Kiku, you're out. . o O (z_z) Hinako, you're on duty in the hospital when Kiku is brought into emergency. . o O (z?) (And I was going to be somewhere else?) The MP tells you "we need to have her ready for space tomorrow, but she'sundegone a massive psychological trauma. Can you help us?" (You could be at open mic night at the local bar.) keika, were you following? Well, I'll see what I can do. Pyscho trauma is tough to crack quickly, but it should be doable. (And if you do real well, I'll give you a pony. @_@) (A few sconds afer, possibly a few minutes depending on how long it took her to catch a ride) The Mps slaute and leave. Kiku is lying on the bed, sleeping in a sedative-induced stupor. keika, you walk into the ER at about this time. (I'll give you a pony for sure... stick something down your throat and you'll be a little hoarse. ^_^) * Kiku is, for Hinako's edification, uh, covered in blood. Her face, hair, and front of her clothing. Blood, blood, blood. Kiku is Carrie (I have read all the logs that I missed. :)) (... We're IC, Hilde. ^_^;) * Keika walks in at about this time, Karasu riding on her shoulder and glancing about untill it sees Hinako. (that was ooc) (And we're IC) (Sorry. Multitasking. Trying to keep up) Oh, Keika, do you know what exactly happened? Apparently Kiku's gone through a horrible mess. *Starts to get something to put Kiku in that's not covered in blood.* * Keika shakes her head. "Something about Kei either attacking or being attacked by her and Nova. I heard a gunshot. Kei is dead. I came to find out how long Kiku would be out for." ( WHere am I? ^^; ) It looks like they sedated her pretty hard. I'd guess she'll be out for at the very least an hour. Kula, you're still standing beside Hilde in front of her quarters. (You're with Hilde) (I got sedated SO HARD.) * Keika nods. "You might want to keep her out longer than that. At least untill things are a bit more settled." * Hilde going to see what the heck is going on. Looking for Keika After aquiring her new room key from the duty sergeant, she goes to the gear/clothing/equipment section (I'm not sure what it's called in military speak) and gathers appropriate gear for the mission, including a new huge combat knife. Although not identical to her other one, it'll suffice just the same. She then heads to her new room, cleans up, and prepares her gear. * Kula stands on her toes and tries to see over Hilde's shoulder, safely behind her. Agreed. I'll get her on an IV and try to keep her down for at least 3 or 4 hours. So I'm going to assume that this is Kei's blood all over her? The quartermaster shakes his head. "Sorry, lt. Ares, you know the conditions. No weapons until you're on board the Adventure. That's a direct order, so don't push me." (Can I find Keika by looking?) Some of it might be Novas, and speaking of her I am going to find out what has become of her. (I'm in the hospital, which is where you know Kiku had to have been taken.) (well, then sans the knife - sorry missed that stimulation - my bad) Alright then. I'll get Kiku cleaned up and make sure she's not injured physically while I can't get her out of what she's gone through. (Right) (stipulation) * Hilde goes to the hospital then, dragging Kula along * Keika nods. "Good luck." Do you want me to notify you when she comes to? * Keika turns to go. Hinako, you remember that there is an antidote to the sedative the MPs use oin these circumstances, a stimulant that will bring Kiku around in minutes. * Keika stops. "That would be wise." Very well then. * Keika continues out. (unless the GM decides she runs into the others.) Hilde and Kula walk up to the hosptial just as keika walks out. At the same time, Katsu comes up to the hospital, on a run. He stops, panting, when he sees the three of you. . o O (Z) * Hinako starts getting Kiku ready for as much of a bath as possible. * Karasu looks at Katsu. "Okay, just what the heck is going on here? I try to sit down to a videogame with Kula here and next thing I know, a detective crime drama is happening right down the hall!" It should be easy to give her a sponge bath even while she's unconscious.) * Kula frowns... "The timing of this especially worries me." (I know. But she's still wearing clothes right?) (Her clothes are pretty much ruined. The blood probably won't some out, so you might as well cut off the dress.) She's in there, don't expect her to wake up any time soon and try to keep quite. I am going to see how much of this mess I can straighten out with Captain Kurata and the Major. (Yeah. We're talking a blue dress covered in blood.) (That makes something like 3 dresses Kiku has lost to damage/ew.) "Mind if we tag along?" (Well yeah, but I still have to get her in a position to clean her. :P) * Karasu glaces at the other two pilots. (Ha. That's right. You're frail and weak.) (That might actually be difficult.0 Katsu stands there, winded but determined. "what the hell happened? Did Kei-san do soemthing to her?" * Hinako fatally damages Kiku's dress and starts the cleansing from the blood that's covering her before it dries. * Kiku is cleanable! Awesome. * Kula fidgets nervously. (Argh, I'm lagging!) (I'm seventy four seconds back guys) (Or not hello spike) (o.o) * Keika shakes her head at Katsu. "I do not know yet, but Kei is dead and Kiku is not." Katsu stops. "Kei-san is dead? That'll devastate Kiku. Poor girl, she'll probably go mad with grief unless something is done." * Karasu looks down at Kula and Hilde. I dunno what can be done... She's been sedated. * Kula looks down at her feet. Then just try to stay out of the way. * Keika starts off twords the command center. * Hilde follows Keika "And what'll happen when she comes to? kei-san had her hooks deep into her. Now that she's gone, what will Kiku-chan do?" (One day, Katsu will have to explain how he knows all this.) (Or maybe he's just paranoid. ^_~) (Kiku talks in her sleep. 8^) ) * Hinako finishes washing Kiku and gets her in a hospital gown and gets an IV hooked into her. * Keika barks at Katsu. "I don't know yet." * Keika goes. (Ha. There's recurring nightmares, and then there's laying out things even you don't know. ^_^;) (How long has Kiku been sedated at this point?) (katsu is sharp.) (... Like, 10-15 minutes max? @_@) * Kiku continues being a sleepy slightly damp lump of Kiku. (*about forty minutes.) (Wow. More time passed than I thought.) (Auh?) (If you're covered in blood, it'll take at least half an hour to cleanse you. :P) (It takes a while to give a sponge bath to an unconscious patient.) (And you'll be unclean until morning.) * Kula fidgets some more. "I don't really know much about taking initiative... I just follow orders." (Ah. Nod.) (Yes, but it shouldn't take Keika fourty minutes to walk out of the hospital. ^^;;;) (You got there after she did after all...) (It's a new Slythe weapon! Time dialation portals! Designed to waste our free time!! Those fiends!!) (But before the bath. Anyway. @_@) (Either that or its a biiiiiiig hospital. Or we're playing in Sims time :P) * Keika digs something that looks amazingly a cellphone out of a pocket of her uniform, as she dials and holds it up to her ear, it becomes appearant that it is, in fact, a cellphone. Ring. ring. "Kurata-des." * Hilde stands and waits while Keika keitais Kurata (Oh do that irritating pokémon phonecall thing instead.) (>____>) * Keika speaks into the phone. "This is Keika, I need to talk to you about what's been going on." "if your appetite hasn't been ruined, we can meet at the steakhouse. I'm there at the bar." (We're not gonna have to talk with someone named "Deep Throat" before this is over, will we?) This is slightly more urgant than dinner. I'll be right there. (Why would we need to? ^^;) (depends on just what Kiku did in her off-screen time with Katsu-san.) * Keika hurries to the jeeps. (Or at least the road.) (I dunno. I was just trying to make a conspiracy movie reference and failing horribly) * Hilde jumps into the jeep A motor pool soldier offers to take you wherever you wish to go. (Hilde and Kula: Tagalong Soldiers?) * Keika sends him to the steakhouse and bar. ( Pretty much. You can thank Kula's grandmother for that ) (Yes, I've got my own army now. Isn't it lovely?) (Kiku is proud.) (And sleepy and wet.) (I did dry you off. Probably.) (Keika has earned enough Respect points to attract followers into her vehicles without having to honk the horn) You get there in five minutes and Kurata is sitting at the bar. he has a glass of ginger ale in his hand. "Keika-san. Glad to see you. Do you need something to cool off? I'm buying." * Keika just sits down in the stool next to him. "I'd rather know what you're going to do about potentaly being out half of your pilots." * Hinako grabs her cell phone and phones the Major while gathering a bit of information on treating psycho trauma. * Hilde sits on a stool next to Keika "Part of it is taken care of. Ares is being conditionally released until after the mission. The major told me you guys shoudl keep an eye on her. If she tries to flee, you are authorized to use deadly force to stop her." (... you treat it psychologically. Over, uh, forever. @_@) (Unless you've got a pet invasive telepath.) * Kula frowns. Good. (Well, that is obvious, but you still have to make sure you deal with each unique scenario exactly the way you need to.) (If you don't you may get someone scarred for life by an event they suffered from when they were three.) "Eriko may be a harder nut. we need to go up tomorrow on schedule, and she's been heavily traumatized. Who knows what going on a mission so soon will do to the girl?" "And we can't keep her sedated because we need her at full capacity, physically and mentally. A heavily sedated pilot in battle would be as dangerous to her comrades as she would be to the enemy." I would allow her visit what's left of Kei while there is still something to visit, beyond that it's up to you. Wh-what happened in there, exactly? Hinako, your phone call is going. Ring. Rong. Ring. "Command. Hinako-san? How is eriko doing?" Only the three who were there can say for sure. All I know for certain is that there was a gunshot and there is a body. Major, I think you may need to get down here and take a look for yourself. My best bet is that she'll survive it physically. But I can't say for sure with her mental aspect. "By the way, someone needs to talk to Araki. We need to take her along to interpret the Slythe communications -- IF we can trust her." (Who said that?) (Captain Underpants) (Hee. Multiple NPCs.) There is silence on the otherend for a few seconds. "I see. I'll call a civilian psychaitrist and get him over there. You've heard of teleapthic reconstruction?" (it was kurata who asekd about Araki) Yes, but I'm not half as good at trying to fix mental problems as I am physical. Do you want me to keep her sedated, or to try and get her out of the comatose state she's in for now? Er... not in detail. I've just heard the term tossed around a few times. (Kula, you're not with Hinako. You're with keika.) (maybe we should split this to avoid confusion?) That is another problem, I doubt that the Slythe will communicate with eachother in Japanese for our convienience. My best guess would be that we can trust her just as far as we can trust Kiku. Therefor gluing Kiku's head back together should be a high priority of yours. Are there any other human telepaths that might be able to help? We're almost done with this conversation. The major tells Hinako. "Dr. Hitaka will be there in thirty minutes. You can keep her udner until then." "Alright. Thank you sir. And Kurata tells keika "We've summoned a telepathis psychiatrist from Toky. Hiroyuki Hitaka, I believe. He's quite notable in his field." "And, from what the women i talk to tell me, a major hunk." (... this can't end well.) Then the only person who needs to worry is Katsu. And the Slythe of course. (/me gives the gm an o... I think?) ( What a hunkmeister! Wicked cool! I'm outie! ) "So it should work out. Now, can I buy any of your ladies something to drink? It doesn't ahve to be alcohol -- in fact I'm drinking ginger ale." * Hinako goes back over to Kiku to put a bit more sedative in her IV to keep her under until Hitaka makes it over. * Karasu looks over the tagalongs. "Cola?" "Sure." kurata summons the bartender and a few moments later a glass of cola is sitting in front of Hilde. * Hilde drinks "Just milk please..." I had intended to wear one of my dresses for dinner, as they are not suitable for space, but such is life. We may have a chance again after we return. The bartender brings Kula a glass of milk. * Kula drinks. Yay. Kurata smiles at keika. "No problem. Can we talk for a while? I find I need help relaxing before a space flight." As it appears that there is nothing further I need do for either of ... my soon to be shipmates, there is no reason not to. I do warn you if you ask of my life previous to here names and descriptions will be nessisarily vauge. "That's fine. We may never see each other again after this mission. we may not even survive. I believe in amkignthe most of my time." (If I know Keika, all the details are in a file somewhere under 'Murder: Unsolved.' ) (o/~) * Keika smirks. "I have found that to be one of the better ways to live." (I like that quote. Cough.) (* Hinako starts building a campfire in the hospital to pass the time. o/`) (There are plenty of ways to pass the time in the hospital.) keika, you and Captain Kurata enjot a nice dinner. (Yeah, but if Kiku wakes up and I'm not there she might escape and kill everybody.) ( Like focusing on the yellow wallpaper (>:D) (NO. NOT THAT STORY AGAIN!) (HA. Nice ref.) (I think focus just switched back to your side anyway) * Kula fidgets uncomfortably. Hinako, a handsome man in his thirties is escorted into the ER. He offers his hand. "Dr. Hiroyuki Hitaka, at your service. You would be?" Lt. Hinako Satoshi, pleased to meet you. (OMG. They've started an H trend too. Hide Nova before they get you next!) (We got sick of K's. :P) (Heh.) As you can tell, you've got yourself a serious case to deal with. Nova, you are back in the temporary quarters. * Kiku is a serious case. And probably still asleep. * Hinako goes up to the cabinet and grabs the anti-sedative to start pumping through Kiku. Dr. hitaka smiles. "My pleasure. I understand we have a telepath in serious trouble." (RAWK. *plans how to kill you all now*) ( *wakes up and gets out of bed* DAAAAAAN DAAAAAAN DANDAN!!) (100pts to anyone who gets the reference) (Zarathustra?) (...however poor it may be ^^;) Kiku, you are starting to wake up. (Akira. A bad attempt to turn the song that plays when Tetsuo goes on a rampage into text) Hitaka-san, she should be fully concious in about 5 minutes. Please be careful, we need her as close to normal as she can come back to by tomorrow. "I'll be careful. Can you stay with us, please? In case she needs something?" * Kiku mms as she stirs and mumbles weakly, "Mistress... Eriko..." "Shh. Shh. You're safe." I wasn't planning to leave anyway. In the event she might flip out, we'll have something on standby to keep her down. * Nova readies her gear for the mission. (*plays the Rambo gearing up music as Nova prepares* :P) * Hinako gets out a pad of paper and a writing stick to record what Hitaka does. Dr, Hitaka says "Kiku, I want yout o do me a favor. I want you to let me in. I want to be able to see what is in your mind. Is that OK?" * Kiku mumbles, her eyes fluttering, "No... no... can't.." (Heh - except she can't put the huge knife in her boot =P) "yes, you can. I don't want to hurt you. I want to help you." "i want to ease your pain. Not take it away, ease it. Not take away any of your memories, just soothe the pain." * Hinako whispers in Hitaka's ear, "She may not be fully concious yet, so if you have to get in her mind, now might be your best chance unless you're sure you can reason to let her let you in." "To enter someone's mind without theuir coinsent is a serious violation of psi-medical ethics, Satoshi-san. She has to be willing to let me in." * Kiku 's eyes open fully and she woozily focuses on the talking man. "Sounds like... Mistress." She pauses, then closes her eyes. "She's dead. Dead." I wish the Slythe followed the same ethics. "I know. Kiku, I'm not like Mistress. I'm a Docotr. I'm a devoted healer. I don't control anyone." (Am I restrained?) (Not as far as I did anything.) (Yes. Your arms and legs are fastened to the bed.) * Kiku struggles weakly against her restraints. "Don't say that about Mistress." (Or perhaps I just don't remember doing it.) She didn't... she was... dead. * Kiku 's eyes focus more on this new man. "Please, let me in, Kiku. I want to help you, to get you ready for your mission. Only time and effort can heal your wounds, but I can ease thingss. Make it easier for you to go on." keika, dinner is over. It was quite tasty. Don't want to. Hitaka frowns. "Do you want to abandon your friends? They need you. Katsu needs you. Everyone needs you, now more than ever now that Mistress is gone." (How does he know about Katsu? O_o) (He was briefed before he came. Katsu is on Kiku's "contact in case of emergency" list.) (Everyone knows about Katsu and Kiku. They're bigger than Leela and Zapp :P) (Heh.) * Kiku closes her eyes and tears leak out. "Don't care... don't understand." She reopens her eyes and stares at the man. "Of course you care. If you didn't care you wouldn't have stayed here as long as you did." (Just because we'll probably need it shortly. She's trying to empathy him.) (If she CAN.) (Which was sorta the implied question there. ^_^;) (3,2,1,critfail) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6) and gets 11. (Almost! ^_~) (Good call) Hitaka seems to be willing to let you into his mind. You sense great calm. * Kiku frowns at him. "You... don't understand." She pulls at her restraints again. "I have to see her." "You will, when the time comes." * Kiku glares at him as she starts to thrash. "I want to see her now!" Beat. "Why aren't you scared?" * Hinako continues to take notes, and draw little pictures of Hitaka on the side. (Hee.) "I'm not scared becayuse I knwo you don't want to hurt me. In fact, you can't hurt me." (Uhoh, them's fightin' words.) Kurata escorts keika out of the restaurant. "Would yoyu like me to walk you home?" he asks. * Kiku frowns and says, "I can so!" Hitaka smiles. "it might be good for you to find soemthing to lash out at, in any event. But you don't have to worry. * Hilde follows Keika and Kurata * Kula follows along. * Kiku continues thrashing, "Yes I do! You'll all just... nobody knows her! Nobody knows her but me!" * Keika shakes her head. "Perhaps later tonight, I have a few things I intend to check on." 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for DB-GM (2d6-2) and gets 8. Hitaka smiles. "Oh well. I can try something else." * Kiku replies, "You can try letting me go!" And Kurata tells keika "I'm staying in the guest quarters, Room 12. I'd welcome a visit, if only for a moment." * Kiku adds with a little hesitance, "I... I will hurt you if you don't! I will!" He can't let you go Kiku, that'd be my job. And until you're back to normal, I won't let you leave that bed. Hitaka hands Hinako a vial. "Give her this. It won't put her out, but it should calm her nerves. 100 ccs will do it." Alright. *goes over and sticks it in her IV tube.* * Kiku looks at the drug passing. "Drugs again! You people and drugs! Trying to control me... keep me from Kei!" Whoever killed Kei has made it so that you can't be with her ever again. I'm sorry that you lost her, but there's nothing we can do about it right now. (*points at /mag*) "Kei is gone, Kiku. No matter how much you want her to, she won't come back. That's not her lying in the mourge anyway, it's just a piece fo meat. Kei is gone." (Can we eat it then?) (MEATY.) (Er, points at /msg, even.) "if you can, you can look over to the mourge. You can see what's left of Kei Amamura." * Kiku says, "Let... me... gah!" With one last tug, she goes completely limp and a ghostly blue form seems to fly out of her for a split second before disappearing. (Should I be prepared to do a RvB experience?) It only takes a second to reach the morgue. There you see kei's body. It is naked, with two bloody gashes in her chest and side. Her face is white and cold. her eyes are glassy orbs with no light in them. (You'd think somebody would have closed them by now) There is nothing warm, nothing desriable, nothing living about the thing on the table. suddely you look and see that an astral Dr. Hitaka is floating beside you. * Kiku 's astral form coalesces above the body. It's... a little taller, with long hair and is dressed in a single long blue dress with silver bracelets and anklets. She 'looks like' she's crying. "Go ahead," he says. "Cry. It's the natural thing to do when you're in grief." * Kiku whirls and turns to look for the doctor, on hearing his words. His astral form is floating off to the side, showing you a sympathetic look. Meanwhile, Hilde, Kula, where are you going? * Hilde following Keika wherever she may go * Kula follows Hilde wherever she may go * Keika goes back to her room and tells the other two that she needs to pack. * Kiku swallows and looks back, before she puts her ghostly hands down on Kei's stomach. "I... she never loved me, but she... gave me everything. I..." the hands drift over the wounds and up to her face. "I burned out her mind... at the end..." she lets out something that sounds like a sob, "And I couldn't stop Nova. She's dead and it's all my fault." Another sob. "So dead." (/me is now sitting in a room with two soulless bodies. Great.) (Ha ha.) (Well, if you wanted to cop a feel...) (He's right there. o/~) (snicker) (Too busy drawing. :P) Dr. Hitaka smiles. "Go ahead. "I'll be waiting when you come back." And the astral form of the doctor disappears. (And probably hoping that I didn't just poision you.) * Hilde goes back to her room to pack then And hitaka's body, which ahd been seated at a nearby chair, wakes up. * Kula frowns, and gets back to packing "Satoshi-san, thank you for keeping an eye on us. Kiku will reutn when she is ready. She's doing what she needs to do, letting her giref work through." * Kiku looks back at the doctor's absence, looks down towards Kei, and leans over slowly, enveloping her in a ghostly hug. I thought I saw something funny going on. But one question before you go, what exactly did you give me to put in her? "A placebo. Suggestion is a very powerful thing for a telepath." "I don't think we'll need it anyway." I just hope she comes back to normal soon. "After a shock like that, she won't be normal for a long time. But we can help her become functional. The only way to recover from a death is to live. She just has to realzie that." * Kiku says quiietly, "Mistress, I just... I wish I knew why you were so empty. I... I can't forgive you but I... love you. Loved you." She lets out another ghostly sob, and then kisses the dead Kei on the lips. I've noticed that too, seeing so many soldiers come in here from a battle, wanting to know if their buddies made it. Hitaka then turns to Hinako and smiles. "I was vulernable for a while. Nothing happened, did it?" kei's lips are cold as ice. I didn't notice anything happen. I was just a little curious as to what you put in that vial, and wanted to look it up. But I still didn't remember anything that looked like this before. He smiles. "Just as well. The body doesn't respond to touch druing an astral projection." "Now we just have to hope Kiku comes back." It doesn't when you're dead either. * Kiku comes up from the kiss and whispers, "Goodbye, Kei Haruko. I... I wish I believed in an afterlife, but if there is... maybe..." She swallows, then concentrates and drags her fingers across her eyelids, actually managing to physically close her green eyes forever. "True. But the autonomic functions are still active. The heart beats, the lungs breathe, and so on. It's how the body stays alive." "Even in the abscence of consciousness." "I;m thirsty." he finally says. "Do you have any tea?" * Kiku slowly drifts back to her body, not actually bothering to unmanifest. Which probably creeps a lot of people out. (Are there any PCs in the way to see that? Besides Hinako at the end?) No. (Aww.) Just because you're not conscious doesn't mean autonomic functions are dead, right. But I still don't see why you would be so intent on being worried in that regard. I've studied medical knowledge for way too long to not know what you can and cannot do while unconcious. ( HELLO KEIKA! ...) And yes, I do believe we have some tea around here somewhere. I'll go make some. If Kiku feels like getting up, she can, but she can't leave the room. ( Hello Kiku, I was wondering if you'd stop by.) (Heh.) "it isn't worry. It's just that sometimes people ahve tried to take advantage of my astral state and been disappointed on the lack of a physical response." (... ha.) "I'll keep an eye on her until you get back." Hitaka says. I'll remember that next time you leave your body. * Hinako walks out to get the tea. * Kiku 's ghostly form eventually drifts into her room, as it were. Hitaka smiles. "Hi, Kiku. welcome back." "You might as well return to your body and get some rest." * Kiku waves slightly at the doctor and says quietly, "Hi." She looks at her body on the bed, then over to the doctor. "I... I don't want rest. I just want..." she trails off and makes a gesture with her ghostly hands. No need to tie me down. I... I don't need to hurt anyone now. "I understand." * Kiku nods a little and says quietly to him. "That doesn't mean I can't hurt you, though. How can you be so calm? I'm... I'm Kiku Eriko." "And I'm Hiroyuki Hitaka." * Hinako comes back with a pot of tea and three cups. Hitaka stands. "Splendid! Hopefully Kiku will want some too." He takes a cup and, if it is not full already, purs himself a cup. * Kiku is standing to the doctor's side, staring at him. "No, that's not what..." Kiku... is here isn't she. (Well, I am manifested, so yes. You can see aforementioned ghostly form.) (You were behind the doctor.) (Is his name a name I should recognize?) (I asked in /msg, but... well. ^^) So I guess I'll pour her a cup as well. And probably take these straps off her too. * Kiku swallows, after staring at him a bit longer. "I... I see." Hitaka smiles. "Don't be afraid, Kiku. You are among friends -- even me." And I'll always be there too. You know I will. * Kiku shakes her ghostly head. "Just... be glad I'm not Kei, Hitaka-san. You... would be in trouble." She smiles weakly at Hinako and says, "Straps, please?" * Hinako takes them off after finishing the tea pouring. * Kiku waits for the straps to be off, then sorta... falls forward into her body and stirs pretty much immeiately. "Welcome back. Do you think you'll be collected enough to go into space tomorrow, or do you need more help?" * Kiku sits up slowly and wipes her eyes, "Uhf... I..." keika, you should be done packing by now. have you decided what to do about Kurata's invitation. * Kiku looks at him and says quietly, "I don't want you in my head. That's not..." she blinks a few times, then looks between the two of them, "Nova, what happening to Nova?" "Nova's fine. She'll be joining you in the morning. But after that she'll have to have a hearing. Do you think you'll eb able to say what hapopened to a court martial?" * Kiku sighs and looks down. "There's not much to..." she swallows and closes her eyes. "Not much to say." "Nova's life may depend on what you tell them, you know. there's a chance she might have to hang. Slim, but a chance." * Kiku shakes her head and says quietly, "Nova was defending herself. That's... that's all. Can I leave?" After you've had some tea. It will help you feel better I'm sure. "You can't leave dressed like that. I can send another nurse to get soem clothes for you. You'll be all right now. I knwo it." And, your dress was ruined. So you'll have to get to your quarters to get something else. * Kiku nods mutely. After a second, she says quietly to Hitaka, "I don't. Not... not anymore." "maybe Katsu can help you. It's hard to get trhough a night alone after a shock like the one you just had. Just spending time with someone who cares for you will help." "At least that's what my wife always tells me." * Kiku smiles wanly and draws her arms up into a self hug. * Karasu , if anybody cares to look up, takes a low speed pass by Kiku's window. * Hinako patpats Kiku on the back. "You'll be fine. Go spend some time with Katsu, who I'm sure will be glad to bring you something from your quarters." * Kiku closes her eyes. "No. Send... send someone else. Not Katsu. Not... not tonight." "who do you want me to send?" Anyone else. Any of the pilots. Just not... * Kiku 's hug gets a little tighter. (Kurasu hears this through the window, and through him keika) I'll go do it. I'll get another nurse to standby just in case. OK, that should wrap things up for now. We'll resume next time at the next morning. Contact me by e-mail if you want to blue-book before then.