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[The world has been saved, hopefully for the last time in a long time. The celebrations - and the mourning - have started, and in a lot of places are still continuing. But the victory isn't the only thing to celebrate - and with a lot of help, and a lot of favours, Laura and Lily have extended an invitation to the Chalice crew, past and present, to join them. If you were nearby, chances are the invitation was hand-delivered by a dutiful Servbot.]

1. The setup
[With the looming deadline of the closing portals, things move quickly! Invitations are sent, travel is arranged, a venue is prepared. What had been the White Chalice's Arboretum - now an open-air grove in what's set to become a lush forest - is the site of the ceremony itself, while the celebrations afterwards will take place in Gucun. There's a lot to be done to make ready. Are you helping, or seeking out one of the brides beforehand?]

2. The ceremony
[It's only fitting that Captain Smith should officiate. He's waiting at an arch set up by the flowerbeds of the Arboretum, where the happy couple met, where Laura's tended her memorial to her friends from before the Chalice and to those who've passed on since. Between the Kwan daughters, Epimetheus, and a brace of Servbots you shouldn't have any trouble finding your seat, even if Xue Yi is a little preoccupied ensuring Prometheus behaves. There's some time before the wedding party arrive, to talk amongst yourselves - or with some of the other guests present, who include Laura's overwhelmed-looking parents!]

3. The reception
[Of course, the real point of a wedding is the party afterwards! There's food, drink, and music - Miki pulled some strings, and Pit's showing how Skyworld does catering. After the recent battle, perhaps this is a chance to see some long-absent faces in more peaceful circumstances, or to say goodbye. Or are you just here for the embarrassing speeches?]

[This is a joint mingle post, open to dropped and retired characters as well! For all prompts, please specify whether it's Laura/Lily you want to talk reply, or others!]

rushing_wings

[After being rescued from Rushbird Ichitaka can be found...smiling. Despite the burns, heat exhaustion, and all the radiation that he probably took in he's smiling. Of course, Rushbird was now a complete mess and he actually had to think about what he wanted to do with his life. For now though he's just taking in their victory.]

For once everything just...went well.

emorangerpink

[There's a familiar ship back in the hangar, arrived quietly and without fanfare - under the circumstances, it's not good to draw attention to advanced alien technology. And on the comms, one of the passengers -]

Hello, everyone. We're back. With some good news, which I should probably let Lily deliver.

But whatever about our news, I imagine a lot must have happened here while we were away. I'm relieved to see the planet's still in one piece, to be honest...

What have we missed?

[If you're quick on the draw, you might intercept Laura while she's still in the hangar, but the likeliest place to find her is in the mess - she's wasted no time in brewing some tea and getting a taste of home. The look on her face is somewhere between bliss and the verge of tears. It looks like Cosmic Ark had an effect on her, too, as she's still wearing what looks like an Angel Force-style outfit - though without the bulky metal armour, except for a small headpiece.]

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[With Thanksgivings coming up Ichitaka has received no less than 3 care packages from his two remaining family members and Haruka. Unfortunately they're almost comically over-sized and filled to the brim with random junk from the Graife's and random idol goods from Haruka.]

Um sorry if this seems a bit random, but if anyone could help me sort through all of this stuff I'd really appreciate it.

[Those that do help out will find some questionable photos mixed in with the standard idol shots. Ichitaka however remains as clueless as ever.]

chozo_girl

(This was supposed to be posted like two weeks ago, but severe ear infections take the wind right out of one's posting sails. Sorry for the delay)

[It's a nice day today in the White Chalice's hangar. The technicians work dutifully to fix the damages sustained in the latest mission, the sun shines, the birds sing, and a robot monkey happily surveys everything. It's such a peaceful day, so welcome after the latest few days the Chalice has had...

...and suddenly the air rips with a loud buzzing noise and out comes Rushbird flying like crazy! It lands with a long skid, taking the full length of the hangar to fully come to a stop - technicians might want to dive out of the way! And all the while it seems to be stubornly and carefully holding something in its hands...

What it is is revealed soon, though, as the mech's hands open, and in it there is... Samus and Devon, apparently, both in armor and standing upright. Both them and the mech look rather scratched, as if they came from a rather pitched battle. In fact, Samus looks rather more than scratched, she's clearly taken a fair amount of damage - and perhaps more surprisingly, she actually falls to her knees in exhaustion, laying knelt on Rushbird's hand as if to regain her breath.

What probably calls most attention, though, is the thing that they are holding. A sickly-looking, bulbous, shining blue porous thing, roughly the size of a night stand with long (and right now, ripped off) tendrils sprouting out of it, that seems to crackle with energy. It kind of reminds of some kind of gross, fishy organ, only bigger.

Still, that does explain where the hell Samus and Ichitaka have been these last days. ...or actually, no it doesn't.

Ask where the hell did these people even come from?]

[OOC: This thread is both for the assault team to talk about the little side mission they just had and fulfill its primary objective, and also for everyone else to go what the hell, so fell free to butt in and react! A second prompt will probably be added after a bit]

ADDED Prompt 2 - The next day (Arboretum)

[Chronologically this goes after the ongoing thread has ended]

[If you walk past the arboretum, it's very hard to fail to notice that, while Samus seems to be back in her usual camping post, she's now accompanied by a large, bulbous thing a couple meters away from her. It looks... entirely too much like an egg from Aliens, really. And it's clearly alive, though sessile.

Despite the grotesque accoutrement, however, Samus looks perfectly peaceful as she sits under the tree like she used to do. More than she's looked in months, actually.

Still, the contrast is rather striking. The chozo warrior, all but projecting absolute control and calm... and an ugly pulsating bulby thing that is, quite honestly, really fucking creepy.

Approach, ask, and/or try to kill with fire?]

rushing_wings

[For the past few weeks Ichitaka has made himself scarce. In fact he seems to have disappeared from the Chalice completely. That's because he's somehow gotten himself to San Francisco.]

That was...an experience. I really hope I never have to do that again.

[He approaches a familiar house and knocks on the door, hoping to god that this timing worked out.]

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[Needless to say, Ichitaka wasn't exactly in a chipper mood after hearing the debrief from Ayame and getting Haruka's message. After what happened with the Invaders, getting news that yet another person he cared about sacrificed themselves to keep everyone safe wasn't exactly helping.

With the Chalice back on Earth, of course Ichitaka would retreat to the deck of the Chalice.

The boy was just looking up at the star shaped core. Holding up a comet shaped necklace in front of him, mouthing some words to himself. ]

rushing_wings

[1]

[For a while things seemed to be going for the the bird. He patched up all of his problems and got a spiffy new upgrade.

Unfortunately for Ichitaka he soon learned that if he were to continue to use (the mostly improvised) Mode Archeonis it could potentially blow up the Dimension Converter. Not only that but both his brother and Grandpa had left to one of his labs in Fuso to try to fix that problem...taking the wings with them. The only thing they left him was a note informing him about all of this.]

Why do they always ditch me!?

[2]

[A bit later Ichitaka is inspecting the Rushbird. He's finally taking the time to properly repair the engine of the machine. To the shock of absolutely no one the energy circuits had quite a bit of wear and tear.]

I wonder if I'm a bit too reckless when I pilot.

[3]

[To try to cheer himself up Ichitaka decided to make a quick supply run into a nearby city. Somehow you've been dragged along. In the middle of the trip he stops in front of a gift shop and pauses for a moment.]

Hmmm I still need to get her a gift...

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1. [Hangar]

[Sometime after the mission Ichitaka can be found in the hangar smiling like a loon.

He had finally rescued his Grandpa. Not only that but he had also defeated GreAT once and for all, completely gained his brother's trust, got on good terms with Imber, was maintaining his relationship with Haruka, AND on top of all of it, he finally had a spiffy new upgrade for Rushbird.]

Can't believe it took me a year to get everything done.

2. [Arboretum]

Hmmm what am I going to do now?

[It turns out that after he completed his main goal Ichitaka found himself at a loss on what to do next. Right now he's just laying down in the middle of the arboretum staring at the ceiling.]

3. [Locked to Jukai]

Hey I didn't get a chance earlier due to everything that happened but thanks. If it wasn't for you we might not have won that without casualties.

bakaribbon

Hey, everyone! I just got back from working in Fuso, and producer said I could give everyone some samples of my CDs! There are only a few, so if you want one you have to be quick!

[And indeed, when she pops back out of Imber, she's dragging along a large box full of CDs! They all have Haruka in some cute outfits on them, and the songs are all pretty happy, unobjectionable things.

But mixed in with the CDs, hidden just under the first layer of family friendly recordings, is another CD. A single, it bears an extremely suggestive cover, and the song contained within is no better. Haruka seems gleefuly ignorant of its existence...or does she simply not care?]

(The cover image is hosted on Danbooru, but is itself only suggestive. Here it is!)

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