Futuristic Fate of the Stars of Life (EPISODE 4: Formic Apocalypse)

[CaptainRustbolt21]

Talia turned and saw that the two were indeed missing. She raised her hand and looked to the captain. “I can find them, if necessary.” She volunteered.

"Very well. Tell them that we'll meet outside of the lab." Susan ordered Talia, her arms behind her back. "I wanna join!" Rewby volunteered, raising her hand. Susan nods and gestures her to Talia. "Alrighty. Let's go!"

Bowe realized and gulped. "Ghost and nurse are gone?" She asked to make sure. "Bowe is worried... Bowe may know what is going on..." She said, shaking nervously.

Susan raised her eyebrows and looks at Bowe. "You do...?" Susan asked.

 

[BoltBeam]

Bowe gulped nervously and nodded shyly, not saying anything.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

Lux raised is hand, and made his mouth screen say, “I will also go help look for them.”

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia looked to Bowe, and narrowed her eyes in a curious way. “Bowe? Are you ok?” She asked.

 

[BoltBeam]

Bowe nodded. "Bowe is OK! Go find ghost lady!" She said in a hurried tone. "Bowe doesn't know what nurse wants with her, but Bowe doesn't trust her, given what lines her walls..." She said in a downed tone afterwards.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia snarled slightly, understanding what She meant. “We need to find them. Let’s go.” She said before going out the door.

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

Lux raised is hand, and made his mouth screen say, “I will also go help look for them.”

Susan raised an eyebrow in surprise, now noticing that Lux got himself a new mask. "Very well, Lux. Go find the duo as fast as you can." Susan ordered Lux.

"Bowe doesn't know what nurse wants with her, but Bowe doesn't trust her, given what lines her walls..." She said in a downed tone afterward.

"What makes you say that, Bowe?" Susan asked in a slightly concerned tone. "I had the good nurse in my ship for a long time. Sure, she does have her quirks, but she longed proved herself to be the most effective doctor in my fleet. Especially with that healing staff of hers." Susan continues on in a matter-of-factly tone. "Healing staff, huh? What's its power source?" Kqidons asked as she approached Bowe from behind and pat her head. "Don't know. I tried to ask her during her first weeks in my fleet, but she never gave me a definitive answer."

Talia snarled slightly, understanding what She meant. “We need to find them. Let’s go.” She said before going out the door.

Rewby nods as she rushes out the door with her.

 

[BoltBeam]

"What makes you say that, Bowe?" Susan asked in a slightly concerned tone. "I had the good nurse in my ship for a long time. Sure, she does have her quirks, but she longed proved herself to be the most effective doctor in my fleet. Especially with that healing staff of hers."

"Nurse has samples..." Bowe said. "...Of every species except a few." She added. "Bowe thinks she's trying to complete her 'collection', but as to why, Bowe does not know..." She explained, sounding worried. "Bowe doesn't know what powers her staff either, but it looks really bright..." She said, having borrowed it before to heal Hamele up after a ship blast hit her.
As Talia, Rewby and shortly Lux head off to find Hamele with Kokoro, while their search took a while, they found Hamele herself seemingly unconscious. Heavily damaged, too - by fire. Kokoro's handiwork. Hamele probably pressed too many buttons when trying to get an extra sample from Kokoro that she already had; or for some other reason, whatever it may be. It is unknown. As for Kokoro herself, she is not to be seen.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

Lux cursed under his breath when he saw Hamele. He looked at Talia. “Go take her back to Cap. I’ll find Kokoro.” He made his mouth thing say, then dashed off

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

When she saw the unconscious and harmed Hamele, she tried to hold back a gasp. "W-Wha...?" She simply muttered in shock.

 

[BoltBeam]

Hamele, while unconscious, seemed to be muttering something - though what she 'is' saying seemed to be unclear. Even her staff seemed to have taken some damage, the 'bulk' of the beauty, being the 'hilt', had been damaged and melted a bit, even some parts of the cage to the power source - on top of the damage Hamele herself has taken.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia nodded at Lux, and picked up Hamele so she wasn’t hurt. She strapped the staff to her back, being careful of the melting part. “Today just keeps getting better and better.” Talia murmured.

 

[BoltBeam]

Hamele was taken away as such, staff included, remaining unconscious for an unclear while; but if anything is certain she's not gonna wake up for a while. Whatever she did, must be pretty dangerous or generally unwanted by Kokoro to warrant this.
As for Lux's end, he would find Kokoro soon enough - all by herself, in her ghostly form and sitting next to what appeared to be her ghost cloth body, of which she had left and was just sitting there next to it. Upon hearing him approach, she shook her head. "...Let me guess. The doctor." She said simply and sharply, not sounding too pleased about it, speaking of Hamele in distaste. Lux knows why Kokoro didn't exactly trust or like Hamele, but whatever got to her this time? Time to find out.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

Lux nodded, and calmly sat down next to her. “Do you want to talk about it?” He made his faceplate say.

 

[BoltBeam]

"I honestly don't know." Kokoro admitted, putting a hand on her phantasmal head. "As soon as everyone left us alone, she practically went right into crazy mode... I'm aware the captain has had her around a while, but... why hasn't she done something about any of this?" She sounded confused, shaking her head. "I'm sorry if that sounded pointless, but... she was trying to do it all again..." Kokoro said, shaking slightly. Given how Hamele ended up, Hamele probably overdid it this time as well, or there are other, untold details.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

“The first time, you were upset and had pieces of you missing. This time, you hurt Hamele. There must have been something new.” His faceplate read. He grabbed the Ghost cloth, put it on her shoulder, then patted her shoulder.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro sighed, feeling Lux's hand on her shoulder, repossessing the ghost cloth body. "...Yes." She said simply, not seeming too happy. "She seems overwhelmingly curious about me for some reason - for my spectral qualities. And given how she did some heavy damage to me before, it seems like she wants to find my limits... Why she went after me again is probably for her own gain; though what, I don't know." She said, shaking her head. Only Hamele herself knows exactly what she is up to, and that's the scary thing. She has been on record with all samples except from 3 - though Lux would know this as well, from being in her room prior. Maybe, when Hamele awakens, it may be an idea to press her on that as well; but if she refuses, she is probably up to something with those samples she has hoarded.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia came back into the room with Hamele in her arms, the staff on her back, and making sure Rewby was following her. As she approached Susan, she seemed slightly exasperated, and had a slack expression. “Found her.”

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

“I will give her a firm conversation and possibly disciplinary action after this is over. I’m sorry she is so infatuated with you.” He said, looking at the Ghost Cloth.
“Do you want a hug? I heard that is comforting to distressed people”

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

Talia came back into the room with Hamele in her arms, the staff on her back, and making sure Rewby was following her. As she approached Susan, she seemed slightly exasperated and had a slack expression. “Found her.”

"What the-?!" She approached the unconscious and saw the burn marks on her. "What happened to her?" She demanded.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia looked to Hamele, and then to Susan. “Best guess? She over stepped her bounds, and Kokoro got pissed.” She said simply. She was probably correct, but didn’t want to assume to much. “Lux is looking for Kokoro right now.”

 

[BoltBeam]

“I will give her a firm conversation and possibly disciplinary action after this is over. I’m sorry she is so infatuated with you.” He said, looking at the Ghost Cloth.
“Do you want a hug? I heard that is comforting to distressed people”

"Is... is that OK? I'm sorry you have to talk to her again so soon after last time..." Kokoro frowned, but nodded to Lux's offer of an embrace - a hug. Kororo succeeded in managing a smile as she tried to initiate this embrace.

"What the-?!" She approached the unconscious and saw the burn marks on her. "What happened to her?"

“Best guess? She over stepped her bounds, and Kokoro got pissed.”

Hamele yet remained unconscious, Bowe looking to the charred and burnt body (though still alive), no less the staff. "Bowe knew it..." She said silently, whimpering in worry. "...Bowe will go now. Bowe doesn't like where this is going." She said as she shortly ran off from the scene. Fun times, now 'she' is on the 'to find' list! And truth be told, Talia was pretty correct in her assumption.

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

"Bowe, wait!" Susan tried to shout but she was too late. She growled as she placed her fingers on her helmet. "Her schizophrenic emergence came again..." Susan said to herself, sighing. "She is unfit to enter the battlefield with us. There must be a medical bay here..." Susan said to her crew. "I know where one is! I can take her there!" Ma'arz volunteers.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia would’ve stopped Bowe, but she was carrying Hamele and couldn’t grab her without dropping the nurse. “Bowe....”

As Ma’arz offered to take her, Talia nodded, and approached him. “Do you want to carry her, or should I?”

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

Lux put on the arms and chest of the Ghost Cloth, and hugged Kokoro. He was still inexperienced in this manner, but he would try his best.