bakerstreet | tuesday sexting;

Alanna wasn't a permanent fixture on base, but everybody knew her. So, there was no shortage of friendly greetings well before she sat down with Rey - Rey, who was attempting to keep from appearing too eager, and probably failing miserably. "I had no doubt about it", she answered, her smile widening just so. "I'm so pleased to see you - you're looking well."

She smiled, "Thanks. Sunburn's all better and everything." She replied. Not many knew what she was, but that statement was innocuous enough that no one would question it, really.

"You don't look half bad yourself." She added, one brow arching as she tore a roll in half to let it cool a little.

It certainly didn't sound like an obvious code for anything - and even if they were in the habit of sharing secrets, they probably wouldn't do it where people could hear. So, to anyone that might happen to overhear, it wasn't anything to bat an eyelash about.

"Thank you", Rey replied, carefully considering her drink before reaching for it. "I've begun a pretty strict training regimen - perhaps it's having an effect already."

Not that she wasn't strong after a lifetime of hard work, just that ... maybe it was finally starting to show a bit more obviously.

"I think it might be." She replied, smiling more broadly, "It's definitely something." Rey had filled out some since the first time Alanna had met her, but that didn't surprise her much, for as shoestring as most of the Resistance's budget was, the food was always good, though she figured that was what happened when it was actual food and not out of a fabricator.

Well. Now, there was no taming the grin that quickly spread across Rey's face, nor the way her cheeks flushed a pleasant pink. Living a life not constantly on the verge of starvation has really done her good. "I'm flattered that you've noticed."

"I noticed on our last job." She said, "But then things got busy and I didn't mention it."

A smile of her own followed, finally nibbling at that roll, "So how's your training going? Learning anything interesting?"

"That it did", Rey chuckled, nodding her agreement. "Something always seems to get in the way right when you don't want it to." Which is perhaps a not so subtle hint that maybe she would have liked having the time in which to say some things.

But today was a new day, and some of their messages have already hinted at some of those unsaid things.

"I've learned a lot, actually, so much to do with trusting my instincts. And soon, I'll start to learn how to really bend and wield the Force, too."

"Always the way it goes." She replied to the first, actually listening intently to the answer, nodding once more as she dipped her roll into her stew, "Sounds like you're learning at a nice steady pace, not too rushed, that's always a good thing."

"It's a lot to learn, much less to perfect. And I know that I'm needed elsewhere, but I can't run off and expect to be of much help without ... I don't know, being sure of what I can do?" She sighed, shook her head, ignored everything on her plate except dessert - as it's turned out, she had quite the sweet tooth. "How have you been?"

"Oh you know me." She replied, giving a dismissive little flick of one hand, "Not getting into more trouble than I can talk my way out of, propositioning all the pretty girls who could probably bench press me, and running errands for my favorite aunt."

Not that she was actually related to Leia, she'd just always called the woman her aunt, if only to make her smile, even if it was a small one.

Rey knew Alanna well enough to know just how true those statements were, and she laughed, suitably distracted from her dessert. The rest of her dinner, too, but mostly the dessert. "You're very good at what you do", she agrees, nodding. "And I'd bet that not many people turn down those propositions."

She isn't going to, after all.

"Do you have to meet with the General, or is your evening free?"

It's not that she's impatient, not really, rather that the anticipation of what she knew was to come was a bit more than bearable.

She shook her head, "The work portion of the evening is already finished, I'm all yours." She replied with a wink that was far more exaggerated than strictly necessary, but really that was the point of it, less of a flirt and more of an attempt to get Rey to laugh.

In that case, the effort should be well rewarded with a soft peal of giggles in response. So, it might take a moment, but eventually, she'll have pulled herself together enough to offer an actual response. "Well, then, I hope I prove to be a charming and entertaining companion."

"Pretty sure I'm supposed to be the one entertaining you." She replied, but she gave a rolling shrug a moment later, "Either way, I think we can come up with enough to do to keep ourselves busy for a while."

She eyed Rey for a moment, "You don't have an early morning tomorrow, do you?"

"Believe me, I have no doubt that you will! I just think it would be unfair if I don't ... return the favor", she answered, now far less interested in her food than in her companion. "I have to wonder just what other surprises you have in store for me."

Her little smile crept ever further as she shook her head no. "No missions, no meditation, no training scheduled for tomorrow, so I am as free as free can be. I get the feeling that you've definitely got plans for me."

"Oh maybe one or two." She said, smiling more broadly again, "Just wanted to make sure I'd actually be able to keep you up all night without anyone getting in trouble, that's all."

Not that she figured Rey would have accepted the initial invitation if she didn't have time, but she was just making sure.

"One or two! I bet that'll change sooner rather than later - maybe you'll get inspired to try more", Rey grinned, shrugging. It was pretty safe to say that any interest she had in her dinner has long waned. "I don't anticipate any trouble whatsoever ... maybe if we get a little loud? But I'm sure there are ways to make sure that doesn't happen."

Her grin was maybe a little sharper than it had any real right to be, but it wasn't a threat in the least, if anything it was a little bit of a challenge, "If we're out in the barge, I don't think we'd be able to get loud enough to bother anybody." After all, her ship was large enough that it had to use one of the landing pads out in the field, too big to be held in one of the base's hangars.

There was no real hint of danger in it, and Rey trusted Alanna completely - had no reason not to. This was just ... heightening the anticipation of things yet to come. "I suppose that's true enough. No one'll be sneaking around trying to listen in, anyway. Still, though, the possibility is there. After all, I still have no clue as to what you might do with me."

"Well finish up your cake and you can find out." She replied, smiling easily once more, already having finished her own dish, though mostly that was because it had only been a few bites worth.

"I can have cake anytime", Rey answered, a first for her, since she really rather enjoyed it, and every opportunity that she had in order to enjoy it. "It can wait. I think I'm okay with heading out now, if you don't mind."

"Or you could bring it with." She said, "I mean, it's a small cake and a long walk, it'll probably be finished before we get there."

Not that the landing area was that far away from the base, really, but it was definitely a bit of a walk, especially as they had to go through a good two thirds of the base to get outside from where they were.

"I could", Rey replied, pondering the merits of taking it along. "I mean, it might just make me all the sweeter. You'll have to tell me."

Rey would like to think that with the right motivation, the walk would go quicker than usual. She'd also like to think that she and Alanna have more than enough of the right sort of motivation to make it a reality.

"I'm ready when you are."

"Yeah? We'll let's go." She unfolded smoothly from her own seat, depositing her tray in the rack by the door, once again impressed by just how organized the Resistance base really was.

She hadn't been exaggerating the long walk, not that it was unbearable, it was just that the landing field really was at the opposite side of the base than the mess, enough so that it was almost faster to go outside and walk around the building instead of going straight through, but only almost.

Alanna's barge was in the comfortable in-between state she usually kept it in when she was hauling cargo and not running a casino or a non-denominational temple. She smiled again as she led Rey across the cargo hold to the living area, "Home sweet home."

Rey had enough manners not to stuff what was left of the cake directly into her mouth, rather, she nibbled at it on the walk across base to Alanna's shuttle. The early evening was pleasant enough, and although she was very eager to see for herself the jewelry in the photo she'd been sent earlier, she wasn't in too much of a hurry to get there.

Yeah, from out here, there was really no chance of anything being overheard unless someone made it a point to come and be curious all the way past the barracks and hangars and outlying buildings.

Once inside, Rey gave the space a cursory once-over, but really, her attention was mostly on Alanna herself. "Looks good to me."

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