The Emperor had ordered Vader to sleep outside the last few days. "You might hurt accidentally Navi," He had said, messing with the Lion. "Besides, your old body could handle a little cold." And that had been the punchline.
Vader was splayed out next to the stairs the led to his porch, chin resting on the bottom step and the rest of his form spread out the ground. Halfway sleeping on his stomach, halfway on his side. The lion was actually sleeping- Vader's previous body didn't allow for true sleeping. It was designed to keep him in a fatigued state, but the lion was in the deepest cycle of sleep, for once. Deep enough for him to actually be able to dream.
And this was when the Emperor had his fun. It started with using his telekinesis, quietly stacking rocks and sticks and many of the tools taken from Vader's cabin, and a number of soft things.
It was close to dawn- Vader didn't look like he was going to wake up anytime soon, and the camp was still quiet enough to initiate this. And Victorianpup would probably be up, anyway. Or hiding under a house. So he would start with the other one. He would reenter the cabin, climbing up to Navi's bed and tapping on the cub. "Navi, Navi... Wake up. Let's play a game. Go find Victorianpup."
The Emperor climbed half way onto the bed, poking the sleeping cub, trying to wake her up. "We're going to find out how many rocks we can stack on your dad and how much stuff we can fit in his mane. Come on. Get up." He prodded the cub more, and if she still refused to rise, the Emperor would pluck her up by her scruff and drag her out, taking her to the sleeping form of her dad, and using the Force to keep her silent.
"This will be fun, I swear. Find Victorianpup. Go."
// pls do not post until Victorianpup and Navi do!!