â Hardcase â
       There was a chuckle from helm, the trooperâs smile in his voice. âEither way, Fives is still a superior officer to us. He can still issue orders from higher up whether itâs from the Captain or the General and weâre not really in a position to ask questions.â It was true, he remembered this from talking to Echo. âThe only time we can ignore orders is when theyâre going to cause too many deaths on our side. That means more money on the Republic being spent to make more troopers. Keeping deaths low is the best way of handling these issues. Which is why this plan is aces.â There was a small shift, the trooper getting the bag of detonators in a more comfortable position rather than it settling in between his armorâs joints. He was grateful to have known Echo, it meant he retained some of the regulations that were in place. Some might be a little out of date, but he did know that there wouldnât be a lot of changes to them. âYou say that like I wasnât friends with ARC trooper Echo. I know the regulations. I just need to know my part of the job.â Fingers shifting to tighten around the strap of the bag, small frown hidden. âKix didnât lie. He marked off all of the ones I took. Heâll tell the truth. if he was concerned about our health, he wouldnât let us go.â
Superior officer ... right. Dogma made sure to pay close attention to all orders given from Captain and, to a lesser extent, Fives. Their orders were what kept them functional - what kept them moving when all else tried to force stop their advance. Head shook slowly, scoff filtering through bucket, hidden eye-roll remaining concealed from Hardcase. â We shouldnât ignore orders at all, Hardcase. Whatâs wrong with you ? â While Dogma agreed that casualties needed to remain low, he didnât exactly think there was any merit to the current orders given. Despite the fact that the orders had supposedly come from Fives, a superior officer, Dogma couldnât help but suspect that they were orders based on bias and bias alone. â ARC Trooper Echo never would have participated in something this reckless. I heard he knew every regulation by heart and even rewrote some of them for Torrent Company. â A bit strange that he knew so much about a trooper no longer marching with them, but marching on ahead, but admiration filled every word. â You know your part of the job, but I still donât know mine - except to be your accomplice. And even if Kix knows, I highly doubt he knows every detail... which leaves me on the skrag end again. â Bucket swayed right to left, eyes darting behind dark visors, keeping keen eye on their surroundings. â This stunt could compromise our position. We should just go back. â Nearly pleading now was fresh member of cobalt legion, voice the proverbial hand that tried to latch to Hardcase and tug back. Still, he relented - there was no convincing Hardcase to turn around now - they were already halfway there, if not more so.
â The Captain said this is a covert mission. You clearly donât do covert very well. â
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 â Hardcase â :: THIS IS AGAINST REGULATION
       The trooperâs helmet rolled as he shifted to look around and make sure they were still in the clear. âThe Captain agreed that it was a good idea. Fives wouldnât give a recommendation if he didnât run it by the captain or Kix first.â He was doing his best to make sure he was paying attention to their surroundings so he wanât putting a shiny in more danger than necessary. His goal was to help him loosen up and get the little portion of their mission done so they could report back. âWhat does self preservation have to do with this? Weâre technically following orders. Think about it. Recommendations arenât always optional. If somethingâs recommended and we donât do it, then something bad happens.. what do you think happens to the troopers that didnât take the recommendations to heart?â His posture showed his smirk within, head tilting some towards the direction they were going. âKix took inventory before we left. Itâll be fine.â A pause, the trooper double checking their surroundings. âWeâre almost there.â
Dogmaâs bucket slid on with practiced ease, though the tension in his muscles had yet to loosen. The more Hardcase spoke, the worse it became and Dogma was certain his jaw was going to lock with how tightly his teeth had clenched. There was a frustrated noise that growled from the back of his throat, but he kept his words to himself for the moment. Until, of course, he could not hold it back any longer. â If the Captain agreed, then the orders should have come from the Captain - not Fives. What does - self preservation means I want to live, Hardcase. You barely pay attention to debriefings. â Not that he doubted Fivesâ intelligence - he trusted Fives. He just wasnât sure he believed that Fives and the Captain were really behind a plan this haphazard. Especially considering Hardcase was the loose wire allowed to lead. Scoffing, Dogma rolled his shoulder, bucket tilted as an annoyed glare leveled with the other. â Hardcase, the literal definition of a recommendation is just a suggestion. Itâs up to the Captain to make the call, not us. Did this plan even make it to the General or are we just defying all figures of authority today ? â Low voice growled out with frustration, Dogmaâs nerves getting the best of him. The last thing he wanted was to make a mistake so early on in his career with the five-oh-first. â So you had Kix lie to the Captain about the inventory so you could steal charges ? Weâre gonna get court marshaled for this, I know it. As soon as the General finds out, thatâs it. Weâre done. What am I supposed to do once we get there ? â
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âGeneral Kenobi â
â I never expected a little Twiâlek to attach to us. Especially considering the state of her planet. â Thoughts of Numa swirled in his head, knowing the inevitable reality that would be their permanent pull from Ryloth. Although they had secured the planet, Waxer knew that things were still rough and that there was a high chance of another mission. He only hoped little sister was safe from the harmful situations that war brought. Low chuckle broke loose as eyes sparkled with mirth ; Waxer was beyond pleased that their General was as understanding as he was, knowing that Commander Cody hardly had room to argue with him. Thumb brushed over the trinket made by he and Boil, hoping to get it to Numa before their next campaign. â Sometimes I wish I could take her places - you know, to see all the sights there are beyond Ryloth. But, I know we canât exactly pause the war to go sight-seeing. â He chuckled slightly. â Not sure Boil would be up for that, either. â
His best friend could be quite a stubborn one - possibly more stubborn than their stern Commander. Waxer listened, nodding to silently indicate he was listening, but he couldnât help the small smirk that tugged the corner of his lips, head canting to one side as brows rose. â The Commander has always been stern, sir. Itâs not that he isnât lenient... just that he doesnât want us to slack off. Still, if you could convince him to let us go... Iâd appreciate it. It wouldnât be a long shore leave, I can guarantee that. â
Light-hearted conversation slid into the serious and Waxer subtly shifted in place, bucket propped against his hip as opposite hand rest atop, just above decal of the very little Twiâlek they had adopted into their family. He had initiated the conversation, but now that it was out in the open, Waxer wasnât sure if it was his place to ask. Waxer hadnât given much thought to a life after war before Ryloth. But, now that there was someone reliant on him - on he and Boil - someone who wanted them back in their life... ? He wondered, faintly, if there was a chance that warâs end could bring a life only spoken of in distant dream - a life for civilians ? Could they possibly be free ? He couldnât ask that of his General - there was no guarantee that the Kaminoans would allow the clones freedom of their own purpose, even if the war did end. Jaw worked for a moment before the words formed and he sighed, shoulders relaxing as Lieutenant gave the General his full attention. â General... what do you think happens to us after the warâs over ? I mean... those of us that make it ? â
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âHardcase â
      âOh, come on Dogma.â There was a laugh from modulated helmet, eyes turned to shiny brother before the older of the two shifted the bag on his back. âYer not gonna make it in this battalion if you donât consider loosening up a bit. Fives recommended we do it. Heâs an ARC trooper, technically, he outranks us. You really going to ignore a recommendation from a higher ranking officer?â As someone that tended to like more fun than most of the brothers in arms, he didnât see the issue.. so long as he got the kid to do the mission, who cared that he didnât tell him preventing the flank from being attacked was part of the plan? âBesides, if youâre so concerned about it, I promise I wonât let anything happen to you. Weâll be out of the blast zone before the detonators go off.â
â W-Well, no, of course not ! But it was a recommendation, not an order. What would the Captain think ? â Shiny and new ; Dogma had yet to truly merge into the legion without issue. There were so many regulations that needed to be up-kept and no one seemed too concerned about the lack of structure around each one. Heâd overheard Tup telling another one of their brothers that he was uptight and had a problem relaxing, but Dogma wasnât offended - it was the truth. And as much as heâd been told to relax, the new trooper found it harder and harder to do - especially when they dragged him on outings like this. â Iâm not worried about something happening to me ! Iâm worried about us getting caught doing something weâre not supposed to be doing. Donât you have any sense of self preservation ? â Exasperated, Dogma fell into a brisk trot, catching up to the elder trooper, a brow rising slowly as he offered a skeptical look. â We shouldnât even be in possession of those detonators, Hardcase. We have to report those explosives as missing... you know that, right ? â
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â @pracsesâ â HARDCASE.
â You KNOW weâre not supposed to be OUT this late. We could be CAUGHT off guard by Separatists... or WORSE, given non-judicial punishment for breaking REGULATION. Iâm not getting kicked outta the FIVE-OH-FIRST because of one of YOUR ideas. â
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âSOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES â
THE SOUNDS OF VOICES echo through the ears of ghastly dreamscape, surrounding suspended figure in masses. Monstrous mouths with jagged jaws flapping in cacophony of warnings that heighten the anxieties otherwise left unaddressed. Fear crawls up the spine, causing shivers as whimpering distress filters through lips pressing to thin line. He must scream, but jaws refuse to part to allow. No one can hear him here and he is trapped in the shadow of a presence constant, but impending. Eyes lock, heart stops, legs freeze. Brothers - faces just like his from DNA strands same and same and same - all with stares of vehement hatred. Voice fails him, pleads of his guilt and confusion warping contortion of expression on straining face. Such a middle ground. Deserving is hatred aiming from all directions and phantasmal room spins as voice whispers advisory. They must catch you.
The room runs red - red as Coruscantâs armor, red as blaster wound to vod - what have I done ? He wants to run. Fox on the run. . .
        BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP - - - - - - -
Body jerks as muscles burn within armor, palm slams against alarm in instinctâs control, fingers shake audibly. Sizzling in bloodstream, heart hammering in chest, palm splays against to ensure no harm done. Marrow cracks as bones shift with reeling spine, breaths heavy in plastoid casing upon skull, hiding expression of absolute terror. Sat down is the Commander with feelings of dread and a coldness he cannot explain ; what ghosts hold me now ? Faceplate sinks into hand as eyes close, risk the mind to will into dreamscape once more, yet not quite. Toe the line between the real and fantasy. Such horrid dreams - nightmares not of mission unspoken, but of brothers and teeth, slaughter of the opposition, yet who is who ? What speaks to him through dreamscape that feels real, even in the falsehood of its wrappings ? Fox has time before he must accompany the Chancellor to various Senate meetings. Another day, another session, another headache, another nightmare.
â I must be out of my mind, â he murmurs, baritone rattling with uncertainty. Has he truly flayed apart since that day ? Prophetic he is not. No more a Jedi than the next crimson body beside. To voice matters of visionary displays within realm of sleep ? What more can he hope for but the dismissal to Kamino and to never again see that which he works so hard to maintain ? Coruscant needs his protection. Do I know what that is anymore ? Perhaps mind truly is flaying beneath nervous collapse. He collects himself and reels to stand upright quickly, unease lingering within chest. There is arrives - the feeling of thousands of eyes watching him.
â Are you still here ? â Shaky voice trembles as near hysterics bubble in choking laughter ; ridiculous. â Just a nightmare. It isnât real. â
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âGeneral Kenobi â
The Jedi had such harsh lessons to be learned, if the snippets of their teachings heâd spotted were anything to reference. Their General often spoke of peaceful responses and crafted negotiation to be artistic flow in motion. Though troopers could hold no candle to the massive flame that was their commanders in battle, they too faced their own challenges. Morality questioned, decisions prompted, and detachment of a lesser degree urged by Kaminoan training procedures. To have connections to civilians was weakness ; loyal soldier more likely to bend the knee to spare those who could not fight than to sacrifice the loss of one held dear. Waxer was no stranger to the cynicism of war, for his very closest brother had once been the same. Detached from humanity in favor to operate as tin soldier. Yet, they were not templates made from metal and code ; men were they, flesh and blood, with desire to feel compassion for the only family they knew. Bond of brothers was strong, yet bond with young little one left on Ryloth quickly rose to match its severity.
â... You do, sir ? â The surprise limited to crackle of modulator, but audible was the relief in Ghost Companyâs very own Lieutenant ; one of a collective of hive as golden as armor plates draped against white plastoid. Upwards climbed reaching grasp, pulling bucket free from head, allowing clear expression of gratitude, though composure remained so as not to be overwhelmingly excited. The idea of visiting little Numa with Boil was enough incentive to continue to fight for those breakaways from battle. Helmet tucked against armored side, tension eased as Waxer regarded General with a grateful nod. â We donât get to see her often and with the war getting heavier, who knows when weâll get the chance to see her again...â Or if we will. â I donât want her to think we forgot about her. Poor kid needs to know someone out there is fighting for her. â
The war was unforgiving. Waxer had seen brothers rise and fall ; even first on scene, right out of the dropship, Lieutenant had watched as Separatists bolts shot them down. Specialized in their fields, trained to the bone - none of it mattered when battle raged in such uncontrolled manner. Free hand curled, sable fingers pressing beaded trinket into calloused palm. Even the thought of never seeing Numa again was enough to fuel yearning to see her again ; to give her the crafted heirloom in hopes of preserving memory of brothers once on planetside. Brothers who cherished her. Thumb idly dragged over custom decal plastered against the side of curved dome of green girl with bright smile. Little sister brought good luck to both.
Chuckling, Waxer shook his head in endearment for General become friend over time in battle. â I think only you can get away with arguing with the Commander, sir. â Waxer could never. True, he voiced concerns, but he could never boldly announce leaving without feeling an immense amount of nerves and guilt combined. But, he couldnât conceal that fact that he was eagerly awaiting granted permission ; he could imagine little oneâs excitement as they landed, knowing just who would march out of the big ship she had once been so afraid of. He silently decided he would give her the tightest hug - one that would last years. Maybe even until the end of the war. The end. What then ? â General...? Can I ask you something, sir ? â
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PADAWANÂ ALAYNEÂ :
  â  and what should i tell them if they do?  â    perhaps,  it was a stupid question. one that may warrant a raised voice and a scold. and yet, it was still genuine. what he had told her to do was less than admirable for a soon to be jedi. she knew this to be true  -  but still she believes him when he says its all apart of war, all apart of training..  making the hard decisions.  was the twisting of her thoughts also apart of training?  she shakes the idea from her mind, eyes trained on krell.Â
  â  iâm just not sure that the council will take whatever excuse i may come up with.  â  she adds, trying to diffuse a potential outburst. her innocence felt shaken, making up excuses for her master and what he had her doing. the padawan had a sneaking suspicion it would not improve anytime soon.Â
 @prjctkaminoâââ  :   â make sure they donât see you leave. â [ from KRELL 8) ]  /  accepting.
WAS SOLUTION NOT CRYSTAL, the elegant means to any prying ears that lied against closed doors, bolts in place as fair warning of conclusions delivered for earliest arrivals. Padawanâs voice in atoned shrill, a demeanor not out of place due to such narrow minded influences he had yet to RECTIFY. May the crawling years demonstrate the unlawful purity that had tainted deeper than the blood of peace keepers. Boiled eyes glazed below against young woman, one kept under wings of truth â liberation. Conditioning for the time to call their own, mists surround their will alike light kneels in submission to stygian gravity. Warfare thrived within the internal.
âYou leave their APPREHENSIONS to me.â a well pronounced declaration between the two, âThere will be no need to loom in the shadows â in time.â voice that so often boomed hummed at the notion, a mere guidance for the jedi youth, how far they could stray at yet discover the paths not yet paves but hindered by those claimed of omniscient knowledge. What radiated, through the subtle senses there grumbled stress, and the general would do very well to pacify the mold before him to redefine was absolute light had yet to make itself known.Â
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. __ KENOBI __.
SOULLESS AND EMPTY. A mere husk of a man once loyal down to blood and bone. Thrown against the rock of memorized shores, broken down to bend at the knee by own bodyâs demand. For loyalty could not be changed, but bent to the will of another, even at the cost of his own. But Marshal Command was not above his station, nor was he below ; planted were the feet of a man who had been in high demand during the war, and high in demand in the end. As above, so below. Deadliest man in theory made deadlier upon tasks given. Pity that the men assigned under his current command were pale imitations to soldiers he had known. The names and faces no longer mattered, only the skill of the trigger and immaculate aim - of which none was perfected.
Cody. Such a meaningless name to Jedi scum that spat it out, foolishly letting loose familiar feeling against raging dark storm that stood as harbinger of deathâs deliverance. Long ago, longer now than it truly was, shoulders touched in means of protective effort ; a man born to live, fight, and die for the sake of a General assigned. There was a time, oh such a time, when programmed notion had been less demanded and more voluntary. The late Commander would have laid down his life for the face across the expanse of their divide. Hours huddled together beneath cries of missiles searing across smokescreen sky, cascading down in fiery rain. Two-one-twoâs Commander with arm held high, spine curved to protect a man respected, accepting burnt flesh over sight of General harmed. â  NO. Youâre right. Iâm not the enemy.  â
â  You are, Kenobi.  â Jedi scum.
Perhaps the core purpose for dispatch of hellish COMMANDER and his pathetic excuse for a squad ( for who better to send than the man who knew all the weakest points in muscle to push arctic knives into exposed spine ? ) , was to ensure hesitation from soft-hearted Jedi. Manipulation of the mind joined hand in hand with that of the connections severed. He had known the General far longer than any of shoddy soldiers laid slain amidst the dirt. How many times had sable hands clutched cold hilt of Jedi Masterâs lightsaber, only to return it with respectful humor ? Was it not the last conscious act of a man now buried beneath the rubble of the galaxy ? Behind visors, dark eyes trailed over familiar stance. Everything about the man was achingly familiar, but the pains were forcibly pushed from forefront of mind in favor of protocol. Alas, distant memories remained echoes of most muffled voice - oh, I think youâll be needing this, sir. A gesture, so simple and fueled with protective care - empty like the rest - why couldnât he remember the details ? Distraction. What was that ? Bucket shook in subtle refocus. The bladeâs heated glow reflected arctic blue against sleek black, drawing gaze back as aggression returned in full force. Index curled against pressurized trigger, squeezing just enough to emphasize his threatening position.
â  Do you take me for a fool ?  â Insult. A scoff as shoulder rolled, dark bucket rocking side to side. â  Have you forgotten ? I know you, Kenobi. Youâll fight anything in your way.  â Brief pause was given. â  Unfortunately, my orders are to bring you in ALIVE  .â
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Obi-Wan Kenobi : Cody, youâre not my enemy. Weâve known each other a long time - do you think I want to fight you ?Â
Cody, heaving sigh : I have seen you pretty much fight everything ranging from a falling tree to General Grievous. Is this a serious question ? Â
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Cody vs Obi-Wan hours.
I was given too much power.
Sorry, fam.
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.__general kenobi__.
       Many men to know, but he was getting there. He remembered this mission, this soldier and his friend, Boil. They left quite the mark for Obi-Wan, glad to have them at his side on the second battle of Geonosis. If anything, those two were at his side when he was injured. These men were loyal, strong, and honest. Obi-Wan was happy to have such men at his side. Even more so that they had their own personalities. Though said if they were to die in battle, he was at least honored to know them.
        The general took what he was working on, delicate fingers wrapped around the edges to keep it from falling. He would move it in his palm a little bit, the light hitting any part of it made it shimmer. It was beautiful, that was for sure. It reminded him of a River Stone that Qui-Gon gave him when he was first turning thirteen. It was sensitive to the Force, an interesting find on his Masterâs part. However, Obi-Wan had passed the stone along to Anakin when he turned thirteen. He would think Anakin would do the same for Ahsoka.
      â No Iâm afraid not. I sent him on his way to carry out a request for me. He should join us in a moment's time. â pale hues looked over it carefully, thumb rubbed the front surface of it once more. His amusement was shown through his grin, a twinkle within his eyes at Waxerâs words.Â
       Hearing the little girlâs name made the memory hit him eve harder, â Yes. Your little sister, â his grin carved into a soft smile, â I assume you are going to give this to her when you have your shore leave? Either way, itâs rather beautiful. I think she will enjoy it very much. â Â
        It reminded him of all the times he spent with his Master. Going to different worlds, he would watch him pick up random things he found. He brought them back to the Temple, placing them in his room someplace safe. Obi-Wan seemed to pick up the same habit. How he missed his Master very much.
SHEEPISH was loyal soldier as his General inspected hand-crafted trinket. Sentiment was rare in a soldier, yet not unheard of. After all, what was proof of humanity if not the presence of emotional excess bled into another ? Were they not warranted the smallest fragments of normalcy within the cageâs hold of war torn fields ? Through the smoke of explosion and silence between photon blasts, were they not entitled some semblance of content ? Ghost Company were more than spirits of the field, but sweeping gasps of a breath given soon taken. Here in an instant, gone in the next. But for little Numa, Waxer had every intention of reminding her that they were not ghosts, but lingering presences from afar ; they would come if she needed them, no matter the threat. Loyalty, as they said, meant everything to the clones.
Mention of two-one-twoâs Commander caused lift in soldierâs helmet, eyes scanning the perimeter within visorâs limitation. A sigh filtered through modulator as shoulders dipped in sheepish dismay. Helpless as he seemed, he could not conceal true intent from his General. The great Jedi Master may not have known them well yet, but the process was there. In progress. âYes, sir,â Waxer said, nodding curtly in confirmation. No denial , no hesitation ; Numa had been the one to deem them brothers ( he and Boil ), thus he deemed her sister to their persons. âI had been hoping to take Boil along with me if possible. Weâve both been working on something to give to her.â Something that had a little more of a positive reinforcement for her. Strength from two brothers to their younger sister.
Another nod was given as sable fingers splayed as open palm was offered to take the trinket back once General was done. âThank you, sir. I thought she might get lonely sometimes. Might serve as a good reminder that weâre all out here for her.â He recalled the way such small arms had held around plastoid body, pulling close in fear of person disappearing before her very eyes. The realization that family so close had perished ; family was foreign in concept of parentage, but when it came to brothers, Waxer understood the painful sight of a spot once filled left empty.
âYou donât think the Commander would be against letting us go for an extended shore leave, do you, GENERAL .  .  . ?â
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