lucetilogs | And just how long is Luceti Fantasy? It never ends.

And just how long is Luceti Fantasy? It never ends.

Who: You and me and you and you and you and you. Also you, I guess.
What: The RPG event!
When: April 28th - May 2nd
Where: Errywhere.
Summary: Everyone wakes up to discover Luceti has turned into an RPG land! And they... are its characters!
Rating: G, PG, PG-13, I don't give a damn.

It's the same deal as always. Post! Tag around! React! Thread! ...Other stuff! Keep it clean. Take your naughty stuff elsewhere. But this is an RPG so things like that don't exist here anyway.

AND BE SURE TO TAG YOUR CHARACTER ON THE LIST.

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[His voice hardens a bit.]

"Everybody has weaknesses that might be used against them. What happened to Anakin was no fault of his."

Nor was it any fault of yours. The blame is Palpatine's. Guilt over what cannot be changed doesn't help you or Anakin.

"Perhaps not, but neither does allowing yourself to depend upon somebody who is inherently unreliable."

You are not unreliable Ben.

"Either my previous failures are my fault, in which case my poor decisions render me unreliable, or my previous failures are beyond my control, in which case I am unreliable by virtue of being powerless to help people, and so, as you rather aptly described me, useless."

[And still no inflection at all. It's like he's talking about a completely different person he doesn't even know.]

It was unkind of me to say that, and untrue. You are not useless Ben. Not to me or anyone else. What happened happened because it must. There was nothing to be changed because it could not be changed.

[The camera's still going. She's entirely forgotten to shut it off.]

And I will be damned before I let you blame yourself for it.

"It is not yours to decide for what I am or am not responsible, nor for what I do or do not blame myself."

So I am to stand by and watch you poison yourself slowly instead?

"I do not allow my failures to plague my thoughts as I did prior to Levarre's intervention. They do not poison me, they only provide me with a realistic assessment of my own value."

And what is your realistic assessment of your own value, Ben?

"My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi. A Master on the Jedi Council, I was taken from my world following the destruction of my order at the hands of my rogue former student, and sent here to Luceti to teach a new generation of adventurers how to fight evil."

[Blank smile]

"Did you have any other questions about Luceti?"

Edited 2012-05-06 06:42 (UTC)

...That is not an assessment. This is- you are. I.

[This was pointless. This was useless. She thumbs the power on the camera, shutting it off so it won't record her voice, and composure, breaking. It's quiet, really. She has plenty of practice with keeping her rare bouts with nerves and frustration to a bare minimum.

She closes her eyes, bites her lip and wipes at her eyes. Hiccups a faint sob. This is just. So frustrating. This shift on top of all the other strangeness, on top of Gambit being taken, the vivid worry for Luke, the visceral fear that someone she knows will be sent away or taken on one of the missions. She just can't cope right now.]

[He frowns]

"Are you alright?"

[... It's still empty, still shallow, but at least it's a pale facsimile of his actual emotions.]

[This was. More than a little mortifying. The laugh that bubbles up and out of her is strangled by it's desire to be a sob. What comes out is a twisted combination of the two.]

Alright? Alright. I. I'm perfectly fine Ben. I'm always just. Wonderful.

[Obi-Wan's brow furrows. Genuine emotion, even if just for a moment.]

"...you're lying."

Of course I'm lying. Not that it changes any of this. Or will change any of this.

[Pinging the bridge of her nose and just. Trying to regain some measure of composure. If she fails, and it seems she will, she'll just. Walk into the battledome proper. Find somewhere quiet to get this out.]

Edited 2012-05-06 07:17 (UTC)

[His hand goes to her shoulder, and he attempts to meet her eyes.]

"... Were you not the one who insisted that I should not blame myself for that which I could not change?"

[... Almost emotion. Almost. It was sort of emotion-like, really.]

There's no dark side for me to fall to if I swallow poison of my own making Ben.

[Avoiding eye contact because, honestly. She doesn't want anymore of that terrible bland expression. The dulled eyes. It would just upset her more really.]

Edited 2012-05-06 07:34 (UTC)

[... She wasn't meeting his eyes. Somehow, that always hurt.

It... hurt. Pain. Actual pain, not some vaguely described filtered pain of a neutral third party.]

"It may not be as obvious, Adele, but I assure you, darkness is not only of the Force."

[...he called her by name. He hasn't done that for the entirety of their conversation. It's strange, how such a small detail would unsettle her so quickly.]

I am the very last person you need tell that.

"And yet you are willing to poison yourself emotionally."

[And there, again, was pain. Audible, actual pain.]

I have endured worse things.

[It wasn't something she'd cling to. This frustration. This guilt. She should by all rights walk away from this situation and rest. Meditate. Deal with it rather than continue to swallow.]

"... And yet you stay and speak to me, despite the frustration."

[He blinks.]

"... Adele, what am I doing out here?"

I am something of an idiot even on my best days, Ben.

[Right. Time to walk away. except. Now he sounds like himself. And that's just not fair.]

Oh no. If I answer you'll just. Start at the beginning again and I'm in no mood for that.

"... Start at the..."

[He frowns.]

"... I'm not certain where that... compulsion came from, but it seems to have passed."

[Blasted Malnosso.]

[And I would walk five hundred miles, and I would walk five hundred more.../Action]

[Five. Five Dollar. Five Dollar FOOT LOOOONG!/Action]

[We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there/Action]

[Hold my hand- Ooh baby it's a long way down to the bottom of the river/Action]

[I wanna hold your haaaaand, I wanna hold your hand/Action]

[I've got a hand for you, cuz I wanna run with you /Action]

[Tramps like us, baby, we were born to run~ /Action]

[The lady is a vamp, she's a vixen not a tramp, she's a da da da da da da daaaaa/Action]

[He's a tramp, he's a scoundrel, breaks a new heart every day/Action]

[You're a heartbreakter. Dream maker. Love taker don't you mess around with me-/Action]

[Dream weaver, I believe you can get me through the niiiight~/Action]

[Crime, it's the way I fly to you- I'm still in a dream! SNAKE EATER!/Action]

[Come fly with me, come fly, come fly away!/Action]

[I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky. Think about it every night and day-/Action]

[Every night in my dreams, I see you, I feel you, that is how I know you go oonnn~/Action]

[Listen to the music of the niiiiiiiiiiiiiiight-/Action]

[Feel the beat of the rhythm of the night, dance until the morning light!/Action]

[We got the beat, we got the beat we got the beat, yeah, we got the beat!/Action]

[And the beat rolls on, and the beat rolls on.../Action]

[Roll'n roll'n roll'n. Roll'n roll'n roll'n. Roll'n roll'n roll'n, Rawhide!/Action]

[I wanna rock and roll all niiiight, and party every day!/Action]

[You gotta fight- for your right. To paaaaaaaaaaaartay!/Action]

[He's a legend in the bar, and with every scar, fights a thousand bigger men (OI! OI! OI!)/Action]

[Tikki takki Tikki Takki OI OI OI! TIKKI TAKKI TIKKI TAKKI OI OI OI!/Action]

[Tick tock, on the clock, but the party don't stop, no (Oh oh o-oh! Oh oh o-oh!)/Action]