ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʀᴇʏ.

“it doesn’t really count as flattery when it’s true, does it?” one corner of her mouth softened into a smile with the little quip, the slightest tilt of her head. fee had always put a little more effort in when it came to rey, initially out of what they believed to be necessity. but it had become enjoyable. there was a hint of something genuine there. but the tiny smile fell, brows scrunching at rey’s next words. “you’re too important here. don’t tell poe i said this, but i think he’d kill me if i let you come with me and left them all alone.” she reached up, the cool touch of their fingers light as they tucked a few strands of baby hair back behind her ear. “dathomir is not welcoming to outsiders. i don’t know if i will even be welcome.”

all the doubts she’d had, all the discomfort she felt in this universe, even among the people she knew, seemed to evaporate. rey had really only known poe for a short amount of time, but he sounded so much like himself that she almost laughed. she didn’t – their conversation was not the sort for laughing – but the stiffness in her shoulders eased. “you are a survivor, poe dameron.” she smiled and looked down, shaking her head. “and if you are made of anything, it’s certainly fire.” rey looked back at him and her smile softened. “poe, i... know you’re not stupid. i know you know i’ve been avoiding you. i’m sorry. this whole thing just feels so... strange. i thought i understood where my path was taking me, but...” she half laughed and waved her hand around her. 

rey’s skin prickled at the sight of him, and her fingers twitched, wanting to wrap around the hilt of her lightsaber. hux wasn’t exactly the most dangerous of enemies – she felt confident that the force made her quicker on the draw than him with his blaster – but she’d heard... rumors about him. she wasn’t yet confident enough to believe them, but it stilled her hand. “it’s still me,” she repeated, and laughed humorlessly. “you’re so sure?” after all, she wasn’t so sure about everyone else surrounding her. especially the ones she’d known in her old timeline. she was keeping her distance, thinking how strange it was they’d interacted so little but seemed to know so much about each other. was he once a nobody like her? one small person lost in an endless galaxy, somehow thrust into infamy? “so what exactly is it that you want with me, general? to talk? to fight? reminisce about old times?”

REY: So that’s my plan. FEE: Are you alright with constructive criticism? I don’t want to sound mean. REY: No, go ahead, I want to hear it. FEE: It fucking sucks. REY: That’s not constructive criticism.

   Stassam had made many trips to Takodana, this one would be no different. It offered a lovely little hive of characters, and one never knew who they were going to find lingering about Maz’s castle. Stassam was currently making their way to her castle when they felt a presence in the force, one that they were not going to let go unnoticed. So instead they choose to survey the hills around the castle, enjoying the natural beauty of the world of Takodana, and it was a beautiful world, no one could deny that, and it was important to enjoy the beauty that the galaxy held within it. That was when they saw the figure holonet device in hand, ah yes many more people would be here simply because it was one of the few worlds where you could reach out to others. 

“It would seem you are trying to reach out to someone, but who that someone should be is the question. Ironic, when we could contact anyone in the galaxy we wanted, we never seemed to want to reach out, and now that we can contact barely anyone, it seems we are all rushing to try and find a way to.” 

For once, Milla was actually allowed to take a hike, and she was enjoying her walk through nature. she’d come up the hill to test the new power chargers she’d added to her chair, and they helped push her up. it was good. they were working. before she headed down, though, she saw a girl her age or so standing, overlooking the city.

“it’s a great view, huh?” she called, turning off her power cells and just wheeling her way over on her own power. “You don’t get to see stuff like this much.” she looked out, then turned back to the woman. “I’m Milla.”

rey was taken aback by the sudden company, and an old instinct of going on the defense almost kicked in – but the voice that greeted her was soft, kind. it was strange to think about how rare that had once been for rey – on jakku, she was lucky to go a day without being hit, scolded, or otherwise spoken down to. now, free of those binds, among people of a like mind who believed in her, saw her as a person rather than a resource... she was slowly growing accustomed to the sound of kindness.

“because you’re very perceptive?” fee offered in response with a small quip of their lips, as though it might make her next words easier for rey to hear. she didn’t feel any guilt about the lie. it was an easy one, a believable one, and she could not afford to be left in the dark. this was not how the nightsisters had been eradicated once, but… she needed more information about this new threat than what the new republic or rebellion could offer them. “i’m going to go to dathomir. just for a week or two, maybe longer, but to see… what’s going on there, if there’s anything that i can do to help. i doubt there are any kind of functioning comms there.”

rey had taken the trip to takodana because it was one of the very few planets that still had some sort of communication ability, however limited. there were a few others, of course – but she would be stupid to risk a trip to coruscant, considering it was still under imperial control. she may have been a nobody in this timeline, but it was a foolish risk, and she worked very hard not to take those. and takodana was... special.

of course, once there, once her holonet device showed signs of working... she realized she didn’t know who to reach out to. everything felt so different, now – the world was familiar enough in its way, but the way she felt within it... it was wrong. she barely felt like she belonged in her own skin, let alone in this galaxy. what if all her friends were different, too?

@jedisensitive   //   rey.

“hey.” their fingers reached for hers instinctively, delicately wrapping around the muscles of her bicep for a brief moment. she’d always been a little touchy with those in the resistance –– it was so easy, most of the time. it was easy with rey, too. things had seemed to quickly fall apart with the apparent yuuzhan vong threat, whatever the kriff they were. the resistance didn’t know a thing about them and they were not willing to sit on their hands. but it was hardly the appropriate time or course of action to disappear without a trace and draw attention to herself. “do you have a minute? i’m sure you’re busy but it’s… important.” 

DAISY RIDLEY / / have you met REY yet? SHE is a 21 years old CIS WOMAN HUMAN, originally from JAKKU but typically reside on THE MILLENIUM FALCON. after everything they’ve gone through, they show loyalty to THE RESISTANCE. they are best known for being a JEDI AND RESISTANCE FIGHTER, and i hear they’re grown pretty PERSEVERANT yet also RECKLESS at times; i hope they survive the galactic war.