2nd Feather

[feurig_gungnir]

[1]

[Despite joining up with the Unity Group, the two members of Zwei Wing have been rather absent from combat for the last few weeks. For the older Kanade the reason behind this was not exactly something that she wanted to get out. She had an image to uphold after all. Even if she trusted the Unity Group she still wanted to be careful with it.

Of course, hiding it really wasn't an option once her withdrawal symptoms started to kick in. The Idol leans against one of the walls of Sakihama Base and begins to coughs into her hand. A surprising amount of blood came out of her. For some reason Kanade doesn't seem that surprised about it. She just looks at the blood in her hand like it was nothing.]

Not quite as bad this time...

[2]


[Some time later she's finally provided with a new supply of LiNKER and she's taking her dosage in some secluded corner of one of the bases. She seems oddly calm, even as she stabs the syringe into her neck and pumps the drug into her system.]

That should do it.

[Kanade looks a lot more relaxed now.]

[3]


[In Sakihama City Kanade can be found wandering around in a brilliant disguise (large sunglasses and a sunhat) doing some grocery shopping. Somehow you've been dragged along to come with her and she's going through shops at a breakneck speed. For someone who was in pretty bad shape a few hours ago she's pretty energetic.]

Comments

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[tiger_ken]

[Ken looks to have officially been made a man of heavy lifting, judging by the bags he's carrying. Yet, he does not complain or groan - not even the slightest. And there are two reasons for this. For one, it works well for his training - the bags take the place of weights.

For the other...]

A-Ah! Miss Amou! Wait up!

[His inner fanboy is dying of joy. Nice for something to actually cheer him up.]

3

[majestic_keiki]

[Kanade somehow managed to draft a bunny. A rather shellshocked one who was still trying to get her bearings on just how she ended up out here.]

What are you looking for?

[feurig_gungnir]

[Kanade peeks out from one of the shops.]

Come on Ken, we have no time to waste!

[tiger_ken]

O-Of course!

[Ken quickly moves to catch up, but can't help but let out one small remark as he looks over his current load.]

Guess the rich really do have broad tastes...

1

[herodrawing]

Miss Kanade?!

You're bleeding! Please hang in there, I'll get a doctor!

2

[cloningblues]

[Only when Kanade is done it turns out that someone is watching. Silently; seeing an idol singer stab herself in the neckwith a syringe is not a normal sight.]

...I didn't know you're taking medicine...

Re: 3

[feurig_gungnir]

Let's see...I'll need some good chicken for a curry on Monday. Some beef for hot pot on Tuesday. Tsubasa hasn't been eating properly since we got here, so I'll probably need to include some greens with that.

Re: 3

[majestic_keiki]

...That's a lot of planning. Especially when most people just eat in the cafeteria.

Re: 1

[feurig_gungnir]

I'm fine Izuru, really.

[She says that, but that coughing isn't stopping. Neither is the blood.]

Re: 2

[feurig_gungnir]

Ah...looks like my little secret is out.

[She returns the syringe to small case.]

I've been taking it for a while now.

[feurig_gungnir]

What can I say? I enjoy cooking for us. Besides, the cafeteria is already busy enough and I'd feel bad taking food from it when we're not even living on the base.

[majestic_keiki]

I didn't know you were commuting. But I live on one of the other bases anyway...Sounds like a lot of extra work. You have to already be busy.

[feurig_gungnir]

You'd be surprised, an Idol doesn't make nearly as much as you think.

[Somehow she's snuck up behind Ken.]

[tiger_ken]

More than me.

[And his eyes almost immediately catch hers... which then makes him realise how close she is.]



A-A-Ah personal space!

[Hard to say what's funnier - the irony, or him falling backwards.]

[feurig_gungnir]

[Kanade just starts laughing at that reaction.]

Most of this things are stuff that people with a normal salary can afford.

[feurig_gungnir]

There haven't been many Noise attacks lately and our concerts have also been pushed back by a few weeks. Our apartment is also only a few minutes away from the city and the base so it's really not that bad.

At least for now, I'm sure we'll be drowned in work when everything starts to catch up with us. I'm just enjoying this while I can.

[herodrawing]

That doesn't look fine at all!

[Izuru looks at the situation from every direction, trying to remember are there any impromptu cures for tuberculosis or internal bleeding.

For the outside observer, he's just running around like a headless chicken.]

Re: 2

[cloningblues]

Not really out. I'm not going to tell anyone, unless you want me to.

...What kind of illness requires shoving a giant syringe into your neck?

[Come on, it's not that giant.]

[tiger_ken]

...That explains it then. I... don't.

2)

[break_the_nine]

[Hey Kanade? Not long after the contents of that syringe made its way into your bloodstream, there's a particularly loud yelp and crash. You see a young and goofy looking kid who had probably lost his balance after he was startled by you jamming a goddamn needle into the side of your neck.]

Owowowowowow

[empress_without_a_throne]

[First the cough, then the blood... Sara's already moving to try to see if she can help, but then there's Kanade's choice of words.]

"Not as bad? Compared to what?!?

[Please excuse her lack of more than one usericon, believe me she's not taking this well.]

[majestic_keiki]

That makes sense. Things have been a lot more busy back at the bases, I imagine you've heard about at least some of the deployments.

But while I'm out here, I'll do some shopping on my own. Hopefully I'll have time to do some baking between training, deployment and standing by to be able to go on duty any moment.

[ugyuuya]

That seems to be quite a way to take a drug. I'd have through for certain that the advances in aerosol style injection would have made that type of syringe obsolete.

[Yuuya watches a Kanade begins to relax.]

Is this a condition tied in with your piloting or one of a more personal sort?

[feurig_gungnir]

Ah, I forgot that the Unity Group doesn't provide you with a salary.

[tiger_ken]

And neither does Solaris. I'm lucky the base provides quarters, or I'd be out living on the street again whilst trying to save people.