OPEN ø shut your mouth, baby, stand and deliver

[indecisions]

WHO: rey + anyone!
WHERE: hangar / atrium / misc
WHEN: 6-9th? the first few days of her arrival
WHAT: rey arrives, immediately starts sticking her nose where it doesn't belong
WARNINGS: n/a, will update as needed


[ THE HANGAR ]

( it comes as no surprise to rey that it takes no time at all for her to end up surrounded by ships. she's still not entirely convinced that this isn't some weird first order trick, but if it isn't then it's just plain weird. either way she's happiest when she's around vehicles, so that's where rey ends up. the place may be strange but this isn't, and the smell of the hangar is immediately familiar to her. it even manages to tease a smile out of her otherwise scowly face.

at any given point she can be found nosing around various ships. mostly she's content to just lurk from the outside, but occasionally she'll push her luck and climb up the outside to get a better look at things. she's got her mask on though, so there's maybe some plausible deniability if she gets caught? maybe. probably not, honestly.


she starts warming up to the area quite quickly, enough so that she's happy to start experimenting a little with the tools available. there's things that need fixing all over the place -- including the workers -- and rey very ""helpfully"" invites herself to join the crew. is she useful? yes. has she been in any way invited to join in with repair work? no. not at all. she also has some very specific ideas about how exactly some parts should be fixed, which she is glad to make known very loudly. feel free to stop the girl arguing with an actual robot at any point, because she's not looking likely to calm down.


as the days begin to wind down, rey should probably find her bunk. and yet here she is, still lurking in the hangar working away. when she's finally tired enough to call it quits, she just finds a ship with their entrance open and sleeps just inside the main doors. sorry to anyone who actually owns it, rey's only planning on staying a few hours at most, she swears. )

[ THE ATRIUM ]

( this place transfixes her for entirely the opposite reasons to the hangar. growing up on jakku, rey has barely experienced greenery like this, so she becomes kind of obsessed with the rooms. she mostly avoids the zen gardens and sand, not because it bothers her so much as having very little interest in the place, but the gardens.

well she just adores the gardens.

rey is pretty much always barefoot when she's in here, practically running around like a kid in a candy store. her eyes are alight, beaming completely unhindered as she explores every nook and cranny of the place. when she's done that she climbs a tree and sets herself up for a while, idly watching the other people visiting the atrium from her vantage point. it's not at all creepy, she swears. occasionally she might drop her head out of the foliage to greet a stranger, but for the most part she stays hidden. she loves it up here. )

[ SOMETHING ELSE? ]

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atrium

[winscenario]

[ The gardens hold a different kind of interest for Jim. He's not exactly a stranger to nature, so while it's still a marvel to see an area this wide and lush inside a ship, it's not news to him. So while he does enjoy the trees and grass and the artificial sun, it's the fruit trees that catch his attention the most.

Not that he can sustain himself on fruit alone, but frankly, the fewer things he has to waste money on the better. Dealing with currency on a daily basis is going to be enough of a headache for him as it is.

Right now, though, he's just looking around the place, watching some of the ship's crew with casual and well-masked distrust, and easily spotting the few who got dragged in here like him. Eventually he stops near one of the fruit trees, reaching up to pluck one from the branches, only to startle when he realizes someone's currently perched up on the tree, hidden by the foliage. ]

... hi? [ Frowning, he pulls some branches aside so he can get a better look at the girl. ] What are you doing up there?

[indecisions]

( it's not that it hasn't already occurred to rey that this is weird behaviour, because it honestly has, it's just that the amusement over sitting in a tree is far greater than any suffering she might have over weird looks. she can deal with weird looks, she's been getting them for most of her life.

when someone interrupts her very deep thoughts ( including hits like "Now I Wonder What Will Happen If I Eat Seven Of These Fruits" and "How Long Ago Did My Butt Go Numb" ) she looks for a moment, all head tilts and frowns as if it's somehow illogical that another person could possibly be interested in the same tree. and then, she smiles. )

I was climbing. ( she shrugs slightly, slouching back comfortably against the branch-- nope, not really, it's actually very uncomfortable. time to sit back up again. maybe she should get down... ) What are you doing down there?

[winscenario]

[ Oh yeah, it sure looks comfortable up there. Then again he figures she didn't choose the tree for comfort reasons, and far be it from him to tell her she can't do that. Evidently she's not breaking any rules, so. ]

Looking for fruit. [ He purses his lips and lifts a shoulder, catching one of the fruits from the tree that looks more ripe. Taking a bite is enough for him to realize that it is not in fact ripe, and he winces at the bitter taste it spreads in his mouth. ]

I don't recommend the red ones.

[indecisions]

Yeah, they're not great.

( she probably should have warned him. you don't sit in a tree for over an hour without trying the fruit, after all. her grim expression turns somewhat sympathetic -- she's pretty sure she can still taste the bitterness in the back of her mouth despite positively drowning it out with the canteen slung at her hip.

she contemplates, just for a moment, how generous she's feeling, and then very abruptly slides off of her branch. it takes a swing or two but she makes it to the ground with relative ease, and once she's standing in front of kirk she jerks her chin in the direction of another tree a little distance away, with fruits so purple they look almost completely artificial )

Those are good. Want one?

[winscenario]

Could've warned me.

[ He shoots her a flat look, eyebrow raised, but he can't keep the amusement off his face for long. He'd probably have done the same, let's be honest here. It's not like the fruit's going to kill him anyway, so. No harm done. ]

As long as you promise it won't burn through my taste buds... [ Just saying. He looks over, gesturing at the tree she pointed out to him, then starting on his way towards it. ] That one?

[indecisions]

( kirk actually starts to look amused, and its around then that rey decides that she's going to keep him around. she's in dire need of good humoured types in her life, and anyone who isn't going to get pissy over some(mostly) harmless fun earns points.

so, you know. good luck with that, kirk.

she nods quickly, sliding her staff off of her shoulder and walking with him. once they're close enough she reaches the stick up above them. )

Heads up. ( which is her warning, because after that she jabs at the branch until a couple of fruit come falling out. )

[winscenario]

[ It takes a lot to really upset Jim, to be fair. He much prefers approaching things with a positive outlook, and he gets along with anyone who isn't a complete jerk. He gets along especially well with cute girls too, so that's a plus.

(And considering the kind of people he usually keeps around, chances are Rey won't be that much of a challenge. Probably.)

His head tips up literally when she warns him, reaching out to catch the fruit just as it comes falling from the tree. ] Thanks. [ He hands one over to her, smiling. ] I'm Jim, by the way.

[indecisions]

I like to be helpful.

( that is a complete lie. she doesn't mind being helpful, when it fits in with her current plans. ( unless of course rebellion is involved but that's a whole other kettle of fish ) it sounds nicer than "i was bored" though, so she'll stick with it for now.

after taking the offered fruit of her own, and really at some point she's got to stop eating, she rubs it on her sleeve a few times before taking a bite. )

Jim, interesting. ( that part is not a lie, no one has a name like that where she's from. it's all teedo's and zuvio's, not a jim in sight. ) I'm Rey.

( weirdly enough she's thankful that he's only given her a first name. it's always awkward to have to explain the "just rey" part. )

[winscenario]

[ He mimics her and rubs the fruit on his sleeve. Probably a good idea when it comes to fruit that doesn't come from a replicator. ]

Is it? I don't usually get that. [ Jim's pretty common among humans, and even people from other species hear it often enough. Rey, on the other hand, doesn't sound particularly unusual to Jim, though he's learned to accept all kinds of strange and foreign-sounding names. Including people with no last names, or who just don't share them with strangers. So he wouldn't question it either way. ]

How long have you been here? [ He asks as he takes a bite from the fruit, humming at the taste. Now that's much better. ]