The park- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Right, so Rey didn't know about this today. The warehouse had some light from the outside, but it was mostly dark, which made it cooler, which also meant it had that gross, stuffy, closed-in quality to it, and she couldn't get rid of that without opening the door and letting hot air in. She found a woodchuck that she'd thought was hurt or sick, but it turns out it had just flopped and waved her off before throwing something at her.

So Rey was in the park under a tree for shade, and had texted Anakin to let him know she was here. She didn't think it was so bad right here, but she was used to the heat, and she'd even managed to work a bedsheet into something that vaguely looked like her usual clothes, so it kept her covered while letting her breathe.

Some people adapt easily.


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[sith_happened]

And some were reduced to wearing Space Battle-themed swim trunks. "Hi," he said as he approached.

[thatwaslucky]

"Thjs is over soon, right?" Rey replied.

He probably felt that more than she did.

[sith_happened]

"Normally it lasts about a week," Anakin said, "then the laundry machines feel properly appreciated again."

[thatwaslucky]

"I always appreciated them."

She had a limited wardrobe!

[sith_happened]

"Have you said so out loud to them this week," Anakin asked, "fully realizing what a completely ridiculous question that is?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm going to now!"

This was how Rey was going to end up saying hello and thank you to washing machines on the regular.

[sith_happened]

"Maybe we should just put up signs reminding everyone to pay them fealty," Anakin said, "even if it feels a little like being extorted."

[thatwaslucky]

"If all they want is appreciation, I'm fine with that," Rey said. "They've probably earned that, even if it's weird."

Due to them being inanimate... kinda,

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "Everything around here seems to achieve semi-sentience if it's been here long enough. Which is odd."

[thatwaslucky]

"Hmm. I guess what works with the warnings I got about trying to tap into the island," Rey mused.

Still weird.

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded again. "There's something deep down below that's best not disturbed," he said.

[thatwaslucky]

"I guess we should be glad it just manifests in laundry strikes," Rey sighed.

[sith_happened]

"It could be so much worse," Anakin agreed. "Even if it is stupidly hot in addition to having nothing to wear. That's a new twist."

[thatwaslucky]

"So this is just something that happens sometimes?" Rey asked.

[sith_happened]

"It hasn't happened in a while, but yes," Anakin said. "When I was a student, there was a day where crayons floated around and wrote mean things on your head."

He smirked. "Well. Not my head. They were easier to catch than the balloons."

[thatwaslucky]

"That's terrible!"

Rey had also never been through baggage day. She was still so you g.

[sith_happened]

"That was just annoying. The onions that make you cry are worse, and so's the baggage," Anakin said.

[thatwaslucky]

"The baggage?" she asked, even though she didn't want to.

[sith_happened]

"Emotional baggage made manifest in a giant trunk that reads 'ABANDONMENT ISSUES' for everyone to see," Anakin said. "For example."

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't want that," Rey said simply.

What would hers even be?

[sith_happened]

"There are people who got blocked into their rooms by all of their issues."

Him. He meant him.

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't suppose there's a way to keep that from happening again."

She knew better. Forever hopeful.

[sith_happened]

"Get people on the island with fewer issues?" Anakin suggested.

Ahahahahaha.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey paused.

Still pausing.

Stiiiiiiiill pausing.

[sith_happened]

"Yes, I don't think that's really an option, either," Anakin said.