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.
paladin_robot: (Default)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-01 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's... partly true, I guess...

[Yeah, he was one of the prime candidates on the 'special powers' department.]

But there are others. I mean... have you seen Boss?

[...Then again, that's a rare exception too...]

...Lemme try again. Just because you don't have the same skills and abilities as others... doesn't mean you're not strong.
runners_low: (Determined)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm strong? It doesn't... it doesn't matter! I can barely walk, I'll die in a few years!

Mother tried to make it better, and... and...
paladin_robot: (Shocked)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-01 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Richard shifts awkwardly. There's... no easy way to explain this part... And given how Felicita is right now...]

...About your mother's efforts... They... weren't exactly successful. W-With the robot, I mean.
runners_low: (I don't like what I'm seeing)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that. I know!

This is why... this is why it was rejected. They wanted to reject it all along.
paladin_robot: (Shocked)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-01 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, not just that, but...

Had you continued using it, and if you weren't able to resupply... it might have started making your health even worse. As it is... now you're running a real risk if you try to pilot again.
Edited 2013-08-01 22:48 (UTC)
runners_low: (Default)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-01 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

What... are you talking about? Resupply, of what?
paladin_robot: (Shocked)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-01 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, see... your robot overclocks your senses to the point it could upset your... brain chemistry, I think, and give insanity and dementia. But the machine makes you take medicine to try and offset that, even if it leaves you feeling weird afterwards. There's just... not much of it left.
runners_low: (Rather be left alone)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-02 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
...

No, no. Why? Why would Mother... it's a lie. Another lie by those people. They tricked you.
Edited 2013-08-02 00:35 (UTC)
paladin_robot: (Default)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-02 08:31 am (UTC)(link)
Its in the blueprints for the machine itself.

[Dammit, Richard bites his own lower lip because of this.]

...I'm sorry. Your mother did and went through a lot to help you... Whoever destroyed that facility... we can find them.
runners_low: (Rather be left alone)

[personal profile] runners_low 2013-08-02 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Felicita is rendered speechless for a while. Finally, she managed to throw off her shock for long enough to whisper.]

Leave me alone.
Just... go away.
Please...
paladin_robot: (Shocked)

[personal profile] paladin_robot 2013-08-02 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Richard stares a few moments, trying to find the words to say...

...But he can't. He's not sure what he could say at all that would even remotely make this better.]

...Take your time. Think things over... The crew can figure something out for you...

[Richard gives one last, small pat to the girl's shoulder, before leaving the room.]
Edited 2013-08-02 14:56 (UTC)