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Obi-Wan Kenobi (master_kenobi) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2013-08-12 22:36:00

Entry tags:

anakin skywalker, obi-wan kenobi, siri tachi

The Case Of The Disappearing Jedi In The Land Of Attachments
Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Siri Tachi and Anakin Skywalker
What: Anakin has taught Siri to silence her presence in the Force. Unfortunately nobody has told Obi-Wan that this can be done.
When: Tuesday, August 13, approx 2am.
Where: Obi-Wan's room, Siri's room and all over the place.
Rating/Warnings: PG with Jedi angst and inappropriate attachments
Status: Closed; Incomplete

Obi-Wan woke suddenly, sitting bolt upright, Siri's name on his lips before he consciously realized what his deeper subconscious had felt in the Force. Siri was gone. He frowned, closing his eyes again to reach out, intentionally looking for her presence in the Force, but it wasn't there. He got out of bed. He didn't even bother pulling on a housecoat or boots over his pyjamas. He went out into the hall, to her room, and banged on the door. When no answer came, he used the Force to push it open, stepping inside with a franticness that was barely hidden under his mildly uneasy exterior. She wasn't there.

Feeling extremely agitated at that point, he hurried out of Siri's room and headed for Anakin's. He banged on the door without any regard for the hour. He'd probably wake Padme, it occurred to him after he'd done it, but it also occurred to him that she'd survive.

Anakin, he projected forcefully. Come out here.

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-13 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	"...What?" he sputtered. He was almost dumbstruck for a moment but it soon passed. "What are you talking about? How can that be possible? Why would you want to do something like that? You're teaching her? Since when?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-08-13 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	The how and the why could be answered later, Anakin decided. They were mere tiny details. “She asked, we started before the body mix-up ordeal. But couldn’t continue until after. You said she wasn’t in her rooms?” Anakin figured the next step should be to find Siri, to prove to Obi-Wan she wasn’t actually gone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

master_kenobi
2013-08-13 10:50 pm UTC (link)

"She's not in her rooms!" Obi-Wan snapped. "I still have eyes."

He didn't even know what to make of this development. They were sneaking around behind his back learning bizarre Force techniques that seemed... frightening in what they implied. "Why would she ask you to teach her that?" Never mind how she even knew he could. "The only Force sensitives here are you and I."

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	darkforcerising 2013-08-13 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	“I was only confirming what you said! You’ll have to ask her why she wanted to know!” Anakin snapped back, then felt instant regret because he wasn’t trying to wake Padmé. He took a calming breath and tried again, more quietly, “Finding her seems like the best thing to do. Do you know where she might have gone?” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-13 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	He looked down and away, his voice dropping to a quiet, resigned tone. "Does it seem like she wants me to know where she is?" If she did, would she be hiding? If she was hiding, would she go somewhere he knew about? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-08-13 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	Oh Master, why do you have this infinite sadness complex? “She never mentioned she wanted to learn how to do this specifically to hide from you. We should still find her to make sure this is the reason and not something else. Can you think of any place she likes to go on her own?” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-13 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	He shrugged, but considered it. "She likes to go to the lake. She finds it peaceful and she enjoys swimming when she wants to calm her mind." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-08-14 12:02 am UTC (link)
	“We can start there,” Anakin said. It was apparent he would need to take the lead on this. He nudged Obi-Wan’s shoulder. “C’mon, we’ll go look for her.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Obi-Wan rose and nodded. If it occurred to him that such a trip might be uncomfortable without shoes, he didn't show it as he headed out, determined. "If she's not at the lake, I don't really know where to look next at this time of night." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-08-14 02:29 am UTC (link)

Anakin didn’t give any thought to shoes either. Just going down to the lake wouldn’t bring them into the path of danger to the soles of their feet. Other than twigs or unseen sharp stones.

He ushered his former Master out of his rooms and down the corridor.

“I really don’t think she was doing this to get away from you, Master,” Anakin tried again as they walked. Obi-Wan seemed to be wallowing in the stickier emotions – and Anakin knew just how consuming they could be.

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master_kenobi
2013-08-14 08:34 am UTC (link)

He wouldn't call it wallowing; Siri seeking out this skill made no logical sense unless there was a reason she wanted to be able to hide her presence. And if they couldn't sense her, could she sense...anything? It was a little too uncomfortably close to being Forceless for his taste, as he'd has a sample of that once already.

"When we find her, I expect we'll find out."

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darkforcerising
2013-08-14 08:43 am UTC (link)

“Yes… I’m sure we will.” Because I doubt you won’t ask her. “But I’m fairly certain it’s not because-” Anakin saw his former Master was stubbornly set to assume the worst here. “Never mind.”

They reached a set of stairs now.

“It’s not a permanent state of being, just so you know. She’s not stuck like this. Both Ani and I know how to do it.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 08:58 am UTC (link)
	Obi-Wan stopped and looked at Anakin. "What?" he said sharply. "Ani can disappear from perception?" His voice was getting louder. "Why in the name of the Force would you teach a boy prone to running away to do that?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-08-14 09:18 am UTC (link)

Oh, they were stopping now. Anakin was ahead of Obi-Wan on the stairs, and therefore lower, when the other Jedi decided to make a stand, as it were.

Anakin didn’t appreciate being yelled at, at this hour, for things that weren’t wrong, or his fault. He scowled back.

“Over a year ago one of my future apprentices showed up here. I won’t…” Anakin struggled to find the right way to say he would kill Galen’s father in front of him, raise him under extreme abuse and teach him nothing but hatred and the Dark Side. “I won’t be kind to him, because that’s what Sith do. But he was from a time when he had already turned on me and was determined to kill me. It didn’t matter to him that neither I nor Ani weren’t Vader, just feeling us there in the Force drove him mad. This was the compromise so we could all coexist on the same planet without him trying to constantly kill us. But… Galen isn’t here anymore and we haven’t had a need to use this ability since.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 09:24 am UTC (link)
	Oh. He frowned, but lowered his voice. "How did Siri know you could do it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-08-14 09:38 am UTC (link)
	“When she spoke to me after learning about our future back home, I offered to do it if it would make her more comfortable while sharing the same residence with me.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 09:54 am UTC (link)
	But that didn't make sense! Siri was fond of Anakin; she'd always been fond of Anakin. There were times when Obi-Wan had been sure she and Anakin were closer than he and Anakin were. He brought a hand up to his mouth as he realized how the conversation must have gone if he had offered. If she had accepted. "Anakin..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-08-14 10:14 am UTC (link)
	Anakin was suddenly confused, to him explaining the origin of Siri’s new training shouldn’t elicit that kind of sympathetic tone. Had he missed something? He was missing the conclusion Obi-Wan was making. “Master…? Well… she wanted to learn how to do it, so I agreed to teach her.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 10:19 am UTC (link)
	"She doesn't... Last week, you were thinking you weren't her favourite person. I told you that was nonsense. ...But it wasn't, was it? She's upset with you about the things Vader will do." Why hadn't he picked up on that? Too clouded by his own feelings. By his own attachments. "I told her not to take it out on you. You didn't do it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-08-14 11:04 am UTC (link)

They were, of course, now having two conversations, and Anakin was vaguely aware of that, because the responses he was getting didn’t quite match.

“I know I haven’t done them yet.” It seemed Obi-Wan was in need of some reassurances. Perhaps he was experiencing too many emotions at once? That, Anakin could understand.

Anakin reached a hand out to Obi-Wan’s arm. “And you have no need to worry, Master, she’s not taking anything out on me.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 11:11 am UTC (link)
	"Then why did she take up your offer?" Obi-Wan asked, not really aware of the hand on his arm except as a vague comfort. "You said you didn't think she was hiding from me, you don't think she's hiding from you. ...What is she hiding from?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-08-14 11:20 am UTC (link)

“She didn’t,” Anakin tipped his head so he was looking at Obi-Wan from the corner of his eye. “She didn’t want me to silence my presence in the Force for her, but she wanted to learn how to do it…”

He shrugged. “I don’t know what she’s hiding from, your guess is as good as mine- wait, not any guesses including you. I'm still sure she's not doing this to hide from you.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	"How do you know that?" Obi-Wan asked. "I don't have proper control of my emotions here; maybe my presence is noisy. Disturbing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-08-14 12:37 pm UTC (link)

"No, it's not your presence or emotions that are disrupting, it's your reaction to them. Focus, Obi-Wan, we should be walking. Towards the lake."

Anakin turned before Obi-Wan could stall further, if the man had more protest he could lodge them on the way. And as they walked he realized he was gaining a new perspective - was this how trying he was to everyone around him?

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	master_kenobi 2013-08-14 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	Focus. Focus. He was usually the one saying that. And yes, Anakin. Yes it was. He started walking, thoughts swirling through his mind as he followed Anakin out of the castle. "What if she is... hurt? What sort of medical facilities do we have access to?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)