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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Extreme youth? I am an adult, not some child to speak down to.

I've attempted to teach Ren many things but unfortunately, he refuses to listen.

All I heard was the baying of pups, gnawing on each others ears. A trading of insults which gains nothing.

Refuses to learn? Or you rise to his words too quick and he enjoys the reaction?

Believe me, I ensure that he gets no enjoyment whenever he tries to pick a fight with me.

[Hux goes out of his way to make sure Ren suffers, after all.]

Yet he continues to do so.

{And the dog keeps barking!}

I never said he was intelligent.

Is it only a matter of such?

It's not in his self-interest to antagonize me. I'm one of the few who doesn't give into his temper tantrums and gives him what he wants when he starts in on this.

Which is good, yet perhaps a stronger hand may do him better good. If you do not wish the task, why do you continue?

I will leave it up to his grandfather to do the actual parenting now. I've had to look after him for five years already.

Ah, I see. Family is best to look after family, in many cases. It is good that he has family here.

It is, he's always admired his grandfather and now his grandfather can deal with ....everything.

I have always found grandfathers to be a wealth of knowledge and wisdom. So perhaps, hopefully, his will teach him in a way he will accept.

[He's not sure he would put Anakin in that category.]

That is my hope, it would give me a break.

{Maedhros has yet to meet Anakin, so can only speak for his own imperfect but loving grandfather!}

I hope you get a break, though that does not seem easily done here.

Thank you. I've needed a break for years and at least I have the chance here. Hopefully. We'll see.

We will. I have one request, if you get the rest you wish. Will you hear it?

I will hear it but I make no promises.

That is fair.

I ask you not to make a super weapon here. It may do more damage than aid in such an enclosed space.

A superweapon on the size of Starkiller would be impractical in this situation, given the small scale.

[No promises on regular weapons, though.]

And smaller weapons that would also damage the structural stability, tenuous as it may be, of this cavern?

It would be shortsighted and foolish to destroy the cavern while I'm here.

There are those who do not have that sense. I will accept your words in the spirit I hope they are meant.

{DON'T DISAPPOINT THE ELF}

I am flattered by your trust.

[It's going to happen, sorry.]

Is it trust? Or hope?

I wouldn't know, honestly.

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