"Who's actually Brigitte?" Sequoia turned to Fitzroy when Enzo and Vulpe left the lounge one after another and added, "Take as a plain curiosity".
She landed her glass on the solid ground of table and pillowed her head on her her hands elbowing the table top; and smiling to Eiten she winded forward the imaginary record of her thoughts about Gallia on the way here.
Jean opened jerkily his eyes. In the first moment he could not remember anything. Now the memories came back, he must have slept for hours in this armchair. He stood up, suddenly felt an acute pain in his back. "Arghh..not again that..." he muttered to himself and headed a bit groggily to the bar. Suddenly he noticed a foreign woman hanging at the bar together with Etien. Jean grabbed, while to go past the big table full of wine and champagne, a glass and took a mouthful of wine. He turned to the bar and introduced himself shortly to the young lady called Sequoia, wished her an enjoyable stay in Gallia and left then quickly the room with a few apologetic words while pushing his hands on his back.
Hikari puts her head back for a brief second and drops her glass accidentally. As it hits the ground, she jumps up and looks around.What was that? Are we under attack?!She takes a step forward and hears the glass under her boot crunch.Uh-oh... Uhm....She looks down and looks back up.Gomen ne! Gomen ne! Gomen ne! I didn't mean to drop it!She bends down then starts picking the pieces of glass up quickly.
Etien had been watching as Vulpe and Enzo left the room, and jumped awake, startled, when Sequoia spoke to him."Brigitte is...well, Enzo would say something sad like 'the love of my life'. He always has been a romantic fool."
Etien went to lean back, but the other Sirian, 'Hikari' her name was, had dropped her glass. As she started apologising, picking up the pieces, he stopped her, telling her to sit down, and not to bother.
"Dashiell!"he called out into the bar, and a moment later a large man, his face hidden by a hood, entered the lounge."Find someone to clean this up, will you?Etien said, and the man named Dashiell nodded, heading out to find someone to clean the mess.
"Its no problem, mademoiselle. Accidents happen. Besides, you are a guest here. Even if you broke an airlock and a handful of my men were sucked out into the void, I would still not blame you. Well, not the first time at least.....But nevermind that. Are you enjoying your wine? Premium 600 AGS, from my private stock.
Hikari hears Etien, stands up and bows to him.Arigato, Etien-san.She moves away from the glass and sits down looking at it, still feeling bad for breaking it then sighs.
She looked back at Etien and nodded.Hai, your wine is very nice, Etien-san. Arigato. I am too scared to waste anymore of it though.With that being said, Hikari looked down with a sad look on her face.
Etien looked at Hikary, a slightly amused expression on his face.
"Scared of what?"he said."Here, no-one can touch you. And besides, wine is there to be drunk. Even spilled, it would be a better fate than the original owner intended."
Etien pulled another glass from the cabinet nearby, and poured more wine from an open bottle, before handing the glass to Hikari.
"Now please, tell me about yourself, and where you come from. Despite my best efforts, Sirius remains a mysterious place to me."
Hikari took the glass with both hands and pulled it towards her. Arigato, Etien-san.She looks at the wine.Well I am from Kusari... I found a transmission channel about how a group of people were fighting against others who had turned Bretonia into a waste land. Even though I am Kusari and Bretonia shouldn't be of my concern since Kusarians and Bretonians are at war... I can't let nature be harmed and destroyed the way BMM and Orbital Spa and Cruise does.She takes a sip of her wine.My parents died in Bretonia when I was very young... They were peaceful, loving people who wouldn't harm anyone. I don't know why anyone would've wanted to kill them... I still blame it on the Bretonian Government... Also the corporations that could've killed them seeing as my parents would try to save nature.
They gave me the name Shizen no Hikari because they knew I would bring change to the way nature is treated... or at least try to bring change. It means Nature's Light.
She puts her wine down and thinks a little.Corsairs and the Colonial Remnant oppose the BMM...fortunately I have a friend in both. We're childhood friends and will always look out for each other.
She blushes...You want to know about me? I am a sweet, caring person. I don't really like fighting but I will fight to protect my friends and Nature. I know how to fight in a starship and in hand-to-hand combat. Uhm...I'm forgetful too I guess. She smiles sweetly then thinks for a second.
Oh! I uhm... I can't ever be scared of people who try to harm me... I'd probably do more harm to them than they will to me. I'm just sorry for spilling such a good drink... It really is delicious.She smiles brightly and looks down.I just don't like wasting good thinks, especially that this was made from plants that bare gifts from Nature.
Enzo entered the VIP section again, his eyes on Seqouia. She was also looking at him. He took his seat next to her, and leaned forward to her. "Mon cherie, how do you enjoy it here?""Very good" She smiled. "Bien, bien. Would you come with me for a moment...I want to show you something." She followed him to a hidden door in the far corner of the VIP section.
Enzo opened it, waited for her to come in, then closed and locked it quickly. It was a small, round room, with a round, table-like construct in the middle. There was a console attached to it. "Here I will show l'information that you desire..." Enzo pushed some of the buttons on the console...
Slowly, a holograhpic image appeared over the construct....it started to take forms, it looked like, the map of Gallia. Seqouia was looking at it with big eyes. Firstly, he showed her which systems were controlled by whom, and those who were contested. "As you can see, le Counseil can't push forward anymore - they have to defend very strongly." Then he gave her somebasic information about the history and factions of Gallia, and their diplomacy towards each other. Finally, he showed her some more detailed information about their soon-to-be enemies, the Royals. Their ships, their weapons, their technology. "As you can see, they have a very numerous fleet. I do not know how big les Sirian houses are, but I doubt any of them could compare to it."
After about an hour, Enzo finished with that. "Let's go back now - then we will take a quick tour around, you have to see Gallia for yourself."
"Enzo... Wait a second.", Sequoia reached his hand and squeezed it to stop him at the entrace to the place, "Why are you that sure that me, the others and the whole Sirius are in danger... And that the Royalists are preparing an invasion?"
She was standing in front of him, worried and agitated, looking at his face and waiting. It was one of the two questions she wanted to know the answer to that much. But the one about "Who's Briggette?" wasn't fitting the moment, so Sequoia holded her tongue. So she was waiting for the only answer - for the reason behind what was going to happen if all the Enzo said is true.
Enzo was thinking. Finally. I thought she'd never ask me that. He looked at her. This information is going around for quite some time now, it is said that the Council picked it up first. However.... Enzo looked at a mirror on the wall. I know it because I was once a Royal. Oui, I once was "noble". He started to laugh. But that's another long story, and there's no need to talk about that now - maybe later.
There was still so much she did not know. She was now his guest, at his home. She did not understand how much more dangerous it was here, and that's why he had to keep his eyes on her. She was - not prepared for what was going to come....
Enzo held the door open for her, indicating her to pass through into the VIP section again.
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