open ( ☄ ) across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.

[realists]

WHO: Jyn Erso & YOU
WHERE: Around the ship
WHEN: The first few days after her arrival (Dec 28-31)
WHAT: Getting her bearings, exploring, etc, etc.
WARNINGS: SPOILERS IN COMMENTS PROBABLY; mark in the subject line if you don't want them and I will steer clear. I will match format as well, so come at me.

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[ 001 - HANGER BAY ]

Jyn knows something familiar from home is in that hanger bay and it drives her insane that she can't reach it. Which is probably what draws her back to the door morning after morning, checking to see if the doors will open.

They do not. She kicks them. They still do not open.

Something something put your freakin' dog tags on and get over it, Erso later and she gets inside to peer at the other ships, but mainly it's to throw herself on Cassian's U-Wing and just sit there. It's a study of pointlessness since she can't go anywhere on it, but it's from home and that's all that really matters.

[ 002 - TRAINING FACILITIES ]

Her trips to the training facilities garner better results, at least if you consider siphoning off excess energy through a violent explosion of fists and feet to be something better. The training dummies fare better than, say, a person would, but it's honestly hard to tell if Jyn would pull her punches with a person. She works herself until her limbs are shaking and her muscles are strained to breaking point and then simply moves on to the next apparatus.

The circuit she makes quickly becomes her standard, even when she ventures into the gym late into the night. Boxing, running, climbing, running again.

She's hooked into the climbing wall when her fingers slip and she goes flying down before the auto belay catches her and jerks her to a stop with a hastily aborted shriek of surprise. She kicks the wall. It does nothing.

"Damn it!" She jerks on the belay to lower herself down but finds herself... stuck. Which is just great. She jerks at it again. Jerks at it gently like maybe if she is nice it will give in to her. Guess what? It doesn't. Stuck and only half unwilling to wrangle herself out of the harness to climb down freely, Jyn glances around for someone else to press the button from the bottom. She tips all the way back until she's basically upside down and calls out, "Hey! Could you give me a hand?"

[ 003 - SHOPPING CENTRE ]

Maybe, maybe, if her assigned job wasn't as an exterminator, Jyn would actually work. She has no particular distaste for bugs and parasites, but she also doesn't have any real need to work with them on a daily basis. Not being incredibly social doesn't mean she wants her companions to be bugs.

Still, she works at least one single, solitary shift for the extra credits only so she can paw around the shopping center without dragging Cassian away from his own job. His own much less generally offensive job. Meandering around a market is not something she ever had time for, usually striking with precision and retreating. Now she wanders, unsure of how to find what she's looking for.

The confusion doesn't look comfortable on her expression, eyebrows knitting together in annoyance.

Comments

[realists]

Growing up around militant extremist rebels means Jyn has seen her fair share of buff guys and gender non-specific aliens. She has beat up her fair share of buff guys and gender non-specific aliens.

And then there is this guy.

She can tell even from up here that he's, at least, a foot taller than her and it makes her bristle with the inherent spite of a person of diminutive size. She'd look like a porcelain doll next to him and about a breakable.

"I'd prefer momentarily lacking mobility." But yeah, she's stuck.

[nodyinteam]

He can't help but guffaw in response to that retort. "Gahahaha! That's one way of putting it!"

With that, Nekomaru than turns his attention to the button. Familiar with a lot of exercise equipment, it was easy for him to tell what it was for. "Then I guess I'll send some mobility your way!" With that, he forcefully pressed the button!

[realists]

The line snaps taut and jerks Jyn upright, but then slackens enough for her to push herself away and down, hastily unhooking from the line once her feet touch the floor.

"Thanks." Yup. He is exactly as tall as she thought he'd be. It's like Kevin Hart and the Rock over here. "Come here a lot?"

Son, you swol.

[nodyinteam]

A buddy cop movie waiting to happen?? Nekomaru is indeed a bit swol, and he crosses his arms as he watches her land.

He replies with a smirk. "What do you think? I have to stay in shape to keep up with the people I work with. And I like to lend a helping hand, wherever I can!"

[realists]

"I'm sure Eluvio will appreciate your help." It is, surprisingly, not sarcastic. Guy's built like a tank, he could do a lot of help.

But besides that, "Who are the people you work with?"

[nodyinteam]

He grins at her comment and folds her arms as he recalls, "They're mostly promising young athletes. I have a certain talent, you see... Back home, I'm known as the Super High School Level Team Manager!"

[realists]

What the genuine heck is a Super High School Level Team Manager?

"I see," Jyn says, even if she doesn't see at all. First of all, what is high school? Why is it super?

"I work with rebels."

Probably not the same thing.

[nodyinteam]

He really needs to come equipped with a glossary...

"Rebels, huh?" It doesn't sound very athletic to him. But then, she doesn't look like she's training for the sake of sports. "Rebelling against anything in particular?"

oh, i lost this, i'm sorry! feel free to ignore if it's been too long.

[realists]

"Tyranny."

The Empire is hard to explain and Jyn doesn't relish getting into the galactic civil war, but that's about the size of it on a very basic level.

ahhh, no worries!

[nodyinteam]

"Tyranny?" He crosses his bulky arms as he considers that with a serious expression. He won't press her for details, but at least she seems like a nice person, so he'll just believe that she's in the right.

"It sounds like a noble goal! Is that why you're training?"

[realists]

"No." Even if they could go back, which she's been assured multiple times is impossible... her shoulders lift in a shrug. "I've been told I have anger issues I should probably work out."

Punch dummies, not people. She works out basically to exhaust herself so she can't think or feel. It sure is a coping mechanism.

[nodyinteam]

"Anger issues! I see... That is still a legitimate reason!" He says with a sage nod.

Then he glances back up towards the wall she had been stuck on moments ago. "At least you didn't go to town on that wall. That's gotta be an improvement!" He says with a light-hearted laugh.

[realists]

"Small favors, yeah." It's mostly because she can't fight a wall. She'd probably try, but she would lose.

[nodyinteam]

"Even small improvements help." He nods sagely before he goes on. "You know, if you want, I could look over your training regimen sometime and make some suggestions!"

[realists]

All of Jyn's instincts are like nah bro because, as a rule, Jyn hates talking to people, hates socializing, hates getting to know people, and hates help. But, on the flip side, she can be pragmatic if she tries hard and believes in herself and she's stuck here on this ship with people so eventually she's going to have to talk to people.

She huffs out a noise that sounds like begrudging acceptance. "Yeah, sure. I could use some help."

Achievement unlocked! Social skills.

[nodyinteam]

Victorious fanfare plays! In their heart, at least. And at least Nekomaru's used to working with a lot of athletes who were reluctant to accept help or guidance.

"Great. I won't let you down!!" He will probably help to make her regimen a bit more efficient, at least in minor ways. ...Although he can get pretty over-the-top with exercises so some of it may need to be toned down.

"What's your name, by the way?"

[realists]

"Jyn Erso." Maybe it's odd to introduce yourself with a full name, but she has tried to distance herself from her name and her family for so long, she's getting used to being proud of her name now and the only way she can get used to it is to use it.

"And you?"

[nodyinteam]

As for Nekomaru, he declares his name with a proud gusto.

"NEKOMARU NIDAI!" Then, he guffaws. "Gahahaha! Good to meet you!"

[realists]

Oh wow, he continues to be larger than life. Jyn feels small in comparison, but not really in a bad way. "You too."

[nodyinteam]

And he'll keep on being pretty much larger than life. But he still remembers the little person! He smirks in response.

"Great. With that said, I'll put together a suggested training regimen and send it to you later! In the meantime, try not to get stuck on any more walls!"

[realists]

"I'll try," she answers wryly, faint thread of sarcasm twisting through the words. It's not like she did it on purpose! She can't be to blame for faulty equipment.

"See y'round."

Who knows if the training regimen will work but from the looks of him, he obviously knows his way around a gym so she'll give it a shot nonetheless.