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hadriel2017-09-23 02:29 am
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[Anakin is nursing a burned leg - thanks, fire - looking like his usual peppy, happy self.]
Eclipse, leave it alone. [He shows a curious cat sniffing said leg and coaxes it into his lap. Another cat, one that is smaller, with a face that is almost too adorable for words follows in Eclipse's dainty footsteps, laying over Anakin's leg. There. That's better, right?]
Thank you, Ravager. [No, really. This is the terrifying Darth Vader. With a pair of sweet cats.]
I swear this is the last I do for you, Hadriel. Unless there is a burning building filled with cats, you are on your own.
[Cats > People. Obviously.]
Hux? Are you alive? [That's a nice way of checking on someone, right?] Maedhros? Fingon? What about you?
Eclipse, leave it alone. [He shows a curious cat sniffing said leg and coaxes it into his lap. Another cat, one that is smaller, with a face that is almost too adorable for words follows in Eclipse's dainty footsteps, laying over Anakin's leg. There. That's better, right?]
Thank you, Ravager. [No, really. This is the terrifying Darth Vader. With a pair of sweet cats.]
I swear this is the last I do for you, Hadriel. Unless there is a burning building filled with cats, you are on your own.
[Cats > People. Obviously.]
Hux? Are you alive? [That's a nice way of checking on someone, right?] Maedhros? Fingon? What about you?

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He grabbed two bottles of whiskey from the kitchen along with two glasses before returning to the living room.]
Of course, I understand.
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If we had followed the rules, they wouldn't exist. I guess that's one more reason for you to cling to your regulations.
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I think it was mostly because I was useful. My father had never been in good health so I was needed to take his place.
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At five? [His nose wrinkles.] And I thought I had it bad. At least I had a good mother and time to be a kid.
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Yes, I started my training as soon as I could walk so it was only natural I took over as soon as I could.
[He set the glasses and bottles on the table between them, pouring out whiskey for both of them.]
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I feel bad for you, Hux. [He means it, his features softening.] Kids should run around and play. I would've socked your dad in the jaw for raising you like that.
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Everyone knew it, no one had said anything.He didn't understand how anyone could have mourned his father, it made him angry to think about it.]
It's done now. He died years ago.
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Stars help him, he still wants that guidance.]
Horribly, I hope.
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He was quiet for a moment, peering at Anakin.]
Yes, I saw his terror and pain at the end. He contracted some unknown disease and his heart exploded.
[Along with the rest of him.]
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Huh! [He gives a short, sharp laugh.] Not as slow as I would've liked, but it will do.
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[He had made sure of it, though even now it didn't still feel like enough after years of abuse he had endured. But he had survived, he was stronger for it.]
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Down the whiskey goes, burning his throat and his chest.]
There is some justice.
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He knew Brendol would have never done anything like that for him.]
Indeed there is.
[He trailed off as he threw back his second glass of whiskey despite the burn in his throat.]
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Now we have cats. [And the great General Hux is doing housework while the mighty Darth Vader cooks.]
You don't need to be the man your father envisioned.
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[He chuckled at that comment, shaking his head.] I'm certainly not the man my father thought I would be.
'Thin as a slip of paper and just as useless' was what he apparently what he said about me to the ruling council after the Emperor's death. And he made it clear what he thought of me growing up. I'm certainly not what he envisioned, especially since I'm sure he didn't expect me to survive this long.
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It's weird to think I could've taken care of you. If I had survived, that is. [He was practically on death's door ever since Mustafar.]
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[He had a great deal of admiration for Rae Sloane, he knew she would have been a strong Emperor.]
Between the both of you, I have no doubt I would have been in good hands.
[Strange to think Darth Vader would have been a better parent but he doesn't doubt that.]
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You might have been scared by the suit, but I would've let you be a kid.
[To some degree. Vader isn't Anakin. Not entirely anyway.]
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[He's not going to lie about that, he's not quaking in fear now. In fact, he chuckles as he played with his glass, amused.] I grew up learning how terrifying Vader was, meeting you in person when I was five would have been scary.
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[He laughed at that, raising his refilled glass as well as a toast.]
I only know of a few who weren't terrified of you.
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[He finishes his glass in one gulp, chuckling as he feels light-headed.]
My only friends.
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The cats certainly aren't scared of you here.
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Do I look like a monster to you? Besides, they like what they are given and they return it.
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That is how Millicent is, though I expect she's more intelligent than she lets on.
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