Mid-Mission Downtime

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

1. [Dita's crying in the hangar, curled up in her dread. Come bother her?]


2. [Much later]

[Dita's working on cooking. She has a tear-stained cheeks but she's making food. Each bento is labeled for her friends. Is... she making a goodbye gift for everyone?]

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[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

I just... I don't want to leave. We might leave after this, to find the route that the Harvesters took to get here. If we can find that, we might find our way back home...

[mad-copycat.livejournal.com]

Tatsu gets uncharacteristically serious at this.

'Dita...Where...Home?'

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

Several hundred light years from here. It'll take over three hundred days to get back home, and even then... at this point in time, it's not even colonized yet.

[mad-copycat.livejournal.com]

Tatsu shakes its' head sagely.

'Dr. Stephan...Tell...Tatsu...Home...Where...Heart...Is. Where...Dita...Heart?'

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

... It's with everyone. Everyone who supported me, and helped me every time we went out there.

[mad-copycat.livejournal.com]

Suddenly Tatsu becomes a games show host and Dita just answered the final question! Her reward?! A flying Tatsu that cuddles up close to her! What better prize could there be~!?

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

[Despite herself Dita giggled as she hugged him back.] Thank you Tatsu. I think I know what to do right now.

[mad-copycat.livejournal.com]

Tatsu gets comfortable in Dita's lap and gets ready for its' REAL job to begin! Becoming a plushie for a pretty girl. Life was good sometimes.

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

[And she's going to hug him happily!]

[mad-copycat.livejournal.com]

Tatsu enjoys the hug and returns it as well.

'Tatsu...Like...Happy...Dita. Sad...Dita...No...Fun.'

[chases-aliens.livejournal.com]

I like myself happy too, Tatsu... [Hugs him tighter.]