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[volitaunt]

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[ Translation: location request poe dameron priority maximum please ]

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[volitaunt]

[ Her room! He wants to see it.

(Because he is nosy.) ]

[talentedscavenger]

[ There’s a faint smile on her face. Okay, okay, she’ll show him her room. ]

Okay, I’ll let him know we’re in my room.

[ Another quick text to let Poe know where they would be. It takes some time but she shows them to her floor and to her mostly empty room a bed, some sheets, pieces of paper of failed star charts. ]

See?

[volitaunt]

[ BB-8 takes particular interest in the star charts. He whistles inquisitively, asking for permission to scan them for addition to his databases.

He's barely finished the sequence of tones that indicate a question when someone (someone) bangs on the door.

From outside: ] Rey? It's Poe!

[talentedscavenger]

Those? No, they're not right. I haven't been able to really map out anything..

[And there's Poe! She moves over to the door and opens it wide enough for Poe to see his droid rather than her.]

Come in, think you two need to catch up.

[volitaunt]

[ Poe gives Rey a passing touch on the shoulder in greeting, looking her way so she knows he's not ignoring her. But BB-8. BB-8 is here. Here!

Poe gets down on one knee before he's even finished moving, the result of which is that he slides the last foot or so to his droid's side. ] What are you doing here, buddy?

[ Not that he isn't one hundred percent delighted to see his frand. ]

[talentedscavenger]

[ If Poe ignored her, she wouldn’t take offense to it. She was happy to have the pair reunited. They should all be back on D’Qar, trying to stop the First Order, but they’re all gathered here instead. At least they have one another for support. ]

I have no clue, I found his message on the Network and responded. I wanted to find out who it was before someone else did. There aren’t a lot of people here who’ve seen a droid. [ And best to get BB back to Poe before someone tried to droidnap him. ]

[volitaunt]

On the network, huh? [ He grins at BB-8. ] Smart.

[ To Rey: ] Thank you for going to get him.

[talentedscavenger]

Welcome. I was about to let anything happen to him.

[She nearly says 'again,' but he never got into the hands of the First Order so...all is good!]

[volitaunt]

Thank you.

[ This time it's softer, more serious, because he hasn't forgotten what she and Finn did for his droid the first time around. What they did for the Resistance. ] I owe you twice over.

[talentedscavenger]

[Rey looks down for a moment, noting the softer tone in his voice. He doesn't owe her anything..not once, least of all twice.]

You're welcome. [Her voice is equally soft.]

You don't owe me anything, Poe.

[volitaunt]

Sure I do.

[ He gets up to give her a one-armed hug around the shoulders. ] You saved my friend. You saved him twice.

[talentedscavenger]

[The one-armed hugged takes a back. Oh..okay. This? This is nice.]

He's my friend too, and I wasn't about to let someone pick him up and take him apart.

[volitaunt]

All right, all right. BB-8 owes you.

[ BB-8 makes a small, indignant noise, and Poe grins at him. ] Kidding, buddy.

[talentedscavenger]

[There's a huff followed by a roll of her eyes.]

How about we just call it a day and you two catch up? I can get us food, or we could stay in my room for the time being.

[volitaunt]

All right. [ He is completely unapologetic about being a lil shit. Because of course he is. ] But if food is getting got, I'm paying. Let me do that, and we can call it even, okay?

[talentedscavenger]

[The bruenette gave Poe a long stare. It's felt like, since his return, all he wants to do is buy food for her. That's..that's not going to keep happening.]

Let me. Until you get a job, let me at least pay for one night's meal.

[volitaunt]

[ He would argue if he had not seen a similar look in the eyes of the General more than once. ]

Fine, you win twice.

[talentedscavenger]

[There's a slight smile on her face.]

No need to pout, Poe.