"She's WHAT?" Poe exclaimed rather loudly, causing Finn to shh him. He began pacing around in the secluded room, heading to the entrance to check whether anyone had heard his outburst. He exhaled, turning around to face Finn a look of exasperation painted on his features.
"Look I know how this sounds, hell I don't even understand," Finn gestured with his hands aggressively, trying to make sense of why she would lie about something as important as this.
"How can we trust her? She's conversing with the enemy." Poe argued as Finn tried to logically piece together an answer. He didn't know how he could defend her against this.
"What is going on in here?" Maz's voice rung out, her small orange body strolling through the cloth that hung down as an entrance to the room. She stopped, glaring up at both of the men who were squabbling like chickens with their heads cut off.
"Nothing," Finn suspiciously stated, his voice becoming higher towards the end of the word.
"Yeah, exactly. Nothing Maz it's all good," Poe quickly swooped in, patting Finn's shoulder in a friendly manner. She squinted, adjusting her glasses before shrugging it off.
"I know we all miss the princess, but General things need to get done around here." She stated, raising her non-existent brows. Poe nodded, giving Finn a knowing glance before exiting the makeshift room.
The next few days were filled with planning and murmurs in the resistance about the new information on the first order. Finn and Poe had left on a mission without notifying Rey, allowing her time to screw her head on straight.
"He can't beat us every time," Finn stated clearly in denial as he stared at the gameboard hard enough to burn holes in it.
"Yet apparently he does," Poe replied, leaning forward as Finn had done earlier. Trying to read the Wookies expression as if it would give his strategy away.
"How does he do it?" He asked, placing a hand on his forehead in utter wonderment.
"This guy right here, it's because he cheats," Poe implied with complete seriousness, pointing a literal finger at him. Chewie let out a loud groan of protest, obviously upset with Poe's accusing tone of voice.
"I'm kidding," He played it off, side-eyeing Finn with an 'I'm not'. Finn attempted to prevent the corners of his lips from turning into a smile at Poe's look.
"Okay come on take your turn," Finn grumbled, becoming increasingly impatient with the Wookie.
"The longer you take the more we're gonna think you're cheating," He noted again. A noise that started out as a small beep grew into something much more sinister, startling the group in the midst of the game.
Chewie roared again as if warning them not to touch the game they'd been playing as he tended to the issue.
"We're not gonna turn it off," Poe defensively called out, watching the Wookie leave the room.
"He's cheating," Finn exhaled while standing up.
"Definitely." Poe agreed, pressing the button to turn off the hologram of the little creatures. He followed Finn out of the room and headed towards the cockpit of the falcon getting ready to receive the message that had been promised.
"T minus five," Poe warned, sitting next to chewie in one of the seats, clicking and flicking multiple buttons to prepare.
Finn stood ready for the hatch to open up with R2 by his side. The noise of the airlock opening signalled that it had. Looking up he saw the face of a familiar creature.
