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epithree Registered: Aug '06	Date Posted: 7/4/07 7:26am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04
	Hey hi there. You are an amazing artist when it comes to Obi and Dooku interaction! And wow! Both of them certainly enjoy raising their eyebrows. Please keep it coming! Simply brilliant. ~epithree -----signature----- 'And so it is.'
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G__Anakin Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 7/4/07 9:33am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04
	Great job! I love the twisted sith polotics! It makes things intresting, espeacially when Palpintine is involved. -----signature----- Knighted by Courtney_Solo - - - My fanfic - - - Jedi Sith - http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26751105&brd=10476&start=26759554
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ClaudiaR Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 7/6/07 6:39am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04
	I loved this chapter, especially the sparring macth! it was very in tune with their characters and the way they kept stopping to talk, the way Obi won was great! though I admit I am curious to see how he would have woken up th alcolytes... he had 12 years of practice waking up his apprentice... Quinlan was great and seeing Ventress in the kitchen cracked me up! -----signature----- LURK&STALK It takes a specialist to do it right " Getting to stalk around importantly was quickly becoming the best part of pretending to be a Sith. " Obi-Wan in Deptions by Amrita_Glittersong
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Amrita_Glittersong Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 7/6/07 2:00pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04
	Valairy_Scot - Thank you! Hehe, I clean the same way. 'It's good enough!' Obi's lectures could terrify even darksiders. Glad you liked all the silly banter, too! earlybird-obi-wan - Thanks! Yeah, Obi and Dooku have mastered both the arts of talking constantly and hacking away with energy swords. Ventress, however, is still working on mastering the duster. Fifilla - Thanks! And hopefully, it will be something interesting. No problem! epithree - Thank you! And I had a feeling someone would mention the eyebrow thing. I guess that's what happens when you write a bunch of scenes at different times and then don't bother rereading the entire chapter at once. Persephone_Kore - Hehe, glad to hear it! G__Anakin - Thanks! Yeah, Sith politics are interesting stuff, and fun to write too. Even if it does get sort of confusing. ClaudiaR - Thanks! And here I thought people would be annoyed by all the talking in the match. Hehe, probably some very creative way; it couldn't harder to get them all up than it would be to wake up Anakin. Glad you liked Quin and the sillyness from Ventress, too. -----signature----- Deceptions: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26426189 My SW videos: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Glittersong "I was trying to sound pompous." "Do you really think you need to try?" -Obi-Wan Kenobi and Siri Tachi
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JediMaster_Jen Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 7/7/07 6:55am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	Obi-Wan should have listened to Dooku. Guessing that Palpy is the Sith has now casued him more problems than when he didn't actually know the truth. Good work. I like the banter between Dooku and Obi-Wan. -----signature----- "Qui tacet consentit"~~ (silence implies consent) Red Wings Rock!!!!!!!
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Ascal_Elessar Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 7/7/07 12:46pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	Great update, I loved the sparring session with Obi and Dooku. You write both of them so well. Looking forward to the next post. -----signature----- "HELLO THERE!" Member of the Obi-Wan Kenobi Fan Club "He's like fire and ice and rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever, he burns at the centre of time and he can see the turn of the universe."
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Sionnach-Airgid Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 7/7/07 8:18pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	Realizes that she's still staring at cover art of Obi and force slaps herself a few times to make herself focus . . . Right, time to comment. First off, congratulations on your nominations! And best of luck in the awards! And now for the other comments: Ventress was wearing a very dusty apron, looking rather miffed as she more or less beat a countertop with an extremely disheveled duster, not so much picking up the dust as causing it to fly everywhere. Obi-Wan blinked at her, and she blinked back. "Erm." The Jedi finally said, a bit baffled. "...Am I interrupting something?" "What is that supposed to mean?" She growled, pulling off the apron and tossing it to the side along with the duster, proceeding to act as though she'd never been anywhere near them. "And I see you're back, if a bit worse for the wear." She added, looking up and down at him and raising an eyebrow. "I am." Obi-Wan confirmed, then raised an eyebrow as well. "I certainly hope this wasn't the project that Dooku had for you." "What? No." She grumbled, sweeping past Obi-Wan to kick a suspiciously still kitchen droid for what appeared to be no particularly good reason. She then looked back and smiled coolly, apparently appeased by damaging the droid. "I finished that and then Master Dooku mentioned the kitchen was very dusty." "And so you went to dust it?" Obi-Wan asked, still a bit confused by the whole situation. What was it about Dooku that compelled his minions to be so fanatical about him, anyway? "Yes." Ventress confirmed, glaring at him as if challenging him to make something more of it. "...Well, I suppose it's a good use of your time." Obi-Wan conceded after a moment, deciding to drop the entire line of discussion and proceeding to edge over towards the cabinets, hoping to grab something and get out of there as soon as possible. He still had to figure out exactly what he was going to say to Quinlan, after all, and then what he was going to speak with Dooku about. Amusingly enough though, as he looked back over at Ventress, it seemed the Acolyte was a bit embarassed about the entire thing, if that was even possible. Before, Obi-Wan wouldn't have been sure it was, but she was almost blushing and when she spoke, she even sounded embarassed. "I'm going to go report to Master Dooku that the kitchen is..." She looked around, and so did Obi-Wan. "...Passable." She finished, as a rather large spider rapelled down from a chandelier, pondered the two of them for a moment, then scurried back up as fast as it's little legs could take it. "...That would be accurate." Obi-Wan agreed. Without another word Ventress swept out of the kitchen, and Obi-Wan wondered a moment whether he'd somehow returned to an academy filled with teenagers, rather than a fortress for dark-side Force users. He was pretty certain he might have, as Darc entered the room, made a noise akin to a squeak, and hurriedly left as fast as he'd come. Ventress got stuck cleaning the kitchen!? Ooohhhh, I'll bet she loved that! And how mortified she must have been to have Obi find her cleaning! I wonder what color the apron was? Standard Sithly black or a nice frilly pink one? Or maybe it was one of those special bbq ones with a picture of a bantha being Force-lighteninged and words saying "Force-frying is our specialty!" And I love how even the spider didn't want to face her! And Obi feeling like he's in an academy with teenagers is right on! "So." Quinlan said, leaning against the wall casually as Khaleen took a seat on the chair at Obi-Wan's desk. "I wouldn't have imagined you as a part of all this." "Likewise." Obi-Wan responded, raising an eyebrow slightly. "Care to explain?" "Me? How about you? You're the Sith." Quinlan scoffed. "Yes, and as Khaleen pointed out earlier that means I outrank you. Therefore you go first." Quinlan raised an eyebrow. "Your well-reasoned logic isn't really intimidating, Obi-Wan." Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow as well; it seemed he had another Acolyte to add to his 'doesn't take me seriously' list. "I don't particularly care, Quin. Explain." I love how neither one wanted to go first! And Obi pulling rank and Quinlan not taking him seriously, especially with the attack to his well-reasoned logic! "Right." Khaleen nodded her agreement as well. She smiled. "I knew you were a bit too nice to be a Sith." "She's got a point." Quinlan commented, raising an eyebrow and regarding Obi-Wan. "You're not really very frightening." "That's what Dooku said." Obi-Wan said, sighing slightly. Poor Obi, he just can't do scary. But that's okay. Part of why I love him so much. Resists attempts to go back and look at cover art again by reminding self that she can look as much as she wants after she finishes commenting . . . "Entirely possible." Quinlan agreed."Though I could put the fear of your lectures in him. 'Careful; provoke Obi-Wan too far and he will cause you a slow, torturous death by talking.'" He said lazily, a small smirk on his face. Ooohhh! An Obi lecture? Could I order one please? I love Obi's voice! I could listen to it all day! "I should award them gold stars for good behavior." Dooku responded with a nod, before moving on. Reminds me of the reward charts we have for our kids at work . . . "It would be suitable for another base, it seems." Obi-Wan responded, shrugging slightly and folding his arms. "Though it is inhabited by rashtahs, extremely foggy, active enough in the Force that it can be confusing, and Skorr would complain the entire time." "All valid reasons not to relocate there." Dooku commented. I love that Skorr's complaining was a valid reason to avoid relocating! They reached the training room a few minutes later, and in contrast to the rest of the fortress, it was well lit and almost cozy. It was obviously a well-used room, with broken droid parts scattered across the floor, weapons of various types strewn about and creating what was probably a safety hazard, and a large pile of mats were haphazardly stacked on each other in the corner. Dooku raised an eyebrow at the state of the room, nudging a droid part with the toe of his boot. He looked over at Obi-Wan. "Do you understand what I mentioned about the Acolytes never cleaning?" "Yes." Obi-Wan responded, picking up a rather large blaster rifle from the floor and turning the safety on before replacing it on a shelf. "They're also less than organized." "I hadn't noticed." Dooku replied, using the Force to collect the droid parts and everything else on the floor into a pile and shove them all into the corner. Obi-Wan raised an eyebrow, but didn't comment. Maybe Dooku should take away their 'toys' until they learn to put them back properly. Every true martial artist should have respect for where they train and strive to keep it clean. I guess that's part of the reason they can't make it past acolyte, huh? You know, we had a sign at home that was posted on our door when we were kids that said: "Did you remember to pick up everything?" Maybe Dooku should post one in the training hall . . . "Besides, Dooku, I wouldn't consider your fighting to be perfectly honorable either." Obi-Wan continued, giving him a pointed look. "Perhaps it was today, but dropping a pillar on someone is more than slightly underhanded, especially considering neither Anakin or I were still in the fight when you did that Geonosis." "You still haven't forgiven me for that, have you?" The Knight raised his eyebrows slightly and gave Dooku an incredulous expression. "Should I have? Oh, and we mustn't forget that eloquent move of stabbing me through a sabrelock. I don't remember learning that tactic in any of my classes, and I've had quite a few." "Alright, Obi-Wan. Enough." "There was also the Force Lightning. We can't forget that, either." "Obi-Wan, I understand. You may stop now." "I have more." "I'm sure you do." Dooku responded with a sigh. "You will be displeased to hear this, but with your talent for arguing you would have made an excellent politician." "You insult me." Obi-Wan responded, with only a hint of mock affrontment. "Though I prefer to call it debating." "And you're doing it again." Dooku pointed out, apparently deeming the lightsabre fixable and placing it back onto his belt. "Besides, a politition would call it debating." Obi-Wan had no good counter to that, especially considering that continuing would only prove Dooku's point farther, so he just glared at the Sith instead. Obi-Wan was silent a moment, watching Dooku's expression carefully before replying. "Palpatine." Dooku's gaze was even, but Obi-Wan felt a spark of surprise from the Sith. The silence continued for a few moments, before Dooku finally spoke. "He always said that if anyone were to figure it out, it would be you." A comment like that only makes me more worried that Palpy has something up his sleeve for poor Obi. Maybe Ani's just a front and he's really been after Obi the whole time . . . In those words, Obi-Wan's galaxy crashed down. "...Are you saying I am correct? That's... Not possible." He said faintly. Dooku raised an eyebrow. "What isn't possible, that you're correct? We need to work on your self-esteem." I knew Obi would figure out that it was Palpy! But he's so upset that he's right. Poor thing! I'll give him lots of hugs! Obi-Wan shook his head slightly, but he knew Dooku was right. If he gave the Order any information about Sidious' identity, and they did anything about it, Sidious would know and would have a chance to retaliate with whatever he had planned. He had to be allowed to remain as he was, for the moment at least. As for Dooku, Obi-Wan no longer had any idea what side the Sith was on, if any. He had suddenly become just as unknown to him as he had been before he'd ever met him. And the question still remained. What was he going to do now? What indeed. And I'm sure things will get more confusing before they get better. Those Sith really have Obi trapped right now, which is not a good thing. Except that he can continue to look absolutely amazing in black . . . Okay, focus, focus. Right. So anyway, I really enjoyed the sparring match between Obi and Dooku with Obi jumping up on the chandeleir and then shorting out Dooku's sabre! That was great! There's so much more I would like to comment on in detail, however then this post would go on forever and I would never get any sleep! Congratulations again on your nominations and great post! -----signature----- The Force made me do it! I always follow the will of the Force! My fics: http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/25405090/p2 Proud Master of yodas_waiter! One of Courtney_Solo's many knighted padawans Team Search & Destroy
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son-of-kenobi Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 7/9/07 8:30pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	awesome!!!! -----signature----- A Fastracked Future Episode 1: Finding The Future http://boards.theforce.net/Before_the_Saga/b10475/17494741/?0 A Fastracked Future Episode 2:The Jedi Attack http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/19281949/?12 Legion of Light : http://boards.theforce
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Kynstar Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 7/10/07 6:16am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	Oi more banter!! And sparing while bantering! Those two are great together! Excellent job my dear! And well deserving of the noms! I wish you luck, hon! LOL on Quin hoping and deducing that Obi really wasn't a Sith. It is kind'a hard for poor Obi to act the act! Figured Obi would deduce who Sidious was...but actually being confirmed by Dooku totally took him by surprise. Specially since Palps wants Anakin to replace Dooku soon. Poor Obi juz can't fathom that it'd happen. Believe Obi! Palpy has his sight on your Padawan! Great update!! Totally enjoyed it! -----signature----- Paddy sis to t_s & SarkaVrae/Master to hyperspace_police Member of Rebel Legion and Jedi Assembly (Kynstar Lans) Long live fanfiction...for in these tales do our heroes still exist. See stories/viggies in bio
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Amrita_Glittersong Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 7/10/07 5:32pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Replies
	JediMaster_Jen - Yeah, Dooku knew what he was talking about. But Obi's too stubborn to listen to him. And thanks! Ascal_Elessar - Thank you! Sionnach-Airgid - Still entranced by Obi-in-black? And thank you! Yes, poor Ventress. It's hard to be an Acolyte. Killing things, dusting, trying to impress the Sith... I actually imagined a white apron with lace on the sides. That one you described with the bantha is hilarious, though. Quin and Obi are silly, especially with each other. Glad you liked the silly moments of their conversation. And me too! I could listen to him for quite awhile~ Exactly. I'm tempted to keep a scorecard for the Acolytes with how many stars they've got. And of course it is; Skorr complaining all day and night would drive someone to madness. Ha, he should definately put up a sign; it'd have to have a little frowny face on it too. Or else not let them have stuff until they've cleaned up. "No killing clones until you've picked up your rooms!" Palpy's just an opportunisitc jerk. He's got something up his overly frilly sleeves besides his lightsabre, but that's all I can say. But once Obi gets over his shock Palpy better watch out; no one messed with Obi's Padawan. Glad you liked the sparring, even if they talked more than doing anything else. son-of-kenobi - Thanks! Kynstar - Glad you liked the bantering during the sparring match! And thank you. Hehe; Obi's not so great at the act, definately. In the comics Obi figured out Quin wasn't really on the darkside pretty easy, so I figured it would be even easier for Quin to tell the other way around. Obi makes a pretty bad Sith, after all. Yeah; there's no time for being emo, Obi! Go figure out how to save your Padawan and stop the Sith! Yeah, he really wasn't expecting Dooku to be all, 'Yeah, well, now that you mention it...' Thank you! -----signature----- Deceptions: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26426189 My SW videos: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Glittersong "I was trying to sound pompous." "Do you really think you need to try?" -Obi-Wan Kenobi and Siri Tachi
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Amrita_Glittersong Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 7/22/07 11:23am Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Announcement!
	Alrighty, well, I'm gonna' be slow on updating a bit. I got a full time job, and it's all... Full time and stuff. But I'm still going to work on this story, just even slower than usual. And that is all. -----signature----- Deceptions: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26426189 My SW videos: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Glittersong "I was trying to sound pompous." "Do you really think you need to try?" -Obi-Wan Kenobi and Siri Tachi
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ClaudiaR Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 7/22/07 3:23pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Announcement!
	You almost gave me a heart attack! I though the announcement was something like you quitting writing! don't scare me like that!! I am glad to hear you got a job! Good luck! and hopefully much inspiration will come to you on your coffee breaks!! -----signature----- LURK&STALK It takes a specialist to do it right " Getting to stalk around importantly was quickly becoming the best part of pretending to be a Sith. " Obi-Wan in Deptions by Amrita_Glittersong
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Amrita_Glittersong Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 9/3/07 4:11pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 Announcement!
	ClaudiaR - Sorry about that! No, no, certainly no quitting. I love this fandom too much to quit now. Thank you! ---------------------- Okay people, as it's been awhile and I'm still only maybe 10 percent done with the chapter, I thought I'd post a little preview thingy. It's not all the interesting, but it's something, right? Padme Amidala had just returned from another long day at the Senate and was in all together bad mood, as not only had the senators done nothing but argue all day, her husband wouldn't be joining her that evening. When she stepped into the apartment, she was intending on taking a bath and then sulking around the rest of the night, eating food that wasn't good for her. Instead, Typho told her she had a transmission marked as urgent, encoded in a complicated pattern that she knew only Anakin and Obi-Wan used. Her heart leapt, as she thought perhaps Anakin had been able to get away from the Temple after all, so she rushed into her room and activated the holo transmission. As she turned it on, her heart did a quick 180 as she noticed it wasn't Anakin calling, before it turned and went right back up as she recognized who it was. "Obi-Wan!" -----signature----- Deceptions: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26426189 My SW videos: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Glittersong "I was trying to sound pompous." "Do you really think you need to try?" -Obi-Wan Kenobi and Siri Tachi
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Amrita_Glittersong Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 9/21/07 8:13pm Subject: RE: Deceptions -- (AU, Epic -- Obi, Dooku, Sidious, and more) -- Ch8 7/04 -- Preview for Ch9 9/03
	AN: Oh sheesh. I know, I know, this took FOREVER. But I've got good excuses this time! I got a 45 hour a week job, and I move into my first apartment on October 1st, so I've been busy. Fanfiction, unfortunatly, got pushed to the side, and my poor poor original fiction novel hasn't been touched in so long. ANYWAY. I realize now that Deceptions is going to be a bit shorter than I planned; maybe 13 chapters. The plot advanced faster than I expected, because at first I had intended for it to be laden with much more filler material. But I decided I don't like filler and so moved the plot along, and now we're really going. Not to mention I had a few huge scary chapters in there. Oh, and once again I've been afraid to reread the chapter for fear of editing and never updating. :P So this is unbeta'd, srzly. Go ahead and and point out mistakes, but please forgive me for them. So that's that. Sorry again for how long it took! I can't make promises on the length of time until the next update, but having my own place should mean more peace and time to write, with any luck. Thanks to all my readers and reviewers, who inspire me to keep working on my projects even with all the other stuff going on! ------------------------------------------- Deceptions Chapter 9 Obi-Wan frowned in concentration at the mass of colored wires in his hands, before sleceting two to carefully place together. They made a bright shower of sparks and the Knight jumped in surprise, dropping the wires and checking to make sure he hadn't been burned. After assessing that he'd escaped any serious injury, he sighed in annoyance and returned to the task at hand, slightly miffed at how out of practice he'd gotten at rewiring. With a Padawan like Anakin around all the time, he tended to sit back and let Anakin show off his various skills; it made the Padawan happy, and Obi-Wan didn't mind letting him be the one to shine. However, he was now beginning to think he should have bothered keeping up with some practice on the side, at least. A now familiar chime sounded through the room, and with an only half interested sweep of the Force Obi-Wan easily found it was no one he felt like talking to. A light mental shove through the bond he shared with Dooku made it clear he wanted him to go away, though he wasn't shocked in the slightest when the Sith ignored it and entered the room anyway. "And what exactly was the point of the chime?" Obi-Wan asked, not looking back. "Or the scanner lock, for that matter." "Asajj was complaining that her holoprojector was shorting out. As it wasn't the only thing malfunctioning, and none of the Acolytes are daring enough to try rewiring anything, I imagined it might be your doing." Dooku replied, entirely ignoring the remarks and regarding the Knight's haphazard project incredulously. "What are you doing?" "Tormenting Ventress, apparently." Obi-Wan responded immediately, trying another set of wires. When nothing happened, the joined them together and went to the next set. "It looks as though you're hot-wiring the communications console." Dooku commented, unfazed. "Though, as it works--or should I say, 'worked'--I cannot see the purpose. If you're just bored, I'm sure there's something less dangerous and more useful to be doing." "I'm pulling it off the main lines." Obi-Wan explained patiently, finally sparing a glance back at Dooku. "Alright." Dooku said, sounding only the slightest bit confused. "Dare I ask why?" "Because then I can re-encode it." Obi-Wan said, his tone seeming vaguely disinterested as he focused on what he was doing rather than on the conversation. "So that you may send a secure transmission?" Dooku continued. "Yes." Obi-Wan confirmed, successfully matching a few more wires. "Of course, Sidious and Palpatine being one and the same, it suddenly make sense why the clones would be sent here; they're his army. Though if he intercepted my transmission, which he did have the capability for, he would know at the very least that I was only pretending to be a Sith, and that I was pretending and you were in on it at the worst." He looked at Dooku again. "As he hasn't stormed in here yet, I would imagine he only caught the end of my transmission if anything at all. Enough to know that he should go ahead and torment me, but nothing worse." "So you believe that he knows you're not a Sith, but that is all? Nothing of my involvement?" "Yes, or that he believes I am playing both sides against the middle. Or, I suppose, that I've set up some elaborate plan to convince the Jedi that I'm undercover, while all the while actually spying on them for the Sith. Though that would probably be giving me far too much credit." "He said nothing to me of any suspicions of you, when I spoke with him." Dooku commented, looking serious as he considered the situation. "Nor of any suspicions of me. We may still be in a good enough position to continue as normal, though perhaps with added precautions." "Anything that doesn't end up getting us killed before I can inform the Council of his identity is acceptable to me." Obi-Wan replied, finishing with his wiring and beginning to tap buttons on the console. Dooku seemed to agree with that sentiment, then frowned slightly at the Knight. "How, dare I ask, do you know how to do this?" He inquired, watching the lines of elaborate encoding appear on the screen and his apprentice typed. "You see, Dooku, once upon a time there was an initiate who had too much time on his hands." Obi-Wan explained, not bothering to look up. "I see where this is going." Dooku responded, almost rolling his eyes. "Don't tell me that you were responsible for the Great Fatal Archive Error." "I won't, then." Obi-Wan responded, eyes still focused on the screen as he worked. "Why would I cause such a thing, after all?" "I've noticed that initiates who are intelligent enough to complete their studies so quickly that they have a lot of spare time also tend to be the same ones who come up with the most elaborate pranks." Dooku said, sounding as if he was speaking from far too much experience. "I'll take that as a compliment." Obi-Wan replied, sounding distracted. "That, and Qui-Gon told me you tended to get yourself into trouble." Dooku added, this time earning a glance back from the Jedi. "Oh, did he?" Obi-Wan asked lightly, tone almost amused. "Yes; not that he was a particularly well-behaved Padawan all the time himself." Dooku responded. "It wasn't as though he actively attempted to cause problems, but he seemed to attract them, as you do." "A trait that you and Anakin share in abundance as well." Obi-Wan commented, the console beeping happily at him as he began compiling the code. "Indeed." Dooku agreed. Then he frowned again. "Who are you going to be using that to call? I thought that you had agreed not to contact anyone about Sidious." "Perhaps." Obi-Wan replied, mood darkening slightly at Dooku's inquiry, as he turned back to what he was doing. "Though that has nothing to do with speaking to people for any other reason. And not to mention that who I am contacting is none of your concern." "Well, then." Dooku said, as if he were speaking to a rebellious teenager. "Have your way for now. If your plan improves things, then I encourage you." "And you have no idea what that means to me." "I'm sure you're touched, yes?" "Quite. Now leave." Dooku just shook his head, smiling faintly, as he left the room. Obi-Wan frowned after him, wondering what had amused him so much, before turning back towards the console and making a very long distance call. **************************** Padme Amidala had just returned from another long day at the Senate and was in all together bad mood, as not only had the senators done nothing but argue all day, her husband wouldn't be joining her that evening. When she stepped into the apartment, she was intending on taking a bath and then sulking around the rest of the night, eating food that wasn't good for her. Instead, Typho told her she had a transmission marked as urgent, encoded in a complicated pattern that she knew only Anakin and Obi-Wan used. Her heart leapt, as she thought perhaps Anakin had been able to get away from the Temple after all, so she rushed into her room and activated the holo transmission. As she turned it on, her heart did a quick 180 as she noticed it wasn't Anakin calling, before it turned and went right back up as she recognized who it was. "Obi-Wan!" She exclaimed, shocked but overjoyed to see the Knight. She'd been unable to avoid worrying about him, especially as Anakin had told her it had been nearly two days since the Council had received any communication. "Padme." Obi-Wan responded, smiling faintly. "I see I was correct in believing Anakin would have informed you of my new 'allegiance'." "Yes, he did." Padme replied with a nod. "I'm so glad to see you. Anakin and I have been so worried." Obi-Wan smiled again. "Well, aside from an encounter with Sidious, some bickering with the Dark Acolytes, and Dooku's insufferable habit of leaving out important pieces of information, I'm doing better than I had expected to be. I am... More concerned for you and Anakin, and for the Temple." Padme frowned at that, taking the seat in front of the transmitter that she'd ignored in her surprise. "Why; what's going on?" Obi-Wan seemed to consider his words carefully before speaking. "I want you to be careful in the Senate, Padme. I can't tell you exactly why, but be very careful of what you do and say, and who you keep company with." Padme nodded slowly, not understanding, but certain her friend had a very god reason for telling her something like this. "I will, Obi-Wan. I already am; some things have begun to become very strange..." "I'm not surprised." Obi-Wan told her with a sigh. "Padme, there is something else I must ask of you." "Of course." Padme replied, nodding for him to continue. "What is it?" "Watch Anakin for me." He said, gazing intently at her and she suddenly knew that he knew. "I will. I promise. Until you get back, and even after, I will watch over him. I would without you needing to ask." She promised. She didn't know exactly what Anakin needed protecting from, but she didn't care. She would face a Sith Lord alone before she let anything happen to her husband. "I know." Obi-Wan said, inclining his head slightly at her and smiling. "Please tell him hello for me, but it would be for the best if you didn't tell him much else of what we spoke of. It isn't that I don't trust Anakin, but the less he knows, the better everyone will be." "I don't want to lie to him." Padme responded, looking at him seriously. Obi-Wan considering this a moment, before speaking again. "Then tell him that I asked for both of you to be careful. It is the truth, from a certain point of view." "In other words, it's not a lie." Padme said dryly, earning a slightly mischievous smile in response. "Exactly, milady." "Don't 'milady' me." Padme said, shaking her head in amusement before sighing softly, and looking back at him. "Alright, I agree to your 'certain point of view', on one condition." "Which would be...?" Obi-Wan asked, becoming serious again as well. "Don't get yourself killed." Padme said flatly. "I mean it." "Don't worry, milady." Obi-Wan told her. "I don't intend on it." ********************* Obi-Wan left his room begrudgingly, not really interested in fraternizing with the Acolytes, but unfortunately he didn't have any food in his room. And being a Sith was hungry work. "Kenobi!" He heard his name shouted sharply from down the hallway, and made no attempt to conceal a sigh of annoyance as Ventress came into sight. "What is it, Ventress?" "There was a woman in your room." "Hasn't Dooku taught you not to start drinking until the evening?" Obi-Wan asked, raising an eyebrow and sweeping past her. Getting to stalk around importantly was quickly becoming the best part of pretending to be a Sith. "Kenobi." Ventress said, frowning and looking very much like she wanted to have a serious conversation. Obi-Wan might have bothered to listen, if he hadn't known he would regret it. "Ventress, this is not something I intend to discuss with you, even if I did have any idea what you're talking about." He paused for a moment, thinking. "Oh, did you mean Khaleen?" "Yes." Ventress said, crossing his arms and sweeping down the hall after him as he began walking again. "Her." "Why, might I ask, do you care who is in my room?" Obi-Wan asked, knowing he should just stop talking and wondering why he had engaged in this conversation against his common sense. As it was, Ventress apparently had no good answer, and so Obi-Wan was fortunately spared from further talk. It took a few moments before she spoke again. "Where are you going?" "To ask Dooku to fire you." Obi-Wan told her without missing a beat. "Clever." The Acolyte responded. "Though even if you were to ask him such a thing, he would never agree." "I have no doubt about that, though I have yet to see what he sees in you." Obi-Wan said, only half paying attention to the conversation as he reached into the Force. What he had been sensing was indeed confirmed by his concentration; Dooku was loitering about in the kitchen. Pondering a moment whether he really was hungry anymore, he decided to go ahead. Perhaps Dooku had found something actually recognizable to eat; the Jedi had a feeling Dooku was not as inclined to eat whatever he could find like his apprentice and the Acolytes. With that thought in mind, Obi-Wan determinedly ignored Ventress, who seemed suddenly distracted by something, and entered the kitchen to see Dooku apparently pondering the wallpaper. So much for the hopes of food. Obi-Wan looked at the wall where Dooku was staring, then back at Dooku. "Dare I ask?" "Knowing you, you do." Dooku replied, turning to look at the Knight. Obi-Wan folded his arms but still managed something akin to a shrug of agreement. "Then I do, yes." "I was waiting for you to finish your little discussion on the comm." The Sith said, walking over so they weren't talking across the room. "I wanted to speak with you when you were in a bit of a better mood." "Now is not that time." Obi-Wan told him, which just earned him and amused expression from Dooku. "I said a better mood, not a good one, Obi-Wan. And this qualifies, as you're bothering to look at me when we talk." Dooku responded lightly. "And as I have the distinct impression that is the best I will get, I'm going to take it. This is important, after all." "Fine." Obi-Wan responded, before turning slightly to look back out into the hallway to see where Ventress had gotten to. She had wandered off, distracted by something or someone, and was no where to be found. Not that Obi-Wan minded in the slightest. "Where do you want to talk?" "Here is fine." Dooku said with a wave of his hand, before his expression became serious again. "I know you are angry with me, but I trust you understand why I made the decisions I did about what to tell you and when." Obi-Wan frowned, looking up at him. "I understand that you lied to me." "I did not." Dooku said, though he didn't sound particularly offended or surprised by the accusation. "What I did was not divulge the entire truth." Obi-Wan was reminded uncomfortably of the conversation he'd just had with Padme, and could find nothing to say in response. "But what I told you yesterday, Obi-Wan, was the truth. There were reasons for everything, but and now that we know there is something larger he is planning, we can't afford to expose him for what he is." "Convenient." Obi-Wan told him, unconvinced. "I does seem that way, doesn't it?" Dooku said, again unbothered by the remark. "But it is the truth." "Of course it is." Obi-Wan responded, sounding entirely serious. "Obi-Wan, listen to me." Dooku said, finally beginning to look slightly exasperated. "I have never lied outright to you. I have withheld information, been deliberately misleading, and various other things, but I have never told you something that was untrue." "Then tell me that there is nothing more you are hiding from me." Obi-Wan told him, his tone becoming truly serious rather than mockingly. Dooku regarded him for a moment, their eyes locked, before he spoke. "There is nothing more I am hiding from you." Obi-Wan looked at him a moment longer, then shook his head. "You're lying." Dooku just looked at him, silent, and Obi-Wan turned away and paced a few steps. "I will not work with you if you can't manage such a simple thing as telling the truth." "Then we have reached an impasse." Dooku said, his tone level but distinctly frosty. "Only the difficulty here, of course, is that Sidious' plans will continue to move forward, whether we are attempting to thwart them or not. It is your choice what we do, Obi-Wan." "And it is no choice at all." Obi-Wan finished, not bothering to look back as he spoke. After a few moments, he turned slightly towards Dooku. "You know what my answer is. But you should also know that I am not here to be your assistant. If you will not treat me as your ally, then I will not treat you as such either." "I do not mean to offend you, Obi-Wan, but you don't frighten me." Dooku said flatly. "As you are a Jedi, I know well there are limits you will not cross." "And yet you don't know me very well at all, Dooku." Obi-Wan said calmly, turning fully towards him. "You tell me how I am like Qui-Gon, and that has blinded you to what I have, much to my dismay, finally realized. You even mentioned it once... You are the one who I am most like. If necessary to protect the Republic, the Order, and Anakin, I will do what I must; with or without regard to what happens to you in the process." Dooku regarded him, and when he spoke again, his tone had returned to the usual light one he used with Obi-Wan. "I don't know whether to be proud or terrified." He commented, then seemed to make a very difficult decision. "I will explain. Everything. But you must listen, and make your conclusions at the end, Obi-Wan." Obi-Wan considered that, then nodded. "I agree." Dooku gathered his thoughts, and began. "When we met at that cafe, I had given you honest information. I wanted your help to leave the Sith, and I didn't know that Sidious was going to be arriving. What I didn't tell you is that the reason he accepted the idea of you joining the Sith and breaking the Rule of Two so easily was that I had discussed the subject with him before. He had given permission that, should I somehow convince you to turn, I could take you as my apprentice. "However, while I did indeed with to leave the Sith, I never intended to rejoin the Jedi, or to disband the Confederacy. The Republic is unsalvagable, which should be apparent as it has elected a Sith Lord as it's leader. I have fully intended to continue the Confederacy, but as a legitimate government, not Sidious' puppet organization designed solely to bring about his plans. "You, I had hoped I might convince to see that the Republic is not worth the lives being given for it. The Jedi are nothing but expendable tools for an organization run by a Sith, and before that, for whatever Chancellor happened to be in office. The Senators care nothing for the Jedi, who give everything for them. The Confederacy would change that. We are only fighting Jedi because they are on the other side; as you have seen from Skorr, Jedi who wish to join the Confederacy are welcomed into it. "And so, almost all of what I have told you has been true. I did deceive you about my motives regarding the Confederacy, but not about the Sith. I certainly have no desire to see the Order destroyed by Sidious, as he is somehow planning. And you are free to make your own choices when we reach the end of this, whatever they may be. I don't want you as my enemy, and not simply because I now know you took after me, no matter how much that disturbs me." The Sith finally finished, apparently taking a moment to try to gauge Obi-Wan's reaction. The Knight, meanwhile, felt oddly peaceful. He sensed that this was indeed what Dooku had said it was; the truth. Perhaps not the best truth possible, but one he could work with now that he knew it. And it all made sense, too. It explained the inconsistencies, the secrecy, the reluctance to give him information. It explained Palpatine's casual acceptance of him, even if he now knew he was faking. It explained why at times Dooku was overly friendly, at other times pure menace, and at others somewhere in between. "Thank you." Obi-Wan finally said. "At least now I know what I'm dealing with. I make you no promises about your Confederacy or what will happen to it, but right now, don't we have an elaborate Sith plot to foil?" Dooku actually smiled, walking over and putting a hand on Obi-Wan's shoulder. "Indeed we do." Obi-Wan smiled as well, nodding his head once. "And who better to foil a Sith plot than other Sith?" *********************** -----signature----- Deceptions: http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=26426189 My SW videos: http://youtube.com/profile?user=Glittersong "I was trying to sound pompous." "Do you really think you need to try?" -Obi-Wan Kenobi and Siri Tachi
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