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[iprotectyou]

It's not fair.

Who decided that suns can burn? Even in heaven? No one ever informed Baze and Chirrut of this painfully unfortunate fact. They've had wind burns before, even frost burns, but nothing like this torture. It's been days since their third stint of nudity on the beach, and they're still slathering aloe on blisters.

That's what they're doing now, sitting on the couch by the fire--because after all, even burned, they still want to be warm--with Baze carefully smearing the blessed balm on Chirrut's reddened face.

"There should be a warning," Chirrut says for the millionth time, ignoring repeated orders to keep still for once. He's already earned aloe smeared across his mouth more than once for his disobedience. "In that pamphlet of yours, there should be a warning about the sun, that it can do such things."

"I'm fairly certain most people come from planets with suns that burn," Baze says, with a long-suffering sigh. "Two people burned is not enough to necessitate a warning for the whole bar."

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[immortalthief]

Amanda see's Baze as she comes in the front door.

before she knows it she's placing her jacket (sword sheathed inside the jacket) on a chair and then sitting down next to the duo.

"Good Evening."

She waves down a waitrat.

[idontneedluck]

"Please tell this ridiculous man that there should be a warning about burning suns." Chirrut orders Amanda, imperious as a lord and red as a lobster. "He refuses to be reasonable."

[iprotectyou]

Baze turns to Amanda, fingers still covered with aloe, and lights up with a grin. "Hello, Amanda. May the Force of others be with you. Chirrut, this is Amanda, the immortal I told you about. Introduce yourself, you baby bantha."

[immortalthief]

"I'm with Chirrut on this one. There should be a warning. In my world there are many warnings given from a young age."

Turning to Chirrut, "You do need to apply the .." she gives a little sniff, "Aloe. It will help." so she has been told.

[balancingminds]

Charles needs a change of scenery and finding Milliways in his study is a relief. He carefully gets his chair over to the fire and frowns at the two men putting aloe on each other, "You're from a planet where the sun doesn't burn?"

That sounds like it must be impossible but this is Milliways, he dated the goddess of rainbows.

[idontneedluck]

"In darkness, cold.

In light, cold.

The old sun brings no heat.

But there is heat in breath and life." The intonation borders ritualistic, but the smile that follows it doesn't. Chirrut smiles, despite his burns.

"Jedha's sun didn't offer much in the way of warmth. The star outside is... quite different."

[iprotectyou]

If Charles is skimming thoughts, Baze surface thoughts are all about sunburns--ow--and poor Chirrut and his sunburn, as well as a bit of delight that there's a newcomer talking to them. Buried a little deeper is worry that Chirrut isn't getting enough to eat, and buried deeper still is a grief with ragged edges, with teeth, that hasn't yet come to the fore.

"Chirrut, you're so rude," Baze says, laughing. "You didn't even introduce yourself before throwing the mantra at him! Welcome. May the Force of others be with you. I'm Baze Malbus, and this sad, rude little man is Chirrut Imwe."

[balancingminds]

Its a beautiful recitation and a nice counterbalance to their various pains and worries and Charles shifts in his chair.

Today's been a good day but aches have a way of calling up his own, "Its a pleasure to meet you. I'm Charles Xavier. Force of others, that's a beautiful greeting. Yes, the sun here behaves the same as Earth's."

[i_am_your_host]

After having a meal at the Bar, Emcee is on his way upstairs with a glass of red wine, when he sees the two Guardians. ...Putting lotion on each other?

"What happened to you??"

Why is Emcee always greeting them with questions about their behavior lately? This is probably going to be a thing.

[iprotectyou]

"Hello, Emcee!" Baze carols cheerfully, waggling aloe-covered fingers at him. "May the Force of others be with you. We were burned! By the sun! Can you even imagine? It's markedly unfair."

[idontneedluck]

"Hello Emcee!" Chirrut is equally cheerful despite closely resembling a baked lobster. "Tell this ridiculous man that there should be a warning, he is being difficult." He orders, as imperious as a lord despite the aloe smeared unevenly across his skin.

It'd be more even if he stopped wiggling around, this is the truth.

[i_am_your_host]

Emcee just blinks at them.

"A warning about sunburn?" he says, still a bit bewildered.

"Well...I don't know, perhaps a sign could be erected on the beach for inexperienced sunbathers?"

[shakemyhand]

A grumpy but happily fed Wraith flops down on a couch nearby. So far he's not found anyone but Sparks that can even remotely hear him mind to mind. The conversation of the two men grabs his attention though.

He laughs audibly at them, how can they have never heard of a sun burn. Even Wraith get those, why do you think they live on ships and dislike sunlight when on a planet?

[idontneedluck]

Chirrut, who doesn't need working eyes to know when he's being laughed at, ignores it with aplomb. He has nothing to prove, and enjoyed the action that got him in this state in the first place.

Instead he reaches over to nimbly steal away the jar of aloe. Turn about is fair play, and Baze's face must be roasting by now.

[iprotectyou]

"Hey, give that back," Baze says, also ignoring the person laughing at them. The larger man eyes their staves at the end of the sofa. "I'm not done smearing aloe on your face, Chirrut."

[shakemyhand]

Guide places his booted feet on a coffee table with a heavy thump. He searches around him for the feel of the minds of those around him. These two were entertaining.

[ownerless]

Pearl watches this procedure from a distance for a few moments, hands on hips, head tilted curiously, bird-like, to the side.

Finally, she can't take it anymore: "Is this some human ritual?"

[idontneedluck]

"It is when one gets burned." Chirrut replies. "May the Force of others be with you!" He's inordinately cheerful, despite the sunburn extending to almost all of his exposed skin.

[iprotectyou]

"We were burned by the sun," Baze explains, as if the bird-like--woman? woman--has never seen a sunburn before. "Can you imagine? Suns that burn? It's markedly unfair."

He melts into a smile, still smearing aloe across Chirrut's forehead. "I'm Baze Malbus, and this sad, rude little man is Chirrut Imwe."

[electro_kinetic]

Noriko has been listening to this for about as long as she can manage, and shakes her head as she goes to get a bottle of sunscreen. (It's SPF 30, broad UVA/UVB spectrum and waterproof. She figures it should be good.)

"Here," she says, putting it down on the table. "It's sunscreen. It won't do anything after a sunburn, so don't go putting it on now, but the next time you decide you want to be outside for more than ten minutes, put this on everything that's going to be exposed. It'll help."

(It also says to reapply it every hour, in both print and braille.)

[iprotectyou]

Baze is sorely tempted to ask her which person at the couch she's addressing, but he doesn't. He sighs through his nose, a soft, inaudible huff, and turns a wary smile on the blue-haired, teenaged girl, who has--to his surprise--just given them a gift.

"Thank you," he says, nodding to her, even as he smears aloe on Chirrut's nose. "I've never heard of sunscreen before." He doesn't mention to her that they'll need a hell of a lot of sunscreen--they sunbathe nude. "I don't believe we ever got your name."

[idontneedluck]

"You might have gotten it, if you'd stuck around." Chirrut elbows Baze, even though that earns him a swipe of aloe across the mouth. He wipes it off with the back of one hand, and debates swiping it through Baze's hair.

He doesn't, rubbing it into the reddened skin above his wrists.

"No, not a name. Hello again, stranger."

[idontneedluck]

"You say that, and yet it is a clear and present danger." Chirrut huffs, doing his best to hold still for a minute so at least some of his hair will be aloe-free. It's very difficult - sitting still puts pressure on other burns.

[iprotectyou]

"A clear and present danger that everyone but us already knows," Baze grumbles, rehashing the old argument. He boops Chirrut's nose, and starts covering it with aloe. "You're not going to get anywhere with me on this. You might as well stop trying."

[idontneedluck]

"I am nothing if not persistent. Eventually you will see it my way." Chirrut retorts with a quirk of a grin. "Or you'll say you do, to stop me."