Accidental Video; Horrible Roommates Being Horrible

[darthvaderfanboy]

[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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[Video] 1/3

[prophesiedone]

... [What even.]

[Video] 2/3

[prophesiedone]

[Children. Anakin is stunned by their antics and it takes a few moments for their insults to sink in. Darth Vader wannabe? Talking to his helmet?

He looks uncomfortable.]

[Video] 3/3

[prophesiedone]

This is my legacy?

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

[This is...awkward. There is really nothing he can say about the Skywalker legacy, especially after mentioning the whole helmet thing.]

Ren could better answer that.

[Video]

[prophesiedone]

I'm not sure I want to know. [...] Do you always argue like this?

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

On this scale? Not often. Usually, he just settles for destroying parts of my star destroyer and stomping off.

[Video]

[prophesiedone]

His emotions are wild. You have a way of...fanning the flames. [Not that he can talk, mind you. Meditation doesn't help him much anymore.]

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

I'm the only one who isn't afraid of him or just lets him run wild on his rampages. We've never gotten along well

[Video]

[prophesiedone]

That could get you killed one day. [It's not really a warning; more of a...grim fact.] If he allows himself to become a Sith, his emotions will be tied directly to his powers.

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

I know, I've thought about it before.

[He knows Snoke previously kept Kylo on a tight leash but one day it wouldn't be enough.]

But I refuse to live in fear.

[Video]

[prophesiedone]

You can't avoid all fear.

Fear can be a great motivator. [Fear is what led him down this path.]

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

I know but it can also be a crippling weakness if it's allowed to get out of control.

Someone has to keep Ren from raging out of control, that seems to have been fallen to me to handle.

[Video]

[prophesiedone]

... [He has been considering something since he met Kylo Ren. No, Ben.]

He's my grandson. It's my responsibility to train him.

[Video]

[therewillbeorder]

I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

I haven't taught him in anything related to the Force, I was just assigned to work with him and make sure he didn't run into anything he couldn't handle.

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[darthvaderfanboy]

[Kylo can only make a sort of garbled cry like he's being strangled. Oh, he's going to kill Hux with his bare hands for mentioning the helmet. He can't even say anything to possibly excuse his behavior. He just sits there, helmeted head hung low. Even without being able to see his face, it's clear he's humiliated.]

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[prophesiedone]

[...he watches him, silent, before smiling very, very faintly.] So you missed me?

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[darthvaderfanboy]

[He doesn't answer at first. Can't even look Anakin in the face. If ever there was a moment he feels low, this is it. Finally, he takes the mask off and looks back up, shrunk down to about five inches tall.]

It's not like I can turn to my family. [The first mention he's made of what happened to them in the present.]

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[prophesiedone]

[He finds it difficult to be angry with him, especially when he looks like the life has been sucked from him. Shifting uncomfortably, Anakin considers his words.]

Thanks to Obi-Wan's influence. [His old Master likes to throw kinks into his plans. Always.] But I'm not Luke or Leia.

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Yes, he'll just let Anakin assume that as being the reason he and his family are estranged. As Hux has pointed out, he has trouble with accepting responsibility for his actions. And he knows, even now, his parents would accept him back in a heartbeat despite all that he's done.]

You're the only one who has a hope of understanding me.

[The camera shifts as he throws something else at Hux. He certainly doesn't.]

[prophesiedone]

[He closes his eyes, seeking calm. How does he deal with this? The three of them are too emotional. One of them needs to be a mediator and it better be the one with the most power.]

I'll set things to rights if Luke and Leia come here, don't worry.

[His eyes open, gaze sharp.]

You need a place to live. Stop destroying it.

[darthvaderfanboy]

[That gets a raised eyebrow out of Kylo.]

Good luck getting through their heads. You'll need a hammer.

[Stubbornness is definitely a family trait, his mother an especially bad case. At the reprimand, he shrinks down again, but now it's more like sulking than before. Alright, so getting into an all-out explosive fight with Hux wasn't the best idea he's ever had.]

We're moving.

[prophesiedone]

I'm more stubborn than them. [He hopes? No, he is. He doesn't have a choice.] You'll destroy that home too if you keep it up.

[Children.]

I think you have too much energy. I've spoken to Hux about Snoke, but I'd like to talk to you about him too.

[darthvaderfanboy]

[Now there's something he'd like to see. Considering this place seems to be drawing in people from his galaxy like a magnet, he's not going to be the least surprise if more of his family shows up in some unwanted family reunion.]

I have a destructive nature.

[Well, truth be told, he has a childish nature prone to temper tantrums. Same thing when he gets down to it. The mention of his master causes a twitch to run through Kylo's face. It's ambiguous as to whether that's good or bad.]

What do you want to know?

[prophesiedone]

Only because you are not being properly occupied. [They are both violent - dangerous - but Anakin has his Jedi training to fall back on when he is truly furious.] I want to know why he keeps himself shrouded in mystery when you need him to teach you.

[He is not okay with his grandson being mistreated, Snoke.]

A true Master should be with you. In person.

[darthvaderfanboy]

He's always with me. He's in my mind and has been for a long time.

[Yes, he's aware that's not normal for most people, but Kylo's never been normal. Still, he's hardly going to tell Anakin about how his master has been whispering to him since he was a child. That'll just make Snoke sound like the bad guy and Kylo knows he's not.]

Except for here. I haven't been able to sense his presence since I arrived here.

[If anything, he was worse when he had first come to Hadriel. Now he had to think for himself. Away from the cloying presence of Snoke, his influence had begun to lessen.]