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The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Osilon - 05-16-2011
When the group had left, Jasmine disappeared back into her ship. Soon after she caught up with the group, giving Helga a slight, respectful bow of the head as she sat down. Her straightjacket seemed slightly different, looser around the arms and legs, and her deep red eyes had dulled slightly as she took a seat with the three. All in all, generally lackluster. "pardon, for my absence...I had something to do." She murmered in apology.
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Mr.Fabulous - 05-16-2011
Helga nods to Jasmine, who still looked more or less unchanged from her attire, "Zhat's fine, Mizz Eztelle. It iz good zyou've decided to join uz. Vaz zhinking zyou had already left, vhat vhen you dizappeared back into zhe ship.
"As I've said a vhile back, pleaze don't be alarmed by zhe seemingly-unztable look ov zhe Main Building. I can assure zyou zhat even a merzenary attack armed vizh powerful Nomad Heavy Veaponz didn't level zhe complex, zo zyou are save here."
Mila opened her eyes a bit, and the first thing... or person, she saw was Ellie. Her eyes shot wide open in excitement, "Meep! H-hello, Miss Hunt... ter." Then her eyes caught Jasmine, and with that she became even more surprised, "MEEP! M-Miss Estelle! You c... you came! Yippee! Thanks a bunch for coming, and th... th-th-thanks again to both of youz for... r-rescuing me back on New Tokyo, meep. Now we can haz a great... big... tea-party, WEEEEE!"
"Calm down, girl. Zyou vouldn't vant to scare zyour guezts vizh zyour quaint attitude again, vould zyou?" And she laughed softly to herself.
"Ehr... meep. S-sorry, yeah.
"Still! I hope you both l... like our big, cool and awesome-sauc-ish castle-thingy. Really! This hall's just the BEGINNING of the entire Main Building, and there're still the East and West Buildings as well!"
"Zo... Vhat elze vould zyou two vish to know? Ve ztill have several minutez till zhe medical ship arrivez, anz a minute till zhe tea comez."
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Osilon - 05-16-2011
Jasmine giggles, Mila's innocence creating a strange feeling of attachment to the girl. She was, quite simply, fun to be around. "Maybe you'll have to show me the rest of the estate then, soon, Madame Milarosa?" She smiles, and looks about the building, thinking back on her walk in. "This place is beautiful. It reminds me of Marne...but this damage was done by time, instead of bombs..." Her smile fades a little, but then returns as she glances to Helga. "And yet, it is not simply an...'estate', oui?"
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Mr.Fabulous - 05-16-2011
Helga grinned devilishly at Jasmine's remark, "... How perzeptive ov zyou, Mizz Eztelle.
"Zyes. Zhis 'eztate' vaz, in fact, previouzly a Univerzity-City long before zhe inhabitantz suddenly anz myzteriouzly disappeared vizhout a trace. Anz, no... Ve do not know zhe reazonz as to vhy, but Herr Leonardo'z parentz vould've known, may zhe Reinhardt blezz zheir zoulz... Zhey got zhe deed to zhis land... ehr... zmall ghozt-country, vhen zhey retired from zhe Order."
"Leonardo's... parents..." Mila looks down sadly, a long frown developing down her face.
Helga only sighs solemnly, "A terrible fate Herr Leonardo had for hiz parentz... Zhe two died due to zhe Nomadz infecting zhe Herr's fazher, anz zhen attempted to uze him to assazinate him anz hiz mozher.
"... Anz hiz mozher vaz my beloved ztudent..."
But she slowly regains her composure, "... Ah... I'm ztraying from zhe queztion. Az I've said, zhe Tigre Family Eztate vaz once a great big univerzity zhat stretched over a dozen areaz, conzisting ov several ozher 'zmall citiez' anz rezearch outpozts divided into six Zectorz.
"Vhat zyou bozh zee here, zhe Entrance Quarterz, iz part of Zector One." Helga gestures her arm around the place, "Zhis complex vaz mainly uzed as zhe name suggezts: vhere mozt of incoming anz outgoing travvic to anz from zhe univerzity regiztered zhrough before being directed to zheir rezpected deztinations. Piloten had to regizter zheir permitz directly anz perzonally to zhe board here. Zhis vaz mainly a security feature, to allow no unauthorized shipz from entering zhe univerzity."
Soon, some bleepings came from around the corner: a humanoid robot came with a tray of tea and biscuits, "Ah... Zhe refreshmentz are here." Helga stood up to take the tray from the robot, and after placing it on the table the robot leaves to do other work. The old woman pours some for everybody before taking a cup for herself. Helga smiles at the two guests as she takes a long sip.
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Osilon - 05-27-2011
Jasmine takes the tea delicately, her hands still, almost unnaturally so.
"So" she starts, taking a small sip. "Once again, I hear of these nomads...and yet i've only seen them once. Oui, strange, strange creations..." She seems a little dazed for a moment, then looks back at Helga. "Research, you say? Just how large is this place...and does it only reside, say, on the surface?" She smiles, resting the cup on the table again. "Or is it somewhat larger than I originally thought...?"
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Mr.Fabulous - 05-27-2011
"Zhis place iz actually quite HUGE, HAHAHAH!" She laughs boisterously, almost spilling her tea, "Vhy, zhe original name ov zhis plaze vaz zhe Erie Inztitute ov Agriculture, a plaze once dedicated to zhe progrezz ov Erie'z food anz raw material growing.
"Perzonally, I haven't looked at zhe entire plaze, but Herr Leonardo did much ov hiz childhood anz teenage live to exploring anz charting zhe entire 'eztate'... anz he sayz he'z only charted 1/3 ov it. He mentionz zhat zhe univerzity takez into account almozt every scenario imaginable, from simple plainz, to floodplainz, to mountainouz, to spazescraperz, anz EVEN underground! Zmall citiez above ground, equally-sized citiez below zhem, vizh subterranean tunnelz running all acrozz zhe land. Outpoztz, bozh accezzible anz remote, dot zhe landzcape. Lotz ov ruinz, lotz of junk here...
"... Anz all for zhe zake ov progrezzing zhe agricultural input ov zhe Zonerz here... Vhich iz underztandable, iv zyou zhink about it. Zhis planet's a very large zvamp. Not much zave, arable land here, even zhough zhe people had drained much ov zhe zvampz a long time ago."
Helga leans back on the couch, and relaxes whilst petting Mila's head, "Zadly, ve couldn't recover much ov zhis place'z rezearch data apart from zhe zcale of it. Zhis plaze iz bazically a big ruin, anz vhere ve're currently reziding on iz only a zmall vraction ov it."
"Meep..." Mila included, "... Lots of... adventures here... lots of ruins... lots of places to ex... plore... never boring here."
Helga smiled in response, then she continued, "... But I can zay zhat zhe place could've been zuccezzful in zheir experimentz. Many ov zhe picturez zhe Herr took on zhe plazez he vent looked heavily overgrown, but zhey ztill looked salvageable. Hard to believe, zyes. I'm no Reclamation Engineer, but I took zhem to a vriend ov mine, anz he said it vaz pozzible, albeit REALLY expenzive, heheh." She takes a long sip of her tea, knowing that in a few more minutes the Medical Shuttle will arrive.
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Osilon - 05-27-2011
Jasmine nods, seeming slightly disappointed.
"Ah...I was hoping there might be something I could use. Ah well, no problem..."
She glanced across at Mila, looking slightly concerned. "I took a jab at organics in my past, I could've learned lots from a place like this. However, I went with mechanics...they are much more workable."
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Mr.Fabulous - 05-27-2011
"... Regret..." Helga shakes her head in dismay, spitting at the word as if it was a curse in this house, "... Alvays filled vizh regret... Milaroza, filled vizh regret for not being able to rezcue her fazher from zhe wars... Herr Leonardo, filled vizh regret for not being able to do anyzhing for his parentz...
"... Herr Leonardo... filled vizh regret for not being able to protect zhe zhings he loved zhe most. Zo filled vizh regret, zhat man... Ezpecially for zyou, Mila." Helga looked at Mila with disappointed, sad eyes.
"... M... Meep... Filled with regret... for not returning brother back home... filled with regret that... I couldn't do anything more to... help him in his fight against the Jellyfish... filled with---"
"Zhat iz enough, Mila. Ve all underztand. Don't fill zyourselv vizh regret... I don't zhink zyour brozher vould vant zhat for zyou, vould he?"
Mila pauses, apparently stricken by the words that Helga spoke, "... N... no, meep... He... wouldn't..."
"... Zhat'z a good girl." Helga pats her head, "Zyou'll still have zyou're chance... Zyou're alive, no? No reazon to vallow around in zelf-pity vhen he needz zyou to be strong for him until he getz back."
"Y... Yes!" The girl eagerly berates, "Leonardo... wouldn't want that... He'll want me to get strong! He'll... want me to support him! I must not fail... MEEP!"
The old woman laughed at her spunk, "Hahahah... Oh, how zhe young are able to get back up zo quickly, huhuhuh." She takes another sip from her tea, "... But zyour main vocuz be zhat zyou get better zoon, Mila. Zyou'll need all zhe strengzh zyou can muzter to look for zyou're brozh---
"... I mean---"
"YAAAAAAY! You're right, Nanny Helga! I best get... better soon, so I'll be able to go out into the stars... and look for him myself! It'll... be like a great, epic adventure, filled with... lots of excitement and mystery and MEEP!" She squeaks joyfully.
"Oh, boy, I can't wait, YIPPEE!" And with that, she quickly falls asleep.
Helga puts her face on the palm of her hand, "... Why did I say zhat...? Now zhe girl'z going to involve herzelv into a lot of trouble, anz zhere'll be little I can do to convinze her ozhervize now... I hate it vhenever I do zhis by accident." The Rheinlander sighs out heavily.
... She also turned to Ellie, as to why she's been silent the whole time.
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Jeremy Hunter - 05-31-2011
Ellie was just smiling.
"She remindd me of my little sister Rika. Full,of hsppiness and innocence...she doesnt stay sad for long, gets excited..."
Ellie tucked somd loose strands behind Mila's ear.
"She loves her brother dearly...again, she reminds me of Rika..."
Ellie turned to look at Helga.
"If she insists on searching for Leonardo, I'll help her."
The Dove Returns to its Ruin... (Tigre Family Estate: First Generation) - Mr.Fabulous - 05-31-2011
Helga raises her eyebrow in a bit of surprise when Ellie finally spoke, "Eh...?"
The old woman smiles back at Ellie, "Zyes... Zhe young are eazy to come back, hmmm? Anz zyes... Zhis girl'll probably get herzelf in a bundle really quick. Hopefully, iv she doez manage to ztow herzelf out ov zhe hozpital, I'll need zyou to make sure she getz ample protection in her ezcape... Maybe get her a proper ship, zhe equipment, zhe training, iv push comez to shove. Don't vorry, zhe Tigre Family vill zpare no expenze for zheir kin'z survival.
"... God knowz zhat vizh eagernezz like herz, zhe univerze better vatch out, hahahahah..." She slouches back on the couch, "... Not much good trying to reztrain zhe girl... She'z a free-spirit, zhis one, huhuhuh."
Then she looks down on the floor, a smug smile streaking her face, "... Maybe it'z for zhe best... Mila haz somevhat ov a sixth-zenze into seeking out her beloved brozher, even zhough she'd not admit it. Alzo, zhat man might be reluctant on coming back vizhout at leazt knowing zhat hiz sizter vaz alive. No better vay to convinze zhat zhick-headed boy to come back zhan direct proov."
All of a sudden, Helga's datapad starts clicking sounds. She takes it out of her pocket, looks at it, and then nods, "Zhe medical shuttle'z vizhin zhe vizinity. It'll be arriving in a minute." She presses more commands on the pad, and in a short time a droid, dragging behind it a flat gravitonic-bed, comes into the living room. The old woman gets up from the couch, places her tea on the table, goes towards Mila's side, picks her up softly, then lays her across the bed.
Still asleep, the injured girl is slowly brought by the droid outside the complex. Helga looks at the guests and whips her head, "So... Vould zyou two like to come along anz see zhe Frau ovv before leaving, or vould zyou two prefer ztaying here to rezt zyour veary soulz?"