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Three's a Crowd (and More's a Riot)

Summary:

When Aayla finds out that both of her best friends are plural, she decides that it'd be a great idea to stick them in a chatroom together in order to let them get to know each other as fellow plurals. She had no idea that they actually knew each other beforehand... and that they absolutely hated each other. It goes about as poorly as expected, but strange circumstances make strange friends, and sometimes all that's needed for a new perspective is a little push in the right direction.

Or: Aayla tries her very best to be supportive, Anakin becomes an even bigger disaster than before, and Ferus absolutely did not sign up for any of this banthashit.

Notes:

Dedicated to my own two plural best friends ScatterPatter and MaetheEllen, who are some of the best people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing in my life <3

The fic premise is based heavily on my own experience of finding out that both of my besties were plural a couple of months ago, and then subsequently introducing them to each other in a Discord group DM. It was such a wild, funny and illuminating experience that I just had to make a fic out of it (with a pinch more drama than what happened irl)... and then Anakin, Aayla and Ferus showed up to take the wheel, so. Here we are

This work uses a skin that is a VERY MODIFIED version of BookKeep's Discord Work Skin & Tutorial, with some elements/inspiration from TrojanTeapot's 2023 Discord Theme Workskin and some of my own stuff to fill in some things. The help/question mark icon is a modified version of this question mark icon from Freepik. Profile pictures will be credited in the chapter they first debut in in the end notes. Credits in general will be updated as the fic goes along, if I remember them hfdjkshfjd

Tags + other warnings will be updated as necessary, if it ever comes to that point, though the main tags of the fic should all be there. I am intending on eventually writing about and discussing trauma and its effects as it mainly pertains to dissociative disorders way later on in this fic—as well as dissociation, triggers and other such content—so be warned. There'll be more detailed warnings in the chapters that specifically have those scenes too

Happy reading!

(This took forever to put together with the skin html taking up most everything, good Lord. I hope all of this effort is worth it in some respect hfjksdhfjksdf)

(If you've seen this work before w/ an earlier posting date, no you didn't. *waves hand* It never existed. The posting date was so wrong and bugged me too much so I reposted it, rip)

Chapter 1: Discovery and Mishaps

Summary:

Anakin discovers that he's a plural system after some memory mishaps. Aayla helps him as he starts trying to figure himself out, and eventually decides to have her now two plural best friends meet. It doesn't quite go according to plan.

Notes:

First chapter of two ayyy let's go

I didn't expect that these guys would take so long to code, but that's what I get for using a complicated work skin for my first chatfic, lol. Expect updates to take a long while

Aayla is aged down three years from Legends canon here, because otherwise she'd have been a little too old to be hanging around Anakin and Ferus being a dumb millennial young adult hfjksdhfjhfjd. That should be pretty much the only canon change though, besides the inevitable canon divergences at the end! We'll see :3c

Edit 7/27/2024: updated the date timestamps to be in year.month.day format to better fit the Galactic Standard Calendar, fixed the broken pfp icons and workskin/css formatting weirdnesses, tweaked the fake urls a little, and made the starting year 7953 instead of 7950 because I was stupid and didn't math out my timeline correctly the first time. For simplicity's sake (and future reference), Aayla is 21, Ferus is 19 and Anakin is 16 at the beginning of the fic.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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10th Day, 5th Month, Year 7953 CRC

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:32 AM

i lost another lightsaber again :/

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:33 AM

Hjfgyusdfgbsdhyfdjs

Seriously???

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:33 AM

yeah

i don't know why it keeps happening!!! obi-wan thinks i'm doing it on purpose when i'm not, i swear i'm not

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:34 AM

I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually think that, but your luck is pretty bad w/ lightsabers

How many have you lost now, four? Five?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:34 AM

5 yeah

i'm so not looking forward to being jeered at by younglings and master yoda again, man

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:35 AM

Rip

Can't wait to tell my Master about this lmao

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:35 AM

DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE

I WILL KICK HIM IF HE STARTS CALLING ME "LIGHTSABER LOSER" AGAIN

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:35 AM

GFYUDSGVBFHYUSDGBFHYUSDFJHFD

You might be able to get him this time if you try hard enough actually fdshyfsdgh

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:35 AM

good, because i'm aiming for the nuts. much softer than the shins. i didn't even know shins could be that hard

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:36 AM

That's because he was wearing nanofiber steel boots at the time you dingus fgyGBFHYDSGHDFFJD

Okay fine, I guess I'll let him find out on his own once you come back from Ilum for the 500th time rolling eyes emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:36 AM

g o o d

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:36 AM

Just know that it's not gonna stop him from making fun of you again. It might be better to get it over with sooner than later

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:36 AM

ughhhhhh

stop sounding smart when i'm trying to complain it's making me look bad

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:36 AM

Yjugfyusdhfgsdhyfhjdffhd

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:38 AM

i can hear obi-wan talking w/ master yoda in the other room about arranging another ilum trip for me. this is so embarrassing

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:38 AM

Lol

Only the finest for our resident disaster

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:38 AM

hygfhysdugfbhysdugfbhfdf

you are so mean to me >:(

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:38 AM

Just doing my job as your bestie <3

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:39 AM

i demand a refund. this is outrageous

jk i'm kidding you're irreplaceable. idk where i'd be w/o you aayla. you're like my only real friend in the whole damn temple. i'm not sure why you hang out with me sometimes tbh lol

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:39 AM

Hjkfhsdfgsyufhfdjfhdjkdfs

Anakin...

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:39 AM

sorry. it's just. i'm really grateful to have you as my friend, even if all i do is just constantly complain about things all the time

i just wanted to let you know that

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:40 AM

Aww, I'm grateful to have you as my friend too blue heart emoji

You're really not as bad as you think. Yeah you like to bitch a lot but I like to bitch a lot too, it's a mutual thing. You have insane talents and insane humor and I wouldn't want to trade any of it for the galaxy

Though maybe I wouldn't mind your room being a little bit cleaner sometimes. I've stubbed my toes on way too many droid parts

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:40 AM

but it's part of the ~experience~

it's not my room if it doesn't have my stuff everywhere

it's organized

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:40 AM

Sure it is, lmao

But really, even that's fine. You're a cool guy and a good friend. I mean, I don't just ask anyone to come with me down to Middle Coruscant on a Taungsday night before an exam just to fuck around in the arcades

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:41 AM

yeah because no one else can keep up with you on the ddr machine. you call me insane when you're the one nearly breaking the dance pad every time we use it

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:41 AM

Actually there is one other person that can keep up with me, but he's not a fan of going out very much. He hates socializing lmao

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:41 AM

boo

yeah talking to people sucks but the arcades, man

sorry about the sudden self-esteem attack. i just really hate going through the new lightsaber process at this point, and the mission i was on was really stressful

it just sucks

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:42 AM

Yeah it does :(

Replying to message: S-K-Yfaller sorry about the sudden self-esteem attack. i just really hate going through the new lightsaber process at this point, and the mission i ...

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:42 AM

Dw about it. Failure smarts, even if no one blames you for it

Are you done with your mission, or are you still on it?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:42 AM

yeah we're finished w/ it. it was successful overall, even tho i lost my lightsaber. we're on a ship back to coruscant right now actually

we only had a little bit left to wrap up, thank the force

i think obi-wan wanted to leave the place just as much as i did

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:42 AM

Hjfgsdyufghfjd

Like Master, like Padawan

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:43 AM

pfff

if only

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:43 AM

You just don't see your Master the way I and a lot of people do lol

How are you feeling though, honestly? Just stressed or is it worse?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:43 AM

idk, it's kinda. eh. just don't feel great in general

i think the initial stress is fading away but i'm still not really sure

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:43 AM

Okay, well, remember to eat and drink something, at least. Maybe try to take a nap if you can

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:44 AM

not gonna suggest meditation?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:44 AM

Everyone and their tooka knows you don't like to meditate you dork

But I mean if you think that'll help eyes emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:44 AM

hyufgyusdhfgbsdyfjdhfdjdffdh

yeah, no, i'm gonna go with trying the nap option. it's still a few hours to coruscant and obi-wan told me i could fill out a report the day after we come back to the temple

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:45 AM

Eat something first. I bet you haven't eaten anything today

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:45 AM

>:(((

fine

okay, ration bar obtained. it's lemon flavored

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:47 AM

Oooh lemon

Juju or Roonan?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:47 AM

it doesn't say

they also taste the same so i wouldn't care even if it did hfjkdhfjksdf

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:47 AM

Hmm

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:47 AM

?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:47 AM

Nothing, dw about it

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:50 AM

okay, i have consumed the food. it was passable

gonna go take a nap now

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.10 11:50 AM

Okie, see you in a few hours <3

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.10 11:50 AM

see ya

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12th Day, 5th Month, Year 7953 CRC

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:20 PM

Hey, are you doing okay? You didn't look too great in our last class

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:23 PM

Yeah I'm fine, mostly

Just been really thinking about a thing

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:23 PM

A thing?

That could mean anything knowing you

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:23 PM

Hjkgfhsdgfjsd shut up

It's just...

I dunno honestly

I'm still trying to figure it out myself because it's just really weird

Like I'm a little afraid that I'm gonna sound totally insane if I try to put it into words

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:24 PM

I've heard and seen some really weird stuff over the years

My Master loves taking me to strange places for missions. He claims it builds character, or something

Anyway I promise that I'll take whatever it is very seriously no matter how you say it

I know I like to joke that you're dumb and crazy but you're not. You're one of the smartest people I know

So if you want to talk about it, I'm here. I'll listen

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:25 PM

Thanks, Aayla

You're really the best

Okay so

Sorry, I had to go away for a little bit and it auto-sent on me. Hate it when it does that >:(

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:28 PM

Hufgyusdfgbsdyfhfdj

You know you can turn that off in the settings, right?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:28 PM

You can???

Bro how

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:28 PM

Go to User Settings -> App Settings -> Accessibility -> scroll all the way down to Chat Input -> "Auto-send messages"

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:29 PM

Okay hang on

IT'S OFF

YESSSSSSS

FINALLY

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:29 PM

GHygfbhyudsgbfhyusdfd

Yeah I turned it off as soon as I installed Schism. Not sure why it's turned on by default honestly it's so annoying

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:29 PM

Some people can't be bothered to use their hands to hit the send button, I guess rolling eyes emoji

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:30 PM

HFDSFHYUDFGDFUDFHDJ

You should probably go scroll through all of the settings at some point to make sure nothing else is weird there

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:30 PM

Yeah probably

I just don't ever think about it hfjkdsgfyusdghdj

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:31 PM

Okay, so... the thing?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:31 PM

Right. The thing

Our last class brought up a thing that made me think back on the mission I just came back from

And I realized that I don't... really remember it very well?

Not as in "oh I forgot what sort of sequins the lady-in-waiting had on her dress on the fourth day we were there" or something stupidly specific like that, like actual legit "I don't remember anything that happened during that entire week when I absolutely should have because really important and dangerous things happened there"

The only reason I know for sure that it happened at all is because I don't have a lightsaber anymore. I keep reaching for it but it's not there

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:34 PM

Yeah I remember you complaining about that a couple days ago

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:34 PM

Really?? I only barely remember that. What the heck

Well. Anyway. Then I realized that I actually don't remember a lot of missions like that

Like when the class ended, I went straight to the records to cross-check my previous reports, just to make sure this wasn't some weird one-off thing, and like. I don't remember writing at least half of them

One of them states that my Master and I went to Talagar to check out a weird Force anomaly. I absolutely do not remember ever going to Talagar in my entire life, and yet there's a record on file saying I did

But that's not the weirdest part

There are missions that I do remember, but they don't feel like my memories. At all

With some of them it's like I'm just watching them on a screen like a holovid. Or they're part of a disjointed dream sequence

Those memories feel like someone else is using my body to do things in and it's super kriffing weird

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:38 PM

Huh

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:38 PM

Y e a h

I've always had memory problems, that's always been a thing with me, but it's never been this bad before

Or maybe it has always been this bad and I'm only realizing it just now

I literally can't think of a time where my memory wasn't patchwork as hell. This is so weird

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:39 PM

Okay. What do you mean by "it feels like someone else", exactly?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:39 PM

I know they're my memories, logically they have to be, but like

I just don't feel connected to them in any way like I'm supposed to?

It's like I'm viewing a recording. I wasn't actually there when those memories happened, even though I was physically there doing things, somehow

Like my first thought with some of them was that I was being possessed by something, you know?

That's a thing that can happen, especially when interacting with Sith artifacts or other Dark Side stuff

But a few of those memories are just me doing random day-to-day life things at the Temple and I was definitely not being possessed at those times

And neither my Master nor I went anywhere closer to anything that could've possessed me on that mission either, so

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:42 PM

Hmmmm

I'm gonna ask you something that might seem really off-topic here

Do lemons have different flavors?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:43 PM

Uh, yes, obviously

The Roonan lemon is so different than the standard Alderaanian lemon and stuff, I don't know how people don't know the difference

Plus, lemons like the Juju lemon are so much more bitter than the sweet lemon varities that they have entirely different uses in cooking

Why bring this up?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:43 PM

Um... well

Give me a second to go get a thing real quick. I think I might have a possible answer to this

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:44 PM

Wait really?

If you actually have anything about what this might be that'd be awesome, because I'm kind of losing my mind here

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:45 PM

Okay got the thing

So first of all. The thing about the lemons? That's not what you told me a couple days ago

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:45 PM

What??

Replying to message: S-K-Yfaller they also taste the same so i wouldn't care even if it did hfjkdhfjksdf

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:45 PM

^^^

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:46 PM

...What the hell

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:46 PM

I know it seems weird, but bear with me

Does anything in this article seem familiar to you? https://hns.healthyplace.com/abuse/dissociative-identity-disorder/dissociative-identity-disorder-did-dsm-5-criteria

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) DSM-5 Criteria
The DSM-5 criteria for dissociative identity disorder (DID) center around multiple personalities, amnesia as well as three other DID criteria. Learn more.

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:46 PM

Uh

What

Aayla, I don't have multiple personalities, that's ridiculous

I'm Anakin! Just Anakin!

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:46 PM

I know you are, that's not the issue

Just read through it at least once

The whole "multiple personalities" thing in that preview is a little misleading, I have to admit

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:47 PM

Fine, okay, I'll read it

Oh kriff

Yeah I've experienced all of that like my entire life

And it's definitely not a normal culture thing, or a drug-induced thing-- my Master would kill me if I was on drugs

What the hell

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:50 PM

https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder

Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly known as multiple personality disorder, split personality disorder or dissociative personality disorder, is a member of the family of dissociative disorders classified by the DSM-5, DSM-5-TR, ICD-10, ICD-11, and Merck Manual for diagnosis. It remains a controversial diagnosis.Dissociative identity d...

Here's the wikipedia article about it, it seems mostly accurate

I have a bunch of other resources about it if you want to look through them

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:50 PM

Aayla you better not be fucking with me right now

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:50 PM

I'm not, I swear on the Force I'm not

It's a very real thing that people can have. I know this because my other best friend has DID, and he was the one to start teaching me about it a couple of years ago. He's shared real experiences he's had concerning it with me

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:51 PM

WHAT

REALLY??

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:51 PM

YES!!!

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:51 PM

Karking fierfek

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:52 PM

I mean technically he's never been officially diagnosed and he doesn't want to go to anyone to get diagnosed so we don't really know for sure but. He's like 99% sure he has DID, last I checked

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:52 PM

I. Don't even know what to say

...Can I have more of those resources you were talking about?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:53 PM

Sure!

https://pluralpedia.org/w/Dissociative_Identity_Disorder

https://hns.verywellhealth.com/dissociative-identity-disorder-test-5096923

https://hns.holovid.com/watch?v=9w-Ro0exQk0

https://hns.holovid.com/@MultiplicityAndMe

Pluralpedia
Dissociative Identity Disorder
The most famous form of disordered plurality, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a condition listed in the DSM-V and ICD-11. It's the most severe dissociative disorder, wherein a diagnosis of DID makes any other diagnosis in that category null. DID is most known for its alters (or headmates), but it is much more complex than just having mul...

Verywell Health
Do I Have Dissociative Identity Disorder? Take Our Test.
Take our self-assessment test if you think you have dissociative identity disorder, formerly called multiple personality disorder or "split personality."

Holo Vids
The Rings System
What is DID/OSDD?

Holo Vids
MultiplicityAndMe
Welcome to our channel!

Subscribe to MultiplicityAndMe, one body, multiple minds, living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (simplistically known as Multiple Personality Disorder). The channel showcases alters (alternate personalities) who are Jess, Jake, Jamie, Ed and Oliver on their quests to create more awareness of this controversial di...

These were hand-picked by my other bestie for me to use so they're legit

Start out by scouring Pluralpedia for all the terminology first, and then move onto the vids. I think it'll be easiest that way

The Rings System has OSDD-1b (similar to DID but without the total amnesia between alters) while MultiplicityAndMe has DID

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:53 PM

Gods that's a lot

Wow

I mean. Maybe whatever I have is something else than this specifically but... it really seems close to what I'm experiencing...

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:54 PM

Just take the time to read through the articles and learn about it at first

Maybe you don't have DID but. I'm pretty sure you do

It'd make a lot of things make way more sense with you, anyway

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:54 PM

?? Like what

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:55 PM

The lemons thing?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:55 PM

Kark, right

Oh gods. If I really am made up of multiple "me"s or whatever (which is still really weird to me ngl), how many other things have I told you that contradicted themselves?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:55 PM

Umm

Not a whole lot stands out to me, actually? Like I didn't even consider the possibility that you might have something like DID before you started talking about the memory/amnesia stuff coinciding with differing emotional states

I literally know someone with DID and you still apparently masked it well enough to pass under my radar

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:56 PM

Yjugfhyusdgfvbhysdfgdhj

I'm going to be wondering about this for ages now. Force almighty

WAIT IS THIS WHY MY MASTER HAD TO TEACH ME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN??? BECAUSE ANOTHER ME LEARNED IT BEFORE I DID AND I DIDN'T EVER HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE MEMORIES

I THOUGHT I WAS JUST A REALLY SLOW LEARNER

What the fuck

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:57 PM

FHYDSGBFHYUSDGBFHYSDDJFD

Rip

If you have any other questions about DID or whatever I'll do my best to answer them, though I'll have to ask my friend about most of it. He knows way more than I do

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:57 PM

Yeah okay, I'll let you know

At least reading through this Pluralpedia stuff isn't too bad

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:57 PM

Funny you say that

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:58 PM

What

No. Don't tell me

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:58 PM

Because you've also told me you absolutely hate reading things that aren't about starships, mechanical engineering or droids

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:58 PM

W h a t

I've never said that. I know I never said that. I'm interested in reading about way more things than just that

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 3:59 PM

It's in our chat history somewhere I promise hfjkdsgfyusdgh

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 3:59 PM

What the fuck!!!

I'm having an actual crisis right now

Saying things that I could've sworn I never said, barely remembering things that I somehow did even though I know I didn't do them

If I'm not fully 100% me all the time, then who is it

Who am I?!?!

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:01 PM

fyuGBFDGBSFYHUDFDJDYFDGFD

Don't put the cart in front of the bantha just yet-- you'll give yourself a headache doing that

You're still you, I promise, you're just... arranged a little differently

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:01 PM

Hhfgsdyufgygfbyfhsdjfhd

I'm all fucked up ten ways to Kessel is what you're saying

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:01 PM

Not any more fucked up than me or anyone else in the grand scheme of things, really

You just experience life differently than most of us. And you are actually functioning with it, even if you haven't realized it before now. You're fine, mostly

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:02 PM

I just don't like the thought that I'm seriously missing a lot of things from what should be my own life

Like if I really have alters or whatever... What have they been doing in my body that I don't have any idea about? How long have they been wandering around as me? How much are they responsible for some of the things I'm still dealing with the consequences of???

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:02 PM

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S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:02 PM

If they're anything like me, you know that they're getting into some kind of trouble

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:02 PM

Oh probably lmao

Really though, I think you're just gonna have to wait and find that and/or anything else out yourself. Maybe try and start a journal to keep track of it? See if you really are losing chunks of time/memories like that?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:03 PM

That's a really good idea actually

I could keep notes about it on my datapad... though I usually use that for classwork and studies

And my Master goes through it every now and again to make sure I'm actually keeping up with my notes

...

Yeah no maybe not

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:03 PM

GFYUSDGBFHYUSDGFBHYUSDGBF

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:04 PM

Uhhh okay then

I guess I'll just have to buy something later, if I remember it?

Wait actually I just remembered that my Master likes to keep physical flimsiplast journals eyes emoji

I'm gonna go ask him if I can have one

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:04 PM

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S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:05 PM

He gave me a really weird look when I asked him but he gave me one!!!

It's really nice, actually. It has a sewn-in spine and everything. Wow

I wish I could afford journals like this >:(

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:06 PM

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We're too poor and humble for such luxuries pensive emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:06 PM

Terrible

Then again I'd hate to rip up this thing like I do with my note-taking scraps so maybe it's a good thing I can't afford them

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:06 PM

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Lol true

You're so mean to your flimsiplast. Maybe that's why Master Obi-Wan gave you a weird look

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:07 PM

Shut up gfyuGBHYUGFBYDFHJFD

I don't even know what to write in this thing

Like what am I supposed to say??

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:07 PM

Name, date, detail out why you're starting the journal, write down some notes on yourself, profit?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:07 PM

Oh yeah okay, that's pretty easy

Thank you fhjkdshfjksd

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:07 PM

Yw <3 Just stating the obvious

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:07 PM

The obvious is never obvious with me, you know that

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:12 PM

It's done!

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:12 PM

Ayyyy

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:12 PM

Now I'm gonna go lock this up with my other private things and pray to the Force I don't forget about it entirely

Because I would like to actually use it for its intended purpose and not let it collect dust in the abyss

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:12 PM

Don't worry, I can remind you of it now and again if you want

I can also corroborate stories about other alters with you, if you have alters

Which I'm pretty sure you do now that I'm thinking about it with the new context

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:13 PM

Ehhh maybe

We'll see about that I guess. I may be just having regular amnesia problems or something

I know that's always something I've had to work around in some way or another

Though the mood swings are weird too...

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:13 PM

Mood swings?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:13 PM

Yeah

At least that's what I've always called them?

Like one moment I'm calm and feeling normal, and then something happens and all of a sudden I'm blisteringly mad

And it takes me forever to calm back down, and the transition period between those two states makes me feel like absolute banthashit

And sometimes I don't even remember why I got mad afterwards

It's really frustrating to deal with, both for me and my Master

The only thing I've managed to improve about it is being able to acknowledge when it's happening and, like, lean into it, in a sense

Go with the flow and not try to fight against it

It makes it less draining overall

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:16 PM

Hmm

That sounds a lot like what my DID friend used to experience a lot...

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:16 PM

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Yeah maybe, but that kinda thing seems to happen with other these other dissociative disorders I'm reading about too so!!!

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:16 PM

True, actually

Hmmm

I guess we'll see

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:17 PM

Yeah >_>

So anyway, uh. Now that that's out of the way...

Can I borrow your notes for that class I totally zoned out in?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.12 4:18 PM

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Yeah of course, I'll take some pictures of them for you

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.12 4:18 PM

THANK YOU SM ILU

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S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:20 AM

So, um

Aayla

I... think I'm pretty sure I might have alters

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:21 AM

fgyuGBFHYDUSGBFHYUSDFSD I knew it. I totally called it

Okay, gimme the tea, what happened

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:21 AM

Well the journal thing worked really well. Maybe a little too well

I woke up today and found it open on my desk with two new entries in it that I definitely did not do at all. I haven't touched it for the past week

One of them was really short and curt, claiming to be Anakin and telling me (or himself, as he claimed) that this was a stupid idea

And then the other entry had probably the worst handwriting I've ever seen before

They also claimed to be Anakin btw

Both their handwritings and languages and mannerisms are so different from mine that there's no way I could've just done them myself and then forgotten about it later

It really is like they're different people, which is... definitely something

Also I locked that journal up in the private box for a reason. Who the fuck left it out in the open? Do they want my (our??) Master to send us to a crazy house?!

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:24 AM

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Master Obi-Wan wouldn't do that to you, you know that!

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:24 AM

I still don't want him stumbling across this thing when I barely understand it myself!!! I don't want to burden him any further than I already am

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:24 AM

Anakin...

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:24 AM

Yeah I know. Still

Anyway, Anakin-with-bad-handwriting also left a sticky note on the fridge in binary telling me to write a response in binary back

...Except I don't know how to write in binary

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:25 AM

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S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:25 AM

That's actually kind of weird, why don't I know how to write in binary?

I eat, breathe and sleep droids, how do I not know how to do that

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:25 AM

That's the thing with memories segregated by dissociative amnesia: sometimes the way they're split up between alters doesn't make much sense

One of my friend's alters can pull extremely complicated mathematical formulas out of his ass at the drop of the hat, while another can't solve a quadratic equation for shit

I think in that case said alter just vehemently dislikes mathematics for some reason and refuses to get any better at it than the standard educational minimum, but still

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 9:26 AM

That's so weird

Well anyway I'm just gonna write a response in Huttese instead. Kung Huttese, to be specific. My Master doesn't understand that variant yet so it should be fine fhjksdhfdj

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 9:26 AM

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dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:01 AM

This is kinda funny on my side to be honest

I, a normal singlet person, somehow ended up being friends with probably the only two DID plural people in the Jedi Temple, maybe even the whole Order itself

Absolutely wild

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:02 AM

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I mean you're not normal but that is really wild

The complete opposite vibe of wizard

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:02 AM

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S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:03 AM

Kark, wrapping my head around the fact that I might be plural is gonna be really hard

As if I wasn't weird enough already

I'm still kind of doubting that that's even what's happening, but. The journal

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:03 AM

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Hey, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it eventually!

And, to paraphrase what my friend told me, figuring yourself out as a system or potential system is a whole learning process that takes years and years to do

It's fine if you don't know much about yourself right away. It's normal

Especially since you're kind of untraining yourself out of the singlet model and fumbling around with the plural model

Even if you find out at some point that you aren't actually plural and just have something else that's dissociative or amnesia-inducing or whatever, at least you gave it a shot and went through the steps to know for sure

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:07 AM

True, actually, that's a good way to think of it

I'm guessing you have a lot of experience encouraging people in my current position, huh?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:07 AM

Years of it, lol

My friend constantly doubted himself for like an entire year before he finally accepted he was a system and started working on communicating better with his alters

He's a really cool guy, actually. I think you two would get along together

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:08 AM

Really?

I dunno... I'm kind of a huge mess rn trying to absorb all of this plural/DID stuff hfjksdhfjkd

I'm a mess in general but this is an even bigger mess

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:08 AM

Oh he'll understand that, he was a mess too during that stage

You'd never think it though, he's got an immaculate public mask

Which is weird because he has the social skills and grace of a goose

A very petty, very vengeful goose

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:08 AM

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Is that equal to having the social skills of a rancor?

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:09 AM

You're not that bad

But..... yeah kinda, from a certain point of view fhjkdshfsgj

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:09 AM

I might have a chance then lmao

Okay, for real, if you think it might go well... I'd really like to meet him

I'd love to talk to someone that actually knows what all this plural stuff is really about

Just to make sure I'm not, like, making it all up in my head for some reason???

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:10 AM

But you said you definitely didn't make up those journal entries earlier

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:10 AM

Yeah but my memory is shit anyway, what if I'm accidentally lying to you or something

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:10 AM

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I get it though. Yeah, I can go talk to him and ask him if he wants to meet you, if you want? I can easily set up a group DM for you two to chat in

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:10 AM

Would you??? That'd be awesome

Shit now I'm nervous hfjkdsghfhjkfd

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:11 AM

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Don't be!!! My friend will probably be little rough around the edges and awkward at first, but he's such a sass master once you get to know him. His sense of humor is great

Okay, I'll go ask him about it!

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:11 AM

Okay!!

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dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:11 AM

Hey so

Remember the other day when I asked you for a bunch of plural/DID resources to give to a questioning friend?

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:11 AM

Yes?(edited)

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:12 AM

He just confirmed that he's probably plural, and also that he'd like to meet you over chat

He said specifically that he wants to talk to you and make sure he's not making things up in his head about being plural and stuff

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:12 AM

Ahh

I and the others remember going through that phase. It wasn't fun

I wouldn't mind meeting him, actually. The few things you've described about him to me sound interesting

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:13 AM

Oh yeah he's really cool

He's a tech genius and also the biggest dork in the galaxy

Be nice to him tho he's just starting to figure things out

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:13 AM

Hmph. I'm always nice

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:13 AM

Yeah sure you are Mr. "I Bite At People If They Give Me Compliments" rolling eyes emoji

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:14 AM

Hey, it's not my fault most people choose to annoy me instead of being decent

An unsolicited, meaningless compliment is more annoying than anything else

Replying to message: dancing--sapphire Be nice to him tho he's just starting to figure things out

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:14 AM

I'll be nice to him, I promise

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:14 AM

Thank you <3

Okay, I'll add you, him and me to a group chat once I get it set up, if that's fine?

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:15 AM

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dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:15 AM

Aight then~

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dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:15 AM

He says he wouldn't mind meeting you!

Give me a minute to set up a group DM and we'll be good to go sparkles emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:15 AM

Yessss okay

I hope he likes me at least a little fhjsdgfysdfdgh

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:16 AM

Oh he'll like you, I promise

Sure he's prickly and stuff but that's just his personality

I can't imagine why he wouldn't like you at first meeting, especially over text

He gets along with people way better when he doesn't have to see them face-to-face lol

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:17 AM

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Yeah I can see why

Less worrying about what people think of your body language and whatever's going on with your Force presence when you're talking to them

It's not my fault I express myself more than the stereotypical Jedi >:(

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:18 AM

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It's about controlling those emotions properly, not the actual emotions themselves, you know that

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:18 AM

Yeah I know, but it sure seems like a lot of people like to target the actual emotions part of it...

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:18 AM

Yeah true. Some Jedi go a little too overboard with it

Even I've gotten the occasional complaint about being "too emotional" when I'm being perfectly composed unamused emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:19 AM

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Welcome to the beginning of the dancing--sapphire, S-K-Yfaller, Silverlock309 group.

20th Day, 5th Month, Year 7953 CRC

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:19 AM

HERE IT IS

sparkles emoji New group chat time sparkles emoji

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:19 AM

HELLO

Hi

I'm a totally normal human that's definitely not having a mild crisis rn face with sunglasses emoji

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:19 AM

GFYDSGBFHYSDFJDFDF

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:20 AM

Pfff

Hello.

I also happen to be of the human species.

Crises are common, unfortunately. You'll learn to live with them sooner or later.

Silverlock309 I also happen to be of the human species.

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:20 AM

:O Oh man, what are the odds

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:20 AM

Very common.

...I think.

I'm not interested in doing the math right now.

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:20 AM

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You nerd lmao

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:21 AM

Wait.

I think I've seen that username before somewhere.

...

@S-K-Yfaller You wouldn't happen to be Anakin Skywalker, would you?

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:21 AM

Um...

Yeah, actually, that's me

I don't really want that to be spread around considering, uh, the whole purpose of this DM, but yeah

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:21 AM

Aayla

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:22 AM

What??

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:22 AM

Unbelievable

The one time I think it might be nice to meet someone and it's Anakin fucking Skywalker

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:22 AM

Ferus wtf are you talking about

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:22 AM

Wh

Ferus? Ferus as in FERUS OLIN???

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:23 AM

The very same, Skywalker.

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:23 AM

AAYLA

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:23 AM

WHAT

Do you two know each other irl or something?

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:23 AM

Or something...

S-K-Yfaller 7953.05.20 10:24 AM

We hate each other. Olin's such an ass!!!

Silverlock309 7953.05.20 10:24 AM

And you're still a childish lout.

dancing--sapphire 7953.05.20 10:24 AM

Are you serious???

Wait. You both have definitely complained about each other to me at some point without giving names. Oh kriff it's so obvious in hindsight now

...Uh-oh

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Notes:

Image credits:
Anakin's pfp: cropped version of this image with a few of my own dumb scribbles on top (because it was funny)
Aayla's pfp: cropped version of this photograph by Laurie Normandeau
Ferus' pfp: my art!

All of the links in this chapter are real, just Star Wars-ified! The links on DID/plurality resources are especially good, as most of them were recommended to me by my plural besties (specifically Scatter, who is a nerd about these things lol).

Considering the nature of the work skin (which has a lot of hidden elements in it in case the work skin is turned off), I think it's probably a good idea to provide separate word counts of the actual, y'know, chat stuff in the end notes, so I'll be doing that for each chapter and adding up the total word count from there :) Edit 7/27/2024: updated both chapter and total word counts.

Chapter word count: 5,080
Total word count: 5,080