#arla: will probably help destroy death watch at some point but is also busy experiencing freedom again

[wantonlywindswept]

arla escapes DW ficbit

bit of a slower story than i've been writing of late; will see how far it goes. i don't think of arla as a super popular character in SW? tho that might just be bc her character is so obscure.

but she's basically free real estate imo and i am RUNNING with it

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Arla spends two weeks in a shitty flophouse on an even shittier planet in the Outer Rim, jumping at every sound outside her door and pulling her blaster on shadows, before she realizes that she might actually have gotten away.

She gouged all three tracking chips from beneath her skin before her escape attempt. The ship she was given for her last assignment will have reached its final destination by now, set on a collision course with a star halfway across the galaxy. The droid that removed the explosive implant at the back of her neck auto-wiped its records, and she scoured her armor clean of bugs and paint in a single-minded frenzy that left her hands caked in blue and black.

It was the first job she was allowed in the Core, after years of faking loyalty and swallowing her pride and fury in order to rise in Death Watch's ranks. They previously hadn't trusted her not to disappear into the massive populaces found on Core worlds, where anonymity was the norm and people had enough that they could afford to be kind to strangers, instead of scrabbling desperately for their own survival. Tracking implants, on-board ship cameras, regular comm check-ins: they held tight to her leash with their grubby little fingers even as they finally allowed her to stray.

They were smart not to trust her--but not smart enough to keep her from disappearing. 

If they haven't found her yet, it's likely they won't find her at all.

When that fact finally sets in, Arla curls up in a corner of the room and wastes a couple hours on a hysterical, weeping breakdown, because why the fuck not?

She's free.

#star wars #tcw #arla fett #star wars fanfiction #tcw fanfiction #it seems like the poll wants her to escape after jango's already gone #but unfortunately i think the contrast of her and jango's reactions to being enslaved/tortured would be FASCINATINGLY different #and very clashing #jango: will bring suffering down on anyone even remotely related to his own #jango: will use millions of enslaved clone soldiers to gain his revenge #arla: will probably help destroy death watch at some point but is also busy experiencing freedom again #arla: will likely be horrified at what jango's doing bc *how is it any different than what happened to her* #and i think she could be one of the few people that could actually successfully challenge his perspective