driftfleet | Dramatic Entry

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Dramatic Entry

Who: Kylo Ren and... OTA
Broadcast: entire fleet
Action: Marsiva
When: today

Video Broadcast:

The cameras were undoubtedly broadcasting this dramatic arrival to the galaxy. In addition to the open network feed aboard the Marsiva, Kylo's personal communicator got switched on - offering a Blair Witch-style view of a ratings-boosting scuffle.

He was supposed to wake up on the hospitality deck. But Force have mercy, Kylo came to while the robotic assistants were patching up the injuries he sustained on Starkiller Base. Of course, that's when the fight began. Sparks flew. Weapons were improvised. Panicked screams of "what have you done to me?" echoed in the medbay. There was so much going on that words were hard to make out, but some likely heard "I will not be captured by the Resistance!" or "Give me back my lightsaber!" That alone was enough context for some to know exactly who had just arrived in the fleet.

Eventually, though, the robots won. Kylo Ren was sedated again. His injuries were repaired as quickly as possible (they would scar), and he was left to wake up - not in a comfortable bunk, but on the floor of a locked and heavily-barricaded supply closet.

Action:

If anyone is interested in wandering by in person, the closet has a window to the hallway. Be prepared to be greeted by sights and sounds of someone throwing a temper tantrum at the metal walls with whatever janitorial supplies the robots keep in there.

As a joke, there's also a sign hanging from the knob that says 'Don't Feed the Bears.'

If you'd rather send Kylo Ren a message, his communicator is still on and broadcasting. As enraged as he is, he hasn't even noticed that it's there.

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[Kitty watches the scuffle with interest. She's never seen the medical robots of the fleet. It's not her first experience with medical robots in general, but she likes to learn what she can about her new home and since she's been around since February it's been awhile since something new has caught her eye.]

Looks like you won't get this for awhile, but they always take the weapons.

Edited 2016-09-11 19:51 (UTC)

He noticed that message quite some time later.

"I don't know who you are." he hissed. "But if you know what they've done with my lightsaber, I suggest you speak up!"

"Wow, someone is cranky when he gets abducted and knocked out by medical robots."

She smiles softly. "I think you mean, 'hi, thanks for speaking up to help me out even though you don't know who I am. I have more questions if you don't mind.'"

Edited 2016-09-11 22:52 (UTC)

He wasn't about to admit to a stranger that those robots did more than just abduct and knock him out. Whether they were actually to blame or not, his ties to the Force had been severely muted. So yes, he was extremely defensive.

(Never mind the fact this wasn't all that off from his more pleasant moods...)

"That wasn't helpful!"

He paused, and sighed. The newly formed scar on his face pulled a little.

"...What."

She drops the smile and looks at him with some concern. She doesn't exactly wear her heart on her sleeve especially for strangers, but she cares about people. Kind of part of being an X-Men. Especially when you're used to risking your life to save people who hate you.

Besides, this is her second time around being abducted by mysterious overlords with pull over the multiverse. She knows what that can be like.

"New? Do you remember how you got it?"

"New?" he repeated, now almost as confused as he was angry. "Remember how I got what? My weapon taken away? No."

"The injuries. I mean, I guess they would be." She was seeing him treated after all. At least she thinks that's what it was.

"Okay, so the weapons, my guess is that they just aren't here at all. We were probably brought in without them. If they're being held somewhere I've never heard anything about the location."

He didn't realize anyone could see his arrival. Nothing about this place had been explained to him yet. But her question did make sense. This was a video feed and from what he remembered of the last battle...

Kylo tentatively put a hand to his face. Immediately, he felt the rough outline of a scar that went across his cheek, past his chin, and down his shoulder.

"A scavenger girl who had no right being as strong in the Force as she was!"

The absence of his weapons was even more disappointing. His next reply was just as much a question as it was a statement.

"... You're a prisoner too."

"That's right. Everyone you talk to here is a prisoner too. You're slightly more prisoner-y at the moment since you can't leave the Marsiva until they assign you another ship in the fleet."

Force. Lightsabers. The words ring bells and make her think of Leia and Luke who aren't here anymore and Obi-Wan and Finn who are. She knows a little about their world, but they're from different times and it's a lot to keep straight when it's all new to you and there are plenty of other people around with their own worlds and keywords and politics. So, maybe it's not so surprising when she asks, "You're a jedi?"

Names like the Marsiva didn't make much sense yet. Soon enough, Kylo would be in her shoes, just trying to keep everything straight. But for now, he was locked in a closet with this communicator. And when she called him a Jedi...

"I am the Master of the Knights of Ren." he scoffed spitefully. "I kill Jedi!"

(Kylo Ren, ladies and gentlemen. Absolutely no clue how to win friends and/or influence people.)

"So, you would be from the dark side I've heard about. That's not going to work for me or most of us here. Maybe you should try not killing Jedi and see how that feels."

Playful wording but her expression is harder then before. Less forgiving.

He narrowed his eyes. "Really. You know some personally?"

"I do. Would you like their names and addresses and a list of their weaknesses?"

"Why don't we start with names. I'm quite familiar with their weaknesses. Because I left them behind!"

"How about you start with trying to learn something about your current situation. Get some perspective. Realize there are common causes. A common enemy. And that it's not good for anyone if we're fighting each other."

"My current situation involves a kriffing supply closet!" he shouted back.

Never mind that if he was the Jedi killer he was claiming, that shouldn't have contained the likes of him. But right now, the Force was frustratingly eluding him. And that was a far bigger problem than his missing lightsaber or whatever their common enemy might be.

She isn't sure how to respond to that, but she stay calm in the face of his anger, actually, it may be making her even more calm somehow like she needs to balance it out.

"...It...what? Is the dark side really against supply closets because Luke never mentioned that."

"I mean I'm in one!" he froze again, immediately screaming, "You're harboring Skywalker?! Where is he?!"

"Well, you're not much of a supply."

Pausing. "You are really high strung. I'm not harboring anyone. He wasn't in hiding, and he's not even here anymore. Luke's also a great guy." So back off even if you aren't a threat to him with him being gone and what not.

"He's been in hiding for years!" Kylo scoffed, but yet again, it appeared Skywalker had eluded him.

And that first part - he wasn't even going to justify that with a response.

"And we're right back to the beginning. You not being helpful!"

Finn said something like that when he arrived. Similar time period then?

"I'm not being..." Are you serious with this?

"You're yelling and telling me you want to kill friends of mine, and you think this entitles you to me being helpful? It's like you don't know how to be a person." Actually...

"Did they take you as a little kid?" Finn told her that's how it was for the...what was it Thundertroopers?

"I am apprentice to the Supreme Leader himself, commander and enforcer of the First Order. Your 'friends' are enemies of the First Order, and you would be wise to rethink your allegiances!"

Kylo Ren knew how to intimidate, and it was how he got his way. (Granted, usually he was masked and not locked in a supply closet with powers muted to the point that he couldn't get himself out...)

His next question was a little calmer. "...What's that got to with anything?"

The First Order. That would be the 'space nazis' she heard about. Not a fan of nazis. "It might explain your charming disposition. Even if it doesn't excuse it."

He almost laughed at that. "It would have been better if they did. But the Supreme Leader was wise. It was right to let my hate flourish until I was powerful enough to make the right choice myself!"

"So everything was right about it, but it would have been better the other way? That doesn't sound super brainwashed at all."

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