video; un: skywalker

[facultative]

( cw: forced bonding, allusions to sexual assault trauma )

[It's dark other than a very thin strip of light filtering through from somewhere. It's hard to make out details, but it appears to be an enclosed space and Anakin is sitting down with his knees pulled to his chest. When he speaks it's at a whisper.]

How do you get rid of a bond?

[His breath hitches before he continues.]

I told him to stop and he didn't listen and now he's in my head and the darkness is everywhere.

Do I have to kill him? [There's some rustling and flashes of movement. This time his voice is thick with tears.] He deserves it, right? Maul's hurt so many people, he doesn't care about anything.

[He tries and fails to muffle his sobs.]

I don't want to become him. What do I do? How do I make it stop?

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Video; UN: Lothrat

[ezra_of_lothal]

[He does not answer absolutely immediately, because he has to just...breathe out some of the rush of rage, first. Or he'll say or do this wrong, he's sure of it.]

I don't think killing him will fix it. It's a spiritual bond.

Anakin. Just - give me a minute. I'll be right there. We'll figure this out. You have my help, I promise.

[He's already moving, clearly. Not turning off the Omni yet.]

[facultative]

It'll go away if he stays dead. I-- I can kill him again and again until he stays down.

Why did she have to go back and he's still here?

[ezra_of_lothal]

You don't know that would work. Even if it did, how much corruption would you be risking? You just said you didn't want to be like him.

Who was here? [He can think of a couple of options, at least.]

[facultative]

[He doesn't appreciate the shooting down his suggestions without offering something else. He wants answers, not to be told no.]

Then say something useful!

[He pushes himself further into the dark.]

Abby.

Private

[ezra_of_lothal]

[Ezra sighs. Anakin really does like quick, easy answers, huh? He switches the conversation to private.]

Weren't you a General? We gather intelligence.

Stuff on bonds? That'll be in the Archives in Gaze. I've read a little about them, but it's not something I've tried to deep dive on.

Tell me about Abby? If you want to. I like talking about people I miss.

( private | un: kenobi )

[jedies]

He did what?

[facultative]

[Obi-Wan through the omni is absolutely not what he wants, he wants his master here right now to tell him that things would be okay. But it's still better than being left with his thoughts.]

I tried to stop him, but I couldn't move.

[jedies]

Where are you?

[facultative]

...my room.

[His closet to be specific. He wanted to be somewhere safe and he wanted to block out the world. It seemed like a good decision.]

text; un: THEDEMONTHATCOMES

[the_obedient_servant]

* Don't you already know?

* You've killed before. It's part of your nature.

* There's only one solution to putting down a rabid dog.

[facultative]

[...]

I'm not reading that.

[He's sitting in the closet in the dark. He's not going to bring in the light just to read one guy's message.]

[the_obedient_servant]

* Can't read? Or do you just need me to use smaller words?

[facultative]

[Sorry Chara, when he said he wasn't going to read it he was 100% serious. The message is marked as read as it is opened, but no reply will be forthcoming.]

[Audio][un: A_Wesker013]

[subject_013]

[A low, throaty, sinister chuckle which starts out as if the user had their mouth closed, then parted their lips in a dangerous grin.]

[facultative]

[Why is he getting weird responses on this?]

What's wrong with you?

[subject_013]

[A voice to match the laugh, deep, dry and just as throaty replies.]

Did this device pick up my reaction? I must apologize. Black-white, either-or thinking always makes me laugh. It's so limiting, to ignore the shades of gray in between the two. Or the fact that black is itself, a very bright color since it absorbs all of them, while white is a very drab one, since it reflects all the colors.

[facultative]

[It may be unintentional, but his confusion is helping to distract from his current situation.]

What does colours have to do with anything?

Video UN: 1stStrike

[strikefirster]

Seriously?

Someone forced that shit on you?

Stop being a pussy and go kick his fucking ass.

Or tell me who did and I will.

[facultative]

[Okay so him killing people is bad, but is it really so bad if he gets someone else to do it?]

Maul.

[strikefirster]

That asshole?

Does that guy just go out and make it his job to piss everyone off?

[Johnny Lawrence is the pot calling the kettle black.]

[facultative]

He's a Sith. That's all he knows how to do.

Private Video: UN - Runeseeker

[onerthes]

Wait... Wait... what do you mean?!? Forgive me, but did he force this on you?!?

[... Honestly? This wasn't out of the realm of possibility with Maul. The man had done incredibly violent things in the past. But to invade the mind of another in this way, through a bond?

That might have been a step too far by her standards.]

I did not know these could be even forced!

Killing him won't do a lick of good. I'm certain of that. These bonds are meant to survive death by this world's standards. Damnit... Maul... what were you thinking?!?

[facultative]

Why would I want this with him?!

[He's holding his head, eyes squeezed tightly closed.]

You kill him again and again, however many times it takes until he doesn't get up again.

[onerthes]

I don't know you. I had to be sure.

[She sounded like the crackling of a smoldering fire. She wasn't happy at all, not with this situation, not one bit. Damnit, Maul, what were you thinking?]

If that kind of method actually worked on the sleepers, I'm sure someone would have done it before. I've died several times in my own past. It's not that simple. And these bonds are between the spirits or souls.

I am certain that the Doorway knows a means to remove the binding, because you did not agree to it. She has to be willing. this is not the kind of bond she seems to wish. I will try to come to her, to see if I can learn something. I don't know how though.

There has to be a way. No such bond should be forced.

[facultative]

She was there. She sure seemed happy enough to accept it.

Maybe she's not as great as you think she is.