(There might be a line or two missing from this before I actually joined the channel.  Sorry!)

[22:53] <Jiao> The journey, of course, is spent staring out the window, watching the city pass on by.
[22:55] <Suzune> >> And pass it did, as much of the place was actually skyscrapers - most storefronts were built into their lower floors. But after passing only a little bit through the city, they'd leave its center again, coming to more familiar and traditional buildings - one of them being, eventually, Bicchieri's Italian Ristorante, probably the best out of the 3 or so Italian restaurants in town.
[23:02] * Nalya is now known as Reiska
[23:06] * Shiori would have enjoyed a dish of fettuccine alfredo, with shrimp and chicken. And a glass of lemonade! But with that aside, and making sure she had a one-hundred percent private dining experience for them, she promptly offers a card toward the parental duo. Likely more bias toward Jiao's mom for obvious more-friendly-like reasons. "So, let me just get right down to it. I am here, by order
[23:06] * Shiori of my superiors, to offer you, Jiao Lei, the opportunity of a lifetime. To be our first, and possibly most prominent, pilot. Your disability? Means nothing. You, despite all odds, will help serve your world, and be recognized as a hero. And, to the benefit of yourself and your family? All necessities? Fully paid for. Trust fund? You got it. Want to meet new people? Done. Protection? All
[23:06] * Shiori yours. Cute school uniform? I insist."
[23:09] <Suzune> >> Jiao's mom picked up the card, looked at it, and showed it to her husband. Then, to Jiao. The card had Shiori's name and face on it, with a curious logo on it. Half a red fig leaf, with the letters "NERV" printed under it, and in smaller script going in a circle around the cut-off place where the rest of the leaf was, reading "God's in his heaven, all's right in the world." It also had
[23:09] <Suzune> contact information like any good business card would.
[23:10] * Jiao probably had a nice, meaty (and cheesy) lasagna, her air of nervousness slowly evaporating as she eats. She glances at the paper slid towards Jiao's mom, not paying much attention to it - at least, until Shiori started talking. "...M-me?! But ... What do you mean, a pilot? I can't drive yet, or even walk! How can I be a pilot?"
[23:11] <Shiori> "Now, I know what you're thinking. 'Why fourteen slash fifteen year old kids'? It's just the perfect age for the new technology we're pushing out. Something about that specific bracket just *clicks*. Otherwise, heck, I'd do it myself."
[23:11] * Shiori taps her head. "It's all in here. You just need the will, and you will make the way."
[23:16] * Jiao squints at her, a new look finding its way to her features - doubt. "I don't know how you think -I- will be the best one... but if it will help my family... I'll do my best. Better than going back home."
[23:17] <Suzune> >> The parents were confused now. Her father asked. "...Pilot what?" But her mother seemed to be a bit more okay with it. Hmmm. "Well, if it works well for her, she'll bring us so much money eventually..."
[23:18] <Shiori> "And, look. If it doesn't work out? We'll still keep our end of it. You got dragged all the way out here, we'll make good on it. Even if it's out of my own pocket. You got nothing to lose, as far as I can see."
[23:18] <Shiori> "... I'm just tired of all the orphans and crap, you know? We have the chance to do something -really- good. More than we could when we were their age."
[23:18] <Shiori> "I'm a so-called hero, but your kid? She really can be one."
[23:19] <Jiao> "Dad... I don't know what they want.  But this is our chance.. If we can stay here - isn't that so much better?"  Of course, she switches back to Chinese for the benefit of her parents.
[23:20] <Shiori> "As for what? Well, better you see, than just hear about it! Not sure what all they want me to say if you decide to turn it down, you know?"
[23:20] <Shiori> "I'll just say it's REALLY cool, and it's a blast out of anime! If you know what that is."
[23:21] <Suzune> >> Her father twitched once... but put on a guarded smile after a short while. "...Very well. We'll leave it to Jiao to decide." "Yes." Added her mother.
[23:22] <Jiao> She looks between her two parents - actually surprised they were giving her what seemed like such an important decision.  And a strange one at that.  But how could she possibly refuse?  "I'll do it."
[23:22] * Shiori claps her hands together, smiling. "Xiexie! Arigato! Thank You! Ah, let me take care of this bill, and get you all home, and have all the paperwork transfered over A.S.A.P. Then we'll go from there, yeah?"
[23:29] <Suzune> >> Dinner worked out fine afterwards, despite the seemingly mysterious offer and discussion. The apartment was far nicer than anything in Old Beijing that the family could afford, too, with rooms for everyone and a nice open kitchen and living room. But... 6 days passed since then. EVA-00 was shown to the world at that point, though conspiciously without Jiao (she was actually in ballistics
[23:29] <Suzune> training at the time) on the seventh when the public showing was... but it didn't really matter. She had seen the EVA already, on the sixth. And now... -
[23:34] <Suzune>  -- "Hrm." A very long black-haired woman with a clipboard, in a labcoat, was walking around a raised catwalk in a massive chamber. It wasn't just any chamber, it was the floor of the EVA Cages, a vast complex where dozens of the things could be stored in bricks of the plastic compound Bakelite up to their head... or moved around by trams to reach the launch ports and embarkation point cargo
[23:34] <Suzune> elevator. It was here now that EVA-00 stood, in its full glory, outside of its protective restraining pit. Plating was opened in the back of its neck, and a white cylinder of rather impressive size was sticking out of it, slotted into the overlooking deck in such a way that a ramp lead up to it. The woman was waiting expectantly for Jiao to wheel in.
[23:39] * Jiao has been rather quiet the past week - everything's just going by all so fast, and she's still speechless from all this stuff that's suddenly happening to her. Not to mention rather nervous with alllll the new people around. Still, she finds herself wheeling in to the storage center, staring up at the giant storage containers - and the one out in the open. "Um... I - I was asked to come
[23:39] * Jiao here? I think."
[23:46] * Shiori is nearby, but otherwise quiet. Not her show. Not -just- yet, anyway.
[23:49] <Suzune> >> The woman looked up to an observation room above, where there were a few figures that couldn't be made out from here... before facing Jiao and Shiori. "Ah, you're here. Pilot Lei, you are to get into the entry plug." A gesture over to the large white cylinder, which on closer examination had an open hatch on the side. There was a noise - comms activating. ("Doctor Tannenbrot, everything is
[23:49] <Suzune> prepared, correct?") Came an accented male voice. "Yes, it is." She responded.
[23:53] <Jiao> "The entry plug?"  She glances towards that waiting cylander, her expression a mixture of curiosity and apprehension.  She glances down at herself one more time - this suit felt rather strange to wear - before slowly wheeling over towards its entryway.  There's one last moment of hesitation before a "Well, here I go..." as she picks herself up, stumbling her way into the entry hatch.
[23:56] <Suzune> >> Soon, the scientist moved to close it once Jiao entered. The plug, as it was called, had a smaller cylindrical chamber inside of it, with a nice seat, transparent windows of something /rather thick/, and in front of the seat, two trigger- or joystick-like hand controls on long metal bars that naturally flowed from the sides of the seat. ("Preparing to insert entry plug!")
[23:58] <Jiao> She manages to make her way into that seat, plopping down in it, eyeing her surroundings, her hands gently taking up those joysticks.
[23:59] <Shiori> "... I wonder what that is like."
Session Time: Fri Feb 07 00:00:00 2014
[00:01] <Shiori> "Hey, doc. What's that whole process, like? Or was this not a 'I will test it myself' sort of deal?"
[00:02] <Suzune> >> "Hm?... Mmm." Doctor Tannenbrot seemed to briefly regard Shiori, before turning to face her. "...You'll see." She said with a cryptic smile. Meanwhile... a crane arm lightly picked up the plug, and started sliding it downwards into the EVA's spine. ("Preparing to initiate level one contact!") A strange orange liquid was starting to flow into the plug now, starting at Jiao's feet.
[00:03] <Shiori> "... Did you get a doctorate for that smile?"
[00:05] * Jiao glances down at her feet, watching the liquid slowly pile up around her. "Um ... um ... Is that supposed to be happening?"
[00:07] <Suzune> >> "Very funny, Director Saito." Rialle said, before pulling up a small microphone secreted on her coat's lapel. "Pilot Lei, that is what is known as LCL. It is an orange breathable liquid designed to conduct neural impulses with the Evangelion and pilot synchronization system."
[00:10] * Shiori adjusts her mic, grumbling. "Hey, Jiao! It'll be arlight. Just relax. Remember what I told you? Your will, your way!"
[00:11] <Suzune> >> As this was happening, the pooling LCL reached her waist!
[00:11] <Jiao> "Are you sure?!"  Of course, she believes it, but it's one thing to -know- it's breathable and another thing to actually convince your body that it's okay and you're not going to drown if you try to breathe the water...
[00:12] <Shiori> Nooooope. "Absolutely sure!"
[00:12] <Suzune> >> "Absolutely." Was the good doctor's reply. Soon it was almost at her neck! She could smell it clearly now. It had a metallic tang. Like blood...
[00:13] <Shiori> "You can either trust us, or rapidly evolve gills! Your choice!"
[00:14] <Jiao> "A-ahh!" She lifts her head up, keeping it above the level of the gel as best she can.  "...It smells awful!"
[00:14] <Shiori> "Looked delicious to me. Like Hi-C. Or... does anyone else remember Tang? Anyone? Hrmmm..."
[00:16] <Jiao> "Gah!"  And now a gurgle as it's over her head, and she struggles to convince herself to breathe, while desperately holding her breath at the same time.
[00:17] * Shiori is now (quietly) humming the Sonic drowning theme.
[00:19] <Jiao> She looks like she's probably going to explode, her eyes wide - and then finally, she lets out a gasp, the air in her lungs giving out as she acceps her fate... the fate of breathable orange tang.
[00:19] <Suzune> >> Doctor Tannenbrot folded her arms. "An unfortunate side-effect." Eventually, she'd have to. And when she did... it'd seem to be as if there was a brief gagging, before... it was like there was nothing but air there. There was still some thickness due to its density, but... ("Beginning level two contact!") ...Rainbow light began dancing around Jiao's vision, and things started to feel
[00:19] <Suzune> /strange/.
[00:20] <Jiao> "What ... What's going on.. I feel - I see things..."
[00:22] <Suzune> >> ("Level two contact complete! Synchronization Ratio at 63.1% and holding!") Said the voice, while the doctor leaned back slightly, though giving Shiori a slight /look/. "That is /entirely normal/."
[00:25] <Suzune> -- But once the light cleared, Jiao... could see. Suddenly, while before, the windows had been covered by dark... something. Metal? They were now completely clear again, as if the Evangelion she was inserted into wasn't at all blocking her vision. A HUD activated, and began showing various screens. A man of darkish complexion, probably south Asian in descent, appeared. When he spoke, it matched
[00:25] <Suzune> the voice from earlier. "I am Sunan Chitayanan, Tactical Operator 00. I hope we have an excellent time together." ...Which prompted Rialle to look up towards the window. "...Mm." Then, she turned to Shiori. "She needs to learn how to control the Eva. You are the Operations Director, are you not? Direct."
[00:29] <Shiori> "Right under the bus, huh? We're gonna get along great, doc." She adjusts her mic again, sighing. "Alright, Jiao? First off, calm down. You're going to need to want to do this. Relax, soak it all in."
[00:29] <Jiao> "Is this?.... Whoooooaoh..." She doesn't even touch much of the controls yet, just staring around from the height of the Eva's screens.
[00:30] <Shiori> "When you're done admiring everything, I want you to try moving the arms. Should be simple for you, yeah? Just like if you were moving your own!"
[00:31] <Suzune> >> It sounded easy enough...?
[00:31] <Jiao> "Huh?  Just like moving my own?"  So she tries raising her arms, maybe wiggling them about a bit!
[00:33] * Nalya` (~reiska@c-67-182-19-56.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #S-Adeva
[00:33] <Shiori> And now, back to Rialle. "These are neurological, right? Or is there some sort of control mechanism? You all wouldn't let me sit in one, and no one gave me the users manual."
[00:35] <Suzune> >> At first, nothing happened. Rialle commented back. "Yes. However... synchronization ratios are notoriously poor - usually near-to-equal-to zero - amongst people born after Impact." She narrowed her eyes. "For SOME reason." But as Jiao wiggled her arms, the EVA's arms moved too!
[00:36] <Suzune> *before
[00:36] <Shiori> "Ssshhhh!" She waves a hand toward Rialle, focusing on the mic again. "Excellent! Alright, keep going like that! Relax. This needs to be second nature to you! A little wiggle is nice and all, but let's get fierce! This is a super fighting robot we're talking about! Throw a jab!"
[00:37] <Suzune> >> Jiao would notice that the arms responded a bit /before/ her own did. Maybe she could even think of moving them, without moving the ones attached to her real body...?
[00:38] <Jiao> "Huh...." She pauses for a moment, pondering, then thinks about flexing her arms in a pose!
[00:42] <Suzune> >> The pose is slightly awkward, but it eventually becomes like second nature!
[00:43] <Shiori> "... Close enough! Keep going from there!"
[00:43] <Jiao> "This is kinda cool!"  She waves her arms about now, then mock punches the air in front of her (or at least, does so mentally).
[00:44] <Suzune> >> Punch! She almost clips an unoccupied catwalk, but is a thankful number of meters away from it. Rialle leaned in to whisper something to Shiori...
[00:46] <Jiao> "Hehehe!"  She doens't quite notice the near miss, giggling a little as she plays with the arms, though she doesn't try anything like that again immediately.
[00:47] <Shiori> "Alright, now, you need to do the big step. Literally. You need to get those legs moving. This might be a bit hard for you... but you need to imagine it. I bet you've imagined it before. Just put that to practice."
[00:47] <Suzune> >> Rialle pulled back, and once again folded her arms, looking smug.
[00:49] <Jiao> "Uh-um..." THis causes her to pause, hesitating awkwardly.  "It's kinda... been a while since I could walk..."  It takes her a few moments, especially since it's a new movement she can't exactly mimic inside her cockpit... but eventually she starts to imagine moving her legs.
[00:51] <Suzune> >> At first... again, nothing. But a leg lifted slowly!
[00:52] <Shiori> "If you hesitate, so will it. No hesitation, Jiao."
[00:53] <Jiao> "No hesitation... got it..." She peers out the viewscreen, determined now as she attempts to move forward.
[00:55] <Shiori> "And don't slam into anything."
[00:56] <Shiori> "Really important."
[00:56] <Suzune> >> Rialle stood calmly, as EVA-00 moved forwards with a start! The sudden motion caused its weight to shift awkwardly... but miraculously, Jiao could feel long-forgotten reflexes kicking in! She was going to be able to catch herself with the leg!
[00:56] <Jiao> "Whooooaaah!"  She wavers a bit as she catches her weight awkwardly, but is quickly repeating the process, moving forward again!
[00:58] <Shiori> "That's the ticket, Jiao! Get both legs moving."
[00:58] <Suzune> >> Soon, the Evangelion steps forwards a few more times, before Jiao manages to attain a normal stride. She wouldn't be able to wander too far, though, as a gigantic door was blocking her path. Still, though!
[00:59] <Jiao> "Wheee! This is -great-!"  She eagerly strides forward what little she can as she gets a feel for the movement... and then pauses, before undertaking the task of turning around.
[01:00] <Suzune> >> From this point on, motion seemed easy. "Now return to position, we've succeeded in the test as designed."
[01:00] <Shiori> "As ordered, Jiao. Get it back in, nice and easy."
[01:02] <Jiao> "Okay, okay!"  She walks around just a liiiiiiittle bit more -anyways-... before finally turning and moonwalking her Eva back to the docking point.
[01:04] * Nalya` is now known as Cerise
[01:06] <Suzune> >> And she'd eventually settle into place. ("Beginning Entry Plug ejection... Cycling out LCL...") Soon enough, the plug was back in its slot near the catwalk, her wheelchair still waiting for her.
[01:07] <Jiao> She slowly, very slowly, climbs her way out of the chair, along the wall of the plug chamber, and plops back into her chair with a sigh.  "That was really fun..."
[01:07] * Shiori flashes a smug look of her own at Rialle. "See? Got it done, record time too!" And off she goes to ensure Jiao is nicely situated once again.
[01:09] <Jiao> "Record time...?"  She blinks for a moment, then shakes her head.  "Anyways... What do I do now?"
[01:10] <Suzune> >> Rialle looked at Shiori. And /smirked/. "You, I assume, want to clean up. Technical doesn't need any more tests with 00, so we'll be putting it back in its cage for now."
[01:10] <Jiao> "Oh... Okay."  She stretches and nods, glancing up at the giant machine one more time before she starts to wheel off.
[01:11] <Suzune> >> She was still wet with LCL - mostly in her hair, though. It seemed to wick off of the plugsuit, but the smell... oh god the smell.
[01:13] <Shiori> "Yeeeeah. Let's get you cleaned up before that... sticks or something. Do you want to smell like that forever? Nope. Come along!" Wheel time.
[01:15] * Shiori does NOT wheel Jiao along. Mostly because... "So, what's the deal with all this? Yeah, I'm the operations director, but I need a bit more information to run off of here."
[01:15] <Jiao> "Ewwww...."  She makes a face and starts to wheel herself off... somewhat eager to reach the showers now.
[01:15] <Cerise> Standing in the doorway as Jiao wheeled toward it - blocking it, as it were - was a girl who appeared to be about her age.  Long blonde hair, blue eyes, pretty tall, wearing what was probably a school uniform - white blouse, blue skirt.  Arms folded, leaning against the door frame, and looking straight towards Jiao.
[01:15] <Cerise> "That your first time, new girl?"
[01:17] <Suzune> >>Rialle looked over at Shiori, still smirking. "...Yes...?"
[01:17] <Jiao> "U-um..." Cue wide eyes and a rather nervous stare as she stares up at the girl blocking her way, her chair pausing for the moment.  "I - er - well, yes..."
[01:17] * Lyra (~Lyra@99-45-145-33.lightspeed.hstntx.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Quit: )
[01:19] <Shiori> "I know some of the really basic stuff about these... Evas." She gestures toward the one present, nodding. "But if I'm going to help these kids tap in, I do need to know a bit more about what they're working with."
[01:19] * Cerise grins. It was a fairly smug-looking grin, very Gary Oak-ish. "Not bad." Though she was speaking English, there was a faint, but yet clearly detectable accent to it.
[01:19] <Shiori> "Like, would it help them any if I take them to a gun range? Martial arts classes? Stuff like that?"
[01:20] <Suzune> >> Rialle nodded. "Yes. After all, you saw synchronization in action. If they can do it in their body, they can do it in the Eva." A pause. "And then some."
[01:21] <Jiao> "Um ... thanks, I - I think?"  Her own English was proper, though with a heavier accent. "Er... when did you ... start with your, um, thing?"
[01:21] <Shiori> "Do you have anything I can read up on, so -I- have a better idea of what I'm working with? I already know -my- end of this. I want to know more about what the kids are in, besides the little scraps you're giving me, doc. We're a team. Want to shore it up?"
[01:23] * Cerise steps into the room, smoothly stepping behind Jiao's wheelchair as she talks. "October 15, 2014," she replies without skipping a beat. "Need some help?"
[01:25] <Jiao> "Oh ... wow...." She pauses for a second, peering back along the catwalk for a ponderous moment... before glancing up at the girl once more.  "Ah... Thank you for the help, but I'm fine - that is, ah, you don't need to do that!"
[01:26] <Suzune> >> "Read up on?... I can have a technical document sent to your office, of course." But... She once again smiled, a bit more earnestly. Maybe. "What did you even want to know?"
[01:27] <Cerise> "Okay then," Cerise says, not forcing the issue or the help.  "You probably want to get that mess off you, so we can get to know each other better later, yes?"
[01:29] <Shiori> "Now that's -boring-. I was more thinking we could talk about it a bit more personally. Over dinner, perhaps? And what do I want to know? We can start with the... basics. About 'syncing' up. The mental state the kids need to be in. What they go through when piloting. If my job is to keep them healthy, and keep you all safe with them?" She steps forward, getting -all- up in Rialle's grill...
[01:29] <Shiori> but not in an intimidating manner. Quite the opposite, with her traits. "Then you and I need to be as thick as thieves, you know~?"
[01:29] <Jiao> "Ugh... yes."  She brushes a hand through her hair, then flicks said hand at the floor.  "It stinks sooo much... I really need a shower!"
[01:30] * Cerise chuckles. "You know where the showers are, yes?"
[01:30] <Suzune> >> The showers are somewhere that Cerise has been before, and Jiao has been told, too.
[01:30] <Jiao> "Um... I -think- so ... This place is pretty big, so I get lost sometimes.  But I think I know where to go."
[01:31] <Cerise> "Well, want me to walk with you?"
[01:31] <Shiori> "..." 'Shoot, did I remember to warn them not to drop the soap? Oh well'.
[01:31] <Jiao> She hesitates for a moment at that before shrugging.  "Um ... Okay."
[01:32] <Suzune> >> "Ho. Ohohoho. Is that so?" Rialle comments, thankfully not noticing the moment of thought. "If you /insist/, o flamboyant one." She winked slightly.
[01:36] <Shiori> "Aaannndddd you can just send anything we don't cover, to my office. Don't want to keep you up all night. I'm sure you're kept busy. I want to know all about what kind of firepower they're packing, too. Gotta see how my toys compare to yours, doc."
[01:37] * Cerise proceeds to walk alongside Jiao, at the wheelchair-bound girl's pace - after all, she did refuse the assistance - as she continues talking. "It won't do for me to just call you new girl all the time, so. What's your name?"
[01:40] <Jiao> "Oh!  I'm L-- er, Jiao.  Jiao Lei.  What's yours?"  Her gaze alternates between her path and her companion, making slow but steady progress as she wheels along, her motions clearly practiced - though she does pause now and then to brush at her mucked up hair.
[01:42] * Cerise led Jiao along towards the showers as they continued to talk. "Cerise Couture," she replies. "Nice to meet you, Jiao." She probably absolutely murders the Chinese pronunciation.
[01:43] <Jiao> "Cerise?"  Hers isn't the best, either, though probably not quite AS bad.  "That's a nice name.  Where are you from?"
[01:43] <Suzune> >> "Indeed you don't. And don't worry, I'm sure I can inform you voluminously about E-scale weaponry..." Rialle said semi-smugly.
[01:44] * Cerise seems almost caught off guard by that question. Like she had to think about the answer for a few moments. "France, originally," she does answer.
[01:44] <Shiori> "Oh? You're the type that gets excited at zero-g?"
[01:45] <Suzune> >> Rialle shook her head. "E for Evangelion in this case, not E for 'Letter-E-Type Equipment'."
[01:45] <Cerise> "Say, what's it like in China?"
[01:47] <Shiori> "... We might need to work on that short-hand. And here I thought I was keeping up." She sighs, and shrugs. "Alright, teacher. I'm all yours."
[01:47] <Jiao> "What's it like?..." She pauses for a long moment before continuing to wheel on.  "... I don't really know what it's like elsewhere.  Or what it was like... before.  But now... There's a lot of broken stuff everywhere.  A lot of people who have nothing, and the only thing they can do is steal from other people who have nothing..."
[01:49] * Cerise 's mouth falls open in a look of abject shock, like that was completely not the answer she was expecting, soon covering it with her left hand. "R... Really? ... But if they all have nothing, what do they even steal?"
[01:49] <Suzune> >> "8pm ZMT, then. Don't be late." ZMT meaning 'Zerzura Mobile Time', which was equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time in most cases.
[01:50] <Shiori> "Your office? Mine? Or a little dive down the ways?"
[01:51] <Suzune> >> "I would prefer your office, personally." Rialle said flatly.
[01:52] <Jiao> "Food.  Clothing.  What little scraps of money they can find.  Anything not nailed down.  Things were pretty bad back at home... not many of the richer people were willing to help much.  I'm sure things were better elsewhere, though."
[01:53] <Cerise> "I can't even imagine living like that... seeing this place must be quite a shocking contrast then, huh?"
[01:55] <Jiao> "It really is.  It's really nice here ... much better than it was back home.  Makes me believe there really are nice places left!"
[01:57] * Cerise nods. "Oh, there _are_!" she confirms. "So what did you think of Director Saito?"
[01:57] <Shiori> "Mine it is, then!"
[01:58] <Suzune> >> Rialle lowered her arms, gripping the pen she was writing notes on the clipboard with, with one smooth motion. "If that is all, I have to submit this report to Command. Surely, you know how /that/ is."
[01:59] <Jiao> "Saito?"  She frowns again at that, just slightly.  "She seems... fake.  I don't know what she wants.  Maybe she's just dedicated to her job..."
[02:00] <Shiori> "Haha, I'll let you get to it! Well then." A salute, and she's off, idly chewing on her thumb. ''Souls', and now stuff that smells like blood? Weird...'
[02:03] * Cerise stifles a giggle. "Fake, huh." She nods. "She seems to have a good head on her shoulders, at least. She'd better, we're all counting on her, you know?"
[02:04] * Jiao glances up again, a ponderous look on her face. "I don't really understand her. But then, I don't really understand anything here... She definitely knows more than I do. And she was nice to welcome me here."
[02:05] <Suzune> >> Rialle wandered away, as well... but before she did completely, she looked back at 00, which was already being moved by trams to its cage again. "/They/ know more than any of us do. Not for long." ...And then, she soon disappered behind adoor.
[02:07] <Cerise> "Yeah.  Honestly, I think she cares a lot more than she's willing to let on."  She stops.  "Ah, the showers are through here," she adds, opening the door for Jiao if it wasn't the fancy automatic kind.
[02:07] <Suzune> >> It was.
[02:09] <Jiao> "Maybe you're right.  She does seem dedicated! ...Ohh, finally, my arms were getting tired."  She wheels on through the door eagerly.
[02:09] * Cerise smiles. "Next time, say something!" she calls to Jiao. "I could have pushed!"
[02:09] <Cerise> "... But for now, I'll give you some privacy, okay?"
[02:12] <Jiao> "Um... okay.  Thanks!"  She offers a slight smile as she waves to the other pilot before disappearing into the shower room.