"Easy does it Cly, easy.." she said softly to the Clytemnestra as her new form landed slowly, installed now inside a Paladin fighter, the AI still getting used to its new shape, heavier and more cumbersome than the Hussar.
Cly landed the ship promptly and without incident, it powered down the throttle and lights. The engines billowed with steam as the rain evaporated off their hot surfaces. Kiriko shivered again, looking at the rain streaming down her screen.
She looked at christy's, the light was on but Kiriko was nervous, looking down she pressed a few buttons and Cly lit up the cockpit and activated the heater. Kiriko cradled her arms together and sat in thought. the thunder rattled a little ways off, and the clouds flashed ambiently above her ship.
"Na..Cly..are you.. sure none of these ships are... well, that none belong to... De'havilland-san.." Kiriko shivered again at the thought of seeing him again. The AI scanned all the ships in the area slowly, checking their registrations and ID numbers, it typed a quick messages of its findings on the screen infront of Kiriko ::scans confirm, seargent Justin Dehavilland's ship in not present in the vicinity::
Kiriko took in a deep breath of quiet relief, she undid her saftey belts slowly with mildly trembling fingers, unfastening her helmet brace the took it off slowly.. her arm panel glowed a steady amber glow which illuminated the right side of her cockpit, she pulled her uniform sleave down over the light and looked at her hands still trembling, she made fists with her hands and still they quivered gently.
"I.. I dont want to see him again Cly... are, you sure he isnt here."*a thumbs up was displayed in the display*Kiriko smiled a little and nodded, "ok I believe you, gomen ne."*a sun with shining rays is shown on the display*"hyaha your welcome cly, ikimasho, ne?"*a thumbs up was displayed*Kiriko took Cly's portable unit from the consol and a sound of compressed air was released as the consol folded away and the front of the Paladin slowly opened, Kiriko yelped a little and covered her head as the weather swept around her inside the cockpit "Gyaa! Cly wait, I need my hat and coat, quick you'll get sick!" the AI presented her coat and a wolly hat, grabbing them quickly she climbed down from the spaceship "close Cly close!" she said hurriedly to the PDA in her hands, the cockpit closed promptly and Kiriko struggled with her coat in the wind and rain, eventually just running as fast as she could for the door to christys shop.
The door opened with a jingle and Kiriko shuffled in shivering, completely wet through, holding her coat and hat under her arms, Christy leaned forwards and rolled her eyes coming round the counter to help the chief inspector, "honestly what are you like?.." Kiriko sneezed and sniffled loudly, "Gome.. I mean , im sorry Christy-sama.. it was Cly, she opened the cockpit too soon and. a-a-and I ..*atchoo!* wasnt.. ready".
Christy placed both hands on her hips and shook her head, "what am I going to do with you.. are you done with your patrols?"Kiriko looked up with a big smile and sniffled lightly, "Yep im all done.."Christy raised an eyebrow, "Right well you must get out of those wet clothes before you catch a death of cold.. come on, you can borrow some of my daughters clothes for a little while"Kiriko followed Christy out of the shop through a door behind the counter. "Arigato christ-sama".
Despite all effort, Christy just couldnt resist mothering Kiriko when she just looked so daft and helpless, and could never possibly imagine her out by herself for even a moment. "come on keep up" Christy said behind her as Kiriko followed slowly, besides there was nobody in the shop at present so there was no harm in it.
Kiriko looked around christy's house through the doors that were left open, Christy ushered Kiriko up a flight of stairs, the landing was covered in piles of clean washing and washing still to be done, "Wait here" Christy said and dissapeared into a room with a holosign on the door displaying violet "keepout" text. Kiriko shuffled in place and looked around, a strong shiver running up her spine, the house behind the shop was cosy, calming wallpaper and sliding doors.
"Kyaa!?" Kiriko exclaimed as a cat brushed suddenly inbetween her legs, the cat bolted as she shouted in suprise, Christy came back holding some clothes, a mild mannered smile spreading across her face, "I see you met Giles then.. dont worry he does that to everyone, here take these" Christy gave Kiriko a pile of clothes and began to usher her to the bathroom, "I wasnt sure of your bra size but I dont suppose it matters with these baggy clothes, my daughters bigger than you anyways" .."bra? size?" kiriko said quietly, "Right here is the bathroom, get changed before you catch a cold". the bell jingled very fainly in the distance, "Oh a customer, go on get in there and change, and then come back down" she slid the door closed and Kiriko stood holding the clothes, she turned round and put them on a woven basket in the corner, placing Cly down on the sink she proceeded to change.
The clothes literally drowned her, Kiriko chuckled and flapped the sleaves round like a bird and wriggled her hands free, pulling the draw string so it was at least a little tight around her small waist. Kiriko stood looking in the long mirror dressed in a baggy red jumper and bottoms, giggling loudly at her appearance in the mirror. Kiriko gasped as there was a knock at the door, and stood back from it, "Hai.. um.. im done."Christy wandered in and laughed shaking her head, "well dont you look funny.. haha"Kiriko blushed and giggled a little nodding in agreement, "well come on then.." Christy signalled for Kiriko to exit and they both walked back down the stairs, Christy holding a hand over her mouth to supress further laughter.
Through a door a television lit the room, Kiriko's eye widened as she saw the news, images of a bretonian battleship cracking and exploding around leeds flooded the screen, she swallowed and Christy put a hand infront of Kiriko's eyes, she looked up to Christy who had a calming smile. "enough of that... come on... lets get something warm down you, eh?"Kiriko smiled and nodded quickly, thinking about food she scurried ahead of Christy into the shop area.
Kiriko sat down in her usual spot and placed Cly down on the counter, a single Constable was sat in a corner booth, keeping quite to herself. Kiriko paid her no mind and looked at the menu, to which she knew by heart but could still never decide what to have. "umm...... I will haaaave....... this!"Christy was mildly suprised that she had picked something, "Apple turnover hmm? those are nice, you like apples?"Kiriko bounced in her stool and nodded "I do like them, but the skin is annoying sometimes, I dont like the skin I think". Christy chuckled at the response she expected to hear, "I thought not, well its a good job they dont have the skin on them isnt it? haha, it wont be long".
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