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Luke Skywalker ([personal profile] thefinaljedi) wrote2014-01-25 01:33 am

20th Transmission: Episode III: Revenge of the Fourth Wall (Catchall)



[Luke Skywalker's usual routine isn't really altered by the presence of newcomers. He's got a wedding to attend, but beyond that he'll be doing his usual parkour runs along the rooftops of Luceti, working on the farm and helping out around the Clinic. Good Spirits is another likely place to find him in the evenings, having a cup of hot chocolate.




[Rei's routine is somewhat broken up by the stream of newcomers and Law's wedding, but when she's not working at Tsukino Shrine she'll be around Luceti's village shopping, eating, and taking care of daily life. Sailor Mars does make an appearance at the Battle Dome as well.]



[Saori goes through life as normal, though these new people are certainly exciting! She'll drift around Luceti on a cloud, watching the people coming and going with obvious interest. This many strangers is definite a sight to see, and she's looking for people that she knows or who seem to be showing an interest in the odd lady flying on a cloud.]



[Anko is a little bit put off by all the newcomers. She'll be in the bakery, basically gorging herself on sweets, and if anyone tries to come near the dango they might find themselves dealing with an irate ninja, a poisonous snake, or both. Once it gets dark, she heads over to Good Spirits for a drink or two. Which might make her happy and social. Or it might make her even more irritable...]

[OOC: This is a catchall for Luke, Rei, Sailor Mars, Saori, and Anko. Just let me know which you want in the header, or if you don't care I'll decide randomly.]
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GIMME SOMEONE HORRIBLE

[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-28 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, wasn't this interesting. From one place to another. Hos eyes look around the area. A forest? No where familiar to him. Not at all like the place he once was.

He doesn't wear the cloak. The top of his uniform has long since been destroyed; his pants a little worse for wear but still together. It was clear from the look of him that he had been in a tumble with something or someone but his body itself was still in impeccable shape with hardly a scratch.

He did not have his lightsaber. The place before here had long since taken it from him, but his ability with the force has grown stronger. Yes, he was still one with the Darkside but there was something different. Something Masterless. Something free, almost, with emotions that did not quite strike the same as other Sith. But at what extent had he deviated? Not even he is sure yet.

That is quickly put aside when he feels someone approaching. ]
ridesthesun: (Shaded)

You asked for it!

[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-28 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[This world, for all it's quirks, had never truly sat ill with Nomi Sunrider, because it was largely free of the taint of the Dark Side. Her experiences with it were limited, largely through Skywalker's perspective or related to these odd "shifts" but she remembers that with some clarity. Which is why when she arrives and feels the miniature nexus of dark energy that is Maul, her brow furrows and she goes to investigate.

Finding the red-skinned alien is easy enough, and she's relieved to see he lacks the wings of the permanent residents. But that doesn't mean she'll leave it alone. Nomi steps into view with arms folded, dressed in sea-green Jedi robes, a lightsaber clearly visible on her waist. Not that her Force presence wouldn't have let him find her blind and in the dark. A blazing supernova of raw potential that dwarfs any Jedi of Maul's era, coupled with a gentle heat in the air around her marks her as the bane of Exar Kun.]


Good day, Master Sith.
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Uhuhuhu

[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-28 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ From quite some space away he could feel the growing power. Indeed, it was a strength that overwhelmed anything he had ever felt before. Far greater than any Jedi he had ever encountered and quite possibly far stronger than any Darksider he had ever known. A shame that his Master was not here to attempt some poor persuasion. How he'd long to see that man burn in the very presence of someone so much stronger.

There's a quirk upward of his lips and his jaw tilts up. To acknowledge the woman but also to make a very clear statement that he does not see her as anything above or below him regardless. Such, he supposed, would not be unusual. However, while confidence graces his every fiber of being there is a consciousness and caution that he once did not have. Perhaps that others might also lack. He's come to understand the Jedi not as enemies but as opposites. Was there a difference?

Yes. And so they would, most likely, always remain enemies. But there was something to be appreciated. In some of them, anyway. The line between worthy and nemesis, though.. well, it was awfully thin. ]


To whom do I speak?
Edited (lmao I always forget when I am actioning) 2014-01-28 18:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-28 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her lip curls into a ghostly smile at his caution. She means him no harm, but it's good to know that she could still inspire such feelings in the enemies of her Order.]

I am Grandmaster Nomi Sunrider of Darada. And who might you be?
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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-28 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sunrider. He knows of this name from times long passed. Stories he had been told - questionable in their truth. Should he execute such knowledge or learn of them himself? She was just as liable to lie as his master. He does not recall such a thing being not within their scope of abilities and nor is it precisely prohibited, you could argue. ]

I am Maul. [ A distinct lack of Darth and of from where he hails. He'd much rather promote his Iridonian side than the human portion of him that hails from Dathomir. He will find that title again when the time comes, but more and more he disbelieves the 'purpose' he served beneath Lord Sidious. He is more inclined to his own, now. ]
Edited 2014-01-28 19:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-28 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maul. Not a name she's familiar with, but his race alone speaks volumes. Not of the Old Sith, with their xenophobic ways, so perhaps from Skywalker's time. She takes a step to the right, beginning a circuit, arms folded before her.]

Not one of Kun's creatures, then. Nor Naga Sadow's. Who was your teacher, Maul?

[Teacher, mentor, corrupter. Who should she blame for your fall? Who stole your light and twisted it? A simple question with a very complex meaning to one of the older Jedi, when Master/Apprentice bonds had more meaning. Particularly to the Master who'd delivered Odan-Urr's code to the Jedi, who'd studied with Thon and Vodo Baas, and who'd united the Jedi and the Republic to quash the Sith. She took a dim view of any who'd spirit away young Force sensitives and tainted them.]
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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Exar Kun? [ He asks and then lofts up a laugh before crossing arms over his chest. There's a small tilt of his head as he watches her head on. Ah, so there might be some truth to his Master's words, yet. Maul knows how easy it is to manipulate history, too. What is written is rarely so. ]

He is a man that you do not know. [ He says this with confidence. ] Nor would his defeat be yours to have.
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-28 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Exar Kun. [She snorts a little laugh.] A madman destroyed by his own darkness, purged by the Light of the Jedi.

[She continues her circuit, watchful and vigilant, but not threatening him. It wasn't her way, nor the way of any Jedi.]

No, he's someone from long after my time, I'm certain. Mortality is a pity, but it is inevitable. Seeking to live beyond one's time is a fool's errand. Though...[She pauses, thoughtful] Skywalker and Kenobi have told me of what comes. My guidance aids in breaking the darkness of their time. Light once again triumphs over Dark, as it will ever be.

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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-28 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Some would say that he had grown legendary in power and knowledge. [ He cannot say what he believes Exar Kun is or was. That is not his time nor his concern.

He does not seem threatening either. Although that presence of darkness is not any stronger or any weaker than it had been upon his arrival. It seems controlled and practiced. Seems would be the most appropriate word for it, though. There is a wildness that always aches to come out. ]


Correct. Someone not brash with his power; but not someone I follow any longer. [ he breaks, listening to the further words before uttering another laugh. ]

Ah, Kenobi. Doesn't he ever die?

[ There's an odd fondness to his insult. Only the kind of fondness someone would have for an enemy that only they feel they should destroy. ] Unless the light infiltrates every corner and crevice of every living breath and every rock and stone blanketed within it, I disagree. With light there will always be shadows cast. Light cannot exist without darkness nor darkness without light.
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-29 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
He is something of a legend, though one long passed from this world, like a bad dream.

[She can say, she knew the man personally. She studied with him, she studied with his master, and she fought him on more than one occasion. Exar's Bane, she'd been called by some.]

And you've broken free of your master? Good for you. The first step towards true freedom is to break those chains. And yes, you're quite right. Though with steps and proper care, shadows can be minimized, and the damage they might do contained. Truly, there's nothing inherently wrong with the Dark Side, merely with how it's employed.

[She smiles bitterly, clearly remembering something long passed. Memories of Uliq and the taint he'd invited on himself with greed and arrogance.]

The accrual of power is useless unless it's used for the benefit of all rather than merely selfish ends. What good is controlling a galaxy for a single lifetime when one can build a legacy that lasts eons? Why destroy when you can create? Nobody forced the Sith into bondage and slavery, that's merely the self-serving fabrication of a long dead murderer who sought to relieve himself of blame.

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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-29 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He feels... she is different. Far different than any other Jedi he has met. Someone who understands the nature of lightside and darkside as he has begun to discover it? Someone who does not immediately dismiss teachings as incorrect or abominations. He is curious. ]

The damage they cause is sometimes necessary. If only to prove the problems created by the light. The Republic and Jedi Counsel as I know it is corrupt. Perhaps my Master's plans are different than to merely expose it, but expose it he did.

You assume I follow the desire to rule the Galaxy. Maybe I desire to rule my own; what I call mine. [ He says after a calculated silence. He's thought upon what he knows about his previous Master's plans and he was not taught in the true ways of the Sith as Plagueis and Sidious knew it. He remembers being an instrument; the physical weapon to the mastermind. A pawn, once.

There's a chuckle. ]


But there is a limit to what one can create. Eventually, something needs to die. Eventually somethings use has run its course. Things need to be destroyed and then rebuilt.
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-29 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's no less dogmatic in her way, truly full of righteous zeal for the Light Side of the Force and the Jedi Counsel. Though even she has to admit, Yoda's Order and her own are so very, very different in terms of politics, beliefs, and overall goals.]

Perhaps, but your Master is no less corrupt. Though, I can respect the desire to rule yourself and be your own man. [She smiles grimly] Though, hurting innocents to do it is something I cannot abide.

[Her green eyes level at him as she completes her circuit, meeting his own.]

And I cannot fault you for feeling that way. The Republic needs rebuilding, even in my time. But one can do that without destroying.
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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-30 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He does not know an order other than the one that serves the Republic. He's had many conversations with Kenobi over various concerns. Some of them were aimed with specific reason but he had not spoken of anything without truth. Slavery, as an example. The outer-rim and those under control of various syndicates. ]

I would have argued that. [ Would have. He knows what comes of the Empire. He cannot say he is in favor of it. If he was to return, to survive, he thinks - with all he had learned - he may head to Iridonia. Dathomir is of no interest to him. ]

Innocent. Who, precisely, is innocent? [ There's a slight rise of his lips. ] How do you presume to fix your Republic without blood?

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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-30 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[At one point they were very much separate entities, and will be again after Maul's time. Skywalker had seen the holos of the Exis Station Conclave and run with them.]

Innocents are people who are not involved in conflicts. The people trampled by war, those hurt by the Hutt Cartels, slaves, children. Anyone who just wants to live and let live, without the hunger to hurt those around them.

And fixing my Republic without blood is a far simpler task than you might think. The Senate has begun taking Jedi advisers, veterans of the Sith War, and instituting reforms on their policies. New member worlds, and a consolidation of the banking guilds and trade federations is underway as well.

[She really sounds hopeful, though, what she doesn't know is that in ten years time the Mandalorian Wars will begin as the Cathar homeworld is destroyed. She herself vanishes thanks to copyright infringement into the Outer Rim with her daughter, retreating in disgust from a Republic unwilling to act on genocide.]

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[personal profile] horncrown 2014-01-30 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
You believe that the Council would seek to challenge the powers of Hutt Cartel; of Black Sun and Pike? [ He's clearly amused by this idea. ] You overestimate their willingness to take action.

Those people your Republic are taking will become squabbling egotists more interested in political debate and credits than risking more action; for sake of refusing mess, I suppose. Whatever lie they tell themselves. They're claimed civil pacifists with more blood on their hands than mine. When I take a life, I steal it from them face to face.

The trade routes become over-saturated with smugglers cutting deals between syndicate and officials. The Trade Federation is run by Neimoidian scum, easily gulled in to wrong doings if it keeps their pockets heavy.

There are plenty, force sensitive and not, without alignment. I'm afraid the pendulum sways heavily in the opposite direction than what you would wish to believe.
Edited 2014-01-30 19:43 (UTC)
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[personal profile] ridesthesun 2014-01-30 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The Jedi will challenge them, Maul. [She smiles brightly.] The plans are already underway, in my time. We've put down Bogga the Hutt already and the Black Sun headquarters on Coruscant is under surveillance. Perhaps things change in the millenia between your time and mine, but for a while at least I know there will be peace.

[And she can't help it, she laughs merrily.]

Four thousand years is a long time for things to change. I am not so arrogant as to think that they won't revert in time. Stars above, it's been two thousand years since the Republic's dawn and it's already needing reform. But someone will come along and help set things to right again.

Nothing's perfect, so trying to undermine my confidence in change by telling me we live in a world of grey is rather silly. I know this, and still I hope. Because the Force lights the way for me.