[ closed/open ] Highway to the danger zone

[volitaunt]

who: Poe + CR + ALSO YOU, MAYBE??
what: Catch-all with closed and open prompts
when: April/May
where: ALL AROUND LE TOWN, more prompts to come i'm sure
warnings: Poe attempting to babysit ten thousand tiny Star Warses and then self-destructing when he doesn't have that distraction any more???

Comments

[talentedscavenger]

It's for protection!

[Rey declares in a matter-of-fact manner. They needed protection because who else was going to protect them from the crazy adult who decided it was okay to kidnap a bunch of children.]

You shouldn't have gotten us together, you're not...[A parent, their parent, their guardian or anything And she certainly would've remembered agreeing to do a job for him.] You're not our boss or care taker.

[And hearing they won't be here for too long makes Rey stiffen. Oh no, she was not being shipped off anywhere.]

We're not for sale either!

[volitaunt]

You don't need to protect yourself here. Okay? No one is going to hurt you.

[ Except maybe Jyn, but punching someone is not nearly as bad as stabbing them.

He gives her an affronted look. ]

I'm not gonna sell you! I'm not your boss, no, but I am your caretaker for now, all right? I'm gonna make sure you're all fed and have somewhere to sleep until whatever this is passes.

[ GOD LET IT PASS. ]

[talentedscavenger]

That's what any kidnapper would say!

[Poe can't deny that Rey is a smart cookie, even at this young of an age, she still knows what's going on.

And sorry, but she doesn't quite believe you're their caretaker if the other kids are either screaming, or having staring contests or...not acting like they want to be around him.]

How can I trust you? Not even Unkar was my caretaker, just his scavenger.

[volitaunt]

Well tell me what a kidnapper wouldn't say and I'll say that!

[ GREAT JOB DAMERON, getting frustrated with someone who's like as tall as your knee, fantastic.

A LONG SIGH and he rubs his face. ]

I don't know. Have I done anything to make you not trust me?

[talentedscavenger]

[Great job indeed, Rey is more skeptical than anything else at this point.]

They wouldn't be yelling at someone--or have other kids running around like screaming droids!

[Considering the noise that's going outside, she doesn't doubt none of those kids don't belong to him, or came here freely. So what could he want with them?

She stares at him, not moving any closer to him.]

I don't even know you! I can't trust you if I don't know you. [As familiar as he looks, she doesn't recall his name or anything. Just someone who was taller than her and took her here.]

[volitaunt]

I told you--all of you. I'm Poe. Poe Dameron. You're in a strange place with rules you don't get and I'm trying to make sure none of you run outside and get hit by a truck.

[ He drags his hand through his hair for the umpteenth time today. It's starting to look like it belongs to a mad scientist. ]

I'm not good at this, I'm not good with kids, but have I hurt any of you? Have I--I'm trying to keep you from hurting yourselves.

[talentedscavenger]

[The name didn't ring a bell in Rey's mind. But now looking at him, really looking at him and how exasperated he must be...there was something tugging at the corners of her mind. Like a memory that wanted to form, but she was too stubborn, scared, and frustrated for it to come to the surface.]

I wouldn't get hit by a truck--I've been on my own and haven't died.

[She admits stubbornly, but softly. She was still unsure of Poe...though he makes a point. He hasn't done anything to hurt them--just corralled them into his home and trying to keep them there...]

I'm fine on my own...I've had to be. So you...you can let me go.

[volitaunt]

You don't have to be for a little while. All right? You don't have to be.

[ These kids. Is he the only one of them who had any kind of normal childhood, or does that just make his own childhood abnormal?

It's sad to think that it might. ]

Just for a little while.