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deercountry2023-05-01 10:26 pm
survivalthroughhate) wrote in deercountry2023-05-01 10:26 pm
"Somehow....Palpatine Returned." (Player Plot)
Who: survivalthroughhate and anyone who wants to join in!
What: Palpatine ends up in Trench and no one wants that, so it's time to give him the beatdown!
When: Throughout the month
Where: All over Trench.
Content Warnings: Physical child abuse mentions, mental manipulation mentions, gaslighting, exorcism, food deprivation mentions, weed mentions, will add as necessary.
Maul's followers had come to him with the worst news possible. They'd been tracking the signs and had come to one conclusion: Palpatine was back to full strength and here in Trench. The Sith Lord was now possessing people, monsters, animals, whatever that could hold his form for any length of time before it was destroyed or rotted away from the pure evil of his spirit being contained within the body.
Maul knew he had to do something. He'd been responsible for unleashing this menace and so it was his responsibility to stop it. But he was scared too. The fear of his (former, he had to remember that part) master was deeply entrenched into his mind, the simple fear of a child scared of their abusive father and wanting to avoid punishment by doing anything possible mixed in with the more complicated fear of an adult who had been broken down through brainwashing and physical abuse until he'd been turned into a weapon rather than a person. Even now, letting go of his anger and pain hadn't diminished the fear he had of Sidious.
He'd hide for a period of time after warning the other Sleepers, too afraid to go out and face his master for good. It was all well and good to let them try to deal with this. None of them had any personal connection to Sidious, so they could try whatever methods they saw fit in order to exorcise those he'd possessed.
But as the month wore on and his master's spirit still stubbornly clung to the realm of Trench, Maul began to realize he had to face his master even if it was the scariest thing he'd ever have to do in his life. If he didn't confront him, Sidious was never going to leave. Bolstered by the encouragement of his friends and family, plus with the motivation of knowing only he could end this, Maul would go out to face his master. It'd be the hardest thing he'd ever have to do in his life, but to protect the people he loved so deeply and the place he called home, he would find a way to banish Palpatine forever from his life.
[OOC: This is the log post for the Palpatine in Trench player plot! Feel free to start your own open top-levels, set up closed threads, or just head straight over to the network post if you want to interact with Maul or threadjack people there. As a reminder, Maul doesn't necessarily need to be involved in exorcising an NPC or character if you just want to do to something among two of you.]
survivalthroughhate and anyone who wants to join in!What: Palpatine ends up in Trench and no one wants that, so it's time to give him the beatdown!
When: Throughout the month
Where: All over Trench.
Content Warnings: Physical child abuse mentions, mental manipulation mentions, gaslighting, exorcism, food deprivation mentions, weed mentions, will add as necessary.
Maul's followers had come to him with the worst news possible. They'd been tracking the signs and had come to one conclusion: Palpatine was back to full strength and here in Trench. The Sith Lord was now possessing people, monsters, animals, whatever that could hold his form for any length of time before it was destroyed or rotted away from the pure evil of his spirit being contained within the body.
Maul knew he had to do something. He'd been responsible for unleashing this menace and so it was his responsibility to stop it. But he was scared too. The fear of his (former, he had to remember that part) master was deeply entrenched into his mind, the simple fear of a child scared of their abusive father and wanting to avoid punishment by doing anything possible mixed in with the more complicated fear of an adult who had been broken down through brainwashing and physical abuse until he'd been turned into a weapon rather than a person. Even now, letting go of his anger and pain hadn't diminished the fear he had of Sidious.
He'd hide for a period of time after warning the other Sleepers, too afraid to go out and face his master for good. It was all well and good to let them try to deal with this. None of them had any personal connection to Sidious, so they could try whatever methods they saw fit in order to exorcise those he'd possessed.
But as the month wore on and his master's spirit still stubbornly clung to the realm of Trench, Maul began to realize he had to face his master even if it was the scariest thing he'd ever have to do in his life. If he didn't confront him, Sidious was never going to leave. Bolstered by the encouragement of his friends and family, plus with the motivation of knowing only he could end this, Maul would go out to face his master. It'd be the hardest thing he'd ever have to do in his life, but to protect the people he loved so deeply and the place he called home, he would find a way to banish Palpatine forever from his life.
[OOC: This is the log post for the Palpatine in Trench player plot! Feel free to start your own open top-levels, set up closed threads, or just head straight over to the network post if you want to interact with Maul or threadjack people there. As a reminder, Maul doesn't necessarily need to be involved in exorcising an NPC or character if you just want to do to something among two of you.]
Darth Imperius | Star Wars The Old Republic | OTA
With Talwyn's inherited Force ability, it's just a matter of time before Darth Sidious finds him. Force ghosts, especially restless ones, can sense him from great distances, and if they aren't bound to one location, they're drawn in by him. Sidious will seek him out, he's certain of it. And Talwyn is going to be ready for him. He's heard Maul's stories about him, and he wants to show this Emperor what the Sith of old were made of.
Knowing all this, Talwyn chose a remote location, where civilians aren't going to be caught in the crossfire. He senses Darth Sidious before he even steps into view. If all goes well, he won't have to maim the Sith Lord's host.
"It's about time you showed up."
Reeling him In (Closed to Maul)
It's been a few days since his duel with Sidious. He and Maul have come up with a plan to get him out of the Trench, using Talwyn's connection to ghosts. Sidious will be drawn in again, looking to finish what they started, and then Maul will act. Talwyn can only hope that Maul knows what he's doing. And that his fellow Sith isn't going to do the Sith thing and stab him in the back.
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"He's one of the smartest people I know. He may have somehow prepared for this exact thing to happen." But given how the Sith of Imperius' time knew things Maul had never even dreamed of, perhaps they could still get the drop on Sidious. He wasn't omniscient for all that he could predict what others were going to do with stunning accuracy.
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"You just be ready, we may not get a second chance."
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"He'll be here quickly. I don't know who he'll be possessing but it's bound to be someone powerful." But now Maul wasn't feeling nearly so scared anymore. After dealing with Sidious possessing his friends, family, and followers, Maul was now mad. He was getting rid of this loathsome spirit if it was the last thing he did.
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Perhaps he should have kept Horak Mul's ghost after all. The extra power may have been handy for what he's about to do.
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To do that, Maul would have to defeat Sidious all on his own. Having someone help him would only handicap him in trying to achieve that goal.
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