Alexei rushes to a nearby phone on the wall, covered in red, reading "command room" on the handle. He picks it up, to hear a voice on the other end. "Control." Alexei speaks up. "Cut Neural Net connection to Meeting Room A, do it now!" he shouts. the control room doesn't hesitate, the strength of his voice almost willing them to proceed to interface with Base control systems. Bride looks to Alexei, a fire in her eyes never seen before. "YOU DO AND..." she says as she's cut off by a change in the hologram, returning to the terminal with a simple error message: "ERROR 19A - CONNECTION TO NEURAL NET LOST". Bride stands there, looking at him. Tears begin running down her face. She then runs off as she notices it, heading to the bathroom. "Bride-san!" Honya says, rushing out the door after her. Nodoka turns to Alexei. "... I hate to say this.. but thank you. " She turns to Mark. "Go check on her - the only bathrooms in the annex are Unisex, I assume that's where she's heading. Otherwise, you have my clearance to pursue her and calm her down.." she says to him, staring him dead in the eye, as a commander would give a recruit.
Bride rushes down the hallway, heading into a bathroom to the left, near the lobby, her crying audible. Honya follows close behind, moving with haste to help her "sister". As she approaches the door to the bathroom, she hears a click, the magnetic lock enabled. "Bride-san! Please!" She says to Bride, worried about her. "Go to hell! I'm sick of dragging everyone down!" Bride responds, bawling as she does so. Honya starts desperately bashing against the door, trying to break it down.
Mark starts to but hesitates, the anger at himself for how he just treated Bride almost paralyzing him. Seline notices this and stands up "Conway go! That's an order!" says, channeling her time as a Sargent in the Core. This rattles Mark out of his daze, and he begins running after Bride "Yes Ma'am!" He calls out instinctively.
After sprinting to reach Bride and Honya, he notices the Latter trying to break the door down. Seeing this, he feels like his heart drops and his mind instantly goes to the worst case scenario. "Oh no... No no no no! Bride? Damn it! Honya move!" He says, preparing to bash the door in.
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The room, after their departure, has turned somber. Nodoka looks around, and then to Seline. "I'm sorry for her outburst. She... she has done this before. Bride has this tendency to.. have strong emotional outbursts." She looks down to her lap, worried about her friend. Alexei looks to the Terminal and opens the camera view on the Hologram, Seeing Mark busting down the door with not much luck. He unlocks the door remotely, allowing it to be broken down with ease. "I'm going to go aid them, Hanamura." He says to her, heading out to help Bride. "Yes, Go.." She says, then looking to Birdie. "Are you alright, Birdie?"
"Huh? Oh, yes... It's just, I didn't expect her to go that far. Birdie says, distractedly. Seline sighs frustrated at the recent events "It's not your fault Hanamura... And I don't really have any ground to stand on when it comes to emotional outbursts. Hell, when we were still in the Core I almost killed a pilot in the No Fire Zone... Mark Pulled me off of the controls and forced docking procedures. And let's be honest, Lost company has all of us high strung... Can't imagine what Bride's going through."
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Honya proceeds to join Mark, moving in Unison as the door starts to collapse from their joint barrages upon it. "San! Ni! Ichi!" Honya shouts as she counts down their strikes, repeating it thrice, only for the door to break open. Bride's head rests in a overflooded toilet, as it seems she's drowned herself. Honya notices this and Drags her out, spilling water about as it is displaced. "Bride, No!" she shouts, disregarding the honorific. She proceeds to check Bride's pulse, placing her hand on her body's vein..
A beat. Her heart still beats, but barely. Alexei rushes to the doorway. Honya, noticing this, turns to him whilst she prepares to start CPR. "Alexei-san! Alert medical, get them in here! Please!" He simply nods and rushes to the Lobby to use the phone. Honya, after opening Bride's airway, starts listening for breathing - Nothing. She moves her hands together above her friend's lungs, and begins to push hard, downwards. "Yon, San, Ni, Ichi, Rei.. Yon, San, Ni, Ichi, Rei.. Yon, San, Ni, Ichi, Rei.." she says under her breath, beginning compressions. She turns to mark While doing so. "Get me the Defibrillator, it's just down the hall!"
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Nodoka turns to Seline. "Yes, I was there when you defected from the Core to form the Harpies. But still.." Nodoka looks to the Hologram, still showing the camera footage. She realizes, by looking closely at the mirror, that she can see Bride collapsed on the floor. A shocked expression immediately placates her face. "****, Bride!" She then rushes out the door to follow them.
Birdie is confused at Hanamura's reaction at first, then she notices what's on the Hologram and has to cover her mouth to stifle a scream. Seline and Noel both start running as fast as possible to help Mark and Honya, while Jason just looks on in horror "Dear God... Bride, what have you done?"
Upon the door breaking down and seeing Bride, Mark nearly collapses from shock. "No... Bride! Oh Jesus... No..." It takes a few seconds for Mark to realize that anything was said, but he shakes his head and sprints to where the Defibrillator is and returns,
doing his best to ready it for use. "Come on, come on! Bride! You are NOT allowed to die, ya hear me!? Damn it Bride! Come on!!"
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Honya pulls off for a second to check the breathing. She's still weak when it comes to a pulse, but her airway seems clear as air comes in and out. "Mark-kun! Over here!" she says, as she rapidly disrobes her friend, revealing her upper chest and applying a conductive gel. "Set voltage to below 6 Volts! Charge in 5!" she says as she works to start the defibrillator with Mark. Nodoka looks over them, worried about her friend. Alexei moves into the area again, and blocks Noel and Seline from continuing. "I'm sorry, but I can't let any more people through or we risk having issues getting medical in here.. I know she's your friend too, but please - wait here. I'll let you know how she's doing once we get medical in here."
The Defibrillator makes a slowly gradual humming noise, resulting in a solid tone, alerting the users that it is charged. "Mark-kun, on her chest, now!" She says as she keeps monitoring the heartbeat.
A Scimitar arrives in the docking bays. Its Diana's ship. As she exits the vessel, she can feel numerous emotions surrounding her. At a moment, feeling something weak, almost like a walking corpse. Diana slowly walked towards faded signal, unaware of its identity.
Shortly, after a few minutes of walking stranded on the cold corridors of the station, a medical team runs past her. Almost scared, she speaks loudly to one of the medics. "H-hey! Whats the rush god damnit!". The medic stares at Diana's eyes, throwing a rather uninterested view, "There is someone needing medical attention, someone called Bride or so.". As soon as she heard the name in danger, she loses her balance for a second, using the wall to stand back on her feet. She grabs the medic speaking rather angered, and scared at the same time: Where is she?! TELL ME! Tell me now!. "Ngahhh! She is in the Administrative Annexa! You have to take the only lift leading there!
That way!" . As the medic spoke, Diana has dropped him, and started rushing towards the lift leading to the Annexa while holding her hand swiftly on her chest with the right arm, and pushing anyone who would stand in her way to the lift, whispering: ""No- this can't happen- No no no no no!
It can't be me! It can't!" .
As she reaches the lift, she desperately pushes the button for the lift to open. Few seconds pass, and the lift opens. Diana quickly enters and pushes the button for the Administrative Annexa. As the lift rises, she looks in the mirror. The sweat, concern and horror could be seen on her face, hoping in her mind that everything will be okay. She circles inside the lift a few times, until the door opens, and then bounces off looking left and right, walking down the hall until reaching Annexa.
"Bride! Nodoka! Anyone?! Where are you?! Is that you behind the door? Open up!", she says while desperately knocking on the door, with tears falling slowly from her eyes.
"Clear!" Mark shouts as the Defibrillator discharges. "Goddamn it Bride, when you recover it's gonna be hard not to slap you for this. You eff'd up sure, it happens, this is not a good reason to off yourself..." He says under his breath. Seline just looks on as Honya and Mark try and save Bride, Noel is almost furious. "There has to something we can do! Anything!? Why? Why would she do this?"
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Alexei notices her at the door, and proceeds to open it. "Keep your distance, Aaliyah. Medical is coming soon." he says, under his breath, stressed out as it is by the situation.
Bride lays there on the floor, nearly lifeless, her heart not recieving proper instructions from the brain to keep blood, and in situ, power going to both her QPU and her body.
Honya works closely with Mark, trying to resuscitate their loved one.
"Breathing normalized, Checking pulse.." Honya declares as she checks her friend. "Stable! Pulse 90 BPM!" She says, only for Bride to cough up water from her lungs, and turn onto her side, coughing up the rest. She slowly comes to, her blue eyes showing a slowly clearing image of her friends around her. Her coughing persists, not letting up, only to slowly cease as her breathing normalizes. The first thing she sees before her, is Mark, followed by Honya. "... Wha... nnngh... Mark..?" she says, still weak.