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TEST DRIVE MEME - TU SHANSHU EDITION!

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Dramatic Chase Sequence!
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Where There's A Will, There's A...?
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SECRET UNDERCOVER MODE ACTIVATE!
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Wait... you want my what now?!
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Sea prunes, get your sea prunes right here!
Life in Keeliai can take a little getting used to: the chickens have scales, the cows have feathers, and the fruits come in more colour and pattern combinations than your average tye-dye shirt. Not to mention that meal you just ordered from the food vendor? Has arrived on the plate, and you're pretty sure you just saw it move.
Everybody needs a little darkness...
The Great Enemy may have been defeated over two years ago, and people are even willing to speak Malicant's name aloud now, but there remains a taint in the city never fully purged. Those who consider Malicant a dark god whose end was unjust are the cultists of Keeliai, and they aren't always so easy to identify as one might think. Sometimes their presence is felt in the growing urge to give into one's darker instincts, especially in such a foreign place...
Illicit substances, anyone?
Every city has its vices, and Keeliai is no different. Perhaps you actively sought it out, or perhaps an opportunistic dealer saw you as a potential customer needing a free sample, but you're now in possession of a packet of Lucid, an emotion-enhancing drug. Interested in finding out what happens when you crush that colourful crystal and ingest it?
Incoming!
Tu Vishan's latest landfall stop has brought an unwelcome problem to its residents: enormous, toothy creatures who look more like pterosaurs than most people are comfortable with! With a twenty-foot wingspan, these aren't exactly harmless local wildlife, and they have a nasty habit of swooping down on targets both Foreigner and kedan! How are you going to fend them off, or help someone who might have been injured by the latest dive bombing??
WILDCARD!
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Hey, look, that's cool. I left home and learned new things, too. Maybe not good things, but new.

[ He shrugs, kind of offers her a smile. He hasn't been back home long enough to really confront the things he's learned or process it all, so he's not going to really talk about it. Still. That's... kind of like making a connection, right? ]

It definitely includes making cake. Maybe croissants. Bagels. No, wait. Pancakes.

I've never had any of those things.

[She gives him a weary look like he's going to try feeding them all to her to fatten her up.]

Is that what you do with your friends? Feed them until they can't move?

I don't want to make people sick.

[ Which is a no. ]

I'm just... trying to introduce new things. I'm a baker, if you hadn't guessed. This is my thing, to share.

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Scavenger.

[She tries to tell him what she is, but she isn't sure if it counts anymore or if it's just something she used to be.]

I'll teach you something in return someday.

[Despite the face issue, he's someone who's quickly become her friend. She's grateful she met him so soon after arriving. When she puts her hand on his shoulder, it's with a gentle touch and is meant to show him that they are indeed allies.]

Scavenger in a desert. Like, a treasure hunter? Or...

[ What does that really mean? ]

Sure, I welcome it. [ His muscles tense up involuntarily for the touch but he relaxes just as fast, mind in control over instinct and he gives her a grin. The height difference just makes it all the better but he isn't going to be rude about it. ] If there's even anything to scavenge around here?

[She holds her head a little higher and moves to take the lead from him even though she has no idea where they're going. She turns to walk backward and gives him a confident look.]

There's always something to scavenge. You just have to know where to look.

You might want to look where your feet are going first.

[ It's funny because he's stopping and stepping aside and putting his hand on a door. The bakery. ]

[She abruptly stops and turns her head to look at the door. Her eyes look from the door to him and she does her very best to look completely unimpressed with his antics.]

I always know exactly where my feet are going.

[She could mutter something about them going to kick his backside but she's nice and waits for him to open the door. Before he has time to move inside she brushes past him and goes first.]

[ Junior just laughs at the cover-up because boy does he remember being that age. It's endearing and he sees nothing wrong with it. He follows her inside and waves to the kedan behind the counter and tilts his head to Rey. ]

I'm making her a cake. An entire cake. We could probably sell the rest afterward, but she's never had a cake before.

[ His kedan coworker looks scandalized. Bakers, man. ]

[Rey is incredibly self-conscious as he speaks to the kedan inside. She shifts from one foot to the other and looks down at the floor. She feels out of place here. A smile is managed anyway, and she lifts her head to look around.]

You'll be able to sell the rest.

[She promises the kedan baker with a mix of kindness and confidence, moving her way over to stand next to Junior.]

I don't need an entire cake.

Exactly why we'll sell it, but you get first pick.

[ He reaches out to take her hand and lead her into the kitchen in the back. He can't really say why; she seems nervous but he isn't trying to lead her there like an errant child. More like point out it's okay? ]

First rule is you wash your hands first. Sink's over there.

[He's now forever cemented in her mind as someone exactly like Finn. What is it with the hand holding? She's more relaxed about it than she was before meeting Finn but she still firmly pulls her hand out of his hold.]

I don't hold hands.

[She goes over to the sink anyway and thoroughly washes her hands. She doesn't want the dirt and grime from the day to get in her very first cake. She finds a clean towel to dry them off and looks over to him.]

What happens next?

[ Hands are important to him for a number of reasons. He doesn't fuss when she pulls away, though, just gives a bit of a startled, blank blink for it. ]

Now we start putting the ingredients together and all the utensils. I like cleaning as I go so we'll get everything out first and once we're totally done with one thing, we'll put it away.

[ He starts by going around, knowing exactly where everything is and how it fits, and also points out where Rey can find the mixing bowls he wants to use for this. ]

[He's organized and efficient. She likes that. She awkwardly follows along after him, going to get the mixing bowls as they are pointed out to her. They're placed along the counter in size order and she moves to look over the ingredients that he's pulled out.]

All of these things would take years worth of parts to get on Jakku.

[Not that she would be able to get any of them at all.]

Jakku? Huh. [ He considers that, still pulling out a few things. ] That's the barter system for you. Everything is worth something somewhere.

[ He points. ] Grab that whisk, would you?

[It's a good thing he pointed out what a whisk was because she really is clueless about working her way around a kitchen. She grabs the tool he points to and instead of handing it over keeps a firm grip on it.]

Tell me how to use it.

You don't hold it like that, first of all.

[ She doesn't hold hands or anything, so he kind of mimics the motion she should make in order to adjust her grip. ]

It's for mixing fine ingredients without adding too much tension because once they get all tied up it's going to be hard enough to push them around and force them closer.

[He's already endeared himself to her but now he's just earned her respect by showing her what to do without taking hold of her hand. He respects her boundaries and personal space and that means a great deal to someone who's built up walls in order to make herself feel and seem strong to survive alone.]

So it's an important tool. Good to know.

[She smiles and does as he's shown her, changing her grip and moving it the right way. She does it in the air before moving over to one of the mixing bowls to practice on invisible ingredients.]

How long have you been a baker?

Um... first thing Gramma let me make alone was some cupcakes for my friend's... seventh? Eighth birthday. I would have been six.

[ He's not really talking to her despite the question, actually, bit mumbled and thoughtful while he's working out the actual answer. ]

Twenty years. Here, I'm going to put some of this flour in and the salt and just be light with it so it doesn't fly anywhere.

[So he's not much older than she is. She was wondering. The realization makes her smile to herself as he pours in the ingredients and she starts mixing them together. She's not exactly a delicate person but she is gentle when she needs to be. She takes great care in stirring things properly.]

I made it to twenty without baking alone.

[Not that she's exactly twenty yet, but close enough. And it's not like she's baking alone right now but the sentiment counts.]

I think you have me beat.

[ It helps place some things and he gives her a slight grin for the admission. ]

Sorry to say, we're breaking that streak. Thankfully, it's not a contest.

[ He gets the sugar, pours that in slowly for Rey while she works with what she has already. He doesn't often teach people, but it isn't too hard a concept to go slow with someone who's new. ]

[She doesn't say that it's almost like a contest for her. That she wants to do such a good job that he's impressed. They continue working together and Rey pays close attention to what he's showing and telling her to do.]

If you stay here for long, are you going to keep working at a bakery?

[She thought she had long term plans in place after joining the Resistance but now it looks like she's going to have to make new ones.]

Well... I'd probably open up one for myself if I'm here that long. Buns & Roses Mark Two. Or I'll come up with some other pun.

[ He says it easily, like he doesn't have to think about that one much. Baking is what he wants to do. Just maybe on his own terms. While she's working on that, he's moved on to mixing the wet ingredients separately. ]

Baking puns aren't as easy as you'd think.

I haven't given them much thought.

[She wryly admits, finishing her task before going over to assist him with finishing his. The wet ingredients look like they're more fun to work with so she doesn't hesitate in giving him a look that silently asks him to move until he finally takes notice and does just that.]

Anyway, this place seems to have a lot of potential. You can be anything you want.

[The issue is, she left Jakku and scavenging to join the Resistance and pilot the Millennium Falcon. Now she's lost all of that and is starting over again. She has endless potential here but no idea what direction to go in.]

[ It takes him a moment. He's used to people being more direct with him, so when he looks up and sees her, he just notes it and looks back down. But she's still like that when he looks back up again and oh. He shifts, moves the bowl over in one direction and sidesteps to the other and gestures for her to go ahead. ]

That's... really deep, but also probably not true. Or... uh, disingenuous. What do you like doing? Do you like scavenging?

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