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Sparkle ([personal profile] myownface) wrote in [community profile] fandomtownies2016-10-02 09:01 am
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Demon Marcus, Sunday

"It's the most wonderful tiiime of the yeeear..."

It wasn't that Sparkle was in denial about what weekend it was or anything, really. Honest. Hell, it wasn't even that he was doing much better today than he had been in weeks. It was just that it was October now. Which meant that he had carte blanche to start pulling out the Halloween decorations. He was getting into the groove of it, here. Fake cobwebs, little glow-in-the-dark spiders to go in them... He hadn't gone so far as to replace all the mannequins with skeletons yet, but that was definitely on the docket.

Just as soon as he got some skeletons, mostly.

"There'll be trick-or-treat going, egg cartons for throwing, and hearts full of fear! It's the most wonderful tiiime of the yeeear!"

Just wait until he set up the big bowl of candy.

[OOC: IT'S HALLOWEEN. I mean, in a few weeks, but IT'S HALLOWEEN. Open, OCD-free!]
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Sparkle blew out a little sigh.

"On my shoulder. It's ugly, but whatever," he muttered, and tugged the neck of his shirt out of the way to show her the extent of the damage. "Would've been worse if it wasn't for the kolto anyway."

[identity profile] exiledisciples.livejournal.com 2016-10-02 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Brianna crossed the room to get a better look at it, tilting her head critically. "It won't impair too much function," she said. "Good."
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
To his credit, Sparkle didn't lean back, at least. He did manage to nod a little, though. And really, he would have had the same impulse to retreat if it had been anybody, though Brianna was a special sort of intimidating all her own.

"It hasn't really been. Not much, anyway."

Yeah, the scar really wasn't what was holding Sparkle back, these days.

[identity profile] exiledisciples.livejournal.com 2016-10-02 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Being so up close gave Brianna the opportunity to analyze him more fully, her expression narrowing. "I apologize," she said. "You should not have come to harm in our Temple."
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sparkle blew out a little breath at that. It was almost a laugh, something not quite surprised, but maybe a little out of his depth.

People didn't apologize to Sparkle often.

"It's..." Okay, it wasn't fine, so he was going to gloss over that part all the same. "... history, anyway. Your Temple is just one more place on the really long list of places that isn't safe, and that list more or less begins with 'everywhere,' so..."

He hesitated before adding, "And besides, it wasn't your fault."
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[identity profile] exiledisciples.livejournal.com 2016-10-02 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"No," she agreed readily. "It was not. But we rebuilt the Temple to make it a safe space once again, as it was before the Jedi Purge. We failed in our aims. If we do not recognize such failure and make amends where necessary, we will be no better than the Jedi who came before us."
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That actually seemed reasonable. Sensible. Sometimes Jedi seemed to have that part figured out, apparently. Sparkle nodded a little bit, biting back a sigh.

"Well, then it sounds like you guys have your work cut out for you," he noted. "Where do you even start with something like that?"

[identity profile] exiledisciples.livejournal.com 2016-10-02 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Improving the security of the Temple. Helping the systems affected by the cartel in cleaning up remaining cells," Brianna said. "And I came here to see you. If there is any medical help you might need, please let us know?"
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so help him, Sparkle needed to fidget, here.

"I appreciate the offer, but medically, I'm fine. Honest," he replied, nodding at his shoulder. "That's the worst of it, there. Everything else is in my head, and that... I'm dealing with that."

Sort of.

[identity profile] exiledisciples.livejournal.com 2016-10-02 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"You should try to meditate," Brianna said, being terribly Jedi about it, and then, being terribly Echani about it, added: "Or spar. This always sets my mind at ease."
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[personal profile] myownface 2016-10-02 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Something about that answer didn't actually surprise Sparkle all that much, but it did get a little smile out of him.

"I haven't sparred in a while," he admitted. "Or meditated. I probably should get back into... those things."

Maybe not so much with the sparring here inside the shop, but, still.
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