That Space Spa That Summer Never Shuts Up About; Dimension FH-001, Thursday [02/10].

[somethingwithturquoise]

Breezing right past some sort of blow-up at reception with a small group of Gromflomites that seemed to have had an issue with their reservation that clearly had absolutely nothing to do with Summer at all, "~WinterBlade~" and her party of four were welcomed into the Luxureon spa that definitely knew your face, Summer, you weren't fooling anyone with that alias, but also, Summer did bring them pretty good business and they dealt with a lot weirder (even today, in fact, they were handling a situation with a mostly-liquid entity that kept merging into one of the soaking pools on accident by expertly modifying the viscosity so that it didn't keep just dissolve into it), so whatever.

And thus, the moddable and extensive facilities of said space spa were open to the group entirely, everything from your standard massages and pedicures, to special space crystal treatments and space seaweed wraps, tentacle treatment for those willing to take a very particular risk, and bioluminescent manicures.

Summer herself would be spending a ridiculous amount of time in the strawberry-scented mineral soak, because honestly? Still her absolute favorite, and she can relax while sipping space drinks and making any last minute changes to her plans for jello for the party tomorrow.

Sure, she was supposed to be relaxing, but you could relax and work at the same time. M U L T I T A S K I N G!

[[ for those dragged to the space spa for all that sweet space spa goodness! ]]

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey had gotten back from her trip home about an hour before it was time to leave for the space spa, and was feeling more rushed than anything. So she let herself get talked into the soak because the onsen had been nice last time, even if she was still never really sure what to do once you were in one of these.

Yeah, relax or whatever, but like, it was still weird to not do anything. On principle.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Not doing anything was important, though! It was good for the body! It was good for the soul!

Said she who was literally planning two different jello catering orders for two seperate events/orders in her head right now, but that didn't really couldn't, it's not like you could just stop your brain!

Well, you could, but it was typically frowned upon.

Either way, Summer knew at least one thing you could do during a soak was gab, and so she cracked an eye open and grinned over at Rey after she'd gotten settled a little.

"How're things back home?" she asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"Busy," Rey answered, giving up on trying to feel relaxed now that she had an excuse to talk. "Or at least, they're keeping me busy on purpose. I've been on a couple missions this week."

They were totally keeping her busy on purpose.

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer snorted a little, amused by the idea that she was totally throwing a wrench in all their plans by keeping Rey the opposite of busy for at least a few hours of her day today.

"Busy's good, though," she allowed, considering, yeah, hi, she had two jello catering orders to do this weekend, one of which was needed tomorrow, so...not nearly as important kind of busy, but busy all the same. "To a point. You think you jump right into it when you're done here, too?"

It was Rey. Summer was pretty sure she already knew the answer to that.

[thatwaslucky]

"Not until Sunday. I have training tomorrow, and then I should actually work at my job-" Far cry from Jakku! "-and then I'm skipping the holiday."

She was not shy about that. She wasn't doing it.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"It's a bullshit corporate Hallmark holiday anyway," said Summer, as if she wasn't actually kind of stoked to see what might be in store for her this year, but...considering that part of her was convinced that what was in store for her this year might just be a big old boot out the door...yeaaaaah, nooooo problem leaning into that perspective on it just in case. "You think anyone back home would like a shit ton of chocolates and chalky candy? Because I'm pretty sure the store is going to have so much leftover."

[thatwaslucky]

"Oh, I'm sure they would love it," Rey said gratefully. "They all complain a lot about the rations, which I don't understand. But you can't go wrong with chocolate. And probably chalky candy, too, I haven't had that."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"I'm pretty sure half of what we have in stock has been in the store since before I was born," Summer warned her.

But also, in her experience with space people and weird food....

She snorted. "Maybe you guys could use it as ammo or to build defenses out of as well as food! And there's cute little quippy words and phrases on them. Like 'You're cute!' and 'Fax Me!'"

If you needed any proof as to how old some of those conversation hearts really were.

[thatwaslucky]

"Oh, I've seen those things! I feel like those phrases might be a bad idea with certain people."

But they persisted in the culture because they were fun that way.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"That....is a good point," Summer admitted, tilting her head thoughtfully. "Although now I'm almost insanely curious to see what kind of reactions they would have with some of your friends back home."

There was a faint pause.

"Obviously all the 'You're cute' ones need to go to BB-8, though."

Who couldn't eat them.

NOT THE POINT.

[thatwaslucky]

Candy hearts in the Resistance was definitely a fanfic somewhere.

"Well, obviously," Rey smiled. "He hasn't actually left me alone while I've been home unless I tell him to."

It was the cutest.

[somethingwithturquoise]

"Awwwwww."

The staff here might have another pool problem, but this time with a melting human.

"That's adorable. He's not going to be mad at me, though, then, for having dragged you away for a little while, is he?"

Yeah, yeah, yeah, she said she had other plans for the next few days, too, but still!

[thatwaslucky]

"No. In fact, I'm sure Poe would be glad to have him around more," Rey said. "BB-8 knows most of my time gets spent here. Maybe not this month, but normally."

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer nodded a little, grinning maybe a bit faintly at the idea of little custody squabbles between everyone and who gets to spend the most time with BB-8, sinking down into the water a little with her amused thoughts.

"So in other words," she said, "you can tell Poe I said you're welcome. For this month, at least."

[thatwaslucky]

"I will," Rey promised. "How have you been? Have I missed anything big?"

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer shrugged a little. "Not really," she said. "Just the usual. Two big jello shot orders coming up, ne of which, by the way, has lead to me scoring a weekend in a castle in Austria, so stay tuned for the major party blow-out that's going to happen there once I get two seconds to actually start planning it, but...you know me...I like to keep busy."

With a lot of bullshit that didn't matter in the grand scheme of things to distract her from the fact that she wasn't doing more for things that actually did matter...

[thatwaslucky]

"I've been to a... bar type place in a castle," Rey said. "Something tells me your party would be much different."

Though like, picture Maz and Summer together. Picture it.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You should get a massage, if you haven't," Annie recommended, making her way over to sit with Rey. "My hip flexors have been screwy for weeks and I think I'm cured."

All hail space spa!

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't like people I don't know touching me," Rey admitted. "It sounds like a good idea but I can't guarantee they make it through unscathed."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Very fair," Annie acquiesced. "Maybe they have, like, something with water." Like a better version of those water massage coffin things at the mall! "How are you doing? I haven't seen you in a minute."

It had been kind of a busy minute, from what she'd gathered.

[thatwaslucky]

"I've been okay," Rey said, and for the most part she was. "I spent the week at home. Pretty much came back because Summer threatened to drag me."

She also wasn't sure if Annie hadn't heard about the breakup, or if she had and just hadn't said anything for some reason, so she wasn't exactly sure how to proceed.

[defenderofdesmoines]

She'd heard, but it seemed like an awkward thing to just lead with when she hadn't seen Rey in, like, two weeks, and even then they'd been shooting lightning across the bar or breaking into laptops abruptly.

"Then I'm glad she dragged you," she replied, shrugging a shoulder. "Is it helping? The being home or the being here, either one. I heard about John."

[thatwaslucky]

"Home has," Rey shrugged. "I like the distraction. It's been nice having friends around me."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Do you want to talk about it?" Annie offered gently. "I think we could also find, like, something more distracting than a seaweed wrap around here, if you want."

Maybe they had space...racquetball? Space bougie spa sports?

[thatwaslucky]

"No," Rey said simply. Maybe she was a little hurt she hadn't been reached out to? But mostly she was tired of talking about it. "Honestly it's just good being around people. How have you been?"