"No, it looks too much like him."
"Isn't that the point?"
"Well we don't want to imply-"
"Echo.. Fives.." a voice said behind them. "What is that?"
The two ARC troopers exchanged quick glances before turning to find Commander Cody standing in the doorway.
"Er.. it's a.. uh.. it's a mannequin." Echo said.
Fives snorted and Echo gave him a look.
"What for, may I ask?"
"Well, uh..."
"Well, it's for training, sir!" Fives said.
Cody narrowed his eyes. "I see.. and uh.. what is it supposed to be?"
All three clones looked at the somewhat mis-shaped figure that stood behind the Domino Twins. It had a dark cloak, with the hood hanging over where the face would be, painted shoulder and chest plates, and two arms. One was an all black glove and the other had armor. There was a long stick strapped to the palm of the right hand.
They were silent for a moment, until Fives blurted, "General Skywalker."
"Um, you see, Commander," Echo continued as Cody rose an eyebrow. "We figured we'd train against somebody with a lightsaber incase.. you know, incase we came across a sith or something."
Cody glanced back at the mannequin and then between the 'twins'. "Are you calling General Skywalker a sith?"
"No, sir!" Echo said. "We simply meant-"
"We're not actually using it for training!" Fives said. Echo pinched the bridge of his nose and muttered, "remember how i always say, 'let me do the talking?'" As Fives ignored him and continued. "Commander, this is Anakin the Mannequin."
"It's.. what?"
"Anakin the Mannequin! We were going to put it on the bridge, but we're having some problems actually keeping it together."
Cody gave them a very strange look before shaking his head in a, 'Actually I don't want to know' manner and stepping back into the hall. Before he disappeared around the corner, he turned his head slightly to call back, "Just so you boys are aware, the shift rotates at o'six hundred this rotation and there's generally four minutes between when that shift leaves and the next enters."
Fives and Echo looked at each other and then back up as Cody continued down the hall. "Er.. Yes sir!"
Echo turned to Fives as soon as Cody's steps faded. "The whole point of a prank is that nobody expects it, Fives!"
"Well you were doing a great job, Echo. Come on, there's got to be some tape around here somewhere.."
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Domino Twin Mayhem
HumorCome on, we all knew it was a terrible idea to make the Domino twins ARC-troopers. Or was it? Perhaps Rex just wanted everyone else to understand his pain.
