The Millennium Falcon- Saturday

[thatwaslucky]

While the general vibe of the last day on Anoat had been anxiety, today was relief. They'd gotten away safely, no evidence of their months on the planet left for the First Order to discover. Most of the Resistance members were on the other ship, though Chewie, Leia and Rose stayed on the Falcon. Rey had plotted their course through hyperspace and had put the ship on autopilot, and today was kind of a day to just chill out on a space ship.

There were things to do. There was a lounge area with a dejarik table if you wanted to learn a new game, and another with a mostly empty bar and a sound system that Rey had literally never touched. If you felt like geeking out over tech, someone might put you to work. No, you can't fly the ship. Yes, you can sit there. No, seriously, don't touch anything.


[For le Resistance!]

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[thatwaslucky]

"I think some are arriving today. We've been pretty scattered around the galaxy for a while. Having a central base means people can come to pool resources again," Rey explained. "I'm sure I'll get a message when Finn and Poe get there."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"But like people have scouted this new base out?" Annie added, just to be sure. "It's not, like, full of bad guys or spiders or anything?"

She did not want to deal with space spiders, thank you.

[thatwaslucky]

No, that was Atollon. And Mado Kreis. And...

"People have scouted it," Rey confirmed. "I think General Organa's known about it for a long time. I wouldn't be surprised about the creatures, but the pit beast on Anoat was harmless."

As long as Rey wasn't antagonizing it when she was in a bad mood, which she felt really bad about now.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Pit beast," Annie echoed, raising her eyebrows. "Man, between the pit beast and Chewie, I'm really learning to just, like, expect the unexpected in terms of what kind of stuff lives in space."

It was a big galaxy, so. It probably wasn't that surprising that there was some variation.

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm still learning a lot of it myself," Rey admitted. "I didn't see much aside from whoever came to Jakku for a long time. I'm used to Wookiees, though, I've met plenty of them."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What's Jakku like?" Annie wondered. "Full of Wookiees?"

Annie would probably love Kashyyyk.

[thatwaslucky]

"All desert. Hot, but freezing at night. The last battle of the previous war was fought there, so everyone survives by scavenging the wreckages and selling the parts," Rey explained. "We got traders sometimes, though. I learned Shyriiwook because the Wookiees who'd stop in had all the best stories."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I bet," Annie agreed, looking over at New BFF Chewie. "But that's - huh. I mean, climate-wise, there's some places out west that I think are like that, but the scavenging thing sounds like...hmm. On the one hand, like, maybe kind of interesting for history reasons, but on the other...tough way to make a living." Tough and unpredictable, if Annie had to guess.

[thatwaslucky]

"You could say that." And yet it was going to probably forever influence how she looked at the galaxy and even how she spent her free time. "It's not really sustainable, in the long term. Everyone competing for the same things just to get the basics."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"And I don't suppose there's any kind of, like, unifying government to help out with that kind of thing?" Annie asked. "Or is that kind of what we're fighting for, here?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Jakku's on its own," Rey admitted, which she had more feelings about now than she did when she lived there. "When it comes to what government happens after this... I have no idea. The main thing is to get the First Order out before they do more damage."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean, your general seems like she'd make a good...I dunno, president of the galaxy," Annie offered with a little smile. "When everything's settled. 'Cause these First Order guys kind of sound like the sort of people who aren't going to - leave things in the best shape, I guess."

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't know if she'd want to do that, but she'd be excellent." Leia had at the very least earned the break if she wanted it. "The First Order is... They've destroyed worlds. I don't know what's left if they keep going the way they are."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What's their point?" Annie was too tired to get all that heated about it right now, but that was...wasteful. "I mean, it doesn't sound like conquest, if they're destroying worlds rather than occupying or something."

[thatwaslucky]

"Domination through terror?" Rey shrugged. "It's easier to make everyone fall in line when they're too scared to fight. At least that's what the point was. Now I think it's just to lash out."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"So it's like a galaxy-wide tantrum, now?" Annie asked skeptically. "I guess if you've made them mad, that's kind of a good thing. That sounds like they feel threatened."

[thatwaslucky]

"You could say that," Rey said slowly.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie crooked a half-smile at her. "Or not. I've never dealt with anything on this kind of a scale, but - there's got to be some hope, right? Like, they sound a little - emotionally-charged. That's not good for them."

[thatwaslucky]

"Yeah," Rey said, and added, reluctantly, "I'm the one who made the Supreme Leader throw a tantrum."

[defenderofdesmoines]

Okay, well now Annie was looking at her a little more carefully. "Really? What'd you do?"

Again, not like, great if the Supreme Leader was emotionally volatile.

[thatwaslucky]

"It's a long story. He and I have a complicated history," she admitted.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Sounds like it," Annie replied lightly, and look, eyebrow talking wasn't exclusively for sex stuff, because her eyebrows were totally asking some questions, there. "You got under his skin, huh?"

[thatwaslucky]

"Worse," Rey frowned. "The previous Supreme Leader linked us through the Force. So we... understand each other? When Kylo Ren killed that Supreme Leader, he decided to take over. Wanted me to join him. I refused."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"That sounds like a real - violation," Annie decided, frowning. "The linking you, I mean. And now he's all mad that you wouldn't join his team?"

[thatwaslucky]

Rey nodded. "I thought he'd turn back to the light side and come with me, he thought I'd go with him. And now he wants me dead."

So...