Everything's Better With Princes

[Dwight Antilles]

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Prince's Tower, Lothal. Dwight Antilles has never been on Lothal before. Before the Sith took it over it was a backwater farmworld nobody really cared about. Except for one certain Sith Lord who for some reason took an interest in it and went through the effort to turn it into a prime breadbasket of the Empire. Not only that, the standard of living for it's citizens and the planet's notoriety improved through out the galaxy.

Dwight Antilles finds himself to have a meeting with the Prince of Lothal himself, Darth Evandrus. It was arranged after meeting with one of his agents on short notice. He is actually surprised this went through, but maybe Dwight's own name is probably the only reason he didn't just brushed off or outright ignored, because one would think someone on the Sith Council would be very busy. Evandrus would know the nature as to why this meeting is arranged.

The ex-Senator would then be shown into the Tower, and subject to a security screening after entering. Dwight didn't bring any weapons and he didn't bring anything questionable with him anyways, nor is he under the influence of any drugs or anything, legal or illegal. When going to meet a Sith Lord, even Dwight knows that doing anything dumb could end up in him being choked to death. With that being said, he is just a little bit nervous, but too late to back out now. After he would be cleared by security, he would be chaperoned towards the elevator, so he can meet with Evandrus. The ex-Senator of Alderaan wasn't sure on what to wear with his appointment with him, so he just went with a suit.

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[Darth Evandrus]

When the Empress was not on Lothal, Darth Evandrus was the highest authority Lothal had.

The laws started, and ended, with him. He was visible, he was public, and he was renown throughout the entire Galaxy as both High Judge of the Sith Empire and as the Prince of Lothal. His efforts with Lothal were known throughout known space and his success in turning a barely-there planet into a breadbasket, an industrial hub, cultural centre and Fortress world were beginning to pay off. It was probably half the reason why Dwight Antilles, Junior Senator for Alderaan, had wished to meet with him.

It was rather flattering.

Dwight would be escorted into the throne room, where Evandrus was sat atop the throne, dressed in his Sith armour but without the helmet.

The lack of a helmet was for better eye contact... but not with Dwight.

"Higher Creggy! Higher!"

Evandrus laughed a little bit to himself as he used the Force to lazily levitate Prince Elix above his head, the young boy doing his best to hold an arm out ahead of him like a 'superhero' he had seen on the holonet. Apparently 'Super Wook' was his new favourite thing and Evandrus was happy enough to assist.

"Remember, Super Elix, you have to save the citizens!"

The Sith Lord noticed Dwight's presence even if the giggling three year old didn't. He raised a hand for the man to be patient even as he used the Force to start a small fire on the marble floor. It was entirely generated by Evandrus' use of the Force so he had complete control of it - the danger was exactly zero.

"Fire, Creggy! Burny!"

Burny... this kid was going to be the death of him, he just knew it.

"Remember - You've got the same Super Roar as Super Wook does! Use it quick, Super Elix!"

As Elix's eyes lit up and he puffed his chest up, Evandrus just smiled and grinned as Elix let out his best wookie impression in the general direction of the tiny flames. Playing along, Evandrus weakened the flames as the roar continued, eventually snuffing them out entirely.

"I did it Creggy! I saved Lothal!"

The. Death. Of. Him.

"You sure did matey - Lothal's saved thanks to you." he declared, bringing Elix back down to sit him on his knee, "And you know what, Elix? I think that means something special..."

Elix looked up at him with those big eyes of his, one of his small hands holding onto Evandrus' intimidating armour without a trace of fear,

"What it mean Creggy?"

Evandrus just grinned a little bit,

"Means you're a Prince of Lothal now matey!"

There was a look of intense concentration on Elix's face for a moment and Evandrus raised an eyebrow in amusement right up until Elix's face lit up.

"Like Creggy! Elix like Creggy now!"

... by the Force he loved this kid.

Evandrus smiled wide as he ruffled the kid's hair and gave him a one-armed hug that the young prince happily returned.

"Just like Creggy."

Taking a deep breath, Evandrus looked up at Dwight and chuckled a little bit,

"Sorry Mr. Antilles... Prince Elix is rather much of a handful." he smiled and gestured for the other man to come forwards, "I've heard from one of my Judges that you wish to discuss a position for yourself amongst the ranks of the Imperials?"

On a side note... he was glad the throne room was recorded by hidden cameras. He was going to have to send this to Andraste - it would probably make her smile.

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[Dwight Antilles]

When Dwight stepped for before Darth Evandrus, the High Judge himself. He saw that the guy was in his Sith armor, was really handsome with his helmet off. But at the same time, his feelings of nervousness grew as he saw the casual force use between him and the child that appears to be Prince Elix. Evandrus makes it look so easy, the way he was levitating the child, how the child is so chill with it. With how Evandrus could just let a fire and the young Prince could just extinguish it in the manner he has. Might be another clue that he might be in a little over his head going to meet with a Sith Lord. One wrong word and he may not even get to walk out of the tower under his own powers. Anyways, happy thoughts, he would smile as he could see that the the Sith Lord is obviously fond of playing with the kid.

Eventually, the Prince of Lothal turned his attention towards him, Dwight put his best smile, stepped forward when prompted. "Oh yes yes." he chuckled as he kept smiling. "Thank you for seeing me on such short notice, Your Highness" He would with his hands lowered and touching, bow forward respectfully. The Sith Lord is styled as a Prince and on Alderaan 'your highness' is how one would address a prince or princess. Maybe he should have said 'My lord'. Hopefully 'Your Highness' suffices for him. "And you can call me Dwight, if you want" he would nod his head as he keeps his smile. The ex-Senator was always the one to keep it casual and liked being addressed by his first name rather than his last. "And yes, Your Highness. You have heard right." he would clasp his hands together. "I hear that the Sith Empire is looking for skilled, experienced diplomats to bring into the fold, and I'm here to offer my services. I heard that Zamid Sarlo - an ex-Republic Senator like myself - is the Junior Moff of Saleucami. And after hearing about the success story that is Lothal, I've been pondering about the possibilities of something similar, but for your planet." he explained himself, if you would have me of course." having picked his words out the best he can. He would have his smile up, and stopped right there for now, leaving himself open to questions from the Sith Lord.

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[Darth Evandrus]

Dwight seemed to be both slightly impressed and slightly in awe - it was a good look for him, Evandrus thought. But in all seriousness, he was happy that Dwight was respectful but also rather light in his tone and formalities as well. Formalities had their place but right now they would likely just send Elix off to sleep or, more dangerously, just get the little tyke all annoyed about the proceedings.

Which meant he was more likely to throw a bit of a tantrum and a toddler throwing a tantrum with the addition of the Force was a rather nasty sight.

"It's fine Dwight - Elix should probably get used to politics young." he joked, noting how Elix was currently climbing up his torso to try and sit on his left shoulder, "Perhaps one day he might be able to actually focus on it but neither of us should hold our breath I feel."

Humming a little bit, Evandrus leaned back in this throne slightly, reclining even as he used the Force to pick Elix up again and begin flying him around the throne in a lazy loop, earning him giggles from the young prince.

"Creggy! Faster!"

Evandrus shook his head at the young prince and kept going at the same pace - he wasn't about to fling the young man around after all.

"I think you could do well as a Moff in the Empire, Dwight." he admitted with a small smirk, "And I appreciate the ego-stroking part about Lothal's progress. If you were to be accepted as a Moff - what can you bring to your Empire? What skills do you have, Dwight?"

Evandrus paused as the prince, pouting, trashed his arms around in anger and lashed out with the Force, hitting Dwight with a weak Force push that would send him staggering back as step,

"Faster Creggy!"

Frowning, Evandrus brought Elix back down to sit on his knee. Something in his face made the young prince falter.

"Elix. What did we talk about?"

The young boy shrank in on himself and muttered the answer.

"No bully imps with Force..."

Evandrus smiled a little bit and pointed to Dwight,

"Now... what do you say to the man?"

Elix looked up at Evandrus as if to say 'do I have to?' but pouted and turned to Dwight,

"Sorwee."

How would Dwight be able to stay mad at that face?

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[Dwight Antilles]

The sight of the Force being used to levitate the child around was a bit, odd, but still he kept his focus on the task at hand as his eyes shifted from that back to Evandrus. Dwight smiled in apperication as the Sith Lord said he thought he could do well, but before he could reply to Evandrus, he suddenly seemingly out of nowhere got staggered back after an invisible force hit him. It was really light and only sent him back a step, it was still a weird sensation to be hit with the Force like that. After Evandrus scolded the child and forced the child to apologize, Dwight smiled as he would reply "It's all good" he nodded his head towards the young Imperial prince with a grin. "No harm done" he accompanied with a light chuckle as he would take this in stride. As he said, no harm done. At least he wasn't blown across the throne room and left with broken bones.

"Ah where were we, ah yes." He would get this appointment right back on track. He would clasp his hands together. "Anyways, what do I have to offer the Empire? Well, although I haven't had any hands-on experience with governance on a planetary scale yet, but the Sith Empire emphasizes diplomacy for it's Moffs I hear. That however, is something I'm quite very familiar with it. I've been told by even some of my peers in the senate that I have this uncanny ability to put people at ease." He would nod his head towards the Sith as he remembers Corellian Senator Anthony Price making note of such. "And my time in the Republic Senate made me no stranger to the game of galactic politics as well." And one more thing. "Oh and PR. Public relations is another one of my strong points. Nothing like some philanthropy right? I'm also not afraid to get down and dirty as well, I was at the Balmorra relief effort that the future Empress hosted." Dwight didn't want to bring up Alderaan as an example. He did his best to protect Lucille's image during the investigation with words, his vote, but eventually due to Lucille's own actions it became impossible to defend her actions and her guards started shooting stun bolts at him. Will this be enough for Evandrus? Dwight would look on as he awaits the Prince's response.

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[Darth Evandrus]

At least the newest Moff of the Sith Empire isn't annoyed at being pushed around by Prince Elix's developing Force powers! He would like to say that it wasn't going to happen all that often... but he wasn't going to make promises about whether or not the kid was going to behave himself. Elix was a law unto himself and until he got old enough to reason better because right now he was just at that age where he was doing things, or not doing things, because he was commanded to.

He didn't really get the morality of it yet.

Listening as Dwight sold himself to him, he idly entertained Elix on his knee by creating small bubbles of light in front of the young child who tried to strike them using the Force. It was, honestly, not really working because Elix's use of the Force was purely on instinct at this stage.

But Elix knew he would go see the Littlest Ewok The Movie again if he managed to use the Force to hit one of the bubbles. So far, Evandrus wasn't going to see the bloody film again so it was all good.

"Alright." he hummed a little bit as he thought about it for a long moment before nodding, "Alright then Dwight... I looked over your work before you arrived here anyway. This was more of a formality than anything else - I accept you as Junior Moff of Lothal. You will begin immediately but first... let's shake on it."

Evandrus would stand and hold Elix up with one arm as he shook Dwight's hand with the other,

"Welcome to the Empire, Mr. Antilles."

Elix, not to be outdone, stuck a hand out for Dwight to shake,

"You Impire now."

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[Dwight Antilles]

After Dwight said his piece, he would be standing by, smiling nervously as he awaited Evandrus' answer. Will he need more? Will he get declined? Anything can happen, but in the end, Dwight passed the test, he is now accepted as the Junior Moff of Lothal. That means Dwight is no longer unemployed, which is very good news. Just one more thing to do, just shake on it and he can begin to work immediately. When Evandrus stood up, Dwight figured the Sith Lord would be taller, oh well no matter. Dwight would then grin like a goofball as he would shake the Sith Lord's hand. He was a bit nervous about the prospect of shaking the hands of the High Judge and one of the most powerful force users in the galaxy, but nothing ill would come of it as he shook on it. "Thank you sir!" he nodded his head towards Evandrus. And now Prince Elix wanted in. "Thank you too, Your Highness" he smiled towards him as well as he would release his grip from Evandrus and shook on Elix' hand gently.

With that, today's business is over, and now standing as a Junior Moff, he is ready to begin. He already has a few questions on his mind. As a Senator, he was easily able to get away with smoking space weed, but as an Imperial Moff he doesn't imagine he would be able to do it out in the open. Probably in private. He will have to look into this.

/thread end.