After "Devotion" / The Mother of Beasts

[brought_it_back]

1.[After everything that happened on the last mission, Eva is worn out. So she's sitting on a chair out in the hangar, looking up at the Tern and gathering herself. Her hands are quietly shaking.]

...


2.[Night finds you walking the halls of Alahambra base-but it's wrong. Windows are shattered, lights flicker, and there's dirt everywhere. The place is familiar but not, looking exactly like the base might if it'd been abandoned for five or ten years. Nobody else is around.

-Until a teenage girl drops out of the ceiling right in front of your face.]


Boo!

((If it's not obvious, this prompt takes place in a dream sequence. Feel free to tag both with the same characters.))

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[in_over_his_head]

[Lets see now. Psychic, has a daughter. Gloomy duty bound person. Wait... isn't she supposed to be-]

I've... had a few conversations.

[What is this? Some kind of psychic projection? Was the data Eva blew up wrong and she's still alive? Was she actually dead and her presence still lingering? Whatever he did he can't give too much away. Also he needed more personal space so he backed up a little.]

Samantha Barton I presume?

[ghost_mom]

Bing-GO! That's it in one!

So, is Eva making friends? Does she have a boyfriend? Has anyone gotten to do that thing where they sneak up behind her and make her smile, like this?

[in_over_his_head]

... Considering what happened recently I'd say yes to the first, possibly no to the second. And if anyone tried the third they'd get an elbow to the solar plexus at the very least and a shanking at most.

[ghost_mom]

Hah! That's great. It's good to hear she's making friends, too. I'd like her to have a happy romance, but, well, I guess she's still young...

Take good care of her for me, okay?

[in_over_his_head]

Kind of a lot from a person you just met Miss Barton.

But I'll do what I can.

['If anything ever proved that a dame was more trouble than she ever was the moment you meet her, its her mother telling you to take care of her. Especially if its in a dream. Just got to take it easy, I've got kids foisted onto me by family before... this one's just a bit more complicated.']

... I'll try to do what I can.

[Calvin amends his statement after pondering his internal monologue. His nephews and nieces were way younger than Eva and most certainly were not psychic super soldiers who had access to robots, guns, knives and could sneak up on you from the vents.]

[ghost_mom]

Thanks. I haven't had the chance to be the best mother...honestly, I've been kind of terrible. Saying nothing for years, causing horrible nightmares when I re-connect, dumping all this on some strangers...

I'm not going to be around for much longer, so I'll have to leave it to you Unity Group people to handle it. But I think you'll manage.