( OPEN & CLOSED ) Always thought I knew the song I just memorized the words.

[adjy]

» WHO? JYN ERSO & YOU
» WHEN? JULY 12 & onward
» WHERE? basically all over the station.
» WHAT? jyn harassing everyone like it's her JOB.
» WARNINGS? ^^ see above

» i was praying eagerly to sleep (CHAPEL)

[ jyn doesn't consider herself a religious person. but in retrospect, there was very little of her life that hadn't been accounted for. planned out carefully between her father and who she could only assume was a righteous god. or maybe that's really what they call the force, something beyond oneself that moves the board beneath her feet. she looks down at her given boots and frowns, tapping them together so the red gravity light engages. it isn't how she's used to traveling in space, but the inconsistency is almost comforting in a way. it's the way jyn's life has always gone: uprooted and taken on the next great adventure before she can wrap her head around it one way or another.

she reads the words in the wall, some she understands. some she doesn't. turning to the person nearest her, she waits until they look up from their prayers, her gaze desperate as it seeks theirs. ]

Do you believe in fate? [ it's urgent. she'll wait intently for a reply, wrists clasped between her knees as she pitches forward insistently. ]

» thinking about a garden i left (PLANTS)

[ it's inspiring, to see everyone working together after the garden's discovery. it reminds her of her parents' farm, of long peaceful days in the sun. jyn crouches by the bucket of intermingled herb seeds and smiles as she identifies each one by sight, separating them out so the scientists and experts can do their testing. it's a simple task, but one she clearly takes joy in, though some might find it tedious. ]

It's amazing how even all the way out here... away from everyone and everything we care about, human nature still prevails. Everyone here helps each other.

[ well she's sure not everyone, but there are a good number of people here. it's heartening to see. she was told the bridge was first, then the chapel, and now this place. none of them are much now, but she knows with human ingenuity they will flourish soon. she wants to be a part of seeing that through, addressing anyone who will listen: ]

So - what's next?

» it was a whole new world (BRIDGE)

[ it isn't like the bridge of any ship she's ever been on, truthfully, and jyn instantly knows she's out of her element. she feels like a little kid again, following her father to work. she squints up at the big screen, the commander everyone here calls "ghost" frozen into frame. jyn looks down at the uniform she's wearing, the same exact one donned by their mystery woman. it's hard not to feel a certain solidarity with her, or just to wonder what was going through her mind at this exact moment.

jyn un-pauses the video just as someone walks in, and she flips around to great them. ] Is she the woman we heard in the communicator? She tried to save the world? [ what does that even mean? ]

» truth grew through like a bramble weed (OBSV DECK)

[ jyn arrived shortly after the music stopped, but she'd heard about that from everyone she'd encountered over the past few days. to someone who didn't go through it, it's hard not to think of it as silly. she'd tried not to smile, but a few people had gotten cross with her. it's merely difficult for her to see this place as evil when she'd only seen the good so far. the light in other's hearts as they sacrificed for one another. it's what she and her father had fought for. she leans forward until her forehead presses against the glass, hands clasped behind her back as she stares at the planet below. is this the world ghost tried to save?

after a while she leans back onto her heels, accidentally engaging the mag-locks again. she'll get the hang of all this fancy space tech someday. for now, she pulls out her mother's necklace from where it had been concealed in her jumpsuit, always fastened up to the highest point. she touches the crystal with reverence, her eyelids growing heavy with memory. ]

Perhaps we've got it all wrong. What if these people were just like us, once? [ she's thinking aloud, not actually concerned if anyone is close enough to hear her. she's referring to the original crew of reverie terminal. ] Lost, scared, alone. They deserved rescue just as much as we do.

» there was nothing hiding you from me (BODHI)

[ it had been natural, to claim the room next to his. they were the only evidence of rogue one aboard, after all, and teammates had to stick together. jyn found herself craving his presence at all hours, needing a dose of the familiar at steady intervals. it's what has her wrapping on the wall between their rooms, face vulnerable and young when she asks: ] Bodhi, are you awake?

[ it isn't too late yet, but it's far past dinner and sundown. she knows how to get into his room, but maybe this is safer somehow. it gives her time and saves her face until she can school her expression into something slightly more neutral. she's supposed to be strong for him, a leader. someone he can count on for all things. she would sorely hate to let him down. ]

The discovery on Deck One has me thinking... Isn't there a locked door on this deck?

(( feel free to wildcard me or plot with me over here! ))

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chapel

[warfares]

[ A hand hovers over one of the lines cut into the wall, the words belonging to some long-dead philosopher from a planet he's never heard of and would likely never given much thought to before now.

As it stands, he's still debating their merit when she speaks, her question less of an inquiry than a demand. ]

And if I do?

[adjy]

[ she visibly considers that, rolling his words around in her head before responding. ]

If you do, then I was going to ask you why you do?

[warfares]

Some find it comforting, the idea that there is a greater power at work.

[ The chapel itself stands as a testament to this fact. ]

That their lives, their suffering, has meaning.

[adjy]

You sound like you would rather dispute that. [ her gaze and tone remain neutral. even she couldn't come into a place like this with judgment in her heart. ]

[warfares]

Then that would be remarkably blind of me. [ Never mind that the last time he had prayed to the Force for guidance, it had sent him Luke Skywalker, lightsaber in hand. ]

Faith might be used as a scapegoat but that hardly diminishes its value, particularly to those who have little else.

[adjy]

I don't think you're blind at all. But you're looking outward.

[ he keeps talking about those people. not himself. ]

What better place for introspection that a place of worship?

[warfares]

[ She's sharp, this girl. ]

Is that why you came here? To think.

[ Mild-interest. He's done with this phrase, moving onto the next ㅡ 'Faith does not know that there will be a tomorrow, but hopes that there is' ㅡ and makes a soft, amused noise in the back of his throat. ]

[adjy]

I think that's why everyone comes to a place like this. Unless you disagree. Why did you come here today?

[ turnabout's fair play and all that. ]

[warfares]

Curiosity, [ he admits, glancing at her over his shoulder. ]

I've already been to the Command Deck, and this place will tell me more of the people that once lived here.

[adjy]

[ something about his admittance works the slightest smile over her face, tugging up the corners of her mouth in a twitch. ]

I wish to know that too. [ who they were, what they were like... where they went. not many others seem to share her priorities. ]

[warfares]

And what have you learned?

[ The previous occupants were likely long-dead. However, what puzzled him was the lack of physical remains. How long had the station stood inactive? Long enough for the bones to crumble away to dust?

It was possible, certainly, just as it was possible that they were caught in something infinitely more complicated. ]

[adjy]

Only what I could glean from the footage on the bridge, and what I've been told from the other residents here. Why? Do you have any insights for me?