[semi-open] I will be your shining light

[provenforce]

WHO: Rey, Obi-Wan, open
WHAT: a reunion, and open
WHEN: after the rifters get to Kirkwall, and throughout Cloudreach.
WHERE: the docks, the Gallows
NOTES: will add if they become relevant

The Docks - Obi-Wan

Rey is tired after the trip to Orlais and looking forward to taking a bath and sleeping in her own bed for a change. But she can't help opening her senses as she disembarks, feeling out the Force, looking for Ben. What she doesn't expect is to sense someone else, someone she had grimly accepted she would never feel again.

She stops where she stands, Padawan looking at her quizzically as she freezes, trying to zero in on where he is. Obi-Wan.

When she determines the direction she takes off running down the docks, the Force guiding her. She catches sight of him and pushes herself faster, even as her vision blurs from tears welling in her eyes. She doesn't slow down until she crashes into him, throwing her arms around him with a sob. She's been so unsure of so much lately, but she can't help the profound relief washing over her as she feels the presence of her master once again.

Open - Training yard

She's back to one lightsaber, not that she minds. It's easier to control one than two, and she's more comfortable this way. The lightsaber that she had come to think of as hers in her hand, her first line of defense against demons and whatever else stands in her way.

For the moment she's running through her forms, things she learned under Obi-Wan, and a few she'd improvised, modified from Kylo Ren's fighting style. She holds the ignited saber in front of her, sweeping it in a slow arc, pacing her breathing, before speeding up, taking herself through motions she's practiced what feels like a thousand times, now.

Her chosen training spot is a little out of the way, but the low hum of the saber usually attracts some attention.

Open - Rey's Workshop

Often in the evenings, unless Rey is working on something or wanting private time, she'll leave the door to her room open so that Padawan can come and go, and so that others who might need her services can pop in. Or just so friends can pop in. The usual organized chaos of her room stands regardless of the day, and she is usually sitting at her desk, bent over something or another.

Her current project is another series of mini trebuchets that can be used in the obstacle course, and they sit around her desk in a varied state of disarray, some fully constructed, others waiting to be finished. She will look up when someone walks in, and if it's someone she doesn't recognize her tools will go down and she'll stand, asking who they are. If it's a friend they'll just get a smile and a wave as Rey finishes whatever she's in the middle of doing. She can talk and tinker, she's good at multitasking.

Comments

[provenforce]

Rey grimaces a little at his question about her memories, shaking her head. "I don't know. A few others have experienced it too, but... we really don't know how or why." She'd bounced a few theories around, but none had seemed more likely than any others. She bites her lip, not sure how to explain it any better than that. She hadn't been great at explaining it to Ben, either.

"He changed, too. The last time he was here, it was in the middle of the Clone Wars. Now... he remembers the fall of the Old Republic." Which is something surreal to say, and think. The fall of the Old Republic was something that had happened so long before she was born, she only knew what she'd heard in stories, and what little still existed on the holonet.

[gotyourselfapilot]

Poe hadn't meant to cause her to think of anything bad. He'll most likely not bring up this subject again now that he knows a bit about it. "So it's one of those it can just happen things. The not knowing how or why it's happening is questionable. You seem to be fine." Unless that wasn't the case, and if it wasn't he'll be leaving that up to her to decide.

That's quite a time difference for them. The stories Poe heard was from Leia and whatever she had known about Obi-Wan. Luke had told her things, she shared them with Poe too. He knows about Obi-Wan's future. His expression is soft, a bit sadden by the thought. "That's a long time ago for us. I know of the story after all of that. I did want to know more about that time."

[provenforce]

Physically she is fine, but mentally she's been struggling. Still, she doesn't know Poe well enough to share that with him so she just gives him a half smile and nod at his assessment.

Focusing on Obi-Wan is a little easier for her. Her instinct is to protect him, even though he's someone who can absolutely take care of himself, so she squares her shoulders a little, her bottom lip pulled between her teeth briefly.

"I'd wait a bit to ask him. It's still sort of raw... Vader, and all that. I dumped a little more on him when I saw him than I meant to." She feels guilty for it, everything that Obi-Wan has been through, and she just piled on more things without thinking about it.

[gotyourselfapilot]

Poe will take her small gestures and not pry further. If she wanted to tell him that was up to her. They were still learning about each other and maybe further down the line they could be closer friends.

"I'll be sure to pick a topic that doesn't lead in that direction. Sometimes it can't be helped to tell someone everything that had happened. Did he at least tell you what you needed to hear?" He knows that Leia won't be around for him to report to. Poe would probably grow to trust someone that he could do that if needed.