Hey. Uh. Mr.Kenobi? I saw Maul's post and I'm guessing you're the one who he's been holding a grudge against all this time. I'm Ruby Rose. I'm a friend of his? But I've also been on your end of things here. Stuck in a small town with someone from home nursing a revenge kick against you. I just wanted to say it looked like you handled that pretty well. And... I think with time the both of you might be able to work this out. Or at least I did with the person who had a grudge against me. If you ever need anything, just give me a shout.
At least last month and this haven't been- Well absolutely horrible yet. So that's good.
It is his choice, I know that. And I know he's more than a little stubborn when it comes to this whole thing.
I just don't want to see you both go through what I've already had to do here. So just... Stay safe and hopefully he gets the time he needs to come around here.
Well, I am a Jedi. As a rule, we try not to let ourselves get overcome by negative feelings in case we hurt other people. The consequences can be dire.
Maul is a Sith. Anger, hatred, passion. All of those things give him power. But the Dark Side lies, always. It offers easy paths, but never speaks of consequence.
I can relate to the whole not letting yourself get overcome by negative feelings. Those tend to attract monsters back where I'm from. I guess it's a different kind of dire consequence. Or maybe not so different if you're trying to prevent yourself from hurting others.
That... Explains a whole lot about Maul. Well, a few friends of mine are trying to help him figure out the whole consequence thing, but it's a work in progress.
That's pretty cut and dry. Is it really that simple? ...Because I mean if that's the case I do hope he learns something else. He might just need a little help along the way.
[She knows the person who went on a murder rampage to get at her needed that. Maybe it's possible for maul too.]
Maybe one day he'll be willing to accept that help from you.
I'm simplifying it for conversation's sake, obviously. But that is the gist of it. The Sith exist for power and control. Their weapons are fear and anger.
Gotchya... Well either way it kind of sounds like the two gods from my world. Brothers who worked with creation and destruction respectively. They even played with the whole light and dark theme.
I... know a thing or two about that. I uh-Well I died once here before I finally got through to the person who had a bone to pick with me. I know it’s not easy.
Do you mind if I ask what happened between the two of you?
I certainly wouldn't call us that. We are powerful, but not gods in any form.
[ as for the whole story . . . obi-wan weighs his words before speaking. ]
He was sent to kill to assassinate someone. And he killed my Master while I watched. For that, I struck him down in the heat of battle when he tried to do the same to me. But he survived and all he can think of is his revenge against me.
For which, he has taken countless lives. Innocent people, ones who have never seen battle just to send me bloody messages. He burned villages to the ground, lines up men and women just to decapitate them.
He's... Well he said he's going to try. So I'm hoping he'll actually put the effort in. Not to say that he hasn't had some bumps in the road along the way.
I'm kind of in the same boat in that case. It's my job protect people, I don't want him to hurt anyone either.
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Uh. Mr.Kenobi?
I saw Maul's post and I'm guessing you're the one who he's been holding a grudge against all this time.
I'm Ruby Rose. I'm a friend of his?
But I've also been on your end of things here.
Stuck in a small town with someone from home nursing a revenge kick against you.
I just wanted to say it looked like you handled that pretty well.
And... I think with time the both of you might be able to work this out.
Or at least I did with the person who had a grudge against me.
If you ever need anything, just give me a shout.
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[ maul has friends huh . . . he suspected but obi-wan's been careful about that. ]
Thank you for the offer. It's very kind of you, but I think Maul probably needs more help than I do. I'll be fine.
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[Considering the fresh calls for vengeance and all that.]
Alright. I believe you, but well-I'm doing this just as much for him as I am you.
I don't want him doing something he's just going to end up regretting. The whole revenge thing never ends well.
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And I'm afraid that's his decision to make. I do appreciate you trying to offer some advice, though in my experience, Maul isn't the most receptive.
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Well absolutely horrible yet. So that's good.
It is his choice, I know that. And I know he's more than a little stubborn when it comes to this whole thing.
I just don't want to see you both go through what I've already had to do here. So just... Stay safe and hopefully he gets the time he needs to come around here.
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Though I can assure you I have little to no interest in revenge.
[ still. if anyone deserves to revenge upon maul . . . it is obi-wan. but revenge is not the jedi way. ]
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He's just really interested in it. To unhealthy to himself and the people around him levels.
It's refreshing to see there are more level headed people from the place you both are from.
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Maul is a Sith. Anger, hatred, passion. All of those things give him power. But the Dark Side lies, always. It offers easy paths, but never speaks of consequence.
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I can relate to the whole not letting yourself get overcome by negative feelings. Those tend to attract monsters back where I'm from. I guess it's a different kind of dire consequence. Or maybe not so different if you're trying to prevent yourself from hurting others.
That... Explains a whole lot about Maul. Well, a few friends of mine are trying to help him figure out the whole consequence thing, but it's a work in progress.
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Hopefully, he'll learn otherwise.
[ if he doesn't, well . . . obi-wan would do what he had to. ]
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Is it really that simple?
...Because I mean if that's the case I do hope he learns something else. He might just need a little help along the way.
[She knows the person who went on a murder rampage to get at her needed that. Maybe it's possible for maul too.]
Maybe one day he'll be willing to accept that help from you.
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And I can hope. I tried once. It didn't go well.
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I... know a thing or two about that. I uh-Well I died once here before I finally got through to the person who had a bone to pick with me. I know it’s not easy.
Do you mind if I ask what happened between the two of you?
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[ as for the whole story . . . obi-wan weighs his words before speaking. ]
He was sent to kill to assassinate someone. And he killed my Master while I watched. For that, I struck him down in the heat of battle when he tried to do the same to me. But he survived and all he can think of is his revenge against me.
For which, he has taken countless lives. Innocent people, ones who have never seen battle just to send me bloody messages. He burned villages to the ground, lines up men and women just to decapitate them.
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[She reads over the story a few times before she replies. Carefully assessing how she feels about both Maul and Obi-Wan over this.]
Kind of sad how these revenge stories all end up sounding pretty similar after awhile, isn't it?
I'm sorry you've had to go through all of that.
I still want to believe he change. I've seen him make steps toward it. They aren't big or very confident steps. But I do think he's making them.
That doesn't excuse what he's done to you though, and well I'm not sure it ever will.
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I will only take action when innocent lives are at stake.
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I'm kind of in the same boat in that case. It's my job protect people, I don't want him to hurt anyone either.
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One can only hope right now, I'm afraid.
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We'll just have to be ready in case it let's us down.
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Of course.