Drath won't stay in the box!

Ree gives Jude her coin. Jude knows Rent Sin and Adrey Cuthas from Dathomir. They talk about gifts for Life Day. "Ever check what the bestselling gifts for Life Day are?" she asks Ree. "Oh no," says Ree. This leads to talk about Primal Justice, which leads to Dalt making more cracks about Z's mother. Ree and Kedrihm'Val grab Z. Ree is, as ever, dismayed by all the attention and changes the subject. Someone needs to tell Raasik Sent about his family. Dalt's apprentice is doing okay. A bit socially backward, but Dalt says he'll work on that. Z snarks about the social skills of Jedi. Ree defends their honor, but "Stupid Ape has a point," says SARR. Z irrelevantly wants a hoversled with spotlights. "We could call it the Assmobile," Dalt says brightly. A pause. Then he adds, "You want to leap over the table now or shall I say it?" Z leaps, they shove him back in his chair.

Kedrihm'Val asks Dalt what he'll do now. Dalt's not sure. "I imagine they will ask if you want to become a Jedi," Kedrihm says, looking amused. Dalt looks ineffably disgusted. "They ask everyone else," Kedrihm'Val points out. Ree thinks Dalt could teach the children. Z is horrified.

Landing on Coruscant, they exit the ship to huge happy crowds, but Ree and Kyp sense someone who's very displeased. Whomever it is vacates the area before they're able to pinpoint them.

Ree and Kyp are especially popular. Zan's vanished, as usual. Dalt basks in the attention.

The Senate has been sketchily briefed on the Blueprint. Oola meets her brother to find out who's standing where on that issue. Ree finds out SARR taped the fight against the Thule leaders, and it's now on all the holovids. Luke may be even more dismayed about this than she is. There's some speculation about Ree and Kyp as an 'item.' Ree gives Lydia two weeks off and suggests she read up on constructing lightsabers. The Council wants to know Ree's opinion of Dalt. She tells them he still has a tremendous ego but has developed a conscience. for the next couple of weeks, they decide to let him come and go with minimal supervision. Kyp suggests having Lando talk to Senator Sent. Ree recommends installing Force crystals on the prison ship.

While Onna and Oola take Ree dress-shopping, Kedrihm'Val notes something happening on the prison ship. He heads up with Kyp and the security. The breakout was well-timed for people to be off their guard. Drath and two others are missing: Asajj Ventress and her apprentice. The guards are vacant--mind-wiped--there are lightsaber marks on the walls, etc. Kedrihm'Val tries psychometry on a guard, getting an image of a white-haired man--Set Harth--and a really, REALLY angry guy with pink skin--a Zeltron--who wiped these peoples' minds with pure rage. From the evidence, it looks like Harth and his companion came for Ventress and her apprentice, and Drath broke out on his own and went along for the ride. Kyp tells Kedrihm'Val to tell Ree and the others while he informs the Council. Kyp says a ship took off, but a female Zeltron spent the day distracting people so there's no good description of the transport. That's six people leaving, then.

Meanwhile, dress-shopping, Ree doesn't know what she's doing, and is mainly concerned with where to put her lightsaber, but they do achieve success! Avoiding fiascos of lace and ruffles, they find a fashionable dress she likes. Then Ree finds bad shoes. Oola finds good ones. Ree's on the way back to the temple when she sees the news. Then she gets a call from her mother to make sure she's getting ready and not being distracted by goings-on at the temple. Dalt turns up and Kedrihm'Val gives him the lowdown. Dalt's not sure he believes the guy is really Set Harth, but he knows some stories about the legendary Dark Sider. Harth was selfish, collected Sith lore, sort of a wandering Dark Side archivist. But Dalt is more worried about Drath.

Ree deposits her purchases and catches up with the others. Kedrihm'Val is surprised by how quickly her family heard about the incident. Ree calls back, but gets no message, so Oola traces the call, which leads to a hotel on Coruscant. Oola thinks they're spying on her. "Please," snipes Dalt. "Travel 26 days just to spy on your date? Even in my family, that'd be what we'd officially call problems." Looking further into it, Oola discovers that Han Solo paid for their trip. In fact, he paid for the whole freaking family--ALL of them--as "guests of the Republic." Oola doesn't tell.

Discussing the incident further, they figure Drath might go to Hutt Space or into the Deep Core. Maybe to one of Maul's bases, but they don't know where those are. Dalt reminds them taht Oola stuck Drath full of tracking fluid. Following that, signs point vaguely to the Deep Core. Dalt wants to build a special ship to follow them through the gravity fields there. Ree passes that on to Luke, who says not to let Dalt work himself to death over Life Week. Dalt claims it'll only take 36 hours for him, Oola, and his apprentice. "What'll we call him, anyway?" The kid tells them just to pick something. It takes Dalt and Co. about three hours to draft the basic design.

In the meantime, the others are off to dinner. Oola asks SARR, "You want to go with us, go to dinner, or go off by yourself?" SARR's eyes light up at that.


The next day, the temple prepares for the Living Force ceremony. Ree gets briefed on the Senate meetings. After Kyp comments on how sad it is that Ree can't spend the week with her family, Oola tells her about her family being on Coruscant. Ree's aunts all pick on her mom for calling, and make Oola tell Han she spoiled the surprise. Ree: "What is General Solo doing?!" SARR: "Maybe he's trying to make meat pies." Ree gets all mushy when Oola tells her it was Kyp's idea. SARR tells them some of the itinerary for the next two weeks, and wants tickets to the Tatooine vs. Chandrila smashball game. "It should be vicious," he says with great satisfaction.

The festival starts tomorrow. Today, they'll see what they can learn. Z tells the girls to go jewelry shopping, and takes Dalt and Kedrihm'Val to the Smashed Holocron to start tracking those messages. Now there's a strange team.

Onna explains to Ree that it's normal to own things like this. "Jedi are what we call 'poor.'" Ree: "I have dresses my mom made." "You were what we call 'poorer than a Jedi' before you were a Jedi." Ree wants to get Kyp a gift, a fancy sweet bread her people traditionally give to their sweethearts. so, she'll bake. "Baking for men is a serious step!"

Z, meanwhile, piles on the liquor. Now, who saw that coming? Dalt's disgusted that he doesn't have a drink, and at Z's pile of liquor. Z: "Kedrihm'Val, you have to figure out how a message got sent from here. Because this usually happens when I get here." "Oh, I fear you," Dalt snarks. "If Boba Fuckup can't do it, maybe we should look for clues," he says to Kedrihm. Z wanders into the ladies' room while Dalt and Kedrihm talk to the bartender. The power flickers. It's Z, who has patched into the security system through the wiring in the bathroom. He learns that the message boy they met works for the passed-out old guy at the end of the bar. Kedrihm ponders Z's massive drunk. Dalt asks if his planet doesn't have alcohol. Kedrihm'Val looks down at himself. "We're not exactly in a state to binge on poison," he points out. "Ah, sorry about that. Easily fixed," Dalt tells him.

The guy at the end of the bar is drinking suicidal amounts of alcohol, which doesn't seem to bother him. Z's actually pacing the guy pretty well, but passes out halfway through the drinks list (he gets to the 'Kyp-up'). Dalt calls Ree to let her know about the old man, who is using the Force to heal himself. Ree comes in, sits down, and he chats with her. He saw Set Harth in the bar, so he sent the message. Says the guy looked the same as when he last saw him forty years ago. Offers his name as Pence. "If he wanted artifacts, then why not go after the library ship?" Ree wonders. Pence figures he's probably after a specific artifact.

Oola orders booze: the Destroyer Droid and the Two-Fisted Farmgirl (named after Ree). Ree orders a Jedi Healer. She doesn't want to bother Pence any further, so they pick up Z and cart him home. His place is actually quite nice.

The people working on the ship have dug up materials, so Oola and Dalt return to work.