Another dramatic entry

[forcefullyunstable]

Who: Kylo Ren and OTA
Broadcast: a bit later, Fleetwide.
Action: SS Red Fish and wherever he discovers he can go
When: After the shuffle

Some have probably been dreading this moment. Kylo Ren is free!

[Option A: Immediately after the shuffle.]

It's probably a good thing all the people he's already pissed off aren't aboard the SS Red Fish. Because thanks to his violent outbursts aboard the Marsiva, Kylo just spent the past week locked in a small supply closet with only a bottle of window cleaner to sustain him. He's starving, dehydrated, exhausted and unless someone catches him, he's hitting the floor along with the confetti...

[Option B: A bit later.]

As soon as he could stand without passing out, Kylo was determined to explore his surroundings. That included the Red Fish (which thanks to his augment, now sported a pantry with food that wasn't protein gel) and anywhere else he could conceivably go.

He'd gotten briefed on the basics. He pulled out his communicator, and turned the audio settings on. "So, who missed me?"

Comments

[forcefullyunstable]

I am. Who wants to know?

[Text - Anonymous]

[leftonjakku]

No one important.

Some of your friends are here.

[forcefullyunstable]

if you weren't important, you would have shown yourself on the video feed like everyone else.

Some of my enemies too. The question is, which one are you?

[leftonjakku]

I made a truce with General Hux and

I've found a teacher.

[forcefullyunstable]

You and everyone else that's terrified of what we'll do to you... Scavenger.

Yes, that line was more than enough to help him guess your identity.

[leftonjakku]

I won't break it unless you make me.

[She figured that would give it away. Hi, Kylo.]

[forcefullyunstable]

what, or perhaps who, else are you hiding behind now? My father again?

Hi Rey. And yes, he knows Han Solo is alive and well.

[leftonjakku]

I've never hidden from you! [It's disgusting - to her - to think about using someone as a shield.] I never hid behind your father. He came to you because he wanted to.

[forcefullyunstable]

coming from an anonymous text, I don't really believe you.

You can just picture him laughing.

Next time you see him, tell him Kylo Ren is off the Marsiva. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to know.

And that's Kylo Ren... Not Ben Solo. Just saying.

[Text]

[leftonjakku]

[She purposefully takes the anonymous filter off.]

Is this better?

Leave him alone. You've done enough.

[forcefullyunstable]

He saw the anonymous shield go down and did one better, turning on the video feed so she could see his face.

It was hardened and brutally scarred, looking a bit thinner than it did on Starkiller Base.

"I have unfinished business with a lot of people here, Rey. And it's only a matter of time until I finish what Darth Vader started."

[leftonjakku]

[Well fine. She turns on her video too, scowling.]

How many times do I have to tell you? You will never be Darth Vader!

[forcefullyunstable]

"How many times do I have to tell you?! I can take what I want!"

[leftonjakku]

The lightsaber didn't come to you, though, did it.

[forcefullyunstable]

His eyes narrowed. "But you don't have it either, now."

[leftonjakku]

I know you don't have yours. [That's a comfort.]

[forcefullyunstable]

"That makes us even. Or does it?"

He was actually in the galley when the text came through. So he picked up one of the knives and flashed it in front of the camera.

"It's not as elegant as a lightsaber, but it will have to do!"

[leftonjakku]

Truce. Do I need to give you a proper definition?

[Why is this guy always raring for a fight?]

I thought you wanted to teach me; not skewer me!

[forcefullyunstable]

"No. Just a reason why I should care." He scoffed. "You turned me down! You more than left your mark, and believe me, I'll return the favor!"

[leftonjakku]

He's your General, isn't he? [Doesn't that mean something? ...knowing what she does about Kylo Ren, likely not.]

Why would I agree to anything you said after you killed Han and hurt Finn?

[forcefullyunstable]

Kylo laughed. He always was the First Order's best played wildcard.

"Two more people I have unfinished business with. And your little pilot. I know he's here too. And it's only a matter of time until I catch him."

[leftonjakku]

Leave. Them. Alone. [Each word is enunciated with barely controlled fury.] If you want to hunt someone, hunt me.

I'm not afraid of you.

[forcefullyunstable]

"But they are. All the better." He spat. "Be sure to let your new teacher see that anger and how much power it fuels. They deserve to know how massive a disappointment you'll be!"

[leftonjakku]

...is that what happened to you? [Her anger can rage like an inferno, but it never lasts and lasts. Not like his.]

[forcefullyunstable]

"I was tired of being held back and lied to!"

His anger was more like a volcano. A constant pool of lava, sometimes prone to violent eruptions that destroy everything in his path.