[catch all for crow]

[supercatty]

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[supercatty]

Did Sakyou tell you exactly what it is we went through?

[she's realizing she never recounted the story for Crow in its entirety]

[chevaliered]

Nope. All I have is the whole... hijacking an airship thing and the fact you all managed to get beat up to hell and back but came out looking super snazzy in those suits.

[supercatty]

[she was the only one in a suit actually Claude was in a clown outfit. haha!]

I guess I can start from the beginning. I've told the story so many times by now; what's once more going to hurt?

[chevaliered]

[ i forgot that that’s delightful ]

You can abbreviate it if you want. Outline or the basics is enough if that’s all you want to share.

[supercatty]

[waves her good hand a little bit]

. . .

So. One minute we're all at the school, and the next minute we're in an airship hangar. Some recorded voice told us we were there to be put to the test, and that if we didn't go along with it, he couldn't guarantee our safety.

The test was to steal a whole airship.

[chevaliered]

Sounds like a perfectly normal test to me.

[ he says dryly. ]

[supercatty]

Yeah. Sounds kind of like something we'd do in the Horde.

[EQUALLY AS DRYLY]

Sieghart heard the airship workers talking about diplomats and entertainers, so we dressed up for the part. I was the diplomat, with Sieghart as my bodyguard. Sakyou and Claude were the entertainers.

[the CLOWNS]

While we were looking for the right ship to steal, some guy in an orange jumpsuit stopped us and tried to get us to board another one. Apparently, he was tasked with escorting me-- the diplomat-- to a place called "Las Vegas."

[i wish i joking about las vegas]

[chevaliered]

[ lawd. ]

Las where?

... That doesn't sound like anywhere I know. And it's too creatively named to be somewhere here...?

[supercatty]

Las Vegas? Never heard of it. Don't know what it's like.

[it is a mystery to her]

[chevaliered]

No clue either. So we have no idea where you were taken, other than "not here".

[supercatty]

Right.

While we were talking to the orange guy, a group of-- clowns, who were obviously the real entertainers-- entered the hangar and ruined our cover.

Claude tried to take me hostage, but I punched him. A clown got a hold of one of my weapons and used it to shoot at us. I got hit in the leg, and Sakyou got-- [WELL ANYWAY]

So Claude, Sieghart and I bolted for the airship as fast as we could.

[chevaliered]

[ he will never not love that two of you were dressed as clowns. ]

Claude tried to take you hostage? [ why, sir? ]

…

This sounds like a total clusterfuck.

[supercatty]

He was trying to keep my cover from being blown. If they thought I was still a diplomat being taken hostage by a-- clown, maybe they'd let us escape to the airship unscathed.

[tail lash]

[chevaliered]

...





I know this was a shitty experience for you, and it sucks you were all so injured, but you need to understand how much mira I would pay to see Claude in a clown costume trying to fake take you hostage in way less life-threatening circumstances.

[supercatty]

. . . I didn't even know what a clown was until this stupid adventure.

[AND THIS WAS THE WORST WAY TO FIND OUT]

[chevaliered]

My deepest condolences for your suffering.

[supercatty]

[JUST GIVES HIM A GLOWERING LOOK]

Anyway, once we got the airship fired up, Sakyou just. . . reappeared on it, like nothing happened. We were on our way to some ruins, as per the stupid voice's command, but another airship was hot on our tail.

It started shooting at us.

[chevaliered]

[ wow! ]

...

So... teleportation, and gunfire. What else?

[supercatty]

Uuuuh. We were shot out of the air, landed hard in the water, swam up to this-- island? With ruins on it, or something.

I passed out, so I'm not sure what happened next, but when I woke up again Claude was talking about "fake people" or whatever.

[chevaliered]

So there was more to it than just the whole "steal the entire airship" bit?

[supercatty]

Yeah.

There was a ruined building, with people from-- from here, holding our friends from home hostage.

I stopped time so we could free the hostages. But after that--

[she pauses]

[chevaliered]

...

After that...?

[supercatty]

[. . .]

I think they were killed. For failing the test.

[chevaliered]

... Yeah, this place is really out to mess with us, huh?

[supercatty]

Yeah. It's-- stupid.

[curls in on herself a little more]

After that, I guess. . . we passed. Some guy in a gray hood gave us those applications for Chad and Viola, along with the map piece.

And then we were back on school grounds.