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LANDO CALRISSIAN

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NONAH #002

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"You've reached the personal comm unit of Lando Calrissian. I'm not here right now, so leave a message."

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[carbonfrozen]

[So just after this conversation:]

bet you a coffee I can keep the cab from breaking down for a week

[Han it is half past one in the morning.]

[bespin]

[ Lucky for you Han, Lando hasn't gone to bed yet. ]

You always start late night conversations this way?

Even the fancy expensive coffees they have here aren't worth that bet.

[carbonfrozen]

nah, I've got a lot of ways to start them, just ask Luke and Chewie.

also, have a little faith in me, I've figured out how to keep the suspension from getting all kriffed up. besides, I fixed the Falcon up.

[With Chewbacca's help.]

[bespin]

Is this what I've been missing all these years? Remind me to fall out of your life more often.

Fine. Keep that hunk of junk running for a week, I'll buy you whatever triple-venti-whipped-mocha-whatever you want.

[carbonfrozen]

yeah but then you'd miss out again, and it's not like I can comm Luke all the time or Chewie at all

great. if it breaks down anyway I'll buy you drinks for a month

[bespin]

Luke's here? That's the first I've heard.

[ On the one hand, it'll be good to have the Jedi around if anything comes to a head. On the other, Lando feels bad that yet another friend is stuck on this rock. ]

You sure know how to make a deal sound worth taking.

[carbonfrozen]

he just got here, around the same time this sleeping virus started

it is worth taking, come on, you think I didn't pick up some new tricks since the last time we met?

[bespin]

So does this place have a thing for people from the Alliance or is it just random somehow?

Did you see that Anakin guy on the network? A Jedi with Luke's last name? What's his story?

I think until you can make these wannabe speeders break the atmosphere, it'll take a lot to impress me.

[carbonfrozen]

yeah there's a lot more of us from the Alliance now, but there's two from the Clone Wars now and I have no idea how far back this Revan guy's from

and yeah, he's Luke's dad, just twenty years younger. should ask Luke if you want any more details [because Han doesn't really want to talk about Bespin right about now.]

challenge accepted

[Which means Han is going to be buying so many drinks for Lando.]

[bespin]

There's more of us than I thought. Sounds like you've really got your ear to the ground.

Why am I worried all of a sudden? I'll be reading it in the news: Import dies in fiery crash.

[carbonfrozen]

porter seems to like our galaxy a lot, who's to say it won't drag in an Imp next?

[Or Leia, or even Chewie. Even if Han personally would rather not wish being stuck on this dustball on either of them.]

or somebody from our future.

I'm not going to crash.

[bespin]

Maybe that would be a good thing. Drag the Emperor himself, cut off the Empire's leadership back home.

No, I'd hope you'd bail before the inevitable crash happened.

[carbonfrozen]

who knows, we might even get lucky and he'd have a completely useless ability. how long has it been since he washed that robe? the stink could be a superpower all on its own

but if it could drag in the Emperor it could drag in somebody from higher up in the Rebellion and we'd have a problem.

true, wouldn't want to be experienced in dying [Near-death is fine, apparently.]

[bespin]

Guess we'll just have to wait and see who comes in, and what useless abilities they have.

No, I'd prefer not to lose the closest friend I've got on this rock.

[carbonfrozen]

[That's.

Han has to set his device down for a second, because that is honestly not what he was expecting. Not out of Lando, even if Lando is also one of his closest friends on this mudball.

It's a good thing this is text because there is no other way Han could wipe this stupid dumb smile off his face.]

you won't, I promise

hope it's not Sana

[Text]

[faithfulson]

[ At a much more sane hour, Lando gets treated to a series of screenshots of a certain conversation, followed by: ]

:)

[bespin]

Glad to know Han's got someone who can give as well as they get.

How are you doing, kid?

[faithfulson]

I'll take going against the Jedi Code for one day of sleep.

I'm all right. Sorry I haven't contacted you before this. Everything slammed at me as soon as I stepped off the porter.

[bespin]

Yeah, that sleeping sickness threw us all for a loop.

[ Gave Lando a few ideas for business opportunities, but that's not really relevant. He's not going to bore Luke with that stuff. ]

From what I hear, the porter has taken a liking to people from our corner of the galaxy. Skywalkers in particular.

[ AKA yes, he heard Anakin's your dad, and he wants deets. ]

[faithfulson]

Yeah, especially when a certain someone still tries to work while falling asleep behind the wheel.

[ Speaking of; Luke paused to let out a groan before answering. ]

How much did Han tell you?

[bespin]

Of course he did.

He told me Anakin's your dad, and to ask you if I wanted to know more.

[faithfulson]

[ Well, it's pretty obvious just by looking at them that they're related. And Luke knew he had to tell people eventually, especially when the inevitable happened and Anakin started acting more like Vader, but he just wasn't ready for it. He still had nightmares of that moment in the Cloud City vent shaft; this wasn't how he wanted to deal with it. ]

Yes he's my father. You became aquainted with him at Cloud City.

[bespin]

Promise you, kid, you were the only Jedi who ever came to Cloud City.

[faithfulson]

I was the only Jedi.
Not the only Force user.

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[carbonfrozen]

[Right after this exceedingly painful talk with Luke, at maybe eleven PM:]

Hey, Lando? You know that guy calling me and Luke out on the network? [A long sigh.] Seems like he's my future kid.