Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

No insane heat, no clothing malfunctions, no overloaded pockets this week. Everything was totally normal.

Which in Fandom-adjusted terms meant that after the woodchucks began throwing things at her, she turned it into an exercise and encouraged them to throw more so she could try blocking the projectiles with the Force.

Yep. Totally normal.


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[badassprodigy]

Barry had been taking a walk from his own warehouse because... Look. Everything was fine at the warehouse and perfectly normal and not deadly at all. Really. Barry just needed to... not be there a certain things were cleaned up.

And it was during this perfectly normal reason for a walk that Barry was hearing the sound of... rodents. And sounds of wood splintering. Poking his head into Rey's warehouse and seeing the scene before him-

"Huh. So they can fucking chuck wood."

Well it's a pretty normal response for Barry.

[thatwaslucky]

"They can and they do," Rey said, sending a piece tumbling harmlessly to the side before looking over at him. "Hi."

[badassprodigy]

"Hi. I'm Barry," he said ignoring the fact that Rey was using her mind to block oncoming pieces of wood with her mind.

Sorry, Rey. He's seen telekinesis before. However woodchucks actually chucking wood was new to him. As he was actually making mental notes about the rate of wood being chucked at Rey, along with the musculature of the woodchuck, the size of wood being chucked and how much would be chucked over a certain period of time... he then realized that maybe Rey didn't want this to happen.

"You're not in any fucking trouble with these things, are you?" he asked. They didn't seem to be truly bothering her and he wasn't about to interfere if she didn't need help.

[thatwaslucky]

Honestly, Rey was glad he didn't make a big deal out of it. She hated the way people tended to look at her when they saw it for the first time.

"Rey," she said. "And no. They're annoying but I finally figured out how to make it work for everyone, I think."

At least till she ran the big obstacle course over there and they tried to knock her off of it.

[firstofitskind]

Guess who'd heard it was Rey's birthday recently just a few days ago? Also guess who'd, conveniently, had a workshop yesterday that involved baking cupcakes?

It was the same person who was entering Rey's warehouse, a small wrapped package balanced on top of a box of cupcakes, only to be greeted by a wood-based projectile coming right at him.

He couldn't move things with his mind (... yet, anyway), but he could use the shaqarava defensively, the chunk of wood clattering to the ground harmlessly at his feet as it met with the energy barrier.

"Hello to you too."

Not that he actually thought Rey responsible for the wood being chucked, but still.

[badassprodigy]

And because Barry had no place to be and because everything was going to be... just fine in a bit, he leaned up against the doorway to watch Rey be target practice for the woodchucks.

"You're pretty good," Barry observed. "Not many people can deal with multiple objects thrown at once."

He narrowed his eyes as he spotted movement in the corner. "Careful. There's a little fucker behind the crate over there trying to sneak one in."

[thatwaslucky]

"I know," she assured him, slapping that piece down probably a little quicker than normal, so it was barely in the air before it was gone. "I can feel the attack coming."

[thatwaslucky]

"Sorry about that," Rey greeted him, turning to the woodchucks with a stern, "Keep it just to me, okay?"

[firstofitskind]

"I suppose if nothing else it's a reminder not to get too complacent," Liam said, with a hint of a smile.

[badassprodigy]

Barry's eyebrows went up, clearly impressed. "All right. Clearly you got this shit down. Anything I can do other than be bystander?"

[sith_happened]

"Happy birthday," Anakin said. "I brought you a fish."

From Malawi, as you do.

[thatwaslucky]

"Thank you," she said. "You brought a what?"

[thatwaslucky]

Rey signaled the woodchucks for a break and then turned back to Liam. "Hi. We're trying something new."

[thatwaslucky]

"Not really?" Rey said, thinking. "Unless you want to be a woodchuck."

[firstofitskind]

"How's it working out?" The woodchucks certainly seemed enthusiastic, at least.

[thatwaslucky]

"Well," she said, raising her hand to knock aside a board thrown at her head, "I'm not concusses yet."

But she dud that without looking, so.

And noticing what he had with him, she asked, "Ehatsvthat?"

[firstofitskind]

"Well," he grinned. "I heard you had a birthday this week, so. Presents."

[thatwaslucky]

"You didn't have to do that," she told him, still not sure what to do with this many people caring.

[firstofitskind]

"Sure," Liam shrugged. "But I wanted to." Look, he'd spent the first half of his life not having the time for things like birthdays. He was making up for it now.

He handed over the wrapped package first.

[sith_happened]

"A fish," Anakin said, nodding. "From Malawi. It's where we went for class."

[badassprodigy]

Barry started to respond and remembered where he was living again.

"Wait. Are you offering to turn me into a fucking rodent or do you want me to throw shit at you?"

Either way it's a strange offer for someone you just met, Rey.

[thatwaslucky]

"Throw things. I can't turn people into animals," Rey said, like that was ridiculous.

As she batted away a board without touching it.

[thatwaslucky]

"Can I open it now?" she checked. She didn't have a ton of experience with this.

[thatwaslucky]

"Am I training with it?" she asked.

[firstofitskind]

“I don’t see why not?” Liam replied, not exactly an expert on birthday protocol himself.