[She really does, is absolutely the type to hang back and observe rather than get involved in something like this, but even still when that prompting comes still she responds to it with something like shock, staring for a moment at the hat like she isn't sure what's happening here.
People don't just give things away, let alone something that could be valuable, used for trade. People don't just not take things when they're offered, either. On Jakku everyone is out for themselves, so selfless acts this this are bound to confuse someone that's never been given anything without a price.]
I got lucky. It caught me while I was close to home, so after I made it back I was able to get up out of its reach. After a few minutes, I realized why it was so angry and why it didn't leave.
[They're still walking while they're talking and there's a moment when her perception of Molly shifts minutely, almost not enough to notice, and rather than keeping her attention on him entirely she's focused on the people around them.
He's gained just enough of her trust that she feels secure in his presence to watch for other people on the attack and not just him, it would seem.]
It was hungry. When I threw it a piece of extra salvage I'd been saving it snatched it right out of the air and then just drifted back under the sand to go back to its den.
[Her shoulders rise and fall, a little shrug to go with her small, almost fond smile.]
The next morning it saved me from some raiders trying to steal something from me.
[It's certainly something that's made her a little more willing to give people the benefit of the doubt, and from what she's seen most of the people pulled here from different worlds aren't totally terrible people. Some of them have been kind, even, and she has to remind herself that first impressions aren't always something that can be so easily shaken off.
Not everyone is Finn, willing to look past getting smacked in the face with a staff and then snapped at about no touching every turn. If she wants to survive this place it will be easier to do it without isolating herself and anyway, she doesn't want that. Not here, where so little makes sense.
So, that means at least attempting to be kind when she can be. It's easier said than done, though, and after she's followed him in silence for a few feet she finally realizes maybe an introduction is in order.]
[In an instant Rey lets go, dropping Kerra's wrist and pulling her hand back like she's been burned once that connection has been pointed out in a way that feels like an accusation even though it's far from it. She's on the defensive, that's all, and that connection feels like a weakness.
It's that question, though, that makes Rey frown even more, her hand moving to hold onto the length of the staff hanging from her back in a way that's subtle, fluid and familiar, but not impossible to miss. It's the body language of someone getting ready to fend off an attack, but not quite to the point of going on the offensive to fight off a threat.
And there's- something. Something familiar and not, something that makes her think of Luke for a reason she isn't sure of, something that squeezes at her heart and makes her think, absently, that she has not had nearly enough time to learn about what she is and what she can do.
Rather than answer the question, she asks one of her own.]
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March Intro - Lunafreya
[She really does, is absolutely the type to hang back and observe rather than get involved in something like this, but even still when that prompting comes still she responds to it with something like shock, staring for a moment at the hat like she isn't sure what's happening here.
People don't just give things away, let alone something that could be valuable, used for trade. People don't just not take things when they're offered, either. On Jakku everyone is out for themselves, so selfless acts this this are bound to confuse someone that's never been given anything without a price.]
I don't have anything to trade for it.
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March Intro - Mollymauk
I got lucky. It caught me while I was close to home, so after I made it back I was able to get up out of its reach. After a few minutes, I realized why it was so angry and why it didn't leave.
[They're still walking while they're talking and there's a moment when her perception of Molly shifts minutely, almost not enough to notice, and rather than keeping her attention on him entirely she's focused on the people around them.
He's gained just enough of her trust that she feels secure in his presence to watch for other people on the attack and not just him, it would seem.]
It was hungry. When I threw it a piece of extra salvage I'd been saving it snatched it right out of the air and then just drifted back under the sand to go back to its den.
[Her shoulders rise and fall, a little shrug to go with her small, almost fond smile.]
The next morning it saved me from some raiders trying to steal something from me.
sorry this took so long it was buried in that inbox!
March Intro - Fjord
[According to the Last Jedi that's exactly how lightning + plants work.
If the way her eyes light up with the promise of that is any indication, yes, she finds that a suitable (and kind of cooler) alternative.]
I think keeping our distance is the better bet at this point. It's been- very grabby.
[Which is gross when it's flinging around oozy vine ends, so. You know.]
Give it a shot, I've got your back.
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March Intro - Noctis
[It's certainly something that's made her a little more willing to give people the benefit of the doubt, and from what she's seen most of the people pulled here from different worlds aren't totally terrible people. Some of them have been kind, even, and she has to remind herself that first impressions aren't always something that can be so easily shaken off.
Not everyone is Finn, willing to look past getting smacked in the face with a staff and then snapped at about no touching every turn. If she wants to survive this place it will be easier to do it without isolating herself and anyway, she doesn't want that. Not here, where so little makes sense.
So, that means at least attempting to be kind when she can be. It's easier said than done, though, and after she's followed him in silence for a few feet she finally realizes maybe an introduction is in order.]
I'm Rey.
[Nailed it.]
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March Intro - Kerra
[In an instant Rey lets go, dropping Kerra's wrist and pulling her hand back like she's been burned once that connection has been pointed out in a way that feels like an accusation even though it's far from it. She's on the defensive, that's all, and that connection feels like a weakness.
It's that question, though, that makes Rey frown even more, her hand moving to hold onto the length of the staff hanging from her back in a way that's subtle, fluid and familiar, but not impossible to miss. It's the body language of someone getting ready to fend off an attack, but not quite to the point of going on the offensive to fight off a threat.
And there's- something. Something familiar and not, something that makes her think of Luke for a reason she isn't sure of, something that squeezes at her heart and makes her think, absently, that she has not had nearly enough time to learn about what she is and what she can do.
Rather than answer the question, she asks one of her own.]
What do you want?
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March Intro - Prompto
[Taking a few steps closer, she holds her hand out to to him to help him to his feet the usual way, no magic, no Force, just- normal.]
That was the idea, but I didn't expect them to be so reluctant to accept help from outsiders.
[That's a nice way to put it, and as she glances away at the men guarding the area she frowns.]
I don't trust them. There must be something more to this than they're letting on.
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