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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[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

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She arched a brow slightly at that, another faint smile tugging one corner of her mouth, "Don't hear it doing much of anything."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"try it. the color is pleasent, the scent is enticing, the taste is pleasing, the feel of it in your tongue is soothing..."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She lifted the glass closest to her, eyeing it a moment more before taking a small sip with the faintest little slurp. She'd done this before apparently. She smiled, settling back more comfortably in her chair as she swallowed, "Very nice."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"and after three glasss, you start hearing music." He smiles.

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She laughed softly, shaking her head, "Getting me liquored up isn't going to help your case any. You're sweet though." Coming from anyone else it would've been harsh-edged and mocking, Sarah however, meant it.

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"my case, is keeping you in good spirits. not trying for anything else."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

Another slight smile, and another small sip of the wine, "Well, one should be more than enough to acheive that."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"try two. thre glasses is for the initiated."

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

Another slight smile, seeming far more at ease now than she had even at the start of the conversation, "We'll see what happens after one."

[vaapadmaster.livejournal.com]

"so, we shall see..." He nods...

[iamnotstorm.livejournal.com]

She nodded, another small sip before reciting softly: I shall die, but
that is all that I shall do for Death.
I hear him leading his horse out of the stall;
I hear the clatter on the barn-floor.
He is in haste; he has business in Cuba,
business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning.
But I will not hold the bridle
while he clinches the girth.
And he may mount by himself:
I will not give him a leg up. "

A pause then adding, "Edna Saint Vincent Mallay, not sure what made me think of it."