We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

[DotSlash]

Ness continued to twirl her hat around as she replied. "I understand. I'm a bit glad that you were so fearless in that sense. There's always a risk when trying something new... or even worse, trying to fix a mistake caused by it."

She seemed to look at her hat as she continued. "The story behind my hat? ...Well, this was a memento of my parents. They both loved to wear these sort of things every day and soon enough when I became of age, they bought me one, and said for me to wear it proudly as a mark of our family, just like they did. And so I did, I got teased saying that my skull was going to shape to fit my hat." She looked up at the sky. "About a week or so after that, they ended up disappearing as I started working on my digistruction code."

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica continued to be enthralled by Ness' hat, following its motions with her head. "It was honestly less me being fearless and more 'I've already screwed myself over, not like things can get worse'. Sounds kinda depressing, but it got me here, so I'm not regretting it." She giggled a little at hearing Ness' story. "That's so nice. I wish my family had something like that. I bet your parents must have spent a lot of money though after you kept 'losing' them, huh?"

 

[DotSlash]

Ness smiled a bit as she stopped spinning her hat, noting Jessica following the motions. "Ah. I suppose I can't argue with that sort of logic either. Rex thought almost the same way when I met him for the first time." She placed the fedora down on her lap. "Well... actually, I've never actually lost this hat. This is the same one from ...how old am I know, 33? So... 15 years wearing the same hat. I keep it clean, of course. When I said 'disappearing'... I meant my parents. They said they had something they needed to do, but they haven't kept in touch." She concluded, looking toward the sky for a moment.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica stopped looking at Ness and her hat and shifted her gaze down at the ground. "Ohhh...I'm sorry. I completely misread that. I really didn't mean for that to get brought up..." She glumly replied. She sighed as she scratched her head, suddenly feeling incredibly awkward about the situation.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness looked over toward Jess and smiled warmly. "It's no problem, Jessica. It's not like they're dead. They're not in the city I'm in, so I'm sure they're alive, milling around somewhere, having the time of their lives." She smiled a bit before looking up at the blank sky. "What are your parents like Jessica... if you don't mind me asking?"

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica looked over at Ness' smiling face and gave her one in return, then simply nodded in reply to what she had said. "My parents? I guess that's fair to ask about." Jessica replied as she glanced up at the sky as well. "Mom's always been nice. Except now I can barely stand to visit her since she always ends up badgering me for grandkittens. And goodness knows that's not gonna happen." She let out a dour sigh before continuing. "I don't remember that much about Dad really. He always worked outside the city, so I never saw him all that much....How about your parents?"

 

[DotSlash]

Ness giggled a small bit as Jess talked about her mom. "I can relate somewhat. My grandmother used to talk about that all the time." She resumed spinning her hat around her finger. "As for my parents... my mom was a bit strict while she was raising me. She always wanted the best out of me and wouldn't take anything less. I used to hate her, but I'm grateful for her now. As for my dad, he was pretty kind, but he was almost always working on things in his lab. He was a scientist as well."

 

[Drakmorg]

"Sounds like our Dad's were kinda similar. The most I ever remember about him was...shortly after my 'accident'. He took an entire month off of work to help me learn to do things left-handed. He wasn't left-handed or anything, he just always showed up at the hospital during physical therapy..." Jessica let out a sigh that expressed a mix of emotions, though it sounded predominantly cheery. She seemed like she was about to say something else, but instead let out a yawn. [small]"Sleepy...eyes are heavy..."[/small] She quietly muttered before leaning over on Ness and falling asleep.

OOC: I'm falling asleep over here. I'mma go to bed now.

 

[DotSlash]

OoC: Night dude.

Ness smiled a bit before helping to carry Jessica, robotic arm and all, to a room prepared for her. Afterward, she stretched herself out as she looked up into the sky one more time. "Mom... Dad... We'll meet again someday... I'll show you how much I've grown since... then." She muttered before teleporting herself into her room in Granite Pass and falling asleep.

 

[Furioso]

Rita was in the castle courtyard, observing the flowers.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica wandered her way out of the palace, looking for Loki and/or Rita. Finding Rita in the garden, she strolled on over to her.
Jessica looked significantly less exhausted then she did yesterday, though she still looked as if she was a bit tired, having bags under her eyes. Some of the bloody red in her eyes had cleared up, but her sclera were still mostly red, just with occasional small patches of white poking through.

 

[Furioso]

Rita looked up from the flowers at Jessica "Oh you're awake. ...Are you feeling any better? You're eyes are still red and you look pretty beat."

 

[Drakmorg]

"A little." Jessica replied to Rita, taking in a deep breath now that she was outside. "I can walk on my own again, so that's certainly better. I should probably stop looking like crap in a few days. Thanks for the concern." She glanced around a bit, looking to see if anyone else was around. "So...what are you thinking about our task now?"

 

[Furioso]

Rita sighed "Well we couldn't find it, and I can think of no other possible spot where they could be hiding, so I hope Xiphatia has a good backup plan for dealing with this. I wouldn't bet on it though."

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica scratched the back of her head as she tried to think. "Maybe they built it on the mainland or something? I mean, we all thought the Legaians building a base on the nearby islands wasn't so far-fetched as to be immediately dismissed. It's either look into that or just give up completely as far as I can see it."

 

[Furioso]

Rita thought for a moment "I suppose it's possible, but I wouldn't like to think these guys were that clueless and blind to what's going on in their own territory. Plus, ships would have been flying over that area as they went between this city and everywhere else on the mainland. They probably would have noticed a giant Legaian fleet."

 

[Drakmorg]

"Well I'm just completely out of ideas then." Jessica let out an exasperated sigh. "Though they did go west, and they approached from that direction too...Could they have gone over to that continent to the west of the main one?"

OOC: Double Anti-Hatchy

 

[Furioso]

OoC: Last post

Rita shook her head "That would have been my first guess, but me and Loki already explored that area."

 

[Drakmorg]

"Then I've got absolutely nothing." Jessica replied to Rita. Finding a bench, she went and sat down on it, still feeling a bit tired and sore. She rested her face in her left hand as she rubbed the bridge of her nose. "How the hell do several hundred giant boats just completely disappear off the face of the planet?"

 

[Furioso]

"I have no idea, maybe they have some kind of technology that lets them do stuff like this, but that's just speculation." said Rita with an exasperated sigh