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[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

After talking to Ben, Luke had decided to go to the Jedi Temple and practice some of his lightsaber forms, working off some of the energy that had built up with a full night of sleep and a healing trance besides.  As well as to calm his mind, keep it focused; he had the sense that they were standing on the brink, watching the storm come swiftly in, and knew that he and the other Jedi would need to get together and work things out, checking in with all of them.

Focus.  Feel the Force, let it flow through you.

His green blade sliced through the air, leaving glowing trails behind, concentrating on those first teachings Obi-Wan had given to him on the Falcon, many years ago.  And gradually, Luke slipped into a sort of trance, the Force wrapping around him and supporting every simulated parry, every practiced strike.

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[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Even in his rage, Vader sensed Luke's presence and the perfect waves of the Force that gently radiated from him, sensed the immaculate shapes made by Luke's shifting katas.

It was a shame that he spoiled it all by crashing through the door and shouting.

"Just what do you think you are doing here?! Do you have any idea what this is?!"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Startled out of his near-trance, Luke blinked a couple times to clear his head. "It's the Jedi Temple. I like coming here, it reminds me of home."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"I burnt this place to the ground!" Vader howled, gesturing sharply with one hand and shaking a few flakes of dust from the ceiling. "I did it so you would never have to come here! It is a center of lies! Of deceit! Why would you choose to come to this place when I created an entire Galaxy for you of only good things?!"

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha had made herself move this day. It was slow progress, but she was working her muscles back into shape despite the lingering ache from various bruising and injury. She would be well healed in a few days, yet. Perhaps enough to spar.

But not this day.

Her feet found her at the jed-Eye temple and she sat to watch Luke, drinking in the way he fought, as eager as ever to learn even if her own blade would not be firm when she held it now.

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After a moment, Luke felt the tickle of another presence against his senses, another Jedi. Letting himself slowly come out of it, he held a final pose for a moment, then deactivated his blade and pushed hair out of his eyes with a big grin.

"Arha!" Walking over and taking his friend up in a hug--one not as tight as it could be, considerate of any injuries she had left. "It's so good to see you up and about. How are you doing?"

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"I am healing nicely--it is mostly the ribs that ache," Arha said with a grin, hugging him back and cupping his cheek for a moment. He was better, such was a good thing. "Thank you for helping me heal and making sure I was safe, you and Mara both. I am pleased to see my X-Wing is still in one piece as well. I will have much to do in order to get her running properly. I think I shall reinforce the stabilizer. It came off much too easily."

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

The shape of Luke's moving meditation was a balm to the soul.

When Qui-Gon had died, Obi-Wan had known what to do next; Anakin's training was both duty and legacy. When Siri had died, again the then-Padawan Skywalker had been his focus. Follow orders, train your student. Carry on.

But now, with everything that had been Anakin dead...Obi-Wan hardly knew where to turn.

He simply closed his eyes and let Luke's Force-presence wash over him, waiting patiently for his exercise to finish. When it was done, He smiled wanely at his once and future student.

"Hello, Luke."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke let the Force spiral out from him, dying down like the last puff of breeze on a summer morning, and deactivated his lightsaber so he could go over to the man he looked up to the most, and not risk chopping off anything vital.

"Master Kenobi," he said, grinning as he bowed respectfully. "I'm glad to see you're all right."

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm more difficult to kill than that," he teased, knowing full well that Luke had seen the extent of his skills against the holo-grievous, "You seem well. How is..."

Ben. Mara. Arha.

...Vader.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

Hiccup watched. He watched and was amazed, because Luke had a sword.

He had a sword.

That was also a LASER.

It was a LASER SWORD.

IT WAS A SWORD MADE OF LASERS.

He didn't know how it was made, or its particular significance. All that he knew, with absolute certainty, was that short of Toothless and the existence of girls, it was the coolest thing to ever exist.

EVER.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

It was hard to miss such enthusiasm, even if the source wasn't a Jedi and thus didn't give amplification to their feelings in that respect. It was enough to make Luke break from his practice at the end of a series of movements and deactivate the blade, looking around a moment before he spotted Hiccup.

"Hello, there!" he greeted, smiling.

[i-saw-myself.livejournal.com]

"Hi. Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. It's just..." He has no idea how to explain.

"Your sword."

Yeah, no idea.

"You have a sword. That's made of light."

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

And here's another person interested in Luke's nifty laser sword.

Koishi had seen a lot of people fight with swords. It was only natural, being a traveller in what was pretty much feudal-era Japan. But she had never seen a sword like that, so instead of continuing her aimless wandering of this building she hasn't explored yet, she stood off to the side to watch Luke, a look of curiosity on her face.

Should Luke snap out of the trance he had fallen into and notice her, he might notice something very strange: he can't sense her at all. There's no hint of Force, or energy, or anything coming from this girl. it was almost as if she wasn't even there.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

There were very few instances where a Jedi would be unable to sense someone in the Force. Even baseline representatives of each species had a particular resonance in the Force. For there to be nothing and yet unmistakably a being in that place could mean they were under the sphere of influence of a ysalamir... or they were of the Yuuzhan Vong.

And when Luke whirled in that direction, the point of his lightsaber describing an arc in the air, he could see this being was neither a Vong nor carrying one of the Myrkr-originating lizards. It was for that reason he did not turn his practice strike into a real one, but instead deactivated his lightsaber and stood still a moment, looking at the young woman and catching his breath.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there," he said, smiling a bit as curiosity took over. "Hi."

[thirdeyeclosed.livejournal.com]

"It's okay!" The girl replied, semingly unfazed by the lightsaber swinging in her direction. She actually moved forward, leaning down a bit so she could get a better look at the device.

"That's a pretty cool sword. I've seen swords and lasers that kind of look like swords, but never a laser sword. How do you do it?"

[starlightace]

Nanoha was a bit of a workaholic, which meant that any time spent resting and recuperating was too much time spent resting and recuperating. So there she was in her office at the Jedi Temple - one arm in a sling and quite clearly bruised all along her neck and face - trying to get her notes in order so that she could better write up a report of what she'd learned in the fight against the Ohm.

But as she heard the hum of a lightsaber from outside, she couldn't help but go inspect - it was Luke, of course, obviously in the middle of practice. Using her magic to fly was a bit painful, but she didn't want to interrupt him, so she stood quietly and watched as he went through his motions. It was elegant and even beautiful, in a way.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke could sense Nanoha's approach--a combination of her presence and the particular feel her powers had in the Force--and with a final whirl of his blade in a tight figure-eight, he finished the set he was on and deactivated his lightsaber, clipping it onto his belt as he turned toward his friend.

"Hey, Nanoha!" he said, grinning--though that turned into a look of concern when he saw her injuries. "How are you? You okay?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku had been busy in the Medbay. Between talking to Steve in quarantine, and helping as best as she'd been able to with Dr. Sera, but had found herself looking for another person. She hesitated at the Temple, watching Luke work. Maybe she should say something.

Talk.

Anything but sit there and stare. Still, she wanted to thank Luke for helping Steve. Miku cleared her throat, "Luke-s... Luke?"

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He paused, then relaxed from the form he'd been in and deactivated his lightsaber, smiling kindly at Miku. Watching her and Steve together, Luke had decided that she would be really good for Steve, especially right now.

"Hey there, Miku," he said. "How's it going?"

[jaded-jedi.livejournal.com]

He knew she was there from the touch she brushed against his mind, but she didn't speak, didn't want to interrupt him. Instead she just leaned against a column and watched him go through his exercises.

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Luke smiled, stopping in the middle of the form he was practicing to walk over and brush his fingers across his wife's cheek, and brush his mind against hers, like nuzzling without touching. "Hey," he said, smiling. A silly smile of a farm boy in love.

"How are you doing?"

[favoredfire.livejournal.com]

There was only one time before now, one dread-filled, quiet time, when Leia had seen her brother with his lightsaber. She'd caught him practicing steps like this on board the Falcon in the weeks before Han's rescue on Tatooine. Now, she watched with bittersweet pride swelling up.

It still hurt her heart to think about how much older Luke was here. It felt like she'd somehow broken her promise to herself to keep him safe, as silly as that was.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Leia was the one other person he would and did stop in the middle of a form for, deactivating his green-white blade and smiling at her. It boggled his mind to think of Leia as young as she was now, but at the same time he felt perversely glad; she hadn't had to endure the pain of losing Anakin yet. Or of losing Jacen to the Dark Side.

"Hi," he said, smiling and going over, though he doubted she'd want to hug him in his present sweaty condition. "How's it going, Leia?"

[thewunderkind]

"That is one impressive laser pointer, teeheehee." Lash had seen some of the Jedi use them during the battle and had been incredibly impressed. It didn't stop her from making fun of them, however. She couldn't help but be impressed at his fighting skills too, although she kept that to herself.

"Is it powered by some sort of green ruby?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"It's actually a synthetic green crystal," Luke said. He sat and with a twitch of his finger, the lightsaber separated into its component parts, the green crystal glinting in the dim light. "There weren't many sources of lightsaber crystals left when I was making this."