[Mod's Time Trial Challenge] What Have I Done (Temiri Blagg, Poe Dameron, Rey) Vignette 8.15.19

Title: What Have I Done

Summary: Temiri Blagg loses something he shouldn’t.

Disclaimer: George Lucas created Star Wars. Star Wars, LucasFilm Ltd. and all its content are currently owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company.

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This story was written for the Mod's Time Trial Challenge. I had 24 hours to write a story using three specific prompts.

Spoiler: Challenge Elements

1. Your TV trope is: Terrible Pick-up Lines
2. Your recycled challenge quote is: "Oh, no. What have I done? What am I doing? What will I do?" - the Simpsons Quote Challenge
3. Your picture prompt is: (Original Link: https://pixabay.com/photos/mountain-valley-water-liquid-sky-2589576/)

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“Oh, no,” Temiri muttered to himself as he looked around frantically.


He turned in circles; running his hands through his shaggy black hair as he searched. He looked everywhere; under his bed, atop his shelves, in his desk drawers. It was nowhere.


“What have I done?” he asked aloud as he continued to spin. “What am I doing? What will I do?”


“You okay, Kid?” a voice sounded from behind him. “You lose something?”


Temiri nearly broke his neck he turned around so rapidly. “Um…no I…no…”


Poe Dameron laughed. “Lost your lightsaber again, huh?”


Temiri flopped down onto his bed and sighed. “Yes. This morning I spilled my breakfast all over the floor. This afternoon I…that pretty girl, Ishara; I used probably the absolute worst line I…it was awful. She didn’t even say no, she just…laughed and walked away. Then, to top off my day, I have no idea where I left my lightsaber. Rey is gonna kill me.”


Poe sat down next to the teen and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. “Couldn’t be any worse than the lines I used at your age. What did you say?”


He heard Temiri say something, but it was so quiet and muffled he had to ask the boy to repeat it.


He sighed. “I asked her if it…if it hurt when she fell from the moons of Iego because she had to be an angel.”


Poe chuckled, but patted Temiri’s shoulder. “Well, as lines go, it’s not too bad.”


Temiri jumped up. “Not too bad?! She laughed at me!”


Poe stood as well. “Look, Kid, that stuff is gonna happen. You just gotta brush it off, you know? Move on. While you’re doing that, keep looking for your lightsaber.”


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Hours later, Temiri had found his lightsaber and had climbed up a decent sized hill far from the city where the Resistance was based and was sitting down staring at the stars. It was so dark he felt like he could see forever; to all the planets in all the systems in the galaxy. He could hear the gentle waves on the lake below.


“Peaceful, isn’t it?” Rey asked as she came to sit next to her student.


Temiri nodded. “Yes, it is. The city seems so far away and the stars…so close. I feel like I could reach out and touch them. Maybe even walk among them someday.”


Rey smiled. “Perhaps your name should be Skywalker. You’re a dreamer, Temiri. You, more than anyone I know, belong in the sky, among the stars.”


Temiri’s shoulders sagged. “Yeah.”


“It’s okay, really,” she comforted him. “But, one day it will cost you to lose your weapon. Try to be more careful.”


His eyes still on the starry skies above, he caught sight of a shooting star. He quickly closed his eyes and made a wish.


“Did you wish to stop losing your lightsaber?” Rey questioned knowingly.


Temiri laughed. “Yes, Master. We’ll see if it works this time.”

 

Glad you enjoyed it. I was worried how Poe would come across. Never written his character before.

It was fun to write. Had to give broom boy some love.

Thank you so much. Glad to be back at it.

 

Another excellent story, Jen. I have to say that for an absent minded apprentice he could not have to better mentors on his side. One more thing Poe could have said is that it took a lot of guts to even say that line to Ishara. And about Ishara. is she another Jedi student or a person from the city?

I also enjoyed re bringing up Temiri's wanderlust. The imagery of him sitting on the Hill reaching for the stars was excellent.

Lastly it was good of Rey to let him know that there could be more serious consequences for losing his weapon. That was a nice touch.

 

I haven't read any Temiri Blagg fics yet! Its so nice to see him and a glimpse of the future.

I relate to Poe so much in this. I have a friend - who I used to live with - WHO SOMEHOW LOST EVERYTHING!! I have witnessed the state Temiri has been in so many times! Again, so relatable!

But I also relate to Temiri here. Just one of those days where nothing goes right. Poor kid. He has a case of "the teenager".

Bahahahaha! Oh I feel so bad for laughing so hard.

I love Rey here. You have made her older, wiser, yet still have that spunk that makes her Rey. Bravo!

 

This is a very nice story! The characters were really relatable, and it's comforting to see that even Force-sensitive heroes in a galaxy far, far away have Bad Days too. Everyone's human (in this case, at least ) and have to deal with very human emotions and mistakes. Hopefully Temiri takes the wisdom from both Poe and Rey to heart and can learn from his Bad Day. Glad to see Poe and Rey helping him through it, too.

Great use of the prompts. And I hope Temiri eventually finds his lightsaber.