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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Fine.
[Why are you so difficult, Kylo! Nevermind the fact that all of this is pretty much Hux's fault in the first place, no that's not the point at all. A part of him wants to add that if he actually poisoned the food, he wouldn't have said such a thing out loud, but he manages to keep that part to himself for once.
Look, it's progress. Sorta.]
...It's one of your favorites. [He says that part more quietly, because he does want Kylo to enjoy the food in the end. It's why Hux bothered at all.]
[Why are you so difficult, Kylo! Nevermind the fact that all of this is pretty much Hux's fault in the first place, no that's not the point at all. A part of him wants to add that if he actually poisoned the food, he wouldn't have said such a thing out loud, but he manages to keep that part to himself for once.
Look, it's progress. Sorta.]
...It's one of your favorites. [He says that part more quietly, because he does want Kylo to enjoy the food in the end. It's why Hux bothered at all.]
[It's definitely Han Solo, one of the many rebel heroes that the First Order wanted to take out. They have accomplished that mission, or more like Kylo Ren was solely responsible, but it doesn't matter all that much to Hux as long as he's dead.]
Can you kill him again?
[Hux looks back at the few remains of Brendol, knowing that he'd be more than happy to kill him over and over.]
Can you kill him again?
[Hux looks back at the few remains of Brendol, knowing that he'd be more than happy to kill him over and over.]
She did, initially. Most of them were destroyed a few years ago, and I suppose she didn't have enough energy at the time to create more.
[Kylo won't be the one complaining about it, whatever Arden decides to call them.]
What did you talk about, once you found her?
[Kylo won't be the one complaining about it, whatever Arden decides to call them.]
What did you talk about, once you found her?
[Thankfully, Kylo graciously decides to focus on the gesture itself rather than the much more questionable aspects to their conversation.]
I could tell. [There you go, Armitage. There's your acknowledgment.] Is there anything you wanted to do today?
[aside from plot hypothetical murder]
I could tell. [There you go, Armitage. There's your acknowledgment.] Is there anything you wanted to do today?
[aside from plot hypothetical murder]
[How gracious of him.]
...I didn't have anything else planned. [Maybe that's unusual for Hux, but it's not like he's great at any of this and that's putting it nicely. There's a look of uncertainty that passes through him, but it doesn't last long.]
Did you want to do anything in particular? [It's not like this is their first anniversary, but it's their first one after Kylo and Rey got together. Does he expect something more now? Is he disappointed?]
...I didn't have anything else planned. [Maybe that's unusual for Hux, but it's not like he's great at any of this and that's putting it nicely. There's a look of uncertainty that passes through him, but it doesn't last long.]
Did you want to do anything in particular? [It's not like this is their first anniversary, but it's their first one after Kylo and Rey got together. Does he expect something more now? Is he disappointed?]
No.
[It's a shaky response, one that's undoubtedly caused him a great deal of conflict, but he's certain of the answer. Although his voice is quiet at first, it grows into something more forceful.]
I'm not like you. I'm done with this.
[But the dream will allow him no such thing, and even as he turns back around, things fade and warp until Han is only a few feet away. He offers words of comfort that Ren should have taken, should have trusted for once in his damned life.]
Come home. We miss you.
[It's a shaky response, one that's undoubtedly caused him a great deal of conflict, but he's certain of the answer. Although his voice is quiet at first, it grows into something more forceful.]
I'm not like you. I'm done with this.
[But the dream will allow him no such thing, and even as he turns back around, things fade and warp until Han is only a few feet away. He offers words of comfort that Ren should have taken, should have trusted for once in his damned life.]
Come home. We miss you.
[Kylo is weak. Hux always has known that, but seeing his reaction and hesitation only reinforces his thoughts. He can't be the Supreme Leader, he doesn't deserve the title. One day, Hux is going to change all that. He won't let emotions get in the way of his ambitions.
The mono-molecular that he always keeps on his person suddenly feels heavier, like it's begging to be used.]
...Kylo can never return home. He belongs with the First Order.
[...Why did he say that? If he wants to stab Kylo, staying quiet would've been better.]
The mono-molecular that he always keeps on his person suddenly feels heavier, like it's begging to be used.]
...Kylo can never return home. He belongs with the First Order.
[...Why did he say that? If he wants to stab Kylo, staying quiet would've been better.]
I don't have any ideas.
[As evidenced by the fact that he'd... just been training. Any plans he would have made of that nature would take up enough of the day that he'd keep any training to the early morning at most.]
You can be difficult to please, sometimes.
[As evidenced by the fact that he'd... just been training. Any plans he would have made of that nature would take up enough of the day that he'd keep any training to the early morning at most.]
You can be difficult to please, sometimes.
[...What's that supposed to mean?
Hux won't lie and say that he's an easy person to please, but the uncertainty and doubt from earlier rears its ugly head when he sees how uninterested Kylo is in all this. So, he didn't try at all today. The day is unimportant to him, isn't it? That's why he just trained and behaved like it was just any other day.
Hux should've just tossed that food. Why did he bother--]
I'm sure you'd be planning all morning if it was your anniversary with that girl.
[It's super unhealthy defensive mode time.]
Hux won't lie and say that he's an easy person to please, but the uncertainty and doubt from earlier rears its ugly head when he sees how uninterested Kylo is in all this. So, he didn't try at all today. The day is unimportant to him, isn't it? That's why he just trained and behaved like it was just any other day.
Hux should've just tossed that food. Why did he bother--]
I'm sure you'd be planning all morning if it was your anniversary with that girl.
[It's super unhealthy defensive mode time.]
[ Completely side-tracking in his mind is a burning question. ]
You're way more interested what happened to her than I thought you'd be. Do you go see her often?
You're way more interested what happened to her than I thought you'd be. Do you go see her often?
[In his waking hours, he'd agree that there's no going back without any hesitation or conflict. In the dream, it's awful to admit.]
It's too late.
[This time, it's bitter and resigned instead of pained and regretful. But there's still something to it that says he wishes he could.
But like Han Solo himself, the dream figment doesn't back down. He steps forward with a determined look on his face, even as Kylo still refuses to look at him. There's a challenge in his eyes and the twist of his mouth as he instead looks to Hux, daring him to stop the old smuggler.]
No it's not.
It's too late.
[This time, it's bitter and resigned instead of pained and regretful. But there's still something to it that says he wishes he could.
But like Han Solo himself, the dream figment doesn't back down. He steps forward with a determined look on his face, even as Kylo still refuses to look at him. There's a challenge in his eyes and the twist of his mouth as he instead looks to Hux, daring him to stop the old smuggler.]
No it's not.
[Instead of stabbing Kylo in the back, Hux moves to stand in front of him, trying to block the scoundrel from getting to his only son. By now, the tank with Brendol Hux is completely gone, just leaving this walkway and a dead man trying to appeal to Kylo's origins.]
It's too late, Solo. Kylo made his choice and belongs on this side... and more importantly, be belongs to me.
[Just going to throw that out there.]
It's too late, Solo. Kylo made his choice and belongs on this side... and more importantly, be belongs to me.
[Just going to throw that out there.]
[Kylo frowns faintly as the uncomfortable topic arises, but not because he doesn't have responses to it. Rather, he knows it's... sensitive, and how easily the conversation could go poorly. On today of all days, it's the last thing he wants to happen.
So he tries to cut it off before it can go anywhere.]
Do you really want to talk about her on our anniversary?
So he tries to cut it off before it can go anywhere.]
Do you really want to talk about her on our anniversary?
Often, no. But I've spoken with her several times in the years I've been here.
[Perhaps he should give her a visit soon, however.]
It's been a while.
[Perhaps he should give her a visit soon, however.]
It's been a while.
[There's a faint look of surprise as Kylo follows Hux's movements, and the situation only serves to make him feel more torn. He ends up looking at Han after all, turning as the general steps between them.]
Snoke was using you, [the older man says over Hux's shoulder, his words changing from mere echo to something new, not just an extension of a memory.] But you already know that by now.
[Ren's lips press together, and he's unable to decide what to look at—his father, his partner, or the abyss that finalized one of his worst decisions. In the end, he forces his eyes shut, jaw clenching, unable to accept the next words to come from the specter.]
I would have been proud of you for stopping him.
Snoke was using you, [the older man says over Hux's shoulder, his words changing from mere echo to something new, not just an extension of a memory.] But you already know that by now.
[Ren's lips press together, and he's unable to decide what to look at—his father, his partner, or the abyss that finalized one of his worst decisions. In the end, he forces his eyes shut, jaw clenching, unable to accept the next words to come from the specter.]
I would have been proud of you for stopping him.
I imagine you talk to her about very different things nowadays than when you first met her. It was like that for me too. I wanted to know why she thought of me as family and that's when she explained she didn't have more than a dozen people aligned to her.
Tell me I'm wrong, Kylo.
[No, he doesn't want to talk about Rey right now, but Hux still wants to know. It doesn't matter what he wants, he wants to hear the truth from his partner.]
Unless you're planning on telling me that you'd just be training in the backyard if it was your anniversary with her.
[Hux does his best to stare coldly at Kylo, but there's an obvious desperation and hurt coming from him as well.]
[No, he doesn't want to talk about Rey right now, but Hux still wants to know. It doesn't matter what he wants, he wants to hear the truth from his partner.]
Unless you're planning on telling me that you'd just be training in the backyard if it was your anniversary with her.
[Hux does his best to stare coldly at Kylo, but there's an obvious desperation and hurt coming from him as well.]
[Hux doesn't turn to look at Kylo, his focus entirely on the 'ghost' in front of him. Sure, he's alive now, but it's just an illusion-- a dream and Hux is not going to lose to some apparition.]
Would you be proud knowing that Kylo is now the Supreme Leader and is basically responsible for Luke Skywalker's death?
[It feels almost pointless talking to Solo like this, but it's not like Hux is above this. Far from it.]
Would you be proud knowing that Kylo is now the Supreme Leader and is basically responsible for Luke Skywalker's death?
[It feels almost pointless talking to Solo like this, but it's not like Hux is above this. Far from it.]
[He hadn't expected his own question to be answered without further probing, but it's a pleasant surprise. More than that, the answer itself is news to him.]
I'd had the sense there weren't many of us. [Still, his tone suggests he hadn't thought the number was that low. The next thought slips out without him meaning to, thanks to the amulets' continued malfunctioning.]
She must be lonely...
I'd had the sense there weren't many of us. [Still, his tone suggests he hadn't thought the number was that low. The next thought slips out without him meaning to, thanks to the amulets' continued malfunctioning.]
She must be lonely...
[Ren resolutely avoids the topic of Rey entirely. She is not relevant in the context of their relationship, and he's sticking to that. What he has—had with Rey is different and separate. Instead, he turns to what he sees to be the actual topic. His tone remains patient, at least; he's not rising to any bait.]
You've hardly seemed interested in doing anything I've suggested in the past year, Armitage.
[He debates admitting that he didn't know if the general would even remember the date, but puts it aside for now.]
I was going to make your favorite for dinner. [He figured they'd just... have a nice evening in, since it's what Hux seems to actually like.] I still plan to.
You've hardly seemed interested in doing anything I've suggested in the past year, Armitage.
[He debates admitting that he didn't know if the general would even remember the date, but puts it aside for now.]
I was going to make your favorite for dinner. [He figured they'd just... have a nice evening in, since it's what Hux seems to actually like.] I still plan to.
[The old man puts his hands on his hips, an unimpressed twist to his mouth as he stares the general down.]
You weren't there, buddy, not where it mattered.
[Ren remains silent watching the exchange, having no real response to any of it. After all, Han's words are coming from him—from what he knows and what he thinks his father might say.]
Luke did what he had to do to make up for his mistakes. Ben didn't kill him.
You weren't there, buddy, not where it mattered.
[Ren remains silent watching the exchange, having no real response to any of it. After all, Han's words are coming from him—from what he knows and what he thinks his father might say.]
Luke did what he had to do to make up for his mistakes. Ben didn't kill him.
That's not true...!
[He's enjoyed some of the things he's done with Kylo, really! It's just a lot of his mood was dampened by the fact that Kylo was spending some of his time with that girl, instead of him. This was especially noticeable during festivals or events...]
Oh really? You're not just doing that because I brought you food? [For all he knows, Kylo just planned on doing his own thing the entire day.]
[He's enjoyed some of the things he's done with Kylo, really! It's just a lot of his mood was dampened by the fact that Kylo was spending some of his time with that girl, instead of him. This was especially noticeable during festivals or events...]
Oh really? You're not just doing that because I brought you food? [For all he knows, Kylo just planned on doing his own thing the entire day.]
You definitely weren't there.
[It's so aggravating to deal with Solo, even as a ghost!! He hates him, not just for being Rebel scum, but for still caring for his son despite everything that's happened.]
Skywalker didn't force Kylo to join the First Order, he made that choice himself.
[Perhaps it's best if he just shoots him. He's already killed his father, why not take the opportunity to murder Kylo's too?]
[It's so aggravating to deal with Solo, even as a ghost!! He hates him, not just for being Rebel scum, but for still caring for his son despite everything that's happened.]
Skywalker didn't force Kylo to join the First Order, he made that choice himself.
[Perhaps it's best if he just shoots him. He's already killed his father, why not take the opportunity to murder Kylo's too?]
[ He feels really strange... like he misjudged Kylo almost as badly as others have judged him. This person would consider the fact that Aiada might be lonely? He'd never have guessed, private or public thoughts. ]
Where do you normally find her in-person? I didn't get to see her full form. I'm not sure I'd be allowed either, but if there's someplace I could look for the puffballs too... rather than waiting for her to come to me for another 3 years... I could try to go see her myself more often.
Where do you normally find her in-person? I didn't get to see her full form. I'm not sure I'd be allowed either, but if there's someplace I could look for the puffballs too... rather than waiting for her to come to me for another 3 years... I could try to go see her myself more often.
Do you expect me to say I am?
[Of course he wouldn't say such a thing even if it were true—which it isn't. He wonders how to remedy this, and though he half expects that Hux doesn't have an answer, he still asks.]
What do I need to do to assure you I still care?
[Of course he wouldn't say such a thing even if it were true—which it isn't. He wonders how to remedy this, and though he half expects that Hux doesn't have an answer, he still asks.]
What do I need to do to assure you I still care?
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