Let's Get All-Catching

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CHARACTERS: Yzak and anyone!
LOCATION: Various places around the station.
DATE: Different times (will be noted).
CONTENT: Catch-all containment zone.
WARNINGS: Any will be added to prompts.

(( Getting things rolling with current plans! Got some prompts in the comments, but feel free to throw me brand new ones! I'm here for it all. ♥

As always, down with multiple comments to do more than one thing with others. And contact me by PMing here, at gaignun, or Tara#1768 for any questions/plotting! ))

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[Never in Hermann’s wildest dreams did he ever imagine looking out at the vast expanses of the universe, away from the Earth’s atmosphere. There’s almost a calming presence whenever he settles down to look at that endless darkness.

So he isn’t surprised when others are also drawn to its alluring aura. Pushing his wheelchair further down to meet Yzak by the middle of the window, he throws on his eyeglasses that dangle over his neck by a library chain.]

Peculiar isn’t it? Lightyears of pitch-black darkness and yet, our eyes continue to piece together this enormous puzzle.

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[ He hears the wheelchair coming and sends a sideglance to Hermann as he approaches. ]

Peculiar? [ Gazing back out again, he considers. ] I guess I never thought of it like that.

How are you feeling?

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Yes, um — Much better now, thank you. The medical technology here is far more advanced than it is back at home. I should be up and about in no time.

[He makes a similar side-glance towards Yzak.]

Are you alright?

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Good.

And, I'm fine, of course. [ Of course! Even though he was absolutely one of those knocked-around Orbers in medbay after they returned. Though he didn't stick around for long once he was patched up. ]

Not that I'm glad that bastard of a Lord lucked out and hit me in the first place. But he didn't get away, so it was worth it.

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Of course. I wouldn’t expect anything less, Major.

[Even from another part of the multiverse, those who face the front lines of war seem to share that same stoic expression.]

Not the most ideal way to complete our business in Gyeongje, but, then again, I can calculate several different ways this all could have gone terribly, terribly wrong.

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We came dangerously close to a few of those wrong outcomes. But, I don't think any kind of victory can be considered ideal, no matter how hard one tries to fight for that. So I'll gladly take what we got.

[ It'd be nice, though, if any kind of difficult mission or need to fight truly could be accomplished with no issues, no bloodshed, no downsides. ]

Even though I know some of the team looked pretty upset about everything.

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Yes, well — A hefty and tragic price to pay for the betterment of the city's future.

[It's not that Hermann is being dismissive towards the other crewmates’ sentiments. But in this situation, it was an obvious choice.]

Their frustrations may be well-warranted, however, our choice was obvious.

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It was.

I'm used to things turning out that way. Not that it makes me like it any more. [ He's just ... grown used to it. ]

But hopefully the proper path was set and the citizens and what ends up being left of the royalty and the nobles dedicate themselves to walking down it.

It's strange that we probably won't learn what happens there.

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No. It’s not.

[He bluntly retorts. Not to prove Yzak wrong, but he knows the two are both casualties of war.]

Conflict is a very precarious thing. The moment you turn one stone down the mountain top, there’s no stopping its momentum. Our presence may have slowed down its trajectory, but we’ve yet to stop it.

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That may have some ring to it, but it won't be assured to continue in the same direction if it doesn't stop at least, now that the orb is gone. Whether that ends up making any bit of a difference in the long run is something we probably won't get to know.

But beyond that ... it's up to them, now, to do the rest of that work to move toward something better if it's what they truly want.