srwuga_npc2: (NPC - Colomba Arlotti)
srwuga_npc2 ([personal profile] srwuga_npc2) wrote in [community profile] srwug_alpha_rp2013-08-01 01:21 pm

Pain Management

[1]
[Locked to Felicita.]

White Chalice is close to the Orsini Industries lab. There's a call just for you, on the live video feed - and guess what, it's your mother!

[2]

White Chalice received a huge data packet, sent over a secure line.

Its contents: engineering data related to construction of PEX-001 Deva. No more blackboxes and information classified by the VIPs, now you have access to it all. Of interest is the description of the Putri System:

On itself, it does not cause the terrible side effects that Felicita suffers from each time she is piloting. No, this is because of the mixture of drugs and other chemicals she takes during combat. However, Putri System overloads the pilot's senses and may quickly cause long-term insanity and dementia. The drugs, unpleasant as they may be, are administered to prevent that.

As of the moment, they have run really low. And the only way to restock them goes up in flames...


Moments later, all communication with the Orsini Industries science facility is lost. It turns out there has been an explosion. Its causes - unknown, since the facility was not supposed to be operative at that moment.

There are few confirmed casualties. Colomba Arlotti, Felicita Arlotti's mother, is among them.

[3]

Confront Felicita about this? Needless to say, the girl is very distressed at the moment. Crying her heart out... the pretense of staying strong in the face of all hardships she had to endure, all gone.
purple_energy: (Worried)

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[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-01 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[One quick transform later...]

There is something I should do.

[The goddess suddenly wraps her arms around Felicita in a warm embrace - certainly much warmer than if she did it in her regular form. It's her way of letting her know that she's here for her, at least.]

I'm sorry...let out as much as you need to.
runners_low: (Shameful display)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all over now... Mother...

Why is the world so cruel?!
purple_energy: (Deep in thought)

[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-01 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[When you've got even Purple Heart crying, you know it's bad. Right now she definitely wishes she could have done more, but...]

I will not tell you not to grieve.

[She takes a deep breath.]

But you are still here. This...your life...is not over yet.
runners_low: (Determined)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I... I can't even walk... what kind of life is that?!

We... were supposed to... with Mother...

[Felicita breaks down into uncontrollable sobbing again.]
purple_energy: (Worried)

[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-01 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There is much more to it than that.

Think of what you can still do. Not about what you can't, and not about how good you are at it.

[She stops for a bit.]

This may be difficult for you to believe, but I know...how it feels like to be completely helpless.
runners_low: (Shameful display)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right...

It's difficult...

[All she manages to say that is not interrupted by all the crying.]
purple_energy: (Deep in thought)

[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-01 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[And with that, it's story time.]

...Many years ago, my world, Gamindustri, was threatened by a great evil force.

Along with three other goddesses and my sister, a goddess candidate, we tried our best to fight against it. But ultimately...we were defeated.

Because of that...

[Neptune seems uncomfortable just from recalling what happened after that.]

I spent years as a captive of the enemy, bound by countless cords and unable to move a muscle.
runners_low: (Rather be left alone)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
But... it got better, in the end...

Because you're here.
purple_energy: (Worried)

[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-01 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Not because of my own power, but that of others. Those who were viewed as less capable than me, including my own sister.

Which is why, even if you give up on yourself; I won't. Neither will many others you've met aboard this ship.
runners_low: (Rather be left alone)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-02 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's not about giving up.

I'll die... doesn't matter if I give up, or not. And now, I don't even have anywhere to go.

Mother...
Edited 2013-08-02 00:33 (UTC)
purple_energy: (Worried)

[personal profile] purple_energy 2013-08-02 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course, being immortal herself, gently encouraging one to make the best use of their remaining time is as far as Neptune can go...and even that is pushing it. She's not going to press any more on an ill girl who just lost her mother on top of that; and just like Shares, trust has to be earned.

But given the uncovered issues, surely something could be done with the amount of technology around? That's a thing she definitely has to ask around about later...

In the meantime, all she can do is hold Felicita closer to her.]

...Because you shouldn't be going anywhere else for now. Stay right here.