Katas by the beach [Open]

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate was dressed in a swim suit for some swimming in a bit. The idea of cool and real water against the skin was a delight. She had already had finished much of the shopping she wished to, and now it was good to relax at the beach. Though before swimming she wanted to do some stretches. Though this turned into going into some of the katas she had learned from her martial arts part of her training. The sand felt good against her feet, as she smoothly turned, and went through the motions and positions.

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[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader had to vacate his beachside sulking chair, and was now watching the young girl and scowling (as usual).

He didn't say anything, just watched to make sure she wasn't a Jedi.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Nope, baseline human. Just very well trained and skilled.

Kate turned, going through her forms. She then tilted her head. Ok, staring from somebody who looked pretty creepy. So she narrowed her eyes as she stared back.

"Creepy much?"

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader shrugged.

"You are alone on the beach and practicing a unique style of martial arts. You could very well be in danger of attack. I am keeping an eye on you."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate just gave him a look at that, "If I'm practicing a form of martial arts, wouldn't that also imply I could probably defend myself? Which I can."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"Not if a carrier ship filled with a thousand droids appeared on the horizon."

What? It could happen. It's happened before.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate considered it, "Ok, yeah a thousand would be pushing it. Not without my arrows. If it was a even dozen or maybe 20, sure."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader was still looking out over the ocean, scowling.

"This is a terrible place to be in event of an attack. I thought we were at war?" He shook his head. CRAZY KIDS.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"It's called a vacation? Even guys and girls in the service get leave to de-stress after all."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"From what? What could possibly be causing stress to these...soldiers? Thus far I have only done battle with Kenobi, and briefly at that," Vader scowled. He was in the shit.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Boy are you new," Kate shook her head at that, and ticked off on her fingers.

"Since I've been awake? Giant alien bugs, Yeerks, Zombies, Pirates, and the Nightmare King. Sorry you've been missing all the fun," she dryly added.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader frowned.

"Indeed, it is unfortunate. That sounds like a more appropriate way to...'relieve stress'."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunate? You think people getting seriously hurt, or even dying is just unfortunate?" Kate stared at him, very tempted to get angry, correction, she was already getting angry, or at least annoyed. No, she was tempted to slap him.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"It happens often enough in my world. Do you live in a galaxy that has conquered death?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate thought about that for a moment, "Not exactly... most people still die. Some heroes come back, some don't." Briefly thinking of ones like Goliath, Cap, the Wasp... the list went on. There would be no return for her mother, things just didn't work that way.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"Then it is foolish to be surprised when people die in a war," Vader replied, harshly. "They have assembled a group of children to do their fighting."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate glared back at that, her blue eyes sparking with anger.

"I'm not surprised, but I'm not so callous to write it off when it does. It shouldn't happen. And this isn't the first war I've fought in. There were plenty back home too, and we so called children can hold our own better than you so called grown ups think."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"If I am callous, then it is only the result of years of experience," Vader said, now openly taunting her. "And I have faced children made soldiers- they are no better than slaves."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me? No, no. No. This was our choice. Ok, not the whole thing with Stacy, but what I was before? We wanted this. We wanted to make a difference and help others. Granted some of the wars weren't our idea either, but we could have stayed out of it. We chose not to."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader just shook his head. "A world with a police force of children can never be anything but constantly at war. Total anarchy."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Uh no, actually that was some of the grown ups on my world that we were fighting alongside with. They needed us to keep it from getting worse."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"There is no such thing as good and evil- only power. You were manipulated by them for their own gain," Vader said. "I have seen it before."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate snorted at that, "I'll agree maybe there was some of it in the first one, the second? We were all defending our home planet. Biiiig difference there."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"One planet is utterly significant in the scheme of things. Wars do not hinge on the win or loss of a single world," he said.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"When it's beings from one other planet who are only invading yours? Yeah, it kind of is."