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[leftonjakku]

Who: Rey
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A, though if you really want to, she's on the Bloodsport.
When: Thursday night.

What's your experience with relationships? Do you take them seriously or are they just for fun? What about sexintimacy?

I've never really had anyone to talk to about these things. I'm nineteen and I feel like I should know more than I do.

[Why can't she make this private? Her face is burning and she rolls onto her side to hide her face against her pillows for a moment.]

I don't think watching desert animals courting and mating prepares me for anything.

[And she really doesn't like being ill-informed.]

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ oh... honey... ]

I'm not sure I'm the strongest person to give you advice but I just want to say that it's totally okay to ask these questions. There's no timeline for figuring these things out! I should know– I'm 26 and completely at sea.

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[leftonjakku]

Completely at sea...? I'm not sure who to ask or go to for answers, so I thought I'd ask everyone.

[As she dies inside.]

Surviving was the most important factor to me on Jakku. If I tried to date anyone, I would have to worry about them stealing from me.

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[stoccado]

They can be whatever you want them to be. I take mine very seriously, but that doesn't mean someone else has to do the same.

Intimacy can be treated the same, too. More fun or serious is up to the parties involved.

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[leftonjakku]

I guess you have to talk about things like that at the front end. [Awkward conversations ugh.] There seem like there are so many variables.

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[noprophecies]

[maybe she shouldn't answer, but . . . ]

it depends upon the timing and the other person i would think

and if that is something you want or not

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[leftonjakku]

I'm open to changing things. I think I need to, actually. I don't want to be alone my whole life and my friends...

They have lives of their own.

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[outstandingbalance]

Two questions.

How seriously do you want to take a relationship?

And what do you want to know?

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[leftonjakku]

I don't have a particular relationship in mind, but...

I'm thinking about a deep connection with someone else. Maybe even being in love?

I want to know...how do you know it's love? How can you not be scared that it won't work out?

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[helmsplitter]

[Comes crashing in here like a bull in a china shop.]

Humans usually just get together to make tiny versions of themselves, right? I mean, what's so hard about that if you've seen how other animals do it?

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[leftonjakku]

[Well hello there!]

...er...it's...more complicated for humans. There are a lot of emotions involved and not everyone does it to...have children.

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[interstices]

It doesn't matter until you found someone you're interested in.

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[leftonjakku]

I'm not sure how to tell that either.

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[robitussin]

i think mostly it's a personal thing

like however you want to handle it is up to you there's no right or wrong way

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[leftonjakku]

I'm not scared of handling it badly. [Okay she is.] If someone felt that way about me, it would...be a gift. I don't want to ruin it because I've forgotten how to...be around people.

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[monolike]

I've read a lot of romance novels! And I guess I'm dating someone now. Although we've kind of been dating for a while, I think.

I don't think it's strange to not know something though. There's tons of things people don't know until they learn, right?

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[leftonjakku]

Does that...help? I've never read one. [Rey, nooo.]

I think I'll focus on my friendships. If...

If something else comes along, I'll deal with it then.

[alwayscomeback]

Please don't take cues from desert animals.

And it's really an individual thing. Some people like to just fool around with other people and not get emotionally attached, while others like to form an actual relationship with someone over time. Which one you want is really up to you.

Also I spent the first sixteen years of my life in a frozen tundra, where the only person my own age was my sister which no. So it's okay to be a little behind. You can't help it sometimes.

[leftonjakku]

I wasn't being serious. It's just... If you're in the desert long enough, you see...a lot.

I wouldn't be able to fool around, I don't think. [She's the all in or I'm out sort of girl.]

We share something then. I was in a desert for ten years. I Scavenged from old ships and made a living out of it.

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[tallasaking]

Let me make this absolutely clear for you. Do not, under any circumstances, be afraid to ask questions about intimacy. It may just save your life one day.

The one thing I can tell you is be with someone that you trust, and never doubt that trust unless they give you a reason to. A relationship that is built on anything else will end up destroying you, intimate or otherwise.

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[leftonjakku]

[This answer is touching and she reads it several times, smiling to herself before she responds.]

You are very kind, thank you for that. I haven't been around many people for most of my life. No one seeks out Scavengers for company.

I can see why. I wouldn't be with someone I didn't trust. I wouldn't be with someone I wouldn't die for if necessary.

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[notzubats]

Yeah you probably shouldn't...take lessons from the animals.

[HE LIKES ANIMALS but...no Rey. No]

Did you meet someone you like?

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[leftonjakku]

I know that much. I wasn't being serious.

[She saw things, Sora.]

I was with someone...really nice...on Valentine's Day. I'm not sure I like them...like that, but it did get me thinking.

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[bryces_pup]

[She's never spoken with this girl before, but Riona can't quite ignore this plea for help. This sort of information can be hard to come by, especially if you don't have a reliable source. It's something she's sadly familiar with.]

I have been intimate casually with a few people. And now I am married back home. It's all about personal preference and what you're comfortable with.

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[leftonjakku]

[She appreciates any and all guidance on this front. Interacting with others is...difficult. Rey tries her best - she is friendly - but securing bonds that last seems almost impossible.]

I don't know what I'm comfortable with. I don't even know what I want.

Is that normal?

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[uprightness]

[ so many alarming things in one message. watch captain america operates. ]

I don't really think there's an age to these things.

Someone told me once I don't really know anything about these things but one thing I do know -

You shouldn't try to learn these things from watching desert animals. Or people.

These things sort of figure themselves out when the time is right.

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[leftonjakku]

[Help, Captain!]

Maybe not? I suppose the...Valentine's Day...got me thinking more about it. I've never been in a relationship and I'm...clueless about all of it. I have cared about others. I've cared a lot about them. [Finn for one. Han for another.] But it's not like that. It's not romantic. I'm not sure what that would be like.

Yeah, I know that much. I wasn't being serious about the desert animals. [Though she saw a lot of things she wishes she could forget in that regard.] I'll try to be patient.

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[stabsbothways]

Sex is like the finest chocolate you've ever eaten but felt throughout your whole body.

Well, if it's done right. Sometimes it's just a wet noodle pathetically wiggling around between your legs and you just have to politely escort it's wielder out the door and point them to a nice brothel to teach them up from down.

That isn't to say that women can't be terrible at sex, I just find that when your pleasure doesn't stop and end with pistoning your tool in and out of whatever is convenient you tend to be a little more creative and considerate.

[leftonjakku]

...wow. [Maybe it's best she leaves it at that.] You...sound experienced. [She doesn't mean that as an insult!] A wet noodle, huh? [That's some nice imagery.]

I wouldn't know where to begin. I guess I'm not too experienced with my tools - even if I'm considerate and...creative.

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[shockjock]

[While she was a little reluctant to respond to this sort of Dear Gabby stuff, never let it be said she was loath to help out someone struggling with matters of the flesh heart. Matters of the heart. That one.]

Can't say I ever took 'em seriously- when they were still worth havin, I mean.

But hey, lot of 'em were fun while they lasted.

[...why the text features an animated line-art portrait of Livewire's head as she mouths out the words as they appear is basically 99.9% attributable to her just enjoying having full control of her powers and mood levels back. The other 0.1% is preeetty much just a desire to experiment with just how much she could manipulate her own messages.]

Just go with whatever gets your motor runnin, it's usually the right choice. If it ever stops workin' out, just leave 'em!

[leftonjakku]

Weren't they more than fun? That doesn't seem to give them enough credit. Or is that all they were to you? [Rey knows she couldn't keep it just as "fun". Her heart is too active and too big to stop there.]

Don't their emotions matter too? [Being that selfish... She can't imagine it.]

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[helladoomed]

So this is my fault, huh?

[Yes she's teasing.]

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[leftonjakku]

You definitely got me thinking!

[:)]

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[stretchy_girl]

Intimacy is overrated. [Is Gemini's sour contribution. It's not that she actually believes that, but being incapable of physical pleasure does spoil the whole topic for her.]

Didn't they have sex-ed back where you're from?

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[leftonjakku]

How? [She has basically had zero intimacy in her lifetime.] Not...really? It's not like I went to school.

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[halfbloodhatchling]

For me, sex is just for fun, but it can be an awful lot of fun.

If you're going to go that route, you don't have to worry so much about people judging you.