illuminatings: (☆ i...i guess so.)
Hikari Hoshi ([personal profile] illuminatings) wrote2009-07-21 01:26 am

112 -- [locked to Luke Skywalker]

... Luke?

Um... can we talk?

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Of course, Hoshi. What's going on?

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Um... well, I work for DATS, right? Well... early last morning, I went out to mountain climb and I met someone that was on the list of known hostiles and so is someone else that I'm friends with. I... don't know what to do. Should I report where they're hiding in and risk losing them as friends or do I keep that a secret and risk getting into trouble...?

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
What kind of crimes are they wanted for?

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
The one that I can remember is blowing up a gas station for fun.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
So things that are reckless, fun to them, but could hurt many people?

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm...

[ponders this a long time.]

Well, it's quite a dilemma... the politican in me says to bring them in, they might actually hurt people the next time they try something like this. Make them be punished so that many aren't injured or killed. It's a perfectly logical course of action. But... then you'd be betraying your friendship, breaking that loyalty, and that's something that can never be fully regained.

I know you have a good heart, Hoshi, and whichever way it tells you to go will be the one that's best, no matter what decision it is. I could counsel you further on this, but this call is one you must make yourself.

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
*goes quiet for a long time but eventually responds.*

... Thank you, Luke...

I... guess if I ever want to make my own decisions that prevent trouble from going on... this is the time, right?

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, Hoshi. I wish I could give you more help, make this kind of decision for you, but if I did that I don't think you'd be content no matter what the outcome was.

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
No, don't be sorry, Luke. I'm fiercely loyal to my friends and my allies, and to break that trust over something that I know will prevent further damage is hard and difficult for me.

So... you helped me make up my mind as to what to do, so thank you.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
If there's anything I can to do help you more...

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
... I think... I need a hug. I'm... starting to cry because I... turned them in.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Hoshi... [have a big, Skywalker family hug.]

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
*Luke? She's going to be using you as a big human tissue now.*

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[just holds her as tightly as he can, the doubts whirling around his head. did he give her the right advice? did he just hurt her more?]

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
M-Maybe D-Darkness is right... Maybe he's right... I-I... I do have a dying, spewing, bleeding heart... n-no wonder this is so troublesome for me to c-comprehend... i-it's because I take people in easily a-and yet, when it comes to something like this... I choke up a-and don't know what to do...

*sniffles and then sobs more.*

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's a difficult choice to make. Even a Jedi would have trouble with it, and you're very brave to make it at all. Others would run from it.

[Can't soothe her via the Force, so he settles for rubbing her back in a calming way.]

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
S-So... I'm not a horrible person after all...?

*leans into the hug*

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you're definitely not a horrible person.

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
A-Alright...

*sniffles*

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[One last squeeze, then he stands.]

How are you feeling?

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
A little bit better... but still feel as if my heart's split in two.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you like me to stay with you? It's not much, but just having someone around can be really calming.

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
If... if you don't mind.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't. I'm here for you, Hoshi.

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...

*stands up and gives Luke a big hug.*

Thank you... just, thank you.

[identity profile] onetoretaliate.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
No problem. [hugs]

[identity profile] soul-on-light.livejournal.com 2009-07-21 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that with you, and the rest of my family and friends... I'll get through this a lot faster than just relying on my own strength.