Growing Pains

Story Index

1 – Upon Arrival - The Jedi make a recruitment run to a stricken world; Obi-Wan pouts, broods, and learns a bitter lesson about making assumptions (drama)

2 – Finders Keepers – Master Qui-Gon seeks assiduously for a missing person; his apprentice lends a helping hand (humor)

3 – A Lucky Escape – Qui-Gon gambles his way off a hostile world, injured padawan in tow (h/c)

4 – A Closer Look - Obi-Wan unwisely accepts a challenge. Featuring a Coruscanti taco cart and Master Yoda's lunch break. (humor)

5 – By Your Side – a young Obi-Wan hovers over his injured master (h/c)

6 – For the Record – Qui-Gon deals with his padawan's perfectionism and sense of honor. (drama)

7 – Free Fall - Qui-Gon takes his apprentice sky-jumping as a surprise gift for lifeday #14.(drama, humor)

8 – Some Like It Hot - Garen Muln and Obi-Wan face off in a hot pepper eating contest, and face the consequences. (humor)

9 – Damsel in Distress - Obi-Wan follows his master's example and adopts a pathetic life form (drama)

10/11 – Roughing It – Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan go camping with Feemor Ossus and his young apprentice. The company is good, but the milieu is a bit uncivilized. (drama, humor)

12 – Spring Fever –Diplomatic etiquette demands that Obi-Wan participate in a bucolic planet's rites of spring. (drama, humor)

13 – Centripetal Force – Obi-Wan recovers from captivity and poisoning. (h/c)

14 –Simple Pleasures – Qui-Gon teaches that a Jedi must be detached even from inconsequential personal desires. Obi-Wan just wants to see a parade. (drama)

15 – Exit Strategy –When negotiations threaten to drag on interminably, Qui-Gon pulls a fast one. (drama, humor)

16 – Spic N Span – Obi-Wan grapples with a traumatic mission …. Obsessively. (drama)

17/18/19/20 – Private Tutoring – Qui-Gon sends his young apprentice to meet an old friend, and to learn a few things along the way. Featuring Dexter Jetster. (drama, humor)

21 – Worthy of Inclusion – Obi-Wan is horrified to learn that his actions have been recorded for posterity (drama)

22 –Silence is Golden –Qui-Gon grows weary of the incessant chatter and puts his foot down (humor)

23 – Insomnia - a ten year old Obi-Wan wonders why Qui-Gon has not returned. (drama, h/c)

24 – Many Happy Returns – Lifeday #17 – bootlegged Corellian brandy and a prison bloc.(drama, humor)

25 – On Edge – an ill-advised tussle on the balcony leads to botanicide. Obi-Wan faces his master's wrath. (humor)

26 – Leap of Faith – splinters and a lesson in listening to the Force's prompting (drama)

27 /28 – Out and About – Obi-Wan is mistaken for a juvenile delinquent and arrested (drama, humor)

29/30/31 – Sick Leave/ Flow/ Dancing Bull Kata – a flu stricken Obi-Wan relates a story to Bant; Qui-Gon teaches immediacy and superior focus through a dangerous kata. (drama, h/c)

32 – Burning the Midnight Oil - the padawans pull an all nighter before their big exam (humor)

33 – Special Delivery – the boys receive a tasteless gift from the Derridas, and respond in kind (humor)

34-39 True Simplicity – master and apprentice undertake a peacekeeping mission among a small luddite community, and create quite the stir. (drama, humor)

40 – Absolute Willingness - after Lineage 5, Obi-Wan refuses the help of a mind healer… until Qui-Gon illuminates the meaning of the padawan's vows. (drama)

41- The Visitor - a felinoid indigent takes up residence in the Kenobi/Jinn quarters. Obi-Wan tolerates the intrusion with Jedi equanimity. (humor)

42 – Dulce et Decorum – Qui-Gon's brand new padawan gets his first taste of candy! (humor, drama)

43 – On the Way Home – Qui-Gon dispels his student's nervous energy with an artificial crisis (drama)

44 – Friendly Rivalry –Obi-Wan finds Siri Tachi aggravating. Qui-Gon sees through him. (humor)

45 –Universal – Obi-Wan faces the death of a friend, and contemplates the bounds of compassion.(drama)

46 – Burning Bright – Tahl schemes to give Qui-Gon Jinn the best lifeday gift ever. Obi-Wan is accomplice… sort of. (humor)

47 – Crime and Punishment – Obi-Wan cheats on a test – for another padawan's benefit. (drama, humor)

48 – Freezing Point –master and apprentice must seek refuge from deadly temperatures after a crash. (drama, humor)

49 – Itching for a Fight –on the way home to Coruscant, Qui-Gon resorts to extreme measures to teach self control. (drama, humor)

50 –Relative Goods – a young Obi-Wan deals with the reality of taking a life in the line of duty (drama, h/c)

51 –Upside the Head – a training accident results in concussion and a lesson in mindfulness (h/c)

52 – Tattle Tale - Qui-Gon must teach his impertinent apprentice the need for respect; Mace Windu decides the master could use some of the same. (drama, humor)

53 – Strong Medicine – when a common cold and mutual stubbornness bring the boys to an impasse, Master Tahl has the best remedy. (humor, h/c)

54 – Mea Culpa - perceived failure leads Obi-Wan to flirt with corporal penance. Qui-Gon sets him straight. (drama)

55/56/57 – Patience of a Saint- a young padawan punches a hole in his wall and learns patience at the hands of a singularly obnoxious drill sergeant. (drama, humor)

58 – Curiosity – Obi-Wan dares to inquire about Master Yoda's gimer stick. And gets his answer in the end. (humor)

59 – Razor's Edge - a test of obedience. (drama)

60 – Blue Funk - Obi-Wan deploys his fearsome wit to shake Qui-Gon out of a foul mood. (humor)