[Open] Hope you don't mind being wet

[flyinglight]

Characters: Luke Skywalker and you
Date: Through June
Location: Around Keeliai
Situation: Catchall! Luke can be found in the gardens in the Sky sector a lot. Because trees.


A. Rain
The rain might be cold, and Luke had, even before coming here, found out that being wet and having wet clothes sticking to cold, clammy skin wasn't much fun... But on the other hand, it was rain, and it was still something that felt... special. Impossible, in a way.

So it's pretty easy to find him all over, probably just standing or sitting somewhere, face turned up towards the sky, eyes closed, and a small smile on his face. Completely drenched.

(Someone's gonna get sick one of these days.)

B. Eaten by peace
The tremors weren't anything new, but being caught by a wave of tranquility both like and unlike what could be experienced in the Force, but unable to break out of it... Luckily he probably wasn't doing anything in particular when it happened, might even seem to simply be looking at some greenery or another in the garden in the Sky sector until he breaks out of it, but either way, it's not something he'd like to see happen more than once.

Unfortunately, it does.

C.Floating rocks in the garden - Sky sector
It might be simple, but considering he'd had all of a month of proper training so far, maybe simple was best. And while he could get more help now, he just wanted... to make sure he had what basics he'd already gotten down properly. To that end, Luke was sitting on the grass, eyes closed, and keeping several rocks of varying size in the air around him.

Comments

C - Sky sector

[aprettyflyboy]

Someone making rocks floats is bound to catch Poe's attention. He was in the sky sector looking for the right house for Rey and him when he noticed the blond man. He stopped short in his tracks with a cautious, yet curious, expression in his face.

[flyinglight]

It was impossible to miss when someone got close - he could feel them in the Force after all, even if he was focused elsewhere as it was. After a few moments, when he was sure he wouldn't lose his grip on the rocks, Luke cracked an eye open and smiled up at his audience.

"Hello."

The stones remained in the air around him kept completely still - he wanted to get to the point where he could keep them moving, perhaps, but for now this would do. Control, as Yoda used to try and beat into his head.

[aprettyflyboy]

Poe wasn't even surprised that the other man sense him so quickly. If he was a Jedi as the pilot suspected, then there was no way he could not have noticed Poe.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. It's just been a while since I seen anybody do this."

He looked at the rocks and for a moment there was wariness in his posture. It hadn't been all that long, actually, if what Kylo Ren did to him counted. Poe tried to ignore the bad memories and give the blond a smile.

"Sorry to be blunt but you are a Force user, right?"

[flyinglight]

"It's fine," Luke said, shrugging. If this had been during his weeks with Yoda, especially early on, he wouldn't have managed to keep the stones in the air, but this was now and not then. It was hard to miss the tenseness of his frame, and Luke wondered if it would be better to put the stones down or not.

Then he blinked at the question and nodded.

"Yeah. Trying to train, otherwise I'm never going to get better," he chuckled, shaking his head.

[aprettyflyboy]

He had always found demonstrations of the Force impressive, it was just that Poe still had to make peace with what happened in the Finalizer. He would get over it eventually, he always did in the past when it came to torture.

"You seem to be going a really good job with the training. Where I come from we don't have many young users, being able to control the Force had become a rarity. My name is Poe, Poe Dameron. It's nice to meet you."

A.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

Han wasn't entirely happy about being wet in the sudden downpour, but seeing Luke outside, he couldn't hold back a laugh. By his time, Luke was powerful and confident but battle-weary and sometimes stressed by the brutality and loss of the war. It was almost refreshing to be reminded of a time when Luke was young and naive, fresh off the farm.

"You can take thy boy out of the desert..." he said with a smile. "Just wait until you start living on Yavin IV part time where it's raining as often as it isn't."

"Sometimes by my time, with everything we've been through by then, it's too easy to forget the younger you, when we were first starting out. It's kind of refereshing, I gotta admit it."

[flyinglight]

"Sounds like a good place to live, if that's where I end up," Luke said, amused and not minding Han's amusement at all. Even if he hadn't thought of Yavin much after they left, actually thinking about it he could see it.

"I guess I get used to this sooner or later," he tipped his head, glancing up at the sky again, "but I hope it's a while yet. I mean, it's raining..."

Yes, that still felt a little magical, even with how distinctly non-magical being wet felt.

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

"Well part of the time. When you aren't on Coruscant or off on a mission" said Han.

"Yeah it does take a little while. " he nodded. "In some ways you really had to grow up too fast, but some of the other little things did last a while longer." He said.

"Me, I'm still trying to get used to this. I feel sorry for Kylo, but have no idea how to handle him when I can't avoid him. And he hates the other me." He sighed. "I haven't been perfect but I get the feeling the other me had more problems. I'm starting to worry one of my kids will show up and the situation will get worse."

Not wanting to focus everything on himself, he turned attention back to Luke. "How are you handling this whole multiple realities thing?"


"

[flyinglight]

"It gets easier the longer you're here... though, I didn't know anything about more than one possible future until recently," Luke said with a frown, picking at the wet sleeve that clung to his skin. "I guessing it might be easier for me than you, actually, since even with this, I still don't actually know what the future will be like."

If there'd been only people talking of one thing, then he wouldn't ever have known, but now, when it was obvious there were at least two possibilities, well... While he was curious, still, it felt like there was less pressure on him. There was no way to know where anything would go, still, now.

"Yeah," he nodded, frown deepening as his thoughts went to Kylo and their... talk, "I sort of wish I could help him, but I get the feeling it's better I avoid him for now at least. You've talked to him?"

[gotabadfeelingaboutthis]

"I sure hope it does." he replied. It was understandable how Luke felt. Han was deliberately trying not to inundate him with stuff about the future, especially with not knowing which timeline he was from.

"I can try to answer questions if you've got any, but I don't want to overload you with anything you'd rather not hear...that's why I've been trying to go slow and let you pick the pace." he said. "Especially with you being so young, no one can tell which future you'll wind up in. It's got to be really confusing for you."

Luke asked about Kylo, and Han nodded. "Not on purpose. I kind of ran into him on accident. He was with that Hux guy and they had the other guy, Poe, about half dead by that point. And I couldn't just leave and let them kill the poor kid. They had his gem, and we all know what happens when someone does that. Plus it looked like they worked him over pretty good." Han shook his head.

"I didn't really want a fight, even though I've gotten into my share back home, but I did want to help if I could...fortunately, they just ran off. But not before I got a "my father is dead, I have no father!" from Kylo.

C.

[warden_silifel_surana]

Well wasn't that interesting? Silifel was pleased to see so many people here with mage like talents, practicing freely at that. He doubted whatever Luke was doing was the same nature as his mage, but that just made it all the more interesting!

He approached quietly but kept his distance. No need to have rocks hurled at his head if he was near someone with a less than favorable disposition. He couldn't help a bit of teasing, still, and made a small stone rise. It knocked lightly against one of the rocks Luke was focusing on.

[flyinglight]

Luckily, Luke didn't have that sort of disposition, and while he shifted just a little, head tilting when he noticed someone was close by, he didn't immediately open his eyes.

Not until something tapped against one of his stones, and maybe if he was a little better at this - a little better at doing more than one thing at a time - he couldn't figured it out without opening his eyes, but now he had to do that.

Seeing a stone he definitely wasn't controlling floating next to his, Luke blinked. The whole array trembled for a moment before he got control of it, gently knocked right back, and turned a small smile onto the only other person who was close.

"I see I'm not the only one playing with rocks around here."

[warden_silifel_surana]

"I couldn't resist," Silifel said, letting his stone sink slowly back to the ground. He didn't like elemental magic all that much and didn't want to be in the way. "If I might ask, how are you doing this? I presume you are not a mage in the same sense that I am one."

[flyinglight]

"Probably not," Luke agreed, frowning in thought and set one stone spinning around itself for a few seconds before he slowly put them all back on the ground. Better to do that if he was going to have a conversation. "Where I'm from, we call it the Force. It's in all living things... I guess it's like an energy field only some people can use?"

Shrugging, he stretched briefly, loosening up muscles that had tensed while he'd been concentrating.

"Pretty sure it'd get called 'magic' by a lot of people, though," Luke said with a smile, then cocked his head, "so how did you do it?"

A

[angelofnaboo]

Much like his father, Padmé sees that Luke loves the rain as well. Since she's used to it from Naboo, it definitely has to be a left over from growing up on Tatooine. And while she's never truly understood the obsession with water from the sky, watching Luke stand there with a pleased smile on his face makes her heart hurt. In a good way.

After about an hour, she takes an umbrella and heads over to where he's standing, blocking the water from dropping on him and handing him a towel.

"If you get sick, I will call Raine over and have her heal you in a very painful way. It's too cold to stand out here like this. Come inside, dry off and I will make you something hot to drink."

[flyinglight]

"If I get sick, I promise to take care of it myself as much as possible," Luke countered, quiet laughter muffled as he dropped the towel on top of his head and scrubbed before pulling it around his shoulders instead. Not that it helped much, but the umbrella made sure he didn't continue to get wet. "And anyway, it'd be what I deserved if it happened."

Of course, he sure hoped he won't get sick; he remembered all too well the few times he'd been sick growing up, and the creeping inevitability of pneumonia he'd felt through the dead haze during the night on Hoth...

"... Do we have hot chocolate?" Perking up at the thought, Luke smiled. He'd found it a short while ago here, and if there was one thing he hoped existed in their own galaxy as well, it was that.

[angelofnaboo]

"Don't be silly. If you're sick, the best thing you can do is rest. And though I might be upset that you let your health fail, I'm sure that Raine won't treat you too badly." She smiles as she watches him try to get some of the water out of his hair, reaching out to smooth a few of the already curling strands away from his face.

"Of course we do. It's almost a requirement in the house, after Anakin and I discovered it. Worth it's weight in credits."

[flyinglight]

"Sure, but you could leave me to fend for myself. It probably wouldn't be that bad." Of course, last time (since Hoth wasn't the only time after he left Tatooine that he'd gotten sick) he'd mostly powered through with the help of low level stims because resting wasn't something they'd had much time for, so maybe that didn't count.

Tilting his head into the little touch, Luke grinned.

"Then you couldn't stop me from following you if you tried. That's something else I hope I remember so I can find it again."

[angelofnaboo]

"I could, but I won't." She didn't have to say that this was the only chance she'd have to nurse him if he fell sick. They both knew it.

"Ah, I'm so glad that I have a reasonable son. Perhaps if you could teach your nephew something resembling reason, we'd be able to have a civil conversation. Besides, many things can be forgiven over a cup of hot chocolate."

b

[courageandtenacity]

He's not the only one experiencing those pulses.

The first catches her off-guard...once she recovers. She's disturbed, and determined to not let it happen again - and so, of course, she does. She doesn't even realize it's happened, only that this place doesn't feel nearly as strange or alien, the thoughtless space fills her mind with serenity...

...and then she turns around and punches the nearest wall. Considering her lack of armor, it hurts, but that pain was what she was after; she gives the few Kedan who've stopped to stare a scowl, eyes daring them to say something before they come to rest on...

...another human. Who also appears to be recovering, and yet somehow familiar. Her frown deepens as she tries to search her mind for why.

[flyinglight]

The shuddering breath he took when the sensation of vast, distant nothing suddenly disappeared was the first thing Luke heard, and felt. Swaying a little, he immediately looked around, helping a kedan up who'd taken a wrong step when the tranquility suddenly washed over them.

He was nervous but still nodded in thanks before he left, leaving with most of the other kedan around but as Luke ran a hand through his hair and wondered, not for the first time what was going on and what that was, he could tell someone was staring.

Turning around, he tilted his head at the tall woman. She looked angry, though what for, was a good question...

"Got caught in it as well?"

C.

[problematical]

River is a surprisingly small presence despite her abilities, as if she's mimicking more her physical stature than her mental capabilities. The young woman watches Luke levitating the rocks for several minutes before speaking up.

"How are you doing that?"

[flyinglight]

Looking up when she spoke up, Luke opens his eyes and smiles a little.

"The Force. It's like... an energy field made my everything living." She feels... interesting, now that he's paying attention beyond being vaguely aware someone's come up and stopped to look. As if she's bigger than she appears to be, in more ways than one, but he's not about to ask about that immediately.

"It lets me do things like this, or feel the presence of other people, for example." And a lot more things, but easier to keep it small for now.

[problematical]

"I can hear other people," River says slowly, as if she's weighing the wisdom of admitting that. "Even when they're not making any noise, sometimes they're still loud... and sometimes when they're loud, they're actually quiet, like you are."

[flyinglight]

Tilting his head, Luke slowly and carefully puts the stones back down on the ground in a neat circle around him, and leans forward a little. He can hear more than feel her hesitation and smiles, hopefully reassuringly.

It takes him a moment to figure out what she means - or well, what he thinks she might mean anyway, and he nods slowly.

"If I can do something like that with the Force, I don't know... but I've... talked, to my sister and my," a pause, and he swallows, but it's easier now that he has Anakin as what had been to compare to, "father, in my mind. Can you at least stop hearing us, if you want to?"

He hopes so, because it must be exhausting if she can't... what, turn it off? Control it? He wonders, just a little, what she means