herooftherebellion.

      despite cuffed hands  &&  twice jostled forward and nearly tripping over due to his captors’ shortage of patience,   luke somehow sustains a moderate image.   an impossibly calm approach   (   his chin held high,   no attempts to flee from their clutches   )   though his widened eyes   betray   it.   their bodies are scattered all over the corridor,    eyes once filled with enthusiasm now hollow in the embrace of   DEATH.   they all had acknowledged the risks   ——   &&  yes,   they knew what could happen.   it demands a lot to look away,   focus on what’s ahead.   the prince would have his opportunity to mourn for the fallen men.   later.

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      noticing vader there,   looming at the end of the passageway as a threatening   SHADOW   of a man,   isn’t much of a surprise to the senator.   OF COURSE   he’s there.   luke suppresses the fear   (   it’s squeezing cold inside   )   in his heart  &&  soul.   boy,   he has to be tough,   sharpened in the right edges,   strong enough to withstand   this.   once he looks up,   he dares not to avert his gaze.

      ❛   OH   ?   why wouldn’t i be   ?   you interrupted a diplomatic mission to  ALDERAAN   ———-   &&   i know   that’s low even for you.   ❜   his immunity deemed to be unbreakable,   now shattered,   (   broken,   )   leaves behind shock  &&  disbelief into his tone,   his fatigued eyes.   not a lie   for seeming innocent,   more ignorant to the situation.   luke’s choices led him to this  —  he might as well try talking himself out of it.   ❛   unless   your ruthlessness reached a new level.   ❜

               VADER MOVES WITH the slow, undersea grace of his circumstances. With the kind of thought behind each sweeping step of a man who has to remember how to move. Nothing inherent; a deadly balancing act on inorganic ends. He looms over the prince, youthful features reflected in crimson shine of his holo-plate, stretched across asymmetrical expanses of black durasteel. 

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     ❝ You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. Your sister has already been taken into custody. You would be wise to submit. ❞ A hot, thick feeling of satisfaction twines itself with the faint amusement anchored in Vader’s chest. Does their treachery know no bounds? The Empire has allowed for the Organas not-so secret involvement in the war to go on for far too long. If the heirs to Alderaan can be made an example of, the rest of the Rebellion will fall in line. Or die resisting. 

                There’s a chime then, a star’s knell that blazes in one brief apotheosis, the gravity of its collapse dragging at Vader’s consciousness He senses a supernova in the margins of his awareness, but turns to it only to realize it is a sun. The boy’s strength in the Force is nothing so transient as stars, && Vader wonders how he did not recognize it sooner. 

               The Force is with him.

 
independent & private roleplay blog for anakin skywalker/darth vader of all star wars media. written by scout. || est. feb 2016.