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Office hours [all day]

Mar 23, 2007 09:30

Anakin was standing on a chair in the middle of the room trying to attach what looked like a very complicated disco ball to the ceiling.

He was very interruptable.

[OOC: Contents of conversation with Alanna NFB, please!]

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can_be_more March 23 2007, 19:23:10 UTC

After leaving 238, Aeryn heads to Anakin's office, hoping he'll be there. She lucks out, and knocks on the door.

sith_happened March 23 2007, 19:31:36 UTC

Anakin looked up, his face flashing through a dozen different emotions before settling on a carefully neutral one.

"Hello."

can_be_more March 23 2007, 19:34:45 UTC

And now that she's here, she's not even sure what to say. "Where should I start?" she asks, since Anakin's probably got some questions. Or a thousand.

sith_happened March 23 2007, 19:38:41 UTC

Anakin walked closer and stared down into her eyes.

"Tell me he didn't hurt you, too, and we'll work our way from there."

can_be_more March 23 2007, 19:41:05 UTC

"Nothing I couldn't handle," she answers honestly. Which is mostly true. She feels physically okay and most of the bruises that no one can see have faded. "It wasn't really him."

sith_happened March 23 2007, 20:16:23 UTC

"Nothing I couldn't handle" was a long way from "he didn't hurt me" and Anakin's expression darkened more.

"Explain that," he said, crossing his arms over his chest and looming.

can_be_more March 24 2007, 00:30:15 UTC

"A cycle ago Scorpius put a chip in John's brain. It took over," she says, almost too easily. And avoiding the 'nothing she couldn't handle' bit. "He's apparently aware of his actions, but was unable to stop them, and couldn't fight Scorpius off."

sith_happened March 24 2007, 16:23:17 UTC

Anakin's mouth gaped open.

"He had a chip in his brain?" he repeated.

can_be_more March 24 2007, 16:30:46 UTC

She nods. "When it first happened, we took some measures to get it under control," she says carefully, not wanting to share Isabel's involvement if that was a bad thing. "The last few months it started getting bad again, but he had as many good days as he did bad. I don't know if Scorpius did something to him last weekend, or..."

sith_happened March 24 2007, 16:59:22 UTC

"...he just snapped?" Anakin said, trying to finish her sentence. "And he decided to hurt everyone he cares about?"

can_be_more March 24 2007, 17:03:43 UTC

"I don't think he was purposely intending to hurt anyone," she says. "For instance, he wanted to get to my Prowler and I wouldn't have let him, even if he was himself. I was in the way." It's not the entire truth. He didn't have to knock her out. And she's still not sure whether there's any real damage to her Prowler.

sith_happened March 24 2007, 17:08:30 UTC

Anakin gave her a flat look. "Don't sugar-coat things, Aeryn," he said. "I can tell."

can_be_more March 24 2007, 17:10:31 UTC

"I'm telling you what I think," she says simply.

sith_happened March 24 2007, 17:18:32 UTC

"You don't want me to hurt John," Anakin said sharply, "so you're trying to put the best face on what he did."

can_be_more March 24 2007, 17:26:40 UTC

She doesn't want to get angry. She's been that way all week and it's been much easier to stay shut down and not let anything bother her. "Don't tell me what to think or what I'm supposedly trying to do. Mind-reader or not, trust me when I say you have no idea what is going on inside my head right now."

She can't even sort it out yet, and it won't be pretty when she does.

sith_happened March 24 2007, 17:34:43 UTC

Anakin made a visible effort to remove his head from his ass to get a grip.

He clenched his hands together and blew out a long breath. "John had a chip in his head. The precautions you took to stop its effectiveness wore off, leading to violence and him--or whoever was controlling him--trying to take your ship."

His eyes locked on hers. "What happened next?"

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