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Comander Poe Dameron ([personal profile] helluva_pilot) wrote2016-01-06 09:54 pm

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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Finn eats not quite as quickly, but the food somehow manages to disappear just as fast. He's used to having minimal time at meals, and cramming the only social interaction they really had into the same space.

"It's damn impressive." Especially if the only casualty is Poe's fuselage (or whatever he said it was that got damaged, it kinda flew over his head). "Bet you all came here first instead of the showers so you could scare everyone else away from the food, though."
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Where is all that food going? Between Finn and Poe they're chowing enough to fill an empty leg. Then again, it's both filling and tasty, so who's to complain?

Finn laughs along at the tale. Is it true? Maybe, maybe not. "You call this short rations? One time we were doing a sim on Raxus II and we had to split a single Tauntaun with six other fireteams." He shudders. "This smell ain't nothing compared to that."
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Finn's expression hardens for a moment. It shouldn't have taken firing the Starkiller to do that. "I guess most people don't believe in a threat they don't see face-to-face. Glad someone's here to fight against them."

Which...he's glad to count himself among them, now. He'd wanted to run away, had been ready to do just that and then they took Rey. And now? He's still scared of them, sometimes, and it affects his sleep, but doing something is better than doing nothing.

But his rising tension lowers as Poe lists against him. Poe's got great reason to know that it's safe here, and if he feels safe, Finn can feel safe. "Hey, none of that till after you shower, unless you want to be washing your sheets, too."

Then he raises his voice to get back into the conversation. "Roots? Do those even count as food? Or is Nimaha one of those places with the little poison rats that'll strangle you if you try to eat them?" Scavenging protocol is to go for processed food first, then meat, then plants; if Poe was eating roots, the meat should have been impossible to eat, right?
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Lucky Kivann." He's finally slowing down, with maybe a tenth of the food on his plate left. He'll finish it, but he's willing to take a little more time--provided Poe doesn't actually fall asleep on him. The others don't look quite as exhausted, but then, they weren't wounded either. It can take something out of you.

"D'you keep emergency rations on you?" He taps his belt; three days of iron rations is a good habit to have and the sole reason he didn't die on Jakku. "Not that they're anything like real food. But they can keep you going in a pinch."
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Finn nods, glad they have that much in common with what he's used to. "Form up on the nearest ship if we get stranded. Got it." Makes sense to him; medkits and rations aside, ships are more likely to have working comms gear to call for evac.

That's the second time Poe's mentioned an A-wing. "You have one of those before you got an X-wing? Or do you just know everything that has wings?" Probably a little of both, he predicts.

Poe's leaning is getting worse, though, so Finn quickly finishes his plate. "All right, Poe, we better get going before you fall asleep at the table. Catch the rest of you later?" He hopes they'll say yes. They seem friendly enough, and they're clearly very fond of their Leader.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Finn makes an "ah" of understanding. If his mom taught him to fly at a young age, that would explain...basically everything. "She was a Rebel, wasn't she? Back in the War." Because there is no way Poe Dameron came from an Imperial background, and traders don't fly A-wings. Not when he ended up with General Organa.

But you ended up with General Organa, a small voice in his mind points out. Finn silently reminded the small voice that he doesn't quite fit in, even if the pilots are treating him like ofne of their own. He sees the covert glances people give him, and how much of that is because of the rumors and how much of that is because of the way he acts is difficult to tell. But even with the side-eyeing, it's still infinitely better than what he'd come from.

"Shower, toss him on the bed like a sack of garbage, meet you all back here. Got it. C'mon, BB-8, you better come with me so I don't get lost." Okay, he's not going to get lost (Poe's room isn't hard to find), but the little droid is his friend too. He waves to the others as the three of them head out.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Finn whistles appreciatively. "Right in the middle of it. Did you get a lot of stories growing up?" He's aware that his version of the fall of the Empire is...probaby told very differently than the version they tell here.

Once they get to the showers, Finn bats around the idea of a quick sonic shower himself (no water on his back for another week, doctor's orders) but decides to hold off until later. Poe might, despite his promise, need a hand afterwards to get to his bunk.

He looks dubious at Poe's pronouncement, though. "Are you allowed to be in the hallways with only a towel? Cause I can run and get you a set of scrubs or something."

(Or your pajamas! I could show him where those are!) BB-8 adds helpfully.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Finn laughs at the mental image of a bunch of pilots streaking through the halls, because who wouldn't? "I wouldn't want you to get in trouble. Come on, BB-8, show me the way. Poe, we'll be right back. Don't fall asleep in the water."

It's said jokingly; he knows Poe is better than that, even this tired. So he follows a whirring BB-8 out and down the hallway, which really isn't that far away. Officer's privilege, he's sure. "All right, where do I look?" Poe seems to organize in that 'pass military inspection by the skin of his teeth' way.

(It should be over in this drawer! It's not, but you should look here anyway, I know Poe wants to show you this stuff.)

"All right, let's see if--" He slams the drawer shut, feeling heat on his face, and Finn gapes for a moment. "Uh. Hey. Uh. Where else--that wasn't, uh. His pajamas."

(My bad! They're over here with the other clean laundry.)

"You're laughing at me, BB." Finn snatches the pajamas and rushes back to the showers, hoping the mortification on his face dies down before then. Or if it doesn't, that Poe's still in the shower and doesn't see it.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Poe? We got your pajamas out here when you're ready." Sure is steamy in here. Finn can't wait until he can take a nice, hot shower again - sonic showers are fine but it's just not the same, and the heat feels good on his back.

He doesn't mention what else he saw in Poe's room, though. No, he is not going to think about it when Poe is this close and naked. Definitey not.

...It's a very good thing he won't be walking down the halls in just a towel, Finn concludes.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"No problem, Poe." Nobody raised in a military environment is shy about showers, but Finn does take a moment to covertly check out his friend's body - and sees with relief his injuries are in fact all minor (though the bruises are starting to get rather spectacular). "Feel better? I can already tell you smell better."

Well, no, not really, but it's the kind of thing you say in situations like this. Besides, he looks better, even if he's still not as coordinated as he is when fully awake.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-15 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
He's still got to get back to his bunk before Finn will consider it a success, but Poe at least looks like he'll be able to make the walk. He'd better escort him anyway, not that BB-8 can't handle it, but--that's what you do for friends, isn't it? So he starts walking back with Poe.

"They're all right. You got a good crew watching your back. Does Jess really keep a stuffed reptavian in her ship?" Gossip about the pilots is wild, and he doesn't believe more than half of it. Some of it is probably based in reality, though....
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-16 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Can't blame a guy at all. Not that Finn likes how physical Poe gets with him or anything. Not that Poe is the entire reason he even has this new life to begin with. Not that he's trying very, very hard not to think about what exactly was in Poe's underwear drawer besides underwear.

Definitely not.

"So, uh, let me know when you get your new orders? And if you think it'll help, I can put in a word with the General that you'd be all right with some downtime." Because, amazingly, the General actually values his opinion. He'd be loyal to her for that alone, even if she wasn't already a legend in her own right.
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[personal profile] forcesensitive 2016-01-16 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
A whole lot of any kind of physical contact? Not at all. They were designed to be loyal to the First Order above all - even above their own squad. Leaving a friend behind would never happen, because there were no friends.

"You first," he says, though he starts to grin. "If you get the time off, I'll ask. No guarantees, though. I haven't been here long." Even though he's pretty sure he'd get it if he asked. He's still on light duty thanks to medical anyway.

It would be nice to go on leave with Poe, though. He knows how it all works.

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