"I was thinking... You and me could go on a bit of a date. See a new slice of the multiverse."

"Sounds like fun."

Kiss!

"We'll see how much chaos we're in the mood for when we get there." She offers an arm. "Shall we?"

She slips her arm through Naraka's. "Let's."

And: portal into mystery!

Naraka steps through, more focused on grinning at her girlfriend than at paying attention to where they're landing. It's unlikely to be dangerous, anyways.

Her girlfriend is smiling back at her.

Somewhere far, far away -

Ani is happy. She has her Occlus, her Mistress. She has her grandbabies (three!!! And she gets to help raise them!!! And Leia naming the youngest after her is honestly somewhat funny, even if Ani objected at the time). Currently, Ani's with said wonderful excellent amazing girlfriend, watching slash bodyguarding said terminally adorable children. Toys lay scattered over her apartment, and she's currently reading to Jaina and baby Anakin, as Jacen ignores her in favor of Occlus (which, cute; she certainly agrees with his taste in favorites).

And then a black portal opens in her living room.

Ani calmly puts her grandchildren behind her, lightsaber in her hand, posture ready for a fight by the time anyone steps through.

"...This is new and different," the Keres says upon stepping out of the portal.

"Yes, it is." Occlus says from behind her. "Usually kidnappers are at least polite enough to use a window, if not the door."

"Not kidnappers!" Naraka says. "Inter-dimensional tourists with weird aim." She's eyeing the signs of babies suspiciously.

"Ah huh."

They do, however, feel like her and Occlus - and Elesse.

(Jaina makes a curious upset noise from behind her.)

"She kinda looks like an older Glint," the Keres says to Naraka.

"...Yeah, she does."

To Ani and Occlus: "We're from another universe. People repeat across universes sometimes; the way I travel has a weird tendency to drop people on their alternate selves - which, I think you two might be alternates of us. We don't interfere with our alts unless they're, like, trying to murder us. Generally we help each other out."

Muttering: "And definitely not going to kidnap babies, what would I even do with one..."

"You do look familiar, girl."

The Keres bristles.

Occlus laughs.

"Don't scare the children, now."

"What, are you two married?"

"Why wouldn't we be?" she says, voice teasing. "Mistress Occlus is quite the catch." She relaxes, a bit, as Jaina leans over to peek around her.

"You're old."

"And you're young!" She smiles, as Jaina tugs on her shirt. She half turns, helping the child up onto her hip, and checking on baby Anakin, who is currently crawling in the opposite direction across the couch. Ani just sighs.

"If you're not going to start a fight, you might as well sit down, get comfortable..."

Occlus prods Jacen in the direction of rescuing his brother.

"Since you're offering."

Jacen is gonna toddle so hard to go tell baby Anakin no! Ani smiles at them, then sets Jaina down just long enough to pick up Anakin to set him on the floor, where he'd have to get really creative to fall off of anything. Can Jacen play with his baby brother? (He can! He sets about teaching Anakin the best ways to destroy block towers. This is a Very Important skill.)

Jaina insists on staying on her grandmother's lap as they settle in. Ani bounces her idly, contemplating how to word this when it comes time to update Leia on how babysitting went.

"I take it most of our - alternate selves? Aren't old?"

(Naraka perches on the seat farthest from the children, thank you very much.)

The Keres places herself as a buffer between Naraka and the smalls. She doesn't really see the point of them, but is not quite so jumpy as Naraka apparently is.

"Not... visibly, no. Or domestically."