Departure

[mecha_eihwaz]

[On White Chalice's deck, Lily's five friends from Angel Force are loading a stasis pod on board of their ship. Inside the pod, behind a big round glass, there is Lily Rain EVE, or rather what's left of her. Even though her whole body is badly damaged, most of her left side is missing and there is a huge hole in her chest, the expression on her face is almost serene.]


Lily... No... I can't believe this is happening...


All we can do at this point is take her back to Cosmic Ark... And hope it's not too late...

[Mark your response as 1 if you want to talk to Angel Force, 2 for reactions/mingle.]

Comments

[1]

[notruined]

... you can save her, right?

Re: [1]

[mecha_eihwaz]

I...

I don't know. But we can't give up on her!

[notruined]

No. We can't. And I won't. [ Casshern approaches Lily's blackened husk. His hand reaches out for what hand she had left, closing around it. ]

Robots like her prove that life has a meaning. That life can be given meaning through sacrifice. But... she made me a promise. [ His hand squeezed hers. ] She said she was going to come back alive, and I still believe her.

I may be immortal, but... she was more alive than I ever was. And I think she still is. She's not the type to break a promise.

1)

[sonofgucun]

[The Chairman General is moving quickly... with his helmet on there's no way to tell what his expression is... but his voice is...strained. Severely.]

The level of damage... Has anyone in your unit ever had to deal with anything on this level and recover?

[The answer could probably help give an idea of... what to expect.]

[mecha_eihwaz]

...No. Not in field conditions.

[sonofgucun]

I see...

[He slowly removes his helmet. He's managed to keep his features steady but he's got a deathgrip on his headgear.]

Everything you can do will be done for her. We can be assured that much?

[2] AND I HAVE NO CRAI ICONS

[tookthepill]

[ Here's a familiar sight. Caulder staring out into space, near catatonic, his cheeks stained with tears. ]

... but... why...

[ He occasionally says aloud. The backpack is nearby, but he's not near it, for once. ]

[curse_u_reflexes]

... Finding an answer... might not be what we need to look for right now.

[tookthepill]

But... we could have saved her. Why didn't we? Why couldn't we have...?

1

[better_than_aliens]

I wish I could have done something... anything... instead, I got stupid and got wrecked...

I'm sorry...

[mecha_eihwaz]

Is there anything you could've done to stop this? Anything?

[better_than_aliens]

I... I don't know. I'm just a normal human who pilots a robot... I just...

[metronomic_stanza]

[One more minute... just if she had one more minute... Lily... she hadn't known her long and yet...]

[With that, she's stepping away, to try and get away from all of this... stop her?]

[leftjoker]

[Someone's standing in your way, Kyoko, a certain Half-boiled Detective.]

... [He doesn't say anything, his face tight in a neutral showing, but his eyes betray a certain amount of sadness and bitterness.]

[metronomic_stanza]

Move. [She tries to get around him, not meeting his gaze.]

1

[themomentoftherose]

Doctor Zero comes running up to the coffin.

"Lily!"

Her face changes, becoming professional, looking over the damage as if she were a Stalker. She can do that when she needs to, turning her concern and sadness off.

"Do you need me to examine her?"

Re: 1

[mecha_eihwaz]

No, thank you. We already know what's wrong with her...


Her heart is destroyed. Without it, none of us can live for more than a few moments. I put her in stasis, but if I was too late...

1

[chozo_girl]

[Samus is simply going to stand there and look at Lily for a few seconds with a hard-to-parse frown on her face]

Re: 1

[mecha_eihwaz]

[All of the robots stay silent, as well. Though in one case that silence speaks louder than words.]

1

[emorangerpink]

I want to go with her.

[Laura's dismissed the Pretender, so she's standing there in just her ordinary body armour, eyes red and face pale. Of course, she's barely moved from Lily's side through the whole process of loading her in to the pod.]

[mecha_eihwaz]

Laura...

That might be a problem. Our ship doesn't have human food on it, or even air. And the cold sleep machines are not compatible with organics, either...

[emorangerpink]

...I can wear a suit, bring supplies. There are - I'm sure there are drugs I can take to sleep through the trip, so I'll need less air, food...

There has to be something I can do. Some way my powers can help. I have to try...

[But how long will it take to get her ready to go, and how much will her presence slow the trip? Will Shifter powers even work, far from Earth? It's easy to tell she knows the problems with what she's saying, but she says it anyway.]

1

[sexygodofscienceandwar]

Two in one week, huh...

Feels like our luck's catching up to us.

Re: 1

[mecha_eihwaz]

If I knew this would happen... We'd probably leave for Cosmic Ark sooner.

Re: 1

[sexygodofscienceandwar]

No kidding...

...Say, mind if you leave like...A map? I've got some stuff I need to take care of here, but I'd love to visit.