Love and Lightsabers, or L+L, is an otome game taking place in the High Republic era of the Star Wars setting. The main character is Princess Cady Omega, a novice Force-user who begins attending a Jedi Academy on the remote planet of Amantes.
During her adventure, Princess Cady can explore the Jedi Academy and the area around the city of Calor, engage in lightsaber battles with enemies, and experience romantic situations with one or more of the game's designated capture targets. Even before its official release, L+L had a reputation among reviewers as one of the hardest otome games ever made, with numerous death flags for NPC characters and even Princess Cady!I stood in line all day at a Star Wars fan convention to get a pre-release copy and then stayed up all night playing L+L in my hotel room, but after I fell asleep while playing it...
...I woke up as a Jedi princess!All of the other academy students and the academy librarian Enja crowd around Cady in front of the blank comms screen.Deline turns from the screen toward Cady. "Princess Cady? How do you know this Kash Fel?"I can't tell them it's because I've played his route in L+L!"Um... I saw him before?" Cady glances around at the others and then back at Deline. "On another planet."Technically not a lie!Jett scratches his mustache. "A political function?""The transmission was cut almost as soon as you said his name." Fili nods toward the screen. "He seemed surprised at the recognition."It's probably because I ruined his dramatic entrance!Cady swallows and looks around the room again. "Um... well, you know, we never actually met!"Also not a lie! I didn't mean to draw so much attention to myself like this! But now that Kash has been recognized, maybe he'll leave, or at least-"There's a shuttle approaching the academy plaza." Oberon clicks a button on the panel in front of him and looks up from the row of lit buttons toward the others. "It appears to have come from that capital ship.""Ah!" Enja's ear twitches. "That was fast."Fili crosses her arms. "He isn't wasting any time.""All of you-" Harn turns toward the door and as it slides open he looks back at the crowded room and sighs. "Stay behind me."
A gust of air rolls up the academy steps as Cady and the others follow Harn outside. In the center of the swirling air, a dark winged vessel touches down and a plank hisses open, dropping a bright rectangle of light as it unfolds to the stone ground. A tall silhouette in a billowing black greatcoat strides down the ramp as three others wearing dark gray helmets and full-body armor surround him and then charge past down the ramp and spread out in front of his path.A red lightsaber ignites in Kash's hand as he walks across the plaza toward the academy. As he gets closer Cady sees a nametag fade into view and she stifles a gasp.He has way too many Force points!She glances toward the nametag floating below one faceless helmet and squints.Even his guards have triple-digit Force points?!"Our would-be overlord." Jett stops next to Harn and looks across the plaza toward Kash and the other three and glances at the red lightsaber in Kash's hand. "I am Commander Ronan. You must know Amantes is a member of the Republic."Harn pushes his sleeves up as he crosses his huge arms. "Please explain yourselves.""I am ruled by no Republic." Kash spreads his arms. "My father sent me here for training, but I have decided to instead use this place to found my dynasty."That's right! Kash comes from one of those might-makes-right planets ruled by a ruthless warlord! It's the ideal backstory for an 'evil prince' character! Was he this villainous in L+L? He seemed like the quintessential 'dark and brooding loner' character who only opens up after Princess Cady approaches him, but he wasn't trying to take over the planet, and he definitely didn't have a death squad!Lyra crosses her arms and tilts her head. "Aren't there more of us than there are of them?""It doesn't matter." Deline glances up at the night sky. "He has the advantage. He's holding all of Calor hostage."Kash's eyes remain fixed on Harn. "The Mandalorian is right. I will demonstrate. Tamis."A tinny voice from a speaker inside the helmet speaks. "Yes, my lord?"Isn't that a girl's voice? And don't they all have female names? Is this Kash's private harem of guard-girls?!"Contact the Dark Razor. Target the scrap field at the edge of this village."Cady holds her fist over her mouth.Is his ship seriously called the Dark Razor? Wait, the scrap fields? That's where Ren and Quadi are! And Gonky! "No!"Kash tilts his head and makes eye contact with Cady. "Who is this girl that dares address me?"Cady opens her mouth to speak when Deline steps in front of Kash and holds out one hand toward the other girl. "This is Princess Cady Omega!"You didn't have to out me like that!Cash turns his head toward Cady. "Oh? A princess? How fortunate."Now he's looking at me!
Kash ignites a blue lightsaber in his other hand. "Those who claim to rule must be willing to stain themselves."I never claimed to rule! How did a capture target turn into a death flag?! And what's with these lines?Jax and Deline step in front of Kash and then Jett raises one hand. "Princess Cady has no claim to Amantes. If you're looking for someone to fight, it's me.""Dad, no!" Jax takes another step toward Kash. "Call off your ship.""An old man with a blaster?" Kash sneers at Jett and then glances toward Jax and looks at Cady again. "I will allow this princess the honor of a duel. She is the only one with status fit to stand before me."Why does everyone want to duel me?!Cady glances at Jax's nametag and then at Deline and Harn.Jax still only has 8 Force points? And Deline hasn't recovered much either! And Harn only has 90? It's because everyone is still recovering from fighting Jorma Gon and that droid. This is the worst possible time for a second battle! What kind of game balance is this? Kash has twice as many Force points as Harn does right now!Cady glances at Kash as he steps closer to Harn and the others.Kash is the kind of person who only respects a show of force, right?Fili and Enja move alongside Harn to shield Cady and the other students. As they do, their nametags shift to their backs to stay in Cady's view.If they get in a lightsaber fight with Kash and his guards, at least one of them will probably be killed! The fight with Jorma Gon and his droid could have gone a lot worse, and everyone started that fight with all their Force points!Cady glances at her status window.I'm still completely out of Force points?! Even if I used my Duet ability to siphon Force points from Jax, I still wouldn't have enough.(She called it 'vampirism' a little while ago.)Cady meets Kash's gaze again and when she looks away she sees Yun hidden behind Yobbu.Yun can defeat Master Harn in a lightsaber fight while pretending Yobbu is fighting because she has 6x efficiency... and right now she has 35 Force points? Wouldn't she be able to defeat Kash?Cady glances at Kash and back to the Twi'lek girl standing behind the Hutt.But if something goes wrong, I don't want to be responsible for creating a death flag for Yun!"Enough talk." Cady turns at the sound of Kash's voice and gasps when they make eye contact and then Kash grins at her. "Face me, princess to prince. I offer you this one chance to defend this world from my rule. Defeat me, and I will obey you."Fili slowly tilts her head toward Cady with her eyes still fixed on Kash. "Cady, don't be foolish!"Cady looks past Fili's shoulder at Kash and then she swallows again.I don't want any death flags for my friends, but I don't want to die either!>I accept your challenge!>D-doesn't Mighty Yobbu outrank me?>Maybe we should just let him win...
>>6368445>Maybe we should just let him win...Despite being an insane terrorist warlord, isn't eh also... Like, just here to go to school with us? Let's just let him think he runs the place for a bit, but just enough to humor him until we aren't all weakened.
>>6368445>I can’t fight you now, I’m still recovering from defeating a Sith Lord earlier today. I’m far from peak condition, to defeat me like this would prove nothing.
>>6368445>>6368616Yeah support.Or does he want to be known as a conqueror who only goes for cheap shots?
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Cady glances at Kash's nametag again and then looks around at the numbers floating in front of the three Jedi Masters. "Maybe we should just let him win..." Harn frowns and opens his mouth and Cady adds "I mean, everyone is still really tired from this morning, right?"Harn closes his mouth and Fili glances away. Enja scratches her cheek tuft as she glances the other direction.They all look like teachers caught sleeping during class!A hiss makes Cady flinch and she looks to her side just as one of Kash's guards pulls off the glossy gray helmet and Leni shakes her red hair. "You did it, my lord!"Elara pulls off her own helmet and beams. "An excellent conquest, my lord!"Tamis giggles as Kash walks past her. "No one dares oppose you, my lord!"The death squad is also a cheer squad!"But victory without a fight..." Kash turns his head toward Cady. "The princess offers a poor excuse.""That's not true!" Cady crosses her arms and uncrosses them again as she looks up at Kash and then glances at Harn. "They just fought a Sith Lord and his droid this morning, you know. It's the kind of thing that anyone would-""Cady?" Fili blinks as Cady looks at her. "How do you know what a Sith Lord is?"Kash's unwavering gaze is still on Cady. "I am also curious for the princess to reveal what she knows of the Sith.""Um..."Aaaah! I just blurted out too much out-of-character (OOC) information! Even though the existence of the Sith and their connection to the Dark Side of the Force is common knowledge among fans, it's not commonly known in this era, even among Jedi!Cady turns her face away from Kash and glances up at him making eye contact with her and then she quickly looks away and swallows and glances back up at him again.He's paying even more attention to me now!When Kash finally turns away from Cady, Elara straightens up and smiles. "Will you be returning to the Dark Razor now, my lord?""No." Kash looks up at the academy. "Transmit a message from the shuttle. This structure seems a worthy residence for now."Elara nods. "What of the other prisoners, my lord?""Release them." Kash looks at Harn. "I sleep well surrounded by enemies."Leni tilts her head and looks at Cady's lightsaber hilt attached to her belt. "Should we confiscate their lightsabers, my lord?""No. Let them keep their weapons." Kash deactivates his lightsabers and conceals them both up his sleeves. "Prey without fangs is no sport."These lines are-"I will allow the princess to demonstrate her power later." Kash looks down at Cady. "After she is rested. Tamis."The armored girl is instantly at Kash's side. "Yes, my lord?""Escort the princess to her room.""At once, my lord!" Tamis turns toward Cady and walks her through the crowd toward the academy steps. "Come on, your highness!"When they get inside Tamis stops and looks up and down the hallway and then looks at Cady. "Um..."(Cady had to lead the way.)
"There are a lot of boys here, huh?" Tamis looks from side to side at the other doors along the hallway as they approach Cady's room. "The only boy we ever see in the royal palace is Lord Fel." When they get to Cady's room and the door slides open, Tamis looks past Cady into the room. "So this is your room?" Suddenly her eyes widen. "Oh!"Cady follows Tamis's gaze to the bouquet of flowers sitting on the bed."No fair! Why do you get so many flowers?" Tamis looks over Cady's other shoulder. "Even the wrapping is pretty!"Cady walks to the bed and scoops up the bouquet and sniffs it as she glances back toward the doorway.Where did these flowers come from? Is this another date gift?"There's something in your bed!" Cady looks at Tamis standing next to her as the other girl points at the lump near Cady's pillow.She just walked in!Tamis grabs the edge of the blanket and whisks it back and then gasps and picks up the stuffed bantha. "Eeee!"Does she just not understand boundaries or what?!Tamis buries her face in the stuffed bantha and then moves it aside enough to notice Ren's flower in the drinking cup on a shelf. "On, how pretty!" Tamis lowers the stuffed bantha and smiles at Cady. "You're lucky to have so many beautiful flowers! I wish I could stay in this room forever!"Is she really just a girly-girl when it comes to this kind of thing? Can I use this to my advantage somehow?"I have to go." Tamis carefully sets the stuffed bantha back on Cady's bed. "I suppose I should lock you in.""Wait, wait, wait!" Cady holds up her palms at Tamis and glances at the doorway. "Kash- I mean, Lord Fel didn't say to lock me in my room, right?"Tamis puts one finger on her mouth and looks up at the ceiling. "Um... I guess that's true. Alright, I guess your door can stay unlocked."Is she always this easygoing?Tamis steps into the doorway and then stops and looks up at the ceiling again. "How many rooms do you think are in this building?""Um...""There are a lot of rooms in the royal palace where I'm from." Tamis steps out of the doorway into the hall and the door starts to slide closed but then she turns and leans back inside the room. "It was a long flight from our planet to here."She's like a little kid that doesn't want to go to bed! Tamis holds her hands behind her and rocks on both heels. "Did that stuffed bantha cost a lot of credits?"Cady pokes her head past Tamis into the empty hallway and then grins at the other girl. "Um..."I might have to deal with a death flag if Deline finds out about the stuffed bantha or this bouquet of flowers! But...Cady looks at the gray armor and then back at Tamis grinning at her.Is this girl just super nice or what?>You can come back later!>Are you hungry now?>Please don't ever mention the stuffed bantha... or the flowers...
>>6369012>Are you hungry now?This is how we beat Kash. Enthralling his crew with our level 1 meal preparation.Also is it really so odd that we’d know of Sith? Your average student sure, but we’re princess of Omega, no doubt we overheard a report to our parents or something.
>>6369012>Are you hungry now?Support stealing Fel's cheer squad out from under him kek>>6369032Yeah if Harn gets uppity we can just babble something about the ~force~ telling her. They probably already thinking we're gifted with force visions after we outed gorg and the droid, and there was that holocron pervert also backing that assumption up.
>>6369012>>Are you hungry now?Knowing what we know about the favor rankings now Cady needs to burn that slug bouquet immediately.
>>6369012>>Are you hungry now?
>>6369012>Are you hungry now?Cooking will save our ass yet again!
Cady glances at the doorway and then smiles at Tamis. "Are you hungry now?""Yeah!"No hesitation!"Well, if you escort me to the commissary, I can make something for us to eat."Tamis's eyes widen. "You can do that?" She grins at Cady. "I thought only droids could make food! Princesses are amazing!"How sheltered is this girl?"Um..." Cady gestures up the hall. "The commissary is this way.""Right!" Tamis stands up straight. "Let's go!"She's all business now!Cady glances at Tamis as they walk side-by-side up the hallway.What can I make that a girly-girl type like Tamis would really like?When they reach the commissary Tamis follows Cady through the doorway and watches as Cady opens one of the storage bins in the wall.The pantry is fully stocked with ingredients! Did Lyra buy all this because Oberon told her to?She pulls open a drawer and the tightly spaced rows of yellow and red eggs rattle loosely.Yargle eggs! Lyra must have bought these because I used them for the mayonnaise and egg salad. She did call mayonnaise 'amazing sauce' after all! Cady closes the drawer and opens the next one down as more eggs rattle.How many yargle eggs did she buy?!"Are you going to eat those eggs?" Tamis leans closer over Cady's shoulder until Cady can feel the weight of the other girl's armor on her back. Cady looks back over her shoulder. "Only cooks allowed in the kitchen!" When Tamis stands up, Cady pushes her out the doorway.Even if nothing weird has happened yet, I don't want any witnesses around if my Meal Preparation skill does something unexpected!Cady turns and crouches down and pulls open a drawer that wafts out a cloud of frigid vapor. The mist settles around a pile of thin-skinned teal spheres.Are these grapes?When she picks up one of the chilled spheres, the word 'Mollinfruit' appears in front of it.That tells me nothing!Cady sniffs it and then hesitantly takes a nibbling bite.They sort of taste like lemons... Oh! I know what I can make! Yes! My Meal Preparation skill is going crazy!She looks over her shoulder at Tamis standing just beyond the doorway.It probably won't matter if Tamis sees anything weird, right?Cady grabs a double handful of mollinfruit and stands up but when she nudges the drawer closed with her hip and turns around, Kash is standing directly in front of her."Aaaah!" Cady stumbles back against the counter edge and fumbles the teal fruit into the air. She grimaces but then suddenly all the mollinfruit stop in midair and float up and past her into a neat pyramid stacked on the counter behind her."Tamis." Kash's gaze hasn't left Cady's eyes. "You were told to escort the princess to her room.""Yes, my lord!" Tamis snaps a salute. "After I escorted her to her room, I escorted her here so she could make us food."
"Oh?" Kash glances toward the mollinfruit."But-" Cady flinches when Kash's eyes flick back to her. "Y-you're not allowed to watch." When Kash remains still, Cady blinks and looks away and then shuffles toward the drawer of yargle eggs.She reaches up to a large bowl from a shelf above her head but then she glances at Kash behind her and the bowl tips past her fingertips and clatters to the ground. She lurches down to grab it as the sound echoes around the kitchen and then she glances up at Kash smirking down at her. Cady quickly stands back up and takes one of the yargle eggs out of the drawer and cracks it against the edge of the bowl when suddenly her palm is filled with sticky yolk dripping onto the counter.My Meal Preparation skill only works if I concentrate!(It took longer than it would have without using the Meal Preparation skill.)When Cady is finally finished she wipes the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand and then wipes it against her side as she shakes the messy hair out of her eyes. She tilts her head and glances at Kash standing behind her and then she holds up the platter of a wide cake covered in two colors of frosting and ringed with teal spheres.It's done! A heavy layer cake that's not only sweet and tart but also filling!Tamis is bouncing up and down as Cady carries the cake through the kitchen doorway. The other girl leans in to watch Cady cut it and then Tamis giggles as she raises the first bite to her mouth and squeals in delight.Suddenly the door slides open and Deline gasps. "Princess Cady!" Deline glares at Kash, one hand already on her lightsaber hilt. "What did you do to her?"Cady blinks. "Guh?"(She has no idea how messy she looks.)Kash holds out a hand toward the cake. "The princess chose to prepare this treat."Deline glances at the cake and then glares toward Kash and Tamis but then she looks at the cake again.She's already starting to drool!The door slides open again as Elara and Leni crowd through together and then Leni shouts "My lord!" "The prisoners are-" Elara stops as the door slides open and Harn steps in with Fili and Enja behind him.The other students crowd around the doorway from the hall outside and then Lyra's head squeezes out from under Oberon's arm. "We heard Kash Fel let you out of your room!"Jax pushes past Oberon. "Cady, are you alright?""I wasn't-" Cady glances at Kash and holds up a thin slice of cake on a plate. "I mean... I made enough cake for everyone!"When Cady finishes handing out slices, she grins at the slice on her plate and then looks up at the students and Jedi Masters all silently eating their cake as they glare across the room at Kash and his guards.This is an extremely hostile atmosphere for eating cake!Kash catches Cady looking at him and she quickly glances away.>Maybe I'll make another meal tomorrow morning!>What kind of foods do you like?>Maybe I should try the café scene with Kash...
>>6369521>Soooooo….what are you gonna do now that you conquered the planet? Can we still go to school?
>>6369521>What kind of foods do you like?....diplomacy?
>>6369521>What kind of foods do you like?
>>6369633Kek, +1>>6369521>Soooooo….what are you gonna do now that you conquered the planet? Can we still go to school?
Even if I'm nervous, I'm the only one who's going to say something! Time for small talk!Cady looks down at her plate and then glances across the table at Kash. "What kind of foods do you like?" She smiles and adds. "After all, you're going to be living here, right?"Kash puts down his fork. "Freshly hunted prey." He grins at Cady. "Perhaps the princess could accompany me. If any fierce creatures even live on this tame planet."Do siltgnash count?"Hey, Tamis!" Leni leans across the table and whispers. "Did she really make this?""Mm-huh!" Tamis grins around a mouthful of cake. "I watched Princess Omega make the entire thing!"Cady smiles at Tamis and then glances at Kash.I can't back down now!Cady grins at Kash and nods. "It might be fun to go hunting!"I'm pretty sure my Meal Preparation skill can process anything Kash catches!Cady glances at the three Jedi Masters across the room.I need to turn this around somehow and get Kash back on the default academy student route!"Um... now that you conquered the planet, what about the Jedi Academy?" Cady glances at Harn and Fili again. "Are you going to sit in on the lessons?""This place will serve as recruiting grounds, once the others have been sorted out. No doubt these Jedi Masters are plotting something. Perhaps they plan to sneak aboard my shuttle tonight and use it to infiltrate the Dark Razor."He's genre-aware!Cady tilts her head toward the far side of the room as Harn, Fili, and Enja all glance nervously at one another.They absolutely were planning it!"A-ha-ha!" Cady grimaces. "I'm sure you're... I mean, that's probably not even-""The princess would do well to mind her own fate." Kash's sudden gaze silences Cady. "Her duel will take place tomorrow morning."Is that what he meant by 'demonstrate my power'?!>I think you'll be surprised!>What if I just promise to make breakfast?>Maybe I should try to steal that shuttle...
>>6369922>What if I just promise to make breakfast?We recover slowly! Gonna need at least a week, it was one crazy duel.
>>6369922>What if I just promise to make breakfast?
>>6369922>>I think you'll be surprised!
>>6369922>What if I just promise to make breakfast?Come on, "Cady," you played his route!
>>6369922>What if I just promise to make breakfast?Look, if he does go for breakfast that means a few more precious minutes for our(teamate's) force points to build up!inb4 he decides to kidnap us to make us his royal chef kek
Cady stands up with her plate and collects the empty plates from Leni, Elara, and Tamis and then nervously smiles at Kash. "What if I just promise to make breakfast?"Kash sets the fork down on his empty plate. "The princess will be allowed to prepare another meal tomorrow." As Cady picks up his plate, Kash adds "Her fate will be decided after that."The plates and forks tumble out of her hands toward the floor and Cady grimaces but then she looks up as they float back toward her and then she glances at Kash and quickly glances away from his smirking grin.I need to show him how confident I am!(She dropped all the plates on her way back to the kitchen.)When the door to Cady's room slides open, she sees the bouquet of flowers still lying on the bed where Tamis left them and then Cady quickly steps inside and fumbles at the door panel until it closes and stares at the flowers.Where did these come from, anyway?She crosses the room to her bed and scoops up the bouquet and then she sniffs it and looks across the room at the single flower in a drinking cup.Was it because everyone saw the flower Ren gave me last night? In L+L, Princess Cady only receives date presents if the capture target's affection is high enough. Did Jax put these flowers here? He does seem like he gets a little jealous over Ren, but I didn't think Jax's affection for me was high enough to-She quickly holds the bouquet at arm's length as her eyes widen.Oh, God, did Yobbu give me these?Cady wrinkles her nose and grimaces, but then she peeks her eyes open at the bouquet and sniffs it and smiles again.But if Jax gave them to me...She turns her head and glances at Ren's flower on the shelf.It would be rude to throw them away, right?Cady looks around the room.(She ended up using another drinking cup as a vase.)
Cady flops down on her bed and sighs into her pillow.Being out of Force points and having to deal with Kash at the same time is extra-exhausting! But I still need to figure out the best way to deal with Kash before tomorrow.She rolls over and pulls out the stuffed bantha and holds it up in the air with both hands.Jax has a maximum of 40 Force points, but Kash has 180 Force points. Assuming Jax regains all his Force points by the time he wakes up tomorrow morning, that still doesn't seem like enough for me to use with my Duet ability.(She completely forgot about calling it vampirism.)Cady hugs the stuffed bantha.The only one here with more Force points than Kash is Master Harn. If he recovers his full 220 Force points, that still means gambling on his affection being high enough to use Duet with him. Does Master Harn even like me very much? He always seems kind of annoyed when I'm around. Is that just because he's trying to be stoic or-Cady lurches upright. "Am I really annoying and immature?"Suddenly someone knocks on her door and Cady gives a startled squeak and drops the stuffed bantha."Coming!"She reaches down and grabs the stuffed bantha and tucks it under her blanket and then puts her pillow on top of it and hurries toward the door.The door slides open and Deline glances up the hallway and then hurries past Cady into the room with Triss and Lyra behind her. Before Cady can say anything, Deline slaps the blinking panel and the door quickly hisses closed behind them and then Deline types in a locking code."Flowers!" Triss claps her hands. "How pretty!""You got more?" Lyra grins from the bouquet to Cady. "Are they from Ren?""Um-" Cady turns her blushing face away from Lyra. "Actually... I'm not sure who they're from.""Really?" Lyra's hair bobs as she grins up at Cady. "A secret admirer?"Deline clears her throat. "Princess Cady, we need to talk!"Is this another lecture on how to handle boyfriends?Triss and Lyra's smiles turn to serious frowns and Triss nods. "Deline's right.""We were going to steal Kash Fel's shuttle." Deline frowns. "But that plan is-"A knock on the door startles all four of the girls and then Cady hears a muffled voice."Princess Omega? Are you asleep?"Tamis?>Coming!>Can you come back tomorrow?>...
>>6370230>Coming!I’m sure our food has bewitched her already.
>>6370230>Coming!You two, hide!
>>6370230>Coming!She's just going to bust in here if she's suspicious
"Coming!" Cady waves toward an alcove and whispers. "Everyone hide!"Triss and Deline crowd against the back of the alcove as Lyra squeezes between them and Cady hurries toward the door.The door slides open to Tamis looking up at the ceiling but then she tilts her head back down and grins. "Princess Omega!""Hi, Tamis!" Cady grins. "Is there something I can do for you?""Huh?" Tamis blinks. "Oh, I wanted to thank you for the delicious cake! The droids never made sweet meals like that!"What kind of weird cooking droids do they have on Kash's home planet?"I'm glad you liked it so m-"Suddenly Lyra stumbles and yelps as she steps into sight.She completely blew her cover!"Oh, you're having guests!" Tamis smiles at Lyra.Does she not care about this?Cady steps next to Lyra in front of the alcove. "This is Lyra Tarkin.""H-Hello!" Lyra glances at the alcove behind her and wipes her cheek."You live here, don't you?" Tamis smiles at Lyra again. "This seems like a nice place. The boys here are cute."Lyra giggles nervously. "Which boy do you think is the cutest?""Um..." Tamis wraps a lock of hair around her finger and smiles at Lyra again. "That boy with the optics and long white hair was kind of cute.Lyra's fists clench against her thighs. "O-"Suddenly a crackle of static from the helmet at Tamis's side makes Lyra pause and then they hear Leni's voice."Tamis, report in. Tamis?""I'm here!" Tamis fumbles to hold the open bottom of her helmet up in front of her face. "I'm here.""Where are you?"Tamis shifts the helmet away from her face and beams a smile at Cady. "I'm in Princess Omega's room!""What's going on in there?"Tamis tilts her head. "Princess Omega is having guests!""What are... never mind. Resume your rounds." The communicator clicks and goes silent."Um..." Tamis tilts one boot up on tiptoe and wobbles her heel back and forth. "I have to go."Lyra waves. "It was nice to meet you!""Yeah!" Tamis smiles at Lyra and then looks at the door and looks at Cady again. "I have to go."She's high-level at dragging out goodbyes!Tamis looks around the room again and then waves and steps out the doorway. Just as it's closing she starts to turn her head back toward Cady but then the door separates them.Triss exhales as Deline peeks out from the alcove corner and then Deline steps out. "Did she see us?""Um..." Cady glances toward the door.Does it even matter with Tamis?Lyra crosses her arms in front of her chest and looks at Deline. "If we're not going to steal Kash Fel's shuttle, what are we supposed to do?"Behind Lyra, Triss steps out from the alcove and smiles at Cady. "Maybe Cady will win the duel!""Triss!" Deline tilts her head toward the other girl. "Princess Cady might be in danger if we wait to act!"She really doesn't think I stand a chance!>I think Tamis can help us!>Why don't we get some sleep?>I wonder what the boys are doing...
>>6370574>I think the secret is Yobbu!Really, it's Yun
>>6370574>I think Tamis can help usWhen we get our shit pushed in she can persuade not kylo ren to spare our life.
>>6370574>I think Tamis can help us!Literally stall strategy until Jax recovers his FP.
>>6370624I don't think he'll kill us a slong as we keep making him meals. A real Scheherazade situation.
Cady looks from Deline to the door and then smiles at the three girls. "I think Tamis can help us!""Tamis?" Lyra blinks. "Won't she just tell Kash Fel what we're doing?""Um..."How can I explain this? Should I just call it Force precognition?"Cady is a good judge of people." Triss closes her eyes and nods. "She saw right through that man and the droid."Thank you, Triss!Deline nods along with Triss and then looks at Cady. "We should split up to find her. It will look less suspicious that way if Kash Fel or one of his other guards sees us.""What if we don't find her?" Lyra tilts her head upward toward Deline. "Shouldn't we have a signal?"That doesn't make any sense!Cady glances at the door. "Why don't we come back here in five minutes, whether or not we've found Tamis?""Oh!" Lyra grins. "That's even better!"Deline walks toward the door and reaches for the blinking panel and then turns her head and nods at the other three. When the door slides open she peeks around the corner of the doorway down the hall and then gestures for them to follow.Cady follows Lyra out the doorway with Triss in front of them. When the door slides closed, the sound in the empty hallway makes Cady flinch.Deline looks back and waves them on and at the end of the hallway they stop and Deline peers around the corner toward the main hallway for a few seconds and whispers. "I don't see anyone. We'll split up here." She gestures up the hallway. "Lyra, you look in the boy's wing. Triss, check the back lawn." Triss and Lyra nod and tiptoe away and then Deline grins at Cady. "Princess Cady, stay behind me in case we run into anyone."That's the opposite of what we planned!Cady takes a step sideways and holds her palms out toward Deline. "I'll check the commissary!"
If things don't work out with Tamis, I might really need to rely on my Meal Preparation skill to get past this death flag! What am I supposed to make Kash that's going to compare to him chasing down a wild monster? All I can think of is yargle egg omelettes!A pacing sound catches Cady's attention and she stops and turns her head.Was that footsteps? It sounded like it came from the classroom! Maybe this will be easier than I thought!Cady turns and hurries back down the main hallway and into the moonlit classroom but then she stops and looks around as she turns in a slow circle.I definitely heard-suddenly a red lightsaber ignites next to Cady and the glowing red blade buzzes in front of her. She squeaks in fright and takes a step back when a blue lightsaber ignites along her other side. Cady squeaks again and stands motionless with her eyes squeezed shut and then she hears Kash's voice."This room is adequate for lightsaber practice.""Um..." Cady starts to open her eyes and squeezes them shut again. "I'm... I was..." She turns around to face Kash and peeks her eyes open and then her eyes widen as her nose bumps against Kash's bare chest and she jumps back. "Aaaah!""As I wished, the princess has come to spar with me."Cady glances down and looks away but then she looks at Kash's navel again.He's completely shredded! Are those abs real or is this some kind of hologram?! That's at least an eight-pack! It's like two rows of delicious pastries! I can't look away! Am I really allowed to be seeing this? L+L is only rated T!Cady blinks and glances at her status window.I still haven't recovered any Force points! Lightsaber fights with Kash are probably death flags, even if he does say it's just sparring! Maybe I should... maybe I should..."The princess is invited to choose her opening stance."(She was staring at his abs again.)The sound of lightsaber blades waving through the air startles Cady into looking up and she yelps as Kash draws back both his lightsabers to attack.>I have to go!>Can I just watch?>If this is the last thing I see...
>>6370965>If this is the last thing I see...He said this was just a spar. It’s our big chance, he won’t be trying to kill us and we can show him just how trash we are.
>>6370965>>If this is the last thing I see...
>>6370965>If this is the last thing I see...Seen teddies, can die in peace
>>6370965>If this is the last thing I see...I choose this stance!
>>6371076Nobody puts Cady in the corner!
>>6370965>If this is the last thing I see...
If this is the last thing I see...Cady's shaking hand reaches down to her hip and she fumbles at her lightsaber hilt until she unclips it from her belt and ignites the glowing pink blade and holds it up in front of her with both hands clenching the hilt.Even if I've just recovered one Force point, that might be enough to-Cady's eyes widen when she sees the text 'Force Points: 180/5' in her status window.Where did I get 180 Force Points?Cady looks up at the text 'FP: 180' on Kash's nametag as he waves the red lightsaber blade and charges at her.Am I seriously having a Duet moment with Kash Fel right now? How is his affection is already high enough for me to activate my Duet ability? Was it just that cake?Kash brings his red lightsaber blade down in an overhead arc when suddenly the blue lightsaber blade ignites and swings upward from underneath. Cady's own pink lightsaber blade knocks the glowing blue blade away and blocks the red lightsaber in one smooth motion and then Cady glances at the text 'FP: 165' on Kash's nametag.Am I really using Kash's own Force points to fight him?Kash frowns and swings both his lightsaber blades toward Cady from either side but then Cady tilts her lightsaber sideways and deflects the glowing blue blade with the tip of her pink lightsaber blade and then Cady's lightsaber pivots upward to block Kash's red lightsaber blade. When she glances at Kash's nametag, the text has changed to 'FP: 150'.Isn't this a completely broken way to use an isekai cheat power that's already completely broken?! This is the kind of thing that spawns 99 copies of the Jedi Holocron or something! How is something like this even possible? I suppose the L+L devs never wrote a scene where Princess Cady actually fights one of the capture targets so it was never a consideration.Both of Kash's lightsaber blades smash against Cady's glowing pink lightsaber blade and Cady blinks and looks at Kash's frowning face on the other side of the sparks. The text floating in front of him is down to 135."Get him, Cady!"Cady glances back over her shoulder at Jax, Oberon, and Yobbu watching from beyond the curved bench at the edge of the sand pit.Oberon pokes the center of his optics with his index finger. "Even with two lightsabers, Lord Fel seems unable to find a flaw in her defenses."Somehow this turned into an exhibition match!"Blondee zappum!"Even Yobbu is cheering for me!Cady looks back toward Kash as her pink lightsaber blade snaps vertically to block both of Kash's attacks and then she glances at his nametag again.It's like he's just wearing himself out fighting a training dummy!Cady blinks.(She just realized what that makes her.)
The buzz of Kash's lightsabers lowers in pitch and then the glowing blades disappear and he takes a step backward away from Cady and looks down at her.Cady raises her lightsaber defensively and nearly drops it.Why am I so weak all of a sudden?She glances at Kash's nametag.He's completely out of Force points! That means... that means it was a draw!Cady pants and then takes a loud breath and deactivates her lightsaber.(She's still holding her arms out.)"Princess Cady, that was amazing!"Cady squeaks and looks to one side at Deline grinning at her. She looks at the lightsaber hilt she's holding in front of her and then lowers it and looks around at the crowd surrounding them as the other students eagerly begin chattering to one another.Did everyone in the academy see that?She looks toward the other side of the room and sees Fili lean closer to Harn and whisper something as Enja's ear twitches between them.Wait, isn't this the opposite of what I wanted to happen?Cady turns her head back toward Kash and looks up at him and swallows as he smirks down at her."The princess handles a lightsaber most impressively."Now he's going to try even harder to kill me!Kash turns and walks away from the sand pit toward the door. "I was right to come here.""My lord?" Leni turns her head toward Kash's back."Take shifts guarding the princess tonight." Kash stops at the doorway as the door slides open. "I want to ensure my fiancée is kept safe."Fiancée?Cady blinks as she sits up in bed and looks at the morning sunlight.Fiancée?She looks around and blinks again.Did that seriously happen last night?!(She doesn't remember how she got back to her room.)
Cady turns to stand up but then her boots tangle in the sheet and she flops off the bed onto the floor next to her lightsaber hilt.I'm already dressed? No, I'm still dressed from last night? I must have just crawled under the blanket and fallen asleep! How out of it was I last night? And what time is it?Cady untangles herself from the sheet and grabs her lightsaber hilt as she stands up.This is insane! I can't get married! Definitely not to Kash Fel! I mean, what do Kash and I even have in common besides his abs? He's obviously a dangerous and tall individual who has absolutely no respect for Republic laws or personal space, and he looks at me in such a demeaning way when he even bothers to look at me, and he has such amazing abs, I can't help wanting to run my-Cady blinks and shakes her head as she hears giggling from beyond the door.When the door slides open, Tamis is waiting in the hallway with Leni and Elara. All three giggle as they see Cady and then Leni makes a curtsy gesture. "Good morning, Princess Fel!"That's not a thing... yet! I mean...Tamis giggles. "Is there anything you need, Princess Fel?"Elara tilts her head forward. "We'll do whatever we can for you, Princess Fel!">I need to get to the commissary and make breakfast!>Don't we need to decorate the Dark Razor for the honeymoon?>I might need to skip school today...
>>6371964>I need to get to the commissary and make breakfast!We did say we would, and we probably think better on a full stomach. Damn it, we were saving ourselves for Harn!
>>6371964>I need to get to the commissary and make breakfast!Going for the dark razor this early is it obvious. We need to gather our girlies for a bachelorette party first kek
>>6371964>>Don't we need to decorate the Dark Razor for the honeymoon?
>>6371963>She looks toward the other side of the room and sees Fili lean closer to Harn and whisper something as Enja's ear twitches between them.Some would think they’re talking about how we’re unexpectedly skilled. I’m going to bet they picked up on our force vampirism and combined with our Sith remark from earlier they’re getting suspicious.>>6371964>what do Kash and I even have in common besides his abs?Wait what? Are we yolked?>I need to get to the commissary and make breakfast!
Cady presses her back against the doorway and slaps at the blinking panel until her door slides closed. "I need to get to the commissary and make breakfast!"Elara, Leni, and Tamis all nod. "We'll come with you!"Was that rehearsed!?"Princess Cady!"This is going to be trouble!"Good morning, Deline!" Cady turns and smiles at Deline across the hall.She recovered all her Force points! That's good news for us!Cady gestures down the hall past the three other girls. "Um... we're going to the-""I'll come with you!" Deline steps back inside her doorway. "Let me grab my blaster!"Cady holds both her palms up next to her face. "No blasters!"I can sense the death flags popping up all over the place right now!A door slides open and Lyra pokes her head out of her room and joins Cady. As they all turn the corner Triss steps out from the basement alcove and grins at Cady and Lyra but then it falters for a second as she sees the other three girls.Cady walks up the hall with Leni, Tamis, and Elara on one side of her and Deline on the other. As they near the commissary, Cady glances between Deline and Leni.This isn't so bad! Maybe I was worried about n-"Hey, your name is Leni, right?" Deline gives Leni a cheery smile. "Is that armor stronger than it looks?"That could have been phrased better!"Deline, was it?" Leni tilts her head and smiles back at Deline. "You're quite brave to walk around without your helmet."That seems needlessly provocational!Deline giggles. "Oh, I'm sure I'll be fine, even without my helmet."That's practically inviting a challenge!Leni and Deline both giggle and smile at one another.They're cold-war catfighting! I need to diffuse this situation or the death flags will start piling up!
"Um..." Cady blinks as everyone's attention turns to her and then she looks at Leni, Tamis, and Elara. "Does anyone have any special dietary restrictions?"Tamis scratches her cheek. "Dietary-?""You mean like strong reactions?" Elara tilts her head.Triss giggles and quickly covers her mouth with both hands but then Lyra blurts out "Cady uses lots of weird ingredients!""But her meals are always delicious!" Triss glances away and mumbles. "Even if some of the ingredients are a little weird."Leni grins at Cady. "Can't wait to try it!"Cady smiles back over her shoulder at Leni as they all walk into the commissary. "I'll get started right now!"Deline, Triss, and Lyra all giggle at the same time. "We'll help!""Um..."There's such a thing as too many cooks! This might end up taking longer...Cady looks at the three grinning girls....but the important thing to do right now is to separate Deline and Leni!Cady tilts her head and smiles. "Great!"Lyra turns as she steps backward through the kitchen doorway "Did you see Obi last night?" She pokes the space between her eyes and her voice drops to a baritone. "'Lord Fel is unable to find a flaw.'"That was actually a decent impression of her brother? I guess she does hear his voice a lot..."Princess Cady, you're not really going to marry Kash Fel, are you?""Of course not!" Cady looks at Deline. "I mean, you know, I never said I would, right?"Deline grins. "That's true!""But..." Cady glances toward the kitchen doorway as the door on the far side of the commissary slides open and Kash steps through to join Leni, Elara, and Tamis.Triss glances back at Kash and then looks at Cady and the other girls. "What can we do about Kash Fel?">Let's play along for now!>What about an annulment duel?>Maybe I should consult the Jedi Holocron...
>>6372006*Kash's abs, and Cady's enthusiastic interest in his abs
>>6372427>Let's play along for now!Look if there's going to be a wedding then there's totally going to be bachlors bachelorette, right? It's totally customary for Cady's home planet. Maybe we can swing it to happen on the Dark Razor...and we can invite (female) teachers while the boys keep Fel busy...
>>6372427>>Let's play along for now!
>>6372469+1, maybe we can have the boys spread weird rumors about us that put Kash off?>>6372427
>>6372427>Maybe I should consult the Jedi Holocron...What about them no love oaths
>>6372841I think we may be from before those were mandatory? Either way, we're just tricking him. Unless...
Cady looks at Kash again and quickly moves beyond the doorway as he begins to turn his head toward them. "Let's play along for now!" Cady glances toward the doorway again. "We need to get that capital ship out of the system before we can deal with Kash, right?"Deline nods. "Do you have a plan?""Well..." Cady turns her head away. "I was thinking, we might be able to convince his guards to let us board the Dark Razor for honeymoon decorating.""Honeymoon?" Lyra's hair bobs as she looks up. "Is that another meal from your home planet?""It's not... um..." Cady looks the other direction as she blushes. "It's a tradition for newly married couples to travel somewhere after the wedding. But before then, the bride's friends decorate the new couple's home to be more, you know... romantic."Triss squeezes her elbows against her sides as she wiggles back and forth. "Eeee! That's such a wonderful tradition!"Before we make any big plans, I need to figure out what kind of meal to make! It needs to be something that appeals to Kash, right? He likes to chase down his prey and eat it right there where he killed it, so maybe a meal that requires hands-on interactivity? Cady opens the top drawer full of yargle eggs and nods as she smiles to herself.Yes! Even if it's not a typical breakfast, it might be fun, and it will use up some of these yargle eggs!"Let's get some material and drape it around their cabin!" Lyra grins. "Something billowy and shiny!"The classic infiltration maneuver! We can even hide something in the fabric rolls!Deline's eyes widen. "And some cute pillows! I saw a stall in the marketplace that sells them!"She's really getting into it!Triss nods and grins. "We should think about the nursery too!"Too far!"I'm not actually going to m-" Cady halts as she feels a presence step into the kitchen behind her and she turns her head to look up at Kash standing at her back when her thumb brushes over a hot surface.Cady yelps in pain but then Kash grabs her wrist and holds her thumb to his mouth.He's-!
"Princess Cady!" Deline's hand is on her lightsaber hilt."The princess burned her thumb." Kash glances down at Cady. "I do not wish to see my fiancée injured.""I'm fine!" Cady takes a step forward away from Kash as he lets go of her wrist. "And everything's ready to eat!" Cady turns away from Kash and sucks her thumb and them blinks and looks at her hand and blushes.When everyone is seated, Cady passes out bowls of steaming watery soup and the yellow spotted eggs. "This is called egg drop soup!"Elara picks up her egg and runs one finger over the warty surface. "Are we supposed to eat the egg?"Leni shakes her head and puts her egg back down. "It's obviously just for decoration.""Is the soup supposed to be this hot?""Um..." Cady cracks the egg and pulls the smaller piece of shell away and then tilts it and lets the yolk run into the bowl."Oh? The hot soup cooks the egg?" Kash picks up his egg and cracks it in one hand over the bowl. What is a yargle anyway? Do I really even want to know?Cady glances at Kash as he takes his first spoonful and then quickly takes another.What's important is Kash seems to be enjoying this!Cady looks around at all the slurping noises.It seems like this is a big success!(She used up all the yargle eggs.)After everyone is finished, Cady glances around at the Jedi Masters and the other students idly scraping their spoons around the empty bowls.Everyone is waiting to see what happens between me and Kash! Well, there's nothing romantic about egg drop soup or going to class, right?Cady stands up and clears her throat. "Um... we should really get to Master Fili's cla-"Suddenly Cady feels something with an iron grip pull her upward off the floor and she looks sideways at Kash as he holds her in his arms.P-Princess-carry style?!"Eeee!" Triss and Lyra squeeze their cheeks and squeal in unison.They're not helping!Kash pivots with a swish of his long coat and then Cady's eyes widen even more as Jax plants his feet in front of Kash."Put her down!" Jax takes a step sideways and raises his index finger toward Cady. "Kash Fel, I challenge you to a duel for Cady!"Jax, what are you doing?! Your hot-blooded heroic warrior archetype is the absolute last thing this situation needs!"Oh?" Kash looks at Cady. "Does the princess wish to speak?">I don't need to be carried!>Lord Fel, would you please take me to class?>T-two hot guys fighting over me...
>>6372893Forgot Jax’s affection was rather high.>I don't need to be carried!As tempting as option 3 is Jax might actually die.
>>6372893>I don't need to be carried!We're a strong independent royal who don't need no man! We drew in a duel, don't forget!But inwardly, it's option 3, for sure.
