A Short Horror Story

It seemed likely that Vader would tinker with his suit himself, once he regained enough strength, and there are, after all, many Jedi bodies lying around ...

Title: Lord Vader Needs Feet

Time: 18 BBY

Characters: Darth Vader, Roan Shryne

Disclaimer: I own nothing recognizable.

Summary: A Dark Lord needs to test-drive his suit's modifications on any Jedi that he can lay his mechno-hands on.

 

I need feet. This survival suit could be better designed and if I had had a say in it, it would have been. Such a bother to retrofit and reverse engineer real feet from Nature. Hold still, Jedi, while I --- while I --- dive into your chest, stroke your heart back into jerky rhythm, pull up your diaphragm, there, all right. You were dead for only seconds.

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