❛ NOT ALWAYS, MASTER WINDU. ❜ though, this particular tale had been a bit exaggerated. blown past a probable proportion. but he always wonders if he’d ever receive anything but CONTEMPT from the Council member. ❛ but if someone is going to be entertaining around here, i doubt it’s going to be you. ❜ he says only to TEASE , lips curled into a grin.
he doesn’t intend any undue H A R M to skywalker,
no matter the I R R I T A T I O N the younger causes
him. nor, in the same way, does he wish the other to
be disregarded. but to tales such as T H I S------ well,
mace had heard worse, surely, but this was toeing the line.
❝ ——- while you focus on being a N U I S A N C E,
i shall attempt to have some C O M M O N
S E N S E. perhaps enough for the two of us?
your master C E R T A I N L Y has little to spare you. ❞
❝What is happening.❞ It sounds like it should be a question, but comes out as more of a statement, Uhura’s arms thrown wide out to maintain her balance as the ground beneath her feet shakes. It lasts for a few more moments before it stops, and she turns wide eyes to the Jedi master before her. ❝Was that you?❞
grim D E T E R M I N A T I O N that blossoms forth in the
form of gritted teeth and furrowed brow. it is not so much
C O N F U S I O N at the sudden tremors, for he remains
B A L A N C E D throughout---- but more akin to D I S T A S T E
at the proceedings. he had so dearly H O P E D for smooth
sailing. that someone might impede on his returning home
all the sooner brought only I R R I T A T I O N to the forefront.
brothers in arms, they never wavered from the other. they are a team; unstoppable and infallible, yet strong in their convictions. they are one in the same, alike in so many things but different in souls && voice. where one is heard, the other is silent. yet, where one is silent, they are never for long. it is a never ending system of support, their shared pain && grief, their shared innocence ( however rare that may be ) && shuttered lives always being held. for they have each other. they are brothers, things of war. they are soldiers && they are men.
the first INSTANCE had been a blur, yet somehow still FROZEN in time ; the image was striking, dark ROBES silhouetted against PINPRICKS of stars. MACE WINDU. a waning shadow, with eyes low, dark, and vengeful, but — distant. COLD. his master was unmoved, unbothered, even as VADER’S BREATH hooked in his throat, as his furnace heart TREMBLED in his breast. SOME GHOSTS ARE NOT MEANT TO REST.
he follows him, from THEN on ; a restless spirit doomed ( perhaps by his own volition ) to trail VADER’S every action, record every mistake. of late, his VOICE had become known — the same stern, incriminating TONE that had once fanned the ALL CONSUMING flame of fire in his core ( no, mighty king, for now it is empty, detached, broken ).
his eyes are rimmed with red, raw with INSOMNIA, paranoia ; his gaze is anywhere but the officer ( stone faced, nameless ) — he searches the space, the corners, the passing expressions of sergeants, majors, admirals. DISCUSSION OF DATA TAPES. CODES, BLUEPRINTS. his focus shifts, ❛ and what of the wreckage? have your men search the starcraft, and relay any inconsistencies to me. ❜
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, MINDLESS WORDS. his gaze SHIFTS again, and — stills: breath catches in the ( hold ) of his lungs, rattling then over his lips, curled BACK in rage. there. BEHIND him. to his left. ❛ THAT — ❜ he hisses, ❛ is ENOUGH. ❜
there is a place in his heart E M P T I E D of emotion, of
any C O M P A S S I O N for this dreaded world. that life
of his, which had been S N U F F E D out by those he had
truly trusted most! it sits as C O N S T E L L A T I O N S
in the mind, great encompassing M A P of all ways in which
he had failed the people who had relied upon him.
( he remembers the D E S T R U C T I O N of that which he
had loved, body L O S T to him and inability to help being
F O R C E D into his mind. he remembers the bodies of the
Y O U N G L I N G S, he remembers the raw H A T R E D
with which skywalker had faced his master--------- he
R E M E M B E R S even when he wishes he did not. )
he sees his own S H O R T C O M I N G S, comes to understand
them W H O L L Y, and had sought only to become W I T N E S S
to that which it had spawned. the distant B E A T of yoda’s heart, of
those F E W jedi who did remain----- that was something that he
S A V O R E D, a buoy to clutch to in these times when emotion
and nonexistence M U D D L E D together into something D R E A D F U L.
it had started as something of such a degree, that he might K N O W
this new-found entity. V A D E R, the name had been decided, and
mace could not help but utter D I S G R U N T L E D laugh at that.
( he feels U N H I N G E D in all things, for now he saw no N E E D
to withdraw from emotion. now only came the R A G E of his life,
all-encompassing F L A M E S that kept his inhumanity alive. )
but this V A D E R, this M O N S T R O S I T Y! he knew what
lay within, W I T N E S S E D it, always, for now only the lost lamb
sat beneath his gaze. that vader could S E E him had not been
apart of the plan.
he’s not even a chance to S P E A K, this time, merely R E S T I N G
in that way that had become common----- there was not S L U M B E R
to be found, though neither was there any W E A R I N E S S that
should push him to it. instead he F L O A T S, unattached from any
physicality of this world, and W A T C H E S, as always he has done.
❝ you’ve M U C H too short a patience,
vader. your poor M E N suffer for it
---- as M A N Y have, prior.❞
i’ll be blunt with you guys---- i don’t know J A C K S H I T about how to do a follow forever. this is maybe kinda my first. it’s been a wild week thus far, guys, and i’d like to thank you E N D L E S S L Y for there being over 350+ of you! ( i know, i know, the graphic says 300. let’s just say this was made a hot minute ago and it’s taken me way too damn long to type this up. whoops. ) anyway. i’m just gonna... structure mine off of the few i’ve seen. also, to answer anakin’s answer------ cause i’m L A Z Y and it looked better, idk. probably should have done the hands, too. oh well. i could honestly wax eloquent about everyone on this list, but if i did that it’d get preeeetty damn long, so if you’re tagged and you want a little blurb, by all means, give me a holler. i’ll stroke your ego for D A Y S, baby. love y’all!
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@spacepiratemaz! gem is an angel and a godsend and the actual reason i made this account, so obvi she goes first on the list. everything gem writes is perfect----- from the ic stuff to the ooc to the crack and beyond. 10/10 would make a mace windu acct for again.
@medicaly! tiger is AMAZING and i will shout that until the day i die because honestly everything tiger does makes me cry a lil tiny bit. fluster is such a heartbreaking character and also ??? tiger legit murders him nine out of ten times. it’s beautiful and heartbreaking and man do i die a lil bit every time i read something because tiger is just SO DAMN GOOD damn boo
@foolhardie! ZAM YOU ARE AMAZING PLEASE like honestly just. if you ever need someone to beat the shit out of your character grim’s your guy. i feel like zam’s first language is angst because i’ve never not been at least mildly destroyed every time zam talks about grim’s past, old squad, and ptsd. if you love dying, zam’s your man.
@jedimessiah / @spookieh! hhooooooboi dom’s such a Good honestly like i’ve only known dom a short while now but i’m already so wildly in love with spooks and dom’s writing is so ????? amazing and i’m honestly always down to read threads for days. bless u sweet child.
@nullclass! gena could honestly kick my ass and i’d be a happy fucking camper. like idk what even to write except a, gena is amazing and smart and, again, could kick my ass, and b, oRDO IS CLONE PAPA AND ALSO ????? everything about gena Pleases Me thank u i love u
@nabooisms! WELL HERE WE GO OK! bri was one of the first people to reach out to me when i started this account and has been honestly one of the sweetest, kindest, coolest motherfuckers around. we don’t really need to ever talk about much of anything to have a good time and laugh a lot, and i’ve honestly never had anyone ever compliment me so much before, so honestly, bri is amazing and i am 100% part of the bri fan club.
