#solorenperor

She flipped the head of the coin, Heads meant West, and Tails meant East…she didn't think she was cut out for the North, too much snow. And South well she was as far south as she could be within the legal United States. She flipped the coin, her fingers toying with it nervously. She promised herself she'd never move again after coming over to the States. But that was before Rey had met Markus, just shortly after moving to Arizona.

She'd landed herself a decent job at one of the many shops in the area. Markus was originally from New Mexico, and had a braid that ran down his back like an oil slick. He ran around town with a recklessness that Rey was familiar with, and it was almost comforting .But she soon found he couldn't hold his drink, like many of his ancestors, he became a monster. And while Rey prided herself on being able to fend for herself, it all changed one day when she found out her period was late.And Rey was never late…

She'd stuck around, keeping her secret to herself for a little while. That was until one particular night. When she'd caught Markus with Kaycee, and when she'd questioned him, nearly spilling her discovery, he blamed her, stating she'd been distant, and he'd given her a black eye. So packing all her items, one other pair of jeans, and a few shirts, the rest she could buy if she needed to whenever she got to where she was getting. Rey tossed the coin…East.

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She awoke nearly four days after flipping that trusty coin, her hand resting gently on her side, her eyes taking in the sights as the bus pulled into the Boston station. Boston…she'd always wanted to live closer to the ocean. Thanking the driver, she grabbed for her duffle, stepping out into the early morning air. She had sixteen hundred dollars to her name, and in a town where she knew nobody. Needing food before the lovely nausea that came with growing a human claimed her Rey took note of a place just a block over, its bright sign blinking at her like some beacon. 'Maz's'

Oh there are so many.... solorenperor plays a wonderful Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. The character feels like the conflicted character we know, and every time I see their posts with either Ben or Kylo, it feels like they have a really good understanding of him.

That boy who he loved so much. Ben was his nephew, but he was also the closet thing he would ever have to a son. He had been there through so much of the younger man’s life until that night when the temple burned down. He had seen Ben from the shadows, watching over the boy as he did he best to find an answer as fast as he could. The answer he had found was heart breaking. He could not save Ben Solo, but someone else could. That someone else had come to him through Rey, a young woman powerful with the Force, his nephew’s equal. So he had taken her under his wing as his student, training her so that she could fulfill her destiny and save his nephew from the darkness.

Right now, he had given Rey the task to save what was left of the Resistance. His sister was in distress, her fleet destroyed and her resources minimal. He could not let this go on.

He emerged finally from the mine, the salt covering on the ground losing its white color with each step, turning to a red that reminded Luke chillingly of blood. He came out fully into the light, stopping after a certain point and lowering his hood. He took a quick glance at the machines and ships of war around him before peering right at a particular ship. He knew his nephew was in the ship he looked at. He could sense it.

“Sir?” One of the crew members aboard Kylo’s ship said to the new Supreme Leader. “There’s a man out there. What are your orders?”

He was certain of that. Kylo would become the Supreme Leader and he would do everything in his power to make it so.

“In any case, this little chip will have the Resistance fall right into our trap. A supposed map to Luke’s location, a false guide, of course. Everyone will want to know where he is and oh how wonderful it is that he is alive and not buried under the ruins of a temple burnt in flame. The Resistance will have no choice but to reveal themselves from the hole they’ve been hiding in on some backwater planet. Then we’ll strike, trace them back to their base, and get Leia to join the right side.” Ren said. “Now we just need an agent to play the part and give it to someone trustworthy to the Resistance. I know just the person to be the one to hold on to the map, a friend of their’s on Jakku. Once that’s done, you need to lead an attack on Jakku and sniff out any Resistance members who have come to retrieve the map. I know you can accomplish this mission. I just need to propose it to the Supreme Leader, but I think he will like it. After all Snoke does enjoy his games and so do I.”

Rey's feet carried here with a precise execution that only a dancer could possess. She could no longer contain the excitement, her weeks class load had been nearly unbearable knowing what was to come over the weekend, and finally the day was here. She worried about looking 'extra' but Rose assured her, such music festivals being a bit 'extra' was allowed, and when she'd opened the door to her small but homey flat, her friends assured her, the crown of flowers worn over the simplest of plaits looked natural with her pocket dress, showing the large spans of skin on her back.

“ Straight out of the sixties.” Finn had assured her, earning that special smile she reserved only for her friends.

They'd worried with her presenting her semester dance final, the last thing Rey would want to do was attend a music festival, especially after Finn had stopped by just to be sure she ate, iced, and wrapped swollen and damaged feet. But she assured the couple, there was no way she'd miss this,after all it was her first real festival since she'd moved to the states. She'd hardly slept the night before.

When she'd been asked about the seats, Rey scoffed, her nose wrinkling, people back in the day didn't buy seats, she wished to stand, to be in the grass, where she could kick off her shoes, have a few drinks, and dance. And besides she knew, those tickets where considerably cheaper, not that Finn would have cared either way.