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deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
lightthedarkness) wrote in deernet2021-10-10 02:05 pm
Video; UN: Cuddlebunny UN: Darkness UN: Trienemybest
[The video turns on and it’s Usagi, Varian, and… Maul? Yes, Maul, all in her living room. Usagi is sitting on her couch.
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
She waves to everyone with a bright and cheery smile.]
Hey everyone! Usagi Tsukino here! It’s October! And it actually hasn’t been awful! Isn’t that AWESOME?! [Both Usagi and her Omen, a margay cat seem excited, the cat letting out a happy chirp of a meow while Usagi pumps her fist in the air.]
Anyway! Even though we’re not all dead from starvation, insanity, or literally drowning in corpses, I know some of you are still struggling to get a good night’s sleep! Well!
May I present to you a really great solution to that problem!
[Usagi uses both hands to gesture to Maul.]
You all know him as… well I’m sure by many names, but this is Maul for those of you who don’t know him and for those of you who don’t call him nice things. Maul will be able to help you sleep!
And not by killing you! I should emphasize!
Maul, why don’t you explain!
[Maul looks rather grumpy and like he’d rather be anywhere but here. But he starts to talk in that whisper-soft voice of his slowly, sounding a bit reluctant as he does so.]
The Dark Side of the Force can be used in many ways. It’s not magic but spiritual energy, something many of you here fail to grasp. It’s not always dramatic like moving things around without touching them or breaking someone’s leg in two just by thinking about it. I can go into someone’s mind and use the Force to help quiet it down, making it pliable to the suggestion of needing sleep. Think of it as using deep meditation to allow your body and mind to rest. It is not painful and takes very little time in the grand scheme of things. Should you need me, I am at your disposal.
[Then he gets a familiar glint of anger in his eyes and his voice hardens.]
But if any of you want to take this opportunity just to tell me how it’ll be a cold day in hell before you take up my offer for help, you can save your breath. I won’t sit here and listen to your judgment--
[It’s at this point that Varian interrupts to keep Maul from digging himself into a hole. The boy himself looks marginally better than he did in his last network post. He’s still looking a little haggard and his skin’s still not a super colour - but there is a tiny improvement. He clears his throat, doing his best to save Maul from himself. ]
Uhhhh, what Maul is trying to say that as a sign of good faith that he’s trying to steer away from the...literally murdering people thing and that he wants to work on being a...uh functioning member of society here- he’s willing to help people out with their sleep problems.
[He knows this is a hard sell, rubbing the back of his neck.]
He helped me out? I mean… I know I still don’t look great, but at least I’ve managed to get some sleep? Which I haven’t really since I got here because...being a coldblood is just that fun. Yay. And I get a lot of you don’t trust him, heck, I didn’t- I’m one of the people he literally killed once.
[He pauses, clears his throat. This is going great.]
Um! But what I mean is, everyone should have a chance to prove themselves if they want to change- and no one’s gonna be able to do that if you don’t give them the chance to do that. Sooo, yeah, we’re willing to vouch for him- in the whole...sleep helping process. And that he really is trying to… well, make good here?
[Usagi is staring at the both of them in disbelief, having had to resist covering Maul’s mouth several times with the way he keeps insulting people. She lets out a sigh at Varian’s "recommendation" and wonders how both of them are THIS BAD at convincing people of anything.]
The both of you are terrible at this. [She clears her throat.]
In any case! Yes, that is… basically the idea here, and! Maul helped me out too! I was having a really hard time sleeping last month but he was very kind in helping me, using the method he just explained, to get some real sleep, oh! And I’m a Paleblood so this DOES work on other blood types since… it’s a mind thing, not a blood thing.
And… yes, we are also working on Maul not insulting people in every other breath but this seemed like the more important matter… so… ya know, baby steps, we’re getting there.
So please don’t hesitate to ask if you need help!
((OOC: Usagi is pink Maul is red and Varian is blue. All three are available for response))
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[They are so, so confusing. ]
But yeah! I've heard of presidents, they at least get elected rather than...born into it. So you work with your mayor? You help run the...uh city?
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[Though she probably hasn't seen a lot of those.]
Not so much run the city as represent it. I'm an Assistant District Attorney so I help to prosecute criminals on behalf of the government. Sometimes, the mayor needs to be involved in things so I have to engage with him in public gatherings and so on.
Before that, I worked for a clinic that provided legal aid for people who couldn't afford a lawyer.
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[Four entire movies, gosh wow. He only has the vaguest of ideas of how lawyers work. They definitely don't exist in his time period. Or at least- Corona never had any. ]
Oh wow, that's...pretty cool. So you can help people if they uh... need to go to a trail or...something? Back home it was the word of the king and that was it. Pretty much.
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[Laurel shakes her head.]
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[Though Frederick's idea of "severe" was not always the same as everyone else's. Varian's still pretty sure the only reason he wasn't sent to either was Rapunzel begging her father for some mercy for him. ]
Once he'd made his decision, that was that. He almost never went back on it.
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[The death penalty still existed and there was a prison island so the same things, but in a different way.]
Even if someone asked him to consider changing it?
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[It was a great time.]
He's the king. His word is law. Maybe his family or his advisor could try and sway him- but it's ultimately his choice in how things are run. His daughter is... a lot better. Fairer- more inclined to...uh listen to her people. Things might change one day, hopefully.
we could wrap this up shortly if you like?
[Even if he may not get home to see it goes left unsaid.]
I know I want to do what's right for the people of my city. Maybe I'll be able to enact some real change one day, but I'd need to have more support, I think.
works for me!
[It's fine, he'll say it. After all, it was his choice to come to Trench.]
Well. I hope that you get it. Wanting to do better is the first step to making things better.
will wrap it up now then :)
[She isn't by the way. Laurel mightn't understand his decision but she'll respect it.]
Thanks, Varian. I know it's something that will take time. [Laurel smiles.] Hope I'll speak to you again soon.