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Voting closed: January 04, 2021, 02:28:47 am

[Superdorf]

Smirk a little. "Ever the tease."

"I'd like to see about a few radio-sets for the Crusader artillerists, if possible. Simple pieces. Seems they've been dealing with the colossi by sending runners back to the artillery when one shows up, runners and flares... inefficient. Costly. We can do better!"

"Other than that, I'll leave you to it." Smile. "Thanks, Will."

Nod to John as we head out for compound. "Nice to see you up and about too!"

[19_EgarAlnis]

"I could tease more if you visited more often without Emma." William offers with a lazy grin, lifting his hand in a wave.  John dips his head in a bow, avoiding your gaze as you leave. A set of Warmachines fall in beside you as you make your way through the streets, no doubt a sight for confusion. People stare at you and duck bows. They all looks surprised and confused, but none of them approach you.

You arrive back at the compound a little while later. You head towards the laundry, where the juniors of the Guards work, and hand over your clothing. You are given a uniform in return, and your armor will be cleaned. As strange as it is for you to put on clean clothes while you are caked in mud and grime, the Guards are adamant about you not leaving without them.

Emma, pauses when you darken your doorway, stopping herself midstep -- instead, she opens she bathroom door for you, and you step gratefully inside. She's quick to join you after you rinse off the worst of the mud and ichor.


The two of you lounge on the bed, the night starting to draw down the rains. If you focus, you can hear them pattering on to the roof somewhere above. Emma sits next to you, a charcoal pencil in hand, sketching on what looks to be expensive paper.

[15] Something catches your eye -- its the Colossus you fought today, down to minute details. The crackling of lightning, its twitching flesh, and the gleam of the sun on its sharp blades.

...you haven't told Emma about today. You were otherwise too preoccupied, and she doesn't ask if you don't volunteer, something that has held true ever since the Moore Family.

[ZBridges]

"That's beautiful.   Can I ask how you know about it... or is now 'just not the time?'"

[Superdorf]

"That's beautiful.   Can I ask how you know about it... or is now 'just not the time?'"

Er, is kinda unclear whether that colossus is Emma's sketch or a hallucination on our part... I'm leaning hallucination.

If hallucination: shift closer, smile. "Whatcha drawing?"

[ZBridges]

...no, it isn't a random hallucination.  Note the use of the ellipses in the last paragraph.  We're surprised that she is sketching the colossus.

[19_EgarAlnis]

"Hey, look, if you want to talk to me about something, I'll listen...but I've grown up long enough around...fighters, shall we say? To know better than to ask a question you don't want to answer." Emma bristles, but relaxes when you place a calming hand on her hip.

[3] You shift closer, only to note the details of the drawing were less fine than before -- it no longer seems to writhe upon the paper or twitch with electricity. But it's still a detailed sketch of the entity you fought today. "I've been dreaming a lot lately. Alphira told me that drawing it out helps...this one was a nightmare. Why do you ask?"

[ZBridges]

"That's what I fought earlier, when I was at the line.  Have you had other similar nightmares?"

[19_EgarAlnis]

"Yeah? A couple of times. You or Mitch were there, so they weren't that bad." Emma shrugs a shoulder as Mitch grumbles when he hears his name. The Barker otherwise, is happily chewing on a piece of hide, lounging next to the heating element in your room, in a pile of old clothes he acquired from somewhere.

"Oh...well. I'm...sorry?" Emma looks confused, glancing down at the pad of paper. "I'll feed it to Mitch--" She starts to wad the paper up.

[ZBridges]

"No, it's okay.  I just think it's interesting.  Do you think we're somehow sharing memories?"

[19_EgarAlnis]

[14] "...Iunno. That sounds odd -- I had my nightmare about it last night. Probably just heard too much about Rodstadt, or maybe Alphira let it leak into my brain or something." Emma chucks the roll paper towards Mitch, who snatches it out of the air with a heavy snap of his jaws. He doesn't even chew, swallowing it whole before returning to his hide treat, non-plussed.

[11] "I've been having a lot of weird dreams, lately."

[ZBridges]

"Sometimes I wonder if the plague is trying to communicate with us.  I had strange dreams, too, after I fought the worm at Rodstadt and after the one at the line."

[19_EgarAlnis]

"Well, insults and threats are communications too." Emma replies, with a crooked grin, leaning into you. "No doubt its trying to worm its way into your head to corrupt just like it does everything else." She puffs out a sigh, "Or, who knows, maybe its a horrifying destructive force for a reason. It's not like SEED is the epitome of honesty."

[ZBridges]

"I struggle to think of what could be worth such destruction.  The loss of life associated with the consumption of entire worlds... it's terrifying."

[King Zultan]

"I struggle to think of what could be worth such destruction.  The loss of life associated with the consumption of entire worlds... it's terrifying."

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[19_EgarAlnis]

"Survival." Emma responds, glancing up from a fresh sketch she starts. "They're not so dissimilar to us then."