Super Robot Wars Unlimited Generation @lpha

Van's standing at a window, staring in awe at the whole of the Earth laid out beneath them. To a people who were still struggling with the idea that maybe their planet isn't flat, this is a marvel beyond imagining. This is enough to kick Van out of the MUST KILL ZAIBACH rut he's been in.

"It really is the Mystic Moon...Part of me still had trouble believing it."

[Action]

Van is in the hangar rubbing his left arm, which has a perfectly circular bruise reaching around it, while staring at Escaflowne, which is missing it's left arm. He looks thoughtful and kind of annoyed.

[Not filtered to Laura, but only because he doesn't know how, or even really who she is.]

Laura, I wanted to thank you for doing...whatever it was you did to Escaflowne's arm. It was obviously taxing on you, but the mechanics are saying it should be a very easy repair job.

So, you have my thanks.

...That's it, I guess.

[Van is holding his communicator uncertainly while wandering around looking not QUITE willing to ask for help with modern technology. He's done fine without it so far, but it's definitely making his life harder, and it's about time for him to eat his pride. OOC: only need one person to respond to this prompt, if you please.]

[Video. Van looks very self conscious.]

Ah, I need someone who understands the techniques that this ship and your guymelef's run on better than me. I have questions, but don't know how to phrase them to a "computer", which I gather is where your people store their knowledge.

...

Can everyone really hear this?

A new mech is in the hangar. Its pilot is sitting with his back against its foot and his knees drawn up against his chest. He's clutching a sheathed sword in his hands hard enough that his knuckles are going white.

Van looks like he has lost all interest in the outside world, and not without reason. Literally minutes after he was crowned king, Fanelia was burned to the ground, its people scattered and in hiding, and his teacher and surrogate father lies dead at the hands of a foe that he cannot identify.

In short, today is a bad day to be Van.

The White Chalice hovers on the outskirts of the capital of Fanelia, a bustling city that seems to be of almost entirely middle ages technology, with guards carrying around swords and bows, light coming from torches and peasants working in fields of wheat. There are a few things unusual about it, though. Strange, part animal beastmen walk the streets without getting a second glance, and there appear to be mecha as part of Fanelia's armed forces, though they are only armed with low-tech weapons such as swords and spears. Also, the White Chalice, while gathering a crowd of curious onlookers, is not causing panic and riots in the street.

Van never figured out the comm units, but he figures there'll be some kind of crowd of people looking to see the place. So he's addressing that.

"I wanted to thank you all for agreeing to take me this far, but this is where my part in your journey ends. I have my duty to complete here. You're all welcome to stay for a few days if you want. I'll even see about getting people to restore your food stores. I bet it'll make a nice change from all that canned food you all seem to live on.

Anyways, welcome to Fanelia, and thank you again."

EDIT "Also, a normal part of a coronation is a Guymelef tournament afterwards as part of the celebration. I'd be interested to see how your mecha stand up to our melefs."

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[The sun's just recently gone down, and it's a rare clear night, revealing a gorgeous crescent moon. Van, however, is on the deck of the White Chalice staring at the moon with an expression somewhere between awe and horror.]

There's...where's the mystic moon? Just where AM I?

[1!]

With the lack of a world wide comm network, there was no way for the crew of the White Chalice to hear of it, but huge swathes of the Earth's surface suddenly changed with a flash of blue light, whatever had been there before being replaced by strange, alien landscapes and various strange cities.

As the White Chalice slowly drifts across the landscape, it came across one of these. Where there had previously been a small town, mostly untouched by the chaos of modern Earth, there was now a dense forest. Only on the very edge could one see what looked like the edge of a high school track and field.

Oddly enough, it looked like there were two figures standing on it, waving at the ship as it flew by. Looks like they're trying to signal for a ride...

[2!]



A short time later, someone saw fit to pick the two strangers up, revealing a teenage boy of some unrecognizable ethnicity in a red tunic with a sword, and an ordinary looking japanese high school aged girl in a school uniform with a duffel bag. The two of them just got off the shuttle that took them up, and are standing in the hangar looking around nervously but with undisguised curiosity.

[OOC: Van AND Hitomi are in this post, so expect responses from both of them.]