They Took Mr. Stabems and Now Everything Is Terrible

[brought_it_back]

[Eva-Or, as she's more likely known, the strange girl from security with that weird robot-is feeling down recently, despite stellar and slightly uncanny performance on the mission with the Zhar battalion. Rumors, spreading fast as they do, make it pretty easy to find out-she attempted to murder the walt-child, and was given a three-hour dressing down by Commander Howe in response. A loud dressing down, the kind that can be heard from down the hallway through an office's closed door.

She can generally be found moping about Alhambra, looking about as happy as a sack of potatoes with chronic depression, and spends more of her time in the gym.]

Comments

[majestic_keiki]

[During one of the visits to the gym, Kei is there as well, working some of the machines. Seeing the rather weird girl look depressed, she gives her a look.]

Is something wrong?

[brought_it_back]

...A little bit.

[majestic_keiki]

[There was a long pause almost as if Kei was worried about what the answer might be if she asked anything else.]

Something serious?

[brought_it_back]

I messed up, so...Commander Howe yelled at me...and I can't carry weapons now...

[majestic_keiki]

...How did that happen?

[brought_it_back]

...Did you not hear already?

[majestic_keiki]

No, I've been busy.

[brought_it_back]

The girl that emerged from Smerchtz's arm...I attempted to kill her, but failed.

[majestic_keiki]

...You just attacked someone or something on base without knowing what it'd do?

[brought_it_back]

No. She is...I do not know, but her emergence hurt me. She is not a friend.

...The weapons are more worrying.

[majestic_keiki]

Yes, but what if it blew up and destroyed the base or something?

[brought_it_back]

That would be...

...very bad...

[majestic_keiki]

And you didn't even think about a risk like that before attacking a strange, supernatural child?

[brought_it_back]

None of the other entities associated with those domes have exploded.

[majestic_keiki]

It was just an example. We don't know what they can do, so there's a risk in doing anything about them.

[brought_it_back]

Keeping her around must be the height of wisdom, then.

[majestic_keiki]

I know...I'm still not sure why they don't keep her in base in a North American wilderness or something.

[brought_it_back]

You see my reasoning, then.

[majestic_keiki]

Just leave decisions like that to the officers, they're probably better informed than you.