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PLAYER INFORMATION

NAME: Maddie
AGE: 29
CONTACT: safetygoggles @ Plurk
CHARACTERS PLAYED: None

CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Anakin Skywalker
CANON: Star Wars
AGE: 27
CANON POINT: Beginning of Revenge of the Sith.

BACKGROUND: Here

INCENTIVE:

As Anakin has always felt his organisation, the Jedi, are backwards when it comes to their philosophy on intimacy, and the idea of rule-breaking in a place that offers no judgement or punishment would appeal to him in and of itself. In exchange, he would ask to be taken more seriously by the Jedi Council, and to be promoted to the rank of Jedi Master for his heroism in the Clone Wars.

FIT:

Anakin is actually very affectionate to those he knows, and he feels love and loyalty very deeply. This unbridled amount of feeling often has to be contained due to his profession, which stigmatises and even outright banishes it. He would appreciate a place like Eudio, which wouldn't shame him for his natural disposition to feel. Though married, and very faithful to his wife Padmé, he makes friends easily and promotes them to the rank of family often-- he'd be very willing to explore what that is like without the confinements of Jedi philosophy, to just "be a person" for a little while. He feels (somewhat arrogantly) sure he can balance his profession and lifestyle with intimacy and open emotion, and would be driven to prove it. Anakin is also used to meeting people (and not-people) from every walk of life in his capacity as a solider and emissary, and wouldn't balk at anyone's physical or cultural differences when choosing who to hold hands with or offer comfort to. He would be amused and elated to be in a place where he could finally prove to himself and to others that which he has always held true: affection should be an important tenant of life.

CONSENT:

Anakin is a member of a peaceful military force, and is very much used to following rules and trying to make people feel comfortable around him. While he can be stubborn and childish, he understands that no means no, and would never want to push someone out of their own comfort zone or make them dislike him. He cares very much for friends and strangers alike, and ensuring the safety of both is his top priority.


SAMPLES:

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Prose:

It had been an interesting offer.

The respect of the Jedi Council, everything he'd worked for and truly deserved, finally proffered to him for only the cost of... a few hugs? The trade-off seemed almost too easy... "too political", Obi-Wan might have called it, with thinly-hidden ridicule. All he had to do was engage in physical affection, the type of which should not offend Padmé, and he would be following his duty as a Jedi-- helping a native population reach a peaceful solution to a major crisis-- and gaining something for himself that had been long-denied with undue duress.

Of course, deep down, he felt a small twinge of shame at having agreed to this. It felt like cheating, circumventing the system to get what he wanted. But then, why shouldn't he cheat? The Council had cheated him first, continuously and unfairly, for his unusual upbringing as a Jedi. Despite his conduct, his accolades, his services, he was constantly tested and tried for the crime of being too different for their liking. He'd been forced to hide real and true parts of himself, pieces of himself that he was proud of, because it didn't fit their mould. Close-minded and steeped in the old ways, deaf to new voices or new ideas... Anakin was only as great as the sum of his parts, and if he was to be an even greater Jedi than Master Yoda, then it would be because he loved Padmé and his departed mother, because he cared for Senator Palpatine, Obi-Wan, and even his little droid Artoo...

He'd show them. He'd earn that place on the Jedi Council that the recruiter had promised him by proving once and for all that even in expending all of his affections in this place would not change who he was, the warrior and that fine Jedi that he was. And he would help these people... he would help them run and upkeep their city, he would do his part in staving off the desperation of not having access to a natural resource. A resource so natural to who he was, at that.

And if Padmé were to appear here too? His heart panged, and a smile flitted his face, which he'd downturn against the sunlight as he stepped outside. Well... that would be even better. Finally, the moments they deserved together, away from prying eyes and the judgement of entire planets. That alone would make it worth it all.

So he'd agreed to the recruitment, and here he was.

The city itself looked nothing like Coruscant. Fresh air, open lanes, and bright buildings... reminiscent of Naboo, but without all the foliage, and more crowded in. The zig-zagging speeder cars bitten into their rails moved slowly, he thought, but in an eclectic pattern that made him grin reflexively-- okay, definitely on the To Do list was driving one of those contraptions...

As for the map itself? The beach could be avoided for the river, and that suited him just fine. He'd live as close to the river as he could, just in case she came. That would make her happy, he was sure.

How, exactly, this whole place ran on energy he didn't know. Frankly, he felt a pull to discover how it was, to tinker with it-- and the natural reaction to push his desires aside and focus on the more important tasks at hand made him realise with the sensation of a burden being lifted that his purpose here was to do as he pleased. Maybe he'd bore of that, soon enough... the Hero of the Republic, playing tinkerer and holding hands with strangers... but for now? There was a whole wide world of possibility, free from rules, free from rank. He just had to get started. He had to meet people.

The device that hung heavy in the pockets of his robes was a good option, and he'd surely be using it soon. But for now?

If there was anything he'd learned from a life planet-hopping and ferreting out information, it was that the best place to meet those with their ear to the pulse of the city was at a bar.

"All right, Master... I'll show you what I can do, on my own."

And so, onwards.

ANYTHING ELSE?

Please let me know if I can write or thread any other samples that show any other aspect of Anakin's voice for you, or what he would be like in Eudio!

In the meantime...

That feeling when you both throw paper in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors...