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 continued to shake his head. "The Emperor afforded me the best of care. If he could not fix what Kenobi wrought, then it is not possible."

His eyes seemed a little bit less sickly yellow as he thought of Padme. "She is like my children-- she only deserves the best."

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"Vader," Arha said, smiling--albeit upside down, "do I not heal your lungs when your emperor cannot? Set aside your disbelief. I shall do all I can to aid you in this matter. You see the truth in my words, no? We will work together, so that if your wife should come out of the pods, she will see you and know you. This I promise you. It may be difficult, but I wish to try as hard as I can."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"You are determined to do what cannot be done," Vader said, "you would move mountains simply because I told you they are too firmly rooted to be budged. Did my son tell you to be this way?"

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"I have always been this way since I was a child," Arha said, her laugh bright and her blue-within-blue eyes fairly sparkling with humor. "Your son would not tell me to be anything but my own self. I am this way, always, no matter if I am in your company or not. Give me something to move and I will move it or perish trying."

She flicked her fingers and radiated contentment and a brighter flash of dazzling joy.

"I would do this for you."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"I doubt it. For my son, perhaps, or even for Padme, who is long dead, but for me?" he turned to give her a weak glare. "I will discovery our true motives soon enough."

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" Arha said with a soft snort. "If no one else will do something for you, then I shall." She shrugged lightly. "I have said what I shall do and I shall do my best to stay true to my word. You may argue against this all you wish, but what I say I will do I will do to the best of my ability."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader rested his head back against his chair.

"Then it would appear I have no choice," he said, but his heart wasn't in it. He was day dreaming of Padme now, he could almost see her before him.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"It is not such a hardship to have something to look forward to," Arha murmured, her eyes closed as she half drifted off. It would not take long at all before she napped a little. The waves were oddly soothing and the hunger would wake her.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"Someday," Vader said, blearily, "never comes."

Did he...just quote Creedence Clearwater Revival? He's really out of it at this point.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

"This is not a true thing," Arha mumbled. "It comes when you are not expecting it."