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i'm not a superhero [September Catch-All]
Who: Nara’a and various people.
What: September catch-all - starters will be in the comments. Contact me at
atrypical or Matt#6266 if you’d like one.
When: All through September.
Where: All throughout Trench.
Content Warnings: Violence and possible death - will add to this if it comes up.
[Prompts below. If you want a custom one, just let me know!]
What: September catch-all - starters will be in the comments. Contact me at
When: All through September.
Where: All throughout Trench.
Content Warnings: Violence and possible death - will add to this if it comes up.
[Prompts below. If you want a custom one, just let me know!]
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There’s something a bit humorous in having several of the teenagers of Trench be the ones to teach such an emotionally-stunted alien how to properly handle his anger but that’s just how it’s worked out for Maul.
“Right. Even if it turns out to be nothing but failure, it will still be worthwhile to possess the knowledge.” For Maul, knowledge is just another form of power, one as intangible as the Force and just as powerful.
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It's amusing that a lot of his friends have been teenagers or young adults in the past as well. But those have ended up being some of the most competent people he's known. Most of the Scions are older, but the twins... well, he's been glad that they're very intelligent and capable.
"Heh. you're sounding a bit like me. Do you end up in a book more often than not as well?" He pauses and then clears his throat. "Not... literally, unlike this case."
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Maul brightens up at the mention of books. "Very much so. It was one of the few indulgences my master allowed me growing up. I was allowed to read any book in his library..." There's a slight pause. "...including quite a number of them that weren't at all appropriate for children." Fortunately, Maul had still been innocent enough not to understand what things like genocide and the subjugation of entire planets meant. It had all just flown right over his little horned head. "Here, I have read many Earth books from their various versions and a few from other universes as well."
Minor 6.1 spoilers
He chuckles a little bit. "I never had the chance to read inappropriate books as a child. There weren't many books where I grew up, and I only occasionally had access to them when we had excess things to trade to wandering merchants. But I've read plenty of... I wouldn't say inappropriate, but definitely more risky and forbidden subjects. Though the restricted section I recently had access too was a wealth of information I would have loved to spend more time in. Unfortunately we only really had time to find the book we were looking for and leave, lest we anger the custodians of the library."
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"You had to face very angry librarians when looking for a single book?" Maul asks with a bit of amusement in his voice. Somehow, that sounds both absurd and yet on-point for what Maul has come to know about the catman's universe.
6.1 spoilers
How to even explain... "It was in a nation of very isolated scholars. They have vast libraries and study many things, but their general policy is to remain neutral on world events. They have a section of books that are restricted, due to what they consider to be dangerous content. And a lot of it probably is - how to summon monsters, dark and twisted rituals, and... other such things." Including, apparently, forbidden smut.
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He says it casually, even though he knows that it's going to just invite more questions. "But they're very stubborn... most of them, anyway. There's a reason that people who care about the wider world tend to leave."
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Endwalker spoilers
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This is one of the softest sides there is to Maul. When he was young, the beauty was all he saw in the Force. As he grew older, the shadow of his master clouded that beauty, making Maul only see the worst things that were around him. Now, he's starting to finally see the good again, all the beauty he remembers experiencing as a child.
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So did so many others, from him to the person who did the smallest bit on their ship. Everyone helped. "Though I could have done without getting planets thrown at me..." Turns out that those hurt.
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To die to protect someone or something else that they believed in so strongly....yes, Maul would have liked to have something like that in his life.
As usual, Maul felt more questions than answers with Nara'a speaking with him. "Planets....thrown at you?" Had he heard that correctly?
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It's given him multiple headaches in the months since. Sometimes he thinks it's better to not try to think about it at all.
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Not... all of it.
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