Meerkat, Isabel's Alcove B?, Wednesday afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Karate had been interesting. It was obvious she had a lot to learn, but Isabel was fairly certain she was going to enjoy the class. But for the moment, she was sitting on her bed, playing a few thousand hands of Spider Solitare and trying to refine a plan of revenge in her head.

[the curtain is open!]

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[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin sat down, curling his arms around his legs. "Yeah, things got a little...hinky. But Obi-Wan and I both walked away--under our own power, no less--so I'll count it as a win."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Makes sense to me," Isabel agreed. She tilted her head at the sight of the glove on Anakin's hand. "Why the glove? New fashion statement?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin looked uncomfortable. "Not exactly. As I said, the negotiations got a little...hinky."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"What happened? Are you okay?" she asked quietly.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," Anakin said, waving her off. "We just had to negotiate with a group of aliens who...respect strength." He stared down at his covered hand. "This was part of the ceremony." He cleared his throat. "Obi-Wan said I did very well."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

If there was one thing Isabel regretted, it was that she'd spent too many years believing Michael when he shrugged off the numerous cuts and bruises he'd turned up with because of his foster father. She raised an eyebrow.

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Part of the Jedi thing," Anakin said firmly. "Obi-Wan would never let me get hurt for no reason."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel frowned. "See, here's the thing. The word hurt is still in that sentence." Biting her lip, she wondered if she was being too pushy. But he was a friend, and that meant she could be concerned about him. "Anakin, what happened?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

He looked at Isabel. "I appreciate the concern," he said, "but really, it's fine. Just a bit of a cultural exchange that is going to sound very weird out of context, and the context took me eight solid days to learn."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Somehow the fact that you refuse to answer questions, is telling me that you're not fine," Isabel said firmly. "What happened to your hand?"

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin's lips thinnned. "I'm not going to talk about this, Isabel," he said, standing up to leave.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Fine," she said quietly. "But if you ever need to..."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin gave her a sharp nod. "I appreciate it." He tone softened. "Really. I just don't want to talk about it yet."

He tilted his head towards the voices in the common room. "See you around, though, right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel bit her lip and nodded. "Okay, sorry I pushed."

"Don't worry, I'll be around."

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin gave her a small smile, then walked towards the common room.