This is the beginning

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[A small object suddenly emerges from behind the horizon and blazes through the sky, followed by a comet-like trail. It crashes aboard the White Chalice's deck, revealing itself to be... a pair of humans clad in armor. The armor being Black Cloud and the Great Pretender, to be precise.]

I promised... to return...

1.
[Reactions for witnessing the crash come here. Devon and Laura's armors disappear almost immediately, and they lie down on the deck without strength to even get up. Exhausted, wounded and even somewhat singed they may look... but they are definitely alive and conscious.]

2.

[Some time later, once someone mercifully dragged Devon along to the medical bay - she'll be busy lying in bed and recuperating from the recent hell she went through. Still, the bandaged Shifter is good enough for visits.]

3.

[Same as #2, but for Laura. Just as Devon, she is worn out and injured, but the medical staff predicts she will make a full recovery soon enough. Although she has an eyepatch on.]

4.

[Locked to Cheng, and happening BEFORE prompt #2.

The Shifter still had some unfinished business before she could collapse. Mustering what little remains of her strength, she stumbled in a zombie-like gait to wherever her husband was at the time.

And once she makes it there, she just stands in the doorway. And stares.]

Comments

1, Laura

[chozo_girl]

[So Cheng is helping Devon, but who will help Laura get to medical? The answer to that is Samus - who seems entirely unsurprised to see them, must be added. In any case, she kneels next to Laura and lifts her, easily as if she weighed less than a feather, and sets course towards medical]

Did you succeed?

[Not a lot in the way of greetings here, Laura, I'm afraid]

[emorangerpink]

[Laura's still stunned at first. It takes a few moments and some feeble squirming in Samus' arms to realize what's going on. One eye focuses on the Hunter - the other is stuck shut with half-dried blood.]

Yes.

[For all that she lacks the energy to say more than that, the word carries a considerable weight of satisfaction.]

[chozo_girl]

[Nod. If someone understands the satisfaction of a job well done, it's Samus Aran]

Good.

Rest, then. You are exhausted. [Not a question, a statement] You can tell me of it later.

[emorangerpink]

[Laura nods wearily. Still dressed in oversized body armour and helmet, all carried in Samus' arms, she looks small and frail and tired. Underneath it, though, even as she drifts in to unconsciousness, Samus should still be able to sense her pendant.]

[chozo_girl]

[She's never stopped feeling it for a second, armor or no. But helping Laura was why the pendant was lent in any case. It is a way to share strength - and Laura has endured quite the struggle in the last days.

Wordlessly, the bounty hunter lays Laura onto one of the beds at medical when the girl goes unconscious. She's earned some rest. Then she turns and goes away. There will be a lot of people that want to visit her when she awakens. (OOC: And Samus appears to be right, here, judging from upthread!)]