Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had missed training on Wednesday, which meant that she left the apartment(s) on Thursday for an extra long session as per her rule, and was surprised when she got back home and Silver wasn't there. And when he didn't come back. And wasn't answering calls or texts. And she didn't find him when she went out looking last night. Or this morning. And when nothing made radio except for talk of holes she couldn't find, either.

She didn't get the sense that there was danger, but she was (understandably) flipping out in her own Rey way.

The good thing was that she had training today, with a teacher who had to know better about situations like this, and until he showed up she could attempt to meditate on it, find some answers.

Attempt.


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[sith_happened]

Anakin arrived and immediately felt the tension in the air. "Rey?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Hi," she said from her spot on the floor, opening her eyes. Because yeah, this hadn't been working too well yet.

[sith_happened]

Anakin dropped down to sit next to her. "What's wrong?"

[thatwaslucky]

"John hasn't been home since yesterday," she answered.

[sith_happened]

Anakin bit back his first question of "did he fly away" because she definitely would've mentioned that.

"He's not answer his comm either?" he asked instead.

[thatwaslucky]

"He's not picking up calls and texts are undeliverable," she said. "Radio is mentioning holes but I haven't found any of those."

[sith_happened]

"I've been looking too and haven't seen any," Anakin agreed.

[thatwaslucky]

"And I can't sense him on the island and I am... concerned."

Or privately freaking out while getting really matter-of-fact and insistent about what she needed to do to look, whatever.

[sith_happened]

Anakin sent a pulse of reassurance through the Force at her instinctively. "Of course you are."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey appreciated it. Even if she wasn't exactly receptive to reassurance right now.

"I don't know what to do," she said. "I'm not used to that."

[sith_happened]

"The not being able to feel him part is concerning," Anakin admitted. "My grandson used to blip out of the Force when he was scared--it's extremely disconcerting."

[thatwaslucky]

"...That had to be terrifying," she said.

[sith_happened]

"There was a lot of yelling," Anakin admitted.

[thatwaslucky]

"I can imagine," Rey said, sympathetic. "I can tell he's not in immediate danger somehow, but that doesn't make me feel a lot better."

[sith_happened]

"It's definitely a weight off," Anakin agreed, "even if it's not exactly what you need."

[thatwaslucky]

"What do you do when you can't do anything?" Rey wondered. "Besides patrol."

[sith_happened]

Anakin smiled ruefully. "You're doing it. Welcome to meditation."

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm not going to be able to keep this up without going crazy," Rey admitted.

She was great at calm! But not for this.

[sith_happened]

"I preferred lightsaber dueling when I was especially frustrated," Anakin admitted.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's not really frustrated, it's..."

It was that she'd never had someone she loved in trouble before, let alone when there wasn't an obvious solution.

[sith_happened]

"Worry?" Anakin tried.

[thatwaslucky]

"Yes, but deeper than that," she said, frowning. "I don't know that I even know the word for it. It's like... I don't know how to go about my day without figuring this out."

[sith_happened]

"Welcome to loving someone," Anakin said. "It stinks sometimes."

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't like this part," Rey admitted. "Is there's a problem, I find out how to solve it."

[sith_happened]

"Unless we can figure out how to make holes show up?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Yeah. Last night and this morning I was looking for him, today I want to look for them," she said.

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "It's not much of a plan, but it's the start of something."

[thatwaslucky]

"Not that I know what I would do if I found one."

Like she wouldn't jump right in.

[sith_happened]

"Please don't jump in," Anakin said.

He'd totally jump in, too.

[thatwaslucky]

"I wouldn't jump in," Rey said. The liar. "But I think I need to seek one."

[sith_happened]

"To yell into?"

For nine hundred whatever feet?

[thatwaslucky]

"Maybe. Get some idea of what we're dealing with," she said. "I don't know what else to do."

[sith_happened]

"We'll get him back," Anakin said.

[thatwaslucky]

"I know," Rey said firmly. "There's no alternative."

[sith_happened]

"We've never failed," Anakin promised, "even we had to blow up a hurricane."

And boy was that dumb.

[thatwaslucky]

"If this wasn't a 'we' thing, it'd be a me thing," she told him. "I'm not interested in waiting a week until someone gets a clue."

Which... it'd be more than a week.

[sith_happened]

"Agreed," Anakin said.