who; Exar Kun, Luke Skywalker, & later Psycho Mantis (closed or OTA if anyone's interested) where; The Hyperion Hotel. O shit. when; Like.. now. 10 PM, May 23rd. summary; Exar Kun is a Very Bad Man. And that ticks Mantis off. rating; PG.. ish?
It was so immensely satisfying to get what he'd wanted all along-- and to think how long he'd waited for it.
"Don't cry," he breathed, fingers smoothing over the soft skin of the boy's face, nails catching moisture and smearing it away. "You knew this was coming. I know you did-- you know truth even at this age, don't you?" It may as well have been midnight, as dark as the boy's room was; Exar Kun seemed to suck in all the light and leave a gloom wherever he went. Like a black hole. Like the angel of death.
"Come along, Canary." The giant of a man stooped further, curling an arm beneath Luke's back and one beneath his knees, lifting the delicate weight easily and cradling the child against his chest. "We don't want to alert your watchdog, now do we? Shh, shh.. Hush. I'm not going to hurt you right now." A serene smile flickered over the Sith Lord's face, and he stepped toward the window-- the place he'd entered. "We'll wait until later to play, shall we?"
With a cruel little chuckle, he stepped off the sill and dropped through the air, catching himself with the Force and using it to boost his speed through the streets.
Soon, he'd disappeared entirely.
Moments later, the Hyperion began to tremble, lampposts out on the street twisting and shrieking as they were ripped from the concrete. Cars lifted into the air, people began to scream, running and ducking as mailboxes and bicycles and store displays--even the water in puddles along the street--began to lift into the air. For seconds, they hung suspended as the trembling of the hotel reached its crescendo, a maddened, enraged voice ripping through the Astral Plane---
Kill him kill him kill him KILL HIM KILL HIM KILLHIMKILLHIMKILLHIM!
---And the world came tumbling down again, glass shattering and metal twisted into unrecognisable shapes as everything seemed to fall at once.
By the time the dust cleared, Psycho Mantis had descended into the main lobby, Astral voice clear and cold: