[Video] Arrival

[generalgrievous]

[Was that a mask? The visual shows what appears to be some sort of skeletal alien mask and the voice that accompanies it sounds oddly mechanical. Some here may recognize the cyborg General, even if just from historical records. While arriving as human, he'd quickly discovered his powers of transformation from the files he was given then after some brief experimenting he settled on the one he'd last been most familiar with. At least for now.]

Citizens. Heroes.

[The emphasized word seems to catch in his throat and there's a brief cough before he continues with an underlying growl to his tone.]

This is an unfortunate development. I was interrupted in the midst of a critical battle. I do not have time to deal with your little world's problems.

[The words are interrupted again by more coughing then an annoyed growl before the video cuts out abruptly.]

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[gravedangers]

You are among like minds in that.

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[generalgrievous]

And who would you be?

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[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...holy hell. ]

[ One day, Adachi would learn not to screw around with people from this universe. That day is clearly not today, seeing as he has to reply to this cheesy 90s villain that decided to grace the network. ]

Hey, don't knock this place. There's plenty of doctors around to help you with that asthma problem you're having.

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[generalgrievous]

I have no problem.

[So much denial.]

[darwinatrix]

[The blonde woman seems to exude an icy aura, even over the communicator.

She does not appear to give a shit in the slightest.]

Right, right, crucial battles, work that must not be interrupted. We've heard it all before. Boring.

[generalgrievous]

Have there been that many interrupted that it has become mundane to speak of lost battles?

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[therewillbeorder]

[His father had told him stories of his service in the Grand Army of the Republic, he had been forced to sit through lessons on the Clone Wars, but nothing had prepared him for suddenly seeing General Grievous.

He really should have paid better attention during those lessons.]

Which critical battle would that be? There were so many during the Clone Wars.

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[generalgrievous]

That is classified.

[Although he may begin boasting if prompted further.]

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[carbonfrozen]

Should probably go see a doctor for that cough.

[Han has only vague recollections about Grievous—secondhand stories, all of them, really. That's. Probably why he's so irreverent.]

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[generalgrievous]

It is not of your concern.

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[candor1]

[That's no mask. It's a space station. It's the Confederacy's only general both (in)famous and visually recognizable enough to have his likeness known even by Outer Rim Insurgents in the Sullustan wastes; those who tended to have no relationship at all to their own upper leadership. The stuff of magma circle pep talks and an imagined identification to bolster oneself through panic.

Of course, after the fact—after seeing how things actually played out—what came out of the Clone Wars—after learning a bit more of the larger picture in Intelligence training—after getting a different idea about the Jedi… the cyborg's ruthlessness had sat a bit less… triumphantly.

If he weren't certain any of them could find the rest of them quite easily (having been recorded on arrival), this new addition to their ranks might make Cassian consider going into hiding. Of whatever faction, there was starting to be too much of the universe that had literally killed him coming here after them.

But…

…no…

…gather information.

Can always get lost later.

If Jyn and Kay…

…get more information.

As when Cassian had first spoken directly to Dooku… it's with profound… conflictedness.

But at least to start with, appeal to possibility of nonaggression. (If not… allegiance.)]

…we fight not because we were grown and designed to do so…*

I might have news if you tell me which battle, General?

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[generalgrievous]

[The words are familiar to him, however what may not be so well known to the average Separatist or their sympathizers was that Grievous and Dooku's reasons for fighting did not always mesh. Even if certain manipulations had made the General more compliant.]

You have news?

[He wouldn't immediately have trusted to give out information but Dooku's reflected words were a key.]

There was an... incident... on Utapau.

[Yes, he had been brought in just prior to his death.]

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[reexamined]

[ Y i k e s.

Also yes, it's a droid, wow, look at that. Go ahead and try to tell him to do something, you might have an easier job ordering a cat. ]

I think we can stop getting Generals now. Two is enough. Maybe more than enough.

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[generalgrievous]

[Grievous recognizes K-2SO as a droid although one he is unfamiliar with.]

Who is this other General?

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[am_i_a_monster]

You're on this world now. Maybe it's not a bad thing if you were in the middle of a battle somewhere else.

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[generalgrievous]

I need to get back to my army. They are useless without my instruction.

[He doesn't think much of the battle droids.]

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[faithfulson]

[ ...why are all these terrible people from his galaxy showing up? He doesn't recognize the name of course, but going over other people's responses? Yeah, he gets the idea: not a nice creature. At all. ]

I wouldn't try continuing that battle here, General. This isn't our galaxy.

[ Recognize part of the name ID at all? Eh? Ehhhh? ]

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[generalgrievous]

[He does notice the ID that appears.]

Your name is Skywalker?

[It somehow sounds like an accusation.]

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[prophesiedone]

[Oh boy. Talk about a blast from the past.]

General Grievous?

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[generalgrievous]

[Oh wonderful. The rudest Jedi. The General isn't pleased to see him.]

Anakin Skywalker... So we meet again.

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[dun_moch]

Welcome, General. How pleasing to see a familiar presence arrive.

[Cool and polite as ever, Count Dooku stands in front of the video the way he always does in his holocommunications with the general. He looks as though he has been waiting for Grievous to show up, as though this latest surprise from the Porter isn't unexpected (spoilers it is.)]

Your report, if you please. Which battle were you so inconsiderately taken from?

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[generalgrievous]

My Lord... I have been informed of your presence here.

[So this wasn't so much of a surprise - even though technically he knows Dooku shouldn't be alive.]

I was on Utapau dealing with a Jedi.

[Of course there was more to it, but that's his last actual memory there - and as so often was the case, the Jedi were his focus of hatred.]

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[ghoulking]

Many people were interrupted in the midst of something important.

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[generalgrievous]

Am I supposed to care that it is so common?

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[siriusly]

[UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

A...Are you alright? [the coughing.

also the evil-coded growling. but let's. let's focus on the coughing.]

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[generalgrievous]

Of course.

[The response may be a little too aggressively in denial.]

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[ex_clobbers559]

( Is this what kelex would look and sound like if he were chewed up by a trash compactor? )

I don't think this little world cares about our big problems. Just a hunch, since we're you know... here and everything.

( And if the plight of her world is of no more or less importance than anyone else's, hell to the yes she is going to call someone out when they imply otherwise. )

Do you need an oxygen mask or something? You sound like a chainsmoker. That's. Not good. I can take you to see a doctor if you want.

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[generalgrievous]

I do not need a doctor.

[His overly defensive protest may speak otherwise between the lines.]