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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote2019-09-21 08:59 am
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Office hours, Saturday, September 21, 2019

Anakin Skywalker, the Secret Prince of Sokovoslavia, stared down at his suuuuuper boring paperwork and sighed.

Running half of a country was dull. He was sure his mother was keeping all of the interesting parts to herself.

"Alas, for I must find a wife by the end of the weekend," he announced in a vaguely British accent. "Or else the crown turns over to the evil Earl von Whatsit for...reasons."

Totally valid reasons! Probably!

"Good thing no one suspects my royal origins," he continued, inexplicably, out loud. "For I shall be able to find a perky American wife who will Love Me For Me!"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-21 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no, what was this? A man in crisis?!

"You know what?" said Manic Pixie Dream Sabine, standing casually in the doorway like the cool girl she was. "I believe in you."
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-21 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Anakin didn't leap up in shock because he was used to random people just inserting themselves into his dramatic monologues.

"Thank you," he said in the same kiiiiiinda British tones. "It's a deeply stupid rule. Who decides someone needs to get married before their 37 and a half-th--" he frowned. That was some kinda terrible dialogue right there, "birthday?"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-21 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"The important thing," Sabine said, gesturing while also casually shrugging, "is what your goals are for yourself."
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-21 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Anakin laughed the tired, jaded laugh of a protagonist in the first act of his movie. "Oh, I don't get to have goals for myself. I have a duty."

A secret duty! That he talked about out loud!
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-21 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course you can have goals. And you should. I bet once you really find yourself, you can take over the whole world if you wanted!"

What white men really needed was encouragement!
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-21 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It was so hard out there for white men. SO HARD.

"Ruling the world seems like a lot of trouble," Anakin said. "Maybe I can just find someone to agree to be married to me for a year. Like a business arrangement."
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-21 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"There you go! All you have to do is use your natural charm!" Sabine winked.
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-22 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
He had some?

"I have that!"
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-22 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"See, that's all you need to do! Use it to get what you want, and if what you want is a marriage of convenience, the world is your oyster!"

Easy!
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-22 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Should I put an ad out or something? Go on Timber or whatever it's called?"

Not Timber.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-22 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course not. I don't even own a phone." Sabine was whimsical! "You need to get out there! Show people what you can do!"
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-22 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Anakin looked confused. "Like with a resume?" he asked, sounding randomly French now.

He was cute, but not too bright.
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-22 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"A resume called your personality, silly!"

Oh boy.
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-22 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, of course," Anakin said, flailing a little.

Finally, he asked, "Can you help me? Maybe a makeover or something?"

In a montage, perhaps?
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[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2019-09-22 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Can I help," Sabine said with a mischievous smile.

What followed was a completely nonsensical montage set to indie music wherein Anakin ended up in slouchy jeans, a graphic band tee under a white button-down (artistically rumpled!), and his hair styled into something... better.

"It's the real you!" Sabine declared as the music ended.
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[personal profile] sith_happened 2019-09-22 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Well, paying for really good indie music was a bridge too far this weekend, budget-wise. The island already had to give Tony Stark an estate.

"It's definitely something!" Anakin said, preening in the mirror that appeared from...wherever. "A new me for a new life!"

Because all secret princes wore slouchy jeans.
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