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deernet2022-02-28 11:29 pm
survivalthroughhate) wrote in deernet2022-02-28 11:29 pm
Video; un: darkness (Forward dated to March 3rd)
[Maul looks as serious as he's ever been and at first he doesn't seem like he wants to speak. It takes Venge giving him a very hard headbutt to give him the impetus to start talking. There's a pensive quality to his voice like he's been practicing what he wants to say in his head but still isn't sure if he's gotten it quite right yet.]
I was in Deerington for over a year and a half. Including the time here in Trench, that is now over two years spent away from my home galaxy. That can change a person no matter how resistant one is to it. Some of you have been right. I have been acting like an unrepentant monster. [Which might be one of the hardest things for Maul to ever admit publicly. Everyone here knows getting him to admit when he's wrong is like pulling teeth.] But I've had a great deal of time to think and have come to the conclusion that I don't want to be that anymore. It is not a decision I make lightly or one that I was forced into by anyone. I think that has been the crux of why I have been faltering in my attempts. No one can make me become a better person. That has to come from within. So I'm going to prove the ones that have stuck by me right and show their eternal faith in me has been warranted. I never would have even gotten this far or come to this decision without them. To that end, I am making you all an offer which will be good from now until this city collapses into dust like Deerington did.
I swear by everyone here I told dear-- [And that's how one can tell he's dead serious about this. Maul would never make a vow he doesn't fully intend to keep.] --I will protect almost any and all of you against any monster that ever threatens your life. No questions asked, I will simply be there to defend you from danger. Just contact me and ask. It is that simple. All I seem to be good for is death and destruction, so I am going to channel that in a positive manner. There are a few exceptions to this, of course, but I'm sure you already know who you are. I'm making a change for the better but I'm not a saint and I do hold grudges. This doesn't apply to any conflicts that involve other Sleepers. I'm not getting involved in your petty squabbles. But anything inhuman which threatens your life will be dealt with in a swift manner, of that you can be assured.
[He goes to turn off his Omni when he adds on almost as an afterthought.]
Oh, and my offer to use my powers to get you to sleep or pull corruption out of your mind also still stand.
[Maul pauses and thinks of adding on something more but he's afraid he might dig himself into a hole he can't get out of if he does so. Instead, the Sith Lord just ends the feed a bit abruptly right there.]
I was in Deerington for over a year and a half. Including the time here in Trench, that is now over two years spent away from my home galaxy. That can change a person no matter how resistant one is to it. Some of you have been right. I have been acting like an unrepentant monster. [Which might be one of the hardest things for Maul to ever admit publicly. Everyone here knows getting him to admit when he's wrong is like pulling teeth.] But I've had a great deal of time to think and have come to the conclusion that I don't want to be that anymore. It is not a decision I make lightly or one that I was forced into by anyone. I think that has been the crux of why I have been faltering in my attempts. No one can make me become a better person. That has to come from within. So I'm going to prove the ones that have stuck by me right and show their eternal faith in me has been warranted. I never would have even gotten this far or come to this decision without them. To that end, I am making you all an offer which will be good from now until this city collapses into dust like Deerington did.
I swear by everyone here I told dear-- [And that's how one can tell he's dead serious about this. Maul would never make a vow he doesn't fully intend to keep.] --I will protect almost any and all of you against any monster that ever threatens your life. No questions asked, I will simply be there to defend you from danger. Just contact me and ask. It is that simple. All I seem to be good for is death and destruction, so I am going to channel that in a positive manner. There are a few exceptions to this, of course, but I'm sure you already know who you are. I'm making a change for the better but I'm not a saint and I do hold grudges. This doesn't apply to any conflicts that involve other Sleepers. I'm not getting involved in your petty squabbles. But anything inhuman which threatens your life will be dealt with in a swift manner, of that you can be assured.
[He goes to turn off his Omni when he adds on almost as an afterthought.]
Oh, and my offer to use my powers to get you to sleep or pull corruption out of your mind also still stand.
[Maul pauses and thinks of adding on something more but he's afraid he might dig himself into a hole he can't get out of if he does so. Instead, the Sith Lord just ends the feed a bit abruptly right there.]
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Good luck then, Darth Maul.
I mean. We all have a bit of a history, us in the house. Some are worse than others, but we try to treat each other fairly, and have each other's backs. That, and as long a Reaper's not going around murdering for funsies, we should get along fine.
[Was it sad that something like that might be the case]?
I don't know about that, but maybe he needs time to sort through his own business, and he needs to be outside of all of us to figure out what that is.
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[Reaper is the more subtle of the two but he does still have an attitude that turns quickly to murder as a solution most of the time.]
He told me he wants space and so I plan to give that to him for however long it takes him to figure things out. I'll wait until he comes back to me.
[Maul refuses to believe their relationship is over even if Reaper thinks it is. In Maul's mind, they're only done when he says it as well. It's not a healthy way to look at their life together but Maul doesn't have a healthy mindset to begin with.]
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[She figured if he did do that, people would be coming to the house to get him, and that wouldn't be attention he'd want to house to have to deal with. They all had their own messes, after all].
Uh. Ok? That sounds like you're sort of putting his own emotions on him and that he's in the wrong. I can guarantee you that's not at all going to go the way you want it to.
[And she really hoped Darth Maul wasn't going to leave their relationship in that bit of disrepair and expect Reaper to "fix" himself].
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[Famous last words right there.....]
Luz, I can't very well force him to talk to me. He's mad and he's hurt right now and going near him when he's in such a state will only earn me a shotgun blast to the face. When he wants to talk to me again, I'll be ready. Until then, I'm doing what he's asked and staying away.
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[Luz knew better than to agree or disagree to a statement like that. She knew entrapment when she heard it].
And you shouldn't! Honestly, the best course of action is to wait for him to come to you. I'm sort of curious what happened between you two though, that made him so prickly.
[She would kindly ignore that comment about Reaper shooting Darth Maul in the face, which was honestly something she could see him doing if she were honest with herself].