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Who: Hux and You
What: Exploring
When: The first few days of arrival
Where: Power Plant/Exploration up till the Power Plant
Warnings: None at the moment will update if necessary

Upon arriving at the strange world, Hux wasted little time at the hotel, or at least the building claiming to be a hotel. Everything around him appeared to be rundown and not been in use for a long time. It felt like the particular hotel was being used for the first time in ages.

He had a lot of questions, but there was no host to ask them to. Everyone around him appeared to be just as confused. The last few things Hux remembered were his times aboard the S.S.Bishop. It didn't feel right either. This wasn't a simple drift he was accustomed to of late. He felt on edge and restless.

Hux decided to set out and explore wanting to gain a better understanding of what had happened. Maybe he would see a familiar face or learn of what happened to his cat Millicent. And if the ships were still around.

Eventually his wanderings found himself in front of a stone gate with a sign with a bunch of markings he couldn't understand. He found what appeared to be a pathway, but that itself took time. It was only through sheer stubbornness that Hux managed to find a bunch of buildings. Hux had been hesitant on taking some of the plants with him as samples to study later, but not knowing what they were and having the right equipment he refrained.

It took a couple of days of exploring for Hux to gain an understanding the purpose of the building and what needed to work....which was pretty much everything. The humming sound of what appeared to be crystal rods gave him a lot of hope. This seemed to be a possible power source. Yet, Hux didn't understand how it worked. In another building he came across a small floating orb. Curious, Hux reached with his gloved hand to touch it. He seemed to gain an understanding of how things worked and what was expected. Was this like the augment he had back with the Fleet? It felt like it. He smiled, pleased with the knowledge he gained and began to set to work on what could be done to get everything in working order. He knew if he could get this plant to operate it could get the rest of the area back up and running.

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It was during one of those first few days that Rayla spotted this red-headed human wandering around the strange building. She hadn't touched the floating orb, nervous to do so, quite honestly, and kept watch of him from the trees for a while. She followed him, silently, almost like stalking her prey, before finally deciding that he might not be one of those "horrible" humans, but maybe a "not so horrible" one.

So, waiting for the right moment, she finally revealed herself to him by dropping down from the tree next to him.

"So... whaddya say this place is?"

Surprise elf!

Startled, Hux almost dropped the crystal rod he had been carrying. He turned around to face the person that questioned him. He made sure that his own expression remained neutral by that point.

He had no clue that someone had been following him let alone was near by. It appeared to be a child. He also noted it wasn't human as well. Of course. The first person he would interact with would be a child. He ran a gloved hand through his hair. He had to admit he did like the fact the other went right to the point.

"This place was once a power plant. It used to provide the energy for the people that lived here at one point." Hux carefully explained. He tried his best to keep it in simple terms, while he himself was still trying to understand everything as well.

Oops. She didn't immediately notice his reaction, so good for him. She did tilt her head a little as she listened.

"How can a building provide energy?" She knew what energy was, but the term 'power plant' conjured a whole different image in her head than what he likely meant. Simple terms were okay, but she came from a world that was at the level of medieval humanity. She wasn't going to understand technology without touching that orb.

Hux held out the crystal rod in his hand for her to see. It gave off a faint glow and a humming noise. "This is what helps provide the energy. This building helps house the energy so it can provide energy for everyone."

He wished he had a better example to show her. He believed she may not fully understand the concept with out seeing it for herself.

The glow and humming noise was honestly enough to get the point across for now. Rayla just chalked it up to magic, quite honestly, even if that wasn't entirely true.

"Oh. That's actually pretty handy. And the energy it houses, that can make things in the city work again, yeah?"

He allowed a small smile, pleased with how quick she figured it out. He had been worried that she wouldn't.

"Yes, that is the goal for now. I'm hoping if I can find enough people who can help or have knowledge to help we can get this place up and running. Then we can go onto other important matters."

Rayla looked over at the orb.

"That thing over there gives the knowledge, right?" She considered that, but... nope. This wasn't her thing. She'd honestly rather do something else. "Maybe ya could get a crew together and have them all touch it."

"Yes, that idea had come across. You're the first person I've seen since I first arrived here. Hopefully I'll see others that would like to learn and lend a hand with this project." Hux stated. He noted that she didn't offer to help, but didn't press her to. If she didn't want to help, he wasn't going to enforce. Had this been back on his ship, it might have been different.

"What do you plan to do here?"

"Really? I've seen a few people further back in town 'round that hotel. Found a few out an' explorin', too, in the woods."

She shrugged at the question. "I'm not really sure, yet. I guess I could learn what the creatures are like 'round here an' hunt for food for people. I'm more of a fighter than anythin' else."

"I'm sure the people here would appreciate that. Won't you need weapons for that? Or can you make your own?" Hux questioned. He knew he was with out his blaster once more which was a shame especially after he had finally been able to obtain it on the Fleet.

She was proving to be an interesting child. She wasn't a typical child he had been accustomed to seeing, but it wasn't a surprise either. He had seen a few backwater children that were raised to fight and take are of their people at a young age.

"I can probably make somethin'," she said, thoughtful. "I hafta say, it was a little annoyin' showin' up here without mah normal weapons."

"I would consider that a huge handicap myself. You seem to be at least resourceful in the ability to make your own. Not many are capable of doing that." Hux commented as he began to work with what he could using the knowledge he just gained.

"I've been trained to," Rayla explained. "It's part of being good at what I do."

She watched him.

"So, didja learn anythin' useful?"

"Yes, but now it's gathering all the pieces to make it work. The crystal rods will be a good starting point. I'm afraid that this will take time as well even if we find others who can help. Even if we get this place charged up, everything might not be working properly."

Hux carefully explained while trying to remember all the pieces and diagrams that the data point had given him.

Rayla nodded.

"Well, it does look pretty broken down, so I can see it'll be a lot o' work." She looked it over, and then glanced at the surrounding area as well. "Ya know... ya might be needin' more than just people to fix this place. Ya might need a few people to make sure nothin' comes outta them woods to attack."

Hux placed a gloved hang over his chin in thought as he took in what Rayla had pointed out. He didn't even think about it. He was so used to having someone on guard all the time that it was something he didn't think about having to form here.

"I'm assuming you would like to be charge of such a force? If we can gather such people?"

Rayla looked shocked for a second.

"Me? In charge?" Woah... "I-I... Um. I was just suggestin' the idea..." She didn't have that kind of experience! She was still new to the whole idea of being a professional fighter anyway. But to lead a security force?

Hux held up a gloved hand to silence her growing concern. "It was just a suggestion as well. Something that we can dwell upon later once we get a better idea of what's going on.

I just wanted to get an idea of where you stood with this. Your hesitation says a lot and I respect that. I know many young folk would have leapt at such a chance and then made too many risk moves in the process. I am glad that you are trying to see the full picture."

Rayla smiled a bit weakly.

"I've already done the big mistakes thing. I'd rather not repeat it."

Pushing herself to hard to come on such an important mission as the assassination of the Katolis ruling family, only to fail at killing the human guard who spotted them and ruining the element of surprise... yeah. She'd made big mistakes by attempting something she wasn't ready for already.

"Can't say that you're not learning from your mistakes. I've seen too many people repeat the same mistake over. Those I found never lasted too long." Hux simple stated.

"As for the main topic at hand I would appreciate it if you let me know of others who would be willing to protect the area. I'm sure there are others like yourself who would want to do so."

That was appreciated. She nodded a little.

"I can certainly ask around an' see what others think," she said. "Looks like we're all gonna hafta work together."

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