Private Gala's Secrets

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Vera giggled, "They have two things to show. Something cool they found, and the Bastion." She had a shit-eating grin on her face, knowing it meant Mom was going to be in trouble. But it wasn't too bad, she knew - Dad was never really angry with Mom. They had their arguments, sure, but there was something about them that kept them close together no matter what.

A deep kind of understanding.

"But let's go!" Vera then called out before she took her dad's hand and pulled him along.

...

"Gala huh? I... almost forgot about that planet. I took part in a huge battle there." Valery chuckled and raised a hand up through her hair while all kinds of memories resurfaced about her time there.

"I found your cool old sword though. What did you two find?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Some old pictures. A statue of you. Your holocron. The people of the world still at war. Vera did good to bring an end to the fighting, at least for the moment. We'll have to check back in soon to make sure the city folk have kept their word to the Hill People." Kahlil glanced to Vera with a grin before taking out the photos in question. And the books. And the picture of the statue.

"Sorry to say there's so much to tease you about, though, love."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Valery blinked, "...Vera stopped a war? And pictures? Wait, did you say statue? And-" she stopped the second she caught her husband grinning at Vera, and she knew she was about to get teased. After so many years of their fun little games, she knew exactly when he had something to mess with her. But this time, it seemed to be something special.

One glance at the picture of the statue before the changes, and she gasped, "My butt isn't that big..." Valery pushed her stomach forward and looked over her shoulder to check with a pout on her face. Vera just giggled loudly, snorted and decided to run off after Aris and Seszil for now. Give dad his moment to mess with mom.

Then she saw the books, and that school girl blush was all over her face again. "Please tell me Vera didn't see these. They are from a time when I had nothing else. "When I didn't have you..." she tried with a smile, hoping a sweet comment would make the teasing grin fade.

But just to be safe, an attempt at changing topics.

"...so, she stopped a war, huh?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Kahlil reached up to ruffle Valery's hair as she went the cute route of all choices. When she didn't have him, huh? By the grin on his face, that wasn't going to be enough to stop all the teasing he was going to have for her. But he would give her a break for it for now. For now. He glanced to Vera, nodding his head with a smirk.

"She did. We'll have to go back and make sure they're really going to keep the peace, but she did."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Well, he was definitely going to use what he found to tease her plenty more, but this was still a small victory to her. She got her hair messed up ruffled, sure, but he wasn't making her squirm as much as he could have with all the books and pictures.

Though some of those pictures included old friends, so seeing them...really made her smile. Partly somber, in part happy

She still missed them.

"I'm very proud of her, and we'll definitely go back there. But for now, you want to see what's in my old holocron?" She smirked.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Whatever distracts you from those snippets of your past, mm?"

He smirked, very much not going to let her forget the fact that he had, indeed, seen all the books she used to carry. No matter what the subject turned to, they'd end up talking about those. Certainly more so when Vera was long in bed. Though, he did reach out to squeeze her shoulder. He knew how much she missed them. It was good she at least had these memories to look back on.

"Holocron first."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Valery blushed enough when he teased hee again for even Vera to perk up and look at her mother's red ears and cheeks. Not that this was the first time she got all blushy over Dad, but she had been caught off-guard and was trying to even find a response that wouldn't just embarrass her even more.

"I-"

"Uhm... yeah...I mean, the holocron is really cool!" She stammered, then stopped herself and sighed before squinting at her husband. Oh she knew he was loving this. But she was going to get him back for it. She always did.

...totally.

"But holocron time!" Valery added and Vera just blinked, ans stared at her Mom like she was crazy. Then she reached out with her hand, summoned the Force and the holocron unlocked itself, revealing a young version of Valery as gatekeeper - one with a Padawan braid. She had made this holocrom before she was knighted, in her days as Senior Padawan.

The scar on her face looked far more intense.

"How can I assist? Do you wish to see training recordings? Records of recent battles? Perhaps my personal log? Or do you have any questions?" Her tone was polite, gentle, and weirdly professional. Kinda like she had been just after stasis.

Vera looked at her dad with a teasing grin.

"Mommy talks weird."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"It's been a long time since I last heard you speak like that."

Kahlil was rubbing his chin at this point, already pulled back to the memory of their first meeting. He'd never met a more Jedi like Jedi before stumbling upon her on New Cov. "I can see that you learned that from a far younger age than I thought, though. Perhaps you'll end up speaking the same way, mm Vera?" He flashed a grin down to Vera, reaching out to ruffle her hair.

"It was once Jedi regulation, I imagine. And not just how Mom used to speak."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Valery stood rigid, blinked and felt her cheeks burning when both her beloved husband and daughter pokes fun at the way she used to talk. It made her blush even more because it wasn't even all that long ago that she stopped talking like that and got far more relaxed instead. There were still some remnants of it, especially with their briefings, so it was fresh on her mind.

And boy, did Kahlil love to mess with her because of that.

"No! I don't wanna talk like that!" Vera giggled as her hair was ruffled, but when she noticed the faint pout of her mother, she rushed over and hugged herself around Valery's leg. It made her smile, and she also reached down to ruffle Vera's hair.

"Yeah we all spoke like that, but I was a little more difficult with being polite. Until the scar, which is why I'm so...timid there. A few years after this and I was seen as a cold person, a warrior and barely a Jedi to some." She let out a soft chuckle and them turned to her family.

"I want to show you guys the personal logs. If that's okay and interests you?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

He relented finally, nodding his head and smiling. He could tease her more later, but if they were going to see the more personal logs, there'd likely be some more somber tones to it all. If not by the logs themselves, then of the time had had long been lost from Valery's time in stasis. He glanced to Vera, and by extension to Aris who'd just returned with Seszil, his head tilted in some form of curiosity.

"What's going on?"

"We're going to watch some old videos of your mother. Come watch with us."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Oh dear, the whole family was-

"I'll get the triplets!" Vera ran off and returned in no-time, with three more little Nobles carefully waddling over to their parents. Of course, while squealing every step of the way for their attention. Valery just smiled, pulled Aurra in her lap, and let Aeryn climb up to her father. Adam wanted to sit in the middle and tuned in to watch as well.

"This recording is when I was a Padawan, training with my old Master." She smiled warmly. "I didn't think I'd ever see it again." She held up her hand and a projection followed of a girl with intense orange eyes, long dark-brown hair and a fiery attitude. She was dueling several training droids with an aggressive, more erratic style, and Master Dawn was watching with his arms folded in front of his chest.

"Slow it down, Valery. Stay calm, and think."

Valery didn't listen and hammered away at one droid, but failed to calculate the one coming in from behind in time. She was struck across her back, yelped and turned her arms out while she screamed. An explosive force slammed all the droids into the wall, and Valery was left standing with a smug grin.

"You would have been dead." Adam Dawn said.

"What?! I kicked their butts!"

"Language, Valery."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Kahlil sat with the others, idly keeping Aeryn entertained at least until the others were situated and ready to watch the old entry. He smirked just a bit. Yeah, that's about what he expected to see. The gremlin Valery once was on full display.

It was adorable.

"You're pretty strong with the Force even that young, huh? though a little wild." He smirked, glancing to Valery. Aris was enthralled by the display, already formulating his own attack plan if he ever had to face down the training droids like she did.

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

"A little wild, huh?" Valery smirked and looked at her husband with a look only he would understand. But there was a lot of genuine joy beyond her dirty mind as well - this holocron was perhaps the only thing with proper records of her old self as a Jedi. Though as she scrolled through entries, Valery suddenly blinked several times and put one of them away where it couldn't be accessed.

She cleared her throat, acted cool, and spread her arms to grab Aris and Vera into a hug, "I was always strong in the Force but it took a lot of time and training before I could control my chaotic energy. Unlike these two here. My Jedi Seer and duelist," she kissed them both atop their heads, and Vera whined a little.

"Mommm," she chuckled and looked at her brother to see what he thought of it.

"Do you want to see one of me as a Jedi Knight? I'll warn you though, Mom was veeery different back then."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"I think that'd be fun."

And important. Aris and Vera were all smiles and laughter at mom's embarrassing comments, but it'd be good for them to see the other side of it all. He knew about it, what had happened to change her so drastically from the firecracker she was as a Padawan. Fun probably wasn't a good word for it. Still, he reached over to ruffle Valery's hair with a smile. They could make all this fun, to accept who they were once.

Aris nodded in agreement, doing his best to not look absolutely embarrassed (He was failing) at what Valery had praised and called him. "I'd like to see it. I want to know what I have to be better then." He blinked, then cleared his throat and looked away. "I.. I mean strive for."

Kahlil snickered. "Oh? Looks like you already have a rival, Valery."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

Valery let go of Aris and Vera and shifted over to lean into her husband instead. This brought Aeryn and Aurra closer too, but Adam decided to take that as a sign to leave fast - he quickly crawled over to Vera, who held him and hugged her little brother while they waited for the next recording.

"A rival, huh?" Valery looked between Kahlil and Aris with a smirk. "Well, I did record lessons on this holocron too. So in your spare time, feel free fo to use them if you want." She smiled and even had a little happy blush on her cheeks.

Her son wanted to be just like her with blade skills, and it made her really happy.

With a wave of her hand, Valery went into the next recording, and now there was a young woman. Her eyes were intense, her scar was fresh and her tunic was almost entirely black. Seeing this younger, somewhat edgy version of herself made Valery flustered.

She knew what was coming.

With a violet blade drawn, she was up against two other Jedi Knights. They didn't really look like warriors, though in part it was because of the comparison with Valery, who at the time was hoping to become the new Battlemaster.

With the same aggression as in the former recording, but with much more contro, she parried incoming attacks and relentlessly attacked in return. The two Knights were driven back, and with a Saber Swarm, one was brought down.

"Heh, I still got it..." Valery chuckled nervously while she watched herself take down the second Jedi not much later. The duel had left her covered in sweat, and she even sat down closer to the holocron - the young Valery looked quite similar still. Aging hadn't affected her much but it was the eyes where one could really see the difference.

"If I have to work with these Jedi in the upcoming campaign, it'll be a long one, I'm afraid," the more arrogant, younger Valery said before the projection shut down.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Lessons?"

Aris perked right up on that. He would, for certain, be diving deep into those lessons. Right now, though, he turned his gaze towards the screen. Which Kahlil did the same, and did his best not to laugh. It seemed Valery was just as edgy as he was when they were both young. Perhaps their past selves could've been good friends. Well, if they weren't trying to kill each other anyway. Though he did raise a brow right up at the last little line from the young Valery.

"You're a lot edgier as a child than I expected."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Uh oh, Daddy is in trouble," Vera said when she watched her Mom slowly turn to her Dad with quite a death glare. The triplets laughed and watched too, but Valery was top focused on her husband. "Edgy, huh? And child? I'm like...25 there!" She pouted and looked over at where the projection had been.

Did she really look that young? And was she really so edgy-

Wait, he's teasing again.

She drew in a sharp breath through her nose and looked at him again with a sheepish smile. He could get under her skin far too easily, but there was just nothing she could do against it, really

"Is there anything else you might want to see? I have some personal logs, more lightsaber stuff and..." she stopped scrolling and blinked. She bad had even recorded herself Singing. She skipped past that one awkwardly fast and comtinued.

"...Oh even a recording of me building a new lightsaber. Exciting stuff, huh?"

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Uh oh, Daddy is in trouble," Vera said when she watched her Mom slowly turn to her Dad with quite a death glare. The triplets laughed and watched too, but Valery was top focused on her husband. "Edgy, huh? And child? I'm like...25 there!" She pouted and looked over at where the projection had been.

Did she really look that young? And was she really so edgy-

Wait, he's teasing again.

She drew in a sharp breath through her nose and looked at him again with a sheepish smile. He could get under her skin far too easily, but there was just nothing she could do against it, really

"Is there anything else you might want to see? I have some personal logs, more lightsaber stuff and..." she stopped scrolling and blinked. She bad had even recorded herself Singing. She skipped past that one awkwardly fast and comtinued.

"...Oh even a recording of me building a new lightsaber. Exciting stuff, huh?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Oh don't worry, dad's not in trouble."

Kahlil smirked a little, just meeting Valery's glare with that playful smile. He knew what sort of position he was in. He did, also, catch the rather quick swap over one of the very, very clearly embarrassing thought. So he reached out to pull it back to that, letting his smile widen further.

"No, no. Let's watch that one."

Valery Noble

 

[Valery Noble]

Gala

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Tag: Kahlil Noble

"Dad will be in trouble if he's not careful," Valery said with narrowed eyes at Kahlil. But the very second that he noticed her skipping over an entry, that strong, fiery glare was gone. She looked at him with eyes that pleaded for mercy, but it was already too late and Kahlil opened up the recording. If it had been a young, Padawan Valery, she would have been fine with it - kids always did embarrassing things. But no, this was Jedi Master Valery Noble.

At most a few months before the Gala Campaign.

"Alright, this is another personal log, I suppose," the recording began. "I've always liked singing but never performed for others, and I heard it helps to record yourself to hear your mistakes. So.... here goes," she smiled awkwardly and sat with her hands on her knees, her posture overly tight and she looked nervous.

But as she began to sing, every little Noble perked up. She was singing the Keshian lullaby that she used to bring the kids to sleep, and she sang it nicely in tune.

Though there was some edge to her voice from the nervousness.

The real Valery's ears were bright red.

"Mom, are you okay?" Vera asked with a teasing smirk, but Adam just saw Mom being strange and didn't understand the teasing, so he literally rolled over and hugged her upper leg on the couch.