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[sith_happened]

Anakin was running a little late today, having served as a Santa in Aeryn's class.

Even without the suit, he was still hearing Christmas bells everywhere. That, added to being shot this weekend (and thank you so much, creepy, dyed-hair Dean), put him in a truly excellent mood.

The door was open, though.

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[longislandiceme]

At some point in the early afternoon, there was a Bobby hovering outside the door, still dressed as if he were going on some sort of arctic expedition. Despite it being indoors.

"Um. Hello?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin glanced up from his laptop. "Hello, Bobby. Come in."

[longislandiceme]

Bobby did as ordered, a distinct aura of cold accompanying him (though it's apparently terribly important to note that he didn't so much emanate cold as lower the temperature of his immediate surroundings, thank you Wikipedia) as he did so.

"I missed class last week," in case Anakin hadn't, you know, noticed.

[sith_happened]

"I noticed," Anakin said, moving his hand up to rub his arm and giving Bobby a probing look. "What's going on?"

[longislandiceme]

"It's a funny story, in that not really funny at all kind of way," Bobby informed him. "Okay if I close the door?" He still wasn't crazy about the possibility of his status as a mutant making radio.

[sith_happened]

"Absolutely," Anakin said, nodding. "Take a seat too if you'd like."

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby shut the door and then dropped into a chair, fiddling with the sleeves on his coat for a few seconds as he tried to figure out where to start.

"Well, I guess the place to start's with the fact that I'm a mutant. I, um. Make ice. Control ice. Stuff like that. And this Loki guy decided he could use me to summon some ice trolls by sticking me in this weird machine thing. Which he did, but it also sort of... dialed my powers up to like, fifteen or something."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

It was an exhausted-looking Sookie who peeked through the door, her hands conspicuously shoved in her pockets. "Um. Master Skywalker? Do you have, um, a second, sir?"

[sith_happened]

"Of course, Sookie," Anakin said, closing his laptop down. "How can I help you?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

She tried to think of how to phrase it -- when she hadn't been sleeping last night, and had once again gone through the torment of Who and what the hell am I?, it had seemed so simple. He'd helped her with her telepathy, he could help with this.

"Something...happened, to me, and I don't know how to fix it," she said carefully, closing the door behind her.

[sith_happened]

Anakin forgot to breathe for just a second as his mind offered up a score of horrible things that could count as a "something" that happened to young girls.

"What kind of something?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Um. It's a long story?" she said, uncomfortable. "I mean, I need help, but -- a friend of mine was kidnapped last week, and he was taken to this kind of...ice palace place, and we went to get him, and there were these giant trolls. And, you know, I don't have any defensive powers, so I was kind of just keeping out of the way."

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded, having heard portions of the story from Bobby already. "And then what happened?" he asked. "Did the trolls hurt you?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "That's the thing. I -- I stopped it. I got really scared, and I was angry, and something happened. My hand did something. There was...light, or fire, or something, and the troll flew back like it'd stepped on a mine or something."

[trigons_child]

Raven peeked into Anakin's office. "I do not really want a pony," she said, though she was certain he did know that.

[sith_happened]

Anakin burst out laughing. "I guessed."

[trigons_child]

"How did Professor Sun convince you to play Santa?" Raven asked, moving into the office.

[sith_happened]

"We've known each other a very long time," Anakin said. "She hadn't mentioned the costume, only that I could help explain Christmas to her class."

[trigons_child]

Raven pressed her fingers to her lips. "Will you be seeking some sort of revenge then?" she asked.

[sith_happened]

Very likely.

"Would that be ethical of me?" he replied, eyes twinkling.

[trigons_child]

"Surely it would not be unethical if it were something equivalent meant in the same spirit," Raven said. "It would only be fair."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley knocked on the door as she entered. She looked sheepish a bit, but she had a small smile on her face.

"Hi, Master Skywalker," she greeted.

[sith_happened]

"Hayley," Anakin said, nodding his head.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"I was wonderin' something," Hayley said, pacing a little. "Like, wonderin' if you knew if there was a way I could never go home again."

[sith_happened]

"Don't go," Anakin replied promptly, feeling this to be slightly obvious. "I'm not planning on going to my home ever again."