

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Anakin turned and smiled at Alanna. "Hi, stranger," he said, stepping down off of the stool.

No nervous look towards Faithful. Nope. Move along.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"I look like crap because I'm healing," she immediately said. "Are you going to be getting a leisure suit and cranking Donna Summers in here?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Faithful? Was fascinated by the clasp on Alanna's bag. "Hey there. So I'm guessing the rumors of your death were highly exaggerated?" Alanna asked with a grin.

[sith_happened]

"Out the door and around the corner," Anakin said. "This is my home galaxy, not this one."

He pointed towards the star system nearest the door. "That's the closest you can get to here."

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Anakin hid a flinch.

"It's beautiful in the spring," he said. "It's beautiful all the time."

[rose-bad-wolf.livejournal.com]

Too engrossed in the moment Rose didn't notice anything amiss but she did turn away and pointed to another system, "And that? What's that called?"