BEACH BAD, BEACH BAD [OPEN]

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

To say Vader was out of his element was the understatement of the millennium. He'd taken refuge under a large umbrella and was seated in his his chair as though it were the Emperor's own throne. Under the pretense of meditating, he was keeping a three-foot radius of space around him sand-free.

His beach towel would stay immaculate until he got someone else's blood on it.

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[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader made a vague brushing movement, trying to dissuade the overly familiar bird.

"Go on. I have nothing for you."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The bird hopped off the chair to the ground and turned into an adorable green puppy pulling back onto it's hind legs and making a begging gesture as if to say Even if I do this?

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader was only startled for a second- but it was still a second too long. He was losing his touch. In one move he grabbed the puppy by the scruff of its sweet, adorable neck and brought it to his face.

"What are you?" he snarled.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

The creature managed to answer his question in an honest and amusing manner by turning into a chicken.

A very very scared chicken on the verge of laying an egg because GOOD LORD IS THIS GUY SCARY!!!

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

The sudden change in form caused Vader to lose his grip and left him scrambling, attempting to catch the strange shifting creature and question what it wanted from him.

"Do not...run...from me..." he panted as he fumbled with the struggling chicken.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Another shift this time to a fish flopping about on the chair until one massive bounce sent him flying and he shifted into his true form landing headfirst in the sand nearby sending a handful of it into the air and getting himself stuck.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"What is the m-- oh," Vader said, thinking back to their earlier conversation. "Beast Boy. I feel I should have known."

Nope, no apologies. No 'sorry I manhandled you, it was an honest mistake'. That's not quite Vader's style.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy heard the words muffled by sand and planted his feet to the ground giving a sharp tug as his head popped free. He shook it letting the sand out of his hair and gave his head a few good whacks to get the grit from his ears.

At which point he laughed, it was funny after all, "My bad dude! Good to see you're out and about though."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader blinked. That was not quite the reaction he had been expecting.

"You are the only one who feels similarly," he replied, adjusting his position in his beach-throne and brushing a few stray grains of sand from his plantsuit. "Even I wish I were somewhere far, far away."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Don't we all dude?" Beastboy flopped down in the sand nearby, "I mean, Darth Dude." He corrected himself sort of, "I'd give up pie for like...ever it I could just close my eyes and when I open them be back home with my friends and have this whole thing be a bad dream from an even worse bag of wasabi peas before bed...and I love pie. I mean like really love it, it's like my favorite dessert ever."

The sun was probably baking his brain a little but he didn't mind, just felt good to get some fresh air and open space.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader began to massage his temples yet again, wondering if he would make it out of this day on the beach without attempting to walk into the ocean and drown himself.

"I have already given everything I have, only to see all that I had sacrificed so much for be stolen by the Jedi," he replied, "I simply wish to know who it is that I must make...disappear before I am freed."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy thought about Vader's words for a few minutes before he answered cautiously, "Well...these Jedi dudes ruined your life right? Would making them err...disappear, fix anything at this point? I mean really considering the situation we're in with Stacy and all that?"

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"Distance does not matter-- my mission is still the same. Eliminate the Jedi, and make them pay for what they have done. Why would I stop when I am so close?" Vader folded his arms, leaning back in the chair.

"I will have vengeance."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy shrugged.

"I've never been that great at revenge...I've tried really but it kinda left me feeling...hallow inside ya know?"

He let his head fall back so he was looking at Vader upside down, "What are ya gonna do when it's all said and done? I mean you toast the Jedi, have your revenge, what's next?"

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"My son," Vader said, a little softer as he thought of Luke. "When they Jedi are dead I will finally have him and he will be wholly mine- their hold on him will be broken and we will be reunited."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Ah so the plan is settle down and raise your family, good plan, nice wholesome feel to it!" Beastboy encouraged though the whole "Killing people" means to the end was the opposite of wholesome.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"In this place, my son is older than I am and my wife is still dead," Vader growled. "I cannot raise him, but I will break the hold the Jedi have over him that he may live as a free man."

THERE IS A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE OK

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"Well that's better then nothing at least." Beastboy mulled over what the others had told him about Vader, he really didn't seem that bad, who knows maybe he was the one telling the truth and the Jedi were just manipulating Beastboy too.

"Seems like a nice enough dude, I'm sure he'll be happy to be free." He added as an afterthought.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"He is my son," Vader said, looking far away for a moment. "How could he be anything less than perfect?"

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

"I dunno he could have a funny nose or something...or like a dippy haircut? I never met him face to face after all." A joke that once more proved his survival instinct was far from developed.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

No words needed to be said. Vader simply picked Beast Boy up by the scruff of his neck yet again and looked him straight in the eyes, glaring.

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy felt as though his blood had run cold, "B-but what do I know huh? Look at this hair! Seriously the dude's as perfect as they come no doubt." He resisted the urge to turn into a chicken again but seriously considered turning into a turtle.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader nodded, and released Beast Boy.

"It is not surprising he was chosen to be Grandmaster of the Jedi Order," he said, trying to act disinterested. "He is as powerful as I was."

[changelingdude.livejournal.com]

Beastboy rubbed his neck where Vader had grabbed him, "Wait, as powerful as you were? Was that before or after the whole being tossed into lava thing?" It only now occurred to Beastboy he hardly knew any of Vader's story.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader nodded.

"The loss of my limbs and burns has had an adverse affect on my connection to the Force-- though I am still capable of killing every last Jedi," he added, fiercely.