"Quite. I'll let her know, then."

"Anakin is up for the trip."

"Yes." She grins triumphantly. 

"We'd better get packed, I suppose."

She still travels lightly enough to pack everything within ten, fifteen minutes. 

Skywalker hasn't accumulated much either, so it seems they will on their way soon.

Philadelphia, here they come! 

Are they doing a straight shot or stopping to see the sights along the way?

Hmmm... She'll leave that up to the other two. 

Skywalker is in no particular rush to arrive.

Sightseeing it is, then. 

It's a leisurely four or five days of Skywalker driving them up, stopping at whatever roadside attraction or restaurant catches anyone's eye.

Lily's the expert here, so she'll let her pick their approach when they get to the city.

'Go straight to the source' seems best - Ruby presents herself as a very straightforward person.

Sure. Just have to find her. Shall they hold up signs in the center of town? Post advertisments on dating sites? 'Lonely young lesbian seeks exhibitionist tiger-girl'?

There's also the Force - tracking her would be good practice for both of Anakin's padawans.

Likely to be more effective, yes.

Just follow their guts?

A bit more refined than that...

They know what they're looking for, and they know it's out there. So- reach out and find the way.

They'll get a heading soon enough.

Let them see where it leads.

It takes them to a very peppy college-aged girl who's currently clothes shopping - given how paper-thin her disguise is, she's fairly recognizable as their target.

That's- Wow. That's another Anakin. Which is deeply strange to experience.

But she's also not a parahuman.

...There's something else weird about her - the same thing that told her not to even try tango'ing with Skywalker and Anakin is telling her she does not want to fight this woman.

Good instincts - there's another form of energy around her, concentrated around her left wrist but flickering over her body - it's subtle, hiding itself, but Anakin's used to the dark side's clouding.

Also, the woman pauses when glancing their way, raises an eyebrow - only for a moment, but there's an odd sense she saw Anakin, for all that she doesn't feel force sensitive -

- And then she turns away without comment or strong reaction, nonchalantly heading for one of downtown's many exits.