Questions and answers

[runners_low]

[1]
[Felicita feels better now, so it's time to explore the Chalice! ... Not that she is going to suddenly leave the ward bed. Let's be realistic. Instead, she holds one of the precious few physical items she may call as her own - a tiny robotic probe.]

Go, drone!


[And, it flies away from her hands, controlled by a tablet also in her possession. Later, you may find the small thing exploring and being curious all over the White Chalice. You may or may not know already that it belongs to Felicita, and that she can talk through it.]

[2]
[Late at night - Felicita is fast asleep, snoring loudly and looking much happier than usual. But look, the drone is still active! Who might be controlling it?]



This is Colomba Arlotti.
DISCLAIMER: You are talking to a basic AI with a pre-recorded database and limited ability to learn. It is based on my personality and I gave it knowledge of all facts you will need.
White Chalice, I know you had questions. Questions regarding my daughter and the Deva project. Questions Orsini Industries considered classified.

They are classified no longer. Ask.

[Strange may be the AI's way of talking, but it definitely sounds like Felicita's mother - for those of you who heard her talk, at least. Now is the time to get answers some of you really hoped for!]

Comments

[paladin_robot]

...Oh! You're that girl who...

Not sure if you saw me, but I'm Richard - I often end up in the infirmary too. Though yeah, sentient robots, and some of them are aliens too! We're a crazy place here on the Chalice.

You thought I'd go through the whole thread with just 1 icon

[runners_low]

Oh, you know me? I'm Felicita... Richard.

Mother told me that White Chalice is very famous. Its pilots are really strong but also really weird.

Re: You thought I'd go through the whole thread with just 1 icon

[paladin_robot]

...I'd say I'm a little hurt by that comment, but then...

[The man bursts out into laughter.]

Its totally true! Seriously, I wasn't here long before I was helping a giant mecha dragon in space fight off the planet of Saturn.

...I'm serious about that by the way.

[runners_low]

R... really?

[Startled by this outburst of good mood, Felicita doesn't sound like she believes you.]

[paladin_robot]

Yeah! The Invaders were using it as a base of operations, and had flung one of its moons towards the planet. We stopped that though, so they tried their next best plan - making Saturn into a new star and then collapsing it. Or something like that, I never really understood what was going on.

But anyway! The Invaders had also covered the surface of the planet to such a point that two of their guys had their FACES on it! But the Getter team - the guys piloting the dragon - didn't give up. They instead kicked them out of reality to another dimension, and now are gonna be fighting them forever. I sadly missed that part though - my machine knocked me out.

[runners_low]

Okay...

I think I know what Mother meant now.

[paladin_robot]

H-Hey, I'm telling the truth here. I mean, I can summon my machine if you want proof.

[...That grin on his face is a practical dare, I tell ya.]

[runners_low]

No, it's not that! I'm not saying you are lying.

Just... this ship really is very strong, isn't it.

[paladin_robot]

Its more... everyone on the ship together makes for an impossibly strong force. But we're not invincible - far from it really. Like I said, my own machine has knocked me out... and well... there have been times we've failed when we really need not to.

But! A friend of mine taught me to keep a positive outlook on things. Sure, it won't always go perfectly, but its better than wallowing in self pity.

[runners_low]

[Nod. Well, more like the probe bobs up and down.]

And, I won't fall behind either. I'll show everyone how strong Mother's Deva is.

[paladin_robot]

Just try not to push yourself too far, you hear? Remember, I needed to rest after punching Saturn!

[runners_low]

It's okay. I won't.

[Oh poor Richard, if you only knew.]