intro log continuations

[jensaarai]

Who: Kylo Ren (jensaarai) & various
What: Continuations of the intro log threads, individual prompts in the comments
When: various
Where: various
Warning(s): n/a, will update if necessary

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David Haller

[jensaarai]

[Continued from here.]

[Ren's almost tempted to brush it off. He doesn't need any of these items that he's looking at; he's lived in austerity for so long, and that's how he prefers it.

But there are merits to nurturing this... conversation for a bit longer. Perhaps the only thing of value regarding this man is his knowledge of economical shopping. Perhaps there's more to it. Either way, it doesn't hurt to see if there's anything more there.]

Care to show me?

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[ Surprised as he is, David recovers quickly: ] Uh, sure.

[ He's not exactly an expert in the fine art of shopping but given that they've only been given a limited amount of silver to start, it makes sense to conserve it where possible.

Scanning the crowd, David locates the stall he mentions and immediately turns to head in that direction. ] Seems like you can probably find anything here if you look hard enough.

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[Ren glances at a few of the stands they pass and the wares the vendors are selling. None of it seems to be remotely useful to him right now. Then again, he has the clothes on his back, a bed, and his lightsaber. The things he needs apart from that (and food) aren't tangible, anyway.]

I suppose. [It's still strange being here, despite being well-traveled. He's hardly been to a place quite like this one.] It's all a bit primitive.

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[ They're not the only ones "window shopping" at least, the vendors largely tolerant — perhaps they hoped that indulgence now would net them return business later, or perhaps they were simply curious.

It doesn't matter. Ren didn't seem all that interested even before he makes his remark, though it's enough to have David move his eyes from the spread of wares to Ren, himself. ]

Yeah. [ He agrees, a hand coming up to rub at the back of his neck absently. It's nothing he hasn't thought himself, honestly. ] It's not exactly top of the line.

Still, people manage. [ Unspoken: we'll manage. And perhaps the more he says it, even to himself, the closer he'll come to believing it. ] It just takes a little while.

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[It'll be an adjustment, certainly. Ren hasn't quite decided how he feels about it, but there's a lot to adjust to excluding the primitive lifestyle on this planet. At the very least, he's a survivor.

He'll survive.]

At least the station meets modern standards.

[And he's familiar with the concept of living off-world. It's the change of environment and loss of everything he's known that's difficult.]

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Have you been back since you woke up? [ They drift along to the next store and David lingers over something that looks like it might be some kind of tool or it might as easily be an abstract sculpture of some kind.

A quick glance toward the stall-owner shows that he's busy assisting someone else, and David continues: ] Apparently we can go back any time we want.

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[It's Ren's turn to glance over at David, frowning.]

I haven't, yet. Fresh air seemed like the better option. [Which isn't to say that the air quality in the middle of this city is that great, but the salty air by the ocean had been good, and that at the very least is an improvement from recycled air.]

Teleportation is a new one, I suppose. [Though it makes sense. A shuttle would be too conspicuous.]

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It takes some getting used to. [ Murmured softly, almost absently. Maybe it's distance, maybe it's something else, but the few times he's managed it himself before it hadn't felt anything that. Like he'd been upended, his insides turned outside.

It would be a lie to say he's looking forward to experiencing that again. ]

There's more than enough to see down here, at least. [ The Market alone is packed with all kinds of goods, new stalls seem to rise from the paving stones like mushrooms every other day. ]

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Depending upon what your definition of 'enough' is.

[It's difficult to be enthused about familiarizing himself with all that he can here. Despite having seen 'proof' enough that there's nothing left of the galaxy he once knew, he doesn't quite know what to do with himself.

He hasn't lacked a purpose in a very long time.]