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Log Number A-001
Date/Time: June 26th, 826 AS | 0402 Universal Time
Location: Outside Tau-44, Sirius Sector
Subject: Alone
Everything since Maehara was destroyed has.. for lack of a better word, been better than expected - the expected having been our personnel turning on the High Command. We're doing okay for ourselves on the Utsunomiya, what with hydroponics keeping us alive and well fed, however, the Seraphine is currently combat ineffective. We're in a holding pattern in deep space, and have been using a unique technique for jumping using its' jump drive to move the fleet slowly over time, culling the time to destination from 29 years to about 6 months. In the intervening time, We've had no connection to the Neural Net, and as such, We are in the dark about what has happened in the past months. As such, I've been tasked with finding out - and as such, I'm going alone.
No Harpies.. none of my escorts.. it all feels so.. alien. I feel like where we were when Hanamura-sensei fled from Kusari all those years ago.. except all I have is myself.. It feels like so long ago, now.
I'm only now reentering known space.. The only reliable contacts I have are in Natio Octivarium. I'm going to make contact with Taskmaster Kane and the Natio and find out what all has happened. After that.. I've been tasked with trying to find allies in the Sigmas and vicinity that could work with us once we return to Sirius. Personally.. I grow tired of the speeches, the calls to order Hanamura-sensei keeps declaring. We're not rioting, but if anything, we're all just depressed that things went south so fast. It's as if there was a concentrated effort to bring us down at word go by the powers that be.
But I digress.. She's assured me that we're going to return, come hell or high water.. I will hold her to that. I love her dearly.. but I'm not as naive as I used to be.
I've hailed Taskmaster Kane and I should be able to land this fighter at Canberra. From there I'm going to request an appointment with the Natio to discuss matters. I think they'll understand our dilemma. From what I've heard the Natio has had to do dissapearing acts before.
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Log Number A-002
Date/Time: June 27th, 826 AS | 1445 Universal Time
Location: Cortez, Independent Worlds
Subject: House on Fire
I reported to Birdie-chan about the situation in Bretonia.. It's not pretty.
The Allied forces are all holed up around New London and most of the system is in ruins. It's like scorched earth - the Gauls are destroying everything they see. I did manage to kill a high ranking officer on patrol. Forgot his name, but the rank that came up from his return was that of a Colonel. I'm certain a part of the GRN's command is going to be hurting at least slightly from that one.
I am personally frustrated with the situation here.. We left for six months and all this happens.. I fear the worst when Elena-chan's home planet.. Cambridge.. Whatever god may hold dominion on this realm, please do not let that happen. I'm on my way to Liberty now, and moving onward to Rheinland. From there, I will check on Freeport 11, and then after that, do a quick patrol through Kusari and see how the war with Rheinland is holding up..
I am not going to lie. I personally am depressed by the situation here.. but then again.. I've been depressed since we had to leave the Sigmas.
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Log Number A-003
Date/Time: June 27th, 826 AS | 1611 Universal Time
Location: Freeport 11, Omicron Delta
Subject: No Place Like Home
I've arrived at Freeport 11, and to much surprise, nothing much has changed on the surface outside of a lack of Nomad attacks. I'm tired from having been up all this time since I arrived. I went to the station Diguised as my old alias, and I've been using some casual wear to help blend in. If all goes well, I should just blend in. I'm trying to keep myself out of plain sight for the sake of protecting myself. I don't want people, especially those with a bone to pick with Hanamura-sensei - to know I'm back in Delta. I won't be here but a day, but still - I'd rather keep any enemies of hers out of my hair.
Rheinland and Liberty don't have much to show as I mainly did a buzzing by of their systems. Harmony now has a fully fledged station with shipyards.. it bewilders me to see they're still alive - You would think that LIberty would have sent a battlegroup to eradicate them, but what with the system's travel problems and the Roi... I guess their inaction is understandable.
Rheinland apparently is working with the EFL on some project in Frankfurt - I didn't stick around to find out what, but I did see a EFL Trade lane present on the way to Munich.
I don't know what to really do from here. I will have to go to Kusari, and then back to the Natio to meet with with a delegate from there to get a clearer picture.
I did see a Orillion's Legacy ship before I docked - A doctor Callahan.. The name rings a bell. Maybe Vex-kun and Kalh-sama are still alive.. once I have things more clear.. I could probably ask to speak with her.
Anywho.. I'm going to bed. To think.. I'm only a skip away from where this whole mess started. We should have held our ground..
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Log Number A-004
Date/Time: July 7th, 826 AS | 1000 Universal Time
Location: Canberra Star City, Tau-44
Subject: Room and Board
I've returned to the Natio after staying a while at Freeport 11.
Not much to report, but I'm planning on making an appointment to speak to whoever took then-Taskmaster, now Adjutant Kane's place as our delegate in the government. I haven't heard back from him, which has me concerned for his health. He did mention some sort of injury if I recall right, but I hope he has not relapsed.
Hanamura-sensei said that the battlegroup would be arriving on the outskirts of Tau-44 inside a certain Nebulaic cloud just outside of the star system within a week, and she wanted me to hail her when she arrived.
I saw some pilots head off to Roussillon for a engagement with the Gallic Navy. I also heard reports that things have gone south for the Council. Things could not be more bleak, even if I tried.
Here's hoping that whatever help we could recieve from the Natio to get ourselves going again, that it will eventually lead us to return to Kusari somehow.
Keiji Namura.. that man will pay dearly for destroying Maehara... our home.
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Date/Time: April 19th, 834 AS | 0000 Universal Time
Location: N/A
Subject: Alone
The girl's voice is visibly shaken and depressed, on the verge of tears.
I have.. been asleep for so.. so long. My body aches, and craves nourishment after all this time.
Hanamura-sensei and the others.. have been gone for several years. After.. I lost contact with them I placed myself in cryogenic stasis.. in the hopes that they would return. I woke up to find Sirius has changed.. so.. so much. The world I knew.. is so far away now. No more Harpies.. No more of Bride-nee-san.. No more.. Hanamura-sensei..
I.. I hope they're still alive.. all of them. Somewhere. Because honestly.. that is the only thing keeping me from.. taking my ship.. and priming its' nuclear reactor to detonate as it crashes into the Kishiro headquarters in Oita.. is the hope that they're still alive.
But.. for now.. I need to.. I need to find help.. Marisa-san.. Hunt-sama.. There has to be someone out there.. someone from the old days.. who can at least give me some stability.. and maybe.. give me something resembling meaning and purpose in my life again.
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Date/Time: April 21st, 834 AS | 1802 Universal Time
Location: N/A
Subject: N/A
The inside of a Hagane can be made out. Mieko's eyes are red from hours of crying, bawling her heart out. On the right control panel rests her automatic pistol.
This message.. is for Hanamura-sensei.. Bride-nee-san.. and the others.. and anyone who.. comes across this recording. For too long, I have ran, and ran.. at least.. when I was with Hanamura-sensei.. I didn't feel like it was running.. I felt.. alive. But now.. years have passed, and this world is so much colder.. so much.. different.
I.. have grown tired of running alone. The Harpies are gone.. Vex-san is gone.. Hunt-sama is dead.. and Marisa.. has yet to respond. I.. I grow tired of this world.. and yearn for the sweet release of death. Golanski.. Kishiro.. Lost Company.. The Commune.. I guess you.. all of you, can count your victory. It may not be Hanamura-sensei's head.. but I am tired of running - and it is my head you will get..
The girl takes the pistol, tears in eyes and frustrated emotionally. She aims it at her head.
I'm sorry.. Hanamura-sensei.. nee-san.. minna-san.. I can't do it anymore...
Goodbye..
Her hand shakes as the barrel rubs against her skull, a subroutine set to commit a non-preserving deletion of her root partition upon the death of her host body. She was all alone now, and would die alone, drowning in self-pity and misery. In days long gone she could have never contemplated taking her own life. But now - she was tired. Her finger starts to pull on the trigger. Memories past from all the experiences she has had in the past 13 years seek through her working memory. A final sanity test, some rogue process somewhere, trying to get her to stop. She pulls tighter and tighter on the trigger.
Nothing. She releases the trigger, and puts the gun down again. She breaks down crying, in tears. She can't will herself to end her life.. maybe because she holds out hope that her friends will come back. Maybe because she just can't give up. She doesn't know - it eludes her. But all now she can do, is cry, which she does, until she eventually passes out, hours later. The feed ends, as an auto-away trigger is activated.
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Log Number 007
Date/Time: April 23rd, 834 AS | 0502 Universal Time
Location: Casa Iekahara, Kieya Woods, Gran Canaria
Subject: New Home
Today I made contact with Curator Firmitas -- or Will, as he goes by, apparently.. His hand reaching out to mine in the depths was enough to lighten my mood. Yesterday.. after what happened.. I went to a house builder with what I could scrounge together - even managing to break into the long-since frozen Starcat Holdings accounts and.. liberate assets. I doubt the Baffin Universal Credit Union will.. be fond of that.. anywho.
The slow freeze of Gran Canaria has left an abundance of land for claiming, and I am the owner of a small home here in the Kieya Woods. It is quite tranquil, the scenery of pine trees and flowing rivers sates my mind. I wonder if this is what Earth was like for Hanamura-sensei.. at least in the rural, mountainous parts of where she lived.
The house is small, but it is homely. Honestly.. I am content with the idea that this may be where I spend my last days. There is something calming about my life ending here, potentially.. amongst the flowers, trees and beautiful animals of this freezing world.. Gran Canaria I feel is an analogy for me.. my heart has grown so cold - and possibly.. one day it would all freeze over, until I am no more.
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Log Number 007
Date/Time: April 23rd, 834 AS | 0502 Universal Time
Location: Freeport 14, Inverness System, Auxesian Space
Subject: New Dawn
I met with Will-san. He was more than amicable with me.. and we had a long discussion about life.. the world.. and me. Suffice to say.. while I hold out hope for Hanamura-sensei and the others to return - I need somewhere.. something to anchor me. Tommorow I will hail Auxesia for recruitment. I hope that.. in spite of what happened before Leviathan, that they will welcome me.. and I will find what I need to move on.
Until then.. I will do some personal honing.. and practice this guitar I acquired from a person here on the Freeport.
[24.04.2024 00:57:06] Yorha: Will-san, I have seen your vessel on Re-entry, please head to the following coordinates. We will be meeting at my abode in the.
[24.04.2024 00:57:12] Yorha: Kieya Woods.
[24.04.2024 00:58:05] Yorha: << [36.22102N 104.22393E] >>
[24.04.2024 00:58:09] Proctor: [The Ghoul screams through the atmosphere as it moves through the skies of Gran Canaria towards the appointed--
[24.04.2024 00:58:41] Proctor: --coordinates, snow and clouds billowing in its wake. Eventually, it finds a clearing to set down in, landing on struts.]
[24.04.2024 00:59:27] Yorha: [William is greeted by a small, wood-built home, slightly larger than a terran log cabin. Snow slowly pours from the heavens..
[24.04.2024 01:00:10] Yorha: as lights from candles flicker in the windows inside, the cabin clearly visible as the ship touches down.]
[24.04.2024 01:02:49] Proctor: [A middle-aged man emerges from the cockpit, pushing back his graying blond hair with a robotic hand. He looks about the--
[24.04.2024 01:03:28] Proctor: --clearing, before hopping down, poncho billowing atop his armored flight suit. He walks towards the cabin, approaching--
[24.04.2024 01:03:35] Proctor: --the door and giving it a tentative knock.]
[24.04.2024 01:04:47] Yorha: [As William knocks, the door is quickly unlocked. Behind the door, an eye peeks out, above it slivers of purple hair. The door-
[24.04.2024 01:05:44] Yorha: -closes, only for the sliding of a bolt lock to be heard. The door opens again to reveal Mieko, her kimono from nearly a decade
[24.04.2024 01:06:39] Yorha: ago, showing signs of unkemptness - dirt, grime and even blood upon the crimson article. Her eyes are their usual blue, but are
[24.04.2024 01:08:19] Yorha: enveloped in a sea of red skin. Her hair is ragged, barely keeping its' original form. Her face lacks the smile she once had.]
[24.04.2024 01:10:23] Proctor: [The years had not been kind to Will, either. More scars crossed his face, bags under his eyes and wrinkles in the more--
[24.04.2024 01:11:22] Proctor: --weather places showed a history of rough battles and wars. He gave a little smirk, despite it all.] Hell of a place to meet.-
[24.04.2024 01:11:34] Proctor: --I hope you're not gonna dump my body in the woods or somethin', kid.
[24.04.2024 01:12:58] Yorha: [Mieko shakes her head.] No. Honestly.. if things go poorly, I might ask you to grant me that final release, Will-san.
[24.04.2024 01:13:10] Yorha: [She gestures him inside, out of the cold.]
[24.04.2024 01:17:21] Proctor: Well, I ain't a hitman, so you can count that possibility out. [He enters, boots thunking on the creaky floor.]
[24.04.2024 01:18:08] Yorha: [She simply nods. In the back of her mind, she fears that too in death, she will be alone.] Would you like some tea..?
[24.04.2024 01:19:00] Yorha: [She closes the door, and resecures the lock. The inside of the cabin is sparse, with a small kitchen, fireplace, bed and table
[24.04.2024 01:19:47] Yorha: for dining. It's clear that care was put into the place. A picture of Hunt, as well as someone named "Marisa Kita", rest
[24.04.2024 01:20:41] Yorha: above her bed, with inline plaques reading their names, along with 'Requiescat in Pace'. She knows by now at least, that the
[24.04.2024 01:21:12] Yorha: Leviathan she knew, is dead - and that the girl who accompanied her and her partner, to Freeport 11 for the first time..
[24.04.2024 01:21:26] Yorha: was at least, long gone.]
[24.04.2024 01:22:21] Yorha: [Near her bed, pictures of her, Hanamura, her sister, and the Harpies rest - remembrance of days gone by.]
[24.04.2024 01:23:35] Proctor: [Will's eyes lingered on Hunt's picture, his smirk disappearing and becoming sullen for a few moments.] ...I think I see.
[24.04.2024 01:29:13] Yorha: [Mieko joins him.] He.. was a good friend of ours.. he even offered to be my mentor. I wanted to accept his offer but..
[24.04.2024 01:29:35] Yorha: Well.. we never saw him again after our visit to Ismara.
[24.04.2024 01:30:29] Proctor: What do you know? About... what happened?
[24.04.2024 01:31:56] Yorha: .. Nothing. I.. was going to ask, but.. the man who took his moniker - Leviathan.. well.. other than being what seemed to be
[24.04.2024 01:32:42] Yorha: a replica.. I.. also.. sort of made a great faux pas in front of him.
[24.04.2024 01:32:50] Proctor: How so?
[24.04.2024 01:33:31] Yorha: ... The Gammuians. A while back the PRIME destroyed one of them - Roku-kun.. 'AI06'. They were a kind entity who..
[24.04.2024 01:34:00] Yorha: I cared about. In the heat of the stress and depression I misspoke.. saying that the Gammuians didn't get pity from me.. when..
[24.04.2024 01:34:19] Yorha: I meant the PRIME. They chided me, rightfully so.
[24.04.2024 01:34:50] Yorha: I made myself sparse, and left from Inverness immediately after. I was both ashamed.. and miserable.
[24.04.2024 01:35:24] Yorha: Hunt-sama..[She starts to tear up.] He was someone I looked up to. And now.. I have no one..
[24.04.2024 01:35:50] Yorha: Hanamura-sensei and the others are in deep space.. Marisa-san, the one who brought us to Freeport 11 a decade ago.. is gone.
[24.04.2024 01:36:16] Yorha: All but the dead are unknown to me, but you, Will-san.
[24.04.2024 01:36:52] Yorha: In a sea of vast stars, where trillions if not.. quintillions of humans and General AI alike, populate the Sirius sector..
[24.04.2024 01:36:56] Yorha: I have never felt so alone.
[24.04.2024 01:37:00] Proctor: [Silence reigned for a few moments. He crossed his arms, taking a deep breath.] Most are dead or missing. It's... the nature--
[24.04.2024 01:37:59] Proctor: --of our lives, out in space. But eventually, new people come in to your life, if you let them. It's... a lot of heartbreak,--
[24.04.2024 01:38:33] Proctor: --holding on to the past. A lot. [He paces over to the picture of Hunt.] And sometimes, it holds -you-.
[24.04.2024 01:39:22] Yorha: [Mieko, nods solemnly at William's words.] You're right.. But at the same time, those same people gave me purpose.
[24.04.2024 01:40:09] Yorha: Without them.. I feel aimless. I don't know where to go. Who to trust.
[24.04.2024 01:41:18] Proctor: Can't rely on other people to give you purpose, if you can help it. Gotta find it for yourself.
[24.04.2024 01:44:13] Yorha: [She nods once more.] I.. see. In.. In that case.. [she wipes away her tears. Her sleeves are clearly dirtied with such liquid]
[24.04.2024 01:44:38] Yorha: I guess I have to find.. somewhere to belong.
[24.04.2024 01:46:04] Proctor: [He nods.] S'important. What's dear to you, beyond others?
[24.04.2024 01:46:46] Yorha: [She thinks long and hard about the matter. Silence fills the room. What would normally take an AI nanoseconds.. seems to take
[24.04.2024 01:47:45] Yorha: minutes. Emotions like they have been before, cloud her ability to process things succinctly.] Companionship. A sense of..
[24.04.2024 01:47:51] Yorha: belonging. Cyclical, I know.
[24.04.2024 01:48:36] Yorha: But.. other than tracking down what happened to my creator, and my past before Hanamura-sensei.. not much.
[24.04.2024 01:48:53] Proctor: You know, it's funny. That's how cults get people.
[24.04.2024 01:49:45] Yorha: True. Nee-san never told you, how me, her, and Hanamura-sensei met, did she?
[24.04.2024 01:50:00] Proctor: Never.
[24.04.2024 01:50:50] Yorha: [She lights up a bit.] Hanamura-sensei was a first-generation Kusari, cryogenically frozen until around 823 AS.
[24.04.2024 01:51:22] Yorha: A subsidiary of Kishiro, had been cryogenically freezing people as part of a government program of some sort dating back to..
[24.04.2024 01:52:08] Yorha: the landing of the colony ship upon New Tokyo. She originally came from Sol. After she ran off during their experimentation..
[24.04.2024 01:52:41] Yorha: she fled to acquire a second-hand starflier using stolen credits.
[24.04.2024 01:53:00] Yorha: The ship was originally owned by someone who had a hand in creating me and my sister.
[24.04.2024 01:53:24] Yorha: The dealer apparently didn't bother to check the AI slots onboard for us.. and sold us at a low price of 17,000 SC.
[24.04.2024 01:54:01] Yorha: When she escaped into orbit, we activated and cut engines. She.. pleaded with us to let her escape. She was alone and afraid.
[24.04.2024 01:54:32] Yorha: A Keisatsu patrolman approached, and attempted to extricate her from the ship.. eventually.. against our directives, we fired..
[24.04.2024 01:55:04] Yorha: on the detective, killing him with fire from one of the Neutron cannons aboard. Suffice to say.. we left Kusari shortly after.
[24.04.2024 01:55:29] Yorha: We had no memory of our creator. All we had was what intelligence we were provided with, and common morality directives.
[24.04.2024 01:55:41] Yorha: Hanamura-sensei was all we had. And we were all she had.
[24.04.2024 01:55:58] Yorha: I.. finally feel.. how Hanamura-sensei felt all those years ago.
[24.04.2024 01:56:10] Yorha: It's.. a sick irony, isn't it?
[24.04.2024 01:56:22] Yorha: Years later, seperated from family and friends.
[24.04.2024 01:56:22] Proctor: Just as much as companionship is part of the human condition, so is loneliness. Can't have one without the other.
[24.04.2024 01:56:54] Yorha: Mhm.
[24.04.2024 01:57:40] Yorha: I hold out hope she and the others.. are still alive.
[24.04.2024 01:57:58] Yorha: But.. there's no use in crying over jettisoned synth paste.
[24.04.2024 01:58:32] Yorha: .. Hehe...
[24.04.2024 01:58:58] Yorha: [she laughs a bit.] Hanamura-sensei always hated those. She said she couldn't stand eating food from 'a toothpaste tube'.
[24.04.2024 01:59:41] Proctor: The one thing I appreciate about Gauls... is their hatred for the stuff.
[24.04.2024 02:00:48] Yorha: Mm.. Gallia.. I have yet to hear much from over there.
[24.04.2024 02:01:19] Yorha: Freeport 11 apparently even, has changed.. and not for the better.
[24.04.2024 02:02:07] Proctor: Everything's changed. Absolutely everything.
[24.04.2024 02:03:11] Yorha: I see.
[24.04.2024 02:03:43] Yorha: Honestly.. I have no idea where to go. I don't know if after my faux pas.. Auxesia would humor allowing me into their ranks.
[24.04.2024 02:04:25] Yorha: Beyond Auxesia.. I daren't go to Kusari. We made enough foes there before we left. 8 year old wounds or no..
[24.04.2024 02:04:41] Yorha: People will still remember.. and I bet the Keisatsu still has a warrant for my termination.
[24.04.2024 02:05:20] Yorha: Zoner society is falling apart.
[24.04.2024 02:05:24] Proctor: I'm certain you haven't committed a terrible sin. Believe me.
[24.04.2024 02:05:40] Yorha: Really..?
[24.04.2024 02:07:38] Proctor: Auxesia was made on fuck-ups. It's all about wanting to get better.
[24.04.2024 02:07:43] Proctor: Wanting to improve.
[24.04.2024 02:08:26] Yorha: [She looks to him, before firmly nodding her head.] I want to improve, to do better.
[24.04.2024 02:09:57] Proctor: Then you're fine.
[24.04.2024 02:10:45] Yorha: [She warms up even more. A bit of the smile from her younger years coming back.] Then.. I think I know what I must do.
[24.04.2024 02:10:59] Proctor: Mm?
[24.04.2024 02:11:09] Yorha: I hope Hanamura-sensei and them will return.. and that I can be by their side..
[24.04.2024 02:11:24] Yorha: But until then.. I will hone myself under the guidance of Auxesia.
[24.04.2024 02:11:47] Yorha: Refine, and improve. So that I may be stronger than I was before.
[24.04.2024 02:14:33] Proctor: Well. Glad to see another one coming for the cause.
[24.04.2024 02:15:22] Proctor: I certainly hope you'll fit in a bit better, ah?
[24.04.2024 02:15:29] Yorha: [She briefly hugs him.] Thank you, Will-san. I greatly.. greatly appreciate you being here.
[24.04.2024 02:16:05] Yorha: [She nods.] Yes. I will diligently adhere to the teachings of my superiors, and act out the will of the Technocracy for the..
[24.04.2024 02:16:12] Yorha: benefit of all under its' protection.
[24.04.2024 02:17:03] Proctor: [He reciprocates the hug, eyes still fixating sometimes on the portrait of Hunt.] Well... don't get too hung up on the ideals.
[24.04.2024 02:17:15] Proctor: Remember to remain yourself.
[24.04.2024 02:17:52] Yorha: [She acknowledges his statement.] Yes sir. In the end, there is only I. I will not blindly follow but adhere to which I see as
[24.04.2024 02:17:58] Yorha: self-evident.
[24.04.2024 02:19:01] Proctor: Look at that. Just needing the right pep talk and reassurance. I'm magic or somethin'.
[24.04.2024 02:19:34] Yorha: Honestly, all I needed, was someone to help me. And I have to thank you for that. As the old human saying goes..
[24.04.2024 02:19:42] Yorha: One man.. woman.. or AI - cannot be an island.
[24.04.2024 02:20:07] Yorha: We all need someone sooner or later, in one fashion or another.
[24.04.2024 02:21:01] Proctor: Guess you're heading to Inverness soon, then.
[24.04.2024 02:21:16] Proctor: Either that, or hitch a ride from the Orion.
[24.04.2024 02:21:44] Yorha: Yes. I will be returning. I need to sort out securing the homestead before I depart, but I will be in Inverness in the coming
[24.04.2024 02:22:06] Yorha: days. That being said, If such matters were not an issue - I would gladly ask to have you take me there.
[24.04.2024 02:22:59] Proctor: Whenever you're ready, I can guide the way.
[24.04.2024 02:23:16] Yorha: Actually..
[24.04.2024 02:23:52] Yorha: [She stands there silent for a moment.] An old friend of Hanamura-sensei's.. one who runs the bar in Elsmere. She reached out..
[24.04.2024 02:24:32] Yorha: Earlier. I have asked her to arrange security measures. Allow me to collect my things, and I will join you in space. My ship is
[24.04.2024 02:24:46] Yorha: parked nearby in a clearing.
[24.04.2024 02:25:05] Proctor: Right. And well, Proctor's out front. I'll meet you up there.
[24.04.2024 02:27:51] Yoruha: Datalink is established.
[24.04.2024 02:27:56] Proctor: Time to get underway. Try to keep up, kid.
[24.04.2024 02:27:59] Yoruha: It's been a long time since I used that feature.
[24.04.2024 02:28:06] Yoruha: I will!
[24.04.2024 02:28:27] Yoruha: [She watches Will blast off into the distance.] Whoa..
[24.04.2024 02:28:33] Proctor: Form up, if you can.
[24.04.2024 02:28:38] Proctor: It'll help sync the speeds.
[24.04.2024 02:28:44] Yoruha: Right.
[24.04.2024 02:29:01] Proctor: Proctor's a good ship. Carried me through enough scrapes.
[24.04.2024 02:29:26] Yoruha: Meanwhile nearly all of my ships are on the Seraphine..
[24.04.2024 02:30:00] Proctor: Just think of it as a fresh start, or something.
[24.04.2024 02:31:06] Yoruha: It does feel that way. A new beginning.
[24.04.2024 02:31:17] Proctor: Most people would kill for that.
[24.04.2024 02:32:09] Proctor: Gonna go through a little backdoor. Avoid Bretonia.
[24.04.2024 02:35:02] Yoruha: A back door, ne..? Sirius really has changed.
[24.04.2024 02:35:31] Yoruha: It used to be you would have to go through Bretonia to get to Inverness through the Omegas.. lest you wanted to go..
[24.04.2024 02:35:36] Yoruha: through Rheinland and Liberty.
[24.04.2024 02:35:49] Proctor: This one is treacherous, so...
[24.04.2024 02:35:52] Proctor: Careful, kid.
[24.04.2024 02:35:59] Yoruha: Hai. I understand.
[24.04.2024 02:37:43] Proctor: Next one is rough, too.
[24.04.2024 02:37:55] Proctor: Bit of a field of fire.
[24.04.2024 02:38:16] Yoruha: Mm. If Marisa-san could drag me, Hanamura-sensei, and nee-san into the depths of the Omicrons, far into Nomad space..
[24.04.2024 02:38:28] Yoruha: Then this will be fine.
[24.04.2024 02:39:36] Proctor: Manual flying.
[24.04.2024 02:39:47] Yoruha: Understood.
[24.04.2024 02:41:59] Proctor: Time for a graveyard...
[24.04.2024 02:43:33] Proctor: Feels like yesterday the Eidolon Wraith was coming in for repairs to Leniex...
[24.04.2024 02:43:43] Proctor: Before we ever had a home.
[24.04.2024 02:43:49] Yoruha: The Eidolon Wraith.. that name brings back memories.
[24.04.2024 02:44:49] Yoruha: We had met with Vex Upsilon and.. Kalh, I forgot his first name, to discuss things regarding Freeport 11 and the sort.
[24.04.2024 02:45:15] Yoruha: Leviathan had said Vex was missing. I hope she is alright and.. if she is dead, she went peacefully.
[24.04.2024 02:45:22] Yoruha: Or went out doing what she loved.
[24.04.2024 02:45:53] Proctor: Kalh took on some new identity. Asmodeus or something. He still works with Aux, oddly enough.
[24.04.2024 02:46:57] Yoruha: Hmm.. I remember him being quite.. curt.
[24.04.2024 02:47:07] Proctor: Typical of most Order spooks.
[24.04.2024 02:48:17] Yoruha: Mmhm.. The only person who was still with the Order who ever offered me kindness was one of Golanski's adjutants - Sara Shepard
[24.04.2024 02:48:35] Yoruha: . Though, truth be told, even that kindness didn't last long.
[24.04.2024 02:48:49] Proctor: It's the way of those zealots.
[24.04.2024 02:49:08] Yoruha: Mmhm. Orillion would be ashamed.
[24.04.2024 02:49:16] Proctor: Somehow, I doubt he would be.
[24.04.2024 02:49:32] Yoruha: How so..?
[24.04.2024 02:49:54] Proctor: That entire lot of self-proclaimed guardians of mankind only see other lifeforms as dangers.
[24.04.2024 02:49:59] Proctor: They're blind to anything else.
[24.04.2024 02:50:11] Yoruha: .. You raise a very valid point in that, Will-san.
[24.04.2024 02:50:30] Yoruha: Remember how I spoke about such things being self-evident?
[24.04.2024 02:50:54] Yoruha: I think our time at Freeport 11 is all the evidence needed.
[24.04.2024 02:51:39] Yoruha: Golanski seemed not to care about just using a nuclear weapon to obliterate the freeport.. Much like Erik Nodtviet.. I think..
[24.04.2024 02:51:44] Yoruha: did prior, with the Core.
[24.04.2024 02:51:51] Proctor: Men of power. Always the same.
[24.04.2024 02:51:56] Yoruha: Though my memory of such things is weak.
[24.04.2024 02:52:33] Yoruha: Yes. A Terran book I once read whilst on Ismara at Hunt's abode - had a wise saying.
[24.04.2024 02:52:38] Yoruha: Absolute Power, corrupts absolutely.
[24.04.2024 02:52:52] Proctor: Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince. Required reading at West Point.
[24.04.2024 02:53:04] Yoruha: A good book.
[24.04.2024 02:53:34] Yoruha: An artificial intelligence like me could always just.. skim through pages of a digital copy but.. what is the fun in that, when
[24.04.2024 02:53:38] Yoruha: you can just take it slowly.
[24.04.2024 02:53:53] Proctor: Well... I suppose that depends on what you feel you are, huh?
[24.04.2024 02:54:17] Yoruha: True. Sometimes taking it slow is better.
[24.04.2024 02:54:55] Yoruha: Humans when they created us, saw us as a way to make their lives easier, faster to get through the mundanity and boring parts.
[24.04.2024 02:55:05] Yoruha: Little did they know the boring parts are what makes life worthwhile.
[24.04.2024 02:55:11] Yoruha: The little things.
[24.04.2024 02:55:16] Proctor: Think it depends on the people.
[24.04.2024 02:55:34] Yoruha: I agree - but that is just a single perspective .
[24.04.2024 02:55:48] Proctor: It's up to you to determine who, and what, you are.
[24.04.2024 02:56:27] Yoruha: I will dock here for now, and hail the Technocracy in the morning for potential recruitment. Wish me well.. and thank you.
[24.04.2024 02:56:43] Proctor: I'm sure you'll do great, kid.
[24.04.2024 02:56:56] Yoruha: I will do my best. Farewell, Will-san.
[24.04.2024 02:57:02] Proctor: Safe skies.