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~~Ben Solo~~
Kylo Ren

The protein shakes, where are they?

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GENERAL PROMPTS

Redemption arc: Kylo leaving the First Order. Due to either slow burn reasons (Figuring out holy shit I don't want this) or Immediate Issues That Need Solving (Rey's kidnapped, Hux turns on him, etcetc)

Re-adjusting to life in the light/in the Resistance. Whether it goes smoothly or Rough is up to the situation

Early First Order Days. Especially when Snoke was breaking his Ben Solo identity

Ben Solo Pre-First Order

Ben Solo as the most obnoxious Resistance Member idek

Jedi Hippie camp with Luke

BEN AND HIS FAMILY

👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌there👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit

Becoming king of Porgs and other cute creatures and he doesn't understand why

Becoming his father's son

Also being just like his mother

AND ALSO BEING JUST LIKE LUKE

Rey convinces Kylo to come with her and join the Resistance. The resulting tension and rebuilding of trust in him... As well as Jedi training with her

Interactions with his mother, whether it be from the above scenario, or even reaching out through the force

Poe, Finn and the rest of the Resistance reacting to kylo switching sides. Poe hitting on Kylo and having to give him tons of dumb nicknames because Ren only wants his mom and Rey to call him ben

Kylo being a weird Scary Older Brother to the entire Resistance.

Kylo and Anakin. KYLO AND KENOBI

Discussions/threads with Han Luke and Leia- discussion forgiveness and mistakes

Rebuilding the Jedi Order

Post War Threads

Kylo Ren disappears mysteriously from the war after major internal strife causes the downfall of the First Order. Someone comes across Ben Solo in hiding years later

Kylo on Jakku complaining its hot as balls. Look. I don't know. I'm just saying it would be hilarious

Drunk texts are the best don't tell me otherwise

SHIPPY PROMPTS
SHIPS I AM DOWN FOR
Kylo/Rey hands down

If ur sittin there readin this going "Oh no but so many Reys are bugging them I don't wanna be annoying" I don't fucking care TAG ME

Hand touching

I love you. I know.

Forcebond shenanigans. Kylo or Rey reaching out to touch the other while the other one is busy (GOOD SHIT. GOOD SHIT)

Rey getting seriously injured and separated from the Resistance. Her only option is to force time Kylo

Kylo finding Rey on Ahch'to and them fucking around under luke's nose (Forcebond in person who knows)~~SMUT HUT~~

FORCEFULLY GIVING REY A BIRTHDAY AND MAKING HER CELEBRATE IT

Snoke tries to kill kylo in front of rey and it doesn't go like he plans

REY IN A GODDAMN DRESS AND KYLO ACTUALLY NOT KNOWING HOW TO REACT AT ALL

CLEANING HER DUMB HOUSE

Forcebond dreaming shenanigans. Especially if Rey or Kylo are stuck in one anothers nightmares.

Rey finding out how bad Snoke really was.

Visiting Ahch'to together

Empress Rey

Empress Rey Working to secretly undermine the first order

Meeting before TFA/in different circumstances

Fighting/sexual tension/beating each other up. u kno

Just re-enact Pride and Prejudice with me

Either one suffering from insomnia and helping the other sleep

Public Sex

Weird DubCon Sex (Rey taking advantage of Kylo I'm freely admitting to my trash)

SHIPS I AM MAYBE ON
Kylo/Poe: I'm not of the fanon that Ben or Poe knew each other as kids. If you want to play that, talk with me first, we'll need to hash out details. If you wanna do hateship, that's fine too. Again. I'd like to be consulted first
Kylo/Hux: This is such a huge maybe it's almost a no. I am not down for fluffy Kylo/Hux. I don't think Kylo or Hux secretly love each other and that takes form in them wanting to murder each other when they walk into a room and see each other. I do not think Kylo wants anything to do with Hux's dick Ever. I only see this happening as Hux taking advantage of Kylo when he's emotionally compromised and unprotected without Snoke keeping Hux in line.
So Kylux is only a "cool lets do it" if you are willing to play out something unhealthy, toxic, with a huge dose of hate and manipulation. Kylo/ANYONE ELSE: Not against pretty much any other ship, but Kylo's a hard dude to ship with for. A lot of reasons. Talk with me first, and I'll see if we can work something out.

CHARACTERS/CROSSOVERS

I'm fine with every and any star wars characters. If you are doing something from the EU I request that you just have enough info in your profile so I know what your character's deal is

AU characters are fine. I'm not really into Gender Bent characters (sorry y'all), again-- I just need info in your profile about the AU (Unless it's discussed w me before hand)

I Herald from disney princess beginnings. Give me all your princesses I think this combo is fucking hilarious

Brienne of Tarth because i'm still laughing about it

God I will add more later. Really just tag me.

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text messages, actionspam, lengthy brackets, prose.

ous/ au/ all us tbh

previous meme or psl continuations / sequels / c&ping a starter i never replied to.

EMOTIONALLY HEAVY BULLSHIT

FLUFF

contact me if i drop a tag you want picked up

Angst

redemption arcs

intense emotionally heavy threads

Smut

general

hurt comfort

Kylo or Rey getting injured

Kylo being a huge fucking brat.

if there's anything you're not sure about, ask!

Rape.

Dull RP.

Taking this character WAY TOO SERIOUSLY.

Me doing the work of moving a scene along

rape/non-con. Especially with Kylo as the aggressor (This can be changed with prior discussion and prior threading)

scatophilia, emetophiloa, necrophilia.

gender/sexuality play.

degradation involving racism or ablism.

power-gaming and ooc dick-measuring contests.

AUs with no information

OCs with no information

Maybe

Dub con

torture

killing

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Mental health

I know everyone and their mom with an armchair psychologist degree wants to diagnose Kylo Ren/Ben Solo with whatever mental illness checks all the boxes. I know Bipolar and Borderline personality disorder are two popular illnesses to cite when it comes to his mental health. Along with a healthy dose of citing him as a sociopath/psychopath. However, I'm not going to be using those illnesses/personality disorders in how I play Kylo. While they fit on paper, I don't believe "what's wrong with him" presents in the correct fashion in canon for any one of the above listed issues.

I believe Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is suffering from: Recurring Chronic Major Depression it could be passed down through their family given what we know of Anakin and what happened with Luke; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder From his force powers manifesting with him having little control over it as a kid, from being sent away to Luke after his mother couldn't handle him on her own anymore, from his father leaving one day and never coming back, from having a voice whispering in his head his entire life, from that voice being a predator who preyed on his weaknesses and molded him into what he wanted Ben to be, from Luke Skywalker holding a lightsaber above his head, from abuse after abuse from Snoke, and probably a Ton more. Abandonment issues stemming first from his parents (And quite probably friends he had who left for whatever reason, or bridges he burned on his own) and then just. The entire force tbh. And abandonment issues is where he gets his unchecked rage, he, in canon, is quite literally triggered into a rage whenever he confronts someone who he felt abandoned him, or when he feels rejected or left behind. Finally he is a victim of Brainwashing and indoctrination from Snoke. Snoke is a narcissist who was using Kylo as a means to an end, it's been stated and shown that he was ready to kill Kylo after the Last Jedi since he had become unbalanced and unpredictable. If you don't agree with what I am saying here (Which is fine :) ), then I suggest you don't play with me. I am fairly confident in this being the way I see and play Kylo.

I play him as having triggers. I won't get into the reasoning behind each one, but i'll specify the specifics which come to mind: Abandonment (Perceived or real), his family, loss of control (Physically, emotionally, mentally, through the force)

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[ "No one."

There's something sticking in his chest. It answers his questions and yet throws so many others in the air that he's not comfortable with it. His mouth twitches slightly as he works it all over in his mind. ]

Business. [ What a non-answer. But he can't exactly answer "my father is a sentimental fool who wants his dumb ship back"

He is secretly rooting that his father never finds it tbh. ]

Do you know a Luke Skywalker? [ And to cover all his bases (and because some fans cannot let go) ] Or Obi Wan Kenobi?

[ He takes a step closer and-- if he was more experienced, he'd realize it was strange, the way the entire world just dropped away around them. ]

[ She knows that she shouldn't feel disappointed, but — her shoulders sink a little when he asks that. She closes up the pouch on her belt and shakes her head. It's not that she had — well, yes. She had hoped, just a little, that something remarkable was about to happen.

She doesn't let it discourage her. Instead, she offered him an apologetic smile. ]

I don't have anything to trade today, I'm afraid.

[ Everyone at Niima Outpost knew that Rey was willing to trade her portions for stories about the Rebellion. They kept her as full as the vegmeat did. But not today, when she's been paid so poorly, and when she's realized that the fact that Unkar Plutt no longer owns her contract does not mean her life will get any better.

A voice behind her shouts, "Rey! I have a job for you!" and she turns to look back towards where Plutt is coming out of his exchange booth. Looking at Ben again, she offers him an apologetic wave. ]

I really have to go. I'm sorry. I hope you find what you're looking for.

[ He's confused-- she's brushed him off and he's not sure why. It's not as if he was asking for anything from her--

And then he sees Plutt and that blob fish is giving him a Look. He doesn't look like an exact replica of his father, but he realizes that he's wearing similar garb. And any rumor of a wookiee paired with someone even dressed remotely similar to Han Solo was bound to throw up warning signs. ]

Wait--

[ He never gets to finish the thought. There's a burst of blaster fire, loud and distinct. His head swivels in the direction of it and he's really really hoping that he's wrong in his earlier assumption when his comm buzzes loudly.

'BEN! We gotta move our asses. Right now!'

He curses, something low and foreign- ]

You have to be karking kidding me-- [ He's slightly aggravated about his father yelling at him as if he's at fault for the mess they've currently found themselves in when he realizes.

Plutt probably just heard his name.

And, like, It's not as if Ben is a completely uncommon name in these parts. But Ben in conjunction with a wookiee and also a poorly disguised Han Solo is probably.... sending up a few Warning flags.

Y I K E S. ]

[ When she hears blaster fire, Rey ducks. She throws her hands over her head and looks around wildly. There is exactly no one in this outpost she's willing to die for. That's for sure. Then she sees some of the blaster fire reach in here and she reaches out for Ben's sleeve and yanks him down with her. ]

Is this what you call business?!

[ She grabs a fistful of his collar. ]

What did you do?

[ Too late. Plutt is heading over. Rey turns around to look at him and gets to her feet, defensive. ]

I'm not looking for another job right now. In case you didn't notice, we're under attack! [ But Plutt only points one of his bulbous fingers at Ben and says, 'Bring him with us. Quietly. He's come to rob me.' ]

He's what? [ Rey looks back at Ben as Plutt says, 'Don't ask questions, girl. Just stop him!' ]

[ He's nearly indignant that this tiny girl has just GRABBED him by the collar like he's a child and has started yelling at her. He was READY to just get moving and now he's being lectured and--

Don't ask him. Ask his father. He's the only dumbass in the galaxy willing to go through this much trouble for a ship that's been irrelevant for Decades at this point. ]

I didn't do--

[ Oh shit. Oh shit. Blob fish alert. Where the hell is Chewie? Why didn't he keep Chewie with him? He probably would have ripped off his arm and been done with it.

And I mean, if the dude hadn't already established himself as a piece of shit, he's asking this girl to bring him in? Like. He's not one to underestimate tiny shouty women, but it's unnerving that he wants a child to bring in a full grown man instead of taking care of his own business.

Probably because he's deduced that no kid of Han Solo is going to hurt another kid.

Fuck him honestly.

Cover is blown, emergency mode is engaged. ]

I'm giving you one chance to back off, Plutt.

[ His hand his hovering near his hip, where his hilt is clipped. The Jedi were dissolving into legend-- he's willing to bet Unkar Plutt is underestimating him. ]

[ A thief is one thing. A thief stealing from Plutt is another. Plutt, who had just cheated her and who knows how many others out of their fair share for the labor they were doing. ]

How much?

[ She looks away from Ben, searches Plutt's slimy face. 'What?' the crolute asked. ]

How much for Ben?

[ She saw the way his hand went for that lightsaber hilt, like he thought he could use it. That's a weapon of the Jedi. She's sure of it. If he thinks he can use it, then he can surely do better than whatever Plutt —

'A hundred portions.'

Rey's jaw hangs open. Her eyes flash wide. She looks back at Ben and, conflict in her eyes and rolling off her aura, she starts to pull the quarterstaff off her back. Her movements are slow, purposeful.

Once she has it in her hands, she throws the tip of the staff back into Plutt's face. No way. They needed the head start. Ben's offer of mercy and diplomacy had no place on Jakku. She shifted the weight of her staff into one hand, then shoved at Ben's back. ]

Come on! Whatever you're stealing, thief, you'd better hurry. He'll have called for reinforcements.

[ He's actually Genuinely insulted he's only considered to be worth a hundred portions. Like. Come on. Two fifty at least. He's caught calculating how exactly he should handle this situation when the girl's shoved her staff into Plutt's face and--

Hit him?

Well. Pushed him is more like it, but this is a lot of abuse for a random girl on a trash planet.

And as he starts to run and make his way towards where the blaster fire is most concentrated he realizes she's following him.

This is gonna be a Day. ]

I'm not the thie--

[ He halts suddenly, holding out his hand so Rey can't get ahead of him as a blaster shot rockets past them. He really doesn't want to pull out his lightsaber today. It's excessive.

'Ben!'

He twists and there's his father, screaming and holding off a troop of... Very Angry looking mercenaries. Chewbacca howls and shoots his bowcaster at someone just behind Rey.

'Get to the ship we came in on! I found her!'

Oh my god he did it. He found his stupid fucking ship. Leia is going to be so annoyed that Ben go roped into this. Ben opens his mouth, ready to question if that was a good idea when a large explosion goes off somewhere to the right of them.

Another groan, half aggravated because they just lost a fucking ship, and also aggravated because he's not able to finish a fucking sentence. ]

I guess we're coming with you.

[ A growl more than a shout. Han gives a short: 'We?', but there's no time to address it as another wave of mooks closes in. Here is the moment Ben is going to commit the Ultimate Sin and grab a hold of Rey's wrist as he makes his way to follow Chewbacca.

A mistake because Rey isn't Into Handholding right now. And also because he's not wearing any gloves at this very moment and there's another stronger pull in the Force.

'You are unbalanced!'

A confusing litany of voices and information. It's similar to what he'd been feeling-- hearing and seeing for years.. similar but entirely different. This girl was dragging him in an entirely different direction. ]

[ There has been an awakening, whispers a voice in her mind as Ben's hand closes around her wrist. It feels different than the last. Not a memory, not exactly. It is a dark, hoarse voice, whispering death into the back of her mind. It feels cold. She feels cold. Tears prickle the corners of her eyes, and it's like a shadow looming over her.

His hand on her wrist feels like Plutt's as he held her back and she watched the ship leave. The ship with her parents. Her parents. She yanked her wrist back. ]

No! [ She staggers away from him. ] I can't.

[ Don't leave don't leave don't leave they're going to come back.

Separating herself from him gives the desperate bandits Plutt has employed a chance to grab her, prepared to haul her back, though some of them still advance after Ben to try and circle him in too. She uses her staff to knock them away, panicked and overwhelmed.

Idiot. She attacked Plutt. She couldn't just do that and then stick around Niima Outpost. She hasn't left herself with a wealth of options. But that thing Ben keeps doing to her, whatever it is, it—

She doesn't want that, either. She's afraid. ]

[ He thinks for a moment he could just leave her there. She's unwilling and doesn't want to go and maybe that's a bit of Han's nature coming out. Don't stick your neck where it doesn't belong (Unless it involves making money or STEALING YOUR DUMB SHIP BACK)-- but then there's another pull.

His mother's voice, Luke's steadfast determination to do right by Ben.

There's no way he can leave this girl behind. There's something pulling him towards her-- And before he's even sure what he's doing his blade is ignited and he's charging forward, one smooth motion and a bandit's arm is lopped off.

There's a sudden hush, all eyes on the bright blue blade cutting through the air. The Force swirls around them and Ben's starting to realize something else is going on. There's a push and pull between them, he can feel dark and light battling.

Unfortunately it gives them no advantage. Blasters are pulled on him and now he's stuck deflecting them from himself and this girl. ]

Go-- Follow the wookiee.

[ He's hoping this girl has enough sense to see a bad situation they need to leave Right Now. ]

[ If she stays, she'll die.

It's that simple, really. It's apparent now as she watches the bandit's arm drop to the dirt. There's no chance coming away with this in one piece. At the very least, she'll be in debt for the rest of her days. But she can't leave Ben here to deal with it alone either.

Although … he seems to be doing fine, actually. He's deflecting blaster fire. ]

Don't be stupid. On your own, you won't stand a chance.

[ So she grabs the blaster off the bandit that he's disarmed (ha, literally) and fires back. Two of them fall and the others look Concerned about facing down a lightsaber and Rey. She grabs the back of Ben's shirt and pulls. At least she's going with him now, if only to escape the fact that these dudes are gonna have back-up.

And they're running after the wookiee. Here we are chasing a wookiee. ]

[ I mean Chewbacca is a good beacon. Chase after the wookiee. There he is. Seven feet tall, it's easy to see where Ben got his height from.

And wow, excuse him scrappy tiny girl who's name he doesn't even know. He is doing Just Fine on his own. He actually manages to Force push a crowd of them back when he's being DRAGGED??? /? ?? ?/ ???

And then he hears his father's triumphant SHOUT and he's just. Regretting a lot of things now. A ton of things. A ton of things at once, all of which start to come streaming out of his father's mouth as Chewie begins screaming about the need to get the ship running Now.

'Ben! Put that thing away or I will be calling your moth--'

He feels the look that Han is giving him at this moment because there's a tiny girl dragging his huge Wampa of a son around. And he's just. Flashing back to his time with Leia.

'Didn't know you had time for flirting--'

He's mortified. Completely mortified. There's no way to easily explain this to his father. His father is totally judging the fact that he's seemingly kidnapped a CHILD. HIS FATHER IS ALREADY ASSUMING HE WAS FLIRTING WITH A CHILD???

He's running past Han and fortunately Chewie's got the ramp open and is starting the ship up. Ben can just start pushing Rey up the ramp and PLEASE STOP MAN HANDLING HIM HE'S A LITTLE EMBARRASSED NOW. ]

We need to get out of here before this hits the main feed.

[ 'You think!?'

Han takes another few shots at the small crowd of bandits following them before he's running up the ramp as well.

'If your mother knows you were absconding with a girl, my life is over too!' ]

Not helping!

[ Lightsaber disengaged as he shouts at his father-- running past him and to the cockpit. Yeah, okay. Ben knows better than that. Maintenance hatch first. Who knows what the fuck is broken on this thing right now. Rey feel free to insert yourself into this madness. It's falcon tradition to scream as they take off. ]

[ Rey hastens up the ramp with him, mostly ignoring Han's commentary in order to look the ship over. She knows this one. It's the freighter that Plutt had just gotten off of Ducain, the one she'd grabbed those parts for.

Once Han runs for the cockpit, Rey goes for the maintenance hatch and —

Runs straight into Ben in the process. She looks him over, suspicious, then gestures. ]

Help me lift this off, would you?

[ She glances over her shoulder. ]

Your friend's going to have some bad luck if we don't get the fuel pump and hyperdrive repaired before he gets us out of the atmosphere. We'll be left adrift.

[ ??/??/? ?? how ?/ ? does she know about his father's ship???

And Friend???? ]

He's not a friend.

[ Chewie howls a smart ass reply from the cockpit and Han joins in-

'You better believe I'm not your friend, I'm not gonna be anything if we don't get out of here soo--'

Okay Whatever dad. Ignoring you.

But-- she's a scavenger from the look of her and the supplies she's carrying and she has just as much reason to want to escape if hitting Unkar Plutt in the face wasn't enough reason. He's lifting the hatch open easily and--- Well. She's got the parts, so??/???/

'What the hell has Plutt done to my ship?'

Continual bitching from the cock pit and at the very least Chewbacca is up there helping him as well. Ben is ready to like... join in?? When the ship is jostled and he's being shouted at. Again.

He gestures to the very first tag, predicting this was going to end like this. He had suggested they go under the cover of night, steal it out from under Plutt's nose. But noooooo his father was ridiculous and foolish and impatient and they are stuck on Jakku on this broken ship and they are going to die here. (What a dramatic baby)

Chewbacca howls and Ben releases a terse sigh. ] I'm going, we've got a situation over here as well--

[ The scavenger seems-- FINE??? in the hold, but he needs to check in because. Well. This is the Falcon. It could release poisonous gas and kill them at any moment. ]

I need to get to one of the gunner seats, are you okay down here?

[ Lotta trust being extended right here but. ~The Force~ is telling him she is Cool. Probably. ]

I won't be if we get boarded by Plutt's men! [ Rey shouts this from inside the maintenance hatch, where she has actively begun to ignore the family drama going on above her head in favor of actually repairing the ship. She has her hands in the guts of the fuel system at the moment. The trouble is that she DOESN'T actually have the parts. She'd sold the damn parts to Plutt. For a portion. She was fleeced.

Anyway. She has to make do with the repair kit she has in her bag, which he has to dig around the plastic package of the portion which is really just adding insult to injury. ]

Tell him to take off! We can't jump to hyperspace, but we can at least get out of here!

[ That leaves her with nothing but the fuel lines to worry about for now. ]

[ Welcome to the family tbh Rey. ]

That's not goi--

[ 'ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WE CAN'T JUMP TO HYPERSPACE?'

Well-- at least Ben doesn't... need to tell him that. He rolls his eyes. His father was such a dramatic ass mother fucker, he hopes he's never like him ~~I got bad news for you~~. ]

You're not going back.

[ He'll state that firmly. It's not an option. She's on this ship with them, and they are getting out of here.

With that he's sliding down the hall to the familiar ladders and-- picking one. The ship is jostled again and he can hear his father trying to rev up the engines.

This is the worst right now. He hopes the entire thing doesn't implode as soon as they take off.

He's packed himself into a seat and throws on the headset--

'How's it lookin', Ben?' ]

Easy pickings.

[ At the very least, taking immediate action meant no one was prepared for Han Solo and his stupid son. Once he starts firing off rounds, they've got no defenses. He nearly feels bad for mowing the poor sons of bitches down. ]

We ready to take off yet?

[ 'Almost, kid.'

That's said just as the ship starts to sputter into life and lift off-- Fortunately no Empire means no fighters appearing out of nowhere to chase them down. But that doesn't mean they're completely in the clear yet.

'How did the hatch look?' ]

A mess.

[ He answers honestly. Setting his sights on another bandit that comes running up. Reinforcements have arrived.

'And you aren't in there FIXING it?'

What an accusatory shout. Like he'd leave such a thing up in the air. Gosh. ]

The girl seems to know her way around a ship. [ Ah-- there's air support. Coming up fast. Nothing that's capable of space travel, but nothing Good as well. He spins around in his seat and aims a few shots which connect-- but they need to get out of this situation. Quickly. Get into space and make the jump into hyperspeed as quickly as possible. ] Dad-- we need to get out of atmo, now.

[ 'I'm working on it!!' ]

[ Rey manages to patch the tubing for the time being, and she manually ignites the fuel pump from in there — which is stupid and risky and nearly burns off her eyebrows, for what it's worth — before she climbs back up out of the hatch.

She's trying not to think about what Ben had said. He'd offered it like some kind of palliative, like she should find comfort in that promise. You're not going back. If anything, she feels … kidnapped. Taken from her home, from the chance of reuniting with her family.

She marches up to the cockpit. ]

Where are you taking me?

[ 'Taking you? We're not taking you anywhere. BEN! Where the hell did you find this girl?' Beside Han, Chewie moans his agreement. But the engines flare to life and they both look … surprised. They exchange looks, and Han turns back to her more fully then while Chewie starts lifting them off the ground. 'What's your name, kid?' ]

Doesn't matter. I want to stay on Jakku.

[ 'Who the hell wants to stay on Jakku?' ]

It doesn't matter. Leave Niima Outpost. I don't care. He won't waste the fuel chasing you far; this piece of junk isn't worth it. But I have to stay behind.

[ At this point, Han's scandal turns to genuine concern because … no really, who the fuck stays on Jakku? 'Look. I'll level with you, kid. We're not getting out of the Western Reaches until that hyperdrive is fixed. You know where we can go out of Plutt's reach on this armpit of a planet to take care of that? I'll leave you wherever you want.' ]

Yeah. Yeah, I know where you can go. [ She reached over him to pull up the navigational plotting and drops a pin on the planet's surface. ] Get us there, and I'll find the parts you need. For the hyperdrive, and a more permanent fix for your fuel pump.

[ Ben's picked off a few speeders and a couple of smaller ships when he deems it "cleared up" enough to re-join with the rest of this... really weird gathering of people.

He's just marching up as she repeats her demand of going back to Jakku and--

Really, who the hell wants to go back to Jakku?

He can't figure out who this girl is and it's Bothering him at this point. He wonders if this is how Qui Gon felt when he first met Anakin-- or any of the other countless Force sensitive youth who'd been dragged into their mess.

His lips press together, his jaw ticks. Maybe he should leave this alone. He hated the stories of children being taken away from their parents and homes just to continue on the tradition of a dying religion. Luke had spoken about how it was foolish to do so as well. There were enough people willing to learn, why kidnap a babe from it's mother?

But he can't deny what he saw, what he felt. Something had shifted when they made contact and-- that could mean something. Leaving her alone could prove foolish.

'Ben, you got something to say?' ]

I need to talk to Luke.

[ Han's One Concern about Rey wanting to stay on Jakku is turning into Two Concerns. Like, he's just got his ship back and suddenly he's dealing with Troubled Youths.

'Yeah, sure. Okay. Once we get into range.'

Chewbacca voices his own hesitations. Asking if it's 'too soon' and JESUS Ben is wondering how badly he'd fucked up if they are wondering if even Talking to Luke may be something that is "too soon".

Great continuing his permanent position of being the family screw up.

He'll just, tilt his head, regarding Rey from the corner of his eye. ]

What's your name?

[ Han scoffs. Loudly.

'Didn't you hear her the first time? It doesn't matter.' ]

[ Rey catches his eye as he asks that and for a moment, he can feel her conflict. It pours off of her — oily discomfort and something that's holding her back. She turns away and excuses herself from the cockpit, allowing Han's answer to stand on its own in place of hers.

No. It didn't matter.

What had he done to her? It's like having a second heartbeat. There's this energy inside of her now, and she can feel it, and with that realization comes the realization that it's always been there, but she's never touched it before. Not like this.

There has been an awakening, whispers that dark voice of Death again. She squeezes her eyes shut, rubs her arms to stave off the cold even though the interior of the Falcon is still stuffy and hot from disuse on Jakku. She doesn't want to summon it back because when it returns to her, it feels like being watched. She shakes her head, trying to dismiss the sound, the feeling. ]

[ A glare is tossed to the back of Han's head and Ben makes a move to follow her.

'Ben-- I know that look.'

He halts then, and glances over his shoulder. ]

No, you don't. It's not like that.

[ He's really tired of the joke about him flirting with a CHILD again. He has no intention of making any romantic moves on someone who doesn't look as if they've even hit puberty yet--

'I don't mean like that either,' Han's jaw is set and Chewbacca makes an affirmative noise besides him. 'You look like Luke.'

Ben's.... not sure what that means. Or how to take it. He's only started to hear the stories of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader. Of his fall to the dark and how Luke had kept faith in the light in his father....

'Just be careful, sometimes it's better to leave some doors closed.'

His father had always been paranoid about the Force. For good reason. His shoulders heft with a sigh and he gives a short wave of acknowledgement before he goes looking for the accidental kidnapped child. He's not even sure how to begin to have this conversation, she seemed... A lot like him, really.

Which made this even more difficult, to be honest.

And it doesn't help that he feels a strange rise in energy with ever step he takes closer to her. It was something like what he felt with his mother-- and to a certain extent his uncle and some of the students at the temple, but this was-- potent. Different. Like he'd been viewing things in muted tones all of his life and she is pure saturated color.

Once he finds her, in the hallway, in a hold, in the fucking hatch it doesn't matter. He'll speak even and soft. ]

It's not just you. [ She's obviously spooked, if anything. He can tell and he doesn't know how he can tell. ] I feel it too.

[ Rey is sitting in the maintenance hatch keeping an eye on the fuel lines when Ben finds her. She can feel him approach just like she can feel, as with some extra sense, some limb she had never known about, his nervousness. She looks up before he comes into view, something dark in her expression, reluctant to engage him on this point. ]

You're a Jedi.

[ She says this flatly, a foregone conclusion that she had arrived at some time ago while their feet were still firmly planted on the ground. ]

That's why you asked me about Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. You knew them. [ She doesn't understand that it would likely be impossible for this guy to know Kenobi. She's in that fourteen-year-old stage of assuming everyone older than her is just Old. ] What did you do to me?

[ Okay her assuming he knew Obi-Wan is making him feel like he looks like a goddamn geezer right now. Thanks for that Rey (YOU'D BE LIKE. 6 YEARS OLDER BEN. SHUT THE FUCK UP). But she's agitated and he's starting to realize maybe they're creating a feedback loop right now. It happened with him and his mother occassionally, especially right before he was sent off to train with Luke.

His mild annoyance turned into her frustration, which built upon each other until he was yelling and things were flying off the wall-- ]

I'm not a Jedi-- [ Well.. It's not entirely true. ] -- I'm in training. [ Was? He'd never really got the chance to think about returning. His powers, although more tamed, were still growing stronger. He's really hoping this isn't some strange new ability he's come across, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Creating a bond like this takes effort, it could possibly kill him considering his skill set at this very moment.

And the Force- it's churning between them. He can practically see her emotions as clear as daylight, see her potential and-- something else.

Luke. He needed to talk with Luke. ]

I didn't know Obi-Wan. But I do know Luke, he's my uncle. [ He'll just. Skip over all that right now because talking about his dumb famous family is The Worst. ] I'm not sure what's going on between us. That's why I need to speak with him, he may have some answers.

Your uncle is Luke Skywalker?

[ She almost doesn't believe him, but there's no hiding the excitement in her voice as she asks. She gets up onto her feet in the maintenance hatch like she's suddenly much more interested in engaging this subject matter instead of fleeing it. Sorry, Ben. ]

Is that where the three of you are going?

[ No. But … no. She can't go with them there. Her parents. They could come back while she was gone, and then they'd miss her. Something disappointed tracks across her features. She drops her gaze. She can't just leave, even for this. ]

[ Man, isn't this all so much better to find out BEFORE the guy tortures you for information? :,)

But honestly, he sort of Braced for that response, he's kind of used to the rest of it spilling out afterwards, but she deflates instead. Something is crackling between them, as if begging for him to look right at it, but he's not sure he's ready to face that yet. This thing is feeling like a violation of both of their privacy.

He'll take this moment to park his ass next to the hatch. Crossing his legs and sort of. Regarding her from a distance. She's still shorter than him in there but, it feels less awkward carrying on a conversation with her. ]

No-- that wasn't the original plan, we're going back to my dad's main freighter. [ A large thing, hopefully not carrying Rathtars. ] We were on Jakku, because I traced the Falcon there. It was stolen from him a few years back.

[ A normal day in the Solo family.

And Yes, Ben is avoiding her disappointment, he will bring it up later in the conversation when he's got a handle ON HOW HE CAN SEE HER EVERY EMOTION AND THOUGHT CLEARLY.... (it's really freaking him out right now. He's not trained enough to be able to do that with anyone but family. And even then they were able to hold back specifics from him) ]

[ Sitting just outside of the hatch has the effect of making him look like a prison guard, keeping her there. Rey decides not to think too hard on that. He said he needs to speak to Luke — that has nothing to do with her. He doesn't have to bring her with.

She turns away from him as if she needs to reinspect the fuel lines, but really it's just a distraction from having to look at him and from having to feel that nervous avoidance. He's not quite comfortable with her, and for some reason, she can tell. It's telegraphing off of him. ]

I warned Plutt it was stolen. He didn't care. [ She shakes her head. Idiot deserved what he got for not listening to reason. Of course someone would come looking for a stolen ship that Ducain had been peddling. It was Ducain. He was hardly subtle, and he'd doubtlessly neglected to scrub it clean. ]

What's he like? Skywalker. [ Not that it matters. She can't go anyway. But ... she wants the story now. Now that she doesn't need to barter for it, she'll happily accept what she'd originally thought he'd offered her. ] I always thought he was a myth, you know? All of those stories ... The Jedi ... They're practically fairytales.

[ Right, of course she wanted to know about Luke. Everyone wanted to know about Luke. ]

He's strange. [ I mean. Honestly true. ] And a hard ass.

[ Also true. When he was a child he thought training as a Jedi would be fun and games and lightsaber battles. And then it turned into reading texts and way too much meditation and disappointed looks and getting yelled at whenever he tapped into a side of him that Luke had been afraid of.

Her not looking at him is exacerbating that unintentionally. But he sets his jaw and tries to keep his emotions under some semblance of control. ] It's true, though. The stories, the myths.

[ A bit whimsical coming from Ben Solo, but he'd heard of plenty of people who didn't believe in the Force or any one person's capability of wielding it. An annoyance, considering his bloodline, but not unusual. Not many liked to think the entire system was terrorized for decades due to a couple of Force Users going power hungry. ]

Why do you want to go back to Jakku?

AND IS BENS GIRLFRIEND STILL THERE. GOTTA KILL HER BEFORE HE CAN GO FOR REY AMMIRITE

i assumed he already had ?? ? i mean at 25 he needs a justification for being a virgin right

Shit this is true. I have killed 4 ppl already.

see? it's the only explanation

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this tag is now entitled: Han and Ben banter is actually the best. How dare you kill your father Ben

a great tag

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