You're the Next Captain of the Nadesico

[hontobakabaka]

[The past few days there had been a drone of Ruri running around, but now she was replaced with some normal unremarkable drone girl in the house on Stevens as Ruri woke up just before sunrise in a new house, in a new bed, next to a sleeping figure with a confused look on her face.  Outside the house at 947 Beulah Street, hovering over it with its loading ramp down covering part of the driveway hovered the Nadesico-C, sitting there as the sun just began to glisten off its hull.]

Action 1 - 947 Beulah Street

[Dressed in a simple dressing gown and bathrobe Ruri peers about the house, she looks a bit older than she did just days ago, though not much.  She walks outside to look around, looks at the address and lets out a breath.]

Two years...  I see.  I wonder how long its been here.

Phone -

I'm not sure how long I was droned, several years passed at home so I'm not sure what has been happening here.  I remember a nuclear bomb attack and that's about it.  The town seems to think I'm the guidance counselor at the High School now.  If the Cosplay Cafe is still open could someone let me know?  Also if there is any new data to be analyzed.  Also apparently the Nadesico is here with me, though I need to check all of her systems over.

Action 2 - School

[Ruri walks into the school, now not as a student but as the force that guides the children to mental stability and prosperity.  You may find her wandering the halls occasionally, or sitting in her new office, putting out a bowl of little chocolates.  After school you will find her sitting at cheer-leading practice, looking horribly unimpressed.]

Why is coaching this my job again?

Action 3 - The Nadesico

[Its big, its shiny, its just hovering there, over the house, and the lot behind the house, and the street....  Its really freaking big.  Ruri is at the entry ramp going over several holoscreens and "hrm"ing a lot.]

Comments

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Not funny ha ha. Just strange that they'd bring a 40,000 ton armored battle ship.

[imoutos]

Ehehe.. This place often does more strange things though, right..? I don't even find this that weird anymore, I guess..

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

True, its just. I almost forgot about it. When I was home it was like I was never here its... Odd.

[imoutos]

... Huh..? Are you saying you forgot all about Mayfield when you were in your own world?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Yes, I woke up there like I was never taken here. Neither I nor Omoikane had any reference to this place.

[imoutos]

That's.. a little sad. [ for a moment she goes quiet, thinking about it. ] If I go home.. I-I would.. like to remember this place. Both the happy and the sad moments, because I don't want to forget everyone..

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

There is that. But, I do think that this leads evidence to the theory that those who are droned go home and aren't destroyed so.... That has to count for something, right?

[imoutos]

... Yes.. Y-you're right.

[ she nods to herself. ]

I shouldn't complain, since that kind of news will.. actually make a lot of people happy, won't it..?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

I would hope so. If anything its something less to despair about and well... Hope is all some of us have here, right?

[imoutos]

Hmm, hope is definitely a good thing too, I think..! E-even if it's a little hard to hope in a place like this, sometimes..

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Never give up hope. Part of me wonders if that's when this place wins, when we give up.

[imoutos]

Do you think there's 'winning' or 'losing' in this place..?

S-so.. it's like a big game..?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

For us, I think its surviving, for this place, I think its about breaking us.

[imoutos]

Thinking of it all as a game though, t-that's.. sort of strange..

Sorry for the late reply, I've been the suck lately.

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

Its just a way of keeping sane for me I guess. If I can put it in terms that I understand it isn't so overwhelming.

it's fine, bby! <3

[imoutos]

But there have to be better ways to keep you.. um, sane, right..? Y-you could try thinking of happy things..!

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

I think its different from person to person. I'd rather be engaged than dreaming about better things, but that's just me.

[imoutos]

But.. it's not a bad thing to just do it every once in a while, right..?

[hontobakabaka.livejournal.com]

No, I don't think so. I just am very bad at it.