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Accidental Video; Horrible Roommates Being Horrible

[The video turns on haphazardly, staring up as if someone had flung it across the room and accidentally turned it on. Which, incidentally, is exactly what happened. There's a red glare as Kylo's lightsaber comes into view. He slashes at someone just out of view, missing them, and instead taking out part of the couch.]

I've had it with you! I'll make you wish you'd died as a child!

[Then his toe hits the video, sending it spinning and landing in another spot.]

Oh like I'm going to be scared of a pathetic version of Darth Vader. You have no idea how many times I wanted to abandon you on Hoth.

[There is a loud clambering as Hux got out of the way and when the video settles he can be seen with his blaster in his hand, eyes shining with a mad fury.

He raises the blaster and fires a few shots aimed at Kylo, but a few shots hit the walls and destroy the couch.

Kylo blocks the blaster shots with an almost contemptuous ease, his lightsaber twirling in front of him in a back and forth pattern. He stops the last shot in midair, sending it sailing back towards Hux.]

Is that the best you can do? My mother is a better shot, you Tarkin-wannabe.

[Now he was just hitting below the belt.]

You did not-

[Hux barely manages to dodge the reflected blast, which hit the opposite wall, leaving a deep mark. He's back on his feet to fire a few more shots with a growl of fury. He doesn't care where they land, he just wants to make Kylo suffer.]

Oh, please, you just sit and talk to your grandfather's helmet. 'I will finish what you started' - that's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. You're just an embarrassment.

[Kylo goes very still for a moment, the video's skewed perspective making him look about seven feet tall. Everything nearby him begins to rattle with the power of the Force. Then, with a roar of fury, they all lift up, and began hurling themselves at Hux.]

I have more power than you could ever dream of! You think firing off your little superweapon gives you power? You're nothing. Just a bastard who got lucky.

[Hux's expression turns ugly, he's spent his entire life being called a bastard no matter how much he tried to put his past behind him.]

My little superweapon? The superweapon I could use to command the power of the stars when I destroyed the entire Hosnian System? I destroyed the Republic, their Senate, and their entire fleet in a moment while you sulked like a litt-

[He paused suddenly as he noticed the device, walking towards it.] You idiot, you left your phone on.

[Kylo looks over his shoulder at the phone. Great. They'd just broadcast that entire argument to the network. Now everyone knows about the Hosnian System. With a frustrated growl, he picks up a nearby lamp, and throws at Hux's head, not caring if it actually connects or not.]

This is your fault, you smug moron.

[Their physical altercation is done. The bickering is far from over.]

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so, just a recapper here, to clear things up for the ones in the back:

you've knowingly, willingly used a weapon that wipes out entire planets.
you justify this by calling it "necessary" to further your own ends.
and there's nothing about this you claim to regret?

[Heh. Heh heh heh. Boy.

Boy. Anger. Haven't felt that one in a long time. It's dulled, always is, as tired as he is, but boy, it's there.

What a world.]

Don't be ridiculous. While I take pride in my work with Starkiller, I didn't use the weapon out of such petty reasons as personal gain.

I did it for the galaxy and for the Empire, to end a war that has lasted for over 40 years.

[Oh, and he did it with pride. How nice. How nice and good for him.]

so just nix the problem, huh?
that's your ingenious solution?
wipe the slate clean, and start over?

Yes. I am sure you have your own judgments of what I've done, I can list all the reasons why it was necessary. But given you unaware of our galactic history and haven't experienced the horrors of the Republic firsthand you could never truly understand.

[He's got judgments all right.]

so explain it to me.
tell me why that's necessary.

As I said, the Republic had to be destroyed. It was brought into existence by terrorists who murdered the Emperor and plunged the galaxy into chaos again for their own gain.

That is the simple version, as I said there are decades of history and galactic politics that factored into the decision as well.

and i'm meant to believe that the one who facilitated the destruction of several planets is the good guy?

[Sorry, pal. He ain't convinced.]

let me be clear here:
i know your type.

you're a real "ends justify the means" kinda guy, aren't you?
it's all right if people get hurt, as long as it gets you what you want.
it's all right if millions of innocents die, as long as it nets you the result you're looking for.
and collateral? who's got time for that anyway?
an entire planet, species, race, can all be to blame, just 'cause that's what's convenient for you.

Edited (thosere some extra words there whoops) 2017-01-16 07:39 (UTC)

You can believe what you want. Your opinion means little and it doesn't change what happened. I acted on behalf of the Empire, I know that it was for the best that Republic was destroyed completely.

I'm not the first who has had to make that decision in the galaxy. I just made it on a wider scale in a short amount of time.

you "know" it was for the best.
so you're just not the kind of guy who tries for a basic little thing like "remorse," huh?

no.
no use for that here.
so why even try?

It was a pity the Hosnian System had to be destroyed, I heard the capital on Hosnian Prime was beautiful that time of year.

But no, I see no need for remorse when there is much to do.

it's only a loss if you no longer stand to gain something from it.
i see.

no tears shed for the families of innocents who will never get to see another day?
nah.
not for you.
you're above that.

I simply don't see the point crying over such things.

No leader has that luxury, especially in times of war.

luxury?
that ain't luxury, pal.
that's what we call basic decency.

It's a luxury in the current state of affairs in the galaxy.

The Emperor didn't have time to mourn losses during the wars, he did what he had in order to establish peace and stability. Nor did any senator or military leader for that matter during years of conflict that would have ripped the galaxy apart.

that's the funny thing.
you keep saying "peace," but i'm not sure you mean it in the way it's generally meant.

a world with no one alive to populate it?
sure, it's pretty damn peaceful.

but those ends don't justify any of your means, no matter what you choose to tell yourself.

The galaxy is a wide place and while the loss of the Hosnian System is a loss that will impact the galaxy in several ways, there are still many thousands of star systems out there.

so not a single one of those people mattered.
i see.

[At this point, he's just digging himself deeper with every word. Turns out that, yeah, you really can go a step beyond your run-of-the-mill genocide.

That's a new one.]

Prolonging the war by taking the system with the destroyers would have resulted in higher casualties and damage to multiple systems as the war spread. This was most the effective means.

small>[Hux is just special that way.]

bullshit.

lemme ask you something here.
do you know what human SOULs are made of?

[Sans, you did not just ask that question of a soulless ginger.]

I know there is something like a living energy flowing through each of us. But you would have to ask Kylo Ren about that, he's more in tune with such things than I am.

[He's just gotta talent for that sorta thing.]

i ain't asking him.
i'm asking you.

here's the thing about human SOULs.
no one can really say what they're made of.
monster SOULs are made of things like love, compassion. they need it to exist.

humans don't.

So you're saying it's possible for humans to survive without love or compassion.

[He's really not seeing the downside here, Sans. He's always been willing to go to any length to accomplish his goals.]

I'm not exactly an expert on what human souls are made of.

[He's not done just yet, buddy chum pal.]

well, that's the interesting thing.
there's a little "quirk" to SOULs where i come from.
the more people you kill, the more you gain a little thing called LOVE.

LOVE, you see, is an acronym.
it stands for Level Of Violence.

the more you gain, the less you hurt.
the easier it is to hurt others.

[That made sense to him, he had learned not to feel since he was a teenager. It had been for the best. He couldn't afford emotions when he was not only fighting to restore the glory of the Empire, a heavy burden placed on him as a child, but also to avoid any murder attempts from other First Order officers.]

I wouldn't argue with that. What is your point, then?

the point is that 20's the limit.
or it's meant to be.

i think you've pretty well overshot that.

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