Umgul City

Cipriani Arms Apartments

Forcias agreed with a nod that indeed clothes when it came to the both of them being together were always optional. They did spent more time being undressed whenever they were together than being actually fully clothed. He also agreed that he got what he wanted in the end, which was her, but again he did not expect for them to be where they are now. Also he could argue the fact that she also got what she wanted from him. It was amusing to him in a way that it took them a little while to dive into it, sure he got a push here and there from Horsea mainly, she would call him clueless, which he was but he knew he had to make sure that what he wanted to begin with was something that Lucy wanted too.

Obviously she had made that loud and clear that evening. Forcias had an amused grin on the corner of his lips. He was definitely lost in thoughts while he continued to eat, he also had to admit that this was good what she had cooked for him. He was no gourmet at all, so he knew that this he wouldn't even attempt to do that but he wouldn't be against trying. Hopefully he wouldn't burn anything when he did.

He was silent but he kept looking at her from time to time and if it weren't for the food right now, he would have done something that would put all of this to waste so he held himself down and continued to eat to keep his hands and mind occupied. "Let's leave later, when you get the okay from Jesse." Suggested Forcias, and if that did not work out, there was always a plan B, heck he would also be okay in the middle of space with her. He did not really mind or care where they were as long as indeed they were together.

The comment she had made prior to that question though amused him, although he understood that fact about Mace and he only inclined his head to confirm her request. But now it looked like they were diving into that kind of conversation, he had nothing against it really but he was really surprised that she could turn this way, be girly and then the next moment she could be bossy, a tease and just drive him emotionally crazy, in a good way of course. He smiled tilting his head on the side slightly before he kissed her back.

Quite honestly, she had nothing to apologize for and maybe everything they had done to begin with was just meant to be than actually have them both do things the other way around. Talk first and then. . . Nope, that really wasn't for him really and he was certain from his part that if it started there, then he would probably not feel the way he was feeling now about her. He understood all the way what she meant and he did not even try to comment on that, he really wouldn't know what to precisely say but he was just hoping that his gaze would be enough indication that he was maybe feeling the same way about her.

There it was again, her being bossy, he laughed at what she had told him and just watched her walk away towards the bathroom already shedding her shirt. Forcias stood up and looked at the plates but he shrugged and looked at her back again when she spoke. Unable to help himself, only because she was being a tease, Forcias gently sent a slap on her backside with the Force. He groaned and tilted his head from side to side and already he walked towards the bathroom already shedding his clothing.

"You didn't exactly tell me what to clean first. . ." Forcias told her teasingly as he walked right behind her tracing the curves of her body. . .

Later, Forcias was back in the kitchen with only his pants on cleaning up their plates and washing the dishes. He understood what she originally meant to begin with but she never told him when to do it, so he had preferred delaying the dishes and follow her because that really was his first instinct.

"I never told you, but I find it cute when you go mushy on me. . ." He told her teasingly as he was drying the plates and putting those back into their rightful place along with the cutleries and everything else. "Sometimes bossy but, it's you, and I have nothing to complain about that." Cleaning the table too, he finally put everything away and walked towards the couch to sit down on it and also lay down. He was perfectly appeased and he even had a smile on his lips, although each time he knew that he had to keep up but it was tiring too. . .

Cipriani Arms Apartments

In the time that it takes Forcias to do the dishes Lucy manages to not only get dressed, but pack for their trip as well; the fact that her wardrobe consists almost entirely of jeans and t-shirts coupled with years of having to be ready to deploy at a moments notice making things a simple matter of throwing what she needs in a duffle bag. Tossing the duffle bag in a corner near the door as Forcias is finishing up the dishes, Lucy leans over the back of the couch as he lays down, grinning as she asks him, "Nothing to complain about, huh? I can dig that, she leans over further to kiss him tenderly and then teases him, You're a bit of a dope, and a little clueless to boot, but I can live with it, so, she shrugs, you won't hear me complaining either. Crinkling her nose, Lucy asks in an amused tone, You weren't planning to take a nap, were you? Don't tell me I wore you out already. I'm packed, she says, walking around to the front of the couch and grabbing his hands to pull Forcias up, Let's move out, the day is getting away from us."

Once she has him on his feet, Lucy pushes him towards the door as she asks, "Your place first? Heading to the kitchen to grab her flight jacket, she asks, Is there anything else you need to do other than pack? I figure we can just get whatever groceries and crap we need on Naboo. Grabbing her duffle and slinging it over her shoulder after putting her flight jacket on, Lucy opens the door, bumps Forcias out with a hip and, after locking the door to her apartment, nods her chin towards the steps leading up to the landing pads, telling him, I'm flying. Always. Get used to it," and then leads the way up to her M-31 airspeeder.

Garden of Eatin'

Smiling gratefully at Franz when he lets her know that her actions didn't offend him, glad that he understands her quirks well enough not to think they have anything to do with her comfort level with him, Elikapeka can't help but laugh when Lily asks if she is as bad as Helaine. Once she has her laughter under control, Elika reaches out to pat Lily's hand as she smiles with exaggerated sympathy as she jokes, "Beautiful? You're much, much worse. Nodding with a theatrically sad expression, Elika points to Lily as she adds, Relentless, remember? But we love you anyway, so don't worry."

Moving some of her salad around with her fork after taking a drink of her wine, Elika tilts her head to the side with an amused smile after Lily says that the fact Lyov and Helaine are nice bugs her, asking rhetorically, "Why is that? I mean, don't get me wrong, I was thinking kind of the same thing. Are we really just that cynical? What does that say about us? The fact that someone is nice automatically making us wonder why they are or what they're after? Maybe they're just as nice as they seem. Nodding as if having convinced herself of something, Elika says with mock solemnity, I'm going to work on that. Make it a personal goal: no more assuming nice people have ulterior motives or are, I don't know, secretly axe murders or something."

"Maybe she's just affectionate? Elika suggests when Crystal says that Helaine seems clingy, determined to keep her newly made resolution not to automatically assume the worst about beings she meets, It's probably a Zeltron thing maybe? Remembering the last Zeltron woman she had met while working on the Jensaarai temple, her cheeks coloring ever so slightly as she also remembers the rather embarrassing effect that the woman had on her, Elika says, I think they're cute. Lyov and Helaine, she clarifies hastily, not Zeltrons. I mean, they're attractive of course, but . . . deciding she is unlikely to find a graceful way out of the conversational tangent she turned down, Elika says, Never mind," and takes a sip of wine as she reminds herself to think before speaking, especially when drinking wine.

After finishing chewing a bite of salad, Elika dabs her lips with her napkin and answers Lily's question about whether she wants to go to the fund raiser after considering it for a moment, "You know, if we got everyone to come, it could be fun. When is the last time we all got together in one place? Shrugging, Elika starts moving the salad around on her plate with her fork as though searching for the perfect bite as she says, Why don't we see if we can't get a hold of Andros, Atlantis, Macey, and everyone else and see what they say; if they are up to it, we'll all go. Elika smiles as she realizes, It'll be like our own little party inside the fundraiser that way. What do you guys think?"

Forcias, after looking at her very silently when she posed that question why they were avoiding his place, leaned back against his seat and closed his eyes momentarily. Only when they were up in the air did he finally talk. "Lucine. . ." Softly said Forcias before he turned his head in her direction to look at her thoughtfully.

"You never wondered why it was always your place and never mine?" He rhetorically asked before taking a deep breath and looking at a certain distance. "Because I do not have a place, unless you want to find yourself face to face with my CO and others that would deplore your presence there. . ." Forcias knew that he did not need to explain further, she was bright and she would get it immediately.

It wasn't because he was ashamed to show her there, it was more of a fact that he did not want to be face to face with others that weren't accepting and also he could risk something worse than the stares. Being retained against his own will and having someone who was in his side to get him out of there, and if it actually came to that, Mace would show up and he actually didn't want to think of the perspective of that and the outcome. . .

Placing his hand on top of hers and giving it a gentle squeeze before he took her hand in his and intertwined their fingers together, he chuckled softly at her warning and shook his head with an amused expression. "If I do ruin your good mood, I am sure that I can fix that by. . ." Leaning over to whisper in her ear of the things he was certain she would find enticing equally for her and for him and he kissed the back of her hand with a mischievous expression.

"But since you have asked, I do not necessarily plan things for myself and I always play it by ear. So," Shrugging slightly before he rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb, it actually felt nice to just hold her hand this way, not uncomfortable and to think that it was happening in a casual setting, one that did not imply either him splitting from her place or her kicking him out. "Really play it by ear and just whatever we are in the mood for at that moment, I am fine with that." He wasn't the planning type unless he was on duty and right now he was not in duty so he would have to find how he adapted to that. "I have to warn you though, it's also the first time that I have a long leave this way."

Soon enough they were reaching the spaceport and when she set her airspeeder down, he grabbed her chin first and leaned in to kiss her. "I'll have to admit that you piloting is a nice change for me." He told her with a chuckle, it's actually the first time that he wasn't the one, soon enough he hopped out of the airspeeder and grabbed her duffle bag to carry it while he waited for her if she needed to do anything else and soon enough he headed to the spaceport. . .

Umgul City — Spaceport

Upon stepping into the busy hub, Forcias scanned the general vicinity and saw someone familiar standing there. One he had not known that she would be the one there and two usually her signature was no longer hidden but today it was. Completed to that she was wearing her Guardian uniform and not her Jedi garments. . .

"Colo-. . ." Seeing her hand being lifted as if to tell him to wait for a moment or maybe not even call her that for now. Forcias did notice that there was a duffel bag next to her feet.

"Follow me." Said Ayla to the both of them since she only had that brief window of opportunity and she led the both of them to an area that wasn't monitored. Stopping on the spot and looking at both Forcias and Lucy, Ayla smiled and inclined her head in Lucy's direction. "Lieutenant Lyn." She wasn't the kind to go on a first name basis with anyone and everyone that she wasn't close to and even though this wasn't an official meeting, she glanced at the Major and the Lieutenant with a placid expression.

"Here is your bag, Mace asked me to retrieve some of your things from the freighter after you had spoken with her earlier." Handing him his own duffle bag before asking for his hand to place a pouch there filled with republic credits. "She said you'll need that too."

Forcias was staring blankly and then he blinked a few times smiling faintly at Ayla as a thanks really but normally he would know what to say, but today, just not day. He didn't know really, it sounded like Mace and Ayla were on this and he wouldn't be surprised if Horsea too since she had access to every holofeed around the city.

"You two should go now, Honoros won't even know that you have left until you are away from here." Shaking her head at the really unnecessary fuss that Forcias and Lucy's relationship was causing, Ayla looked over Lucy with a warm gaze and smile. "Don't let him do any crazy things." She pursed her lips with an amused with an amused expression, Ayla inclined her head in a friendly manner before walking away to stop delaying them further for their vacation.

Looking over his shoulder now holding onto two bags and a pouch, Forcias smiled gratefully at Ayla and by extension Mace and Horsea. Focusing his attention back onto Lucy, he looked at her thoughtfully and he had no idea what she might have been thinking, he really had no idea, in a way he felt like he was a fugitive but if it took this to actually just be with her, then he would take it.

"Let's go. . ." He did not want to stay here any longer, and he actually wanted to go some place where he didn't constantly look over his shoulders.

Umgul City Starport

Other than a throaty purr when Forcias describes how he would go about getting back in her good graces were he to spoil her mood, Lucy is quiet for the remainder of the jaunt to the starport, the denser traffic nearing the busy transportation hub in the center of the city requiring her to pay close attention to her piloting as she is not inclined to slow down, preferring instead to continue maneuvering through the swarms of vehicles in her usual style. Lucy had been surprised to hear that Forcias was living with the other Guardians, a fact that certainly explained his reluctance to go there given that their relationship was a point of contention for some. Hearing Forcias describe his vacation style, playing things by ear, had let Lucy know that they were compatible on that score, and meant that there was no need for her to plan more than she prefers; and Lucy has little doubt that they will be able to find plenty to do on Naboo, even if that winds up just being a lot of relaxing.

"Ma'am, Lucy greets Ayla, who is there to greet them with Forcias' things. Lucy frowns imperceptibly when Ayla mentions Honoros, adding that he won't know she and Forcias have left until it is a fait accompli; which tells her that Honoros is apparently one of the Guardians with an issue where she and Forcias are concerned, though she doesn't react otherwise nor does she let it affect her mood since Honoros having a problem is not her problem so far as she is concerned. A distinctly Corellian lopsided grin greets Ayla's request that Lucy not allow Forcias to do anything crazy, and Lucy nods as she assures Ayla, Roger that, ma'am. No crazy things on my watch," and adds a salute by way of farewell.

Turning to Forcias after Ayla turns to go, Lucy points at him and arches an eyebrow as she says playfully, "You heard her, nothing crazy for you, and then laughs as she nods her chin towards a corridor leading east of their current position, My girl's this way."

The ship berthed in the docking bay Lucy leads the way to is a YT-1930, the vessel obviously every bit as meticulously maintained as her airspeeder. Using a handheld remote to open the boarding ramp, Lucy smiles as she says, "Here's my girl. The Vasiliki. Pointing towards the ramp, Lucy says, Go ahead and board. Head aft once you're inside, the cabins are on the port side just off the ramp. Forcias is probably clever enough to know they'll be using the captain's cabin, so Lucy doesn't spell that out for him, instead letting him know, I'll be inside after I do the FOD walkdown."

As Forcias head aboard the Vasiliki, Lucy walks around the docking bay to make sure there aren't any foreign objects laying around that could pose a damage threat, then makes a second walk around to check the YT itself before heading up the boarding ramp herself. Closing the ramp behind her, Lucy takes off her flight jacket as she heads forward to the cockpit, calling out to Forcias,"I'll be in the cockpit. The galley and lounge are to starboard just aft of the cockpit if you need anything."  Draping her jacket on the back of the pilot's chair, Lucy sits and completes her pre-flight checks before contacting Umgul's ATC to file her flight plan. Once the checks are completed and she has their assigned course to take them into orbit and away from the planet's gravity well, Lucy takes the ship up and towards orbit.

Garden of Eatin'

Elikapeka nods when Lily suggests that cynical be added to the growing list of adjectives that aptly describe her, smiling as she says solemnly, "Relentless, flexible, and cynical it shall henceforth and forthwith be, beautiful." Deciding to pace herself where her alcohol consumption is concerned since it is probable that she will be drinking throughout the evening if history is any indication, Elika nurses the remainder of her wine as she listens to Franz's answer to the question that had been asked of him, unsurprised that he would eschew widely publicized, extravagant events like the one they are assuming Lyov's fundraiser will be, though she is not sure that his estimation that such events consist of unnecessary artifice is entirely fair; for better or worse, Elika knows that it is often the case that more attention often translates into more donations for the cause in question, a fact that someone in Lyov's position is likely to understand and be willing to use in order to do more for the causes that he seems interested in furthering.

Even if she had been inclined to attend the fundraiser - unlikely given her discomfort with the majority of social situations, especially those where she would be among crowds of strangers - Elika would certainly not suggest going given the perfectly reasonable reasons her friends have given for not wanting to do so, and so when she is asked if she would like to go, Elika shakes her head and smiles as she says, "I think you all know me well enough to know that if there's a choice between spending an evening with friends or going to a crowded party, I'll choose the first option every time. A quiet evening with the four of us around the pool with some wine sounds perfect to me. Looking at Franz, Elika frowns as she asks, Unless you'd rather just take the rest of the night off after we're home?" Her lieutenant was typically only assigned to stand watch over her when Elika was out and about, and she assumes that it would be the same for Franz, who very well might not find it terribly fun to be stuck with the three of them all night even though she enjoys his company and assumes that Crystal and Lily do as well, and the last thing she would want to do is be responsible for making Franz stay if he would prefer not to.