Ajan Kloss- Tuesday even later

[thatwaslucky]

When the Resistance returned to Ajan Kloss, they were diminished in numbers and yet so many more now. Most of their ally ships had returned to their own systems and planets after the battle, but a few had followed the surviving Resistance ships home. Their base was fuller and busier than ever.

It was the best kind of chaos. People were finding each other in the crowd, laughing and hugging upon being reunited. Medics tried to get to the injured, but some had decided they could ride this high a little longer before needing to be treated. At the same time, some people had realized their loved ones hadn't come back. People who'd only just met were saying hello just to congratulate each other.

They'd survived. Today was a lot, but they were still here.


[For those who helped the Resistance today!]

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Now that the hyperfocus of the intense battle was gone, Summer's mind seemed to be going just about everywhere, as chaotic as the celebration around her, though perhaps not quite as joyous. Sure, she was a little worried about any damage her ship might have taken, she was a little worried about having pushed the portal gun to its limit, and she was worried about everyone else, and, as soon as she was done reassuring herself with the more technical stuff, she was definitely going to be hunting a few people down to confirm that they were okay.

But she was mostly worried about something she thought she'd heard Finn mutter after she'd picked him and Jannah up, a murmur she really hoped she'd misheard, or something, but she supposed she'd just have to wait and see, and focus on the things she could confirm in front of her now.

[nothowtheforceworks]

Finn got his hugs in from people and swung back around to Summer. "Thanks for the ride."

[stykera]

Stark was hurt, yes. But Stark was more concerned with looking after others right now, and looking for others. He'd shrugged off offers of help and nodded towards others who needed it more than he did. He wasn't going to die. He was sure of that. He'd just been shot by a trooper and was cradling his right arm against his chest instead of using it for anything. But if anyone here was in danger of crossing over he was going to make sure they were tended to if he could.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Stark!" Summer called out when she spotted him, weaving her way through the crowd to hurry over to him, and she didn't even need to get that close before she clocked the way he was holding his arm against himself. "You're not hurt, are you?"

Because, like, there were so many medics around here right now, Stark. Put your own metaphorical oxygen mask on first, dammit.

[unusual_sith]

Lana spotted him and came closer, reaching out for his arm. "Need some healing?"

[nothowtheforceworks]

"You good?" Finn checked, once Stark was alone.

[doctorgingerspice]

Yeah, Will saw him cradling that arm and hurried over.

“Hey, hey, stop for a second,” he demanded, putting himself in Stark’s path.

[sith_happened]

Anakin'd taken his time with Jaina and then checking in with a few others before finally making his way to Stark.

"So," he said dryly, "how was your day?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie had wasted no time, as soon as she was back on the planet's surface, in calling Diego to let him know they'd won and she was perfectly fine. (Via Facetime, because look, babe, space.) And being Annie, that wasn't even an exaggeration -- she wasn't injured at all, save for a rip in her jeans and a little ash she'd picked up along the way.

Given that she was uninjured, she was naturally turning her attention to where she could help -- she was looking for anyone who needed bleeding stopped and couldn't wait for a medic, or anyone who looked like they could use a little carrying, and -- all right, fine, she was looking for a few specific people to make sure they had made it out, and trying not to worry about any faces she wasn't seeing, yet.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Annie! You good?"

Summer, of course, was pretty sure she knew the answer, but she couldn't have spotted Annie and not have asked.

[unusual_sith]

Lana was glad it seemed that all the Fandom people had made it through. She didn't know the others; she was pleased to have won, but she wasn't invested in their individual well-being.

Still, she was a healer, and they probably needed that, so she was stalking through the crowd (red lightsaber very definitely off), seeing what good she could do.

[dishesonthetoprack]

Guess who didn't even know half these people? But Scott was still offering his hand up for a high five with just about every cheerful-looking, celebrating person he saw. He barely even knew what they'd been fighting! But that had been super fun, and it had actually been nice to be useful again. He was past the point of feeling like he had stuff to make up for, but the suit always reminded him that there was legit stuff he was downright good at doing, and he actually felt like maybe he'd made a difference again.

That said: he was also gonna need, like, a juice box or something, at some point. That had also been very tiring, in addition to rewarding.

[unusual_sith]

"Well, hello." Lana hadn't been expecting to see her long-ago shenanigans partner here, but she supposed she shouldn't be surprised. "Scott, right?"

[nothowtheforceworks]

Finn walked off Summer's ship and took it all in. He'd felt Rey again. She'd be back soon, he knew it. He was surrounded by jubilant people. People were laughing at things that probably weren't even funny, but the adrenaline hadn't worn off, and they'd somehow won this thing, and that didn't feel real yet.

Not even that long ago he'd escaped the First Order, wanting nothing but to get as far away as possible, and now he got to witness this.

It was overwhelming, and he watched with happy tears in his eyes.

[bb8_dad]

Poe had been find people in the crowd, including Zorii, kind of, checking in to see who all had made it back here. He wanted to talk to everyone, but there were too many people and that in itself was amazing. He spotted Finn next, giving him a hey you look, and going to meet him for a close hug.

He'd warn Finn that he wasn't allowed to give people heart attacks like that, but he couldn't quite manage it at the moment. It'd come up eventually.

[solo_sword]

Jaina had participated in… what was it, five wars now? She was used to the feeling afterwards, and catching everyone else's feelings, and some of those people were having complicated feelings, and she'd found a non-blunt way to ask.

She was a little somber as she watched the crowd, wondering if it was weird for her to go up to Lando or Wedge when they wouldn't know her, or if she could demand a hug from Chewie because she'd gone 26 years without one, and if it was too mean to call her mom right now.

[weetuskenraider]

Without a word, Tahiri came to stand near her, reaching out to her tentatively in the Force.

Seeing Chewie was hard enough, and she hadn't grown up with a version of him like Jaina had. And while she hadn't gone asking, there were some distinct Force presences missing, ones that had been constants in her life since she was nine years old, and now that she had the time to really process it all after jumping headlong into a war zone in an unfamiliar timeline... yeah.

[bb8_dad]

Poe was wandering the crowd looking for people. Also he was going to have to find a medic, he'd taken off his sling to fly and now his arm hurt like a bitch, but it wasn't the most pressing concern.

[sith_happened]

Anakin landed his ship with none of his customary showiness and climbed out like a man who'd gone through a hell of a workout. He hadn't used that much of the Force in years.

His boots hit the ground a little heavily and he reached out to the Rey-shaped space in the Force, just to assure himself she was still there, then Jaina's, then Tahiri. Poe, Finn, Chewie, all accounted for.

There was one missing, one he hadn't noticed gone in the melee of the battle.

"Oh," he said softly.

[solo_sword]

Jaina didn't even ask, didn't say a word, just went for a hug as soon as she spotted him.

[grenadesandohana]

Right, so flying in a space battle had been a lot more terrifying than he'd thought it would be, and going extra-vehicular had been...let's go with "not his favorite."

So he'd found a nice place to sit and let his legs go shaky for a moment as the adrenaline wore of and he worked on his "Everything is fine, Danny," text message home.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie, who had been to space just a time or two before but had never been in a battle on this scale, found a spot next to him once she'd wrapped up with Diego on the phone. "Doing okay?"

Annie was, unsurprisingly, totally fine -- if maybe a touch worried about certain faces she had not yet spotted. (Also, a little confused because she was almost positive she'd seen two different actors from her stupid movie here? Probably just, like, seeing things.)

[thatwaslucky]

When Rey landed Luke's X-wing in a clearing that was far more crowded than she was used to, everyone was celebrating. BB-8, apparently looking for her, immediately rolled over, beeping excitedly at her, and she crouched down with a big smile to give him a rub and look him over to make sure he was okay. He'd gotten through the fight without a scratch.

And when she stood again, people were starting to take notice of her. She barely felt like she was really there, still she'll shocked by everything, with people clapping her on the shoulder as she made her way through the crowd, searching for a few people that she had yet to find.

[nothowtheforceworks]

Finn saw her first, and seeing him turn made Poe look in the same direction.

There she was, covered in grime and blood, but it didn't matter, because she was alive. Again, apparently.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve had half an eye out for Tony as he walked around, helping people getting up, moving debris out of the way, and getting hugged by complete strangers.

He had a weird urge to go for shawarma right now that would be hard to explain...

[imafuturist]

Tony was already making his way over to make sure there weren't any injuries on him.

Normal married things, right?

"Well, that happened."

[doctorgingerspice]

When the call had gone out, of course Will had come to help, he'd promised he would after all. Of course, then he'd arrived and felt kind of useless because... he wasn't any good in a fight that wasn't, you know, a bar fight. So he'd hung back. But now? There were people who were hurt, this he could do. Especially amongst a bunch of stubborn hero-types who were delaying treatment because it "wasn't that bad" or whatever. Sorry, but Will was just going to come up to you and start bandaging you up. Even if you were a total stranger and not a Fandom person.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve flopped down next to him. "So this is space. Huh."

[notagoose]

Goose wasn’t injured thanks to his healing fact but his interceptor had definitely seen better days.

He looked at his ship, “Walsh is going to love hearing about this report,” he sighed.