#Anjastaze

[reassambled-dragoon]

You strangled me like an addiction You captured me like an affliction And I will be nimble and I will be quick I will overcome all of this

The shadows are falling, they’re falling, they’re falling around me (I’m not afraid, not afraid) The wolves are closing, they’re closing, they’re closing in on me (I’m not afraid, not afraid, I’m not afraid...)

Everything changes when the sun goes down.

-”I’m Not Afraid,” Tommee Profitt/Wondra.

[sithandsindorei]

:O for Glacius and Staze, from Anarthior (@dxrthsanguine)

Glacius grins. “The short answer? Everything.”

Staze eyes Glacius, then smirks. “The…long…answer? Heh.”

“Indeed.”

[dak-legacy]

COFFEE! (Oh my god I had to do it.)

While the name wasn’t exactly standard, Staze was somewhat annoyed by the new guy scrawling “Annastase” on her cup.  

[sithandsindorei]

What if the fate of the twins were reversed? What if Staze became a jedi, and Rhastazi became sith?

So, assuming the kidnapping still happened…

-Rhastazi has always been a telekinetic powerhouse, not to mention more mentally stable. Even at the age of six she was capable of doing actual damage by throwing things around; amplify that by fear and anger, and her kidnapper would have decided that warping her mind would be a terrible idea. He might have actually passed her onto Darth Seselis–Glacius’s mother and Master–with strong, strong suggestions to focus Rhastazi on combat instead of using her for experimentation.

Alternatively, she might have found a way to free herself sooner and smuggled herself to Korriban among other prospects. Aliens among the Sith are begging to be harassed, if not worse, but slamming a few large rocks into peoples’ skulls would probably have been enough to convince other acolytes to back off. Maybe.

Rhastazi as a Sith is honestly scary, because she would have had most of her sanity intact, and might have been able to eventually make it home on her own. Plus, she would have been able to fight back.

(Sorry about Khem; that’s the only clearish shot I have of Lucien’s outfit on her so far.)

-Anjastaze as a Jedi…man, she would’ve needed a lot of help keeping her sane and stable. She would have been the one her father tried to use to find her kidnapped twin, and that would have had a lot of potential to drive her to the edge. She would need to be around other kids, and would need to be distracted by lessons and hobbies.

Developing her own identity would be necessary, though she might perversely take the Jedi edicts against attachments too far: instead of forming friendships, she might withdraw so far into herself that she stops feeling, for the most part.

Either way, she would never stop trying to reach for her twin, because death would be the only thing that could break that Bond.

Anjastaze would likely be a better fighter as a Jedi than she is as a Sith; she would have better focus, and more consistent training for a longer period of time. Her skillset would still compliment Rhastazi’s: Staze favoring striking from behind, Stazi frontal assaults.

The difference is, Rhastazi would be absolutely brutal, hammering at her opponent with anything even remotely moveable before launching herself in for a strike. Anjastaze would be more methodical, and exploit a moment of inattention and weakness. I think that Anjastaze might prefer to avoid combat, though, unless she has no choice; she would rather gather and sort through information and pass it on to combat units.

[reassambled-dragoon]

I am now 100% sure I need to tag Staze and Andronikos as “Dark Star”.

YOU KNOW, FOR A PAIR THAT CLAIMS THEY DON’T DO SENTIMENTAL SAPPY SHIT, THEY SURE LIKE THEIR SENTIMENTAL SAPPY SHIT

[sithandsindorei]

@dxrthsanguine

Nar Shaddaa might be a cesspit--especially if you bothered looking past the glitter and bright lights of the Promenade--but it did offer one important, somewhat-rare thing:

Opposing sides could come together without the death and anger of a battlefield.

A pair of short Zabrak women strolled through a high-end shopping district. One had hair dyed blood-red, with her pale roots starting to show near the bases of her horns; she wore a short dark jacket, left casually open, showing a bare midriff and a tight white top, with fashionably chunky boots and tight black pants. The other Zabrak had a scar across her right eye--a lightsaber scar, in fact--and had white-blonde hair, which was a match for the “redhead’s” roots. She had a red jacket on over a black shirt, slightly-looser denim-like pants, and slim black-and-silver boots.

They could have been twins--and actually were. Identical twins, to be exact. They moved with easy, subconscious synchronization, and even had the same smile. Being sisters, of course, they had the same facial tattoos. The only difference may have been felt with the Force: one was darker than the other, though both were strong.

“Look, all I’m saying is, leaving her unsupervised in a jewelry shop is worse than leaving me alone in a parts store--”

“Sure, and leaving you both alone in a dress shop is asking for bankruptcy.”

“Don’t make me drag you into one. I’ll do it. You know I will, and you know you can’t wriggle out of it.”

The pale-haired one rolled her golden eyes and heaved an exaggerated sigh. “Drag me into which? A dressmaker, a shiny shop, or a droid heap?”

“...all of them!” The “redhead’s” eyes lit up as she started to pull her sister over to a store Glacius had disappeared into a few minutes ago, blithely ignoring anyone in her way.

[sithandsindorei]

“What Shape Does Your Pain Take?”

Sea

You're drowning. A sea of emotions, responsibilities, people, things, everything. You just can't handle it all, you need to escape, but you can't. Even talking to someone and being told it's okay, compliments, nice things people say, it all adds up to drown you further. Guilt, for feeling this way when everyone's being nice and you're not enough.

Will you sink or swim?

Tagged by: @anierous-sunblade​

[reassambled-dragoon]

Left my childhood behind In a roll-away bed Everything was so damn simple Now I'm losing my head Trying to cover up the damage And pad out all the bruises Too young to know I had it So it didn't hurt to lose it Didn't hurt to lose it No but oh I'll keep on rolling down this road But I've got a bad, bad feeling

I just want to thank you, Thank you From the bottom of my heart For all the sleepless nights And for tearing me apart...

-”Long Way To Happy,” Pink.

[reassambled-dragoon]

Theronmancers, about the time of Umbara.

Also works really really well for Andronikos, holy crow.

[sithandsindorei]

Staze keeps considering giving Bunny a vocoder. Every time she brings up the subject, Glacius distracts her.

Glacius violently does not want a souped-up interrogation droid to have the ability to speak because she highly suspects Bunny would chase after people screaming obscenities and death threats. (What she doesn't realize is, Bunny already does this. It's just in Binary. Which Staze absolutely understands, of course.)

[avashnea]

They forgot to put the cloth under the embellishments...

Georges Hobeika Couture F/W 2016

[sithandsindorei]

Trying to keep separate “tones” for every character is hard.

-Glacius is very proper and precise, not to mention she tends to keep her emotions on lockdown. Cool, clinical tone is what I’m aiming for, unless she’s in a relaxed setting.

-Rei’ki is very loose and amiable, and very easygoing, though she’s well-educated. She’s probably one of the easiest characters for me to portray, because I don’t need to make sure her grammar is precise.

-Stasi was raised to be a noble, but she’s adopted more of a rough, loose tone over her career, not to mention she doesn’t trust most people. The trick is trying to keep her speech easy-flowing, but somewhat educated and contained.

-Staze should be easy, but she’s a bit nervy. Several people have compared her to a housecat, and she reminds me of a feral cat: ready to bolt at a moment’s notice, equally ready to strike you if you spook her, but also curious enough to risk getting close. It sounds weird, but that’s how I try to picture how she talks and acts. Sly, that’s the word.

I’ll add to this later. I need sleeeeep.

[sithandsindorei]

Staze taking Bunny out in public is always funny.

One, Bunny is a modified interrogation droid, so you just know anyone who recognizes those things would freak.

Two, Bunny has a little panel that shows emoticons: :) >| :P as a few examples.

Three, Staze gave Bunny the ability to process emotion, simply because she could. So this floating ball of death is rather like a very young child.

Four, Bunny can and has chased people it doesn't like just for the hell of it.

Look, no one knows why Staze named this thing after a baby rabbit. Except me. We can blame Monty Python.

[sithandsindorei]

If you can hold the stars in place, You can hold my heart the same Whenever I fall away, Whenever I start to break So here I am, lifting up my heart If you can calm the raging sea, You can calm the storm in me You're never too far away You never show up too late So here I am, lifting up my heart To the one who holds the stars...

Your love has called my name What do I have to fear? What do I have to fear...?

-”Stars,” Skillet.

[reassambled-dragoon]

I think I'm going crazy, can someone Please come save me from myself? From this cell that I have-- I have created a boundary That no one has found me at I am-- I am to blame for the waters that drown me I'm so... I'm so scared Because I've been trapped in a darkness for way too long And now it's time for me to open my eyes I put myself in a dress in the devil's arms And now it's time for me to enter the light...

-”Brought to Light,” Gemini Syndrome.

[reassambled-dragoon]

My only wish to leave behind All the days of the Earth An everyday hell of my kingdom come

My first cry neverending All life is to fear for life You fool, you wanderer You challenged the gods and lost!

Save yourself a penny for the ferryman Save yourself and let them suffer.

Welcome down, to my planet Hell!

-”Planet Hell,” Nightwish.