Kylo "Worst Disney Princess" Ren (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lostapprentice) wrote2035-01-06 02:37 am
lostapprentice) wrote2035-01-06 02:37 am
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[A small part of Hux scoffs at the idea of even considering that Rey is better than him, but most of him has been afraid of being replaced. Perhaps it's because of his past experience with Cardinal or just being aware of Rey's powers and her connection to Ren, but he's been unable to get rid of that feeling for days now.]
I know, perhaps. But I thought it was still possible that you would replace me.
I know, perhaps. But I thought it was still possible that you would replace me.
It is probably very telling that this shuts Kevin up damn quick. 'He already had his mouth open to say something snarky and he shuts it so hard his teeth click audibly' levels of quick. There are a few things in life that Kevin takes far too seriously to ever joke about. Murder is not actually one of them. Knighthood is.
"...I was Sir Kevin Regnard at home, you should know, then," he says at length, his voice much quieter now. "I earned my title properly."
And lost it just as surely. He's toyed with the idea that he might manage to redeem himself just enough in this place to get his "sir" back someday, but his heart's never fully committed to it. That isn't something you can declare for yourself, and all the people who actually understand why he'd need to reclaim it in the first place would probably tell him he deserves it without a second thought.
For Kylo to bring such a thing up -- suddenly the conversation can't be completely about lightsabers anymore.
"...I was Sir Kevin Regnard at home, you should know, then," he says at length, his voice much quieter now. "I earned my title properly."
And lost it just as surely. He's toyed with the idea that he might manage to redeem himself just enough in this place to get his "sir" back someday, but his heart's never fully committed to it. That isn't something you can declare for yourself, and all the people who actually understand why he'd need to reclaim it in the first place would probably tell him he deserves it without a second thought.
For Kylo to bring such a thing up -- suddenly the conversation can't be completely about lightsabers anymore.
That's good to hear.
[He says it in his usual serious tone (meaning it's devoid of any actual relief or happiness or anything) but hey. It's something.]
I was wondering what could have done that kind of damage, but I expected there'd be a way to fix it either way.
[He wasn't all that worried, basically. What with the power of friendship or whatever.]
[He says it in his usual serious tone (meaning it's devoid of any actual relief or happiness or anything) but hey. It's something.]
I was wondering what could have done that kind of damage, but I expected there'd be a way to fix it either way.
[He wasn't all that worried, basically. What with the power of friendship or whatever.]
I couldn't do that.
[In a way, Kylo is glad to be confronting this, having Armitage pull out his fears and giving them voice so that he can refute them for good. Maybe it will give the other man more reassurance than previous attempts to comfort him, to have a more direct avenue into the issue like this.]
We've been through too much together. It's not the same as what I have with her. It's not replaceable, and neither are you.
[In a way, Kylo is glad to be confronting this, having Armitage pull out his fears and giving them voice so that he can refute them for good. Maybe it will give the other man more reassurance than previous attempts to comfort him, to have a more direct avenue into the issue like this.]
We've been through too much together. It's not the same as what I have with her. It's not replaceable, and neither are you.
Ah well... it's... complicated, honestly. And my body sorta has a... defense mechanism to heal me that I don't... entirely get a say in sometimes.
[Her silver crystal is somewhat sentient in that it acts on her behalf whether or not she wants it to.]
But yep! All better! Even better than better! I haven't felt this good in a really long time. I feel like myself again.
[Her silver crystal is somewhat sentient in that it acts on her behalf whether or not she wants it to.]
But yep! All better! Even better than better! I haven't felt this good in a really long time. I feel like myself again.
[Is it really possible to care about two people in a similar manner like that? Hux doesn't know, but perhaps Ren is capable of that. Maybe he's just desperate to believe that, although he knows that his partner wouldn't lie to him about this. So for now, he'll have to believe Ren... trust that even though he and Rey are different, Ren still cares for them both equally.
It's hard.]
Promise me, Kylo. [He wants that last reassurance.] That you won't replace me.
It's hard.]
Promise me, Kylo. [He wants that last reassurance.] That you won't replace me.
[He's already gotten the well wishes out of the way, so he focuses on the far more interesting part of the conversation.]
The defense mechanism is that crystallization?
[That sounds slightly annoying, to not be able to control it.]
Does it actually heal you, or just keep you in stasis until something can be done?
The defense mechanism is that crystallization?
[That sounds slightly annoying, to not be able to control it.]
Does it actually heal you, or just keep you in stasis until something can be done?
Well then, that's an interesting reaction. For Regnard to become so serious, Kylo must have hit upon an issue that means a great deal to him. Still, he understands to an extent. Knighthood has a lot of meaning to him, as well, even if he's become less... attached to particular ideologies associated with it.
... but who knows, maybe this can still be fun. He grasps his hands in front of him in a way that's about as casual as Kylo Ren's posture can get, head tilted slightly.
"What do you know about the Force?" he asks, and it might seem like he's changing the subject. It might not be too difficult to see where he's going with this, though, and it might be a little bit evil. Maybe.
... but who knows, maybe this can still be fun. He grasps his hands in front of him in a way that's about as casual as Kylo Ren's posture can get, head tilted slightly.
"What do you know about the Force?" he asks, and it might seem like he's changing the subject. It might not be too difficult to see where he's going with this, though, and it might be a little bit evil. Maybe.
[Kylo brings his hands up, placing them on either side of Hux's face as he looks intensely into Hux's eyes. He doesn't want to be seen as anything other than completely serious when he says it.]
I promise.
I promise.
[Hux sucks in a breath, hearing the promise spoken with such sincerity is deeply comforting. Sure, it's just words, but he's putting his trust in them. It's what he should do, even if it's so easy to break a promise.]
...Okay.
[There's water in his eyes suddenly, but Hux doesn't do anything about it.]
...Okay.
[There's water in his eyes suddenly, but Hux doesn't do anything about it.]
[Oooon the one hand, she doesn't really TALK about her crystal, on the other, who is Kylo Ren going to tell? Besides, she's pretty sure he can sense her in the force the same way Obi-Wan and Anakin can so trying to play off the whole "oh no, I'm totally normal" is pretty much pointless.]
Both, it heals me and puts me in a sleep kinda thing for a bit. It can heal... anything, actually. But I have to be unconscious and in a bad enough condition or so taken by surprise that I can't react fast enough for it to do something without my permission. Like I got stabbed pretty badly when I was younger [Never mind that she was the one who did the stabbing.] so it wrapped around me to heal me. [And then when she's older, someone will try and shoot her with a laser and she won't be able to react fast enough to it, so it'll encase her again... Unless she just outright kills that family but she hasn't actually decided on how to deal with the Black Moon clan yet.]
The crystal itself when it's like that is unbreakable... I think, I mean if you destroy the planet I'm on then yeah, I'd go with it, but on its own, I'm pretty safe inside of it. Although, I did get swallowed whole when it did it the first time, but like, she couldn't digest me or anything, I was just... in her.
Both, it heals me and puts me in a sleep kinda thing for a bit. It can heal... anything, actually. But I have to be unconscious and in a bad enough condition or so taken by surprise that I can't react fast enough for it to do something without my permission. Like I got stabbed pretty badly when I was younger [Never mind that she was the one who did the stabbing.] so it wrapped around me to heal me. [And then when she's older, someone will try and shoot her with a laser and she won't be able to react fast enough to it, so it'll encase her again... Unless she just outright kills that family but she hasn't actually decided on how to deal with the Black Moon clan yet.]
The crystal itself when it's like that is unbreakable... I think, I mean if you destroy the planet I'm on then yeah, I'd go with it, but on its own, I'm pretty safe inside of it. Although, I did get swallowed whole when it did it the first time, but like, she couldn't digest me or anything, I was just... in her.
Kevin eyes him with immense suspicion. Kylo Ren would bother to make Kevin's life easier if Kevin were doing something supportive at Hibiki or Eleanor. Basically every other time, Kevin is confident that Kylo would much rather make things more difficult instead, and the odds of this conversation ending with the door mockingly slammed into his face are very high.
"Very little," he concedes. "I've seen what you can do with it, a few times. However, whenever you've mentioned it in the past, it's been in terms of balance."
The Force has never been the focus of any of their previous conversations, in the middle of the night or out by the lake. But Kylo has mentioned it in passing just often enough for Kevin to believe these things are linked.
"Very little," he concedes. "I've seen what you can do with it, a few times. However, whenever you've mentioned it in the past, it's been in terms of balance."
The Force has never been the focus of any of their previous conversations, in the middle of the night or out by the lake. But Kylo has mentioned it in passing just often enough for Kevin to believe these things are linked.
[While Ren doesn't exactly smile, there's a certain lightness and relief in his gaze when he hears his partner accept that promise, even if his heart aches at seeing Hux tearing up. Still—he can tell they're tears of something positive, rather than grief, and he'll accept that as a good reason for Armitage to cry.
Softly, he says:]
Let's go home.
Softly, he says:]
Let's go home.
[Even if he did know that the stabbing was her own fault, regardless of whether it was an accident, it's not like he could really judge. Attempting to stab himself to test out a healing power would totally be something he would do, let's be honest.]
Interesting.
[He says it in a way that makes it clear it's not like the interesting that actually means that's weird or I have no idea what to think; the mechanics of supernatural powers are one of the things that pique his curiosity the most.]
How long did it take you to heal from the stabbing?
Interesting.
[He says it in a way that makes it clear it's not like the interesting that actually means that's weird or I have no idea what to think; the mechanics of supernatural powers are one of the things that pique his curiosity the most.]
How long did it take you to heal from the stabbing?
Just a few hours, I think. Not very long at all. I was still pretty new to my abilities back then so that might be why. Now I can pretty much heal within like... an hour... the whole... current crystallization thing not counting.
That severe, huh.
[It had certainly felt... off when he encountered her just before that. He supposes it's no surprise.]
Lucky for you to have that power.
[It had certainly felt... off when he encountered her just before that. He supposes it's no surprise.]
Lucky for you to have that power.
Mnn, poisoned sword and full intention to kill. [Herself.]
Well, I was born with it, but it only awoke, I guess, when I was 14. I probably could have gone my entire life not knowing I had that power.
Well, I was born with it, but it only awoke, I guess, when I was 14. I probably could have gone my entire life not knowing I had that power.
Nothing really changes in Ren's expression as he meets that scrutiny unflinchingly.
"How interested are you in learning more?"
It's true that he hasn't spoken about the Force much before, and he hasn't seen much reason to; he hasn't trusted that most of those he's spoken to would really comprehend what he'd have to say, much less agree with his personal philosophy. But Regnard has been... willing to listen during their occasional deeper talks, if nothing else.
Who knows? It could be entertaining, or at least something to pass the time in a world that hasn't been giving him much to do.
"How interested are you in learning more?"
It's true that he hasn't spoken about the Force much before, and he hasn't seen much reason to; he hasn't trusted that most of those he's spoken to would really comprehend what he'd have to say, much less agree with his personal philosophy. But Regnard has been... willing to listen during their occasional deeper talks, if nothing else.
Who knows? It could be entertaining, or at least something to pass the time in a world that hasn't been giving him much to do.
Not unlike some Force-sensitives.
[Kylo would find it a little strange if that wasn't the case. Not all of those with powers like theirs are given the opportunity to realize it, even if his own manifested when he was young.]
It doesn't sound like that sort of thing is common for your world. [Especially with how she'd worded that network post however long ago about her healing abilities. It gives off the impression that she was used to hiding it.]
[Kylo would find it a little strange if that wasn't the case. Not all of those with powers like theirs are given the opportunity to realize it, even if his own manifested when he was young.]
It doesn't sound like that sort of thing is common for your world. [Especially with how she'd worded that network post however long ago about her healing abilities. It gives off the impression that she was used to hiding it.]
Oh, it's not. I mean, there's different kinds of magic on my world to begin with, but my thing... it's complicated and not something I totally get.
[Well, she DOES but also she doesn't.] Magic isn't common though, like, at all. Even though there are others who can do it, it's still rare. Like three of my loved ones can see into the future in different ways but that's not... common, ya know? Like, one of them was even considered an outcast cause of her abilities.
[Well, she DOES but also she doesn't.] Magic isn't common though, like, at all. Even though there are others who can do it, it's still rare. Like three of my loved ones can see into the future in different ways but that's not... common, ya know? Like, one of them was even considered an outcast cause of her abilities.
The swordsman considers this. Obviously, he's greedy for the practical aspects of it; there is a lot that he could do with the ability to move things with only a gesture. Kylo saved his life once, when that house nearly collapsed on him. But there are a great many magic tricks he's seen in this world that would be a lot of fun to try out, and which Kevin won't pursue, because the methods of getting there don't suit him at all. In this case, he's thinking much the same thing that Kylo is. Even if Kevin isn't interested in the man's self-appointed duty of being a sourpuss to offset all the gross friendship going on in this place, much of the underlying ideas in him are ideas that Kevin agrees with. Even the ones that overall seem unpopular.
"...is it something that I could learn?" he asks at length. "The sorts of things you do, I was under the impression it's an ability one is either born with, or isn't."
Otherworlders learning abilities from other worlds entirely is not unheard of even without the benefit of asterisks, and as it's turned out, Kevin isn't a totally average human being. Still, if there's anything about him that would lend itself to this, he doesn't know enough about the Force to recognize it. He wonders vaguely if Kylo would bother to offer this as a joke, or if he's seen something.
"...is it something that I could learn?" he asks at length. "The sorts of things you do, I was under the impression it's an ability one is either born with, or isn't."
Otherworlders learning abilities from other worlds entirely is not unheard of even without the benefit of asterisks, and as it's turned out, Kevin isn't a totally average human being. Still, if there's anything about him that would lend itself to this, he doesn't know enough about the Force to recognize it. He wonders vaguely if Kylo would bother to offer this as a joke, or if he's seen something.
People with abilities do tend to gravitate towards each other.
[Or get inexorably linked through the mysterious energy that grants them powers. You know. Either or.]
I'd be more surprised if you were treated equally by those who didn't have them.
[Or get inexorably linked through the mysterious energy that grants them powers. You know. Either or.]
I'd be more surprised if you were treated equally by those who didn't have them.
Mnn, that's... very very true in our case. [Mostly because, well, they were all senshi and all of them were her royal guard and eventual husband soooo.]
I'm sure somewhere someday people with magic can be treated equally and all that.
I'm sure somewhere someday people with magic can be treated equally and all that.
I have my doubts. If we aren't ostracized, we're put on a pedestal.
[He's experienced a little bit of both. If millennia of living alongside Force-sensitives hasn't been enough to change things, he's not sure any length of time will be.]
People never really change.
[He's experienced a little bit of both. If millennia of living alongside Force-sensitives hasn't been enough to change things, he's not sure any length of time will be.]
People never really change.
Ah... haaa...
[Usagi will and has been both... so...]
I think... people can change, they just have to be given a chance. We don't last this long by staying the same, right?
[Usagi will and has been both... so...]
I think... people can change, they just have to be given a chance. We don't last this long by staying the same, right?
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