Shore Leave Part 3: The Return Of Stacy

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Down on the surface of the planet Zokez II, Stacy's erstwhile (and hopefully much more relaxed) crew began receiving messages over their comm rings and omnicoms.

||Shore Leave is now over, please return to the site for pick up. I repeat, Shore Leave is now over, please return to the site for pick up. I hope you have enjoyed your stay on Zokez II, but all good things must come to an end. Please return to the site for pick up. If you do not return, you will be left behind.||

She means it, too. Better get your butts back to the ship.

[OOC: Please thread amongst yourselves!]

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[starlightace]

"What? Steve was hurt?!"

Nanoha didn't know how - or the circumstances. She could find those out later, if they mattered.

But right now, she just decided to give Miku a warm hug. "I'm so sorry..."

[rope-victim.livejournal.com]

Miku nodded, "Someone sicced an AI on him." She fumbled with her sidebag a moment and pulled out her omnicomm. "He posted about it on the channel, see?" Miku pointed to the conversation she'd had with him, keeping above the posts that were locked for good reason. "We fought a bit, and I stormed up to see him, but... they wouldn't let me."

She hugged Nanoha back, "It will be fine. It will be just fine." At least, if she kept telling herself that, Miku was sure that would be true.

[starlightace]

"Oh, Miku-chan..." Nanoha pulled her just that much harder, having read the conversation - though her mind was already racing to try to piece things together. An AI? Had it been GLaDOS?

"It will be. I'm sure of it - they wouldn't let anything happen to him. They'll take care of him, I promise."

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"I hope so," Miku replied quietly and put the omnicomm away. "Until then, I get to wait and worry, even if he told me not to." She sighed heavily and pursed her lips.

Still, she looked for a way to make Nanoha be less concerned, "On the bright side, at least we made some memories."

[starlightace]

"Telling someone not to worry never really works," Nanoha agreed, squeezing her shoulder.

"And that's true, we did. Did you have a good time here?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku nodded. "I did." Even just hanging around, or finding sneaky ways to go and get Steve's new helmet (which was in an inconspicuous box atop the rest of the luggage) had been fun. If that stupid AI hadn't hurt him, if he'd just gotten his treatment and come back down, then Steve would be here, too. "We did. I just wish this hadn't been soured."

[starlightace]

"Well, that's good. I'm glad to hear that the first part was good, you know? Even if bad things happened, you can still treasure those memories."

She stepped back from her friend, tilting her head to the side. "Did you get him a gift?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"It was his birthday," Miku said quietly. "So, yes, I got him something. I was going to give it to him, but then this happened. He thought I was looking for myself, so I had to lie a little bit."

She didn't think he'd mind that, though. Miku smiled a little bit.

[starlightace]

"Well, now you can give it to him as a combination birthday present and get-well present, too!" Nanoha smiled.

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

"Ah, I guess that's true." Then again, she could always give him a different present later. "I bet he'd like something better to eat than the grey-goop. I did my best to buy groceries." Those were now safely in the mess hall.

Hey, she'd needed something to do while wringing her hands and worrying.