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[Open ... ish?]

Who: Kelly-087 and YOU! (mostly you)
What: Kelly arrives at Castle Paradisa!
When: All day today and tomorrow
Where: Basement
Rating: N/A

Within the basement, a very large tube has manifested, containing one large, armored supersoldier, currently in the deep freeze of Cryosleep.

The window to the cryotube is slightly frosted over, but it's clear enough to see the figure inside; well over 6', and covered from head to toe with black matte undersuit and an iridescent green armored plating, complete with helmet with a curving gold visor.

There's a keypad to the side of it, with a typical setup of letters and numbers, but there's no indication what code might pop the tube open.

[[Right now Kelly cannot respond, so feel free to tag each other, speculate, look for clues. There's got to be a way to open this thing somehow, right?]]

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[Kelly sweeps two fingers over her own visor, happy to see at least one familiar face here, and steps in after Lucy and closes the door.]

[She makes a calculated sweep of the room, noting weapons, escape routes, wondering what Lucy was reaching for.]

So, another dimensional bubble. This should be fun.

[Lucy tilts hr head to the side, then nods. Kelly must be from around the same time she is. She writes slowly in the journal, then turns it to show Kelly.]

Onyx?

[Kelly frowns at the journal, not because of the words on it, but the fact that Lucy was writing.]

Onyx, yes. Trevelyan now. [She frowns slightly deeper, removing her helmet and running a hand over her hair as her thoughts strayed to Kurt.] Remember, Halsey renamed it?

[She shakes her head slowly. That part she doesn't remember.]

I was not with you.

Oh, yes you were. You talked, Lucy. You don't remember that?

[There was definitely something not quite right about this situation.]

[She blinks, then looks as though she's about to write. There's hesitation, though, as she considers her circumstances.

She can't speak. She can't. She makes a brief gesture toward her throat, shaking her head.]

[Kelly nods, processing that information. Had that outburst been a one-time thing? Or was what they said about different timelines true?]

I heard you.

I can't.

[Lucy looks confused. That can't be right.]

[She reaches out to grip lightly at Lucy's shoulder, It's okay. Whatever the reason, if Lucy didn't want to talk now, Kelly's not going to push her.]

[After she's sure the message got through, she drops her arm and goes to look out the window at the castle grounds.] What do you think of those Freelancers?

They've helped me. I was alone when I got here, besides B312.

[Lucy squares her shoulders. A shake of her head indicates that she really doesn't know what to do now, or where she stands.]

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[Kelly turns away from the boring looking grounds.]

We'll get through this. [She's worried, though. How long can she last with inaction? Without any IIs? It wasn't something she was looking forward to, at least.]

[She knows, and a nod of her head shows that she understands, agrees.]

Did I miss anything?

You're due for a debrief, yes. [Maybe she'd hold off on telling her about ... talking. For now.] We get off Onyx. Halsey had it renamed Trevlyan, for Kurt.

[A pause. Some of the news they received weren't necessarily meant for all of them. She didn't feel it was her place to pass on the news of Miranda, and for the moment she held onto the news of John's fate; that was her burden to bear.]

The flood is gone, and we have a cease-fire with the Covenant.

[Which she's not entirely sure she believes it, but considering the source it was something she had to at least consider.]

[Kurt. Lucy smiles faintly at the memory of her CO and mentor. And of everyone she's apparently left behind.

Scribbling:]

The war is over?

[Because what does that mean for, well... her? She never got to really fight to avenge her... whatever she was avenging.]

[She pauses a moment, because it's just as weighty a conundrum, then nods.] For the moment, yes.

[Lucy just looks confused.

Honestly, she never thought about it, but... What meaning does she have if there's nothing to fight?]

[It's not any sort of an environment for a couple Spartans, either peacetime at home or the castle here, and as new as she was Kelly considered it was going to be one of their greatest obstacles.]

We'll get through it.

[Somehow.]

[A slow nod, then she makes a more official sign of understanding. She hopes so.

But now she furrows her brow, thinking very hard about... something she can't put her finger on. Why did she fight? What was she fighting for?]

[Kelly gives a curt nod back, but pauses. Lucy had signed understanding, but she still looked confused.] Any other questions?

[There's a dead silence, then a choked noise as Lucy struggles to recall what she knows she's lost.

She doesn't know why she was fighting in the first place.]

[Kelly tenses, for a moment anticipating Lucy remembering (again?) how to talk, but when nothing more is forthcoming she relaxes.]

I'd say 'at least there aren't any Covenant here' but I kind of wish there were.

[A shake of her head, and she holds her head in her hands.

Can't remember. She can't remember. But she shakes her head again and looks up.]

[Kelly's at a loss. What a terrible difference just a little bit of time makes.]

[She's also not sure how to comfort the other Spartan. She'd spent enough time with Lucy to know the girl was alright (incident with Halsey aside), but she wasn't a II, and Kelly didn't instinctively know how to deal with anyone who wasn't a II. She stood awkwardly, as if waiting for the solution to this apparent objective.]

[There's a soft, strangled half-noise as Lucy tries to remember, but nothing comes, She straightens, though, looking squarely at Kelly as though she doesn't care, as though she isn't bothered. She's a damn Spartan, after all.]

[Eventually, Kelly nods. She'll take it, though her instincts are still telling her something's wrong.]

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