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[prophesiedone]

Your sense of humor is in desperate need of a repair.

No, I won't go with you. It would serve you well to send me back on the fastest ship available. I have business to finish.

[Don't be such a Sithstick in the mud, Anakin.]

I'd rather not waste my lightsaber on you.

Comments

[diplomaticsolutions]

I'm afraid you'll find that no matter what means you attempt, muns are a bit hard to negotiate with, especially when they have set their minds on something.

[prophesiedone]

[For her, he softens his guard and smiles.]

They remind me of you.

[diplomaticsolutions]

I hope that doesn't mean you think my humor is in desperate desperate need of repair, Ani...

[prophesiedone]

Most of the time, no. [Teasing.]

no idea why i wrote desperate twice there >>;

[diplomaticsolutions]

And the rest of the time, you are simply mistaken.

I didn't even notice haha.

[prophesiedone]

I concede to the Senator's intellect.

[diplomaticsolutions]

Jedi. Always wise.

[morecivilizedage]

You still need to learn patience, Anakin.

( Look! It's your master! Only he's.... really really old. Whelp. Still, the rebuke comes with a smile, and it's very clear he is glad to see you, if also a little saddened. )

And, I confess, I feel using your lightsaber would probably be a failed exercise. Not near as effective here.

[prophesiedone]

...Master? [Okay, he can go with this. Timelines are funky. Right.

But it's somehow disheartening to hear that he still needs to learn patience.] Are you saying I'm impatient my whole life?

[Yep, that about sums it up.]

I noticed. [Much to his irritation.] How do you handle yours?

[morecivilizedage]

Yes, I do believe you are. ( He had to pause a moment to ponder that one, but it seems to hold true. And Obi-Wan is clearly amused and humored by that fact, if also a little grieved in some quiet way. Impatience it isn't the worst of your flaws. ) Though I suspect you improved somewhat when I was not around.

I don't, usually. ( For one, it's totally illegal and attracts all sorts of unwanted attention. For another, he's an old man, and he's seen enough fighting to last him several lifetimes, much less just this one.

And he can never forget that one of the last battles he had with that lightsaber was it's light crashing against yours.

He wishes he could forget it. )

It is... I rarely have use for it, in my days. ( He can't risk being seen with it, of drawing attention to Luke. And, by the end of it, it isn't a lightsaber that he needs. )

[prophesiedone]

And I believe you're too cautious. [So there. What is maturity? But they both know it's a defense mechanism to hide his discomfort. Anakin has never felt comfortable in his own skin.] Why weren't you around?

[An uncomfortable topic. He curses himself for following that thread. If he pulls too hard, the whole thing will unravel.]

But you're still a Jedi, surely? [His eyebrow arches. What. Unless...] Do you see their errors too?

[morecivilizedage]

Perhaps I was too cautious, for a long time. ( After some of the chats he's had after his mun dragged him to this place, he isn't entirely surprised. And now the harder questions. Why weren't you around? is hard enough, but Do you see their errors, too? ... He has to hand it to you, Anakin. No one can quite so thoroughly shatter his heart the way you can. )

I found that I had... different duties to attend to, that kept me far from you, for the most part. ( Until one last duel on the Death Star, that truly wasn't much of a duel at all.

Do you see their errors Oh, he has seen his errors, and theirs, and yours, and a great number of people's errors. And yet, he cannot answer 'yes' in the way that you are seeking it. )

I have had a great deal of time, to see what had been done wrongly, or poorly. To see what failings lie before us, and the pitfalls that we stumbled into. To meditate on all these things.

( But he is still a Jedi, will always be, and the thought of all of this hurts so much, he is not so sure how well he is keeping his sorrow from his voice, from his face. )

[prophesiedone]

I never thought you would admit that. [His eyebrows raise in surprise and his posture stiffens. How is he supposed to react to Obi-Wan not being right? The edges of his lips twitch, the shadow in his eyes softening for a moment. The affection he has for his Master hasn't really dimmed - it has just been overshadowed by his desperation.]

Why didn't I visit you? [Mouth dry, he swallows with difficulty. Does his worst fear come true? Are Obi-Wan and Padmé...

Scowling, he clenches his hands into fists.] And what have you discovered, Master?

[Sorry his voice is so cold. His jealousy is rising like the tide after a fierce storm.]

[dowhatimust]

It may seem that way now, but perhaps there is a deeper purpose to what your mun wishes to do.

[prophesiedone]

... [He stares in wonder, face paling.] Master Qui-Gon? How is this - [Timelines again.]

I'm not so optimistic.

[dowhatimust]

Hello, Anakin. It has been some time.

You'd be surprised. A little faith can go a long way.

[prophesiedone]

I prefer to rely on planning. [That way nothing can go wrong. So naive.] Enough has gone wrong. Someone needs to take control.

[dowhatimust]

Be mindful of your anxiety. The force will always guide us, even if we do not know where it might take us.

[prophesiedone]

That's what I fear most. What if the Force's plan makes us miserable?

[bewareyourheart]

[well. this isn't exactly the first time he's 'spoken to himself'. and this place is almost as trippy as Mortis, so...]

I guess I should've expected something like this to happen eventually.

[prophesiedone]

[He's less used to it and he shakes his head, hard, a few times before responding.]

Meaning?

[bewareyourheart]

Meaning, our players seem to enjoy testing our limits and messing with our heads.

But then, I've met my own son from the future, here. So meeting another version of myself seems almost mundane in comparison.

[prophesiedone]

[Great. He rubs his eyes tiredly, chocking this up to one weird dream.]

...if you're me, then you met our son.

[bewareyourheart]

I suppose that's true, from a certain point of view. After all, it's also possible that he's the son of some other Anakin Skywalker entirely, since we're apparently dealing with multiple timelines.

[he's...not actually sure how he feels about that. on the one hand: there's a possibility of him not going evil. on the other hand: he really wants Luke to be his son.]

[prophesiedone]

He's not. [It's a feeling deep down in his core. So she has a son. Their son. He smiles a little.

All the more reason to fight.]