genessia | Cpl. Gerald Reporting for Duty

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Cpl. Gerald Reporting for Duty

[When the pod opens in the Bay, it takes a while for the young woman inside to even wake up. She shifts, groans, and soon everything comes into focus. She's staring at a cave ceiling. What happened...?]

[When she moves, she notices the box settled on her stomach, and how her rifle is stuffed into the pod next to her. Sitting up she opens the box and goes through what's inside to find the necklace, video phone, money, and note explaining where she was... Genessia? But how? All she could remember was going to sleep in her bunk. Was this a dream?]

[It had to be. She was in full uniform. She didn't go to sleep in full uniform, that's for sure.]

[Maria gets out of the pod, her boots protecting very well against the water. Reading the instructions on how to use the phone, she tries to make an announcement.]

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[The screen shows a blonde-haired girl wearing a red beret and square-framed glasses. She has green eyes, and it's clear to see the butt end of a rifle from over her shoulder. The rest of the details of her uniform are unclear.]

G... Greetings. I am Corporal Maria Gerald of Squad Thirteen - The Valiant Hearts; Forge Special Forces. If there is anyone out there, please respond. I repeat: please respond.

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[Oh it's great to see Bit too. Maria smiles to the little robot and gives a little wave back of her own.] Hello Bit! And alright, I won't go too far... just let me get out of the water.

[Maria only goes as far as the shore, and she waist right in that spot for Amelia. It's alright! She's used to standing in one place for a long time!]

I'll be right there! [Amelia's scrambled to put on her jacket and ushers Bit along with her. He'd follow in his usual duckling-like fashion, but when his little legs had a hard time keeping up, Amelia put him on her shoulders so he can just ride along. It's a bit of a trip to the Bay - Amelia actually catches a bus, and is dropped off there not far from Maria.]

[When she steps off the bus, she runs right for Maria.] Maria! Hey! [She stopping just short of hugging the girl, Amelia blushes just a little. The thought had crossed her mind.] Uh... Welcome to Genessia!

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[Hearing Amelia's voice, Maria turns towards her to see her come running straight at her. For a second, Maria is almost the one to hug her! But, then, she decides not to since it seems her friend hadn't done it either. It was a little awkward, but... that's Amelia for you!]

I'm... glad to be here? [She gives Amelia a confused look.] So this really isn't Ironhart?

No... this isn't really Ironhart. Come on, let me tell you about it... [She waves Maria along and starts making her way back towards her home. It's quite a few blocks away (if she remembers the map right), so the two of them have a bit of a walk ahead of them! And despite the fact that Maria's armed to the teeth and dressed in uniform, it seems like not a lot of people seem to pay her much mind - the average Genessia citizen is no different than your faceless NPC in a game.]

This is a place called Genessia. The note should have said that much. No one really knows how they got here, just that they woke up in some weird pod and were told to just... live here.

And this place is really weird... You just missed a huge battle.

[Liking Maria so much, Bit doesn't have any problem making his way down from Amelia's shoulders and becoming rather insistent that Maria instead carry him as they walk.]

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[Maria loves Bit! So she picks him up and carries him as Amelia starts leading her home. Hearing about Genessia is strange... What kind of place is it where someone just wakes up in pods? it seems very sci-fi. Honestly the whole thing reeked of Rudolph... some almost fictional-sounding, terrible virtual reality.]

A battle...? [That catches her attention.] There are battles here? It's a dangerous place?

Yeah... [Amelia still shudders to think of the giant creature that had destroyed so much of the city, including a lot of her home. Somehow it got fixed - almost magically - and that wasn't any more settling.] This place is evidently one of the most dangerous places I've ever been in. [Pair that with the fact that Wily's a world-domineering crack-pot... Gugh. Why did she vote for that guy?]

... But with you here, I'll feel a bit better. But I don't think this place actually has a military like Forge did... So maybe you'd have to work for one of the Guardians.

[N-No military...?]

This city doesn't have a standing military and it's that dangerous? You have to be kidding...

Well, working for a guardian sounds... I guess very similar to what I'm used to doing. Perhaps I could look into that... [After all, she's not sure what someone with her skills can do... well, actually, she's really good at book-keeping and documentation. That's always useful!]

[No, no military. But don't worry, all your weaponry needs are easy to cover! If she can't load you up with grenades, Ruby can probably fix your guns should they need repairs.]

I haven't actually met any of the Guardians yet. I can't really tell you where they hang out. Maybe you should... I dunno, make a job posting?

[After a while, they make it - the Matisse! Amelia lead Maria up to the second floor and into her home. It's a single-story apartment with a conjoined living room and bedroom, separated only by a half-wall. It has a kitchenette and a bathroom too. And, as expected, it's messy as heck. For example, Maria might find a plastic baggie full of nuts and bolts in the fridge.]

Home sweet home! You should really get a place here. Or you can just stay with me if you want.

[Oh wow. Amelia's home is as messy as she remembers it. But this is without her Dad around to add to the mess, so... was it really just Amelia who never cleaned up? Maria doesn't ask. it would be kind of rude, but as she looks around the home she knows that she can't even stay there. It's not big enough!]

Maybe I will get my own place here... It seems a little... crowded. A-Anyway, I suppose I'll look into some sort of job...

[Awww, come on Maria! Aw well, it wouldn't be as fun as we think because Amelia hates sleep-overs or anything remotely girly.] Well, I can show you to the super's office and get you set up then, but maybe you'd like to relax first, huh? Maybe have some coffee?

[Except romance novels, if she remembers right!]

[Amelia was right, of course... Maybe it was best that Maria take a second to really gather herself before she sets out to make a living in this new world that she's apparently not supposed to leave.]

Okay... Yes, that sounds best. I'll take mine with lots of milk, please.

[Stepping over Amelia's usual mess, she clears herself a place to sit before doing just that.] So... what about Galen, or the Captain?

[Yeah yeah, shut up!]

[Amelia moves to her kitchen, setting up her coffee-maker and turning it on. This place was great, you know. Pre-ground coffee beans,a machine specifically made to make coffee... this wasn't the sorta stuff she has back at home! Well, pre-ground beans are, but they're way more expensive.]

[When Maria asks her question though, Amelia sighs and shakes her head.] Neither of them are here, Maria. It's just you and me and a bunch of other people. But all these people, they're from entirely different worlds... entirely different universes.

[Maria sets Bit down next to her so her lap is open. She fidgets a bit, rubbing her hands together. No Gale, no Ziel, and people from entirely different worlds? How is that possible? Just trying to think about it makes her start worrying.]

This can't be real. What you're saying is impossible. H... How could you be so comfortable with that?

I'm not comfortable with it. [Amelia said this firmly, and for the moment left it at that. At least until the coffee was done.]

[Bringing Maria hers, Amelia sat herself next to the Corporal and let Bit climb into her lap.] Maria, before you got here, I don't think I've ever felt so alone. Not only were you, Gale, Ziel, or any one I recognize here, but this place has technology I've never seen before. I couldn't just start working to take my mind off things. I'm really in the dark here.

[She's been up for days just trying to learn as much as she can. She's holding up well enough.] But we're here together now, so maybe we can get out of here together and go back home. For now, we have to play nice with everyone else who's stuck here.

[That's right... There are other people stuck here, isn't there? Maria's almost ashamed she thought of herself first. If she wants to get home, she needs to help all the others.] Right... [Maria sighs, sipping her coffee.] ... Then I suppose that will be my job. I'm going to look for a way out of this place and back home. [She's not much for investigations, but if she looks around enough she's bound to learn something. All she needs to do is find out where to look.]

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