Sinsystems
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[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
May The Invisible Hand Be With You - (Star Wars CK2-Style Quest)
- Thread starter Dr. Snark
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The main character's trolling seems much more directed and sinister with this writing style.
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
fasquardon
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
fasquardon
- Location
- Too Deep in the Midnight Sea
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
Killerflood
Corporal Cannonfodder
- Location
- Saṃsāra
Sinister as in it's obvious she's getting some chuckles at the expense of Satine's and Obi-wan's comfortability? Or sinister as in muahaha, evil? Because Ciaran isn't the latter but she is the former incarnate.
Anyway ...
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
Night_stalker
Slava Ukraini!
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
force200
Megaspell Technician
- Location
- Stable <data corrupted>
[] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
OK, so people wanted to ship Ciaran with the following characters so far:
Padmé
Obi-Wan
Dooku
Thrawn
wonder who's gonna be the next to join this list.
OK, so people wanted to ship Ciaran with the following characters so far:
Padmé
Obi-Wan
Dooku
Thrawn
wonder who's gonna be the next to join this list.
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Satine?
- Location
- Too Deep in the Midnight Sea
[]E: All of the above.
force200
Megaspell Technician
- Location
- Stable <data corrupted>
At the same time?
- Location
- Too Deep in the Midnight Sea
Option for the next turn
[] Vacation to Zeltros
-[] Bring all of them
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
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- He/His/Him
What, no love for Ventress? She's clearly a tsundere.
Fun fact; certain programmers who will not be named to protect them from Silas' wrath are writing up Ciaran's Heart-Throbbing Galactic Love Story, the hit new dating sim that will sweep the galaxy!
I'll let you all decide how serious that statement is
whatcouldpossiblygowrong.txt
- Location
- At the Edge of Insanity
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
A bandwagon! *running jump ensues*
Yes, I may have gone slightly insane. I blame playing 7 hours of pathfinder in the night from sunday to monday and spending several hours between monday and today number crunching.
... *insane laughter*
A bandwagon! *running jump ensues*
Yes, I may have gone slightly insane. I blame playing 7 hours of pathfinder in the night from sunday to monday and spending several hours between monday and today number crunching.
... *insane laughter*
force200
Megaspell Technician
- Location
- Stable <data corrupted>
BTW, our tvtropes page coud use some more love.
- Location
- Rockford, USA
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- They/Them
...we have one of those? Huh, we have one of those.
- Location
- At the Edge of Insanity
Yep, we do. It has the title wrong, nobody ever wrote anything, etc. etc. etc.
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
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- He/His/Him
Vote tally:
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
No. of votes: 22
PoptartProdigy, UbeOne, hcvquizibo, Shadow-86, BrotherB, Bass11, Artemis1992, Publicola, Oh I am slain!, cl20, barenhart, ShadowNic94, Whumbly, Erehwon, Muer'ci, Sinsystems, fasquardon, Walkin' Man, Killerflood, Night_stalker, Teron, veekie
[X] Tag along with Satine and Obi-Wan. Antagonizing Satine might be worth having Obi-Wan off his game enough for you to figure out if he's got other reasons for being here.
No. of votes: 3
Renars, useofstrike32, Khepri14
i dunno guys i think going with satine and obi might stand a chance-yeah who the fuck am i kidding
Update coming soon.
[X] Hang back and talk with Anakin privately, and try and get information out of him. You have considerable leverage with the boy, and now is a good a time as ever to use it.
No. of votes: 22
PoptartProdigy, UbeOne, hcvquizibo, Shadow-86, BrotherB, Bass11, Artemis1992, Publicola, Oh I am slain!, cl20, barenhart, ShadowNic94, Whumbly, Erehwon, Muer'ci, Sinsystems, fasquardon, Walkin' Man, Killerflood, Night_stalker, Teron, veekie
[X] Tag along with Satine and Obi-Wan. Antagonizing Satine might be worth having Obi-Wan off his game enough for you to figure out if he's got other reasons for being here.
No. of votes: 3
Renars, useofstrike32, Khepri14
i dunno guys i think going with satine and obi might stand a chance-yeah who the fuck am i kidding
Update coming soon.
Killerflood
Corporal Cannonfodder
- Location
- Saṃsāra
New tvtropes page with a more accurate title. I've already submitted a WikiWord request which will add the punctuation in. That'll likely take a few days. Other than that the only thing I did was fix some typos and added onto the summary.
Here it is: New Page! Despair, for it leads to the abyss!
Here it is: New Page! Despair, for it leads to the abyss!
The Mandalorian Connections - Ciaran 2
Dr. Snark
Exactly As Planned...Probably
- Location
- Right where I want to be
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
Sundari, Mandalore
8:32 AM Local Time
It was so, so very tempting to tag along with Obi-Wan and Satine given recent developments, but the fact of the matter is that Anakin is probably more open to conversation all things considered. Business before pleasure and all.
"Oh, very well, I suppose I can let the two of you enjoy some private time together for a while~" you tease as Obi-Wan tries not to look too relieved and Satine briefly glares at you some more before turning to Obi-Wan. "Indeed. We have much to discuss, although what about your other friend?" Satine says.
You smile. "I-"
"We're going to go and have a meeting of our own," Anakin cuts in as you turn and regard him with curiosity. "There are some matters that I need to speak with Lady Ciaran about anyway." He looks at you and while he's trying to look intimidating you get the sense that he's not quite sure what to feel about you right now.
"Very well then," Satine quickly comments, clearly trying to end the conversation before you can get more in edgewise. "If you would be so kind, Obi-Wan?" She gestures ahead as she starts briskly walking away, Obi-Wan jogging slightly to catch up to her before matching her pace as they leave. Since Obi-Wan didn't really protest Anakin staying with you odds are this was either their negotiation plan or they came up with this just now and decided it would be the best course of action. With that in mind you focus back on Anakin. "Well, since you wanted the pleasure of my company-"
"Don't." he says, surprisingly forcefully as he holds up a hand. "You know this city better than I do, where's a private place we can go to?"
Well, if he was so insistent...
The Hall of the Preserver, Sundari, Mandalore
8:45 AM Local Time
Under normal circumstances a normal person would not be able to enter the Hall for another hour or so, but once they realized who you were they were willing to let you and Anakin into the building for a "private viewing." You would have bribed them to be sure but Anakin refused to let you out of his sight for even a moment. Honestly, the intensity he was focusing on you with was almost unnerving, like he was trying to glean something, anything from your actions.
Still, you walked in and the doors shut behind the two of you with a loud bang that echoed through the Hall's atrium. You glanced over at Anakin who still had an unreadable expression on his face but was trying to focus elsewhere. "Why here?" he asked, mostly to end the awkward silence between the two of you. You simply began to walk further in, gesturing for him to follow you into the main chamber.
"Have you ever heard of Mandalore the Preserver?" you comment neutrally, not really looking at Anakin. "I only really became aware of Mandalorian history in detail after I arrived here but out of all the people who have ever held the title of 'Mandalore' he fascinates me the most." As you finish the statement you and Anakin enter the main chamber of the building.
In the very center of the room stood a large statue of the Preserver in his armor as Mandalore, about 3 times the size of a normal humanoid being, carved from granite to emulate the armor that he once wore as well as reduce the rate of weathering and erosion meaning it was still in a very fine condition despite its age. The walls were covered with paintings dramatizing events in his life from the battles he fought in to images of his time training new Mandalorians on Dxun. Scattered throughout the room and surrounding the statue were various artifacts and holoprojectors of other important Mandalorian figures of the period...and a projector of none other than Revan himself in the back of the room, in front of a large painting depicting him and the Preserver fighting side-by-side against a legion of Sith troops. As you glance at Anakin briefly, you notice that he's focusing on that painting in particular as you start moving through the room, a look of frustration briefly crossing his face before he starts idly glancing around the rest of the room.
"Out of all of the Mandalorians I've read about-if only briefly-he is one of the only ones who fought both with and against the Jedi during his life." You explain to Anakin, who is continuing to look around with curiosity evident on his face. "I assumed that you would prefer to be in a place connected to your order rather than some backwards cantina."
"The thought is...appreciated," Anakin said hesitantly, although he did seem to be sincere about it. The two of you idly walked around the room not really paying attention to the exhibit for a few moments before you spoke again. "You clearly have something to say to me, so what is it?" you quietly ask him.
He hesitates for a few seconds before answering. "Maybe you'd care to explain why Darra told us about how people working for a 'humanitarian' like you have been associating with criminals like the Hutts?" he said, keeping his voice level but with a definite air of accusation to it.
You stop immediately. It was rare for people to be so blunt with you outside of the Abyss Watchers; you're not entirely sure whether it was because of Obi-Wan warning him about you or if he decided that it was the best way to get answers out of you. Regardless, you need to explain away this mess since you were now able to confirm the worst-case scenario of Darra testifying against you, but how?
[] Write-in.
AN: I may have been on a KOTOR bent recently which is probably where today's update setting came from. And like Ciaran said, it seemed...appropriate.
As for the write-in...I figured things were getting too easy, but more importantly I'm curious to see what you all will come up with. Just remember who it is you're trying to persuade.
8:32 AM Local Time
It was so, so very tempting to tag along with Obi-Wan and Satine given recent developments, but the fact of the matter is that Anakin is probably more open to conversation all things considered. Business before pleasure and all.
"Oh, very well, I suppose I can let the two of you enjoy some private time together for a while~" you tease as Obi-Wan tries not to look too relieved and Satine briefly glares at you some more before turning to Obi-Wan. "Indeed. We have much to discuss, although what about your other friend?" Satine says.
You smile. "I-"
"We're going to go and have a meeting of our own," Anakin cuts in as you turn and regard him with curiosity. "There are some matters that I need to speak with Lady Ciaran about anyway." He looks at you and while he's trying to look intimidating you get the sense that he's not quite sure what to feel about you right now.
"Very well then," Satine quickly comments, clearly trying to end the conversation before you can get more in edgewise. "If you would be so kind, Obi-Wan?" She gestures ahead as she starts briskly walking away, Obi-Wan jogging slightly to catch up to her before matching her pace as they leave. Since Obi-Wan didn't really protest Anakin staying with you odds are this was either their negotiation plan or they came up with this just now and decided it would be the best course of action. With that in mind you focus back on Anakin. "Well, since you wanted the pleasure of my company-"
"Don't." he says, surprisingly forcefully as he holds up a hand. "You know this city better than I do, where's a private place we can go to?"
Well, if he was so insistent...
The Hall of the Preserver, Sundari, Mandalore
8:45 AM Local Time
Under normal circumstances a normal person would not be able to enter the Hall for another hour or so, but once they realized who you were they were willing to let you and Anakin into the building for a "private viewing." You would have bribed them to be sure but Anakin refused to let you out of his sight for even a moment. Honestly, the intensity he was focusing on you with was almost unnerving, like he was trying to glean something, anything from your actions.
Still, you walked in and the doors shut behind the two of you with a loud bang that echoed through the Hall's atrium. You glanced over at Anakin who still had an unreadable expression on his face but was trying to focus elsewhere. "Why here?" he asked, mostly to end the awkward silence between the two of you. You simply began to walk further in, gesturing for him to follow you into the main chamber.
"Have you ever heard of Mandalore the Preserver?" you comment neutrally, not really looking at Anakin. "I only really became aware of Mandalorian history in detail after I arrived here but out of all the people who have ever held the title of 'Mandalore' he fascinates me the most." As you finish the statement you and Anakin enter the main chamber of the building.
In the very center of the room stood a large statue of the Preserver in his armor as Mandalore, about 3 times the size of a normal humanoid being, carved from granite to emulate the armor that he once wore as well as reduce the rate of weathering and erosion meaning it was still in a very fine condition despite its age. The walls were covered with paintings dramatizing events in his life from the battles he fought in to images of his time training new Mandalorians on Dxun. Scattered throughout the room and surrounding the statue were various artifacts and holoprojectors of other important Mandalorian figures of the period...and a projector of none other than Revan himself in the back of the room, in front of a large painting depicting him and the Preserver fighting side-by-side against a legion of Sith troops. As you glance at Anakin briefly, you notice that he's focusing on that painting in particular as you start moving through the room, a look of frustration briefly crossing his face before he starts idly glancing around the rest of the room.
"Out of all of the Mandalorians I've read about-if only briefly-he is one of the only ones who fought both with and against the Jedi during his life." You explain to Anakin, who is continuing to look around with curiosity evident on his face. "I assumed that you would prefer to be in a place connected to your order rather than some backwards cantina."
"The thought is...appreciated," Anakin said hesitantly, although he did seem to be sincere about it. The two of you idly walked around the room not really paying attention to the exhibit for a few moments before you spoke again. "You clearly have something to say to me, so what is it?" you quietly ask him.
He hesitates for a few seconds before answering. "Maybe you'd care to explain why Darra told us about how people working for a 'humanitarian' like you have been associating with criminals like the Hutts?" he said, keeping his voice level but with a definite air of accusation to it.
You stop immediately. It was rare for people to be so blunt with you outside of the Abyss Watchers; you're not entirely sure whether it was because of Obi-Wan warning him about you or if he decided that it was the best way to get answers out of you. Regardless, you need to explain away this mess since you were now able to confirm the worst-case scenario of Darra testifying against you, but how?
[] Write-in.
AN: I may have been on a KOTOR bent recently which is probably where today's update setting came from. And like Ciaran said, it seemed...appropriate.
As for the write-in...I figured things were getting too easy, but more importantly I'm curious to see what you all will come up with. Just remember who it is you're trying to persuade.
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- Location
- Rockford, USA
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- They/Them
Well, lovely. Do we throw Gramps under the bus or do some fast talking?
- Location
- va
[X] Because despite popular belief not all Hutts are criminals and it's better not to offend the ones who are. I have enough assassination attempts on my life as it is. It's also easier to limit the harm of such organizations if you have an in.
Short and sweet.
Short and sweet.
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- Location
- The Beach
[] 'Out beyond the Core, we tend to have to deal with more unsavory individuals in order to get what we want, without the weight of a millennia old Order to pave the way. It's very difficult to operate in certain parts of the galaxy without paying lip-service to those slugs. I thought dealing with their ilk was an acceptably price to pay for making my humanitarian efforts far more successful, getting into places and helping people lesser organizations would deem... not worth the cost. And if they end up owing me a favor or two, I call that a win-win.'
Not really sure what I'm going for here, but it's a start.
e: I kinda want to get across that we deal with the more criminal elements to keep them from interfering with our above-board operations, because not doing so would make such operations very dangerous or risky.
Not really sure what I'm going for here, but it's a start.
e: I kinda want to get across that we deal with the more criminal elements to keep them from interfering with our above-board operations, because not doing so would make such operations very dangerous or risky.
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My vote is for fast talking. It really isn't nearly as bad as it looks -- we want to sway the Hutts away from the CIS (either to the Republic or to the Neutral systems), and if the price of admission is to sabotage the Black Sun gang, that's pretty easy to rationalize.
I mean, for heaven's sake, in canon Padme was doing almost exactly the same thing -- doing favors for the Hutts in hopes of securing their alliance or neutrality. (I wonder: has that happened yet in this fiction? Because that'd be a surefire way to sway Anakin to our cause).
And yeah, it may look bad for a humanitarian and philanthropist such as ourselves to have a dedicated security force, but honestly, in a galaxy full of bad people, how else are you going to protect the people you're caring for? We're not pacifists, after all. <scoffs at Satine from a distance>
Nope. Anakin was a slave on a world controlled by Hutts; his mother was once owned by a Hutt. He's not going to look kindly on someone making excuses for a Hutts.
Nope. Don't insult the person you're trying to persuade. Pretty sure that's the zeroth law of persuasion, if only because it was so obvious that they didn't even think about it when they originally started numbering those laws...
- Location
- The Beach
Want to get across that he lacks the context of the work we are doing, separated as the Order is from the rest of society. Got suggestions?