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    [Cessie's Office]

    The sorceress eyes widens as the flowers shot out all over her office. While this accident in itself wasn't a big deal the fact that he had decided to give her flowers of all things stood out as rather awkward to her.
    Usually people only got flowers at two occasions, when they had accomplished something or when there was romantic interest. Neither of which was true here.

    "Eh, perhaps you could tell me what you've discovered instead? Accidents happen so easily." She suggests with a gesture.

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    [Cessie's Office]

    Dr. Valiance seems particularly troubled by his wristband malfunction.

    He was trying to make a nice gesture here, something to perhaps curry lost favor with his higher-up!

    This wouldn't do at all! In a panic, the scientist taps a few more times at his wristband in an attempt to deactivate the thing. Unfortunately, this only worsens the situation, as Dr. Valiance appears to have accidentally activated yet another effect. In an instant, a geyser of hot oil bursts forth from his wrist. The stream of oil ceases after only a second or so, but it's enough to drench the floor. Valiance, mortified with this far worse outcome, can only grimace. "Aw, hell. Uh, I can fix that."

    "But, um - yes! You're going to like this. I met someone, and it was great. More stuff, but um. Sorry."
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    [Cessie's Office==> Outside the Office]

    "Oh dear." Cessie gets up from her seat and climbs on top of her chair in case the oil would reach her feet.

    She pinches the bridge of her nose and closes her eyes for a moment as she realizes she would have to evacuate her office again. It would be impossible to work in here with so much oil stinking up the place. Would they ever be able to get that smell out of the wood or would she have to make another new office?

    "I'm afraid we need to get out of here now."



    Cut to the two of them standing outside her office while waiting for the cleaning crew.
    Cessie takes a deep calming breath. "So... you were saying something about a 'dragon'?"

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    [Cessie's Office==> Outside the Office]

    Dr. Valiance was not a particularly sheepish person.

    Or perhaps he was, and had simply become quite good at suppressing such things.

    Either way, the man seems somewhat unbothered by the catastrophe that has just enveloped Cessie's unsuspecting office. "Uh yes, the someone." exclaims Dr. Valiance, not missing a step as the conversation is once more geared back to his great discovery. "So, you know I used to work for some real creepy guys. Real freaky sort of stuff, top secret and such, yeah?" He gestures excitedly as he broaches the subject of his shady past. "Well, they're gone now - like I've said. But, some of their stuff remains." There we go.

    Now he was getting somewhere. "Anyway, yes - I met a science person and we found one of the old facilities! It's full of all kinds of weird stuff, super sketchy stuff. You know, apocalypse guns and... things like that. It's a real creepy place."

    "Don't think it's super safe, but the stuff in there is probably super dangerous. And, you know, I still have clearance. I think."
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    [Outside the Office]

    "Does this 'science person' have a name?" Cessie inquires, not sure how to feel about this. "But this sounds like it's worth looking into. So tell me more about this place and this person. I assume you didn't really randomly stumble upon it so why did you decide to go there if it's so dangerous?"

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    [Cessie's Office==> Outside the Office]

    Dr. Valiance nods excitedly, an enthusiastic confirmation.

    "'Course! They go by Ambrosia. We got along pretty great, you know - she and I are real close." At that he smiles awkwardly.

    Of course, now was the time to address Cessie's other concerns. This was difficult as he didn't really know all that much about the Skyside facility. He'd spent his time with Conference Zeta down at Slumbersun, the organization's largest headquarters. "Well, it was something like a storage facility, I guess? Experiments went on there, but nothing as serious as the stuff we got into down at Slumbersun." He started scratching at his neck. "All the super hazardous stuff went up there, you know, projects that probably weren't going to be very fruitful, but still needed to be contained."

    "I haven't the foggiest what happened to all the really weird stuff. Probably still down there, we didn't get too far into the compound, you know."

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    [Outside the Office]

    "Oh, you spoke to Ambrosia Ithil? She have helped us on more than one occasion so I'm not surprised then." Cessie makes a mental note to ask the scholar about this meeting. She had certainly never mentioned Val before.

    "But that does sound concerning. Hazardous material like that just laying there unattended sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. If someone else doesn't stumble upon it, it could explode, or worse considering what you're describing. Where is this facility located exactly? We could send some people there to clean it up under your supervision."

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    Dr. Valiance frowns. Cleaning the place up? Now that sounded awful.

    "Hm. Well, uh, you should know it won't be that easy." He shrugs before stuffing his hands into his pockets.

    How to even broach this particular subject? "The organization I belonged to, they weren't into like, normal scientist stuff. We're talking pyschotronics, research into extraterrestrial technologies, uhhh, interdimensional studies and the like." He didn't like speaking about the things he'd been a part of, then. His role was always minor, but the situation felt so surreal then. "Whatever we find won't be like, toxic waste or whatever." With a slight frown, he continues. "We're talking really, really dangerous stuff, too. And I'm just talking about the stuff I'd heard about!"

    "So, what I'm saying is... whoever you send needs to be really careful, or whatever."

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    [Outside the Office]

    "Well, if I believed this to be 'ordinary' hazadorous material I wouldn't think it was VIGIL's job to clean it up. I expect it to be as dangerous as you say it is. In fact, if it's more 'subtle' than the usual things we deal with it might be a good idea to involve HALO. Their expertise in the scientific field might prove invaluable when it comes to indentifying whatever it's in there and neuteralize it." She gestures towards the good doctor. "Of course, I will will leave it up to you to actually involve HALO but I strongly recommend it as we're mostly equipped to deal with less subtle threats."

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    Wenomir puts his hand on Cass' shoulder, noting her nervousness.

    "I know it's difficult, but it has to be done. And tying up this loose end will help us both, I think." He does his best to sound confident, but he can't deny it's making him uneasy as well. Then Anika appears, being her usual self, and Reinholdt does... or rather, Reinholdts? At least there's no more waiting.

    "Right. This is Anika Sunfletcher, a Vigil member who will be going with us to the expedition. And this is Cassandra, a sorceress from MERC who knows where we need to go. Let's proceed to the meeting room." He peers between the three cats. "Will all three of you be going?"
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    Wenomir will find Cass' shoulder tense, and she nods stiffly as she's introduced. Noticing Reinholdt's interest in her own feline companion, gestures in his direction.
    "This is my... familiar, Rahvi. I will be making use of him in breaching the vault's defenses."

    Rahvi responds by assuming his favored humanoid form - that of an middle-aged, wildly attractive South Asian man, with smoky eyes, a hawkish nose, and long, silky black hair and a well-kempt and oiled beard. He's dressed modestly in a manner befitting a medieval officer, with breeches, jacket, and armored shoulders with a sword at his hip, but there's no hiding the nature of what this 'familiar' is, with the demonic tail, horns, and general aura of oozing sex appeal radiating from him like a heady perfume.

    Cass tenses slightly more as he transforms, then 'relaxes' again, if she can truly be called relaxed at the moment.
    "As you say, Commander," she says, infusing the word with none of her usual verve as she fixes her gaze firmly at the lake, studiously avoiding Wenomir's eyes. "I can explain our... uh... entry strategy once we get there."

    From her tone of voice, it's pretty easy to tell that she believes that Wenomir is not going to like it, assuming he isn't already starting to have doubts already, based on Rahvi's presence.
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    Anika would have asked about Rahvi right away but she was distracted by the bush moving around. "Oh gosh." She declares as she sees the cat emerging from it.

    She doesn't rush forward to pet this or the next cat that appears however. She imagined Blanche would find that disrespectful so she imagined these cats might feel that way too. But seeing human cats walking around like that was just so cool.

    Then the cat she assumed to be Rein himself walked up, Blanche's dad!
    Anika will kneel down in front of Reinholdt and attempt to shake his paw with her both hands. "It's a pleasure meeting you, sir Reinholdt! You should know that I, uh, have a relationship with your daughter and she's pretty great!" Was that coming on too strong? She hadn't met most of the parents of her lovers.

    Those dwarves had looked really surprised though...

    For now, she's not paying attention to the plan whatsoever.

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    [Outside the Office]

    Dr. Valiance doesn't seem particularly confident. Oh no, he was having to head this?

    "Well, what I'm saying is I don't even know what's there, except that it's probably awful!" It really could be anything!

    Still, he was supposed to be in charge of certain things, right? Was this what he had signed up for? The last thing he wanted to do was go back to somewhere like that. He was more than relieved when the organization went under, and now? Was he really about to wander back into the jaws of the beast? "Okay, so. I barely know anything about HALO, so if we're involving those guys, I'll need your help."

    "I'd also strongly recommend having a medical team on standby? Just, you know, as a precaution. Um."

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    "Don't worry about that, Dr. Valiance. I will handle all the communication with HALO and you just focus on thinking of anything that we might encounter in there." She puts her hand on her hip and strokes her chin thoughtfully. "But the idea is that you and whatever scientists HALO can offer us will either be escorted down there by one of our teams or if you're that concerned of going down there, to at least have radio contact with them. Though I personally believe it would have more chance of success if you went down there with them. Now, as for your escort, I believe Anika Sunfletcher might actually be one of our better options as you recommended a medical team and she's a pretty capable healer that can also escort you. With actual medics on standby outside the facility of course. Have you met her? She's rather hard to miss, very tall, purple."

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    Wenomir puts his hand on Cass' shoulder, noting her nervousness.

    "I know it's difficult, but it has to be done. And tying up this loose end will help us both, I think." He does his best to sound confident, but he can't deny it's making him uneasy as well. Then Anika appears, being her usual self, and Reinholdt does... or rather, Reinholdts? At least there's no more waiting.

    "Right. This is Anika Sunfletcher, a Vigil member who will be going with us to the expedition. And this is Cassandra, a sorceress from MERC who knows where we need to go. Let's proceed to the meeting room." He peers between the three cats. "Will all three of you be going?"
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    Wenomir will find Cass' shoulder tense, and she nods stiffly as she's introduced. Noticing Reinholdt's interest in her own feline companion, gestures in his direction.
    "This is my... familiar, Rahvi. I will be making use of him in breaching the vault's defenses."

    Rahvi responds by assuming his favored humanoid form - that of an middle-aged, wildly attractive South Asian man, with smoky eyes, a hawkish nose, and long, silky black hair and a well-kempt and oiled beard. He's dressed modestly in a manner befitting a medieval officer, with breeches, jacket, and armored shoulders with a sword at his hip, but there's no hiding the nature of what this 'familiar' is, with the demonic tail, horns, and general aura of oozing sex appeal radiating from him like a heady perfume.

    Cass tenses slightly more as he transforms, then 'relaxes' again, if she can truly be called relaxed at the moment.
    "As you say, Commander," she says, infusing the word with none of her usual verve as she fixes her gaze firmly at the lake, studiously avoiding Wenomir's eyes. "I can explain our... uh... entry strategy once we get there."

    From her tone of voice, it's pretty easy to tell that she believes that Wenomir is not going to like it, assuming he isn't already starting to have doubts already, based on Rahvi's presence.
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    Anika would have asked about Rahvi right away but she was distracted by the bush moving around. "Oh gosh." She declares as she sees the cat emerging from it.

    She doesn't rush forward to pet this or the next cat that appears however. She imagined Blanche would find that disrespectful so she imagined these cats might feel that way too. But seeing human cats walking around like that was just so cool.

    Then the cat she assumed to be Rein himself walked up, Blanche's dad!
    Anika will kneel down in front of Reinholdt and attempt to shake his paw with her both hands. "It's a pleasure meeting you, sir Reinholdt! You should know that I, uh, have a relationship with your daughter and she's pretty great!" Was that coming on too strong? She hadn't met most of the parents of her lovers.

    Those dwarves had looked really surprised though...

    For now, she's not paying attention to the plan whatsoever.


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    Reinholdt nods to Wenomir. "That's correct. That won't be a problem, will it?" If it is, well then Rein'll just have to send Rein and Rein away. But will they go quietly? They might have to Nip-Claw-Mouse for which one gets to go.

    Cassandra of MERC? Why was MERC involved in this? He gives Wenomir a quizzical glance, but doesn't ask his burning questions. His curiosity can wait until AFTER everything is said and done. But gosh is it going to eat Rein up in the meantime. Especially seeing as how that cat just turned into a DEMON. Is this not a little concerning? Sure... the demon was kind of really hot, even though he doesn't usually swing that way. But still, demon. Rein's pretty wary of those, what with a history of getting burned.

    Well, he doesn't have to think about it too hard, as Anika intercedes. The cat in the mobile bush keeps eyes on Rahvi though.
    He shakes Anika's hands, though his paw is really too small to exert much force in the matter. "Oh. It's a pleasure to meet you. You are? Which one?" He thinks for a moment. "Oh wait... mmm... Al- I mean, Blanche?" 4 of his daughters weren't a datable age, 4 of them would have relayed that Tobias was their dad, 3 of them Rein doesn't know about, so that just leaves Blanche right? Yeah. Was she here? At VIGIL?

    "That's, umm, good to hear." It's awkward, but he does smile sincerely. Honestly he's just surprised that Blanche told her girlfriend who her dad was. Oh wait, was it girlfriend? The tall purple elf described it as 'relationship'. What's that mean? Working? Intimate? Frenemies? Oh Rein hopes it's frenemies. Blanche deserves a person to hate in her life that'll still be there to hold her when it's raining. "Anika was it?" Gotta make sure to remember that name.
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    Wenomir gives Rahvi a long look, filled with a mixture of feelings, but mostly unpleasant ones. This... familiar is bad news at the best of times. And his involvement in the mission is a grim sign of what it's likely to involve. Dead gods damn it. His displeasure is somewhat mitigated by Cass' clear distress, though. This isn't any easier on her than it is on him.

    "Rahvi. A pleasure." It really isn't, but he has to be polite. He then looks down at Reinholdt again. "It's not a problem, no. Let us proceed." He leads the assembled to one of Vigil's meeting rooms, a sparse space with a table, a number of chairs and a whiteboard. He takes a position near the board and lets Cass have the proverbial floor.
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    The last word is cut from Maiel's mouth. Blanche scores several hits in his center of mass, driving the dark man back a step. He chokes out a laugh as blood dribbles down his shirt. "Children have no sense of drama any more."

    Blanche probably has a few options for cover. Benches, crates, a metal booth to cover people waiting in the rain. There's also the train station itself, a small colonial-seeming building mostly made of wood and glass.

    Momentarily slowed by the fusillade, Maiel begins to walk quickly toward Blanche. Not quite running. He doesn't seem like he's withholding his attack out of contempt, however. It's more like he's conserving his energy...

    His eyes have disappeared again, sucked down into those abyssal pits where twinkling pinpoints of diamond light wink and gleam. The dark man leans back... and chucks his suitcase at the nimble cat. It transforms midair, shedding whatever glamour keeps it small. Flying at Blanche now is a long stone chest or trunk with a sealed lid, bound with loops of steel chain.
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    To her credit, Blanche doesn't seem to bat an eyelash as Maiel takes the rounds with little more than a flinch. She opts to dive behind the outside of the metal booth, leaning back out to fire another cluster of shells before her eyes widen and she drops to the cement, the massive slab careening into and possibly even through her previous shelter. A display of strength like that doesn't make her too keen on letting him close the distance though, so she's quick to scrabble up to her feet and maintain it.
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    [Empty Station]

    The flying slab sheers off the upper half of the metal booth, flying past to bury itself in the corner of the station house with a detonation of aging timber. Maiel tucks himself into a sideways roll to avoid taking too many retaliatory shots, ending up on one knee.

    The powerfully built man aims his head at the ground. With sudden force and a terrific noise, his eyes emit a deadly white glow, a flash as bright as the sun and just as hard to keep one's eyes on. This doesn't seem directed at Blanche, however. At least it's not the whole intent. The area around him is obliterated in this burst of blazing energy, and it throws up a tremendous cloud of dust, momentarily obscuring Maiel from sight.

    Though Blanche can probably still hear his boots getting closer, and picking up speed.
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    Rahvi certainly knows that Wenomir is being completely insincere, but pays no mind to it either, walking along behind to Cass as they head up to the meeting room. Wenomir may notice a sense of anticipation about the demon. In contrast to Cass' anxious dread, it seems by comparison anxious in a completely different sense, even eager.

    When Cass takes the floor, she just kind of gives a half-hearted shrug before speaking.
    "Well, I'll just give my report directly, then. There's no way I can manage to bypass the vault's defenses. With the resources I have access to and the nature of the plane the vault is located on, I haven't been able to get all the information on the full scope of the type of wards and shielding that might be protecting the vault, and while I can bypass any expected wards, any unexpected ones would completely screw us over, and I'm not risking my ability to properly get into the headspace of a paranoid, delusional mage (sorry commander) hopped up demonic essence. So."

    Cass unwraps the long, thin object that she was carrying, revealing a long, angular sword with an ornate hilt, its blade etched with curving runes.

    "I'll have to take us in the direct way. Combined with the power of my familiar, directed through this," she angles the blade slightly, so that it catches the light. "I will be able to access power moderately in excess of the known capabilities of the vault's creator, even under the influence of cuthun essence, and I'm going to ram us through any possible ward or defense protecting it from teleportation through sheer brute force. It won't be subtle. It won't be clean. It'll probably draw the attention of every moderately powerful entity on the plane, not to mention any defenders inside the vault, so you guys better retrieve whatever it is you're bloody after quick before all sorts of unholy hell descends on us looking to see what's making all the noise. But. I can get us there. Probably. It's a confident probably. Any questions?"
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    "Blanche have sliblings? Cool! She never told me that! You gotta tell me all about them later, sir!" Anika exclaims, eager to hear about these catty relatives of hers. Were they all as cute for one? That had to be one adorable family.
    She then goes from leaning down to standing up straight while giving Rein a salute. "Ayeaye! Anika Sunfletcher at your service. I'm a druid and I do healing and shapeshifting things. Count yourself perfectly safe by my side." She also did some spellwork and fighting but those weren't her main claims to fame.

    Then she turns her attention to Rahvi who she have yet to greet. "But, uh, one moment. I gotta greet him too." She will then march straight up to the incubus as Cass and Wenomir are discussing strategy and offer her hand to him. "Hiya-" She offers her hand to shake when something seems to occur to her. "Wait, Mr. familiar? Aren't those like... tiny animals?" Her offered hand doesn't retract but she's giving him a curious look, her head tilted just slightly as she looks down at him.

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    "Ahh... a-a few siblings, yes." Reinholdt replies to Anika with a slight smile. Was she not informed about the full nature of this mission? Must not have. Rein's not sure what to make of that.

    And she's a druid too. A friendlier one than the one he knew. More openly at any rate. He nods as Anika insist on greeting the familiar as well. She seems to have forgotten Rahvi was a tiny animal moments ago.

    Oddly specific similarities aside, Rein hops up onto a chair, then the table itself just in front of the chair where he sits and listens to the report while the two other Reins stay on the floor, covering the entry and exit points. When the report concludes, he has many questions. Many, many, many questions. Few of which he feels he can comfortably ask without straining the mission itself. He bites his tongue hard and focuses on the here and now. He adjusts his fancy expedition hat. "A classic smash and grab then. I see I showed up in the wrong form. How does this sword work? More particularly, no one has to stab anyone else here right?" Stabbing someone is a terrible way to transfer power.
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    Wenomir listens to the plan with growing dismay, which he tries and fails to conceal. He doesn't have time to dwell on the extremely complicated feelings evoked by Cass calling Kr delusional and paranoid. The fact that she'll be using her familiar is concerning in its own right. Not just in the immediate sense, but in how it will affect her in the long term.

    "I've taken part in many risky operations, but this one might be up there." He sighs. "Yet we don't really have a choice, do we? We need to get those souls out. We will just need to hurry and get them before we're swarmed. Will you be okay, channelling this much power?"
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    [Med Labs]

    The med stations are a bit empty right now. No major injuries have happend and those with smaller injury just pass by to get a bandage or some medicine. Only a few machines in the back are still running. Those machines seem to refine some ingredients, but without the need for anything special it is hard to say what they work for.

    While things are working, Mia is going around the room from cabinet to cabinet. With a clipbord in hand she makes notes about the ingredients that need to bereplaces, the amount of medicin missing and whatever Tools that nees a replacement. This work is mundane and her fokus is obviously elsewhere. She let s our several heavy sights during her work but continues anyway.
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    The flying slab sheers off the upper half of the metal booth, flying past to bury itself in the corner of the station house with a detonation of aging timber. Maiel tucks himself into a sideways roll to avoid taking too many retaliatory shots, ending up on one knee.

    The powerfully built man aims his head at the ground. With sudden force and a terrific noise, his eyes emit a deadly white glow, a flash as bright as the sun and just as hard to keep one's eyes on. This doesn't seem directed at Blanche, however. At least it's not the whole intent. The area around him is obliterated in this burst of blazing energy, and it throws up a tremendous cloud of dust, momentarily obscuring Maiel from sight.

    Though Blanche can probably still hear his boots getting closer, and picking up speed.

    The feline raises an arm to shield her sight from what she assumes to be a blinding effect, gambling on her pursuer's intent to capture rather than kill to glance around the area and spot a stray length of fractured wood thrown loose by the impact. Her ears flick as his footfalls grow in tempo and she snatches the board off the platform, planting her feet and taking a stance.

    Maiel might see it as a fruitless gesture, a prideful attempt to stand her ground and get in one last hit - but in actuality, what Blanche has in mind is just a bit different. She intends to lunge forward at the apex of his charge, moving to sidestep and swing the beam into his ankles. It probably won't do much damage, but it just might be enough to make him stumble and trip.
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    There's a flash of those sinister eyes and Maiel bursts from the cloud of dust. He can sense Blanche's position, in a way, but he can't sense her plan. The plank strikes his shins solidly. He goes down... but maybe not for as long as Blanche hoped. He drops into a canny summersault and rolls past the cat. Clenching his teeth, he rises and twists, kicking off against the platform to lunge toward Blanche again. Even so, the cat's gambit puts several feet of distance between he and Blanche. An opening to escape, perhaps, or to retaliate.
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    Wenomir is there, as he often is, watching some Vigil members prepare for a mission. This time it seems it's only incidental, though, as he's clearly waiting for someone to arrive.
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    [Training Grounds]

    Wenomir is there, as he often is, watching some Vigil members prepare for a mission. This time it seems it's only incidental, though, as he's clearly waiting for someone to arrive.
    [Training Grounds]

    The person he's waiting for walks up to him, stopping when within conversational distance. Immediately, the cybernetic woman shows respect by bowing her upper body to him, then straightening and smiling, her purple dress fluttering in the wind.

    "Dzień dobry, Commander." Svetlana looks happy and appears to be doing very well, just like her message said.
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    "Svetlana. Greetings." Wenomir nods back. She is certainly looking better than the last time he saw her. It seems she has indeed recovered from... all that. "How have you been?"
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    [Training Grounds]

    "Much better than last time, thankfully! I have a shop of my own where I utilize my skills as a cybernetician, only occasionally going out to hunt bounties. No more vigilante work, unless it pays." Svetlana replies. Despite retaining her regal and noble stature, her head held high and her eyes unafraid to make contact, her body language manages to convey a sort of restrained excitement... the sort one would expect from a little girl.

    Why wouldn't she be though, at the chance to share her progress with a man who's made such an impact on her life?

    She turns to look at the VIGILites prepare for their mission. "It was never about cleaning up crime, but taking revenge for the accident... the loss. I am improving everyday, however. I do not see them - my husband and child - anymore, but they are still with me everyday."

    Ah, right! Common courtesy demands she ask after him, at least in-between infodumps from her end. "And you, Commander? How have you been?"
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    [Training Grounds]

    "I suppose people we lose never really leave. We can only try to make their presence help rather than hurt." Although in his case, a person he lost not being quite gone is a lot more literal and a lot more complicated. He won't get into that, though. "Not much has changed for me, which I welcome. I think I've had enough upheaval in my life to last me a while."
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    [Training Grounds]

    "Yes, yes indeed..." Svetlana smiles serenely when he talks about life being uneventful. "I am glad to hear that... sometimes that is all we can hope for."

    Her smile fades, and she looks quite serious. "I must apologize for my inappropriate behaviour, last we saw. I acted like a sussy baka. I always had a crush on you, and I tried to force myself on you." She has a look in her eyes that indicates that crush isn't gone, but she's accepted that it's nothing other than a mere crush. "Forgive me, Commander."
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