The training warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

There were eggs all over the warehouse today.

They were brightly colored and stood out, so the first time Rey spotted one while running the obstacle course, she'd paused to open it, and found chocolate inside. She'd pocketed it, shrugged it off, and then continued on before spotting more.

So now that she'd run it in full, she was walking along the course and finding eggs. Why not.


[Why not indeed. Open!]

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[sith_happened]

"I didn't put the eggs around, but I kind of wish I did," Anakin admitted as he arrived.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'd be a little worried if you did," she called from atop the course. "There are a lot."

[sith_happened]

"It does show impressive dedication to a theme," Anakin said. "I don't put in half this effort for my kids."

[thatwaslucky]

"Do you put chocolate in yours? Because there's chocolate in these," Rey said, holding up a blue egg she'd just found.

[sith_happened]

"What Rory leaves behind, yes," Anakin said a little dryly. "Or jellybeans. Or those weird marshmallow birds."

[thatwaslucky]

"I've never had those," Rey said, and she eyed the blue egg suspiciously now. "But I haven't checked many eggs."

[sith_happened]

"New exercise, then," Anakin said. "Reach out with the Force and bring at least fifteen of them to you at a time."

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't think I've found that many at a time," she said, frowning a little.

[sith_happened]

"Concentrate and see how you do," he recommended.

[thatwaslucky]

"Okay," Rey said, and stilled, closing her eyes as she reached out...

And a moment later said, "How do I find an egg?"

[sith_happened]

"How do you find a rock?" Anakin countered.

[thatwaslucky]

She thought about that. "I kind of just do? But I know what a rock's like."

Did that make sense?

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "You have to figure out what egg's like. Separate them from the more familiar items in the room."

[thatwaslucky]

"So, find the hollow plastic things." It shouldn't feel harder than finding rocks, but it did?

[sith_happened]

"Exactly," Anakin said, nodding. "Off you go. Or stay."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey focused on the egg in hand, trying to reach out to find the things like it, and moreso the space between them.

And after a moment when she started frowning, it was pretty clear it wasn't going well.

[sith_happened]

"Would you like a boost?" Anakin asked, closing his eyes too.

[thatwaslucky]

"You can do that?" Rey asked.

[sith_happened]

"Sure," Anakin said. "I've got very good at figuring out objects on the ground because I am a lazy parent and Christopher will not go to sleep without one particular stuffed animal, which he loses approximately 3,000 times a day."

[thatwaslucky]

"I mean, you can give me a boost?"

It wasn't like she'd ever had anyone who could. Or would, at least.

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "Part of the trust thing," he said. "I can add to your abilities. Temporarily, of course."

[thatwaslucky]

"Okay," she said, and admitted, "I'm kind of curious."

[sith_happened]

"Close your eyes," Anakin said, "and I'll give you a bit of a poke."

[thatwaslucky]

Still frowning a little, Rey closed her eyes, concentrating. Was she supposed to concentrate? Probably.

[sith_happened]

Anakin waited a moment, then closed his eyes and reached out for Rey through the Force, giving her a little nudge to let her know he was there.