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[hymnals]

Who: Adrasteius; perhaps you
Broadcast: Everyone
Action: SS Bishop
When: Now!

[He's in the kitchen, as per usual. Anyone wandering in will find him standing on a fruit crate, though that's (somewhat) obscured by the camera angle on screen. He's got his skinny arms on his hips, and he's significantly more awake and alert than his last broadcast.]

Lots happening, lots happening. I know we're all busy trying not to eat those gumballs or worrying about our always ephemeral and doomed to fail stores of ill-gotten money, but I'd like to talk about something for a while.

[He gestures energetically, his hands sweeping outward from his body, indicating the entirety of space around him.]

The Light teaches us that we are all one with the universe. The first step towards a useful life is acknowledging and accepting this fact. You are part of creation, and creation is part of you. But that's not the end of it. Followers of the Light practice three core virtues: they are both principle and lesson at once.

[More dramatic hand gestures.]

One of these is tenacity. Tenacity doesn't just mean perseverance. No! Tenacity means understanding the fullness of time. It means understanding that the most rewarding path is the long path. That serving the universe, that fulfilling your ideals: these things require the dedication of years, not weeks. Not even months. Despair and hopelessness lie in wait for us at all times. Think of your lives here, and your lives back home.

[Adra points at whomever might be listening to this screed.]

Have you ever felt lost? Have you ever wanted to give up? Have the things you worked for seemed far from your grasp, or--worse--has it seemed like they've slipped away from you entirely? Such pain is the unfortunate reality of life. But you cannot, you must not, be crushed by these obstacles.

Many young students of the Light falter during the early days of their training. Here is the truth of it: we are all but one person. One soul. It seems impossible that we can affect change on any real level. Sometimes it may seem impossible for us even to survive long enough to think about affecting change.

But we can. You can. You are connected to the world around you, and even the small things you do--the meal you cook! the advice you offer! the hand you hold!--they matter. They bring change, even if it's not dramatic, or immediate.

You just have to stay in the fight.

[He steps down off of the fruit crate.]

Light be with you.

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[child_of_bhaal]

[He's very involved in his spirituality, and she doesn't fault him for that, even though she...rampantly disbelieves anything he says actually applies to her.Sorry Adra. It could certainly apply to anyone else in the Fleet, or the Universe. Well not anyone else; her siblings would also be exceptions, but that's only twenty some people out of infinite amounts, right?

But she doesn't argue, because when she argues this kind of philosophy with Adra, she inevitably missteps and ends up apologizing to him and feeling like a misbehaving child. So instead:]

What are the other two?

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[mistyday]

[Misty listens to this strange man with all her attention, drawn by the familiarity of a sermon, remaining for the message: it's one that's appealing to her, even if she doesn't know exactly what a "student of the light" is. Maybe he means white magic.]

Hey, now, that was pretty good! You a preacher man or something?

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[droprate]

Is this a weird cult thing?

[lord_wizard]

Is this a lecture or a sermon?

[Now, despite his response, there's something in those words that resonates. He's been lost a long time; trying to do what little good he could manage, when his instincts that demanded the opposite often pulled him in the other direction. It seemed like bailing a sinking boat with a teacup, some days. At what point did it really start to make a difference?]

[ video ]

[beardstrokes]

[ For a minute, Obi-Wan realizes it's not him delivering the speech. ]

That was quite lovely, thank you. You don't hear such things very often.