Rey's warehouse- Friday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Back in the warehouse finally! Rey had decided to start off easy today with drills, though for her "easy" was seeing how fast she could do them without tripping herself up. She wasn't normally about speed, so it seemed like a good exercise.

BB-8 was helping by patrolling up and back in front of the woodchucks, a warning not to try anything.


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[doctorgingerspice]

Will himself wasn't a frequent visitor to Rey's warehouse, but he had heard she was back in town so obviously he was going to go say hi. Along with Kol, of course, who pretty much dragged him to said warehouse as soon as he'd realized that was the general direction in which they'd been heading.

"Hello?" he called out, poking his head in the door.

[thatwaslucky]

"Hey," she called back, finishing the move she was working on before stopping. "Come on in."

[doctorgingerspice]

Will let Kol’s leash drop so he could bound right over to Rey, while he followed at a much more normal pace.

“Oh, good,” he grinned at her. “The rumors were true.”

[thatwaslucky]

And immediately the lightsaber was off and Rey was crouched down to be at the perfect height to give Kol much-deserved scritches.

"There were rumors?" she asked.

[doctorgingerspice]

“Just the squirrely kind on radio,” Will said.

[thatwaslucky]

"Were they about BB-8?" she guessed.

He was cute, see.

[doctorgingerspice]

"There was mention of a 'little guy'," Will confirmed. "But also I was just glad to hear you're back."

He may not have bounded over to attempt cover her in sloppy kisses (because that would be weird) like Kol was currently trying to, but he was clearly offering a welcome-back hug if she wanted one.

Look, he didn't know too much about what she did when she went home, but what little he did know was that it could get dangerous, so he was glad to see her back and in one piece.

... And okay yes he was also very curious about the 'little guy'.

[thatwaslucky]

She did like hugs! So she was going in for that, just don't mind the hand still closed around the lightsaber hilt.

"I'm glad to be back," she said. "The little guy is still getting used to it."

[doctorgingerspice]

"Yeah?" Will asked. "How so?"

[thatwaslucky]

"He's been here for weekends before but he'll be here longer this time so he's getting acclimated to new places," she said. "And all the stairs."

[sith_happened]

Sorry, Rey, you were going to get a crabby, post-kriffing Sith philosophy class Anakin for the rest of the summer.

"I need to hit things," he announced. "Dispassionately."

[thatwaslucky]

"What happened?" Rey asked, lowering her lightsaber.

[sith_happened]

"Lana's teaching a class on the Sith," Anakin said, blowing out a long breath. "Can I run through the course?"

For some reason, he had a lot of pent-up energy right now.

[thatwaslucky]

"You don't even need to ask," she said immediately.

[sith_happened]

Anakin flashed her a quick, grateful, smile before dropping his robe into an overdramatic puddle on the ground and taking off for the course.

Normally he held a little bit back as he went, but this time he needed the grounding, the reassurance that he was in control of himself and the Force. He turned on all of the remotes with a nudge from the Force, cranked them mentally to their highest settings, and then blew through the obstacles almost like they weren't there, while batting away the stings of the lasers almost subconsciously.

There was no emotion, there was peace. And in that peace was focus. And with that focus, Anakin Skywalker had rightfully earned his reputation as one terrifying Jedi.

[thatwaslucky]

Rey had put her lightsaber away and found a spot where she could more easily watch. It was always fun watching what he could do, but it also felt like a good way to gauge his mental state, too.

[sith_happened]

Anakin was taking his Jedi calm to an almost passive-aggressive extent as he reinforced to himself again why he chose the Light day after day.

He finished the course barely breathing hard.

[thatwaslucky]

"That wasn't just to show off, huh," she said.

[sith_happened]

Anakin closed down his lightsaber and shook his head. "Reminding myself who I am."

[thatwaslucky]

"Are you feeling better then?" she asked gently.

[sith_happened]

"I am," Anakin said, settling down onto the ground. "She's teaching a class like the philosophy itself hasn't caused galactic strife for millennia."

[thatwaslucky]

"And you're taking this on purpose?" Rey checked.

[sith_happened]

"I need to know what she's telling other people," Anakin said. "The Dark Side is tempting, always, even for non-Force users."

[thatwaslucky]

There was a reason she wasn't taking the class.

"How would that affect a non-Force user?" Rey asked.

[sith_happened]

"I'm guessing a lot of black eyeliner and 'that's just you're perspective, man'," Anakin said with an eyeroll. "Like Rory's friends with their communism phase. But I'd rather be overly cautious."