Punishment [Warning: Graphic Imagery]

[cityship]

As the ship was going about its normal business of the day, everything is interrupted when Stacy broadcasts a message to the crew.

||Attention, crew. Your crew mate, Big Zero, has acquired 15 Violations. Therefore, she will now be given Punishment. According to the guidelines in place for Punishment, you are hereby requested to report to the Observation Deck to view the procedure. Though it is not mandatory, it is suggested you attend anyway.||

||It will serve as a reminder that there are consequences to breaking the rules.||

For those brave souls who decide to attend, they'd find Big Zero strung up, dangling from the ceiling of the Obs Deck by her hands, surrounded by a spherical force field.

It was to prevent anyone from...interfering.

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[thewunderkind]

Wow that was an abrupt stop, and Lash walks a few more steps after him before realizing he had stopped, and moonwalks walks back to him. Smooth.

"Nah," she replies, confused (but admittedly, amused) at the idea of Sturm going to the future and past to get warriors to fight for Black Hole. "We did all our fighting and battling by ourselves. In the...uh...present time, so to speak." She strokes her chin thoughtfully. Maybe it was better to be completely honest. "Granted, Sturm was the type of guy who hated peace and loved war, so if the technology had been available to us, I'm pretty sure our great Black Hole Leaders would have totally done that. Probably for the best they didn't."

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh, good. Definitely not the same, then. Jamie relaxes - although that last admission is a little unnerving to hear. Still, it's not like Lash admitted she would do anything like that, and he certainly can't fault her for what her leaders would have wanted to do. So, he nods.

"Aye, it probably was. I've been to a place like that and...well, it took a wee bit of doing to set things right again. I'd not care to repeat the experience." Especially that last bit where he was about to have his memories erased. It took the universe being destroyed to stop that the first time. The second time he doesn't think he'd be so lucky.

"I take it that's why ye said you've seen terrible things before?"

[thewunderkind]

She nods at his story, looking slightly uncomfortable. It's a bit hard to tell someone that you've been raised all your life to fight wars. Even worst that you ended up building half of the weapons used for the wars, and you personally bombed a few towns by your old self. And then add the fact you don't really feel that much of a remorse about it, and are confused thinking about it and if you should. Just statistics...

"Yeah I...long story.," she beings to explain as they resuming walking along. "...but the short version is that I used to be part of an organization called Black Hole. During most of my childhood, Sturm was the leader for the most part. I just told you about him so you have an idea of what type of guy he was. I was a technological genius so I got put into the weapons development." She moves her arms behind her head. "I built...a lot of things." It is a vague explanation. Vague enough so that Jaime can either ask more questions if he's curious or end it for now and ask later when he feels better. Lash is used to talking about these things, but they just witnessed something extremely unnerving. And despite herself, she cares for her teammates and their well-being. She recalls standing on top of that cliff at the end of the last war where she admitted to Nell,

"Well...maybe I do care a little."

Now she realizes she cares a lot more than just a little.

[bonnypiperlad]

Difficult, yes, but under normal circumstances Jamie would understand - at least, for what parts of Lash's former life she's comfortable explaining at the moment. And he does listen, but something in the back of his head starts nagging at him when she mentions building things. Something important that he's forgotten. It's distracting him somewhat, but he thinks he understands the reason behind one of her previous statements.

Building things in her world sounds as though it would come in useful with helping to maintain giant robots. And also explains her statement about attaching death rays she had made a little earlier that day.

"Oh, so that's why you've offered to help with the Zords, then."

[thewunderkind]

Subject change! She sure did love those, especially when it means she can talk about things that are not her past.

"Yeah!" Lash beams. "I mean after a while, technology is technology. Giant Raygun, Tanks, Giant robots with death runs and tanks, they all use different components but all come together in a mathematical simplicity for people like me." She pauses moving her arms back near her sides and, grinning as she goes on. "Besides, who wouldn't want to install a raygun on a giant robot."

[bonnypiperlad]

"I'd not care to," Jamie admits. "Billy and Kaylee have taught me a lot, but I've no wish to be blown to smithereens in the process." Okay, so maybe he wouldn't actually wind up doing that with what he's learned, but he'd really prefer not to take the risk.

However, saying Kaylee's name out loud reminds him of that glimpse of her he had gotten earlier. She had been there too, hadn't she? Maybe he was wrong, though. Maybe he was just imagining seeing her with Kang.

"Er...Lash? Speaking of Kaylee...do ye recall seeing her in the Obs Deck just now?"

He really hopes he was wrong.

[thewunderkind]

"Kaylee...." she trails off, trying to remember who that is. "Oh, is that the girl who serves at the tarvern with Kang?" Was she there? It was kinda hard to tell with all those people but..."well I know I saw Kang for sure. I think there was someone with him so...logically...maybe."

Hey did part of her feel slightly jealous they changed subject to another girl, nah probably her ego talking. Probably.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Aye, that's her." And that, unfortunately, that was not a no. Jamie has a sinking feeling that Kaylee probably was there, and turns to Lash, placing his hands on either side of her shoulders.

"Look, ye saw what happened," he says, quite earnestly. "If she saw what we saw..." It's pretty much a given. Even if she didn't look - and Jamie hopes dearly she didn't - she would have heard.

"It was kind of ye to walk me out, but I need to find her."

He's got a pretty good idea how Kaylee's feeling right now, and Lash seems...fairly fine, all things considered. He hopes she will understand. He's also pretty oblivious to any jealousy at the moment. Sorry, Lash. He's pretty clueless sometimes.

[thewunderkind]

Well then. She suddenly found herself unable to say anything much. It was as if a conversation had suddenly been cut way too short and she blinks a few times before answering.

"O-oh okay. Bye then..." Just like that, he walks away and Lash finds herself alone in the corridors and the pulsating walls. "Uuuhhh...." she says to no one in particular. "Now what do I do?" She'd been alone for most of her life. And yet now it feels so...silent.

That feeling is so weird.