[ that's not the answer she wanted. it's not even an answer and quite honestly the tone sounds a bit like an attack. but she's used to that, from his kind: slow to trust and quick to accuse, all the while preaching that they're open and accepting. at least sith are honest about being judgemental. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Sith wards are intended to kill unworthy intruders and leave no room for friendly fire incidents.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
In case you hadn't noticed, there is something aboard this ship killing people and I want to know what it is and how to make it stop.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
But I can certainly understand if you're too busy keeping the peace to want to prevent further deaths.
[ some day, when she learns what a passive aggressive smilie is, kallig is going to wish she had used one here. ]
[ah yes they have nailed this civilized conversation thing between Two Functioning Adults, clearly
but well, true, his had been a pretty indirect answer--obi-wan would call it equivalent exchange for telumi's own indirect query, with its lack of greeting or explanation combined. but now it seems they're coming even now...slowly.....]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Oh, no, I can't say I noticed at all! I must have dropped my blackglass comm somewhere a few days ago. I certainly haven't noticed any patrols assembling or the medical wing processing any bodies.
[okay, no, let's throw this conversation a bone--in retrospect, there's probably a time and place for snark-to-snark combat. obi-wan rubs his chin and takes a breath, before the next message pings in, decidedly less acerbic.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org What merit is there in keeping peace if there is active death at hand? One is meant to prevent the other, I think. By my own power, though, I fear I've not been doing nearly a good enough job.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org There is a safety zone being assembled at the observation deck. I have been asked to join in watching over those present there. You wish to use wards to deter our stowaway assailant, but not kill them?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org If Sith wards pronounce only death, I suppose I can understand now where the difficulty might lie. [beat] Would that I could direct you to a proper practitioner of the wards of Jedi--I am not one of them, regrettably.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I know only the very basic kinds of repellent. Unless this could still be of service, somehow?
Let us put it this way: I am a master of working around Sith wards but I am not very skilled at creating wards of any kind.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
If you understand creating them, we could work together and catch this thing. Putting wards around a safe area would ensure crew protection while using them as bait.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org A Sith ward-breaker? That Sith would raise wards against other Sith...well, actually, when you bring it up like that I suppose it's not so surprising.
[s2g you guys are a competitive bunch--obi-wan has passing knowledge of the Rule of Two, as well. although there's an implication involving a lot more Sith than two, here...but well, semantics. first things first:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I suppose two unskilled attempts could combine into one probably-skilled attempt. [ehn, the mention of using the vulnerable in the safe area as bait still sits a bit...] 'Bait' seems a bit harsh, don't you think? I'm being tasked with protecting those there. Though it's true the concentrated activity would probably draw something in...
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Have you discussed this idea with any unit leaders as of yet? Are traps a general consensus here? Information is moving quickly today, much of it between teams--and I don't believe you're in mine...
[ she hadn't been sure what to make of this particular jedi's rambling idea of conversation when they had first met. now, at least, kallig was quite fine to describe the habit as annoying and something that absolutely should be banned from this text-based communication.
next time, she decides, she's just hunting him down to talk. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
No, I'm on Orange. My temporary unit lead doesn't have anything specifically for me to do, so helping where I can is my objective. If Red is setting traps and we can figure out HOW to set traps
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
I can't imagine that wouldn't count as helping.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Whether you call these people bait or not, they will be. We all already are.
[whoa now don't go throwing shade on the classic jedi master tldr okay THAT WAS EVEN ONE OF HIS SHORTER MESSAGES....
talking to him in person just means he's not confined by the 200-character limit :V but well, they do say some horrors are better discovered in person.....]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Hm. Perhaps. I'd much rather I were the bait than somebody who could not defend themselves, however--which is the nature of many of the individuals choosing to stay within the safe zone, so to speak.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org A ward of the Force might be a good start in some preventative direction, at least. I suppose that would indeed be helpful enough. [meditative beat] Yes, I daresay I could accompany you in such an endeavor.
[it's a weird idea, actually--a Sith asking him for help, and being the first to break that ice to boot. highly unusual, certainly. but if it means he can be there to supervise the raising of such wards, and ensure there is no other...business afoot.....
better him than one of the people in the safe zone, yes. and yet--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org If that is what you're asking of me, in the end? Or are there additional reasons, for this point of contact? Color me curious more than anything--I'd hope you don't blame me for finding all this a bit unusual...
If you'd like to accuse me of something, please do it concisely and as soon as possible so we get it out of the way.
[ she doesn't blame him, truthfully. there are more sith she doesn't trust than those she does, and those are the ones that are supposedly on her side, fighting the same war, serving the same emperor. her and kenobi are at odds -- temporally and by creed both. no matter how many of their ideals and goals may be fundamentally the same, their methods are undeniably different. but still, she doesn't go assuming the worst about him.
well, except that he might be long-winded, pretentious and annoying, but she seems remarkably spot on for that so far. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
I don't even know if we CAN do something to stop this thing, but you and I have an advantage no one else on this crewship has and it is worth trying.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
And I'm not going to stop you from being bait, of course.
[Well, at least she's blunt, he can give her that--his pool of Sith for reference might be rather small, but after running into so many enemies that are anything but, it's a bit of a nice change of pace all the same. The understanding seems mutual, at the very least, but for posterity's sake:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Yes, that's very true--the chance of success might be a slim one, but there's greater loss to be had from not at least trying to cover all of our possible bases.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Though if the Force cannot help us then we're probably in quite the situation indeed...but in the meantime, well, it wouldn't be the first time I've played the baiting part. One gets a sort of knack after awhile, you know?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I've nothing to accuse, as of yet. I must apologize, if my tone might have come off as such. But in my time, Sith and Jedi are not friends--and to be honest, I am not familiar with a time in which they ever have been.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Though if it's a different case for yourself, I'd certainly be very interested to hear about it. You would not be the first, to be rather...temporally removed, from myself. [ah, finally getting that burning question off his chest here--]
Of course it's not different. You're probably the first Jedi I've ever met who didn't want to kill me on sight.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
But I have been curious how your Order could have possibly gone 1000 years without killing one of mine. If we weren't friends, where were the Sith?
[ "temporally removed" indeed. she's not sure what to think about it, but airing this out is probably necessary if they're going to be working together. distrust or not, she wants at least some input on this. they're lone force users here, so it's a necessary alliance in her mind.
either get along or go for blood are really the only options for people like them. ]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Killing on sight? Well, but that would just be terribly rude. I fear I must lament the manners of the Jedi you have met up until now.
[less glibly, though...and well, oh boy, here we go--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Not...quite killed, most unfortunately. [darth maul he s2g to this day] The file says 'defeated', you will notice. As that's where you spotted that bit, isn't it? My own file, I'd guess.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org We had thought the Sith were gone for a long while. Granted, they have returned, by my time--in numbers few but cunning, similarly unfortunately. And we are still not friends, and it has been another war. [a war which the Jedi have lost, as far as Obi-Wan knows right now, but if Telumi hasn't also picked that up from his file already he's certainly not going to be the one to confirm it...still--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org But that's just where the sticking point lies, really. The Sith are still abundant for yourself, I notice. What era is it where you come from?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org The CDC seems to have a fondness for pulling individuals from multiple points in time. And the name Kallig is not familiar to me.
If I'm understanding this correctly, you're ahead of me. I'm not sure how far.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
The contemporary conflict between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic that I'm familiar with is... not an overt one. Not since the Treaty of Coruscant.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Not long ago the Jedi thought the Sith were so gone they'd set up shop on Korriban. We took it back and the Sith have increased exponentially in number since then with that as our training ground.
[ a little pause there, before the next one. andronikos' mention of a darth nox comes to her again, but she's not sure she's the same as his sith, if she'll follow that path. and that's a whole other thing. if he remembers one sith different, who's to say that other sith can't have affected history differently as well?
but one thing at a time, she'll test the waters with different names -- ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Darths Angral or Malgus may have survived in Jedi lore for their roles in the destruction of your temple on Coruscant. Jedi in my time are particularly sore about that.
[there's an unusually long delay after she replies, actually, in which obi-wan reads and rereads the texts--tries to properly absorb what the words claim to be true
it's...kind of mind-numbing, actually, as the realization actually begins to set in...it was a good idea on Telumi's part, fishing with names--in a way, names are more accurate than dates could ever be. and you can't pull random names from just anywhere, and so--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Angral and Malgus...yes, I know those names. [Black citations in annals of the Jedi Archives from another time--] And the Treaty of Coruscant? But
[for once he's rather glad for the text option, really--no need for anybody to see him running a hand over his eyes about now, let alone a questionable Sith]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org That was over three thousand years ago.
[ three thousand. it's a little baffling. it's not unfathomable, considering how far behind her the legacy of both the jedi and sith already stretch, but still... on the whole, sith three thousand years before her time are little more than stories and relics. she would be lucky to even be that to those few sith kenobi's mentioned.
legacies never do last as long as someone might hope they would. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
It's been ten years since the Treaty of Coruscant. So there's our temporal mystery solved.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
You were expecting some sort of shift. What else have you seen?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org ...Hm. There was another from the same galaxy that was brought here for a bit, before your own arrival. But she was from only sixty years ahead of myself.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I hadn't been aware of the CDC's temporal capabilities at this time, but it's evident to me now that they have many strange machinations at their current disposal.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org The last girl was also a Sith, if that brings you any comfort, I suppose. The CDC seems to have a penchant for them. It's all quite a bit to soak in at once, though...
A penchant for Sith? Don't tell me you're hiding something, Kenobi.
[ it's... a joke, but terse, not well translated over text. if there's any darkness in him, it's even much more well hidden than the dark in her -- and it's always been her appearance or her lightning that gave her sith state away, not the force. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
As far as I'm concerned, this is just indication that they have power I wish to partake in. The possibilities are endless.
[ah, yes, the downside of text--tone becomes entirely subjective, really, and whether or not that's a joke or a sincere question does indeed take a second or two to figure. obi-wan plays it safe, for his part--and anyway, besides:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Oh, rest assured I'm most certainly not, if that happens to be a concern. I'm afraid I'm about as Jedi as they come, surprising as that might be.
[goodness only knows Dooku had tried, though--but honesty really is the best way to go with things like these, for all that it's still only text. Telumi will take it as she will and they'll just have to clear that up as they can, he supposes]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Somehow that sounds about how I expected it to, though. For a Sith I daresay it's true that CDC has a wealth to offer...I can only presume they must have openly asked you to join?
They did. The deal was the destruction of an enemy and protection of my people's homeworld for a bit of service. It's more than the Empire would ever do for me.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
They tricked you?
[ the phrasing is deliberate there, if only because having a jedi admit he'd been tricked by a corporation would make her day infinitely brighter. ]
[Empire, right--the old Empire, not the new. Though there's something distinctly uncomfortable about just how easily that statement could apply to the both of them...
And yet that still somehow manages to not be as uncomfortable as the next text that Telumi sends his way--rendering all previous conversation of CDC benefits forgotten, in favor of Obi-Wan frowning at that second bit for almost a full minute.
But of course, of course she'd phrase it like that--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org What a strong word for it! [bless you text for concealing the current level of deadeyeing he's giving his Blackglass right now--] I was asked for help. However, the precise nature of help needed was not elaborated for me until after I had agreed to, in a most shining example of goodwill overtaken.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I'd be lying to say it isn't the first time, so I won't. But now I am here, regardless of the path. To move forward is the only way.
They tricked you. And you're easy to trick. Is that what I'm reading here?
[ it's not and she knows it, but that feels like an upper hand, a willing acceptance of power when he's been manipulated to be in the same situation. and she's used to being manipulated, just as accustomed as she is to manipulating so she understands the implications and the effects and can only imagine how it affects a jedi, of all the self-righteous beings capable of being recruited by the cdc.
this is a button to press that very nearly brings her joy. ]
[well it's always reassuring to know that sith still find the true sith joys even three thousand years into the past....even if the both of them know that's not entirely true. actually, obi-wan might even digress at this point--or he would, if he were arguing the point to anyone but a sith. the perpetual modesty that's a default of his own personality has taken a bit of a darker spin ever since the crushing failure of anakin; but at the least, he can still tell when the time is good for that sort of beating oneself up.
now, in this particularly delicate occasion of first conversation between enemies on a neutral platform:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Well, you can certainly read whatever you like! They're your eyes, not mine, and I couldn't try to control something like that.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org But everything has a purpose, every event a reason. Even something like this, I think, even if the oversight on my part has been rather unfavorable.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org There's no point in being bitter about such things now, and so I am not.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org I daresay it certainly wouldn't do me any good not to, for now! Timing is always a peculiar thing.
[An indication towards any particular rebelliousness? Difficult to say one way or the other, from a neutral standpoint. The standpoint is the thing, though--words can change, from a certain point of view.
But that's all he's saying on the matter for now anyway--and Telumi provides such a convenient out, besides.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org Very well! I am there already; we can begin discussing things at the entrance. I look forward to meeting you yet again, Lord Kallig. [And the title returns--if only because this conversation ended up a lot more civilized than expected, this particular time.]
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FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Sith wards are intended to kill unworthy intruders and leave no room for friendly fire incidents.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
In case you hadn't noticed, there is something aboard this ship killing people and I want to know what it is and how to make it stop.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
But I can certainly understand if you're too busy keeping the peace to want to prevent further deaths.
[ some day, when she learns what a passive aggressive smilie is, kallig is going to wish she had used one here. ]
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but well, true, his had been a pretty indirect answer--obi-wan would call it equivalent exchange for telumi's own indirect query, with its lack of greeting or explanation combined. but now it seems they're coming even now...slowly.....]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Oh, no, I can't say I noticed at all! I must have dropped my blackglass comm somewhere a few days ago. I certainly haven't noticed any patrols assembling or the medical wing processing any bodies.
[okay, no, let's throw this conversation a bone--in retrospect, there's probably a time and place for snark-to-snark combat. obi-wan rubs his chin and takes a breath, before the next message pings in, decidedly less acerbic.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
What merit is there in keeping peace if there is active death at hand? One is meant to prevent the other, I think. By my own power, though, I fear I've not been doing nearly a good enough job.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
There is a safety zone being assembled at the observation deck. I have been asked to join in watching over those present there. You wish to use wards to deter our stowaway assailant, but not kill them?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
If Sith wards pronounce only death, I suppose I can understand now where the difficulty might lie. [beat] Would that I could direct you to a proper practitioner of the wards of Jedi--I am not one of them, regrettably.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I know only the very basic kinds of repellent. Unless this could still be of service, somehow?
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Let us put it this way: I am a master of working around Sith wards but I am not very skilled at creating wards of any kind.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
If you understand creating them, we could work together and catch this thing. Putting wards around a safe area would ensure crew protection while using them as bait.
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A Sith ward-breaker? That Sith would raise wards against other Sith...well, actually, when you bring it up like that I suppose it's not so surprising.
[s2g you guys are a competitive bunch--obi-wan has passing knowledge of the Rule of Two, as well. although there's an implication involving a lot more Sith than two, here...but well, semantics. first things first:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I suppose two unskilled attempts could combine into one probably-skilled attempt. [ehn, the mention of using the vulnerable in the safe area as bait still sits a bit...] 'Bait' seems a bit harsh, don't you think? I'm being tasked with protecting those there. Though it's true the concentrated activity would probably draw something in...
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Have you discussed this idea with any unit leaders as of yet? Are traps a general consensus here? Information is moving quickly today, much of it between teams--and I don't believe you're in mine...
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next time, she decides, she's just hunting him down to talk. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
No, I'm on Orange. My temporary unit lead doesn't have anything specifically for me to do, so helping where I can is my objective. If Red is setting traps and we can figure out HOW to set traps
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
I can't imagine that wouldn't count as helping.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Whether you call these people bait or not, they will be. We all already are.
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talking to him in person just means he's not confined by the 200-character limit :V but well, they do say some horrors are better discovered in person.....]FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Hm. Perhaps. I'd much rather I were the bait than somebody who could not defend themselves, however--which is the nature of many of the individuals choosing to stay within the safe zone, so to speak.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
A ward of the Force might be a good start in some preventative direction, at least. I suppose that would indeed be helpful enough. [meditative beat] Yes, I daresay I could accompany you in such an endeavor.
[it's a weird idea, actually--a Sith asking him for help, and being the first to break that ice to boot. highly unusual, certainly. but if it means he can be there to supervise the raising of such wards, and ensure there is no other...business afoot.....
better him than one of the people in the safe zone, yes. and yet--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
If that is what you're asking of me, in the end? Or are there additional reasons, for this point of contact? Color me curious more than anything--I'd hope you don't blame me for finding all this a bit unusual...
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If you'd like to accuse me of something, please do it concisely and as soon as possible so we get it out of the way.
[ she doesn't blame him, truthfully. there are more sith she doesn't trust than those she does, and those are the ones that are supposedly on her side, fighting the same war, serving the same emperor. her and kenobi are at odds -- temporally and by creed both. no matter how many of their ideals and goals may be fundamentally the same, their methods are undeniably different. but still, she doesn't go assuming the worst about him.
well, except that he might be long-winded, pretentious and annoying, but she seems remarkably spot on for that so far. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
I don't even know if we CAN do something to stop this thing, but you and I have an advantage no one else on this crewship has and it is worth trying.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
And I'm not going to stop you from being bait, of course.
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Yes, that's very true--the chance of success might be a slim one, but there's greater loss to be had from not at least trying to cover all of our possible bases.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Though if the Force cannot help us then we're probably in quite the situation indeed...but in the meantime, well, it wouldn't be the first time I've played the baiting part. One gets a sort of knack after awhile, you know?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I've nothing to accuse, as of yet. I must apologize, if my tone might have come off as such. But in my time, Sith and Jedi are not friends--and to be honest, I am not familiar with a time in which they ever have been.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Though if it's a different case for yourself, I'd certainly be very interested to hear about it. You would not be the first, to be rather...temporally removed, from myself. [ah, finally getting that burning question off his chest here--]
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Of course it's not different. You're probably the first Jedi I've ever met who didn't want to kill me on sight.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
But I have been curious how your Order could have possibly gone 1000 years without killing one of mine. If we weren't friends, where were the Sith?
[ "temporally removed" indeed. she's not sure what to think about it, but airing this out is probably necessary if they're going to be working together. distrust or not, she wants at least some input on this. they're lone force users here, so it's a necessary alliance in her mind.
either get along or go for blood are really the only options for people like them. ]
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Killing on sight? Well, but that would just be terribly rude. I fear I must lament the manners of the Jedi you have met up until now.
[less glibly, though...and well, oh boy, here we go--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Not...quite killed, most unfortunately. [darth maul he s2g to this day] The file says 'defeated', you will notice. As that's where you spotted that bit, isn't it? My own file, I'd guess.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
We had thought the Sith were gone for a long while. Granted, they have returned, by my time--in numbers few but cunning, similarly unfortunately. And we are still not friends, and it has been another war. [a war which the Jedi have lost, as far as Obi-Wan knows right now, but if Telumi hasn't also picked that up from his file already he's certainly not going to be the one to confirm it...still--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
But that's just where the sticking point lies, really. The Sith are still abundant for yourself, I notice. What era is it where you come from?
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
The CDC seems to have a fondness for pulling individuals from multiple points in time. And the name Kallig is not familiar to me.
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If I'm understanding this correctly, you're ahead of me. I'm not sure how far.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
The contemporary conflict between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic that I'm familiar with is... not an overt one. Not since the Treaty of Coruscant.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Not long ago the Jedi thought the Sith were so gone they'd set up shop on Korriban. We took it back and the Sith have increased exponentially in number since then with that as our training ground.
[ a little pause there, before the next one. andronikos' mention of a darth nox comes to her again, but she's not sure she's the same as his sith, if she'll follow that path. and that's a whole other thing. if he remembers one sith different, who's to say that other sith can't have affected history differently as well?
but one thing at a time, she'll test the waters with different names -- ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
Darths Angral or Malgus may have survived in Jedi lore for their roles in the destruction of your temple on Coruscant. Jedi in my time are particularly sore about that.
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it's...kind of mind-numbing, actually, as the realization actually begins to set in...it was a good idea on Telumi's part, fishing with names--in a way, names are more accurate than dates could ever be. and you can't pull random names from just anywhere, and so--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Angral and Malgus...yes, I know those names. [Black citations in annals of the Jedi Archives from another time--] And the Treaty of Coruscant? But
[for once he's rather glad for the text option, really--no need for anybody to see him running a hand over his eyes about now, let alone a questionable Sith]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
That was over three thousand years ago.
Incredible.
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legacies never do last as long as someone might hope they would. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
It's been ten years since the Treaty of Coruscant. So there's our temporal mystery solved.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
You were expecting some sort of shift. What else have you seen?
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...Hm. There was another from the same galaxy that was brought here for a bit, before your own arrival. But she was from only sixty years ahead of myself.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I hadn't been aware of the CDC's temporal capabilities at this time, but it's evident to me now that they have many strange machinations at their current disposal.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
The last girl was also a Sith, if that brings you any comfort, I suppose. The CDC seems to have a penchant for them. It's all quite a bit to soak in at once, though...
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A penchant for Sith? Don't tell me you're hiding something, Kenobi.
[ it's... a joke, but terse, not well translated over text. if there's any darkness in him, it's even much more well hidden than the dark in her -- and it's always been her appearance or her lightning that gave her sith state away, not the force. ]
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
As far as I'm concerned, this is just indication that they have power I wish to partake in. The possibilities are endless.
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FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Oh, rest assured I'm most certainly not, if that happens to be a concern. I'm afraid I'm about as Jedi as they come, surprising as that might be.
[goodness only knows Dooku had tried, though--but honesty really is the best way to go with things like these, for all that it's still only text. Telumi will take it as she will and they'll just have to clear that up as they can, he supposes]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Somehow that sounds about how I expected it to, though. For a Sith I daresay it's true that CDC has a wealth to offer...I can only presume they must have openly asked you to join?
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They did. The deal was the destruction of an enemy and protection of my people's homeworld for a bit of service. It's more than the Empire would ever do for me.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
They tricked you?
[ the phrasing is deliberate there, if only because having a jedi admit he'd been tricked by a corporation would make her day infinitely brighter. ]
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And yet that still somehow manages to not be as uncomfortable as the next text that Telumi sends his way--rendering all previous conversation of CDC benefits forgotten, in favor of Obi-Wan frowning at that second bit for almost a full minute.
But of course, of course she'd phrase it like that--]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
What a strong word for it! [bless you text for concealing the current level of deadeyeing he's giving his Blackglass right now--] I was asked for help. However, the precise nature of help needed was not elaborated for me until after I had agreed to, in a most shining example of goodwill overtaken.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
I'd be lying to say it isn't the first time, so I won't. But now I am here, regardless of the path. To move forward is the only way.
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They tricked you. And you're easy to trick. Is that what I'm reading here?
[ it's not and she knows it, but that feels like an upper hand, a willing acceptance of power when he's been manipulated to be in the same situation. and she's used to being manipulated, just as accustomed as she is to manipulating so she understands the implications and the effects and can only imagine how it affects a jedi, of all the self-righteous beings capable of being recruited by the cdc.
this is a button to press that very nearly brings her joy. ]
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now, in this particularly delicate occasion of first conversation between enemies on a neutral platform:]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Well, you can certainly read whatever you like! They're your eyes, not mine, and I couldn't try to control something like that.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
But everything has a purpose, every event a reason. Even something like this, I think, even if the oversight on my part has been rather unfavorable.
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
There's no point in being bitter about such things now, and so I am not.
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Such wisdom. I'm sure you play your part here well.
FROM: kallig.telumi@cdc.org
I'll meet you in the safe zone shortly. I have some ideas for traps already but we should discuss that face to face.
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I daresay it certainly wouldn't do me any good not to, for now! Timing is always a peculiar thing.
[An indication towards any particular rebelliousness? Difficult to say one way or the other, from a neutral standpoint. The standpoint is the thing, though--words can change, from a certain point of view.
But that's all he's saying on the matter for now anyway--and Telumi provides such a convenient out, besides.]
FROM: kenobi.obiwan@cdc.org
Very well! I am there already; we can begin discussing things at the entrance. I look forward to meeting you yet again, Lord Kallig. [And the title returns--if only because this conversation ended up a lot more civilized than expected, this particular time.]