Sarah at the window

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

Sarah was back, and judging by the fact that her pants were made of leather and held on by suction (apparently) and the fact that her top was made of little more than a couple of glittery scarves held together with ribbon and hope, and also the fact that her hair was held up with an impressive array of clips and barrettes -a wonder they didn't add another five pounds alone- it could be surmised that she'd been planning on going somewhere else and had ended up here.

But the observation window as well as the plate of warm chocolate chip cookies, glass of ice cold milk and the copy of The Language of Birds that she'd gotten from Bar, were enough to make up for any crimp in her plans.

Company couldn't hurt either.

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[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"I know." he smiles again. "but it was not, Sarah. relax."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She eyed him cautiously once more before settling back again, tugging at the bangles on her wrists again, twisting them around full circle.

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"you are always with your guard up."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She nodded, the smile almost sheepish, "Kind of have to be back home, people don't take well to it when they find out what I am."

Which could be either the fact that she was Gen Active, or the fact that she was very much a lesbian.

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

The concept makes Windu stop and ponder... a planet where people are unused to the unusual... "it is... strange... the way people react, at most times, when faced with anything different from themselves."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She nodded, picking up another cookie and snapping it in half to dip it into the dregs of her milk, "Believe me. I know."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"I do believe you." Decidding he already does not like this planet 'Earth'...

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She nodded, finishing her milk and the last of the cookies, well, there were still cookies on the plate, but the last of the ones she was going to eat.

She went about taking the clips out of her hair, letting it down, she could only stand having it up like that for so long, "I know you do."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"sometimes, ignorance is bliss. but in the long run, knowledge pays off better."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She smiled once more at that, nodding as she ran her fingers through her hair, working it into two braids, one on either side. She did it evenly, without even looking at it really, "Very true."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

He chuckles low at something...

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She blinked twice, more puzzled than wary, "Some inside joke?"

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"yes. and with a long story behind it." he nods...

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She glanced at a nonexistant wristwatch, "I've got time, if you feel like sharing."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

He nods, and goes over a fairly amusing tale about one of his padawns... a girl who was a victim of serious prejudice, not for being lesbian, not for being jedi, but because her chosen 'mate' had a 'wrong' pattern of skin markings...

"And I was a bit shocked. They did not mind she was going to leave forever, they did not mind she was not going to have children for the clan... but it bothered them that her close friend had markings on her arm running left to right, and not right to left..."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She pondered this for a moment, then nodded slowly, "It's like that a lot of places back home as well. Japan especially, and some of the American Indian tribes, where I come from."

She shrugged as she tied a knot in the end of each braid, flicking them back behind her shoulders once more, "Personally I've never seen the point of cutting out options like that. Strictly genetically speaking it thins the blood, leads to weaker and weaker generations that have a harder and harder time finding a partner who isn't related to them." She shook her head, "Just stupid."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"stupid, is how prejudices arise out of... nothings. and become unwritten laws. I almost laughed out loud when they explained me what was the 'problem'..."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She nodded, then shrugged, "On the good days I laugh about it, on the bad days..." She shrugged, "Well the bad days are another story." And so they were. At least among the team Rainmaker's temper was well-known, if Sarah was a storm, her temper flares were lightning strikes, sudden and white-hot and then gone without a trace besides the damage they'd left behind.

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"and today is a bad day?" He asks, curiously.

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She smiled slightly, shaking her head, "No. Today isn't a bad day." A pause then, "At least, not yet."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"lets try to keep it this way. you would like to try some Dantooine wine?"

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She thought about that for a long moment, then shrugged, toying with the end of a braid, "Why not? Was planning on going out for drinks anyway."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

He places the order, and two glasses and a bottle appear. Windu fills the glasses with the dark purpleish liquid.

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

Sarah tilts her head, just watching, "Lovely color." She decided that she liked it because it was almost the same color as Roxy's eyes. Almost, but not quite.

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"it is a treat for all senses." he nods, smiling