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Who: Everybody who hates this moon! And a few that don't!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: The Good Ship Iskaulit
When: Throughout the Toxic Moon event

[Y'all, Misty can't be the only one who hates this place, so let's all gather on the Iskaulit, safe from all that dark and rot down on the polluted moon and have ourselves a good time!

(Or at least, a pollution-free time).

A list of establishments on the Iskaulit can be found here!]

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[She nods, her smile small but appreciative.]

And because I'm not alone.

Now, watch!

[She tips the vial over the plant, letting out just a few drops. Seconds later the plant, which had formerly consisted of a couple of small waxy green leaves, bursts forth with new leaves, growing bigger and bigger until a flower pops out. Then another and another, all in bright tropical oranges and pinks.]

[ Obi-Wan is genuinely impressed by the way he stares at it. ]

Amazing. How did you do that?

[Just the reaction she wanted! She's pleased by his approval and grins up at him, giving the vial a little shake.]

It's my potion. Made it myself!

How . . . ?

[ Obi-Wan has never seen anything like it and his academic curiosity has him looking over the plant from all corners. ]

Green magic. Miss Cordelia was teachin' me until... [She frowns, a passing darkness which she quickly pushes away.] Anyway, she's the best at potions and plants and growin' things.

I wonder if a potion like this could help the planet below us.

[ The applications could be limitless. But the extent of it might be unknown and it might not last that long in the atmosphere. ]

Maybe. [But she looks doubtful.] I've never tried to make that much before. And I don't know that anyone else could make it. Doesn't work if you aren't magic.

[ He nods. ]

Perhaps we can pass along this sample. And see what they intend to do with it.

If you think it'll help... what's happened here ain't right.

I think it can't hurt.

[ Things being as bad as it is. ]

[She stoppers the bottle up and looks at it thoughtfully.]

Who would I give it too though? One of those terraformer guys?

No, I don't think that would be a good idea.

[ Especially since they seemed to be on the suspicious side. ]

Let me see if I can find a more neutral authority to give it to.

All right. I trust you: you know how all these space politics work better than me.

Thank you.

[ He's honoured by her simple trust in him. ] I'm not a big fan of politicians myself.

I never paid much attention to 'em. Seems like a bunch of bullshit to me.

I know a few good ones. Unfortunately they're the backbone of the Republic.

[ And they, sort of, control the Jedi. ]

What does that make the Jedi then?

The Jedi aren't bound to the Republic. We're peacekeepers. Neutral.

[ He pauses. Because none of that is true anymore and it rankles. ] For the most part.

Neutral, huh? Well more power too you... being neutral ain't easy.

It never is.

[ He glances at her. ] What was it like for you? You had a . . . coven, correct?

[She frowns.]

I always thought once I found my people, I'd find myself, my real self, and that we'd all protect each other.

[She shakes her head.]

But it weren't like that at all, not with them.

. . . I'm sorry.

[ And it's sincere in its softness, his tone. Obi-Wan's place was with the Jedi, even as he continues to wrestle with new knowledge. He lost them once, when he was thirteen, thrust into a civil war. He had been alone then. Whatever connections he forged faded quickly because he had been a Jedi. And no one was willing to accept him. ]

Thanks. Some people here think I'm weird, that I don't want to go back but... if they'd seen what I have, they wouldn't want to either.

The world is what you make of it. And home should be where you want it to be.

Yeah... except we don't ever know when they're just gonna take it away from us do we?