all aboard the ss blamless

[pyroelectric]

Who: Crew of the SS Blameless and visitors.
Broadcast: Nope
Action: SS Blameless
When: March, or until we feel like a new one.

[It's a mingle! Get out of the car!

Unique ship notes for new crew and visitors: giant, unmissable scorch marks currently line the walls of several corridors leading from the cargo hold to the bridge!

Also, thanks to Kate, we now have a SWEARS AND ATTITUDES JAR displayed prominently in the kitchen. Whenever someone's being naughty instead of nice, they're compelled to deposit a few credits (or at least an iou) into the awaiting jar.

Also also, we are all still bunking together. HAVE FUN.]

Comments

[resnipstance]

No, just Ventress. Why all the curiosity, anyway?

[t65]

Well, I've only met a handful. What was Ventress like? What did she seem to care about?

[resnipstance]

A handful? As in-- more than one?

[That's worrying.]

Ventress is-- well. Um. I don't know. She's hard to describe. I guess it depends on when you mean...

[t65]

I really shouldn't tell you too much about the future, Ahsoka. [And that's all he'll say there.]

[More importantly--] what do you mean? She changed over time?

[resnipstance]

[Grumble grumble.] The more I hear about the future, the less I like it.

[She rubs her head.]

I'm not sure if it would be accurate to say that Ventress changed so much as her loyalties did. I fought against her a handful of times in the war as Dooku's apprentice, but then for some unknown reason Dooku sold her up the river. She's still a Dark Sider, though. She just... isn't actively working against us anymore.

[t65]

Believe me, I know the feeling. [#skywhiner]

So you'd say she has no true loyalties?

[resnipstance]

Exactly. Ventress's loyalties are to herself.

She helped me out, once. Just before I came here. But I had to offer her something of equal value in return for her to consider it. That's how she is.

[t65]

[As innocently as possible:] Then it sounds like she's very good at having no attachments.

[resnipstance]

Well, sure. But she doesn't have any compassion. [Ahsoka, if only you knew.] A Jedi uses their powers in the service of the Force the the galaxy. Not themselves.

[t65]

Of course. And the galaxy sometimes rests on the well-being of the individual. Attachment is how we know that individual is worth it, how we know our compassion is especially needed.

[If he were aware this were a serious philosophical discussion, Luke would be less confident. But to him, this is a discussion about family, and that's easy.]

[resnipstance]

Then why not take that a step further and say all individuals are worth it? You can't place unequal value on people's lives. No one person should be worth more or less than any other.

[t65]

Of course they are. But sometimes the situation calls for special circumstances. And in my experience, at least, the Force guided my intuition, from compassion to attachment.

[Luke sighs.] I don't want to argue with you, Ahsoka. I just know what's true for me. Maybe it's different for you. [Maybe being taken from your family so young really does have a profound effect on a Jedi. Luke isn't sure, can't assume, but he does wonder.]

[resnipstance]

[In some ways, Ahsoka is reminded of her argument with Aayla Secura when Anakin was injured on Maridun all those years ago. She'd been in Luke's position then.]

... You feel really strongly about this, don't you?

[t65]

Yes. [No hesitation there.] But I'm not angry we don't agree. Different perspectives are good for a Jedi, aren't they? [Luke thinks they should be, at least.]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka chuckles.]

Sure. I like to think so.

Anyway, given my own position, it would be hypocritical for me to tell you not to go with your heart. Maybe Master Yoda wouldn't agree, but... I think your own lived experiences are a better teacher for what's right for you than anyone else.