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deernet2021-09-03 05:46 pm
survivalthroughhate) wrote in deernet2021-09-03 05:46 pm
Video; un: darkness
[The video turns on and it's everyone's not-so-favorite Sith Lord. He looks better than he did upon arrival though he wears the usual expression of just barely contained fury he's known for. Sitting next to him is a creature that might be the stuff of human nightmares given how they're all teeth. They could have easily been mistaken for a monster in this place were it not for the fact they're remaining perfectly still, Maul's right hand resting along their back.
If you're all done fooling around with these devices like the children half of you are, perhaps we can turn our attention to more serious matters. Oh, and for those of you who had hoped I wouldn't find my way here, so sorry to disappoint.
[Though he sounds anything but.]
For one, I recall a lot of bleating about organizing a government and such during your charming little witch hunt of me. I assume for most you that was all talk but surely there has to be a few enterprising souls that were serious. If so, let us talk more. I am most curious given I have some experience with running an entire planet. [Venge, the Maalraas sitting by Maul, paws him gently.] Oh and has anyone else found themselves suddenly with an animal companion?
[Then, having blithely insulted a good three-fourths of the population, the video is turned off.]
If you're all done fooling around with these devices like the children half of you are, perhaps we can turn our attention to more serious matters. Oh, and for those of you who had hoped I wouldn't find my way here, so sorry to disappoint.
[Though he sounds anything but.]
For one, I recall a lot of bleating about organizing a government and such during your charming little witch hunt of me. I assume for most you that was all talk but surely there has to be a few enterprising souls that were serious. If so, let us talk more. I am most curious given I have some experience with running an entire planet. [Venge, the Maalraas sitting by Maul, paws him gently.] Oh and has anyone else found themselves suddenly with an animal companion?
[Then, having blithely insulted a good three-fourths of the population, the video is turned off.]
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[..... Is Usagi really at all surprised her husband is like this?]
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Awe.
Pure... nope, she can't even pretend she's surprised by his answer.]
And you think that's going to be perfectly okay now while we're here? Hate to break it to you Maulrus, but people are going to be demanding answers and solutions from you, not just letting you go play with light swords and plotting revenge against someone who insulted your fashion sense.
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How exactly am I supposed to prove myself when people won't give me the chance to do better than before? Isn't that what you've been telling me for some time now? This is the perfect opportunity.
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It's super effective!
The bleeding heart that she is, Usagi frowns, feeling instantly awful that she judged him like that.]
I'm sorry, I didn't know that this was something like that. [It's not an "I'm wrong, you're right." Maul may very well need to DIE for Usagi to ever get THAT out of her mouth. But it is her assuming, it's true.]
But I think considering what your experience running a planet IS, you shouldn't try and be "ruling" alone as it were.
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I much desire power not just for the sake of it but because it will allow me to protect those I care about and prevent me from getting hurt again.
[Alright, so those still weren't the most noble of reasons for wanting power, but they were far better than the usual selfish reasons Maul had given for wanting things like revenge and the deaths of others in the past. He still clung fast to the illusion that power could give him what he wanted, to never be helpless, scared, and alone again.]
And what's wrong with a good dictatorship? Helps keep the rabble in control.
[But he smirks to show he's mostly joking.]
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I know you're joking. [She offers, so she does, in fact understand that. ]
But please consider that you can and would be overthrown talking like that.
[She smiles.] And I would lead the revolution. [While she's smiling, she is most assuredly not joking. She's dealt with enough royalty who would see her and her loved ones, if not outright dead, then groveling at their feet. In stark contrast to Maul's all black and red, a certain prince decked all in white came to mind.]
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[Hence why Maul is so adamant about seeking it out.]
Perish the thought. I'd be doomed.
[He knows very well Usagi could and would kick his ass if she had to.]
Some others I've been talking with have suggested a council. While I'm sure most Sleepers would object to an unsavory sort like myself being on it, that's all the more reason to give me a spot. I'm not the only person aligned on the dark here that others don't understand. They need representation too.
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Just be careful about how you go about getting it, Maul. [Technically, she is capable of granting his wish. She can transfer power to him and let him feel infinitely more powerful than just what holding her crystal in his pocket could do. Her power willingly given is an entirely different sensation than taking it by force. But he's not... there yet.]
If that was something not just us but the people of this world wanted, then... I actually don't think it would be a bad idea for you to be on it. I think it would teach you to have to compromise with someone other than me or Obi-Wan to start.
[She remembers how scared Varian and Fern got during the whole talk of the government, that they came to her with those concerns and that she'd protect both of them with her life before she ever let that witch hunt touch them.]
But I think you would also need to be reminded you can't Force Choke a council member you don't agree with.
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[What a poor, deluded fool he was. Someday, he'd learn that power couldn't prevent the pain he wanted to avoid at all costs. But that day was not today.]
You see? There is a method to my madness after all.
[It's just hard for Maul to communicate what he really means with people he doesn't trust. He finds it far easier to hide behind the persona of the psychopathic monster that so many of the Sleepers have already written him off as.]
And when was the last time I Force Choked anyone?
[.....Probably the last week he'd been in Deerington but ssshhhhh. They don't need to discuss that.]
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Is that what we're calling pure dumb luck now? Method?
[His wife is forever there with the roasting
since Ritsuka's much deeper burns cannot exist.]I don't know, Maul, when?
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[Nope, she's not going to be able to convince him of anything else today. He's done enough growing in his own mind right now, he doesn't need to be doing anymore.
He frowns and folds his arms across his chest, looking sour.]
There is far more to what I do than simple luck.
At least a month. Maybe two.
[Which is a really long time for him!]
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He didn't. But we're past that conversation. [Because Maul will forever say Glitch deserved it, Usagi will forever say he didn't. Neither was going to budge but considering it was over whether someone deserved to have their limbs chopped off, Usagi was 100% feeling in the right.]
Remember how we talked about how threatening people and then not following through with said threat isn't some big gesture of kindness?
This is that.
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And what else can I do then? I won't apologize and crawl on my belly, groveling to everyone on how much I have wronged them and how I shall feel guilty forever over it. We both know that's not me.
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[Usagi withholds from pointing out that Maul's "not me" is not entirely HIM either considering how much of Palpatine is his personality instead of... Maul's.]
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[Yep, there's a lot of Palpatine still infecting Maul's thinking despite his best attempts to shake it off. Children absorbed a lot from their parents and Maul had done the same with his adoptive father for better or for worse. At least when it was pointed out to him it gave him cause to hesitate.]
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[She grins.
Be afraid, Maul, be very afraid.]
We're just going to have to widen your list of who you care about to the population at large.
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Maul's got a clear scowl on his face.]
I have reached my limit for caring about people and refuse to do it anymore.
[That's not how it works and they both know it but he's being stubborn for stubborn's sake right now.]
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[He's in an irritable mood and not up for letting himself be manipulated because of his foolish pride.]
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Fine, tell me about your friend there. [She didn't forget about the toothy creature beside him.]
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This is Venge. [Venge pokes him with a paw and he rolls his eyes.] Full name is Vengeful Snuzzle but I refuse to call such a magnificent creature by such a ridiculous name. They are a Maalraas from my home galaxy, Force sensitive creatures with hides so thick even a lightsaber is hard-pressed to go through it. I think it is somehow part of me given the way they appeared.
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