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[sith_happened]

Darth Vader was in his office.

Darth Vader had cookies.

That he couldn't eat.

And were going stale.

He wasn't planning on sharing them, though. He was evil.

[OOC: Conversation with Rory is NFB. Shocking, huh?]

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory had not slept last night, no. Not after that email - which, really, like she didn't have enough to worry about? Gah.

So now she was knocking against Vader's door wearing a long coat, and what appeared to be black pants and high-heeled boots underneath them. Not that Vader probably cared what she was wearing. Yet.

"Hi," she said, waving.

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"Miss Gilmore," Vader said, nodding. "Here to bother me again, I see."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Visit," she corrected, stepping into the room and kicking the door behind her. "So, how're you?"

[sith_happened]

Vader was looking at his email. "Parker is being her normally charming self, I see," he said, and no, he hadn't gotten over a twenty year old grudge. "I feel like I should send Belthazor a fruit basket."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory rolled her eyes. "I don't think that has anything to do with you," she said as she ran her hand over her tired eyes, though her voice had a soft edge to it. She hadn't forgotten last summer.

"Are those cookies?"

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"He won't go near you," Vader said, voice steely even if he didn't appear to be paying much attention to Rory.

"And yes, those are cookies. Brilliant observation."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory smiled a little. Overprotectiveness of her was another step in the right direction. "Why do you have cookies?"

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"Class exercise," Vader said.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"The one where we had to get the cookies from the other person?" she asked.

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"We were right."

[sith_happened]

"I read," Vader said. "I'd offer to help him...but that's not what I do. If he isn't strong enough to survive the mob Miss Parker seems so intent on whipping into a frenzy, he isn't worth his ridiculous title."

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Given the hissy fit he threw when I called him on that title, my money is not on him, no matter what new powers he might be throwing around."

[sith_happened]

Vader shrugged, supremely unconcerned. "Maybe he can take some of the more foolhardy hero types down with him before he goes."

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"We can only hope. Do you plan on trying to take advantage of the uproar caused by this revelation?"

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"Perhaps," Vader said, steepling his fingers together. "Did you have anything in mind?"

[cat-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

"Well, few times are as good for manipulation and playing with emotions as times like this. People are stressed, tensions are running high. Accidents can happen when fighting. And in the end, good friends are brutal enemies."

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Vader had quite a lot of experience with that particular consequence of stress--not that he would share. Misery loved company. An entire school full of people hating each other would suit Vader just fine.

"Excellent," he said. "You are skilled with such manipulation...perhaps wondering why no one noticed sooner could help. Surely someone has been hiding something...and bretrayal of trust is a hard thing for children to get over."

[can_be_more]

Aeryn's here even after her fight with John about this very subject. Call her dedicated. She knocks on the door, greeting him with "Hey."

[sith_happened]

Vader had been spending some quality time staring at the floor since Rory's visit.

"Miss Sun."

[can_be_more]

"Must be a bad day if I'm Miss Sun again," she notes. "I don't like the name. It feels weird."

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"It's been a day," Vader admitted.

[can_be_more]

"Yeah," she says, nodding. "What was yours?"

[sith_happened]

"Rory. You?"

[can_be_more]

"John," she says with a nod. "You all right?"

[sith_happened]

"Same as always," Vader said.

Which meant no.