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Anakin opened his office door.

And stared.

Someone had redecorated.

Anakin stomped around the office examining streamers on the ceiling and paint on the wall, then the glitter-bestrewned Farrah Fawcett poster, and finally flounced over to sit in his chair.

With its pink boa.

He waved a hand and started up his little galaxy of stars, then picked up a pen that had been decorated with feathers--all of his pens had been decorated with feathers, what the hell?--and hoped no one visited today.

Though that didn't seem very likely.

[OOC: Door's closed, post is open!]

I Am What I Am - John Barrowman

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Anakin mulled the question over. "I take it this strikes a little close to home," he said quietly. "I believe it comes back to free will. In my home galaxy, we were fighting a terrible war using clones based off of one warrior. Even though they all looked like him, they had their own personalities and experiences." Anakin frowned. "Their own souls, if you will. He couldn't be possibly be held accountable for their actions."

Well, that and he'd died, but Anakin didn't really think that mattered much.

"But I think your case might be different," he continued, frowning. "If the duplicates are truly a part of the creator, he has the right to reclaim them, and would bear the responsibility of what happened. It would be a bit like my saying I couldn't be held accountable for what my left hand did because it never really listens to me."

"Yeah. That's kind of what I thought," Jamie said with a slightly haunted look. "Just something that I've been thinking about lately since the trip."

Anakin leaned forward. "Anything you can put into words yet?" he asked quietly.

"Right before the beginning of the school year I had a problem with one of my duplicates," Jamie explained then gave Anakin a knowing look. "You might remember that."

"Anyhow... that duplicate? He's still around in my head. And if that duplicate ever gets out and gets the better of me..."

Jamie shrugged. "You get the idea."

"Everyone has a dark side," Anakin said quietly. "Yours is just a little more...literal...than most. You defeat it the same way the rest of us do--by refusing to give in to what he suggests. By clamping down on the emotions that would allow him to have the upper hand." He shrugged. "By being stronger than he is. You're the creator. You have to maintain the control."

"Yeah. Most people's dark side don't actually try to kill you and take your place," Jamie agreed. "Control on the other hand... Well I think I still have that. It's just that right now there are dozens of duplicates of myself out there. Like me. And if one of them has that dark side."

Jamie gave Anakin a grin. "Well even if they don't have a dark side. Tell me that's not a scary thought."

"I think it keeps Deadpool awake at night," Anakin said with a returning grin.

"Bea Arthur keeps Deadpool awake at night," Jamie said with a slight shiver. "And that's just... I'm not going there."

"Ew," Anakin said, wrinkling up his nose. "But he gave Vader this poster," he said, pointing to the glittery Farrah Fawcett behind his desk. "Maybe Bea Arthur's just an endearing twitch?"

"Deadpool is from my world. Or at least a world like mine," Jamie said. "Trust me when I say that Deadpool is one large endearing twitch. With ammunition."

Anakin grinned. "My kind of guy."

"You have a think for Bea Arthur too?"

"Ew. EW. No," Anakin said hastily, adding another "ew" for good measure. "But I like guys who know their way around ammunition."

"They do come in handy from time to time, " Jamie said standing up. "I should let you and your glitter have some alone time. Thanks for the advice."

"The door's always open," Anakin said, looking straight at him. "Stop by any time."

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