MCA #3, Wednesday Afternoon

[uncertain_dume]

So... it was finally Kanan's turn to inherit the singing monstrosity. Which was almost fitting, in away. After all, he'd 'won' the thing by singing. Monstrously.

Kanan's time with the fish started, probably predictably, with a round of The Song That Doesn't End blaring directly into his mind, followed by a small fireworks display and a sudden vomit of glitter and confetti.

It had gotten worse from there.

He was looking slightly irritated by the time he made it to the door of his apartment, with the fish screaming Sabotage and stinking like pumpkin spice from under one armpit. He'd tried shutting it up by smashing it against a brick wall on the way - a move he'd never admit to - and the fish had healed from the damage.

So. Day one of his week with the fish had officially begun.

He could already hear his dog crying on the other side of the door.

[OOC: OPEN. COME VISIT. WHAT A FISH.]

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[spectre_alenko]

"That doesn't make him good," Kaidan said quietly, "it only makes him competent. What you described a minute ago are behaviors I would not attribute to someone who fell within my definition of 'good'."

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan was about to protest, but he stopped himself.

Kaidan would know damn well by now that if anything had him terrified, it was probably bad. Kanan would even put money on Kaidan's ability to guess about the nature of what it could have been.

"Maybe I'm trying to find a reason to believe in second chances," he said, finally.

[spectre_alenko]

The subject of the terror honestly didn't matter. Kanan could have been expressing a fear of moths, and if it had been blown off, Kaidan's sentiments would be exactly the same. Looking at someone who is obviously scared, hearing that they're scared, and blowing it off? That's not something a person with even the remotest spark of empathy and compassion does. He had certain views about people who lacked even that basic spark.

"Second chances are fine," Kaidan agreed, "Just take the Escape, and if he blows his, jettison the asshole into the sun."

[uncertain_dume]

"I'll keep that tactic in mind," Kanan replied, smiling wryly.

The 'jettison into the sun' thing seemed a little extreme for a few reasons including but not limited to the fact that if Kanan so much as twitched in that direction, it would probably be his own ass getting jettisoned. But it seemed like a solid enough plan otherwise.

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan didn't do things by halves. You already knew that. Besides, he had faith in your ability to be a devious, underhanded, outright bastard if you had to be.

"It's better than the pit trap idea," Kaidan shrugged. Because it didn't involve the option of Anakin coming back without Kanan.

[uncertain_dume]

"There is that," Kanan agreed. "The pit trap would be funny for about three seconds, though."

And then he would no longer be in the pit.

[spectre_alenko]

"I wouldn't be laughing," Kaidan shrugged.

No, you'd probably be hanging in the air with your breath unable to pass the Force-choke.

Not that it would stop Kaidan from trying.

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan was about to make another quip, but decided against it.

After all, if Anakin were to come back without him, he supposed Kaidan would have reason enough to be angry.

"Fair enough," he settled on. "I'll come back, though. One way or another."

[spectre_alenko]

Angry wouldn't even come close to describing it.

"Good. Hernando'd have to cut his cupcake order in half if you weren't around, and I kind of like the variety," Kaidan replied.

[uncertain_dume]

"I wouldn't dare do that to Rosalie," Kanan said, and now he was smiling again. "I'd come back just for that, if that was the case."

[spectre_alenko]

"There you go, now we know the correct thing to put in a summoning circle for you," Kaidan said, "Cupcakes, fruit, caf."

[uncertain_dume]

"If that doesn't bring me back, nothing will," Kanan agreed solemnly.

Good call on the caf, yeah.

[spectre_alenko]

He was starting to know all your vices, Kanan. Run.

Speaking of..

"How is Hera, anyway? I haven't seen her in weeks."

[uncertain_dume]

"She wants to know what she did in order to deserve our houseguest," Kanan offered, managing by some miracle to look too goofy about her, for once. "The fish takes mercy on nobody, I guess."

[spectre_alenko]

"If she opts not to stay on her ship, she's welcome to crash at my place," Kaidan offered, "Stance, too. Chopper, you're stuck with."

It's not like he was sleeping in his bed, someone may as well get some use out of it.

[uncertain_dume]

Oh, the stinkeye.

The stinkeye.

"I'll let her know," Kanan replied, a touch dryly.

A touch.

[spectre_alenko]

"What's that look for?" Kaidan asked, frowning a little, "You said you were stuck with the fish. There's no reason Hera and Stance should suffer."

[uncertain_dume]

"Running off with Hera and the dog and leaving me with the droid," Kanan said, managing, mostly, to keep a straight face. "Oh, I know how it is, buddy."

[spectre_alenko]

"She's prettier, and Stance is friendlier, than either of you, so it's an easy choice to make," Kaidan agreed.

[uncertain_dume]

"You know, I can't even fault you for that logic," Kanan replied, reaching up and scratching at his cheek thoughtfully. "Okay, point for Kaidan, there."

[spectre_alenko]

"I'd like to see you try," Kaidan grinned, "I'd record it and send it to Hera before you even finished."

"I did offer to take the fish, first," he pointed out, "You were the stubborn one. You get to suffer for it, and Chopper possibly won't care about the fish."

[uncertain_dume]

"... Yeah, you still haven't met Chopper yet."

Chopper cared about everything.

[spectre_alenko]

"Well, then he'd be cranky at just you, instead of poor Hera and Stance," Kaidan grinned, "Not really a problem for me."

[uncertain_dume]

"And by the time Hera came back, at least one of us would probably wind up dismantled."

Not necessarily Chopper. Kanan had to sleep sometime, after all.

[spectre_alenko]

"The fish has my vote," Kaidan said dryly.