[The instant that Anakin's hand touches hers, the vision begins.
It starts with the robed form of a man pulling back a hood, revealing a face wrinkled with corruption, eyes burning a malicious yellow, and an unmistakably bonechilling cackle as Anakin kneels at his feet. All around them are the bodies of dead men and women, human and alien alike, dressed in the simple brown robes of Jedi. A single word is all that the wrinkled man says. Vader. And that alone is enough to cause tremors of darkness in the vision. The man is well and truly evil, and as Anakin stands it's apparent that he's been tainted with the same dark energy.
The scene flashes forward now, shifting to a scene of Anakin in black, walking into a room full of children. The room goes dark, and when light returns only Anakin is left standing.
Another flicker and Anakin will see a woman laying on her back, sobbing while Obi-Wan Kenobi, a face Rei recognizes, tends to a dark bruise on her throat. And then the bearded man rushes Anakin, a sword of light blazing in his hand. The struggle is brief but brutal and when it's over Anakin falls, defeated. Obi-Wan rushes to the woman's side, checks her pulse, and his face falls as the fire of life leaves her.
The scene shifts again, taking them to a dark room where Anakin stands, dressed all dark armor but with his face exposed. He looks taller, somehow, and mechanical parts jut from various places along the armor's surfaces. The stench of burned meat fills the room, and horrific scars and blisters pucker the handsome young Jedi's face, making it nearly unrecognizable. A mist fills the room, and the robed man trundles in with a dark shape in his hands. Cackling, he reaches up and slowly lowers a helm over Anakin's head.
The vision ends with a single sound, a hissing, shuddering breath that rolls through the dream chamber. A sound that still sends a faint chill through Rei as she breaks contact with Anakin, looking at him with wide, wary eyes...]
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It starts with the robed form of a man pulling back a hood, revealing a face wrinkled with corruption, eyes burning a malicious yellow, and an unmistakably bonechilling cackle as Anakin kneels at his feet. All around them are the bodies of dead men and women, human and alien alike, dressed in the simple brown robes of Jedi. A single word is all that the wrinkled man says. Vader. And that alone is enough to cause tremors of darkness in the vision. The man is well and truly evil, and as Anakin stands it's apparent that he's been tainted with the same dark energy.
The scene flashes forward now, shifting to a scene of Anakin in black, walking into a room full of children. The room goes dark, and when light returns only Anakin is left standing.
Another flicker and Anakin will see a woman laying on her back, sobbing while Obi-Wan Kenobi, a face Rei recognizes, tends to a dark bruise on her throat. And then the bearded man rushes Anakin, a sword of light blazing in his hand. The struggle is brief but brutal and when it's over Anakin falls, defeated. Obi-Wan rushes to the woman's side, checks her pulse, and his face falls as the fire of life leaves her.
The scene shifts again, taking them to a dark room where Anakin stands, dressed all dark armor but with his face exposed. He looks taller, somehow, and mechanical parts jut from various places along the armor's surfaces. The stench of burned meat fills the room, and horrific scars and blisters pucker the handsome young Jedi's face, making it nearly unrecognizable. A mist fills the room, and the robed man trundles in with a dark shape in his hands. Cackling, he reaches up and slowly lowers a helm over Anakin's head.
The vision ends with a single sound, a hissing, shuddering breath that rolls through the dream chamber. A sound that still sends a faint chill through Rei as she breaks contact with Anakin, looking at him with wide, wary eyes...]