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Qymaen jai Sheelal (Grievous) ([personal profile] generalgrievous) wrote in [community profile] genessia2017-03-23 05:41 pm

[Video - Arrival]

[A skull-like being appears on the network - but no, it's not a human skull and it isn't the creature's actual head. Instead it is some sort of mask, through which yellow eyes glare angrily. These are the only part that looks to be truly alive, however. Much of the rest of his body is hidden by a cloak wrapped around his shoulders, but what other parts that can be seen are robotic, yet skeletal - including a claw-like hand currently clutched into a fist. Some may be able to tell he's some sort of alien cyborg. His metallic voice is harsh.]

Where are these so-called City Guardians and your military operations?

Your explanations are not satisfactory. It was a mistake to bring me here and I demand that you return me to my ship at once.
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_42)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
One of the cities.

[He thinks for a moment before adding, judgement in his voice.]

You didn't pay a lot of attention to the initial briefing, did you, sir?
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_5)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cassian pauses, face carefully blank. His military posture becomes a little stiffer yet at his discomfort. ]

Not as such, sir. It's... complicated. This place can bring you here, though you have died. I died. I assume whatever keeps me alive here though I should be dead will cease to function once I leave this place. Otherwise I would be a lot more impatient to return to my duties.

[ Another moment of hesitation. ]

I'm also still not convinced it isn't an elaborate set-up. Some kind of prison or interrogation based on psychological warfare. In which case nobody here can be trusted, escape attempts are part of the simulation, and I'm just a rat in a maze.
captain_by_the_book: (Default)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I know where that is, yes.

[ And if it were anyone else he wouldn't meet with a man of Grievous' reputation, but there are very old, almost forgotten loyalties at work here, and Grievous is giving orders. He's used to obeying orders. ]

I won't be long, sir.
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_42)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[In person, the General is a far more intimidating sight than he had ever been on the HoloNet. But Cassian's used to faking it, so his pace doesn't falter as he approaches the General, even if he feels very wary and just as aware that maybe, just maybe, he should have brought backup. Grievous has killed Jedi</>, if he gets angry with him... Better not to think of his chances.

He has to crane his neck to look into Grievous's eyes.]

Sir. I'm Cassian Andor. You wished to speak in person?
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_25)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, and he's even taller up close. Just as tall as Kay, but he feels taller.]

I was a child during the Clone Wars, but I fought on Fest. While I was not formally a Separatist, our insurrectionist cell was backed by the Confederacy, and fought the Republic troops.

[Still, he keeps his face carefully blank, hoping he won't be asked why he got involved.]
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_27)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[His eyes widen momentarily before he catches himself. Right. Right. He comes from a time of very different enemies...]

No, never. I never ran into Jedi. We fought clones. Urban warfare against clones and their walkers, mostly.
captain_by_the_book: (looking up)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I was a child. It was luck, not skill.

[But now he's eyeing him warily again, taking note of all that anger.]
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_55)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Annoyance shows briefly before that, too, is fought down.]

Realistic. I gained skill since then.
captain_by_the_book: (Default)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The Republic won. Of a sort. But it stopped being the Republic, it was destroyed inside out. The Galactic Empire it became is an enemy to all.
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_42)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He died. All the CIS leaders died, the droid army was destroyed. Like I said, the war was lost.
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_55)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Regardless, Cassian takes a step back.]

Emperor Palpatine rules over the Galactic Empire, sir.

[He braces himself for another round of fury.]
captain_by_the_book: (Cassian_by_Lylith_st_8)

[personal profile] captain_by_the_book 2017-03-24 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cassian is really, really glad that he doesn't look punchable today, but he keeps himself ready to duck anyway.]

Of course. On Fest, as on many planets, resistance rose. I joined the Rebel Alliance years ago, the biggest galaxy-wide resistance organisation. Not all resistance groups are part of it, but it stands by far the best chance to succeed... one day, and in the meantime, make the Empire's life much harder.

[He peers up at Grievous.] I'm an intelligence agent.

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