We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)
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OoC: @Furi: Yeah, I need him to give Jessica or Erica Tophat's "Body". In any case, the thread is just about over.
The Rookie limped back into Fourside, and eventually found Jessica after quite a lot of trouble. His injuries were looked after hastily, partly due to the state of emergency and partly due to the Rookie's unwillingness to waste much time.
The Rookie limped back into Fourside, and eventually found Jessica after quite a lot of trouble. His injuries were looked after hastily, partly due to the state of emergency and partly due to the Rookie's unwillingness to waste much time.
After having properly rested her wounds in the hospital, Jessica was discharged a few days later. She was currently sitting outside some un-noteworthy restaurant with a bored look on her face as she listened to a news report coming from a nearby television. When she noticed the Rookie coming up to her, she hastily stood up and walked over to him. "Is that you James?" She said, sounding concerned by his injuries.
Jessica sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose with her left hand. "Damn...sorry for everything that happened. I just assumed that you were..." She paused for a moment to sigh deeply once again. "That you were dead...[small]Just like everyone else I roped into helping me...[/small]" She shook her head as she looked back up at the Rookie. "Well, I assume you just want to go back where you came from now, right? Just follow me and I'll get you out of this terrible hell-hole." She started walking off towards the nearest alleyway, motioning for the man to follow her.
Jessica turned back as she felt Rookie's hand rest on her shoulder. Looking at Tophat, she grit her teeth and said, "I get it. I screwed everyone over with my stupid, selfish goal. You mind at least not rubbing it in my damn face?" She was practically growling at the Rookie by the end of her speech.
The Rookie shook its head, sighing as he struggled to get his meaning across. He sat down against the wall and looked up at the sky, putting Tophat down beside him. He eventually took out his datapad and showed a picture of Erica taken from his mission recorder. He pointed to Tophat, then Erica.
Jessica hummed to herself as she felt initially confused by the point Rookie was trying to get across. After finally getting it, she said, "Sorry. I get what you mean now....I'll make sure she gets it." Once she was certain that no one else would pass by the alleyway and spot them, she conjured up the holographic glyphs around her head once again. Shortly after, a portal opened up next to her. "Again, really sorry about everything that happened. Just head on through and you'll never have to worry about any of this crap or me ever again." She said, motioning to the portal.
Jessica tilted her head curiously as the Rookie's odd gesture. After having to ask him to repeat it several times, she finally had a vague understanding of what he was trying to convey. "You sure about that?" She asked him. "I honestly don't know how much time I'm going to have to spend in this dimension. You wait around on me to give that to Miss Erica, there's no telling how much time is going to end up passing."
The Rookie sighed, and finally decided to show something his mission recorder had showed. He tapped a bit on his datapad before turning it around so Jessica could see.
The Rookie pulled back and paused at the orb, them glanced over at Jessica.
The Rookie lay on the ground, looking up. Then, a streak of gray mist flew past. He grunted and got up far enough to see a wizard in black-purple robes hold up a staff. From all around, gray mist was sucked into the glass orb at the end of the staff. The Rookie zoomed in, and saw that the orb slowly became a smoky gray. Then one of the other wizards created a black shield around them, and the Rookie lay back down.
The Rookie pulled back and paused at the orb, them glanced over at Jessica.
The Rookie eventually found another recording, this one showing when he and Tophat had been attacked by two wizards and four knights, who had teleported in, similar to the ones in the previous recording. The attack had been east of Lakewest. The fight had lasted quite a while, and most of it was the Rookie trying to keep in cover and hold the knights away. The Rookie fast-forwarded past this, and after that Erica arrived together with Valentine. After a lenghty battle, the enemies were killed.
The Rookie looked at Jessica, and then nodded towards Tophat.
The Rookie looked at Jessica, and then nodded towards Tophat.
"So you think that if I give Miss Erica Tophat's...I dunno, body, I guess you would call it? Anyway, you think if I give Miss Erica that," Jessica paused to nod at Tophat at well. "Then these people are going to try and kill her?" She finished, pointing towards the Rookie's recording device. "If that's the case, then I'm not giving it to her. I've already gotten enough people I care about killed." She finished, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall of the alleyway.
"So they aren't any sort of threat? Then what's the big deal? Why bother bringing it to my attention?" Jessica asked the Rookie, clearly not understanding whatever he was trying to communicate to her. She sighed and started rubbing the bridge of her nose with her left hand again. And now I'm stuck dealing with a pushy mute.
Noticing that the Rookie seemed just as frustrated as she was, Jessica sighed and looked back over to him. "Alright, let's try and make this simple. Do you want to go back to your home dimension right now? Yes or no?" She asked, glancing over at the portal that was still active and making her nervous from having to keep it open.