[2010-12-16 19::00:42] Doink: [DATE: DECEMBER 23rd, 2015]
[2010-12-16 19::01:02] Doink: [LOCATION: THE SILVER TWILIGHT LODGE, ARKHAM, MASSACHUSETTS]
[2010-12-16 19::04:36] » Henri_DEllaine joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::04:42] Doink: After the unusual but not at all unexpected commotion caused by the youngest pilot, the party returns roughly to normal. It is not, though the type of party in which a young man like Kazimir Marek (PR-freindly identity of Kazimir Prozchaka) seems comfortable with
[2010-12-16 19::06:56] Doink: Before you have a chance to become too awkward, though, a well dressed attendant approaches you. "Master Kazimir?"
[2010-12-16 19::07:47] Kazimir_Prochazka: turns towards the voice and lets out a barely audible "Hmm?" from his corner of the party.
[2010-12-16 19::08:33] Kazimir_Prochazka: also, as it is mandatory in RP, describes his tuxedo as a two-button flat black tuxedo without a cummerbund, instead opting for a vest.
[2010-12-16 19::09:10] Doink: "Madame Castaigne wishes to speak with you in the lounge. If you would be so kind as to follow me?"
[2010-12-16 19::09:48] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Castaigne? When did she ever get back?"
[2010-12-16 19::11:15] Doink: "She merely retired to the lounge, Sir."
[2010-12-16 19::12:35] Kazimir_Prochazka: begins to say "That doesn't answer my--" but throws up his arms and follows the attendant.
[2010-12-16 19::12:47] Kazimir_Prochazka: does not at all grin anytime he hears a yelp or two that sounds like it comes from Mia.
[2010-12-16 19::14:52] Doink: The attendant leads you up the grand staircase in the back of the hall and down a small, dusty hallway before opening a door.
[2010-12-16 19::15:30] Kazimir_Prochazka: sneezes from the combination of dust and cold."
[2010-12-16 19::15:44] Kazimir_Prochazka: "This isn't exactly the homliest lounge."
[2010-12-16 19::18:14] Doink: Inside, you find a small, cozy room, with plush couches and chairs arranged around a small coffee table. There's a small bar backed with an assortment of wine and liquor, and, seated on the couch facing you, drink in hand, Cassilda Castaigne, still wearing her ridiculous golden dress.
[2010-12-16 19::18:46] Doink: Cassilda: "Kazimir! Please, come in. You can leave us now," she says, motioning to the attendant, who bows, closes the door behind you, and leaves.
[2010-12-16 19::19:24] Kazimir_Prochazka: walks into the room and takes stock of it, especially since this seems less like a congenial visit and more like an interrogation.
[2010-12-16 19::19:57] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Hello. Enjoyed your time off from us? It looks like it paid well."
[2010-12-16 19::22:54] Doink: Cassilda smiles. "My reassignment has been quite pleasant, thank you. Can I interest you in anything to drink?"
[2010-12-16 19::24:01] Kazimir_Prochazka: "I'm fine."
[2010-12-16 19::24:59] Doink: Cassilda: "You could at least have a seat, then. It's no good if I'm the only one sitting."
[2010-12-16 19::25:58] Kazimir_Prochazka: cautiously sits in one of the seats on Cassilda's right.
[2010-12-16 19::28:05] Doink: Cassilda sips at her drink. "So, Kazimir. How have you been?"
[2010-12-16 19::28:50] Kazimir_Prochazka: "I've been coping. Mostly with Ruru."
[2010-12-16 19::32:11] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::32:21] Doink: Cassilda chuckles. "She's still a handful? I guess that's to be expected."
[2010-12-16 19::32:42] » Henri_DEllaine joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::33:15] Kazimir_Prochazka: "She isn't exactly Ms. Subtly. The other two are fine."
[2010-12-16 19::34:04] Doink: Cassilda: "Is my replacement doing well? I have heard good things about him."
[2010-12-16 19::34:54] Kazimir_Prochazka: "He's a soldier first, so everything he does more often than not is smooth in execution. No hiccups yet."
[2010-12-16 19::37:07] Doink: Cassilda: "I see. I suppose its for the best." She takes another sip of her drink. "I really do feel terrible about just disappearing like I did, though. I never really got the chance to get to know you all."
[2010-12-16 19::42:21] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::42:47] » Henri_DEllaine joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::43:08] Kazimir_Prochazka: "If you know a soldier to well, when you lose them it hurts even more. Considering that there's been some close calls, it probably was for the best."
[2010-12-16 19::44:20] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Krve pro vítězství."
[2010-12-16 19::47:08] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::47:17] Doink: Cassilda gives you a sad smiles: "It's sad to hear a young man like you speak that way."
[2010-12-16 19::47:19] » Henri_DEllaine joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 19::47:23] Doink: *smile
[2010-12-16 19::49:23] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Well it's a sad world we live in."
[2010-12-16 19::52:05] Doink: Cassilda nods. "It is. But it doesn't have to be."
[2010-12-16 19::55:21] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Which is why you called me here I'm guessing. I saw you in the crowd move towards the rest of them. This isn't a 'let's catch up' chat. You wanted to talk to me about something specific."
[2010-12-16 19::57:08] Doink: Cassilda just smiles. "You're as sharp as ever. Now, I know I'm not your boss anymore, but my new position /does/ give me the opportunity to help you and the rest of the pilots in ways I couldn't before. Maybe make your lives a little bit easier."
[2010-12-16 19::57:58] Kazimir_Prochazka: "So you're removing Mia and Ruru."
[2010-12-16 20::01:20] Doink: She lets out a short laugh. "I want to help /all/ of you, Kazimir. And we /do/ need all of you."
[2010-12-16 20::01:56] Doink: Cassilda: "But perhaps that is a sign of something else. What problems are you having with those two?"
[2010-12-16 20::03:58] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Lack of subtly like I said before. Lack of any purpose what-so-ever for the other. At least Henri and John have some inkling of militar-"
[2010-12-16 20::04:07] Kazimir_Prochazka: "...What part of NERV do you work for exactly now."
[2010-12-16 20::05:33] Doink: Cassilda: "I don't."
[2010-12-16 20::06:18] Doink: She takes a sip of her drink.
[2010-12-16 20::06:34] Kazimir_Prochazka: stiffens up.
[2010-12-16 20::06:50] Kazimir_Prochazka: "The last thing I need now is to cause another international incident. I think I'm done."
[2010-12-16 20::08:40] Doink: Cassilda's smile never falters. "It's alright, Kazimir. My new job may not be with NERV, but I'm still involved in its affairs."
[2010-12-16 20::09:12] Doink: Cassilda: "Besides, I'm not asking you for any secrets, am I? I just want to know how my pilots are doing, and do what I can to help them. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"
[2010-12-16 20::10:11] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Words can be taken and twisted."
[2010-12-16 20::10:57] Doink: She sighs. "I can promise you, Kazimir, that nothing you say here will ever leave this room."
[2010-12-16 20::12:59] Kazimir_Prochazka: "I can't."
[2010-12-16 20::16:46] Kazimir_Prochazka: stays straight.
[2010-12-16 20::17:44] Doink: Cassilda just sips at her drink for a moment, studying you critically. There's something strange in her gaze—a pressure and intensity lurking somewhere behind its pleasant exterior.
[2010-12-16 20::23:12] Doink: Then, suddenly, for a briefest instant, the veil is lifted, and you are given a glimpse of—something. Something terrible and wonderful and impossible for your mind to sort out in such a short time, but that /pierces/ into your mind like a red-hot needle through your skull.
[2010-12-16 20::24:22] Doink: What do you want, Kazimir? it asks?
[2010-12-16 20::24:45] Kazimir_Prochazka: SVOBODA.
[2010-12-16 20::25:21] Kazimir_Prochazka: FREEDOM.
[2010-12-16 20::25:45] Kazimir_Prochazka: Freedom for Czechlasovakia.
[2010-12-16 20::29:33] Doink: And, just as suddenly, its gone, and you're back seated on the couch with Cassilda, smiling sympathetically at you. "I see. You really haven't had much choice in your life, have you?"
[2010-12-16 20::30:52] Kazimir_Prochazka: rubs his head. "Not really. But I'm getting along just fine minus the bumps along the way."
[2010-12-16 20::32:03] Kazimir_Prochazka: tries to hide a rising wave of nausea and splitting headache.
[2010-12-16 20::33:01] Doink: Cassilda: "Well, luckily for you, I think this is a case where I /can/ help you."
[2010-12-16 20::33:39] Kazimir_Prochazka: "This isn't really an offer is it."
[2010-12-16 20::35:02] Doink: Cassilda: "Not at all."
[2010-12-16 20::37:03] Doink: Cassilda: "I'm just looking after your best interests, Kazimir. And this sort of thing happens to be one of my specialties.
[2010-12-16 20::37:05] Doink: "
[2010-12-16 20::38:37] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Sure. I just want to go back home when all this is done. Hopefully with a few less enemies."
[2010-12-16 20::39:06] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Now, if you don't mind, I suddenly feel sick enough to heave a boot out of my throat for some reason. I blame the crab cakes."
[2010-12-16 20::41:58] Doink: Cassilda: "I do wonder about the caterers August chose....  well, it was good talking to you, Kazimir. If you ever need help, I'm never far away."
[2010-12-16 20::42:31] Kazimir_Prochazka: "Thank you..."
[2010-12-16 20::42:58] Kazimir_Prochazka: then bolts up from the seat and runs to the closest bathroom he can find and dry-heaves for a few.
[2010-12-16 20::48:25] » Kazimir_Prochazka left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 20::54:23] » Acenath_Chevalier-Massri is now known as Blast.
[2010-12-16 20::55:34] Doink: The attendant leads you, John, up the stairs and down a hallway to a pleasant, cozy little room, where Cassilda sits on a couch, sipping at a drink.
[2010-12-16 20::55:48] Doink: Cassilda: "Ah, John. Please, come in."
[2010-12-16 20::57:49] John_Kilanger: walks into the room "Hello Cassilda, how have you been?"
[2010-12-16 20::59:53] Doink: Cassilda: "Quite well, recently. Have a seat—" she motions to the couches around her.
[2010-12-16 21::09:25] » Ichimura_Sawako is now known as Ruru_Fields.
[2010-12-16 21::24:27] John_Kilanger: sits to the right of her.
[2010-12-16 21::26:46] Doink: Cassilda sips at her drink. "So, how have you been?"
[2010-12-16 21::28:09] John_Kilanger: "I've been doing well, all things considered. However, I would have very much liked that our being pilots was kept a secret."
[2010-12-16 21::29:47] Doink: Cassilda: "That was unfortunate, yes. You dislike the attention?"
[2010-12-16 21::31:34] John_Kilanger: "Yes... Having lived on a NERV base for so long, I waas hoping to be able to experience a relatively normal life."
[2010-12-16 21::32:07] John_Kilanger: "You know, besides having to go out and fight giant mosters every other week."
[2010-12-16 21::33:09] John_Kilanger: gives a small smile after he says that.
[2010-12-16 21::37:40] Doink: Cassilda gives you a sympathetic smile. "I guess you haven't had many opportunities for normalcy, have you?"
[2010-12-16 21::39:32] John_Kilanger: "Not really, no."
[2010-12-16 21::41:01] Doink: Cassilda: "A shame, for such a perfect specimen of humanity to be denied an ordinary human life."
[2010-12-16 21::44:25] John_Kilanger: john's smile instantly turns into a frown after he hears that, knowing what she's refering to.
[2010-12-16 21::45:05] John_Kilanger: "Yeah..."
[2010-12-16 21::46:03] Doink: Cassilda: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you."
[2010-12-16 21::46:40] John_Kilanger: It's nothing, I just hate being reminded about what I am."
[2010-12-16 21::48:51] Doink: Cassilda: "Why? Should you not be proud to be what you are? You were made from the original stock, after all. Free of all those imperfections which came later."
[2010-12-16 21::53:24] John_Kilanger: "I suppose I should be, but seeing as how I was meant to be an experiment to see how well someone like me could blend in with normal human beings, I just prefer to think of myself as one." He takes his sunglasses off again, and puts them into a pocket.
[2010-12-16 21::55:51] Doink: Cassilda smiles. "So you want to fit in? I suppose that's normal, at your age. Even when the masses of humanity are hardly at your level."
[2010-12-16 21::58:49] John_Kilanger: "Funny, I never thought of any of them as below me."
[2010-12-16 22::00:03] John_Kilanger: "And considering our performance during combat, I would say that Kaz and Henri are better than me while Piloting the Evas"
[2010-12-16 22::01:38] Doink: Cassilda studies you carefully. "Does that bother you?"
[2010-12-16 22::02:52] John_Kilanger: "...It does, somewhat. But it's mostly because I'm disapointed with myself more than jealousy of my fellow pilots."
[2010-12-16 22::04:28] Doink: Cassilda: "I understand. Perhaps you just need a chance to prove yourself?"
[2010-12-16 22::07:33] » Blast is now known as BlastOff.
[2010-12-16 22::07:40] John_Kilanger: "Perhaps... But then, what is there to prove? I have one job while piloting the Eva, and that's to protect the other pilots. As long as they get through a battle safely, than I'm happy.
[2010-12-16 22::10:26] Doink: Cassilda: "I see... well. Is there anything I could do for you, John? I do feel bad for simply disappearing like I did, and my new position happens to be one in which I can hopefully make up for it."
[2010-12-16 22::14:05] John_Kilanger: "The only thing I want is for none of the other pilots to know of my... status, until I feel comfortable with telling them myself."
[2010-12-16 22::16:21] Doink: Cassilda actually frowns a little. "...Very well. I guess I understand, even if I disagree."
[2010-12-16 22::17:51] John_Kilanger: "thank you."
[2010-12-16 22::18:37] Doink: Cassilda: "But don't be ashamed of what you are, John. You were made... the old-fashioned way, after all." She smiles. "If you look at it that way, they're the ones that are strange, right?"
[2010-12-16 22::19:21] Doink: As if on cue, an attendant opens the door and bows. "Please show John back to the party," Cassilda says politely. "It's been good talking to you, John."
[2010-12-16 22::19:49] John_Kilanger: "It was the same for me."
[2010-12-16 22::20:13] » ZZeva joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 22::20:25] John_Kilanger: gets up and bows before he heads out of the room, taking his sunglasses out of his pocket and putting them back on as he leaves.
[2010-12-16 22::25:14] Doink: Back down in the party, another attendant approaches Ruru and Henri as they fraternize. "Miss Fields?"
[2010-12-16 22::25:39] Ruru_Fields: is in full swing and turns her dazzling smile on the attendant. "Yes?" She asks cheerily.
[2010-12-16 22::26:09] Henri_DEllaine: takes over the smalltalk with the guests.
[2010-12-16 22::27:31] Doink: "Madame Castaigne requests your presence in the Lounge. Would you be so kind as to follow me?"
[2010-12-16 22::27:47] Ruru_Fields: starts appologising to the assembled. "Now, Henri, make sure these good guests don't get bored while I'm gone." She address the group as one lowering her shoulders. "I'm -so- sorry, but I simply -must- take this." And she follows the attendant.
[2010-12-16 22::29:05] Doink: The attendant leads you in the same direction as the others, up the stairs and down the hallway to the lounge. Cassilda is still there, still working on the same drink. She must refill it between guests.
[2010-12-16 22::29:20] Doink: Cassilda: "Ah, Ruru. Please, come in, have a seat."
[2010-12-16 22::31:56] Ruru_Fields: curtseys a bit witha wry smile and sits as suggested. "Thank you. What can I do for you?" She asks with a tilt of her head and a ligt tone in her voice/
[2010-12-16 22::33:43] Doink: Cassilda sips her drink. "It's just been awhile since we've had a chance to talk, since my departure was a bit sudden. I feel bad that I never got a chance to get to know you all."
[2010-12-16 22::35:58] Ruru_Fields: shrugs. "I imagine you and I got to know eachother better than the others. You -did- try and slap me."
[2010-12-16 22::37:41] Doink: Cassilda: "Yes. I do apologize—that was a... difficult time for me."
[2010-12-16 22::39:24] Ruru_Fields: "Oh it's fine. I understand why you did it. We're long past that momment I'm sure."
[2010-12-16 22::40:55] Doink: Cassilda nods. "Thank you, Ruru. How mature of you."
[2010-12-16 22::41:20] Doink: She takes a sip of her drink. "So. How have you been? It seems your life has been quite eventful lately?"
[2010-12-16 22::42:59] Ruru_Fields: There is another shrug at that. "I've been well enough. Busy, popular, now with this going public how could anything be better?"
[2010-12-16 22::45:33] Doink: Cassilda: "So you like the attention?"
[2010-12-16 22::47:56] Ruru_Fields: "Of course. Attention is power for as long as you can keep it. I think I've a pretty good setup here. I just do what the PR department tells me to do, I could become a household name. Who wouldn't want that kind of influence?"
[2010-12-16 22::49:34] » Dmitriy_Platonov is now known as Thinik[sleep].
[2010-12-16 22::50:35] Doink: If it was possible for Cassilda's smile to get wider, it just did. "Only those who don't know how to handle it. But you seem like the type that could."
[2010-12-16 22::53:01] Ruru_Fields: smiles at that. "I certainly hope so! I could leverage it into wealth pretty easily I think. It's all just a game. Influence, favors, the usual."
[2010-12-16 22::55:33] » John_Kilanger left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 22::55:43] Doink: Cassilda laughs pleasantly. "And here I was going to offer you advice. It looks like you understand already."
[2010-12-16 22::57:09] » Henri_DEllaine left the chat room.
[2010-12-16 22::57:30] Doink: Cassilda: "Perhaps there is some other help I can give you? My new position gives me some unique opportunities, after all."
[2010-12-16 22::58:09] Ruru_Fields: "I assume I'm already getting all the help I can from NERV so really what else is there to ask for?"
[2010-12-16 22::58:46] Doink: Cassilda: "That depends. What do you want?"
[2010-12-16 23::00:47] Ruru_Fields: thinks about that.
[2010-12-16 23::02:03] Doink: Cassilda: "Power and influence come in many forms, you know. More than you could ever imagine."
[2010-12-16 23::04:21] Ruru_Fields: "I want power, I want control, I want to be insulated from the coonsequences of my actions, I want to be safe, I want ritz, I want luxury, I want money I want to be somebody, I want comfort, I want Kagemaru, I want obstructions removed from my life, I want to have the power to get anything I want on a whim. I want the world. Oh, and diamonds. Girl's best friend right?"
[2010-12-16 23::06:21] Ruru_Fields: "I want romance like a storybook, I want adventure but -not- like fighting monsters, I want everything a girl could dream of. I want to be popular. I want to start a band. Hmmm... I'm sure I want other things too but they escape me for the momment.
[2010-12-16 23::09:13] Doink: Cassilda laughs, not a mocking laugh, but the understanding laugh of one who has found a kindred spirit. "You and the rest of the human race. You, though, may just have the potential to have all that, if you're willing to take the necessary steps to do so."
[2010-12-16 23::09:27] Doink: Cassilda: "The question is, are you?"
[2010-12-16 23::12:33] Ruru_Fields: There is a third shrug. "We're about to find out. I mean I'm in position aren't I? From here on out it's just how much can I grab and how strongly can I hold onto the things I can get to turn them into ne opportunities."
[2010-12-16 23::15:11] » Henri_DEllaine joined the chat room.
[2010-12-16 23::16:13] Doink: Cassilda spins her glass in her hand, watching the golden liquid inside swirl around inside. "I suppose, if you're content with such fleeting rewards."
[2010-12-16 23::17:14] Ruru_Fields: "What else is there for an existence like mine? I'm just a tool, NERV won't let me go, I'll die fighting those... things..."
[2010-12-16 23::17:58] Doink: Cassilda smiles. "And here I thought you wanted more than that. Was I mistaken?"
[2010-12-16 23::18:59] Ruru_Fields: "I am unaware of a set of actions I could take to make that -not- true. Untill I am made aware of such a thing I can't want it."
[2010-12-16 23::20:43] Doink: Cassilda: "There is no end to the things a being can want, Ruru. And the power to achieve them always exists, if one only knew where to ask."
[2010-12-16 23::28:35] Ruru_Fields: splays her hands. "But unaware of the ability to change my lot I don't see how to change it. So long as Dmitriy is my caretaker he's going to have tight reigns on me and anything I do. The other pilots are all blind, I don't have a single ally I can count on. So for now? For now I'll take the fleeting rewards and if I see a way out from that platform? I'll take it."
[2010-12-16 23::32:04] Doink: Cassilda takes a sip of her drink, studying you for a moment.
[2010-12-16 23::39:07] Doink: Then, suddenly, Cassilda... changes. No, that's not right. Perhaps she was always like this, and you simply never noticed it until just now. Its as if her presence suddenly fills the entire room, beautiful and terrible and powerful—
[2010-12-16 23::39:29] Doink: —and then, just as abruptly, she is simply Cassilda.
[2010-12-16 23::40:27] Doink: "Interesting," she says. "You have some strength of will after all. I'll leave your secrets, then."
[2010-12-16 23::41:48] Ruru_Fields: "I suggest you never try for my secrets."
[2010-12-16 23::42:55] Doink: Cassilda chuckles. "Then I suggest you hide them well."
[2010-12-16 23::43:27] Ruru_Fields: "I do. I always have."
[2010-12-16 23::44:56] Doink: Cassilda: "Well. If you ever do decide to take the necessary steps for /real/ infulence, Ruru... I know where to find you. All you have to do is ask."
[2010-12-16 23::45:52] Doink: As if on cue, a uniformed attendant opens the door. "Please show Miss Fields back down to the party." Cassilda turns back to you, all smiles again. "It's been a pleasure speaking with you, Ruru."
[2010-12-16 23::47:37] Ruru_Fields: gets up and curtseys. "And you." She says and then takes herself back to the aprty.
[2010-12-16 23::49:18] Doink: Before Ruru can even return to the crowd downstairs, another attendant approaches Henri. "Master D'Ellaine?"
[2010-12-16 23::51:15] Henri_DEllaine: "Well, gentlemen, it's been a pleasure talking to you, but I believe I'm being called now..." Henri bows and backs away. As he turns to face the attendant his face takes on a fierce anticipation. "Alright, show me to her."
[2010-12-16 23::53:40] Doink: The attendant nods, and beacons you too follow him, leading you the same way up the stairs and down the hallway to the lounge.
[2010-12-16 23::54:00] Doink: Inside, Cassilda is waiting. "Henri! Please, come, sit down."
[2010-12-16 23::55:05] Henri_DEllaine: sits down directly across from her.
[2010-12-16 23::57:06] Doink: "So, Henri," she says, taking a sip from her glass. "How are things?"
[2010-12-16 23::57:58] Henri_DEllaine: maintains eye contact, but keeps a calm if agitated tone of voice. "Not well."
[2010-12-17 00::00:39] Doink: "Oh?" Cassilda gives you a sympathetic look. "How so?"
[2010-12-17 00::04:35] Henri_DEllaine: "Really? I'm one of five teenagers with the sole duty of hopping into giant, biomechanical weapons and fighting... god knows what out there. We're the regular Jushi Sentai. It's bad enough trying to get all of us to get along for god sakes, something I'm sure you already know from pulling us aside one by one. That is what you've been doing all night, right?"
[2010-12-17 00::07:09] Doink: Cassilda smiles. "How observant of you. Yes, I wanted to speak to all of you. I never really had a chance to talk to you all before I left, so I thought now would be a good opportunity."
[2010-12-17 00::08:15] Henri_DEllaine: "Well, I guess the new position treats you well? I don't remember you being this... homey." Henri's stare refuses to let up.
[2010-12-17 00::09:31] Doink: She laughs. "Yes. I find my new work... suits me better. It's given me a change of perspective, to be sure."
[2010-12-17 00::10:01] Doink: Cassilda: "But enough about me. I want to hear more about you. You're worried about the other pilots?"
[2010-12-17 00::15:44] Henri_DEllaine: "John and Kaz are ultimately reclusive. They won't deal with anything outside of themselves. Ruru just wants control. Mia is greener than the fields of Brittany, and Kaz and Ruru are hellbent on not helping her out. Dmitriy is great and all, but he knows how to handle us. He doesn't let us know a single thing we aren't exactly approved to know. And I -I don't know if it's because I've been with Nerve for so long or what- but I'm starting
[2010-12-17 00::15:44] Henri_DEllaine: feel like I'm the only one of us who really grasps how absurd things are here." Henri's brow furrows for a second at that last comment. He leans back in his chair, regaining composure. "But we're strong and we'll make it through. We won't fail."
[2010-12-17 00::19:37] » ZZeva is now known as ZzzzEva.
[2010-12-17 00::19:45] ZzzzEva: Gone away for now
[2010-12-17 00::21:39] Doink: Cassilda smiles. "You're confident, despite everything you know? How admirable."
[2010-12-17 00::23:06] Henri_DEllaine: "Well, what else are we going to do? Just let them steamroll over us? Smash us to pieces? Leave us fainting in parties without doing a thing?"
[2010-12-17 00::23:22] Henri_DEllaine: brushes back a lock of hair behind his ear. "So, what exactly are you doing now, anyways?"
[2010-12-17 00::26:44] Doink: "Oh, this and that." Cassilda sips her drink. Its a wonder she's not falling over drunk by now. "Do you have any ideas for improvement, then? Ways to improve your chances?"
[2010-12-17 00::32:11] Henri_DEllaine: "We could, of course, always work together better. But that's easy enough to work on. And there are always things they haven't told us. It's always been secrets since they day they pulled me into the program. Not all the pilots even know that the Evangelions are alive. But I'm sure you know that if the Commander was the one who told me to keep my mouth shut. We literally know nothing about our enemy. Who they are, why they're attacking,
[2010-12-17 00::32:11] Henri_DEllaine: anything. Ruru seems to think that this night is nothing but financial backers and suppliers, but there's always more to it than that."
[2010-12-17 00::34:24] Doink: Cassilda chuckles. "Of course. So its knowledge that you want, then."
[2010-12-17 00::35:34] Henri_DEllaine: "Want, yes, but not need. The only thing I need is to work together with everyone else around me to rid the world of those things that keep attacking."
[2010-12-17 00::38:16] Doink: Cassilda: "But it is wanting things beyond our needs that separates us from... /baser/ creatures, is it not?"
[2010-12-17 00::39:27] » ZzzzEva is now known as ZZeva.
[2010-12-17 00::39:35] ZZeva: is back
[2010-12-17 00::41:01] Henri_DEllaine: "And wanting what one needs is what separates us from those who don't know their place in the world. Those who only look down are only laughed at by those above."
[2010-12-17 00::43:50] Doink: Cassidla smiles again—this time, though, there's a hint of something less-than-pleasant behind it. "And you consider yourself amongst that group? Interesting."
[2010-12-17 00::45:26] Henri_DEllaine: "I consider myself a very young man in a world he isn't allowed to see all of. All I can do is learn from my mistakes and do what I think is right." A slight bit of defensiveness can seen crossing his face. Perhaps confronting this woman in such a way wasn't the wisest course of action...
[2010-12-17 00::48:14] Doink: Cassilda: "Then shouldn't you allow yourself to see? I could, perhaps, help you."
[2010-12-17 00::50:20] Henri_DEllaine: "I'm going to be completely honestly. I sincerely don't trust you. It's hard enough to believe what I see is true, let alone what someone I barely trust in Nerve or someone I surely can't trust outside of it has to say. But I can't exactly ignore anything you want to say to me."
[2010-12-17 00::54:29] Doink: Cassilda swirls her drink lazily. "If my years have taught me anything—and they've taught me quite a lot—they've shown me that trust, in general, is highly overrated."
[2010-12-17 00::55:31] Henri_DEllaine: "Well, without trust, I can't exactly accept information is genuine. And if it's not genuine it's useless."
[2010-12-17 00::57:28] Doink: Cassilda, suddenly, swings her eyes up to yours. She studies you carefully for a short moment.
[2010-12-17 01::01:13] Doink: Then, in a short instant, Cassilda seems to change—no, was she always like this? An enormous presence seems to overtake you, enveloping every bit of available space in the room, pressing you back into your seat—
[2010-12-17 01::03:12] Doink: But it is real, Henri, she says. All of it. Even the parts that aren't.
[2010-12-17 01::03:51] Doink: Won't you let me show you?
[2010-12-17 01::08:56] Doink: I could rearrange your entire self if I wanted to, or break every piece individually. And yet you still resist.... Interesting.
[2010-12-17 01::11:01] Henri_DEllaine: squirms at this feeling, but holds himself together. "That really surprises you? We didn't exactly resist the last 3 because it was easy."
[2010-12-17 01::15:45] Doink: Cassilda—no, the thing in front of you laughs, a terrible sound which seems to grate against something deep inside your head. You understand so little, yet I could give you so much.... A pity. But I am nothing if not magnanimous.
[2010-12-17 01::16:42] Henri_DEllaine: "The only thing the others tried to give us was death. What's supposed to convince me you're any different?"
[2010-12-17 01::19:09] Doink: This.
[2010-12-17 01::19:26] Doink: Darkness descends on you.
[2010-12-17 01::19:35] Doink: [END SESSION]



[2010-12-17 01::34:55] Ruru_Fields: THE NEXT MORNING: All her makeup still on, who knows if she even slept Ruru sts with her feet on the chair next to the table and eats a bowl of cereal clannighly, eyes darting about as she chews on the corner of her lip without smudging her lipstick.
[2010-12-17 01::36:13] Henri_DEllaine: descends the stairs in pajama pants and the collared shirt he had on the night before. He looks about like a train rain straight through his forhead as he opens the fridge door, hunting out some fruit or bread or something to calm his stomach.
[2010-12-17 01::37:55] Henri_DEllaine: 's head darts over towards Ruru. "What... exactly happened last night?"
[2010-12-17 01::38:20] Ruru_Fields: hunches her shoulders as Henri comes by, glowering at him judgementally as he passes, eating her cereal in a biting and aggressive fashion as those eyes burn. "You didn't hold up your end of the bargain is what."
[2010-12-17 01::39:52] Henri_DEllaine: "Hey, I chatted and romanced plenty of tycoons last night. But just, ugh..." He rests his face in one of his hands. "Just tell me why they said I... what did happen to me?"
[2010-12-17 01::42:05] Ruru_Fields: "No you didn't. By the time I got back you were already gone and then you spend the rest of the night blacked out. I guess whatever Cassilda was drinking was too strong for you. I finished the night like I started it. Alone. I should know better than to put my trust in a show of good faith." She bites out then shoves in some more frosted mini-wheats. "What did she talk to you about?"
[2010-12-17 01::44:40] Henri_DEllaine: turns, responding angrilly but sincerely. "I was right by you the whole time and I stayed on the floor talking when you went to talk to her. You can't exactly falt me for going to talk to her when she sent someone for me, too." Finds an apple and takes a bight, leaning against a counter to face Ruru. "And I didn't drink anything, thank you... I don't think..." Henri scratches his temple, brushing some hair back. "i... I can't ev
[2010-12-17 01::44:40] Henri_DEllaine: honestly remember..."
[2010-12-17 01::45:32] Henri_DEllaine: "Why, what did she say to you?"
[2010-12-17 01::47:34] Ruru_Fields: rolls her eyes. "If that's the way you're going to play it I'm going to assume you're lying." She eats more. "She asked me what I wanted. You probably said something like sex and she obliged you till you passed out." She says with a twinge of hurt in her voice and -plenty- of venom.
[2010-12-17 01::50:43] Henri_DEllaine: is left aghast. "What?! No! Just... goddamnit... I blacked out. I just... can't put together anything besides being in that room with her..." Henri turns, turning the faucet on and splashing water on his face. "There is something profoundsly... strange about that woman. I don't trust her."
[2010-12-17 01::51:36] Ruru_Fields: puts her bowl down. "Well I don't trust -you- so there you go."
[2010-12-17 01::55:38] Henri_DEllaine: "Alright, fuck it. Forget what I asked you for last night if you honestly don't want to do it." Henri turns and steps towards her. "I'll still do what ever I can at PR events to help you. I can only trust you and the other 3. You're all I've got. If I honestly knew what happened in that room I'd tell you, but I don't. I just know... something happened. Something... not real."
[2010-12-17 02::00:51] Ruru_Fields: "All that talk about helping Mia." She snorts derisively. "And us being a team, I'm all you have? Then how come you weren't there when I got back. You could at least have waited. You know what? You're just doing what you want. There is nothing here but a bunch of victims. Soon as the worm turns..." She clicks her tongue.
[2010-12-17 02::01:38] Ruru_Fields: "For all I know you'll do that at every PR event." She gets up and then moves by to deposit her bowl in the sink.
[2010-12-17 02::04:09] Henri_DEllaine: "I'm sorry, but that woman... there's something dangerous about her, alright? The guy showed up and I figured you were powdering or just with another circle or something... I'm sorry, I let myself get ahead of myself. I obviously payed for it." Henri let's out a long sigh. He's going to have to practically genuflect to convince her of his intentions. "I promise next time will be different. You have every reason to hold your judgement unt
[2010-12-17 02::04:09] Henri_DEllaine: then."
[2010-12-17 02::04:46] Ruru_Fields: She snorts at that and starts to walk away. "We'll see."
[END SESSION]