tushanshu_logs | [EVENT | TAVIMBI] HAPOYELA'S BLESSINGS

Characters: Come one, come all!
Date: March 5th
Location: The Sabonile Temple, in Hatal
Situation: The Foreigners, as well as many prominent kedan, have been invited to the great Temple of Hapoyela in Hatal, where the Sabonile priest class wishes them to participate in a celebration!
Warnings/Rating: Character nudity in the after-feast comment. Indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.

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According to the Sabonile priests, Hapoyela wishes to properly welcome the Foreigners and the kedan to the full scope of Tavimbi's hospitality, and has instructed the clergy to organize a suitably impressive celebration for the citizens of the oldest living Great Turtle. All Foreigners, as well as many notable kedan including the Family heads, are invited to attend a grand feast and celebration at the Sabonile Temple, one of the largest buildings in all of Hatal.

The clergy has promised an evening of good food, lively entertainment, and the magnificent blessings of Hapoyela. At the same time, the Sabonile will be hosting a soup kitchen in the Temple's courtyard, feeding the hungry and the poor, as dictated by their religious tenets and beliefs.

While those who receive an invitation to the event, which the Sabonile consider a sacred charge from Hapoyela, are not required to attend... it could be seen as a disrespect to their deity.

MOD NOTE: For the naked after party section, soul gems are still allowed to be worn. If your character isn't up for stripping down, they can excuse themselves from that segment of the evening, which will have no negative repercussions with the Sabonile. In this case, they will simply do a wave-over blessing from Hapoyela around the person, and bid them a pleasant evening before they go.

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Zuko takes the ladle and gives the pretty lady a smile. He then starts dipping it into the soup and fills bowls. Giving them to the eagerly waiting hands of the Kin'nal that are waiting.

"Yeah, they do. I didn't realize there were so many."

He had heard some mention of the Kin'nal and how many Tavimbians looked down on them. But this was a heartbreaking realization to see how poorly they were treated. Atleast the Sabonile were reaching out to them.

She flashes him a quick smile before going back to her own serving position.

"Where there is an abundance for some, there is a lack for others. That is a sad truth in any world, I'm afraid."

She doesn't care who the people are, they all deserved to be treated with respected and allowed to share in any bounty they could. And if there was a chance that she can be of service to those who need it, Padmé will be there.

"I'm glad to see that they're getting some help."

"Yeah, you're right," Zuko says quietly. "In my country we didn't have much of this. It wasn't until I started traveling outside of it that I saw how much people were suffering."

But as he thought about it, he realized that this lady was familiar to him. He's had a similar conversation with her once before in Luceti.

"I think I know you. Is your name, Padme?"

"Sometimes it takes leaving the comfort of our homes to see the ugliness that others face." She can still remember the shock she'd suffered when she came face-to-face with slavery still existing in her galaxy when they landed on Tatooine.

She turns to look at him again after handing off a hot bowl of soup and nods.

"Yes, it is, but I'm not surprised you recognize me. I made a video broadcast a few days and gave my name."

"It did for me," Zuko says thoughtfully as he thinks back to years ago when he had been banished by his father. It hadn't been his choice to leave home, but it had been the best thing that happened to him. It opened his eyes and made him a better person in the long run.

"It's not that, I met you in Luceti. Well, a different you probably."

"I had an experience like that once. It definitely changed the way I dealt with those around me. For the better, I'd like to think." Since, after Tatooine and her appointment to senator, she'd expelled a great deal of energy and time into making sure that the freedoms she'd taken for granted would be enjoyed by everyone. It's a long process, however, and one that she's sure will take longer than her lifetime to enact and enforce.

"Luceti? I'm sorry?" If she seems confused, well, she is. "A different me? Please explain."

"Same here," Zuko said, giving a small smile as he passed on yet another bowl of hot soup to waiting hands.

"Oh, uh... It's another world where people from many others were brought to. Kind of like this one. It's where I got these."

And with that, the small wings on his back flap lightly.

It was nice to meet someone with a similar background, though something told her that it didn't end quite the same way it had with hers.

"There are...numerous worlds like this. And you obtained bird feathers from such and you met myself there as well." Blatant disbelief as she tried not to think about nine-year old Anakin asking her if she was an angel. "I see."

And she would be right about that.

"Yeah, and it's kind of weird how they work. People arrive, then leave eventually. Sometimes they come back, and sometimes they don't remember being there at all. It happens a lot."

Zuko is definitely a voice of experience here. Considering people had known him both here and Luceti before he arrived, and he didn't remember being there at all.

It wouldn't be the first time she was right about something.

"You sound as if you've experienced that far too many times," she says pointedly as she continues to serve the people lined up. An argument breaks out between two men down the line and she frowns. "That can't be good. Perhaps we should try to mediate before it becomes a physical confrontation."

"Well... not as many as some. My friends saw several different me's come and go. And apparently its happened here too."

He then also turns to look at the argument breaking out and frowns.

"Yeah, good idea." After handing off another bowl he then moves in that direction. "What's going on here?"

"I have to admit that that is more than just a little disturbing. I wasn't told about this possibility before now."

And why not? Isn't it something important that she should know about, if she's been here before with no memory of the situation. Or that it's a possibility.

She also gives her last bowl to the person before her and heads off to help break up the argument. She at least attempts to not appear to be intimidating as she listens to the two men begin talking over the top of the other about how they were pushing in line and trying to steal food. "Gentlemen, there's plenty of food to go around. Fighting isn't necessary."

"Maybe because this is the first time you've been here."

That's pretty much what it typically boiled down to in Luceti. Either someone was just arriving for the first time, or anyone who would have remembered them, were gone too.

Zuko though, tends to look intimidating even when he's not trying. That scar definitely doesn't help as the two Kin'al look at him warily.

"She's right, everyone will get some," he says firmly.

"Perhaps. I don't think anyone here knows who I am that didn't know before they came here."

Not that it really matters in the long run, considering that, even though it's an important topic, it might be possible that Obi-Wan and Anakin are unaware of the situation as well. She'll have to ask them later.

She looks over at her companion with a wry expression. He does seem the more serious type, and that burn scar is definitely much more intimidating than a smiling, pretty woman. Which is good because that means they're underestimating her.

Although the men back away with a few whispered words and apologies about their behavior, obviously scared. If she doesn't step in, they might just run away and spread rumors. "Why don't you both come up to the front of the line and get your food now. That way we don't have any problems later, alright?"

Hopefully the rest of the people in line won't fight her on this.

Zuko blinks at the reaction of the Kin'nal, and pauses to rub at his head sheepishly. He's really not that scary, or at least he doesn't try to be. But yeah, okay, maybe he can be a little intimidating sometimes. He is the Fire Lord after all, even if that doesn't mean anything to anyone here.

"Yeah, here..."

And he moves back to fill a couple more bowls of soup, and to offer them to the two arguing Kin'nal. Hoping that it would make up for the fact that he'd made them uneasy.

"There's no point in fighting. This is supposed to be a happy time. Everyone should try to get along and keep the peace."

He offered them a smile as well.

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