003

[openhands]

Who: Cassandra + You
Broadcast: Nah
Action: On Arslae
When: Jan. 1 - 11th

[Cassandra is not overly enthused about the bitter cold on this planet, but It's certainly not about to deter her from spending time outside her ship and on the planet's surface. Those looking for Cassandra might find her shopping, though she's more on the look-out for useful items for the most part. Not that she won't sometimes look at a few of the trinkets and pieces of jewelry. She also looks at the foxes, though she's not interested in buying any of them. She crouches down, letting them sniff her hand before giving them pets.]

[(She is staying right the hell away from the elk though. They're basically horses and fuck that noise.)]

[Cassandra is especially interested in hunting though. Find her mixing with a few of the locals to learns of good places to hunt and then find her out there bringing back plenty of wares for trade and also for her own uses. She's not afraid to set out on her own, but if you want to tag along, she won't deny the company most likely. You know, provided you know what you're doing and aren't likely going to be a liability. Then maybe she's going to have to have a conversation for you to sit down and stay where it's safer. She'll bring you back a trophy in that case.]

Comments

[imahologram]

You have my sympathies.

[Leia had better not be stuck here for many months. At the question, she nods.]

I was a diplomat, and a member of a rebellion. Most of my travels have been to negotiations or rendez-vous points--and the occasional battle.

[She has a little smile as she says that last bit. For the most part, Leia stays in the background when it comes to the fighting, but she's not bad with a blaster when it comes down to it.]

[openhands]

[Despite being pat of a system and holding fast to it in the face of a rebellion, Cassandra doesn't bat an eye at "a member of a rebellion." She's long-since learned that there's no such thing as a clear-cut right or wrong when it comes to rebellion, and that such an extreme response comes about for a reason.]

I cannot say I have known many diplomats who would be willing to engage in a battle even when circumstances demand it.

[Needless to say, she is impressed.]

[imahologram]

Being a diplomat can be dangerous work. Especially if you're using your status to change the status quo under everyone else's noses.

[She'd like to think that this woman would understand the need to rebel against the empire that held her galaxy in thrall--but then, she'd like to think that of everyone.]

But sometimes, battles accomplish the same things a whole lot faster.

[openhands]

It would be nice if the diplomats of my world were more understanding of that fact.

[Too reluctant to fight and too stubborn to listen to those around them who advise when it is best to fight. It's much easier to see those that would fight as warmongering or bloodthirsty rather than understanding that sometimes peace and security come at higher costs.]

[imahologram]

And in mine.

[There are always people who'd like to disappear into bureaucracy when things heat up. Leia can see why, in a distant kind of way, but she'll never be able to sit back and watch with them.]

I can't blame anyone for wanting to solve problems without bloodshed--I'd prefer it myself. But sometimes that's not realistic.

[openhands]

I don't know of many who take pleasure in bloodshed, [Cassandra agrees with a small nod,] but what must be done must be done.

Unfortunately, many do not share that initiative. They will complain, but they will only stand about wringing their hands.

[imahologram]

Hand-wringing doesn't do anything except chap your skin. [One of the foxes gets a little too eager for pets and ends up nipping at her. She pulls her fingers away, shaking the pain out of her hand.]

It's always nice to meet someone else who understands these things. My name is Leia Organa.

[openhands]

[It's telling of Leia's nature that she does not strike out at the fox when it nips her, but it is not unsurprising.]

It is a pleasure. [And she means that genuinely rather than as the polite thing to say.] I am Seeker Cassandra Pentaghast.