Teamwork, Wednesday, January 10, 2024

[sith_happened]

Instead of just Anakin in his Jedi robes for class this week, there were two robed figures in the front of the class. Standing as far away from each other as they could without thinking it looked really obvious.

(It looked really obvious.)

"Welcome to Teamwork," Anakin began, mental shields up as high as he could keep them and the blandest, fakest smile on his face. "I'm Anakin Skywalker, and this is my former apprentice, Ahsoka Tano. We're here to teach you about working together."

Going great so far. 10/10.

Ahsoka's shields were equally high, and her smile equally bland. "We're also going to cover the importance of being able to trust in your teammates," she said, absolutely and remarkably not pointedly. "It can be the difference between success and failure."

Failures like being horribly murdered by clones who were supposed to be protecting you! Anakin wasn't bringing that up. "But it's only the first week, so let's start with introductions. Give us your name and what you think is the best characteristic of yourself that you bring to a team."

Or having to murder those mind-controlled clones to avoid being horribly killed by them, which Ahsoka wasn't bringing up either. "It doesn't need to be flashy, the ability to recognise you can't do everything on your own is an underrated skill."

One that Anakin one hundred percent did not possess. It was fine. So fine. What a fun class this would be! "Or the ability to adapt to a situation as it happens, and not be bound by a static plan."

Some might call that "inability to follow directions."

"Or landing a starship." Way harsh, Ahsoka.

"But we're not going to stand here and give you all the good ideas," Anakin decided. "Come up with some of your own. Starting with--" he pointed to someone in the back of the room, "--you."

Comments

Sign in 1/10

[sith_happened]

With someone!

Listen to the lecture!

[sith_happened]

The very normal and not at all stilted lecture!

Introductions!

[sith_happened]

What is your name? What do you bring to a team? Please don't say passive-aggressiveness, we have enough of that already.

Talk to Anakin and Ahsoka!

[sith_happened]

Who are not really talking to each other.

OOC

[sith_happened]

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[giveittoyoursister]

Vi

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[regulationslacker]

Beckett Mariner

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[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor Zarrin

Re: Talk to Anakin and Ahsoka!

[snipsnspecks]

They were just two adults, standing ten feet apart, because reasons.

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve Rogers

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[heroic_jawline]

"I'm Steve Rogers," Steve said, "and I like to think that I bring a lot to a team, especially when it comes to making a plan and implementing it effectively."

Re: Talk to Anakin and Ahsoka!

[sith_happened]

Very valid reasons! Which Anakin was currently avoiding thinking about way over here.

Re: Introductions!

[giveittoyoursister]

"I'm Vi," she said with a shrug. "I'm good at hitting stuff."

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[regulationslacker]

"Is anyone else getting a real awkward vibe here," Mariner stage-whispered. Helpfully.

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[regulationslacker]

"Beckett Mariner, I bring the cool."

And that was what we call a defence mechanism. Though it was one of her least terrible ones.

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[sith_happened]

Anakin gave him a quick smile. "I've seen that during invasions."

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[sith_happened]

"Are you also good at listening to directions on when to stop hitting?" Anakin asked.

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[sith_happened]

"And how will 'the cool' help us?" Anakin asked.

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[what_big_teeth]

Eleanor didn't respond to that whisper directly; the strict boarding school of her past had left her hard-wired not to whisper in class, even though she knew things were much looser here. But there was a slight glance her way in interest, because that? Was good to know that it was sort of a vibe, wasn't it? It was so hard for her to tell, because she wasn't really socialized well, and this sort of tension felt very typical to her, but in a way that she knew was not normal, and that just helped to confirm it for her.

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[what_big_teeth]

Well, this was an awkward class made even more awkward by this question.

"My name is Eleanor Zarrin," she said, because that was the easy part. The hard part was deciding whether to answer the rest of it honestly, or to just sort of avoid it all together.

Just admitting you could swallow entire people whole and make them your puppets and also compel most people to do your bidding on command even without swallowing them sometimes in an introduction course seemed a bit much, even if that would bring something interesting to the team.

Especially when you'd rather just ignore that you could do it at all.

"And, uh....I'm...not really sure what I might bring to a team," she said, instead, which also felt true, because she'd never been a part of a team and the one time she'd tried, she kind of ruined everything.

She shrugged. "Hopefully, this class can help me figure it out?"

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[sith_happened]

Anakin could feel her conflict but he wasn't going to bring it up. "Listen to what other people are offering, too," Anakin suggested. "Maybe you have leadership traits in common that you hadn't thought of until now."

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[unusual_sith]

Lana Beniko

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[unusual_sith]

"I'm Lana Beniko," Lana said, calm and amused. "I bring logic, insight, and Force abilities."

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[snipsnspecks]

"I'm sure you do," Ahsoka replied, in a voice as dry as Tatootine.

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[unusual_sith]

Lana shrugged. "I can also bring poetry, optimism, and opinions on whisky, if it helps."

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[sith_happened]

Sith, Anakin hissed telepathically at Ahsoka while keeping his face bland, bland, bland.

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[snipsnspecks]

Ahsoka's expression didn't change one iota as she hissed back I did notice the eyes, Master.

They would not be unpacking that last slip of the mental tongue any time soon.

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[sith_happened]

Just add it to the mountain of other things they weren't talking about.

I thought you would, Anakin agreed, but it never hurts to warn.

Especially when the Sith then talked about their optimism. It made Anakin's head hurt.

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[snipsnspecks]

Anakin had clearly never had to deal with Maul in a chatty mood.

Is she like this all the time?

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[sith_happened]

Yes. It gives me such a bad feeling.

He preferred his Sith overtly evil, possibly cackling, thank you.

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[snipsnspecks]

It would have been much harder for the Emperor to actually become the Emperor if he'd started out cackling and throwing around Sith lightning.

Like you're waiting for the vibroblade between your ribs.

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[sith_happened]

Exactly.

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

Illyana Rasputin

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

"Illyana Rasputin. I bring you teleportation transportation, the ability to translate an abominable amount of dead Earth languages, actual magic, and combat experience," she said cheerfully. "I like to think of myself as a junk drawer person; very random skills, very useful applications for all of them."