hadriel | 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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While I'm sure there are others who agree with you, many wouldn't. It was like nothing else seeing it fire with the power of an entire star.

[Wow, that's so rude.]

People live on those stars, don't they?

[this seems like a violation of intergalactic law]

[It is, big time. Not that it stopped him or anything.]

You mean on the planets? No one lived in the star system where the star I drained was.

The Hosnian system, on the other hand, was a Core system with a total of 5 planets and three moons, one of which served as the primary base for the Republic fleet. So yes, people lived there.

[connor is stunned into silence for a moment.]

That's sick. You can't just brag about killing people like that.

The loss of life and loss of a valuable Core system was regrettable but it was necessary given the situation. A war would have only spread to the neighboring systems and dragged on for years.

There's a difference between -- between regret and the way you've been talking about this thing.

I was able to destroy a corrupt regime in a moment, I have every reason to be proud of accomplishing something that no one ever had ever thought was possible.

You seriously don't think there was a better way to depose the regime?

There was no other way to ensure it was completely wiped from existence. The Republic could not be allowed to survive if there was ever to be stability in the galaxy again.

Those people didn't deserve to die for it.

People die in war all the time, it happens. It's necessary to weigh the cost of lives against the benefits. It's been that way since the days of the Old Republic, I'm not the first to have to make that decision.

Granted, I'm the only one who had to make that decision on that scale in a moment but the idea is the same.

You should've made a different one.

[dont bring your realist bullshit into here hux]

We've already had two galactic wars that many systems have never recovered from, another one would have been disastrous.

This was the cleanest and most practical option.

How many people died?

The last calculation of the population of the Hosnian system was 2.1 trillion beings, human and other species.

Jesus Christ.

The Core systems tend to have higher populations and Hosnian Prime was the capital of the Republic so that's why the count was so high.

That's not...that's not something people should be able to take lightly.

[but by now hes like totally sure this is pointless. he's obviously not going to help hux have a revelation or some shit over this.]

It wasn't a decision that was made lightly but after years of careful planning.

[He knows empathy isn't something he's felt since he was a child. He had just trained himself out of feeling those types of emotions.]

That doesn't make it sound better.

I realize it may be difficult to understand as you're not aware of the events leading up to it but it had to be done.

Was your buddy [kylo] part of that plan?

Kylo Ren? No, his work is more hands on with day to day operations instead of military decisions such as Starkiller.

But he was okay with it?

[i mean theyre living together so??]

Our goals are the same, yes. We both want to see peace and order restored to the galaxy and knew that the price for that would be high.

[Honestly, at this point they wouldn't know what to do unless they had each other to fight with. Hux's life would be so empty if he wasn't making Kylo Ren suffer somehow.]

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