faderift | Take me to the water's edge [open]

WHO: Rey and YOU
WHAT: Stuff Rey is doing for the month of Harvestmere
WHEN: ~whenever~
WHERE: Skyhold
NOTES: if you'd like a closed starter hit me up on plurk, or pm!

i. riverside

Rey can be found often standing on the river bank, a little ways away from the camp, where she thinks no one will see her. Even after her lessons have concluded for the day with Obi-Wan she'll come here to keep practising, picking rocks up from the riverbank using nothing but the Force, then throwing them out into the water.

Sometimes she sees if she can find the same rock and pull it back, other times she'll try to angle a smooth stone, perfect for skipping, just to see if she can skip it with her will alone. And sometimes she'll get frustrated with that and just actually physically skip stones, something she learned to do in the water troughs at the edge of Niima outpost when she was young.

ii. tower

Sleeping in the barracks was something that Rey wasn't quite comfortable with, too many bodies, too many people she doesn't know well enough to trust letting her guard down around. So for a while she'd taken to sleeping in nooks and crannies around the castle, wherever she could tuck herself to avoid getting trampled on or spotted. Finally she found herself a room that looked unoccupied, possibly due to the massive hole in the wall facing the valley. Rey is however something of an expert in patching up sad hovels into something liveable. She hung a heavy wool blanket across the hole, and added some nails she acquired to pin it into place when night fell and the wind blew.

Anyone who happens into the tower her room is located in, whether looking for her or not, may find her with tools spread out on the floor as she attempts to install a locking mechanism into the door. She doesn't own much, certainly nothing anyone would want to steal, but a lock will make her feel more at ease at night.

iii. hot springs

Rey can count on one hand the number of times she's used a bath with actual water. On Jakku every drop was precious and needed more for hydration than the luxury of cleaning oneself. Sonic showers were the norm, and even those had been fairly infrequent. She'd had a real shower before leaving to try and track Luke Skywalker down, it had felt bizarre to waste water in such a way.

Standing looking at the hot springs now, she still feels that way. All the same she needs to get clean, and she knows this is the best option, the other being the freezing river. She's getting better at tolerating the cold, but she does still have her limits. This isn't her first time here, but she's still unaccustomed to the concept, so it's late at night when she's less likely to run into someone else. With a little puttering she puts her things aside, before making her way into the water, letting out a sigh as the heat seeps into her skin. It's the closest she's gotten to the Jakku heat since arriving in Thedas, and strange as it is, it's not unwelcome.

After soaking it in for a few moments she sets to the task of letting her hair down, wanting to be in and out in as short amount of time as absolutely possible.

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Iskandar had decided that a ride would do his horse some good. Now that they both seemed to require exercise as well as food and rest again, it seemed rather important to provide his companion with that. Which was how they came across the girl moving stones with what must be magic. An impressive thing to be sure!

He smiled a little then guided his horse over to her, both beast and man huge. Getting down off of him, he brought him closer to the river for a drink as he directed that smile her way. "My apologies for interrupting, my friend. It seems you were rather busy!"

At least he recognized that much.

Rey wasn't particularly startled by the appearance of the gentleman or his horse. The pack animals common on Jakku were larger than any horse she'd seen so far, and if you can get along with wookiees you have a fair chance of not being startled by any human regardless of stature.

So she finished the exercise she was running through, the rock settling in the palm of her hand as she turned to look at her approaching visitors.

"Just finishing up, actually."

"What magic is that you are using? It was impressive!"

He was sure he'd seen similar things but he couldn't recall them now. Then again it was impossible for him to remember past summonings. His memories were always erased after every summoning so far as he could tell. Likely to make him fresh without complications for his new Master.

Iskandar looked at the rock to see that it looked quite ordinary. Magic of the mind perhaps?

"It's... not magic, exactly." Or well, if you boiled it down to it's simplest sense, sure. But she is a little uncomfortable calling it magic when she can't do some of the things the mages of this world can, like light things on fire or throw lightning bolts.

"It's called the Force, where I'm from. It's more like... energy, than the magic of this world."

"The Force." It wasn't something that he'd heard of but he looked quite ready to accept it. Especially as he actually went to sit down while he stroked his beard and leaned forward to study her. There was always time to learn of something new in his eyes.

"Might I ask how the Force works? You mention it is energy. Is it the energy of the world? Of yourself?"

Rey squints a little, trying to think how to phrase it. Maz Kanata's words tended to echo through her, whenever she thought of the Force, but Obi-Wan had been teaching her so much that she heard his words now, too.

"It's sort of both? It flows around and through every living thing. Some people are more aware of it than others, but it exists, regardless."

Iskandar considered that then nodded. He could understand that even if he didn't fully grasp it yet. Of course he was sure that had to do with the fact that he was perhaps not as aware of it as others might be. Like she happened to be from the looks of it.

"What of non-living things? Such as metal and stone?"

"I think it depends, but it can flow through them, as well." She doesn't know, really. She's still figuring out a lot of it herself. The line about it flowing through every living thing was one she was borrowing from Maz. She could feel it, when she focused, but it was still a learning experience.

"Amazing. And you are able to control it? Or are learning to at least?" Such a grand power! It must take quite the heart to be able to wield something like that. Iskandar was sure that it would be tempting to use it for terrible things too and wondered what happened when that occurred. Could the darkness that was power turn someone away from using such a power for others? It was possible. Power was one of the greatest temptations.

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