So who talks first? | Calibrations

[happybeeps]

WHO: Poe Dameron, OPEN
WHERE: Poe's Calibration room
WHAT: Calibrations
WHEN: 3 June - 10 June
WARNINGS: Torture, War, Weapons of Mass Destruction



You step out into a hangar, half sheltered, but open to the air along one side. The sky is blue, and in the distance there's scattered chatter from resistance members passing by as Poe and BB-8 work. Poe's perched atop the broken wing of his X-wing, scorch marks on her belly suggesting they'd recently come out of a tough scrape.

Poe's still half in his flight suit, the upper half tied round his waist, his old jacket sitting off to the side, draped over a ladder rung with care. There's scattered tools and wires to navigate, a makeshift workbench set up with his helmet and blaster abandoned there, next to his data pad which flashes at him with some unread message, though Poe seems to be pointedly ignoring it. Looking quite out of place, there's a tooka doll, not the sort of sentiment one might associate with Poe, and beside it, and old model of an A-Wing.

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[backoff]

Cloud's head dips down as he looks towards the ground. What if? That was something he's familiar with. "I know all about not telling people things that I should have, including my own friends."

This is a bit awkward for him. He's been in the shoes of the person not telling another a lot of things. Cloud looks guilty knowing how it can cause everyone else to feel. The uniform goes back to his black outfit that he's more comfortable with. He adjusts the gloves on his hands. "What happened after that?"

[happybeeps]

"Leia took control back. Stunned me. Explained everything Holdo was trying to do...that I was too stubborn to see. We were able to escape because Holdo sacrificed herself for us. She was more interested in protecting the light than seeming like a hero." He frowns, finding himself parroting Leia's words to him.

[backoff]

Cloud frowns at that. Another tough lesson to learn about being headstrong. "I'm not really experienced fully in the depths of this military action. But I can only offer one thing."

He pauses a bit as he looks at Poe. "It's nice to have a friend around to get you out of that stubbornness. Are you..." Cloud glances downward. "seeking forgiveness?"

[happybeeps]

"..." Poe freezes up, wetting his lips, seeming a little off balanced by that question.

"People I need it from aren't here any more."

[backoff]

Cloud looks at him tilting his head a bit. He glances down while taking in fully what Poe said. They were here before but now there weren't. How would he feel if Reeve has left? Even if this Reeve came from a different world of laws, they were still friends. "I'm sorry. A loss is still a loss."

He would end up going quiet for a while himself if he was still stuck here. "I wouldn't know who to go to if I was in your situation. I could go to Reeve but..." He knows how much he brews in his own self doubts.

He bites the inside of his mouth. "I'm used to someone else being able to punch me out of my stubbornness with words." Her words hit hard than her fists.

[happybeeps]

Poe gives a small smile, and Cloud's words seem to resonate with him.

"...there's a rank badge on the desk there, it'll open the door for you," he offers, nodding back to the sealed doors he'd entered through.

[backoff]

Cloud's eyebrows knit in the center at that statement of the badge being in the desk. He's confused and keeps his attention on Poe.

"Are you sure that's how this works?" He's questioning it a little bit.

[happybeeps]

"I'm sure," he promises, "It'll open. Badge wasn't there a moment ago. It is now." Cloud's helped him. Poe's gotten what he needs out of this, even if it's taken him by surprise.

[backoff]

Cloud takes a look towards the blue skies of this room as he heads over to the desk. "You have a nice view here." He's hesitant on picking up the badge right away but he does it anyway.

Besides everyone has memories they would rather keep to themselves. Cloud looks back over at Poe before trying the badge on the door.

[happybeeps]

"It is, isn't it?" Poe misses it. He wants to hang on to it a little bit longer.

The door slides open as promised and Poe flashes him a smile. "Thanks for the talk."

[backoff]

Cloud tilts his head at the sliding door not quite expecting it. He gives Poe a slow nod while smiling a little. "Come find me if you ever need something."

He gives a two finger wave before going to step out the door.