January 2022 Event Overflow

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JANUARY 2022 EVENT OVERFLOW

OVERFLOW POST for the JANUARY 2022 EVENT

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[Savage didn't deny that part of that reasoning was true. A warrior needed to be self-sufficient, but the ways of the Nightbrothers did not generally include complete isolation all the time. There were times and places for such exercises, especially with kits who had plenty to learn.]

That is not the Nightbrother way. We assemble in small groups for hunting, but we must also be able to operate on our own should personal survival be necessary. That's how you and I will exist here. We are Nightbrothers, and I'll teach you to be one again, little one.

[He knew his brother's treatment had been cruel. It was far more difficult to understand the extent of it hearing of it when they were both adults or when both of them were children. Now, he could see the scars of that life easily, but he would do what he could with the time that he had with this young kit version of his brother.]

If that option happens then yes, I will return you to Dathomir. And once there, you will continue to live with me.

[He knew it couldn't happen, that all of this was temporary. Hope was dangerous even on Dathomir, but he couldn't help himself. He had spent an entire childhood and adulthood raising his younger brother that it seemed natural to do so again.

He set Maul down once they were inside, and he let the kit explore while he headed to the kitchen to pull out some food that he was certain his brother would want to consume. Of course, Ruin came in begging for food - chewing on his leg - and he dropped some meat onto those grabbing tentacles to stave off something worse.

He was putting out some food of meat and cheese that were his elder brother's favourites.]

Come grab some food. You can finish exploring once you've eaten, little Brother.

[survivalthroughhate]

Oh, that’s good. Master says I’m not allowed to be a Nightbrother anymore ‘n that I have to learn to be a Sith but that’s dumb. Nightbrothers are still Nightbrothers no matter where they go. That’s why we have tattoos!

[One of Sidious’ mistakes was not taking Maul early enough that he didn’t have any memories of Dathomir. Had he done so, Maul might have been easier to control because being raised by his master would be all that he knew. But taking him after the point where he had formed memories of his family and culture meant his identity as a Nightbrother could never fully be stamped out of him.

Once he was set down, he ran excitedly all over the house. Several of the rooms were still unfinished and those he only gave a quick look into before moving on. It was others, like the bedroom, weapons room, and the room where the animals slept in that he spent longer in. But it was the Lego room that fascinated him. All the little sculptures put together with so many pieces to them were amazing to the young kit. He would have stayed longer but when Savage called out that there was food, he gave a squeal of delight and zoomed back down the stairs to go into the kitchen.

He sniffed the meat and cheese cautiously. The scents were far different than the same types of food he was used to in his own galaxy, but this was a very different planet so it stood to reason there were different animals the food was made from.

He ate slowly at first, wanting to make sure that he’d enjoy everything that he ate, but Maul soon realized all of it tasted really good, just the kind of things he would have picked out for himself had he been given a choice from a selection. Since his hunger was immense thanks to his master never giving him enough to eat, he started to eat faster and never even thought to question how the big Nightbrother would have known exactly what kind of meat and cheese he’d like to eat. Once he started slowing down, he asked after swallowing a mouthful of food:]

What is the room with all the little sculptures in it?