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[avaricious]

Who: Greed
Broadcast: All
Action: The Huntress
When: Now!

That was real mature of you guys all skipping out on the Huntress just because I was made captain. [Literally just inputted a request into the computer for that. Nothing more.] I hope you all enjoy your new ships, because the Huntress is going to do just fine without you.

[He is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OKAY being ditched. He didn't even like you guys! Except he's not, because it makes him cranky and he's stuck kicking around on the Huntress trying to beat the high score on their new pinball machine. He's never played anything like it before, so he finds the experience pretty frustrating. But if anything, he's just bored and annoyed at having his 'possessions' taken away from him.]

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[avaricious]

[Oh, he's so glad you asked.]

Everything.

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[beardstrokes]

Then you're not doing a very good job of it.

[ Everything, is it? A boy with a natural tendency for the Dark, more like. Still, Obi-Wan has no problem humoring him. ]

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[avaricious]

[A boy who sounds a little unnaturally like a grown man. It's a weird thing.]

Yeah, well, this place is something of a setback. But there's a whole lot of galaxy out there and I've got nothing but time.

[... at least while he waits out on Al to get them out of here. For now, he's yamming it up for the Atroma.

And also just complaining because those jerks ditched his ships.]

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[beardstrokes]

Even a galaxy can seem small for a need that great.

[ He reaches out briefly with the Force. What will he sense? ]

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[avaricious]

True. But I take what I can get.

[The ship may be small, but Greed's presence is enormous. Trapped within this single body is a thousand souls in anguish, all swirling around long devoid of any thought or reason. Within that well of souls it's next to impossible to really determine where Greed is inside all of that, much less the true owner of the body who is counted among those souls.]

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[beardstrokes]

[ He almost flinches, pulling back. Dangerous, very dangerous. All his senses tell him to be wary. Obi-Wan composes himself, as quickly as he can. It will not do, to let anything slip. ]

If you have the opportunity to get what you can. And even getting . . . does not mean keeping.

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[avaricious]

[Greed isn't paying enough attention to care, though it does not go unnoticed by Ling Yao who is as ever a silent observer to Greed's actions.]

Maybe, but as you might be able to tell, I don't really like giving up my possessions. Once I have something, you won't have an easy time prying it out of my hands.

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[beardstrokes]

No one will need to take it from you if it leaves on its own accord.

[ People, especially, you cannot cling to gain their constant presence. ]

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[avaricious]

People, right. Well, there's no stopping that, is there?

[What he wouldn't give for the old gang. Now that was a group that weren't fickle enough to just make off anytime they didn't like something Greed said or did. Loyalty like that was a rare thing.

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[beardstrokes]

Not if you put some effort into it. You're a Captain now. Why not work to earn loyalty? It'll be a stronger method than simply leaving it to chance.

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[avaricious]

There you go again with the advice, pops. Is this sort of thing chronic for you?

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[beardstrokes]

I am a teacher. It's one of my job requirements.

[ Sort of. He's hardly going to go into detail about being a Jedi with someone like Greed. ]

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[avaricious]

What, with the whole chalkboard and yardstick routine? No wonder you're such a snoozefest.

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[beardstrokes]

[ Chalkboard? Yardstick? Really? ]

At least people don't jump ship when they meet me.

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[avaricious]

Depends. If you're on my ship, I might just think about it.

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[beardstrokes]

I am on your ship, but feel free. After all, greed seems to be all you'll ever amount to.

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[avaricious]

[He has a good laugh at this.] Well it looks like you got me there. But I think I'll stay anyway. Not sure what I'm supposed to do with you, though. I hope you at least have a useful augment.

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[beardstrokes]

Pilot, apparently. And I have experience that does not solely depend on my augment. I would consider that a valued commodity.

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[avaricious]

Pilot, huh. Isn't that guy with the cheap jacket our pilot?

[Why do we need two???]

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[beardstrokes]

Usually, large cruisers require more than one pilot.

[ Cheap jacket . . . must be Han Solo. ]

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[avaricious]

That's true. Guess we can just put you on the night shift. [A pause as he thinks about space.] ... whenever the hell that is.

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[beardstrokes]

Not to worry. I know what I'm doing.

[ Which makes all of one of them. ]

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[avaricious]

Try not to crash the ship. But seeing as we're squatting on this same space tub, what's your name?

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[beardstrokes]

That's not my specialty.

[ A beat ] It's Obi-Wan.

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[avaricious]

Got it. You can call me Greed. Or captain, if that's your thing.

[He's cool with being impersonal. Hell, he even will take Mr. Greed.]