The Millennium Falcon- Shipyard parking- Sunday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had every intention of at least popping into work today to see if there was anything that needed to be done today, but the later it got the more the odds of that actually happening dropped. There was always something to be fixed on the Falcon, and having Poe flying it did make her nervous no matter how much he insisted that all the blown-up X-wings weren't his fault, so she wanted to make sure it was in the best condition it could be today, right now, at this moment, before something else happened to it.

Mostly she just wanted more time with these people before they all started scattering for work again. She felt like that part could go unsaid.


[I am incredibly lazy today. Post and landing ramp open!]

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[firstofitskind]

Yeah, Verity was going to be the one flying today, but a little well-placed paranoia had played a big part in Liam making it to the ripe old age of eight, so here he was, just... doing an extra-thorough systems check before the others got here.

“Rey!” he called, when he spotted her. “How’s it going?”

[thatwaslucky]

"Good," she called back, finishing what she was doing before turning back towards him. "How's the weekend been?"

[firstofitskind]

“No complaints,” Liam grinned. “We’re taking Verity’s cousin flying in a bit; it’ll be her first time up in space.”

He gestured to the shuttle, which was probably about as far aesthetically from the Falcon as you could get.

[thatwaslucky]

"That is definitely a shuttle," Rey said, amused. It wasn't as surprising as it could have been, given that she'd been in Summer's, all hot pink with flames on it. "What kind is it?"

[firstofitskind]

“Taelon,” he told her. “They grow- grew- their ships from an organic material called bioslurry.”

[thatwaslucky]

Rey frowned a little, interested. "Grow, like it's alive?"

[firstofitskind]

Liam nodded. “Yeah. The Mothership- where the shuttles are grown- has on occasion let us know when it has a... particularly strong opinion on something. The shuttles are a much more rudimentary form of life, like... a plant, I guess.” And indeed, were Rey to reach out with the Force, she’d feel that pulse of life emanating from the shuttle.

[thatwaslucky]

"I have so many questions." Because she was a Force sensitive pilot who was so curious how that worked.

(The Yuuzhaan Vong would have driven her nuts.)

"Is this thing here all the time?"

[firstofitskind]

“It’s mine,” Liam confirmed. “I took it with me when I left. Go ahead and ask, I’ll do my best to answer.”

[thatwaslucky]

"Can I get in it sometime?" That was much easier!

[firstofitskind]

“Absolutely,” Liam said, with the enthusiasm of someone who liked getting a chance to show off his ship.

[thatwaslucky]

"Great. Not today, obviously," she said. "Oh! Verity's cousin! How's it going with Verity's cousin?"

Right! She should ask about people.

[firstofitskind]

"Sarah's..." Liam trailed off. "Good? Mostly? She went through some stuff a while back, and she's still not a hundred percent, but that she was feeling up to coming out here was definitely a good sign."

[thatwaslucky]

"That's good. And she wants to go to space," Rey said.

[firstofitskind]

"She's a bit of a nerd," Liam said in that sort of fondly conspiratorial tone that indicated he in no way found this to be a bad thing.

"Plus when Verity's sister finds out, we're sure to hear the shriek of outrage all the way from the other coast," he added.

He liked Antimony too, but sometimes it was just too easy to get a rise out of her.

[thatwaslucky]

"And that's a good thing?" Rey smiled.

[firstofitskind]

"I love her, but she's very easy to wind up sometimes," Liam admitted. "She's always been a big fan of Space Battles and Y-People and stuff, so the fact that Sarah- or more specifically, Verity- got to go up into space before she did is something she'll find personally offensive." And he'd absolutely take Verity's sister flying too... eventually.

[thatwaslucky]

"I can see where that'd be annoying for her," Rey said, smiling.

[firstofitskind]

"And it's not like I won't take her flying eventually, because that would be mean. But Sarah's the one who came all the way out here, so."

Yeah, okay, Antimony had been on the island a couple Parents Weekends ago, and they could've gone then, but... everything with him and Verity being Really Serious had still been too new, back then.

[thatwaslucky]

"Nothing wrong with it," she told him. "It can be incentive for her to come here next time."

[firstofitskind]

"Exactly," Liam nodded, smiling. "How are your guests finding the island?"

[thatwaslucky]

"I'd say they're pretty at home here, considering I have a living room area now," Rey said, smiling wryly. "Finn's been here before. It's mostly just about getting to spend time together."

[firstofitskind]

"You didn't bef- oh, right, you just had all the stuff from the week with the animals," Liam recalled. "So you're saying your friends came over and decorated your place. Kind of them." Look, sometimes you just had to have someone else decide to do that for you. That was more or less how Liam had ended up with furniture too, although his hadn't involved recipes or talking animals handing him stuff.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's been a process," she said, smiling a little. "Apparently I shouldn't just use two parts of my giant apartment because I 'sort of live here.'"

He could probably hear the air quotes.

[firstofitskind]

He could, and was definitely biting back a grin. "Verity was deeply offended that I didn't own a bed," he shared.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm sure," Rey pointed out. "Duke had to talk me into getting mine. That was about all I had until this summer."