The quest of looking for her Mistress. Open for anyone.

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

Vita, still dressed in a strange dress that actually was magical armor, was exploring the ship.

In other words, what looked like a kid with a weird fashion sense, armed only with a criquet mallet, was walking alone through possibly dangerous terrain. What could go wrong there?

To be more precise, she was actually not exploring, but looking for wherever Hayate was now. She knew her mistress was on the ship, after all.

"Oi, Hayate." She tried to send telepathically, through the link, though she wasn't sure if this would work here.
The ship sure was big...

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[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Sorry, Vita. Maybe your mistress will find you soon, but in the meantime you're getting a curious look from a troll in a wheelchair. That is one elaborate dress you're wearing, at direct odds with the yellow symbol at your throat, and he's a little confused. Humans sure are weird.

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

Vita noticed the presence of someone looking at her, and thus faced Tavros. The horns weren't really what drew her attention - people with animal-ish features weren't that unusual where she came from. Nor was it his skin color. What drew her attention was the wheelchair - it reminded her of almost one and a half decade ago. Memories that carried their own share of guilt.

But nevermind that...she sure wasn't going to let any stranger notice something like that. "Oi, what're you looking at? Something wrong?" she asked.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros is getting used to having his wheelchair stared at. More cultures than he would have guessed were unfamiliar with such a device. And he's not the sort to get defensive or angry about it; so he doesn't bring it up.

"Um... Sorry. No. That's, um, an interesting dress."

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

"Oh, of course." Vita replied, absent mindedly. "Mistress Hayate designed it for me. The hat, too. So, naturally it's a good knight armor."

This did, in fact, include the bunny-doll-like things attached to her hat.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros smiles and glances up at the hat. He likes animals, and it's really cute.

"Wow. Your friend must be really talented. But... uh, how exactly is that armor?"

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

In the course of his explorations -- judicious and nonmagical at this stage -- Aibghalien had caught a hint of the magic surrounding the girl, or at least her clothing, from some distance away. Thus the elven wizard followed his senses around a corner, looking for the source.

He had to admit a certain amount of surprise at the number of young girls serving as crew aboard this ship.

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

Vita stopped, and turned her head towards the corner for a moment (had someone watched her? or was that just a feeling?), then looked to the side at her mallet.

"Graf Eisen?"

Surprisingly, a metallic, male voice answered her, albeit in a different language. What was speaking appeared to be her hammer.

[]*

"I was wrong, huh..."



*Translation from German(Ancient Belkan in Vita's canon): No hostile activity detected

I actually knew that. Yay me!

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

Unaware, perhaps naively, that his activities could cause anyone alarm, around that corner came the elf. He certainly hadn't meant to spy; the limitations of the spell just required a certain amount of concentration to identify the location of the magic.

"Good day," he said quite politely, with a respectful bow to go with the greeting. As if the wizardry paraphernalia he wore in quantity didn't offer enough cue to his quasimedieval heritage!

Oh, I'm sorry ^^;;;; Most people on LJ don't know german so... ^^;

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

So there was someone there, after all. Well, if Graf Eisen didn't spot anything dangerous, it should be fine.

Resting her weapon over her shoulder, she faced the new arrival. And while she hadn't seen an elf before, she did know people with different-than-human ears, so it didn't really seem that weird to her.

"Ah, good day, too." She replied. She wasn't the best conversationalist by far, but she had learned that it paid to be somewhat sociable. "You're a regular of the crew, huh?"

While wrong, it was a reasonable assumption to make.

It's been 11 years since my last German class, I'm just thrilled I could translate!

[for-magic.livejournal.com]

It was reasonable indeed, and certainly Aibghalien wouldn't fault her for it. "I just... woke up, I suppose, myself. I'm exploring the ship, trying to figure it all out.

"I do admit, though, that I sensed magic in this direction. I hope you don't think me overly nosy for investigating." She seemed nice, but stiff -- as in uncomfortable with socialization, not just naturally used to formality the way he was, so he thought perhaps a show of mild contrition was in order. Beyond which, he truly hadn't meant to alarm or concern here!

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

She had tried to make it to podpop, she really did. But Rein had opted for staying with Kal after she had smacked him with a giant blue ice Volkswagen. But when she felt the familiar tingle and link flare up, she patted the man and headed out looking for it.

Following along, she felt her way through the connection and soon turned the corner. Tiny hands flew into the air with joy as she cried out "Viiitaaaaaaa~!"

Tackle.

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

"Re-rein! Cut it out, you'll knock me off my feet..."

Well...that was unlikely, size difference and all. Vita was glad to see another of her friends, that's for sure. Of course, she still was Vita, so it was somewhat embarassing for her, still.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"But I'm so happy to see you!" exclaimed Rein as she hugged Vita gently. "Did you just get released from the pods?"

She wanted to hug Vita a lot considering the week she was having. "Has Hayate shown up? She's around here somewhere."

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

"Y-yeah, I just came out of that slime hole, yuck. And the stuff Nanoha told me about this place weren't great, either."

Yeah, Vita wasn't liking those a bit. Mid-Childa being destroyed... thus, Rein wasn't rebuffed, and the fairy was free to hug Vita.

"Haven't seen her yet, so I decided to look for her." She coughed. Rein probably had guessed that already.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"It isn't," admitted Rein. "But it's home for the time being. And it's what you make of it, right?"

"Mmm, Hayate comes and goes. She's everywhere, but we've got a place at the Bus. When the situation down in the City clears up, we can go there."

[bendytimed to after scan]

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

Know your terrain, know your enemy, know yourself. Eva's not going to delude herself into believing this isn't a war zone. She knows more than anyone should ever have to that the most innocuous-looking circumstances are often deadly, and the meatship is hardly an innocuous-looking circumstance. At least she has a gun again, not like that'll do much against aliens, vampires, robots and God only knows what else on the ship.

And because everyone she doesn't trust yet is a potential enemy, and know your enemy is a central tenet to survival, she's getting introduced to people. Even children.

"Are you really going to play croquet wearing that?"

Bendytime? I need to look up more details *obvious newbie* S-sorry!

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

"Huh? No, I only played croquet way back, to fool the-"

Vita started to reply absent mindedly, being busy to take a look at the really weird scenery and trusting that she'd notice if someone fired magic or mass-based weaponry at her fast enough.
However, she caught herself quite quickly, and stopped in mid sentence. Best way to handle a lapse: Pretend it never happened.

"Ahm, no, that's just my weapon." She said, being completely serious, as she glanced in Eva's direction. That should explain that, right?

Re: Bendytime? I need to look up more details *obvious newbie* S-sorry!

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

(( Bendytime just excuses how characters can have multiple convos at once, or how if you're waiting on a plot you can still go on and interact as if it's already happened. ))

"Your...weapon." Eva says, eyes narrowing, one hand resting on her hip, near her gun. "Against whom? It looks like there's only so much you can do with it, unless you're fighting gnomes or things of that nature. Does it shoot fire or something?"

It always makes her sad to see kids living a life of combat. "Who were you fooling, anyway?"

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

((AAAh, thanks :) Sorry, I didn't know the term yet.))

"Uhm, against pretty much anything." Her face turned to a slightly annoyed expression. "Of course Graf Eisen here can't shoot fire, but he can propel energy bolts. Not to mention smashing things, there's little we two can't destroy."

...The last thing Eva said did tick her off visibly, although her anger didn't look particularly scary, due to her (lack of) size. "And I'm not trying to fool anybody, either!"

[vissernone.livejournal.com]

"If you're using it to smash things, either you're excessively strong or that's not a normal mallet. Did you say it has a name?" Weird-dressed kid with a magical mallet? Sure, why not, we'll put it in the back next to the vampire-hunter and Superman. This place just can't get weirder.

Eva backs up, hands up to show she isn't holding any weapon. No way would she threaten a kid with a gun, even one who's armed and obviously hiding something. "Pardon me for not believing that slip was anything but Freudian."

Elsewhere, but receiving telepathic calls now

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

V, Vita? Vita!

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

!

Oi, Hayate! That you? I've been looking all over the place for you!

[The telepathic link prooobably carried a lot of worry with it, but that was a given]

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry, things have been a mess an' I've been busy--Did ya just get here? Where are ya?

[behaemmert.livejournal.com]

I just came out of those stupid slime pods and am in some corridors with plants and stuff, looking for you!

[Vita had been travelling quite a bit, though, most likely, in the completely wrong direction]

[diabolic-ace.livejournal.com]

I'm so relieved yer here...! [Panic and elation mixed in Hayate as it become more and more real to her that her Vita was here.]

Where are ya? Do ya see any landmarks? I'll come right away.