Vader doing his creepy thing [OPEN]

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Time is an illusion, and also very bendy]

Vader, upon his return to Stacy, has found the Sensoriums.

He's been absorbed in them for the better part of an hour- first fighting numerous lightsaber duels with a holographic Obi-Wan Kenobi, ending each duel with a triumphant and increasingly violent killing stroke, then simply dismembering the hologram through various means. He was currently on Mustafar, kneeling by a river of lava and shoving Obi-Wan's face in and out of the flow, pausing to evaluate the various shrieks and gurgles of the simulated man.

It was beginning to bore him. It was not nearly as satisfying as he knew the real thing would be.

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[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha found him during one of those Obi-Wan-meets-lava-flow passes and stood just inside the Sensorium door, her arms crossed beneath her breasts, just watching. This was better than having him killed outside these doors, but it still made her heart clench. Instead of reacting, she let him continue, her expression blank.

She did not say a word to Vader.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader finally stood, holding Kenobi's smoking ruin of a face loosely in one hand.

"I came here for privacy."

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha said nothing, not even a word, just locked eyes with the Sith Lord, her expression not revealing anything. This was a sensorium, there was no privacy, no lock, no shield to keep anyone out. She studied Obi-Wan's head for a moment, but not with the eyes of a Jed-Eye, nor with the eyes of a former lover, but with those of an ancient Bene Gesserit.

Revenge against one's enemies never did much to purge the need to murder them. It only strengthened that need until the moment where madness overcame reasonable thought and inaction became action. Arha had not worn her lightsaber and never did so around Vader, but she extended her hand and let a replica build itself until it was solid in her hand.

It ignited and she tilted her chin slightly as she moved into the Ataru opening stance. Arha stared Darth Vader down, deeply calm within the Force.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader's mouth curled in a cruel smile as he drew his own lightsaber. Without thinking he built his old armor around him, finding a comfort in its confines.

"You will be bested, as were all the Jedi before you," he rumbled in the ominous bass tones familiar to all who lived in his Galaxy.

[ladyofthesands.livejournal.com]

Arha was silent, only the birdlike tilt any indication that she had heard him. She was ready for him and this would give him something to do to distract him from the senseless maiming of her Master, even if he was not real. She found his distorted voice no more fearsome than his normal one, and waited for him to do more than talk.

She had invited him, after all.

Vader was rage, Arha was calm. She would not win the fight, but he could hammer away at her if he wished. It was a strange therapy of sorts. He was frustrated by his inability to do anything but play this Sensorium induced parade, he had to be.

"Come, then," she murmured. "Fight something real, if you must fight."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Chopping up Obi-Wan? Not so great. Ben figured that just about anything was better for his grandfather, in the "let's wean you off the Dark Side thing and try to have awesome family time" scheme of things, than repeatedly hacking down a Jedi Master, and starting up a conversation was a pretty easy alternative to present.

"So, how about that shore leave?"

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader grunted.

"Unsatisfactory. Waste of time. Numerous annoying interlopers."

There was a ghastly sound as Kenobi's arm came free from its socket. It sizzled when Vader threw it in the lava, frustrated.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Ben winced. "Great food, though," he said gamely.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader flung down his holographic victim, causing Obi-Wan to vanish before he hit the ground.

"Do you want something from me? You know perfectly well I do not eat as you do."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Oh, right.

"Want to go do something else?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke came in silently--as silently as he could, anyway, with his newly-gotten boots crunching on the cooled lava rock--and sat on a large stone, watching Vader at work.

He could have been angry; Obi-Wan had been Luke's first mentor in the Force, the one to set his feet on the path he had walked since leaving Tatooine many years ago. He'd had enough of an impact on Luke for the Jedi Master to give the name to his son. And since waking up here, Luke and Obi-Wan had been co-workers and friends. Luke had a great respect for the other man, so anger at seeing his father causing bodily harm would have been a reaction any person would have completely understood.

But Luke, instead, felt sad. This was what Vader thought he had to do--hurt the man who Luke respected. And how to help resolve this was one of the many things that had been on Luke's mind since getting back on the ship.

So he folded his hands and closed his eyes, meditating quietly while he waited for Vader to be done with his simulated killing.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"Kenobi is not invincible," Vader said, without turning around. Another crack, and he turned to face Luke, unaware of the spray of blood down his front. "He can be bested. I will not let him manipulate you any more. You do not have to submit to the reign of the Jedi."

He scowled, and Mustafar vanished. "But you are not interested in hearing any of this."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

From his mind, Luke conjured up Ossus, where he had lived with his family for several years after the Vong war. The Jedi Academy there was a calm place he knew well, and when the scenery changed, Luke was still sitting on a rock, but it was covered in moss and surrounded by grass. Vader was standing by a running stream. Obi-Wan's body wasn't anywhere in sight.

"Nobody is invincible," Luke said. "I know that one very well. But you're right, that's not what I came here to talk about."

He collected his thoughts briefly, and took what he thought to be a fairly innocuous track. "Did you enjoy being off the ship?"

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader considered. Everyone else who had asked this question had received and immediate and definite 'no'.

"Of all the worlds to be stranded on, it was almost tolerable," he said. "I met many...crewmates."

"What world is this?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Luke cast his mind back to the orientation. "Zokez II," he replied. "Somewhere in the multiverse. It was kind of nice, wasn't it?"

[thewunderkind]

What a week. Lash was expecting to get some relaxing time in the sensoriums.

It was only a matter of time before she spotted Vader inside by the river of lava.

[thewunderkind]

She froze.

No.

No it couldn't be! Stacy had actually kept him of all people?! Slowly she raised a finger at him.

[thewunderkind]

Lord Sturm! It's so good to see you sir!" Her tone was joyful.

[thewunderkind]

Oh. Oh that wasn't him at all, the costume, while similar at first glance, was much darker than she had expected (the reflection from the lava pools certainly hadn't helped), he had no badass hat on top, and while they were about the same height, he simply wasn't her old Commander. Plus the man he was killing didn't look like anyone she'd know. It wasn't Sturm. Dang. She let out a sigh of disappointment.

"...Nevermind. I thought that you were someone else." She turned around, and began to walk out of the sensoriums. "You...keep killing that guy."

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"I am the same person you bothered before--" Vader threw up his hands, accidentally dismembering Kenobi even further. "I forget. You are not quite sane."

[lol-fireishot.livejournal.com]

As soon as Pyro was back on Stacy, he went on the hunt for the holodeck. Sensoriums. Whatever. He was still a little skeptical about it- a holodeck? Really?- so he wanted to see with his own eyes if it really was just like something straight outta Star Trek.

Imagine his surprise when he walked in and found himself standing by a lava river. He was impressed, to say the least. It really does read your mind!

It was then that he heard the screaming. He turned and saw the... spectacle... and couldn't quite decide if he should interrupt or not. He had always wondered what death by burning in lava looked like.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

"I suppose you have also come to tell me that I should not be using the sensoriums as I please," Vader rumbled. "Kenobi deserves it."

[lol-fireishot.livejournal.com]

Okay yeah getting on this guy's bad side seemed like a really bad idea. Pyro put his hands up and took a step back. "Hey, man, I didn't even know anybody else was in here."

He glanced down at the half-charred corpse in the lava, then back up at Vader, his head jerking slightly as he did so. He was pretty sure that couldn't be a real person. Pretty sure.

[sin-and-misery.livejournal.com]

Vader scowled at the twitching corpse, and a whole Kenobi reappeared. Vader wasted no time in putting his foot on the man's neck.

"I am running out of ways to make you suffer," he hissed at the hologram.

[lol-fireishot.livejournal.com]

Pyro really couldn't help but feel like he was interrupting something. But still, this was his first trip to the Sensoriums, plus there was a river of lava. River of lava.

He loosened his gas mask a bit so he could speak more clearly. "So, uh... you kill people with fire often?"