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first one to make that doctor who joke loses

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

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Really?

[ He's quiet as they walk down the path. ]

I killed my first bully when I was fourteen.

That seems a bit of an overreaction, not knowing the circumstances around it.

_{[ Obi admitting he had killed someone didn't seem to shock Kirk, or garner much reaction at all. Maybe recent events had made such statements less of a shock. He had never personally killed anyone, but his actions had led to deaths, and frankly he did not see much of a difference - at least to himself. ]}

He was a student at the Jedi temple. He had a deep loathing for me, that was twisted by a darker outside force. We fought and he fell to his death.

[ It took many years to reconcile that. He remembers going to court, facing Bruck's parents . . . his brother. The guilt never fully went away, though it got easier over time. ]

It is possible, had you kept fighting, that a similar end might have been met for your bully. And even though it may not be from your hand, a fight rarely comes with clean consequences.

A Jedi's service is to life. All life. He's hurt but he's alive. My involvement will not stain him enough that he would suffer or die. That is enough.

_{[ Ah, an accident, but a costly one. A mistake. Someone else had paid the price. He knew that guilt, and he wrestled with it still himself. He wasn't sure he would ever get over it, and sometimes in his dreams he could still see the numerous letters of condolence he wrote to families for the men and women he had lost. Bones and Spock said he did not have to do them, but sitting there in his hospital bed he had seen them as a penance, a tangible accounting for the true cost of his actions, of his own bullheaded blindness. ]}

Believe me, I learned that lesson. Expecting anything you do to come away clean is foolish - you can only hope for it all to work out right and that you made the right choices.

_{[ He considered Obi-Wan again. ]}

Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe you've instilled a bitterness in him, having come up against a force he could not fight. Me - I'm just a person. I was more skilled than him, but he landed a blow on me at least once and I'm not insurmountable. What you did - that telekinesis - he couldn't fight that. He was powerless. That sort of feeling can leave something darker in its wake.

Or who knows? Maybe it's enough to knock him onto a better path. I doubt either of us will be here long enough to find out.

It's probably for the best that we don't leave a large imprint on a different galaxy.

[ Light. They were finally away from the arena. Obi-Wan pulls away the metal grate with the Force, pushing it aside. ]

_{[ Kirk steps through and rolls his neck, cracking it, and then arches his spine, doing the same. In the light he gets a look at his hands and grimaces. Covered in mud. Great. ]}

Probably.

_{[ He takes a breath and runs a hand through his hair (already going crunchy from dried mud). Be a damn adult, Kirk. You're a captain now, and while he didn't exactly agree with Obi's interference, the man had helped him out of a sticky situation. ]}

Thank you, by the way, for your help. I don't know if I would have been cheered or mobbed if I had actually won. And since I plan to go gather some samples from the forests later, I would rather not be potentially seriously injured.

[ Dryly. ] Mobbed, most likely.

[ But Kirk doesn't have Obi-Wan's senses, his ability to tell what direction a situation might go. ]

And you're welcome.

Your faith is appreciated.

_{[ It's said wryly and with the slightest roll of his eyes. But he isn't one to hold grudges or linger long over things that did not bear lingering. ]}

If you want to join me, I'll go out exploring probably tomorrow. You know, once I get cleaned off.

[ Hm. He strokes his beard. He does enjoy exploring and checking on the indigenous species. Still, outside for long periods of time, even with a breather might not be the wisest option. ]

I'll consider it.

_{[ Maybe not, but Kirk was willing to take that risk. He had taken far more dangerous ones in his life, and he thought he would be okay given his new physiology. Maybe. He wasn't sure how far it actually went as far as his healing factor, but considering what it had brought him back from he thought that he could handle any pollution that got through the filters. ]}

Excellent. If you decide you want to come, just message me and we can meet up.

_{[ He slapped Obi's shoulder. ]}

I'll see you around. Right now I have a date with a shower.

[ Obi-Wan glances at his own robes. A shower sounds good. The things he does as a Jedi. ]

Of course. Until next time.

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