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[encryptedlock]

[York's been...well, depressed lately. Maybe that's why he's feeling talkative when he notices the date and dictates to the journal.]

Earth Day...I miss Earth, you know? Not just the maybe-Earth we saw in LA--I miss that, too--but my Earth. Last bastion of the human race, headquarters of the UNSC. Last I heard, the Covenant found it and half

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[malachor_echoed]

[Hallin considers the world she was headed to when she came to Paradisa]

I'll buy you a round if you'll buy me one.

[encryptedlock]

Sure thing. Think we're heading to the Lux.

[malachor_echoed]

So it's a party then?

[encryptedlock]

Well, you and me aren't the only ones with shitty home lives.

[malachor_echoed]

I didn't say we were, York.

[encryptedlock]

Just saying, maybe "party" isn't the right word.

[malachor_echoed]

There's no reason we can't make it one, is there?

[encryptedlock]

...Huh. Guess we could. Make green drinks and everything.

[malachor_echoed]

[she's not entirely sure what the drinks being green have to do with anything, but drinks are still drinks]

I'll be down in the Lux in a few minutes.

[encryptedlock]

[Because it's Earth Day! Also because green is awesome.]

I'll be there.

[And he's still in armor, though he's taken off his helmet.]

[malachor_echoed]

[it's rather like seeing a Mandalorian sans helmet--slightly unsettling. She takes a seat and makes herself at home]

Green drinks, then?

[encryptedlock]

[The Lux doesn't have Lorne's Sanctuary spell. If shit goes down, he wants to be able to deal with it. York orders a Grasshopper.]

By tradition, people think of Earth as green even though it's really mostly blue. It's because it's been a relatively short time since we were able to see the whole planet from space.

[malachor_echoed]

[Hallin unclips her lightsaber and sets it in the middle of the table, like a long oblong centerpiece]

Do you think they'll mind if I put my feet up?

[encryptedlock]

Naw, Eliot's a pretty cool guy. You want me to order some food?

[malachor_echoed]

Never drink on an empty stomach.

[she smiles as she kicks her feet up]

[encryptedlock]

[He'll just grin and order some sliders. Everybody likes mini-burgers, right?]

So what's it like where you're from, anyway? Don't think you ever really said. [pause] Don't have to say, if you don't want to.