#Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW)

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The one that even the Temple Guard call the “Demon” stands at the top of the stairs to the Great Hall that leads to the rest of the Temple— those who have bypassed the first defense by leaving their comrades to die at the hands of the Front-line and the Battlemaster of the Temple will come face to face with him. But this is as far as many will manage to get if they only go with a frontal assault— because when the Order went out to defend no matter the cost, Hakra accepted this and knew that the men that had once served with the Jedi before him were now his enemies. And he would not stop until they were all dealt with.

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[ ID: A mostly grayscale colored image of my OC, Hakra Dorgoa, a masculine humanoid with horns like a Japanese oni and long, dark hair. He wears the Jedi Temple Guard uniform without the mask. He is posed mid-leap with his body twisted partially away from the viewer but his face is turned so he is looking over his shoulder at the viewer. His eyes show that he is looking directly forwards. Hakra has both of his arms out, with the farthest back one bent at the elbow holding his lightsaber. It is positioned behind the body. The other one is in front of the body and extended downwards at an angle. His front and hands are covered in blood, along with parts of his hair and face. Unlike the rest of the image, however, the blood, lightsaber, and his eyes are colored with the blood being red, lightsaber being yellow, and his eyes a brighter red than the blood. His hair is tied back in a ponytail. His expression is that of a very sharp-toothed grin, as if he is enthusiastic about the fact that he's entering a fight. The background is that of a staircase, giving the illusion that he has leaped off of the stairs towards the viewer in preparation to fight. /ID End]

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This will be put on SpYouTube for the Galaxy to Watch later on. Goodbye Hakra, you'll be missed.

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#We'll miss you hakra but like DRv3 the cast became too bloated. You must die now /j #everyone else gets to live so its like. we literally just had a class trial and this is you're execution #also give it up for ashe's new haircut he is so cute fr #Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW) #Ashe Lark (PKWSW) #Ciel Lloyd (PKOCs) #Persephone Spring (Kiwi OCs) #Penguinkiwi OCs #Penguinkiwi Creates #Kiwiki Polls #temple guard oc squad

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tagged by @certified-anakinfucker oc tag game

i have been trying to post this for like thirty minutes I don't care anymore no more detailed answers I'm going to throw a fit tumblr stop being bad challenge impossible

favorite oc — I do not have one, I love and hate all of them equally (lying)

newest oc — Satori Luong, a Spider-'Sona' who also is known as "Kumo" or "Spider Hunter". They personally call themselves the "Average in Intelligence Spider" when put up against the wall with all the others as they're no genius in any field except for combat and observation. Unable to websling organically, they also never developed any tech to aid them nor can they stick to surfaces, and didn't even realize they were a "super' until Miguel O'Hara showed up. they just assumed their spider-sense was luck and their strength was because their parkour and strength training paid off.

oldest oc — probably a warrior cats or rainbow fairy oc? honestly, I can't remember anything earlier the end of middle school-start of high school era.

meanest oc — Orcin Nauta (SW) hands down. He's a gang boss based off of the Orca Whale, aka the bully of the ocean. He's mean and vicious and also 16 fucking feet tall with a gang family that spans the entire galaxy.

softest oc — Persephone "Seph" Spring (PKMN) probably. Very kind, very gentle, very patient. The perfect balance for her rough-and-tumble cowboy mining boss of a husband tbh

most aloof / standoffish oc — Emilia Lynx (COD, FMAB) without a doubt. It's the trauma babyyyy.

dumbest oc — Ajal Agni (BNHA). Have you seen your foreign-born janitor stick his hand straight into boiling water? WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

smartest oc — Kori Hayashi (Standalone). She's kept her organization at the top of the underground chain for a while, after all. She knows how to play the game, knows which cards to reveal, knows how to keep her men in line, and when to let them loose.

horniest oc — Hakra Dorgoa. I will not explain further than Man Is He Glad That He's Got Strong Mental Walls And Shielding As A Member Of The Temple Guard Or Else Everyone Would Know He's Down Bad For Eeth Koth

oc i’d bang — in reality, none because I'm AroAce, but metaphorically? Ban Sult (SW) because he'd treat me right. Someone had to give Plo Koon unwanted but appreciated and used romantic tips between teaching him how to blast lightning.

oc i’d be besties with irl — Gelaisa Kaliope and Miles "Millie" Shira (Fate). They are two of the most laid-back and chill characters in my folders and have a sick music taste. ngl, they'd probably also just let me nap in a pile of blankets and also under them. Can't have one without the other though.

no pressure tags: @crc-jedi-knight-serushna @alexeithegoat @hotshot9 @spacerocksarethebestrocks @gen-has-green-vibes

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Lofanurra: «What do you think went wrong?»

Cin: I'm not sure, but I'd bet my whole month’s pay that everything was working perfectly before Kenobi and Skywalker both got involved

Lofanurra: «So, you’d bet a whole eight credits?»

Hakra: Wait, Yoda only gives you eight credits a month?

Saa: He's afraid that if he gives Cin more, he’ll buy a bus ticket and leave the Order.

Hakra: That’s dumb.

Cin: At this point in my life, not really

#Mari in the back: YOU GET PAID??? #jedi temple guard #temple guard oc squad #Cin Drallig #Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW) #Lofanurra (PKWSW) #Saa Kowa (PKWSW) #source: iCarly #the jedi temple guard

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“Pull your mask up, Demon.”

Mari’s voice came to Hakra’s left as he dropped the most recent clone who had tried to rush at him. He had failed, of course, rather horribly too. But Hakra’s hand went up to his face nonetheless.

Despite her blindness, Mari was right. The mask that he normally wore to cover his lower face had slipped down in the middle of the massacre that he had gotten into. He was one of the few who did wear one, though unlike those who preferred to wear it to avoid getting blood and other things in their mouths, or the younger ones who were still hesitant to drop their guard masks, he wore it for another reason.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Mari kneel down and wrap her arms around Roq as he came trotting back over.

Mari didn’t bother keeping her face covered when the Order came through, and Hakra envied her almost. When she fought through every battle with that fixed smile on her face, even when spattered with blood and gore.

Not like him.

Mari was confident and serene in battle, able to read the slightest muscle movements before a full action came to pass, able to ignore things around her and keep moving forwards with that smile.

Not like him.

He wondered if her Master had taught her that, because he had seen a similar state of fixed emotion on Shaak Ti’s face before. If Master Ti also did it, then it would make sense that they had both learned from their master as Lineage siblings, right?

Hakra wasn’t sure.

His thumb brushed against his mouth, before he forced his face to relax. The blood that pumped through his veins burned and sang out to him, itching for more, itching for a fight— one that he and Mari would not seek out, he knew.

To leave the Creche undefended would be a crime... and yet, even knowing that he still itched to fight.

His lips twitched again before he could stop them, twisting into an expression he knew would terrify the children if they saw him.

A twisted grin.

“Demon. The next wave is coming.”

Mari’s voice made him jolt a bit before he reached down and pulled his mask  back up.

“I envy your relaxed attitude, Truth.”

With a snap, their sabers ignited and Roq snarled, smoke already curled at his maw. Mari just let out a soft huff of mirthless laughter.

“I only wish I was half as terrifying as you, maybe then these guys would stop thinking I was an easy target.”

#Order of Defense AU #Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW) #Mari Gildow (PKWSW) #Roq the Charhound (PKWSW) #Temple Guard OC Squad #The Jedi Temple Guard #Jedi Temple Guard #penguinkiwi wips

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18 and 22 for Hakra!

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18. What do they want more than anything in the world?

In a broad sense of the term, he wants to be happy. He's had a rough road up to his present day, and though he wouldn't trade it, he really would like for the disappointment and hurting to stop. Right now, though he seems to be pretty happy

22. Who knows all their secrets? 

Not all of them, but both Cin Drallig and Syo know a good number of them. He trusts those two more than anyone really and has told them a good number of secrets. Mari might as well, but not of his telling— she tends to figure things out reather quickly from just small details and hints.

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40 and 37 for the oc ask game (for any of them)

For Hakra this time!

37. Are they a good liar?

He is, though prefers not to. More often he does more lying by omission now, but he's a very good liar just in general if he wants to.

40. Do they know that they are loved?

At times he does, but more often than not he second-guesses himself and how much people actually care for him. Of course, he hides it well.

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New Tag Yourself Meme Just Dropped!

#dont ask about Lofan and Yinshinhen i just couldn't be assed to actually draw them out ngl #Cin Drallig #Saa Kowa (PKWSW) #Lofanurra (PKWSW) #Adona Haalim (PKWSW) #Nira Tal (PKWSW) #Yin'Shinhen (PKWSW) #Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW) #Mari Gildow (PKWSW) #Ashe Lark (PKWSW) #Syo (PKWSW) #Tacar Anulig (PKWSW) #Roq the Charhound (PKWSW) #Temple Guard OC Squad #Penguinkiwi Creates #Penguinkiwi OCs

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Idiot Guard Duo my beloved

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fragrance for as many OCs as you can think of and yea I'm counting Cin

Madz Said: Do Everyone

And I fuckin will

fragrance: what do your OCs smell like?

Ashe Lark

There's something floral in his scent, and the sharp scent of hair dye but that fades depending on how long it's been since he's redyed his hair. There's the smell of smoke and tabacco from his smoking habbit and sometimes the scent of cooking oil clings to him as well.

Mari Gildow

Like smoke and flame, there's a bit of an earthy scent too, but likely the smoke and flame comes from being around the Charhound Roq all the time. When she doesn't smell like smoke and flame, that earthy scent is more prominent, but it's more like the scent of dirt after rain

Syo

Feathers and sky mostly. There's also the smell of a warm summer day on a hilltop, but there's a sharp metallic sent from the Temple's vent system that she frequents during her patrols.

Hakra Dorgoa

Blood and sweat. He pushes himself to be stronger when he's not on patrol usually, and has no fear of getting injured in the process. The scent of smoke and tobacco also clings to him, despite him not smoking often, but he hangs around and often socializes with those who do while they are. There's a spicy yet pleasant scent that also clings to him at times.

Cin Drallig

Sandalwood, perhaps, or just various wood types in general. The scent of the forest after it rains. There's metal there too, and the scent of ozone/plasma, from handling lightsabers all the time. It's not a sharp smell, rather pleasant, actually.

Raim Collins

Cinnamon, Lavender, vanilla— often a sweet scent, attributed to the amount of tea he brews and keeps with him often. There's also the scent of medicines and bacta, of sterile walls and clean spaces from the Hospital Wing.

Tobias Enzo

There's the scent of the woods that clings to him, but also the scent of food, of warmth, of a homecooked meal. There's the slight smell of cologne, but there's also the scent of smoke, of salt, and spice, and a hint of something sweet.

Sylv Rex

Of Cigarettes and Alcohol, the scent of gunpowder, and an animal that's nestled close. There's also the scent of food, something that warms someone up from the inside at the same time. There's the faint scent of spice and cologne as well.

Bruce Rion

Like Raim, there's the scent of medicine and bacta, and everything else that clings to the healers, but there's the tang of salt— like standing on the shores of a beach during a rainstorm, there's salt and sand, but it's not overpowering.

Aruarush Chana

The scent of paints and inks, of wood, lacquers, varnish, and dyes. He's the type whose profession you can tell just by standing nearby and catching the sents that cling to him. That boy is an artisan.

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Having fun with lighting and highlights, and some new brushes.

Fun fact: Hakra dies in Order 66 if the Guard dont get blamed for the Hangar Bombing and stop the war through that timeline

#yeah this is during o66 #one day ill draw guard uniforms again but im lazy as shit #mm he is a zabrak but long horns go brrr #teeth teeth teeth #Hakra Dorgoa (PKWSW) #Penguinkiwi Creates #Temple Guard OC Squad #star wars oc #Penguinkiwi OCs

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OC Personality Sheet / Tag Game

Rules: Copy and paste these questions and make your own post, please do not add onto this one, it’ll get too long too fast. Mahalo. Then tag some of your friends to let them know you’d like to hear more about their ocs!

thanks to @mysteryhacked for the tag!!

Name: Hakra Dorgoa

Pronouns: He/him/They/them (but uses He/Him usually)

Nickname: ‘Ra, Idiot One (Idiot Two is whoever else is being an idiot), Demon (Guard Assigned Codename), Kitten (cue Syo wheezing)

One Word To Sum Them Up: Unpredictable

Noun to Describe Them: the Wildcard

Temperament: A bit wild, loves a fight, big “brother who take you out for drinks even though you’re under aged” vibes, friendly until provoked, kinda an idiot on the surface

MBTI Type: ESTP

Enneagram Type: The Opprotunist

Other’s First Impression of Them: Loud, kinda stupid, very much a bawns-over-brains type of guy, intimidating, has a “weirdly perceptive gaze for an idiot”, a little bit agressive, FUCKING TALL (6′6″ lookin asshole)

General Likes: The thrill of a fight, dogs, spicy foods, seeing the other Guard get better at fighting, listening to the younger guard talk about the good things in their days (big brother vibes go brrr), The Temple Guard 

General Dislikes: People looking down on the Guard, racism towards him for being a “different type” of Zabrak (Exile, not Iridonian or dathomirian), being touched without permission, people being weird about him being intersex

Romantic Status: Pining like a dumbass

Love Interest (s): Eeth Koth

Enemy: Anyone who breaks into the Temple (Cad Bane, mostly), General Grievous, Count Dooku, Palpatine (Bad Vibes, he says), Pong Krell, Ki-Adi Mundi, his old Master

Hobbies: Not a lot but he does like to wood carve and also sometimes he’ll doodle

Songs They Relate To: Diamond Eyes (Shinedown), Born to Be (Nano), War of Change (Thousand Foot Krutch)

Fictional Characters Similar To Their Personality: Morganite, kinda (Houseki no Kuni), Mordred Pendragon again (Fate), Beowulf (Fate), Li Shuwen (Fate), I’d say Arataki Itto (Genshen Impact) but he came out after Hakra was created and they’re not that alike but sure

Fun Fact: He’s considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi in the Temple Guard strength wise, possibly up in the top ten if you ask any of the Guard. Considering how some of the others are a wookiee, a thirteen-foot-tall nauolan, and two Togorians, I’d say that’s a rather remarkable feat

Free Space/Ramble: He has eight siblings and is somewhere in the middle in terms of age placement, though he’s not close to any of them at all, he knows that at least some of them accompany his biological father (He has two dads and a mom, diversity win!) around the Galaxy for trade reasons as their family clan is a merchant group of sorts

tagging (no pressure): @nibeul @mysteryhacked @hotshot9 @tumor-tumor

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The idiot man himself

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I think as a treat Hakra should punch anakin out

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👻☕️☀️🔫 for Hakra !

👻 - do they believe in ghosts? what are their "ghostly experiences", if any?

If there's one thing that the Guard all believes in, its ghosts. And Hakra's no different. Especially in the Archives, he's pretty sure he's seen things moving around when no one's in there.

☕️ - do they prefer hot or cold drinks? what is their favourite drink?

He'll drink either. Big fan of plain black caf, though.

☀️ - are they a morning person? what is the first thing they do in the morning?

He's not a morning person, but that's only when he has a choice on the matter. If he has a choice, he'd rather not wake up super early in the morning.

🔫 - do they trust people easily? how easily will they turn their back to someone? have they been backstabbed before? will they betray someone if given an ultimatum?

He doesn't trust easily despite his friendly attitude, but he will not betray anyone he has trusted— he would never turn his back on the Temple Guard, specifically. His trust is something to treasure.

OC Ask Meme

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We Are What Family Is

Fandom(s): Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars (Prequel Trilogy)

Rating: K

Summery: Cin Drallig always cautioned Padawans who looked at the Temple Guard in awe, always cautioned them to make sure that it was what they truly wished to do. And yet, he would not ever turn one away if it was what they wished to do. Because family didn’t reject each other, right?

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More Temple Guard stuff because I love them

Cin Drallig always cautioned Padawans who looked at the Temple Guard in awe, always cautioned the ones who looked at him and the Guard as they walked through the halls to the front of the Temple every morning, to make sure that it was what they truly wished to do.

To guard the Temple was important, yes, and it was a high honor to serve as a Guard— in text, that was. In archives and books, it was marked down as a sacred job.

But it was not for everyone.

While Jedi were on the field, The Temple Guard was at home.

Some thought that their job was cushy, easy, and unimportant, that the Temple Guard was full of cowards who didn’t want to see the real battles out there, the real danger. Cin had heard all of those words before, listened with a straight face from under his own Mask while he stood with his brothers and sisters and siblings in silence when he was still just another body for the Temple’s defenses, or when he stood in for another Guard who had been injured when some idiot bounty hunter tried to break in. It wasn’t very often that a Guard was injured and no one was free to sub in for them, but it happened.

The Jedi as a whole were not cruel, but there were those who looked down on the Guard, just like they looked down on the Agricorps and Educorps. A certain Besalisk always came to mind.

Cin, himself, had been part of the Guard before Yoda had suggested his skills were better put as a Lightsaber Instructor. He had taken the mask off, and stepped away, but never allowed himself to forget the feeling of being a faceless Guardian to the rest of the Order.

Being a Gaurd was not as soft and cushy as one liked to think. The Temple Guard were known as the "Iron Wall of the Temple" for a reason. They trained until their hands bleed, set their own bones and dislocations. They learned, they looked down the barrels of blasters so that they knew the impact of a shot and how to withstand with the armor weaved into and under their robes. They trained and fought, actions that were hidden to the rest of the Temple because that's just how it was.

And it was draining in ways that the others didn’t realize. Draining to simply be nameless, to be another number among the Guards with no identity.

He knew that. He knew that the moment he accepted the position of being Head of the Temple Guard, Head of the Temple’s Security, on top of being the Temple’s Battlemaster.

It was because he knew this that he had spent hours late at night setting up a secured com-channel for the Guards to talk to one another freely outside of the one used for relaying work orders and changes. That he had sent for each of their helmets and masks to get refit with sound muffling tech so that their conversations went unheard. He never did know why the previous Heads of the Guard never commissioned for the masks to be altered, but it was no matter.

Still, Cin cautioned Padawans who wanted to be part of the Guard, gently told them that while it was an important job— one that was looked upon with respect in the texts— they must also be prepared to surrender themselves to the fact that they would not become someone known by face or feats.

Some Guards did not even hang on to their names, taking the role of being just a faceless guard to the extreme— even though he made attempts to dissuade them from that path.

Every mask was the same, there was nothing that defined them from one another side from their physical forms. Lofanurra, Cimzo Mes, and Yin’shihen were tall, with robes hiding fur and masks specially made to not look any different externally despite the different facial structures of a Wookiee, a Talz, and Togorian. Various helms were specially designed in the same sense to make space for their extra anatomy— So that a Twi'Lek's lekku weren’t pinched and Zabrak's horns didn’t destroy the material. And those were just a few examples.

Despite that, every mask was the same, every set of robes was the same, the only difference they were allowed were their personal lightsabers within their robes, but even then, they used Sabersaffs and Pikes to remain uniform while on duty.

Cin Drallig knew this, had lived it. And when he took over as the Head of the Guard, the Head of the Temple Security, he opened his doors to the Guards who needed them.

It was strange at first, especially to the older ones who had been a part of the Guard longer than he had and remembered when he was just a Padawan himself, but still, he did it.

It started with Mari Gildow and Ashe Lark popping in one day when Cin was meditating between the classes he had to teach that day, and then staying for tea. And then things changed from there. Sienna Tanneri further adjusted the comlink to create various conversations so that groups could talk or send messages without overlapping, Cin moved his living quarters from where they had been to the Guard's designated Hall so that those who did drop in were comfortable and could remove their masks and hoods without breaking Oath, more and more of the Guard dropped by and stayed for a while— and Serra and Bene found themselves tripping over dozing Guards in the sitting space in Cin's quarters.

But it was good, the aged Battlemaster mused as he stretched, waiting in the small personal kitchen within his quarters for water to boil and looking up when he heard a whoop from the other room.

There was an image of the Temple Gaurd and him in the minds of the Jedi of the Temple, in the minds of the public, and even the Clones.

One that was strong, stone-cold, and harsh.

Silent guardians to the Jedi as they moved about the Temple, faceless figures of uniformity to the Public when they passed the Temple, and a strange, different type of Jedi to the Clones— ones who were more like them than Jedi in some of their minds, only they donned robes with Saberpikes and staffs instead of armor and blasters.

Silent, still, strong, unshakable guardians of the Jedi Temple.

They were intimidating to those who didn’t look at them in awe and often simply blended into the Temple as fixtures that were always there.

Since he took over as the Head of the Guard, Cin just had to hide a chuckle every time he overheard someone whispering about how the Temple Guard were so unreadable, unnerving, and always there.

Because at the same time, Saa Kowa and Lofanurra were tossing around some weird sort of word game that only half of them could understand due to the language barrier and the two of the oldest Guards tossing in words that were hundreds of years old that none of them quite recognized— you tend to pick up various phrases when you're a nearly nine-hundred-year-old Kel Dor and nearly four-hundred-year-old Wookiee.

Thank the little gods for the voice mufflers and internal coms of their helmets, and Cin’s own ability to keep a straight face, or else the rest of the Jedi would’ve caught onto them and their antics.

And even now, the Guards were still at it, tossing words around as a few of them settled on the floor of his sitting-room as they played cards together— until they either had to switch with some of the other Night Guard for their own shifts or until they fell asleep.

He heard Mari mutter something, the blind Guard flopping back as she tossed her cards down.

A losing hand it seemed, he mused as he waited for the tea to finish brewing. Hakra Dorgoa laughed, the Iridonian Zabrak patting his human friend on the stomach as she huffed. The cards all had little divots punched into them, something that was done so she could play as well, even when she told the others she was fine just sitting and listening to them— but Nira Tal had insisted. The red-skinned Twi’lek was always figuring out ways to get around Mari’s blindness, as her Force Sight wasn't strong enough to pick out print and text.

Cin loved the Temple Guard. They were his children, save those who were older than him. But the sentiment of being a family was still there nonetheless.

And so, if the Guards wanted to use his quarters as a place to relax, then he was fine with it as he glanced out the door of the kitchen. And he smiled slightly to himself.

Mari’s long hair that normally was kept tied back when she was in full uniform was loose and fanned out on the floor. Hakra’s was in a loose ponytail, his tattoos visible and horns a bit too long but he wasn’t on until the night shift tomorrow, so he had time to file them down. The Guard's Charhound, Roq, was wagging as he laid happily near the two of them.

Nira was leaning over the Togruta, Adona Haalim, who was looking through her own cards, the two seemingly working as a team instead of playing separate hands. The Guard had an interesting number of House-Rules for their card games.

Ashe Lark, another human Guard whose hair was dyed a pale pink for no other reason than one of the others must have done it to him when he was asleep was next to them both, his green eyes narrowed as he studied his cards as well.

Lofanurra had been reduced to a comfy pillow as the Red Nikto Ner Askau, along with the Nautolan Tacar Anulig and Pau'an Varrom Selon leaned against him with the large Togorian form of Yin'shinhen next to him. Tacar's violet tresses were curling as she looked over her own cards and it seemed as if Varrom was specifically looking for a way to trip up her next move. It was expected from the two agemates though, he supposed.

Bene was stretched out across Lofanurra and Yin’Shinhen, half asleep with her datapad that had what was probably her work for classes tomorrow on it in her hands. Well, she usually finished all of her work on time, so Cin wasn’t worried.

Bene would be thirteen soon, he realized. He’d have to ask Maks Leem what she did for Padawan Malreaux’s lifeday. Serra was… very much a different person than Bene in likes and dislikes.

But Padawan Malreaux and Bene were good friends and had a number of the same interests despite Bene being a year older than him. He was a talented boy, to be chosen as a padawan so young.

Still, it was a sight that made him smile again as Mari pulled herself up, putting the cards back into the deck as Ashe placed one down.

“Don’t make Mari lose all the games you play,” Cin chided as he went back to watching the tea, waiting for it to finish steeping.

“She’s not, Master Drallig,” Tacar huffed, her tresses flicking. "She definitely won the last two rounds."

“I’m not!” Mari said at the same time. “But Yin is definitely cheating.”

“Cheating is not the Jedi way, so why the hell would I?”

“Because you’re a horrible, horrible feline—”

“Hey, apologize to felines! We don’t claim him,” Hakra huffed and Cin chuckled softly under his breath at Yin’Shinhen’s huff.

“Be less loud,” came Varrom's drawl. “The little one is sleeping.” Bene huffed. “‘m not, ‘m awake.”

“Yeah, because of these idiots, go back to sleep.”

His Padawan huffed again and Cin carefully picked up the tray of tea, walking out to the common area.

“Mari, tea,” Ashe said as Cin handed the cup down to her. She blinked, silvery eyes catching the light but she reached up, taking the cup with a hum

"Thanks, Master Drallig."

Cin just hummed in return, continuing to hand tea out to those who had asked before sitting down on the other side of Roq. "Who's winning this round so far?"

Ashe grinned a bit. "Yin'Shinhen was but I think I just managed to pull ahead."

"You wish, but I'm sorry to say that I'll be taking that spot from you, Ashe Lark," Adona hummed and Nira laughed softly as the blue-skinned Togruta set down a card. Ashe scowled and various grumbles and groans came from the other Guards who were still playing.

"That's not a legal move, Adona," Hakra pointed out and she only tilted her head back.

"Is it? Last I checked we were playing with the same suit match rule," she said and the Zabrak groaned, tossing his hand down.

"You just had to get me out, huh?"

“I as well, unfortunately,” Ner Askau sighed, shaking his head.

"You really have nothing you can play? Sucks to suck," Varrom deadpanned and Tacar laughed at the other Guard's offended face.

Mari just hummed, patting Roq as he set his head down on his paws, smoke trailing up from his snout. Cin smiled behind his own cup of tea, settling with his back against the sofa.

Yes.

This was the true face of the Guard, a strange family who played with a whole set of strange House-Rules that not even they could all keep straight. And certainly, he knew that if they were off duty, a number of others would have been here with them, laughing and talking and telling them about something or another that they had been witness to while on Duty— there was no such thing as enough blackmail material after all.

He watched as Tacar played her cards, Yin'shinhen grumbling at the low number before his own was set down.

Perhaps he'd play the next round.

Varrom Selon is the name I gave the eventual Grand Inquisitor because I cant just call him Grand Inquisitor and I’m not gonna ignore a canonical Guard! What do you take me for?

Edit: So I realized I made a mistake when doing the math for whie's age? And for some reason thought he was older than Bene. That's tragic. Whie was 14 when he was killed :(( I'm so sad now

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