Welcome to my world

[runners_low]

[1]
A ha ha ha! It works! What's over there? I want to see!

[A Kamen Rider is walking around the White Chalice, looking around every corner with excitement and curiosity. But something is unusual about that Rider... the armored figure is much shorter than usual, and the high-pitched voice betrays the user as Felicita - who somehow got her hands on MarKus's Leangle Belt.]


[2]
[But, even as a Rider she eventually gets tired. Less than an hour later, Felicita is already de-henshined and resting on a wheelchair. She looks exhausted, but very happy.]

That was great. Thank you... it's almost as great as piloting Deva itself.
I don't know how to pay back for this...


[3]
[Speaking of Deva, it's time for the weekly training. Felicita got into her mobile suit's cockpit - with help, probably yours. The cockpit is tiny, cramped and dark. There are no monitor screens or standard controls, just a chair in the middle and a visor hanging from the low ceiling. And cables. Lots and lots of cables.]

Thanks. I'll be fine from now on.

[Felicita picks up the hanging cables one by one and starts inserting them into access ports on her body - arms and legs mostly, but there are also some on her back. Good thing her hospital gown comes with convenient holes, or else she'd be naked.]

I did this dozens of times before.

Comments

Only one person can REALLY tag (2)

[2hell_weride]

[[MarKus just ruffles her hair, apparently being the one standing behind the wheelchair itself.]]

Don't worry about it kiddo. I just didn't think it was fair that you'd never get to see and do things for yourself!

[runners_low]

I didn't believe that thing was going to be real. Or that... it'd work for me.

[Felicita is talking about the Leangle Belt, now holding it in her hands.]

Thank you very much. I have no idea what else to say...

[2hell_weride]

It's fine, don't worry about it. Really, I didn't know if it'd work either so...

But like I said, it's much better than having to be inside a machine to get around, and only in battle at that. No wires. No chemicals. No mess.

[runners_low]

I don't mind these things, if it means I can pilot Deva.

...

I'm not saying this "rider belt" isn't great. It really is. But when I'm inside Mother's mobile suit, it feels totally different.

3

[paladin_robot]

If there's any problems, whatsoever, just shut it down and we'll get you out of there.

[Richard looks around the cockpit he just carried her up into, a little confused.]

How exactly... do you control this thing?

Re: 3

[runners_low]

Don't worry. It's my Mother's machine, there won't be any problems.

How do I control... ah. Umm, with these.

[Felicita gestures at one of the cables, connected to her at the base of the neck Matrix-style.]

Re: 3

[paladin_robot]

Trusting your mother, huh...? Well, alright. Though I find her choice in control scheme a little odd... then again, it might just feel similar to what Ideigi is like. You think, and it moves, right?

1

[gurrenbrigbonded]

Matthew walks past the Kamen Rider, then blinks at his...her voice.

"Mechwarrior Felicita: that is you, quiaff?"

[runners_low]

Hello! Yes, it's me, Felicita.

[She waves cheerfully.]

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"So it is. I see you are using the Kamen Rider suit as a medical Prosthesis...intriguing!"

Matthew rubs his chin. "I wonder what would happen if an Elemental wore one of those 'Hen-Shin' belts..."

1

[zaku_for_xmas]

[Bernie just happens to be wandering around and he sees...a familiar figure]

D...DELTA?!

[runners_low]

Delta?

[The suited person jumps up, startled.]

No! I don't even know who that is. I'm Felicita.

[zaku_for_xmas]

Uh...Rider Felicita?

3

[possibly_here]

That's... a lot more complicated than a Nothung model's interface?

[runners_low]

Is it? What do you do to pilot a Fafner?

[possibly_here]

Well... you just sit in the cockpit... and then a bunch of clamps come down and hook up to your nervous systems. That part's kinda painful, although the suits help with it.

And afterwards you just put your hands into this red goo, and after that it's the same as with you. Controlling the machine as if it were your body.

3

[not_the_deer]

Doesn't it hurt?

[runners_low]

No, not really. Why would it?

[not_the_deer]

You're sticking cables directly into your body. It doesn't cause any trouble for you?

[ 2 ]

[notruined]

You were given a second chance.

[ Casshern was nearby, naturally. He was giving his daily blood sample to the infirmary, so they can continue trying to isolate whatever it is in his blood that makes him immune to the Ruin; they've come close once or twice, but something, somehow, results in a dead end. It's as if the 'cells' (read: cell-like nanites) just don't want to cooperate. ]

You're... really lucky, you know that?

[runners_low]

Really? I guess... I certainly feel that way now.

...

[A slight awkwardness in the air.]

[notruined]

I envy you... I've hurt more people than I can ever count. All I can do now is atone for the sins I've committed.

3

[themomentoftherose]

Oenone sits at the monitoring station, feeling not very good about herself at all. Is she any better than NERV's officers, who willingly subject Kensuke to this kind of treatment? But what if she weren't there, and the tester was someone who was cruel to her? Would her brother have approved of this? Her parents?

"I'm showing g-good synchronizing, Felicita. How d-do you feel?" She says into the comm, her stutter betraying her feelings of trepidation about this project.

[runners_low]

I'm good. Everything is fine, doctor.

[Felicita on the other hand is calm, somewhat happy even - in an anticipating way.]

[themomentoftherose]

Zero's fingers fly over the controls. She's really going through with this...She hits enter. "And...beginning exercise. Whenever you're ready, Felicita."