Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey didn't want to talk about it.

Which of course meant that she should be teased for the rest of her natural life.

But until anyone started doing that, she was getting in some practice with the remote, trying to apply what she could from Form VI while doing so, and trying to ignore that she still had one of those songs in her head.


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[defenderofdesmoines]

Having been told to come check out the mad scientist guy's warehouse, Annie set out to do just that with her Friday afternoon. He was nice, but still. Due superhero diligence, and all.

However, in a town this small, she really wouldn't have expected a whole warehouse district. (And where were all the wares, if they needed them so badly?) So, naturally, she didn't get the right warehouse on the first try.

Annie lingered in the doorway for a moment to watch Rey - obviously, she was in the wrong warehouse and she'd keep looking around but...okay, that was also really cool, whatever that girl was doing with her floaty thing and her glowy sword. Maybe she was a wizard. (Annie was begrudgingly very interested in this whole 'wizards are real' thing, all right?)

[thatwaslucky]

She could probably wonder about the crude Jedi symbol burned into the door with a lightsaber, too. Might lean into the wizard-y thing.

Rey knew she was there, but since she didn't sense a threat, she waited for a good stopping point to lower her blade and say, "Hi."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Hey. Sorry," Annie replied, holding her hands up in a peacemaking gesture. "Sorry, I so did not mean to bother you. I think I'm in the wrong warehouse - this guy said I could come make sure his mad scientist lair isn't evil."

She was looking around curiously as she explained - Rey having a British-sounding accent was totally not helping her 'wizard' assumption, either, even if it was just an unconscious bias on Annie's part.

[thatwaslucky]

"Oh, that's Barry," Rey said. "He's very helpful but I'm fairly sure he's not evil."

Mad scientist probably checked out, though.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"That's what he said, too," Annie said, having to laugh. "I mean, I guess if you're going to do mad scientist stuff, you probably want to get out ahead of the assumption."

She offered a hand, stepping a little closer to do so. "I'm Annie, by the way."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey switched the remote off with the Force and let it drop before going to shake her hand, because you know what would make a bad first impression? Learning how much those bolts hurt.

"Rey. You're new?" Wild guess.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie watched the remote drop with interest, then nodded. "Got here Monday. It's been...an adjustment."

She waffled about whether to ask, and then just came out with it. "Like, I'm still learning - is it rude if I ask if you're a wizard?"

Annie would like to take 'Questions That I Never Imagined Asking a Week Ago' for $400, Alex.

[thatwaslucky]

That was actually a new one!


"Not rude," she said. "But I'm not. I'm training to be a Jedi."

And because she knew that would also need an explanation, she added, "It's like a space warrior monk thing."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"'Space warrior monk thing,'" Annie repeated, eyes widening slightly. "Wow."

Annie's immediate reference for warrior monks was martial arts movies, though she decided a direct comparison might seem flippant and disrespectful. (Though was it really worse than asking if she was a wizard? Probably not.)

"And so that," she pointed to the remote, "is part of your training?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Part of it." It was what came out when she was frustrated.

She gestured to the obstacle course, the monstrosity that had a lot of space for huge jumps and actual quicksand, and said, "That, too."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Very - nineties Nickolodeon," Annie said admiringly, smiling. "Dude, is that quicksand?"

[thatwaslucky]

"It is. I haven't ended up in it yet to know how bad it is."

She would. Maybe even on purpose. There just hadn't been time yet.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I hear you're not supposed to move so you don't sink, but then I don't know how you get back out without moving," Annie told her. "Maybe make sure a buddy's around, just in case you fall in?"

[sith_happened]

"Hello," Anakin said, smiling.

[thatwaslucky]

"Hi," Rey said, shutting down the lightsaber. "How are you?"

Since last week had been a lot.

[sith_happened]

"Fine," Anakin said with a reassuring smile. "How was the rest of your weekend?"

[thatwaslucky]

She raised an eyebrow at that, having successfully trained one person out of using "fine" instead of other descriptive terms.

"Good. I hadn't realized how long it had been since that particular group had all been together. It was... nice." And she missed them like crazy.

[sith_happened]

"I'm glad to hear it," Anakin said. "...did Leia ask about me after?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Sort of. Mostly professionally?" Rey said slowly. "But she talked a little bit when I asked how it went."

[sith_happened]

"She's okay?" Anakin checked.

[thatwaslucky]

"She's okay," Rey assured him. "She handles everything better than I think I would in her situation."

[sith_happened]

"That she gets from her mother," Anakin said with a tiny smile.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey smiled back, though she honestly wasn't sure if Leia knew anything about her mother.

"She did say she got to see of you what Luke got to see."

[sith_happened]

Anakin's smile turned a little uncertain. "Was that a good thing?"

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a good thing," she assured him. "I guess Luke talked about you pretty positively."

Rey hadn't gotten that side of him.