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[emiri]

fast and loose role-play

free and easy love, that's how it's s'posed to be!

want to thread with one of mine but aren't in the same game? want me to do something with one of yours in bakerstreet? can't find a good recent bakerstreet meme but want to thread anyway? want to explore au scenarios together? annoyed that i dropped that character you really wanted a thread with?

well drop me a comment here with whatever scenario (or link to a meme) you want, specify the character you want, and we can thread the merry day away!

any active or retired character from the muse list with two stars or more is fair game!

homeless characters are slightly different in that most of them don't have journals or icons set up, so you may have to give me a day or so to do that. and in some cases, a couple more days to canon review if i haven't in a while.

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[bellassa]

<sub>[In any other circumstance - with any other topic - he might have found that a little amusing, the total disbelief in her. But as it stands with something like the Force, something that big, he can't help a faint grimace.

He considers for a moment. Looks past her, ahead.]</sub>

It came naturally. I know that’s hard to believe. But I left the Order years ago and I don't regret it.

_{[it's context he mostly offers because he knows she'll be able to guess it eventually anyway. He's Force trained. It's not something he can hide.]}

[resnipstance]

[Well, that answers that question, then.]

... So you were a Jedi.

[It isn't a question, more a statement of wonder.

After all-- why would anyone leave the Order?]

[bellassa]

A padawan, actually.

_{[he was still just a boy when he left, really. And he doesn’t like to let anyone believe he was ever a full-fledged Jedi.[}

[resnipstance]

But-- why would you leave? The Order is... it's family!

[bellassa]

I don't think you know me that well yet, Commander.

_{[Looking back at her, he raises his eyebrows. He manages to be teasing enough to not be ride or challenging, but the message should be clear: his reasons are personal.]}

[resnipstance]

[The stripes on her lekku darken slightly in embarrassment. She should have known better, really-- she just let curiosity get the better of her. But the question was outright rude. In any case, she looks appropriately sheepish.]

... Right. ... Of course. You're right.

[An awkward silence descends then, leaving Ahsoka unsure of how to proceed.]

[bellassa]

<sub>[Ferus is generally not very generous with these details even under the best of circumstamces. Even his husband doesn’t know the details of why he left. But with Ahsoka Tano it's something he can already tell he'll guard even more, because she's the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, who played a part in everything that happened.

He's not even sure whether to let on that he knew Anakin at all.

So that pause stretches for a while, but then Ferus shakes himself out of it and throws her a bone. He's not a fan of silence anymore.]</sub>

It was a hard decision. And I missed the Jedi for a long time, especially my Master. But I'm not going back for a number of reasons.

_{[Then there's a half smile.]} It makes it pretty interesting to work with Jedi again, though.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka still trying to make sense of it all, honestly.]

I see.

You left, but... you're still fighting for the Republic?

[bellassa]

Why wouldn't I?

I'm still sworn to the Republic and the best for the galaxy. And I know plenty of people who fight without being Jedi or clones.

[resnipstance]

I don't know, it's just-- usually when you hear about people leaving, it's because they decide they can't hack the fighting or... well. You know. The Dark Side.

Er-- which obviously isn't the case here!

[bellassa]

_{[and there's the amused look.]}

Right.

I don't like the fighting at all, but if I can help ... besides, a lot of people from home are here, doing this. I'm not going to give them opportunity to show me up.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shakes her head, rolls her eyes and smiles fondly all at once. It's a very Anakin gesture.]

Boys and their pride. I don't think I'll ever understand it.

[But it's clear from her tone that she's teasing.]

[bellassa]

_{[There's a small laugh, at that.]}

Whatever gets the job done, right?

_{[Then, raising his voice and calling over his shoulder,]} Right guys?

_{[An obedient chorus of "yes sir"s from Raz, Bit and Thousand, and Ferus shoots Ahsoka a cheeky smile.]}

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka snorts and keeps walking.

After a few more minutes:]

... How old are you, anyway? If you don't mind my asking.

[Her question has an air of curiousity to it-- no judgement. She just wants to know for the asking. It seems Ahsoka's inquisitive nature can't be stopped so easily. Have some pity on poor Anakin.]

[bellassa]

_{[He looks curiously back at her, at first not quite seeing why that's relevant at all.]}

Twenty-four, why?

[resnipstance]

Oh. Huh. A bit older than Anakin, then. [She had thought maybe they were the same age.]

--General Skywalker, I mean.

[bellassa]

<sub>[Ah, of course. At least she's not assuming they knew each other, but Ferus again wonders if he should tell her or anything.

But instead of talking about how he remembers Anakin - which is frankly with a lot of issues on either end - he looks at her thoughtfully for a moment, considers how to ask what he really does want to know about Anakin. In the end he does it with a carefully neutral tone, but lets his curiosity shine through.]</sub>

How is he as a Master?

If you don't mind me asking.

[resnipstance]

Truthfully? He's... different. From other Masters, I mean. Passionate. Impulsive. But he's also strong, and clever, and caring-- you won't find anyone more loyal to their troops, or as good at making up brilliant tactical maneuvers on the spot when everything else has gone to pieces. And he never gives up.

[bellassa]

<sub>[He listens carefully, and he finds that what she's saying makes sense with the image of Anakin that he has - such incredible raw talent, so fiercely emotional. It doesn't seem like a stretch for Anakin to become the person she's describing.

So he nods, and then he figures, if Anakin is here, it's not like she won't know about this soon enough, anyway.]</sub>

That sounds about right.

I knew him when we were Padawans.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka perks up with interest immediately, becoming instantly more animated.]

Wait-- really?

How well? I mean-- were you friends? He never talks about the past. I have to practically pry it out of him.

[bellassa]

_{[He can't help but snort, and when he shakes his head, the smile that comes with it manages to mix both amusement and something wry and sardonic.]}

It was a good day if we weren't getting in each other's way. He didn't like me much. I was a careful rule-follower.

_{[And that speaks for itself, really.]}

[resnipstance]

[It certainly does. Ahsoka has to suppress a laugh.]

Oh-- well no wonder you didn't get along.

[bellassa]

_{[The way she just immediately accepts that shows how little that's changed on Anakin's end, and Ferus gives her a half smile.]}

None whatsoever. And he was all impulse, so I didn't like him much, either.

[resnipstance]

Well, maybe the Force put you both together for that reason.

[bellassa]

<sub>[... ah. He falls quiet for a second, mulling that over in a way he's probably not quite meant to. But he's never thought about it that way, has stopped thinking about the will of the Force a long time ago, but maybe, in a way, he should be grateful to Anakin for what went down.

He's a better person for having left. Anakin played a part in that, however painful.]</sub>

Hm. Maybe. But I think we would have both learned more from each other if we hadn't been so good at getting under each other's skins.