let us sacrifice today...

[jiaasjen]

who: kylo ren bitty!ben solo and you!
what: au event; apparently de-aging is catching. he's a six year old with burgeoning psychic powers etc etc.
when: 14-24th june
where: various parts of the quarantine
warnings: ornery boychild and general disobedience.


i. communal building, private floor - waking up; open

[ Waking confused and bleary-eyed, Ben hadn’t dwelt too long on the sense of being misplaced; it wasn’t that he wasn’t concerned but was at least old enough to know that curling into a ball and crying was unlikely to yield any beneficial results. A quick inspection of the room (décor bland enough that it could belong to any of a number of military bases or low-budget hotels) reveals clothes roughly in his size and something to eat.

Shoving several pieces of hard fruit into the pockets of his trousers, Ben tackles the door, getting it open with surprisingly little difficulty, and heading outside, down the hall and to the elevator. ]


ii. outside – trees; open

[ Exploring the Quarantine yields mixed results, and a panic has slowly begun to stir in his chest the longer time passes without a familiar face or any sort of clue as to where he is.

It’s ironic then that the thing that distracts him from a panic attack are trees: he’d never been to Kashyyk but had heard enough of the stories from both his father and uncle to recognize what looks alarmingly like a Wroshyr tree.

Enormous, it towers over the immediate area and would be more than high enough for him to get a decent view of his surroundings (far better than just meandering around, hoping luck or one of his parents will find him) and also afford him some safety should whoever brought him here prove to have less than benign intentions.

Glancing left then right then left again, Ben rushes over, fingers digging immediately into the wild whorls of the bough and forcing himself up and up and up. ]


iii. wildcard

[ choose your own adventure! feel free to come at me bros or you can pp/pm me to discuss things. ]

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iii; by the river

[mindforge]

[If he hasn't had one overbearing adult trying to look after him, it's been another. Somehow or another, Hux managed to escape both Ren and Cassian, much to his relief. They're not as bad as they could be, as far as adults are concerned, but Hux also just wants to do things by himself.

It's what brings him to this part of the river. There's a soft grassy area near the riverbank, some trees, and absolutely no one around. His father would have a fit if he ever found out that he was wasting time by laying in the grass, watching the clouds, and listening to the gentle flow of the water.

But when is he ever going to get a chance like this again? It seems like a waste.

So imagine his frustration when it turns out another boy apparently has the exact same idea as him. Or at the very least, has chosen to exist in the vicinity. He rolls over in the grass and his eyes narrow as he appraises Ben.] What are you doing here? This is my spot.

ii

[followhim]

[he watches ben scale the tree, a little bit like "oh no not another one" but mostly like "that looks really fun tbh." lbr poe is kind of a big kid without any help from a magical chalice, okay.]

Think there's enough room for both of us up there?

[there ... obviously is, it's a big ass tree, but he's trying not to intrude.]

ii

[unanticipate]

[ Jyn finds the tree a bit like Ben: rushing towards it a while after he's already climbed up into it and beginning her own climb with a bit of effort. She's out of breath by the time she gets up to the first branch and then up another. She stops long enough to pull up the leash part of her child harness so Cassian can't tug her back down if he happens to find her before she's up high enough. She bunches it all together with her small hands and shoves it into the front of her harness before pulling her way up to another branch.

Three branches up and she finally stops and takes a look around. She flinches slightly when she spots the young boy, not knowing anyone else was in this tree, too. ]

Hi.

ii. trees

[laughitup]

[Little Ben isn't the only one who's reminded of the wroshyr trees of Kashyyyk, although to Han, these seem more reminiscent of the smaller coastal variety, the deep forest specimens being so gigantic as to be able to support large cities in their several-kilometer-high branches. But still, there's enough of a resemblance that Han's drawn closer, his thoughts absently revisiting the events culminating in the long overdue liberation of Chewie's home planet from under the yoke of the Empire, just a few months back. Hopefully his pal was enjoying his time with his family; a thought which only emphasizes his own desire to be back home.

His eyes more on the branches above than where he's walking, a movement catches his eye and he squints, placing a cautious hand on his blaster while he tries to determine whether or not the animal above him is likely to be a threat.]