#oc: ct-6687 | spade

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CT- 6799 never understood why the other cadets seemed to hate the pods they slept in.

The others would always complain that it was too tight, too constricting for their ever growing limbs. That the darkness felt like it was suffocating them and the cold was freezing them from the inside out.

But that’s not how he saw it. That’s not how his twin saw it either if the odd looks they both gave the other cadets was anything to go by.

To him, his pod was one of the only places he truly felt safe. It hid him from the Kaminoans glaring eyes and the other cadet’s loud voices. There he could just exist without worrying that he was doing anything wrong or be yelled at to keep going. Even if he couldn’t get any sleep like the past couple of nights it would be better than this.

The trainers had yelled a lot today, more than usual. They seemed to get more strict as the days passed. The other cadets acted like it was a game or a race they were going to win no matter what. If you were to ask him he’d say it was a test. To see who would be cut out for leaving Kamino and…who wouldn’t.

Either way he was getting tired of it. He just wanted to go back to his pod, to go back to the dark shell that kept him safe. CT-6687 kept shooting him looks full of worry making him wonder if he was really that bad at hiding his discomfort.

“Stop it,” he whispered, trying to do everything he could to not draw any attention. Their current trainer was busy chewing out one of the more abrasive cadets who had switched their blaster off of stun and nearly shot another clone, so it was unlikely they would be caught deviating from their task. Even so, he doesn’t want to be the next one getting a lecture for being disobedient.

“Stop what?” 66 replied while turning back to the blaster he kept taking apart then putting back together. He did it so quickly Nines wondered if he even needed to train for it anymore.

“Looking at me like I’m about to fall apart,” Nines shot back. He wouldn’t, he was fine. He had to be or else he’d fail, then what would happen? He doesn’t want to leave and come back with that blank look in his eyes that the other cadets who got taken away now always had.

“I’m just worried. You’re still not sleeping well.”

“Are you?”

66 went quiet for a while after that and Nines almost felt bad. Both of them had trouble sleeping but 66 always seemed to struggle with it more. At least until recently. Nines wonders if 66 just figured out how to hide it better.

66 turned back around so he could look at Nines clearly, trying to see if he could find any clue as to what was going on.

“The same as usual. But not you. You’re getting worse.” 66 didn’t even try to pose it as a question, he just seemed to know.

“What’s going on?” 66 pushed as he slowly inched closer to Nines.

For a moment Nines thought about telling his ori’vod, he almost let the cracks in his walls crumble. The sharp voice of their trainer calling their group to attention snapped both of them back, everyone going stock still as they waited for their next orders, blasters held uniformly at their side.

Even though 66 was no longer looking at him, Nines knew this wasn’t over. For now though it could wait. If he had his way it could wait until he died. Or at the very least until he could get back to his pod.

——————

It wasn’t better.

He had been laying there for hours now, yet he couldn’t keep his eyes closed for more than a few minutes before turning around.

He was exhausted and his body ached from everything he’d done today. Or was it yesterday now? He wasn’t sure, he doesn’t want to know either. Knowing how much sleep he was losing might make things worse.

Less sleep meant a sloppy performance, it meant being singled out by his trainers. He had to do better than that.

Tonight he didn’t feel as safe in his pod as he usually did, the quiet air around him unnerving. The darkness wasn’t as calming, his skin felt like it was crawling and he was cold.

For a split second he considers going to 66’s tube. At least then he wouldn’t be alone. But if his brother was asleep then Nines would be angry at himself for waking 66. There was no reason anyone should get less rest just because of him.

The sound of someone moving around almost made him jump, the sudden noise striking through the silence surrounding him. His body went stiff as he tried with everything he had to pretend he was asleep.

The sounds stopped almost as soon as they started and he almost thought he was in the clear. Up until his pod came sliding out, exposing him to the outside. He was too tense now for anyone in their right mind to think he was asleep but he tried.

Instead of being scolded for still being awake like he expected, someone climbed into the pod with him, closing it quickly. Nines didn’t need to open his eyes to know who it was. 66 had already wrapped an arm around him by the time any small light disappeared.

66 pulled Nines as close as he could while directing Nines head underneath his own. Both of 66’s arms were now holding Nines protectively, the gentle pressure starting to bring Nines out of his head. He’s very glad they were both still small enough to fit inside one pod.

Nines didn't know he had started crying until he could feel 66’s shirt getting wet. Great, not only was he failing at getting himself under control but he was also crying all over his brother. Fantastic.

“I’m sorry,” Nines mumbled, ignoring the way his voice shook. 66 held on tighter and Nines squeezed his eyes shut. He did his best not to make another sound other than the occasional sniffle.

“It’s ok, I promise,” 66 whispered softly. “You’re ok. I’ve got you now, you’re safe.” Nines felt a hand carding through his hair, the tension inside him starting to bleed away. 66 said it with so much certainty that Nines didn’t even question it.

He knows he can’t keep relying on his ori’vod like this, not when one day 66 might not be there to help him. Just the thought made him shudder but he couldn’t ignore the possibility. A half broken sob escaped him and he struggled to keep it from escalating. What was wrong with him?

66 didn’t stop his comforting actions the whole time as he tried to make Nines feel as safe as possible. He’s glad it was happening now instead of during training, if any of the Kammies saw Nines could get in trouble. 66 would never let his vod’ika be taken away, not ever.

It took a while before Nines was able to stop crying, his head already starting to hurt. Now he just felt tired and weak.

“Shhh, it’s ok. Get some sleep, we’re supposed to get up earlier tomorrow,” 66 said with a slightly apologetic tone.

Nines made himself smaller at that, already dreading how he would feel later. Maybe he would get lucky and they were going over battle strategy or learning how to sneak into an enemy base.

Thinking was getting harder, every thought jumbling together. He was warm now and was once again finding comfort in the small confines of the pod. He still didn’t feel completely ok but at least he was safe now.

“No one will hurt you with me here. I’ll protect you. Promise.”

Nines didn’t doubt it for a second.

—————

He had promised.

He had promised.

Instead of sleeping like he knew he should be Spade paced rapidly in front of a table covered in caf cups and datapads. His heart was beating uncomfortably fast and his breathing had been erratic for way too long now.

Even if he could try to sleep it would be impossible.

“Where are you?” Spade hissed while running a hand through his greasy hair, reminding him yet again that he needed to go to the sonic. It could wait though. Noir could not.

Spade had broken the one promise he had ever made and he wished for nothing more than to go back to the small tubes, to the long nights where at least they had each other. The nights where they were safe in that small secluded spot.

The room he was in was small and poorly lit yet somehow there was too much space, it felt too open. Something was so obviously missing, the feeling of wrongness tainting everything around him.

He wanted to hold Noir tight while telling him everything would be alright again, to say that nothing would hurt him as long as Spade was there.

Spade wanted to find the smallest space available and make sure Noir got some sleep before the next day’s challenges. He wanted Noir to be safe in the comfort of a small dark space with Slade there to protect him.

But he wasn’t. Spade had lost him. Spade had failed.

Some ori’vod he was.

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DYING OMG AHAHAHAHA

Nox is completely accurate and everything else? Noir is a fantastic lair, honestly Spade, you are never going to live that down my guy.

NPTs: @wyvernsrus @varpusvaras @sun-roach @aza-trash-can @dukeoftheblackstar and whoever else would like to <3

I found this site that generates you a random headcanon.... How about we do that: you enter the name of a character (or your OC!), post what you got, and then comment on how true do you think it is for them!

Not true. That was very easy.

Who's next!!! @judejazza @mcwentfandomtraveling @sh0jun @lorei-writes @groovylita @queengiuliettafirstlady @scummy-writes @ludivineikewolf @yarnnerdally @yanderepuck @vioisgoinginsane @venulus @fang-and-feather @leonscape @writingwhimsey @foreverxdaydreaming @keithsandwich @verynormaluser

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Dad!Thire👀

I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED (you and @wyvernsrus lol)

It’s part of the little series of Thire raising his twin boys (my ocs Spade and Noir) where he eventually meets and later on marries Riyo

This specific fic goes into how Thire and Thorn’s dynamic is in this au (modern au co patented with @varpusvaras ) and well, Thorn has a key to Thire’s apartment and it’s very common for Thire to walk into the living room or something to just see Thorn There

Thire’s neighbors aren’t really sure if Thorn lives there or not. Thorn does crash there sometimes but it’s not because he doesn’t have a place to live, it’s just that each of Thire’s brothers care about him so much and want to help with the twins whenever they can. And the twins to love hanging out with their Uncle Thorn

(Also yes I projected my thing about always wearing socks on hardwood floors to Thire)

He wasn’t sure when the sounds from the kitchen started, all he knew was that suddenly it wasn’t so quiet. And that he was the only person in this apartment who knew how to cook. The lingering sleep immediately lifted and he sprung up from his bed with a speed that one might think something was on fire. Which in all fairness something very well could be.

He stumbled once when his feet hit the ground before he righted himself to scramble toward the kitchen. The feeling of the cold floor under one of his feet made him realize one of his socks must have disappeared during the night. Right now the feeling of what might be a dirty floor wasn’t his main concern.

Thire didn’t stop running until he reached the entrance to the kitchen, his chest heaving with panicked breaths, his mind racing with countless possibilities of Spade and Noir almost getting hurt trying to cook something. The image that greeted him instead made him sigh with great relief as he leaned against the nearest wall for support.

“Good morning little brother. I was wondering when you’d get up,” Thorn cheerfully greeted from his place in front of the stove seemingly cooking, and, if Thire could guess from the smell, burning said pancakes. The twins stood on a stool next to the counter, Spade cracking eggs and putting them into a bowl while Noir watched intensely.

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Thire is definitely amazing with kids, like, he’s so kind and patient with them, he’s very fun to be around, and will always take playtime seriously.

So in the modern au, when he plays cops and robbers with his boys and say one of them were to ‘shoot’ him he’d have the most dramatic death ever. The twins freak out because they’re so scared they actually just killed their dad before BAM. Thire shoots back up and scares the life out of them. Then gets whacked with a pillow or two before he’s quickly forgiven because hey! He made hot chocolate!! Offering accepted

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CT-6687 | Spade

“Feelings? What feelings? Why feel things? I don’t know what I’m feeling, but it’s not good so into a locked box in the corner it goes”

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Getting back into my oc moodboard nonsense >:D

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Minutiae would follow Spade anywhere, even if he was certain they would die. But he also isn't afraid to challenge Spade if he thinks there's a better way to go about things, which is why Spade trusts Minutiae a great deal. He knows Minutiae won't lie to him and he also knows Minutiae would fight till the end of the line.

They may seem very efficient, they aren't a force to be reckoned with. But when they're by themselves and nothing serious is happening? Their braincells are allergic to each other and you would never think these were the captain and lieutenant in the CDU

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Yk what. Spade fights like Vi except it’s lots of strength, street smarts, and trained by Alpha Seventeen

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To whom it may pertain

The blorbo playlists

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Hiii, I bring thee some enrichment 😌 Emoji asks for Spade, Noir and Cyra (bc they're new and must get used to their enclosures):

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with? 🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat? 🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it? 🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for? 🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

Drink water :D

!!!!!! YESSS (also does it count if I have a lot of sweet tea? It’s vry good sweet tea)

💥 COLLISON - what emotions do they have trouble dealing with?

Spade

Allllll of them. He is very emotionally constipated and tries to bury any strong feeling somewhere deep down inside so it can’t hurt him or interfere with his job

Noir

Ones like empathy or compassion because no matter how much he may want to show it (he’s long since stuffed that down in a box locked tight and it rarely peaks out) it could cloud his judgement or get someone he cares about killed because one minute you think you’re dealing with someone who needs help and the next they’re taking advantage of you or are able to kill you

Cyra

Things like anger or frustration come so easy that when she feels peace or even happy it feels like something is off or that she’s letting her guard down. And the last time she felt or did that well, she gets the friendly reminder in the way of phantom pains

🍩 DONUT - favourite sweet treat?

Spade

Ice cream but the simple flavors, nothing to extrapolate or something with to many different flavors. Just seems over complicated and he can’t focus on the one specific flavor he likes

Noir

Donuts, glazed or powdered (can have cinnamon or not doesn’t matter he’ll eat it) ABSOLUTELY no sprinkles he hates them

Cyra

She reeeeally likes pastries but she’s not had one for years now. There isn’t exactly a bakery down in the lower levels of Coruscant

🌙 MOON - what is your oc's greatest wish? how far are they willing to go for it?

Spade

He doesn’t know, he’s never let himself think about anything beyond what was the next clear step. If he had to say anything it would simply be that he wished his brother would stop almost dying on him cause he may start going grey if Noir doesn’t.

Noir

For the love of everything good and holy he would wish that he could stop being in constant pain all. The. Time. So that maybe he could do more and be more useful than he thinks he is (he doesn’t even think about getting a way out of what they do now, since he’s been doing it for so long) But as to actually getting the problem solved (or at least lessened since there’s not really a cure for osteoarthritis) he can’t go far unless their medic can get the supplies they need

Cyra

To please just see the sky one more freaking time before she dies at least, even if it’s through a window or for just a few seconds. She would do near anything but she can’t without being killed

🪤 MOUSE TRAP - what will always lure them into certain danger? a loved one in danger? a promise of something they are always searching for?

(Akkdkfkgkgkg apologies these seem very similar but like, they’re all they really have and are rude or die for each other)

Spade

Well given the fact that it has happened before, Noir, Thire, or even Cyra would be reason enough for him to go in guns blazing. It if he was told that this one more mission and he wouldn’t have to watch his vod’ike starve and die down in the lower levels.

Noir

Pretty much the same as Spade except the promise, if he had the promise to go after every single person who’s ever hurt him, his brother, and Cyra without repercussions than he’s game

Cyra

There are two people she even remotely still cares about left and she’s not keen on letting anyone hurt or kill them anytime soon so the twins. But if someone were to offer her a way off Coruscant and a way to make sure no one would ever be able to track her down she would take it

🚆 TRAIN - what is their answer to the trolley problem?

Spade

It really depends on who is on the tracks but he’s probably go for the track with one person on it then try to get them off it before the train got there. Now if he did see some of the really bad people he’s met then he’d let them get run over without a care

Noir

Not sure if he could find it within himself to care much anymore, he tends to see the worst in everyone so he doesn’t care who dies as long as it’s not someone he cares about. He knows that sound cold and heartless but you do what you have to do to survive

Cyra

This one is complicated because Kassai would have tried to save as many as she could but Cyra tries look away and not care at all

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Noir listens to jizz music allll the time, Spade absolutely hates it and WILL take over the music when given the chance.

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Nutmeg: Is stabbing someone illegal?

Noir: Not if they consent to it.

Spade: Depends on who you’re stabbing.

Thire: Yes?!

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ohoho, Dark OC Asks? May I ask from Spade, Softshell, Naji and Vixen?

4. What appears in your OC's darkest nightmares? 7. How far is your OC willing to go to get what they want? 14. What is your OC's "villain song"?

and you know the deal: pls hydrate!

I FORGOT ABOUT THIS AKDKKFKG I am so sorry

4. What appears in your OC's darkest nightmares?

Spade

This guy. Oh my goodness. This guy had nightmares to end all nightmares. And that when he ever actually does get to sleep due to how bad his insomnia is. Usually tho, the worst ones end with Noir dying or dead and Spade could do nothing to stop it but watch. Sometimes it even includes Cyra after they grow closer as friends, either way though it end in a very horrific death

Softshell

In his worst nightmares include everyone leaving him, and being told every single thing he’s ever done wrong and every single bad thing he thinks about himself. And then the bounty hunter who caused him the injury that left him half numb comes back and finished the job.

Naji

His nightmares don’t normally get to bad but when they do, well, it’s usually a really dark never ending place where he’s left alone in, he can hear people now and again but each time they’re just saying how useless he is (don’t worry Vixen makes sure he knows otherwise once he wakes up)

Vixen

They are all back on Coruscant living the same miserable lives they were before, everyone is beat down into submission and she is stuck in her own body unable to say a thing. The only one of her close vod’e she sees is Steeljaw, who looks more emotionally dead than she’s ever even seen Arcane. Naji is no where to be seen and she doesn’t know whether that’s a blessing or a curse

7. How far is your OC willing to go to get what they want?

Spade

As far as it takes really, he’s not going to hesitate to kill if he has to. After a certain point he just became numb to it, they were trained to win no matter what after all.

Softshell

That entirely depends on who he’s getting it for. Some of the people he loves most? He’d do anything, even if it cost him his life.

Naji

He’ll do whatever doesn’t get someone killed. Taking life was never something he wanted to do, and even tho there are terrible people out there, taking a life has never and will never feel right to him (unless say Vixen’s own life was in the line, that’s the only exception)

Vixen

She would run herself to the ground to get what she wants and has done so before. Which is why everyone keeps a close eye on her when she plans on doing something risky

14. What is your OC's "villain song"?

>:DDD have fun deciphering what you will from these

Spade

Softshell

Naji

Vixen

@homemade-clones

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Modern au

Noir: *finds a cat*

Noir: Can we keep it?

Spade: Dad is allergic.

Noir: Father can stay outside.

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Kenzi!! It's sorting blorbos like they're Skittles hours (but only if you want)! From your OCs, which box would they check in "Soldier, Poet, King"?

Drink water (or tea or juice) :D

HHHHH I LOVE THIS BAND SMMMM

Ok if there are any major typos bear with me this was answered on a bus

Soldier

For this one i definitely think Spade for a number of reasons, one of those being how much he fights, how he’s usually the one leading the field work. He is the one that would fight till he died for what he loves, he’ll will do whatever it takes to win the next fight. He fights for his ‘kingdom’ with every breath he’s got (and he’ll do so until he never breaths again)

Poet

Ik this may come as a shock but Cyra feels more like a Poet and a solider, but also could be poet forced to turn into a soldier. She’s very witty and has a very sharp tongue, but before she went to Coruscant and everything went wrong she was a lot kinder than she is now. A lot more merciful. She saw the beauty in the galaxy. But then like i said everything went wrong and Coruscant turned her cold. So now she’s turned into a soldier to survive

King

Now, this really goes for Noir and a lot of it is because he and Spade mirror each other. A king is typically not in battle a lot, and when he is he’s targeted. Noir seems to attract danger every time he leaves the base or isn’t at Cyra’s garage. The line “Whose brow is laid in thorns” kinda makes me think of how doomed by the narrative he is and how much pain he’s in. Also, he makes the call most of the time on which cases they take amd which they call cold, so that’s a pretty heavy burden to basically sometimes choose who lives and who dies.

@mire-draws-things