Office hours [all day]

[sith_happened]

The Emperor had woken Vader up before dawn.

Again.

And demanded he come back to check on the Death's Star's progress.

Again.

Which meant Vader would be spending days stuffed into his TIE fighter and flying out to Endor.

Again.

So he was in a pissy mood.

Again.

[OOC: Door's closed, post's open! Contents of conversation with Rory and Aeryn are NFB! Void where prohibited, sales tax applicable in Washington State...]

The Undeveloped Story - Anberlin

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[can_be_more]

It's office hours, so Aeryn's at the door, knocking to see if he's there. Though she's in a much better mood than last week, so this should be interesting.

[sith_happened]

"Come in, Miss..." Vader trailed off. "Aeryn."

[can_be_more]

She steps inside and nods her thanks at that rather than saying it. "So how are you?"

She's long ago given up on having an actual reason to come by. Now it's conversation.

[sith_happened]

"Same as always," Vader grumbled. Miserable and alone. Fun guy. "You?"

[can_be_more]

"I'm good," she says, and is kind of surprised to mean it. "First time in a while."

[sith_happened]

"Any particular reason?" Vader asked, curious.

[can_be_more]

"I moved rooms," she says. Maybe she's kind of wanted to tell someone about that, but the fact that she's started with Vader? Weird. "I think that's it."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory hadn't slept. She hadn't eaten. She'd spent the day working on this problem the best way she knew how. So...girl's a mess.

As a result, when she finally came to the door and leaned against the frame, she...was not really looking her best. She was exhausted and drawn-looking, and if it were possible for her to be paler, she was.

"Hey."

[sith_happened]

Dark Lords don't feel guilt.

So Vader ignored that stomach-clenching feeling when he looked up and saw Rory.

"Come in," he said, his tone much less abrasive than normal.

His mind whirled as he searched for other people to blame this on.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"How're you?" she asked politely, stepping in and shutting the door behind her.

[sith_happened]

Full of anger and self-loathing.

"Same as always," Vader said, waving her towards the creaky chair.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory sat but showed no sign of actually relaxing. "That's nice. Are you doing anything for Valentine's Day?"

[sith_happened]

Vader shook his head.

"You?"

He hadn't heard anything on the radio, but that didn't mean Rory hadn't moved on again...

[bampowcrashzap.livejournal.com]

Batman knocked politely on Vader's office door. Just because he was about to fight evil didn't mean that he had to be impolite about it.

[sith_happened]

"Enter!" Vader boomed.

[bampowcrashzap.livejournal.com]

Batman opened the door and strode in all superhero-like. "Are you the evil robot Lordvader?" Batman asked.

He had no way of knowing that Vader was a robot. It was a bit of insane guessing that he deemed to be deduction.

[sith_happened]

"I'm not a robot," Vader growled.

He didn't mention anything about not being evil, though.

[bampowcrashzap.livejournal.com]

"If you're not a robot, then demonstrate water safety, you dastardly device," Batman retorted.

[sith_happened]

"My arms and legs were removed," Vader replied icily. "So I demonstrate water safety by not going near it."

[swerval_zero]

A small pink kitten scampered into Vader's office, chasing a bug. Or possibly a sunbeam. Who knew.

She looked up at Vader and said, "Meeeeeeeeeeeeeer." //Hi. You smell scary.//

[sith_happened]

"Greetings, tiny pink thing," Vader intoned.

[swerval_zero]

"Mreep?" Zero asked him. //What's up?// She worked very hard at being as adorable as she knew how.

[sith_happened]

"I have no food for you," Vader told her. "And nothing to entertain you. Cats do not fetch sticks, correct?"

[swerval_zero]

Zero tilted her head and meowed thoughtfully. //I could?//

[sith_happened]

Vader tilted his helmet in reply, then reached for a pencil from his desk and tossed it towards a corner.

"Tell no one about this," he commanded.