Possibly looking for an additional game...

[neverjoinyou]

Look. I'm flattered, I am, that you enjoy trying to get into my head. But don't you think things are bad enough without looking for more trouble? I'm not doing any good on the Barge, my nephew hates everyone, Sinjir's off plotting with Tarkin and who knows what's going on with me and Han. And Rey... I wish I thought I was more good for her than I do. It's kind of hard to feel good about training her when Kylo Ren is in front of me all the time.

And you're trying to find somewhere else that doesn't already have me? Though now that you mention it, yeah. It's weird there's so many of me around suddenly.


[x-posted to dear_player]

Comments

[dorkvader]

What makes you think I'm not serious. [Siiip]

Dueling always carries the risk of having something lopped off. Hands, arms, legs... all of the above.

You learned restraint.

[Also, he has no idea if he's serious half the time anymore. He hit peak apathy a while back... it's hard to walk back from.]

[neverjoinyou]

My understanding of 'playing' has slightly lower stakes than that.

[dorkvader]

Back then you were still a boy playing at being a Jedi.

Did you really expect to not pay for that?

[neverjoinyou]

Strangely enough, the Rebellion had a really great healthcare plan.

[dorkvader]

We got stuck with an HMO. Our deductible was crazy.

[neverjoinyou]

And you wonder why we thought the Empire was corrupt.

[dorkvader]

You think that's bad, you should have seen the Old Republic.

[neverjoinyou]

Well, I really wouldn't know, now, would I?

[dorkvader]

Let's put it this way... when the Emperor seized power the majority fell in line with no argument.

That's why you're a rebellion not a government.

[neverjoinyou]

That doesn't mean they liked it.

And not yet, maybe.

[dorkvader]

No one likes the people in power.

[neverjoinyou]

That's pretty defeatist.

[dorkvader]

Nevertheless, it is the truth.

[neverjoinyou]

It's also pretty condescending. You think people hated the Empire just because they were in power? Not because, I don't know, they restricted freedom and murdered people?

[dorkvader]

Well yeah, there was that too I suppose.

After so many years of brutal conflict, order needed to be restored... by any means necessary. Asking nicely failed.

[neverjoinyou]

Did you... ask nicely?

[dorkvader]

No. Others did... She did.

Your mother...

[neverjoinyou]

Oh.

Did she...

...never mind.

[dorkvader]

[Oh look, he still has some coffee left. Time to avoid his feelings about the past. Nothing awkward here.]