Private Special Nut Mix

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

"Mhmm, and we'll go somewhere quiet. No theme parks, no busy planets..." No trouble, is what she really meant. She knew that was on his mind as well, especially after their last dates gone sour. This time, they'd go do something with the family that couldn't possibly be interrupted.

She'd like that a lot.

"Really? Burn them, huh?" She squinted and bumped her hip into his side. "I'm no amateur at making pancakes, my dear husband. I'll flip this pancake with Ataru mastery~" She grinned, and to make a point, threw up the pancake, watched it flip and... it stuck to the ceiling.

She coughed and stomped her foot on the ground, causing it to fall back down into the pan.

...
"That... makes sense," Vera said after thinking about it for a moment. "Now that you're part of the family here at home, she's going to feel a lot more like Mom to you, too. So will Dad, he's very good at that." Vera smiled a little and hopped to her feet to walk around the room for a moment.

"Aris and I are soon going to be at the Temple a lot more, so we'll see each other there, too. It's hard on Mom and Dad, especially after I was taken, but it's going to be fun, too!" She turned back around to face Colette again.

"Do you like being there?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Kahlil stared at where it caught on the ceiling. Then back to Valery. That wasn't something he'd expected to see in the slightest, and yet, it happened. "That one's yours. And, I'm the one flipping the pancakes now." He chuckled before reaching out to take the pan away from her to tend to the pancake within it. "That was very impressive though, Master."

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Valery Noble / Kahlil Noble

"No." Colette said after a quick moment of thinking about how honest she should be. "I think Coruscant is a dead planet that should be left to rest."

"But." She added. "You shouldn't let my opinion of it be your opinion of it."

"You are you, and I am me, I would never want you to be me, only you."

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

Valery pouted and rotated her body to keep the pan away from him for just a moment. Then... she realized it wouldn't be worth the trouble to get difficult now, and gave it up to him with a sigh. "Fine, but I can make pancakes just fine," she grumbled. "I just wanted to show off and made a mistake." A mistake that he was probably not going to let her hear the end of. If his position as best pancake maker already hadn't been solid enough, he now had some extra ammo.

"Master? You're going to call me that tonight as well?" She smirked and annoyingly bumped her hip into his side while he tended to the perfectly flipped pancakes.

"That pancake is looking a little thin there, babe." It wasn't, but she was enjoying being a brat while she still helped him as much as he'd let her.

...
"I don't really like Coruscant either, but I do like the Temple. Mostly because of the training there." She looked at Colette and smiled at her. "You'll probably feel more at home on New Cov," she then added, though with a little grin on her face. It was a bit of a tease, but she wasn't sure if Colette would pick up on that.

She was, after all, also a gremlin.

"Anything else you want to do here before we head back down?"

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"We both know I'm the master there."

That was all Kahlil was going to say on that as he continued to cook up the plate full of pancakes. Literally a plate full. He had no intention of making anything less than a feast for their newest family member to enjoy. Today was special. Very special. For all of them. "Think it'll take long for her to get settled? I know this home isn't anything like the one she came from."

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Valery Noble / Kahlil Noble

"I mean, in a sense." Colette said, most likely not having picked up on Vera's tease. "It's not a desert but it's close to nature and I feel like I can actually breathe the air. Everything outside of town is basically trying to kill you, but… There's a charm in that too."

"I'm good." She then said and slowly stood up from the bed. "I imagine we can only get away for so long before they start sending search parties, hm?"

That was a joke. The duo set off to rejoin the parents in the kitchen again.

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

Valery knew she was in trouble — she always was when he went rather quiet about things and just focused on his tasks. But she played along and smiled at his question, "It might take her some time. She's not used to being stuck in one place for long, or for having protective parents. She values freedom a lot, so we should be careful with it." Vera, Aris, and the triplets were only watched so closely because of the things that happened already.

Assassination attempts, Vera being kidnapped, and all of the enemies the two leaders of the Order had. But Colette was not a small child, and Valery was going to have to accept that.

"I think they're coming down though, so pancake time~"

...
"They only try to kill you if you're not good enough to get through the jungle." Vera shrugged as if it was nothing. Mom and Dad had taught her how to survive New Cov a long time ago, and it helped her never be afraid there. Cautious and careful, but not scared and emotional.

That's what got people killed.

"They do get scary if we're actually in trouble, but in a good way," Vera chuckled and started heading down. The smell was already reaching her, and that meant one thing.

"Pancakes!"

Every Noble in the house would be at the kitchen table within seconds.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"We'll have to be careful with it, but I think it'll be important you tell her everything it will involve. As much as I'd prefer she didn't have to deal with the stress, the Galaxy knows who we are. She's going to end up with a target."

Something they'd talk about later. After pancakes and celebration. The last thing he wanted was to put a damper on the evening with such serious talk, but it was important that him and Valery be on the same page for that. He set up the table, well, he didn't. Aris had already in between him reading the different pages of the book he was currently studying. The young Noble sat at one end of the table even, casually flipping through the pages as he awaited food.

Kahlil just chuckled.

"Still studying?"

"Yes. The trials begin next week. I don't want to be unprepared."

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Valery Noble / Kahlil Noble

"True enough." Colette laughed as they went down the stairs. Vera seemed a little bit more excited about it though. Given the smell, Colette supposed she could tell why. Pancakes had a very special smell to them, but she hadn't had them since leaving her home and that thought kind of amused her a little.

"I've heard reading like that will make your neck crooked." Colette remarked as she sat down in front of Aris. "Oooo, pancakes."

Or so it would seem, but like… Not. These were fluffy and looked kind of… Bendy. The smell had been the same from afar but now there was these other elements to it. There wasn't even a single grain of oat or wheat poking out of the thing. It was smooth, even. Colette blinked.

She put one on her plate and then began to look around the table.

"Do we have jam? Pancakes have jam on them, right?"

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

Valery nodded, "She'll appreciate the honesty, and I think she'll understand too." Colette knew that even just by having Valery as her Master, that she'd have a target on her back. So it likely wouldn't be a shock to her that becoming a Noble would also mean she'd have to be just a little more careful.

But that was a conversation for later.

"Why are you studying even now?" Vera shook her head in disbelief, as she sat down next to him at the dinner table. Pancakes were being presented, and she noticed Dad being very particular about which one he gave her Mom.

What was going on there?

Valery didn't say a word and just smirked while looking down at her awesomely flipped pancake. Only Colette's question made her perk up. "You can eat them with jam, or you-"

"Can drown them in syrup!" Vera exclaimed before taking the bottle and squirting an absurd amount of syrup over her pancakes. Then, she sat back down, rolled up her sleeves, and dug in with her fingers first. Valery couldn't stop smiling, and the rest of the kids were likely used to it.

"Awis?" Aurra was suddenly standing next to him, and eyeing his book. She loved books, so now she was curious and wanted to sit next to him.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"You can put whatever you like on top of them, yes."

Kahlil chuckled a bit, watching her. She wasn't quite used to these pancakes, then. He set up his own with just some syrup and whipped cream before taking a bite with a fork. Aris likewise did the same, glancing only briefly to Colette as he set his book aside. "I read at an optimal angle to avoid putting stress on my shoulders and affect my posture." Ever factual. He took up a bite of his own, glancing to Vera with a raised brow.

"You should be studying too you know. The trials are going to start in a week."

Even as he spoke he reached down to casually pick Aurra up to sit beside him. The book wasn't something she'd really be able to read with all the large words, but he never minded her trying to anyway.

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Valery Noble / Kahlil Noble
"Whatever, you nerd." Colette chuckled and reached for the jam when offered. She plunged her knife into the jar just enough to give it a small coating of that red-purple goodness so that she could spread it across the surface of her pancake so that it got itself a new color.

Now this was the interesting part, the construction part. This pancake was a lot softer than she had expected, but it also looked a lot more appetizing. To Colette it was a rougher kind of cake, more similar to a cookie than whatever this was. So, given that this was a whole new thing she reached for the cream and gave it a sniff. It seemed Kahlil liked this one? Colette was familiar with the disgusting concept of syrup, but this cream thing was new. Or well, kinda. Dairy had a tendency to not last all that long in the desert unless refrigerated, and even then it was a gamble when compared to meats and vegetables. So, she took a spoonful of cream and put it on the side of her plate so that she could test it out safely.

Her fork pierced through the thing and her knife joined not too long after that and—

Oh god. Vera was eating it with her hands, she was literally stuffing her face like someone who had never seen food before. Colette observed the small child with an utterly confused if not scared look. Usually it was Colette who was the savage, but this was…

"You… Really like pancakes, huh?" She laughed and looked over at the others. Aris spoke up and Colette gave him a shrug. "You have grown up with the Grand Master of the Order for a mother."

"I think you'll both be fine, Aris."

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

Vere wasn't the only Noble eating with her hands.

While not as bad as Vera, her Mom was chipping away from her plate of pancakes with her bare hands too. She didn't seem ashamed about it, and neither did Vera — this was what pancake time was like at the Nobles. It'd probably explain why Kahlil and Aris seemed hardly surprised by their behavior.

"Why are you so worried over the trials?" Vera asked with a shrug, and a mouth disgustingly full of pancake. "When we're out there, do you think the people we help care if your score is 90, instead of 85?" She stared at him for a moment because she had a feeling what his answer would be.

He wasn't going for 90, he was going for 100.

"Don't tease your brother too much," Valery said with a chuckle. "Nothing wrong with wanting to do well." She leaned closer and wrapped an arm around him. "Right, sweetie?"

Meanwhile, Aurra wasn't too focused on her food at all. She was flipping pages in Aris' book, and each time she flipped one, her frown grew deeper. Until she had enough, and slammed it shut. "Ahh!" she squealed to show her frustration with the lack of pictures in this book.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"I will care. I'm looking to get a hundred, not just pass." She knew his answer, and honestly he was certain of that himself, but he still said it. He didn't want to do anything less than perfect. Less than being the best. Aris took another bite, glancing down to Aurra with a faint smile. He wasn't too surprised that she didn't like the book. She probably wouldn't for a bit longer, but they could still read some other books together if they wanted.

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to do well, just don't stress yourself out if you're not completely perfect. No one is, after all." Kahlil nodded slowly, glancing briefly to Valery with a faint smile before taking another bite of his pancake.

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Kahlil Noble / Valery Noble

There was a point where Colette wanted to grumble at Aris. While she worried about his dedication she was also all too aware of the fact that she had been the same when it came to certain parts of her own progress once she had come back from Pamarthe. Perhaps that was why Colette was worried about it, Pamarthe wasn't exactly a great memory.

She folded her pancake over itself and sliced it so she could smear it through the cream and then eat it.

"We'll be here when you burn yourself out, and also once you reach the point where one-hundred isn't possible no matter how hard you try." She said, trying not to be as blunt as she had once been. "Ambition is good, arrogance is bad. You are dangerously close to arrogance right now."

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

Aurra jumped off her seat, and ran over to her Mother to climb up and sit down in her lap. Valery smiled and kept one arm around her little princess, but also focused on the conversation. Leave it to Colette to be brutally honest, but perhaps hearing a possibly dangerous side to his mindset from his older sister would actually be good for him.

She didn't think Aris was the type to genuinely become too arrogant, but there was that risk with how much he cared about being at the top of his class.

The line between ambition and arrogance was a blurry one.

"It'll be okay. Like your Dad said, just don't stress out over it and remember what the trials and classes are ultimately for. We do them to prepare for helping other people. Not for ourselves." She smiled softly then looked at the book Aurra hated.

"Maybe read your sister a book she likes later? I think she'd love to have you read her something."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Arrogance goes against what it means to be a Jedi. .. I will keep that in mind." Aris turned his gaze to Colette, watching her for a moment before looking back to his pancakes. "You misunderstand my efforts. I'm not trying to be perfect. I know I'm not. There's a lot I can never do that you all can. But the things I can do, I will always strive to do the best I can." He'd never be able to pass some of the more practical exams. Lifting things with the Force, pulling and pushing objects to make the platforms he'd need to continue on. They were beyond what he could do. But there was much more he still could, and would.

Valery Noble | Colette

 

[Colette]

Valery Noble / Kahlil Noble

"I'm not trying to say you're arrogant right now, just that boasting and being very open about these things can come across as arrogant to others." Colette said and reached for another pancake with her fork so she could put it on her plate. "Take it more as a friendly reminder than a lesson."

The girl laughed.

"Your—..." She stopped for a moment. The smile on her lips faded for a moment as she clearly struggled to understand her own emotions in this moment. "Our mother— can give you many examples where I've been more than a little too confident for my own good."

"So, what I mean is… We're all kind of here, to check each other for it."

 

[Valery Noble]

Niv Hani

​

Outfit: Factory Link | Wedding Ring
Weapons: Lightsaber
Tag: Colette Kahlil Noble

"Mommy?" Aurra looked up at her Mother, who was shifting around in her seat and averting her gaze a little. Her eyes were a tad teary, and her bottom lip trembled with joy. Perhaps it was a silly thing for her to feel emotional over what Colette said, but the genuine happiness wasn't something she could ever suppress.

Aurra just registered it as Mom being emotional or sad though, so she turned and wrapped her arms around Valery for a hug. This only warmed Valery's smile up even more, and with a quick sniff, she managed to look at the others again.

"She's right, and this goes for anything. We're family, so we always have each other's backs."

 

[Kahlil Noble]

"Speaking the truth can come across as arrogance?"

The gears in Aris's mind seemed to pause for a moment as he tried to understand that. He wasn't lying about anything he was doing, nor was he trying to boast about it. He was asked, and he answered. His gaze turned back to his pancakes as he took another bite.

".. I will keep that in mind, yes."

Kahlil on the other hand reached out to gently pat Valery's shoulder. Just something small and quick to support her without drawing too much attention. Then he went back to taking another bite of his food. Pancakes were the best, after all.

Valery Noble | Colette