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[princessia]

Who: Elize Lutus and... YOU, maybe?!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Huntress
When: 7/19

[ When Elize awakens from cryosleep is when the network decides to record her panic as she sits up with a jolt, like she'd just woke up from a nightmare. It felt like a dream, but she's certain it wasn't. Before she even acknowledges the fact that she's back on the fleet, away from Rieze Maxia, she's searching around her bed frantically, patting at the sheets for something that should be there. ]

Teepo... Teepo?

[ She clasps her hands near her chest where she would normally hold her doll. It's the almost exact behavior during her first days on the fleet. Although she knows the full truth about the toy now, old habits die hard.

As she sits in her bed, she looks around at the metal walls of her room on the Huntress, taking deep breaths to calm down. She reaches up, gently running her finger around the augment behind her ear and confirming where she is. The memories are beginning to sink back in. ]

It's this place again.

[ A pause. ]

...Cullen?

Comments

[princessia]

[ All the forehead kisses just keep making her feel warm and loved. Her smiles remain tired-looking though. Still a lot going on in her memories from home. ]

I think I just want to relax for awhile.

[ Relax, sit around, and maybe observe her new pet fishes. She doesn't feel much in the mood to be playing any games. Her body was asleep for a long time, but her mind feels worn out. ]

[serves]

Would you like me to stay with you? [Even though he's invited her to his room, he'd gladly clear out if she wanted some time alone.]

[princessia]

Please.

[ She likes having his company, even during quiet moments together like when he'd read his books and she'd draw in silence until she dozes off. She missed that. ]

[serves]

There's nowhere else I'd rather be. [He wants to stay with her and be certain she's... well, she's not all right, but he wants to be there for her.]

[princessia]

[ Looking up, she gives him a brief smile as a thank you and begins to prod at her food. ]

I... found out where I grew up, before I met Jude. Not where I was born, but sometime after that. [ After her parents died. She was still really small then. ] I couldn't remember before.

[serves]

I hope it puts you at ease, knowing some of these things. Even if they hurt.

[princessia]

[ A shrug. ]

It makes me angry...

[ Jabbing at a small bit of food before popping it into her mouth. Her tone sounds more irritated than angry. She at least has some answers now, instead of being left in the dark for so long. ]

[serves]

Give it time. But being angry is okay, too.

[princessia]

[ She nods slowly. ]

I can't change what happened.

[serves]

My wise girl. [She'll be all right.]