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[get_her]

Ray had been on the island twenty days, and he was even more fascinated with it than the day he'd arrived, if that was possible. He'd been spending the vast majority of his time so far combing the terrain, first with full equipment and later just with the PKE and the Ecto goggles. His readings were all over the place; one day he'd get nothing on

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[scruffysmuggler]

Han would have preferred that the juke box stayed on that song, but as always, once he stepped into the rec room, the music changed to the song he'd come to loath more then island. Chewbacca growled at the juke box as Han just sighed.

Wanting to make this trip short, he headed to the bookshelf to see what he could pull off today and came to stand next to the man, giving him a small nod in greeting. "Sorry about the music, I swear when I'm here, it's the only thing the damn machine knows." Chewie sat at his feet and looked up at the man with a happy grin, though the smoke caused him to sneeze, sending his cords flying.

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Ray turned to the guy, ready with a comment about how it would probably do the same thing to him with the Ghostbusters song, and his eyes just about bugged out of his head. "Wow!" he exclaimed, the cigarette dangling half-forgotten from the corner of his mouth. "Han Solo!"

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Han sighed as he turned to him. Normally he would have made a smart comment...but the cigarette just hanging there mesmerized him for a minute. Then he just gave the man a tight smile. "Yeah, that's me."

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Ray plucked the cigarette from his mouth and stuck out his free hand, shaking Han's enthusiastically. "Wow, it's great to meet you!" he gushed, grinning widely. He knew there were fictional characters on the island, iconic figures - but this was Han Solo! "I'm Ray, Ray Stantz."

[scruffysmuggler]

Han's tight smile grew tighter as he let the man shake his hand and get excited. Oh, Ray was very lucky Han was in a good mood. He hated this part of the island. "Yeah, I'm sure it is." Chewbacca even growled at him softly to remind him to play nice and carefully gave the dog a small kick in reply.

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Ray's smile went a bit sheepish as he realized his excitement was starting to border on crazed. "Sorry," he said, glancing down at the dog as he backed up a step to give Han some space. "I should know better; I'm a little familiar with being recognized."

[scruffysmuggler]

After warning his human and easily dodging the kick, Chewbacca moved over to pant happily up at Ray, hoping for some attention. Han rolled his eyes.

"A little. I wish." Han's tone was exasperated, but then at this point, could anyone blame him. "Your new aren't you?"

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"Yep, been here just twenty days," Ray confirmed with a nod. "I take it you've been here a lot longer than that, huh?"

[scruffysmuggler]

"Two years." And his tone showed just how thrilled Han was about it, ie, not at all. "It gets old real fast."

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"Wow, I can't imagine it ever getting old," Ray said, not entirely unlike a giddy schoolboy. "Of course, I might be changing my tune after two years here."

[scruffysmuggler]

"It ain't so much the island," Han clarified with a gruff snort, "It's the being grounded. If you haven't flown in space...you wouldn't understand."

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"No, I haven't, unfortunately," Ray said. "That's a feat reserved for astronauts, where I come from." New York circa 1984 was definitely not a long, long time ago, nor in a galaxy far, far away.

[scruffysmuggler]

"Astronauts. Right, I read about those. The lucky few on this damned planet." Han didn't both hiding his scorn but then Ray had probably already figured out Han hated this place.