[Rey was dreaming again, sitting upon a a sandy shore and watching the waves crash on the beach. She was on an island, the same one she dreamed of so often. Always alone...always waiting and hoping for someone to come back. Or to come to her. It was like this place was untouched by time. No one seemed to live there, but Rey had never bothered to leave her spot.
She didn't realize the Force was at work. That she had was actively sharing her dream with another. Someone who she was connected to, whether she wanted to be or not. Someone she was trying to run from. She wasn't ready to face him again...but even now, she could feel his presence.]
...What do you want?
[She found herself asking out loud to no one in particular.]
[This was not something he expected to appear in his dreams. He generally did the most he could to not dream, since anything that could allow Snoke access to his mind was... No, he trusted his Master, it's just his dreams were his own]
[He surprised himself when he took the helmet off but if this is a dream - and he knows it is - he might as well take... advantage. Putting himself at east puts her at ease. It could provide useful for gaining information - if the droid gave the Resistance the last part of the map, then this girl is training with Luke Skywalker]
[That is if they had any sense they'd send her to train with him]
It's clearly important, if they keep bringing you back.
[He's a bit awkward at conversation. He's never had to have much use for it]
[He could try to probe her mind again, but she is capable of throwing him out. Was her loneliness that great that she felt the need to have him come to her? Or vice-versa? She wasn't training with Luke, not yet. She was still on her way to finding him.]
Don't know why though. There was nothing like this on Jakku.
[His statement, as obvious as it was, makes her chuckle a little.]
Can't believe they found you on that junkyard of a planet.
[Kylo Ren does not realise he holds the same views on certain places as Han Solo did but ... it's not unexpected if he does. The man did play some part in his formative years. He considers what she says about deafening silence.]
[His tone is disbelieving - he clearly thinks the Resistance had a base there. He is looking out at the ocean, not really looking at her when he speaks again]
There's a lot of noise in the world. For it to be gone, even for a moment. That would be nice.
I didn't know he existed until BB-8 pointed him out.
[There was no Resistance base on Jakku, and wouldn't he be able to sense if she was lying to him? She looks at him, shaking her head and beginning to feel annoyed.]
Noise, the sound, it means something. To sit still and hear nothing, it's...[Like waiting for death. Waiting to see how much longer she could hold out with very little food and water. To hear nothing would take her back to those days of being stuck inside her AT-AT home, waiting for the sand storm to pass.]
[Yeah, he wasn't in the mood for that hunt. He was glad when he realized she'd seen the map because it meant not having to constantly look for a damn droid. He glances at her briefly and turns back to the ocean]
For those who have heard it, silence is unpleasant.
[A small thing that he and the First Order wanted...and she has to put up her guard a little more, just so he wouldn't try to see the map in her mind.]
..Yes, it is.
[She fully turns to look at him, her legs crossed. Her eyes studying his face and his posture.]
I don't know what to make of you. I really don't. [All the potential he has...of all the things he's had...why turn to the Darkness? Why throw everything away?]
[A monster hiding behind a mask, is what she wants to say. To repeat what was said when they first met.]
Someone who knows loss, someone who knows pain, and someone who had the capacity to protect but doesn't.
Someone who would probably kill off their apprentice if Snoke told them to. [The words fly out of her mouth before she had the chance to actually think about them.]
[She can see the hurt she's inflicted and has to look away...she didn't mean to do that.]
No...I don't. For in all of that, you have your ...moments. [He didn't kill her right on sight. She knows he carried her to his ship. And even now, he's not trying to convince her to join him.]
[He surprised that it did hurt. Why should he care? He doesn't, he thinks, but it's the assumption he would do it that annoys. Of course, he would obey his Master's commands, but to assume that he automatically would was... annoying to him.]
Perhaps I'm trying a different tactic to bring you to the side of the First Order
[He lets it hang and then]
But for now, I'm not. It wouldn't be worth it. Not here.
[Not worth it? Not here? She should be grateful he's not trying anything, but...why does that annoy her? What? Does she actually like bantering and arguing with him?]
[It really does sound like he's saying that as if to give him an excuse for what he is saying. For not being the monster that she was expecting]
When I was younger, it may not have been my top desire.
[He's silent at that comment. Does he think the Force guided her to him? No, not really. That was more just something that happened. He can't really lie though. They've both somewhat declared neutral ground by buying into the "it's a dream" thing.]
[Yes, she was quite aware that this was a dream. But him...a monster...she wants to believe that, but the longer she is around him, the more she starts to see him as human. Someone who has a past, and someone who is...lost. He doesn't seem fully committed to the Darkside, but she wouldn't tell him that.]
..doesn't make sense.
[For it to lead her to him. To have him in her dream, or to be connected as they were. She was meant to train with Luke, wasn't she? Otherwise, why would she have his lightsaber? But if she was meant to go to him, why did she feel so connect to Ren?]
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Date: 2017-09-15 07:28 pm (UTC)She didn't realize the Force was at work. That she had was actively sharing her dream with another. Someone who she was connected to, whether she wanted to be or not. Someone she was trying to run from. She wasn't ready to face him again...but even now, she could feel his presence.]
...What do you want?
[She found herself asking out loud to no one in particular.]
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Date: 2017-09-15 07:44 pm (UTC)[But this wasn't his dream]
I'm sure I don't know.
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Date: 2017-09-15 07:48 pm (UTC)Oddly enough, she wasn't afraid.]
That's a first. [She doesn't get up from her spot, looking at him and then back to the ocean.]
Sit, if you want. There isn't much else to do here.
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:25 pm (UTC)I saw this island. When I interogated you. You keep bringing yourself here.
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:28 pm (UTC)I don't bring myself here...my dreams do. I've never been here before.
[Or maybe, she will be. A vision of the future perhaps.]
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:38 pm (UTC)[That is if they had any sense they'd send her to train with him]
It's clearly important, if they keep bringing you back.
[He's a bit awkward at conversation. He's never had to have much use for it]
It's quiet
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:44 pm (UTC)Don't know why though. There was nothing like this on Jakku.
[His statement, as obvious as it was, makes her chuckle a little.]
It's not too quiet. It's not...deafening silence.
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:48 pm (UTC)[Kylo Ren does not realise he holds the same views on certain places as Han Solo did but ... it's not unexpected if he does. The man did play some part in his formative years. He considers what she says about deafening silence.]
That might be nice.
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:51 pm (UTC)No one found me. I left...somewhat of my own will.
[She was trying to get BB-8 to the Resistance.]
No...it wouldn't be nice. It would...stale. Empty..meaningless.
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Date: 2017-09-15 11:55 pm (UTC)[His tone is disbelieving - he clearly thinks the Resistance had a base there. He is looking out at the ocean, not really looking at her when he speaks again]
There's a lot of noise in the world. For it to be gone, even for a moment. That would be nice.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:00 am (UTC)[There was no Resistance base on Jakku, and wouldn't he be able to sense if she was lying to him? She looks at him, shaking her head and beginning to feel annoyed.]
Noise, the sound, it means something. To sit still and hear nothing, it's...[Like waiting for death. Waiting to see how much longer she could hold out with very little food and water. To hear nothing would take her back to those days of being stuck inside her AT-AT home, waiting for the sand storm to pass.]
It's not pleasant.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:07 am (UTC)[Yeah, he wasn't in the mood for that hunt. He was glad when he realized she'd seen the map because it meant not having to constantly look for a damn droid. He glances at her briefly and turns back to the ocean]
For those who have heard it, silence is unpleasant.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:13 am (UTC)..Yes, it is.
[She fully turns to look at him, her legs crossed. Her eyes studying his face and his posture.]
I don't know what to make of you. I really don't. [All the potential he has...of all the things he's had...why turn to the Darkness? Why throw everything away?]
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:20 am (UTC)[He's curious]
It isn't always as easy as Han Solo liked to make out.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:22 am (UTC)[She bristles at the mention of Han, but has to bite her tongue.]
Because it's truly confusing for someone like you to...become what you are.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 12:27 am (UTC)Someone who knows loss, someone who knows pain, and someone who had the capacity to protect but doesn't.
Someone who would probably kill off their apprentice if Snoke told them to. [The words fly out of her mouth before she had the chance to actually think about them.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:29 am (UTC)Seems you have a full estimation.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:32 am (UTC)No...I don't. For in all of that, you have your ...moments. [He didn't kill her right on sight. She knows he carried her to his ship. And even now, he's not trying to convince her to join him.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:35 am (UTC)Perhaps I'm trying a different tactic to bring you to the side of the First Order
[He lets it hang and then]
But for now, I'm not. It wouldn't be worth it. Not here.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:39 am (UTC)[Not worth it? Not here? She should be grateful he's not trying anything, but...why does that annoy her? What? Does she actually like bantering and arguing with him?]
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:43 am (UTC)[Okay, so that's not how Force dreams work but he's not going to tell her that]
Thus. Pointless.
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:49 am (UTC)Still, it's an opportunity I'm sure someone else in the Order would've taken...
[So why wouldn't he? Unless he really does want to talk to her..]
Do you know why we're connected?
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:55 am (UTC)[Does he?]
... No.
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:03 am (UTC)[She doesn't believe him, but... he doesn't know why they're connected...that she can believe.]
Have you told Snoke about this?
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:09 am (UTC)[No, he's not told him. Snoke tends to know everything about him. It can be ... tiring]
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:11 am (UTC)Which only makes her think that if there was a chance in hell that she would turn to Ren as her Master, if Snoke wished it, he would kill her.]
Not always, otherwise he would've sent you to Jakku. [Before she found BB-8. Before any of this began.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:15 am (UTC)[Listen, the droid escaping with the plans was not something they had seen. People being sneaky seems to confuse even the strongest of Force users]
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:17 am (UTC)No. He didn't. [She hadn't done anything with the Force on Jakku! At least, not that she knew of.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 01:20 am (UTC)[And there he goes, getting under her skin.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 01:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 01:48 am (UTC)[There may be a tinge of bitterness]
You're either born with strength in it, or not.
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:49 am (UTC)Even you. [It's a statement, not a question.]
I tried running away from it, and it lead me to you.
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:55 am (UTC)[He doesn't react to that, not visibly, but it he find it an interesting statement to make]
The Force... will try to guide your way.
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Date: 2017-09-16 01:59 am (UTC)...and guide me to you?
[She doesn't want to believe that. Not in the least.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 02:15 am (UTC)[It really does sound like he's saying that as if to give him an excuse for what he is saying. For not being the monster that she was expecting]
When I was younger, it may not have been my top desire.
[He's silent at that comment. Does he think the Force guided her to him? No, not really. That was more just something that happened. He can't really lie though. They've both somewhat declared neutral ground by buying into the "it's a dream" thing.]
To whatever it needs from you.
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Date: 2017-09-16 02:22 am (UTC)..doesn't make sense.
[For it to lead her to him. To have him in her dream, or to be connected as they were. She was meant to train with Luke, wasn't she? Otherwise, why would she have his lightsaber? But if she was meant to go to him, why did she feel so connect to Ren?]
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Date: 2017-09-16 08:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 08:23 am (UTC)Why I keep being drawn back to you. The Force is telling me to go to Luke, but keeps placing you in my path.
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Date: 2017-09-16 08:28 am (UTC)Interesting
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Date: 2017-09-16 08:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 08:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 08:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 08:42 am (UTC)[He actually sounds a little irritated that she thought he did]
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Date: 2017-09-16 08:44 am (UTC)[ This entire thing is starting to confuse her. Didn't she need a Master to teach her? Not that she was considering him to teach her but...yeah. ]
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Date: 2017-09-16 12:27 pm (UTC)[Also you need to teach to become a Master. Or at least that's what the finding suggest]
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Date: 2017-09-16 03:59 pm (UTC)It's frustrating tryouts by to figure it out...but at least he wasn't actively trying to get her to change to his side. ]
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Date: 2017-09-16 06:42 pm (UTC)[He can tell she is. It's rather annoying]
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Date: 2017-09-16 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 06:59 pm (UTC)[Can he sense that doubt? yeah, that's doubt. Considering the last time Luke trained someone, it didn't end well.]
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Date: 2017-09-16 07:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-16 07:07 pm (UTC)Why...[She wants to ask him why he left, but doesn't completely her sentence.]
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Date: 2017-09-17 11:37 am (UTC)[He knows there's more of a question there]
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Date: 2017-09-17 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-17 04:02 pm (UTC)[Listen, he never dreams of an island so it's clearly hers]
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Date: 2017-09-17 04:10 pm (UTC)[ What right does he have to be annoyed with her? He's the one entering her mind and she could push him out...
She just hasn't yet. ]
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Date: 2017-09-17 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-17 04:51 pm (UTC)[ She didn't. She wouldn't. Unless it was the "will" of the Force. ]
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Date: 2017-09-17 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-17 09:02 pm (UTC)[Annoying, so very annoying. Urgh.]
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Date: 2017-09-18 11:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-18 03:53 pm (UTC)