That Warehouse With The Lightsaber Burn On The Door, Friday

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan wasn't completely certain he was going to ever bother with the park again. The warehouse was more or less set up the way he needed it, he hadn't seen Seivarden in a month and so having the pets meet up to play wasn't exactly on the table, and there was that whole thing with Kaidan and trees these days on the off (off, off, off) chance the other man actually made his way out for sparring.

And so he'd sent a message to all the usual suspects to tell them where he could be found, and then he settled in to go over lightsaber forms. Nothing terribly, earth-shatteringly new. At the moment, he was running through them just as much to ground himself as he was for refresher, finding the solid, steady movements of his blade in his hand far more tangible, far more immediate than taking a seat on the floor and reaching out through the Force to observe life around the island.

He had a training remote on standby in case he needed a challenge at some point, but for now he was content to just go through the old, familiar motions for a while, maybe letting the tiniest bit of Caleb shine through as he went. Just for this.

[OOC: Open warehouse is open!]

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[thatwaslucky]

If asked, Rey would say that of course she'd be back. Deep down, though, where she kept all the things she couldn't admit to herself, she didn't think she'd ever be able to. So with this being her last visit here, she found a spot to watch quietly before she went back to a place where what he was doing never happened anymore, if it ever really had at all.

[uncertain_dume]

Step-turn, thrust, parry, riposte, turn...

"Hello, Rey."

He didn't stop, today. Not immediately. He brought his lightsaber up, brought it back down again. It hummed as it moved, cutting down invisible opponents, deflecting bolts that weren't there.

"Today's the day, huh?"

For somebody who was better at running than most anything else, it was odd, feeling the sting of it.

[thatwaslucky]

"A few more hours," she replied, making note of his moves. "I'm all packed and everything."

She had considerably more than what she'd arrived with, too. And it still wasn't a ton.

[uncertain_dume]

The corners of Kanan's mouth twitched in a faint smile as he moved, and then he started pushing his way into more advanced, more aggressive forms. If she was going to watch, if she was going to learn, he was going to give her something else to take home in this.

"It's going to be weird without you here on Fridays," he noted, falling into a crouch and bringing his lightsaber down in front of himself, standing and twisting and lashing it outwards, the blade stopping a mere inch away from one of the building supports. He pulled it back again, continued on. "Grab a practice sword, follow along for a while?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Sure," she said, standing. Had they done this since that whole thing? Not that it mattered, since she was good at repressing.

She picked up a practice sword, which was a little weird when she was so used to her staff. "I can always call in on Fridays," she said, giving it a little swing to test it before watching for a good point to jump in.

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan bowed his head a little in acknowledgement, straightening his posture again, and then sliding his foot back and raising his lightsaber up in the opening stance of his Soresu forms again.

"I would not object to calls on Fridays," he replied. "Touch base, tell you how stupid the island is being. Maybe impart some useful life advice on you. Or just confuse you more, whichever..."

Ascertain that she was still alive and well. That bit was important, but he was busy pretending he wasn't kicking into Dad Mode, here.

[thatwaslucky]

She was going to miss Dad Mode, honestly.

Rey copied his stance, though again, it felt much different this way. "I don't think you've ever confused me," she said, and paused. "Maybe on the Force stuff. But that just seems confusing in general."

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan gave a little huff of a laugh at that, sliding easily into the first few steps of his forms.

"Honestly, Rey, sometimes I wonder if it ever stops being confusing. But if there's ever anything you have questions about, I'm always here to try to explain."

He wasn't promising that he'd be any good at it. But he'd definitely try.

[thatwaslucky]

She followed the start easily, since she'd done it at least a couple times before, though she was focusing on her own movements a little more than usual.

"We'll have to see what stories the traders have to tell when they come through," she said. "I'm sure I'll have all sorts of questions."

[uncertain_dume]

"Honestly," Kanan mused, keeping an eye on her movements as well, making a mental note of any that needed work so he could run them over again further through the forms, "I'll admit I'm curious of what the traders have to say. To see what time has done, I suppose."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey was quiet for a moment, and said, "There's a lot I'm not sure actually happened."

And done she didn't think he'd gotten to yet, and she wasn't sure she should mention that.

[uncertain_dume]

Yeah, he wasn't in the market to hear about his own future, necessarily.

"See, now I'm definitely curious," he replied, glancing her way, turning along with his lightsaber into another attack position.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey frowned a little as she repeated his movements, saying, "The name Skywalker gets mentioned a lot, but it's not the teacher here. I've been figuring it's a timeline difference thing."

She'd met Luke, and didn't know it. Which, really, was for the best for a lot of reasons. It's eventually be interesting when she found out, though.

[uncertain_dume]

"Yeah, the Skywalkers seem to be a... lot more prolific than I'd ever been led to believe," Kanan noted, turning on his heel as the lightsaber flashed outward again. "I'm not surprised that name's making it places."

Having met a few Skywalkers, and all.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's one of those things that never really fit with what I always heard." That move didn't really trip her up as much as compensating for an unfamiliar weapon made it different. "And it hasn't been like I could fact check in my universe. I'm not sure it really matters anyway, it's just nice to think about."

[uncertain_dume]

"Fair enough," Kanan mused, straightening up, lightsaber moving in front of him in a blur of glowing blue. "There's no harm in having food for thought, I suppose."

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a good thought when you're stuck somewhere where nothing happens," she admitted. "Like a reminder that there's a bigger galaxy out there where big things happen."

[uncertain_dume]

"I can personally vouch for there being big things out there," Kanan offered. "Any time you want to make another field trip to Lothal, hit me up."

It was hard to ignore 'big things' when evidence of the Empire was everywhere.

[thatwaslucky]

"If I can," she said, though she felt a little twinge at not knowing when that would be, since she knew she couldn't chance missing her parents coming back, if they hadn't already. "You'll have to keep me up to date on what you're doing there."

[uncertain_dume]

"I'll make a point of it," Kanan replied, nodding and moving into the next steps of his forms, picking up the pace a little. "Friday check-ins, right?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Honestly, a little glad to be picking up the pace a little after that twinge.

"Right. You're going to be very bored hearing my end."

[uncertain_dume]

"Hey, maybe I like sand," Kanan replied easily.

Nobody liked said, Kanan.

It was coarse.

[thatwaslucky]

It got everywhere.

Seriously. You didn't want to know how much sand was in her boots by the end of a day.

"I'm pretty sure anyone who says they like sand means they like the beach, or they're lying," Rey said.

[uncertain_dume]

"Okay," Kanan said easily, "so I'm lying. But I still want to know you're doing okay."

Yeah, he was getting Space Dad all over this conversation now.

[thatwaslucky]

"You absolutely will," Rey promised. "There's a reason I made sure I could charge a phone from Earth on my generator."

There probably wasn't anyone else she'd be checking in with much, after all.

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan considered that momentarily, and then he nodded, satisfied.

"Well, then I guess we've got that sorted," he decided, and picked up the pace just that little bit more.

[thatwaslucky]

She left that for a moment to focus on the movements, then said, "And you'll be fine here, right?"

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan was silent for a moment, taking a few more steps before glancing at her.

"I'm going to have to be, I suppose."

Things had been... much. But he was getting his head around it.

[thatwaslucky]

"That seems to usually be how it works," she said evenly.

Since hi, look at her life.

[uncertain_dume]

"It's either this, or an alternative I'm not ready for just yet," Kanan agreed. "So let's go with yeah. I'll be fine."

[thatwaslucky]

"Good," Rey said. "Because that sounds too heavy for me to leave on."

[uncertain_dume]

Kanan offered her a wry, almost apologetic smile.

"Hey," he replied, "I've got Stance to keep an eye on me. If ever I'm not doing fine, he'll just sit on me until I'm better."

Or until he starved to death because he didn't have the heart to move his dog.

[thatwaslucky]

"That's why he's a good dog," Rey said, with absolute conviction. "You know there's a problem where I can't see him on Fridays, too."

[uncertain_dume]

"Guess that means I'm going to have to start sending pictures?"

This wasn't really a hardship.

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes."

It was maybe the fastest Rey would ever answer any question in her entire life.

[uncertain_dume]

And Kanan actually paused in his forms for a much needed chuckle, at that.

"Okay," he replied, shooting her a grin. "Hey, you've got a few hours before you take off, right? I can head to the apartment and get him, if you like. You can take him for a farewell lap around the island."

[thatwaslucky]

Okay, the last narration was a lie, this was the fastest she could answer. "Yes! I mean, I have to say goodbye, right?"

[uncertain_dume]

"He'd be heartbroken if you didn't," Kanan agreed, shutting off his lightsaber and simply clipping it to his belt for the time being. "Okay, let's go get the dog."

[thatwaslucky]

She put the practice sword back happily, because her priorities were firmly in the right place.

"There will be pictures."

[uncertain_dume]

"Of course there'll be pictures," Kanan agreed. "You need something to remember my weird wolf-dog by." He headed back toward the door. It was shaping up to be another quiet day, and if it'd make Rey and Stance happy, why the hell not?