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Off Topic / Re: Bushido passed away - Fundraiser for funeral service in OP!
« on: January 19, 2024, 07:26:27 PM »
I'm doing my part. This is just so forgeted up, dude should have had half a century left
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2024:What an absolute dog stuff year this is turning out to be not even three weeks in. Roll this mess back to 2019, we deserve a do-over.
Koden has passed away
Bushido passed away
WALTER ASHFORD 34/2/4892 - 34/2/4920 Spent his own life in the defense of those he once swore to defeat. May his final mercy be honored for as long as time itself. | TAYLOR BOONE 40/4/4887 - 34/2/4920 The emotional lynchpin of her squadron, who would mastermind their defection. May her gentle soul find rest in her gods' care. | ELLIE BRIGHAM 12/6/4890 - Scored seven air to air victories and directly assisted in the decimation of the nuclear bomber formation. | AJKA GEROWITZ 10/10/4894 - Gothic attache and moral compass of Kobalt Maniple. Two times ace in a day, two millimeters short of becoming a martyr. | MARKUS HERMANN 4/8/4889 - 34/2/4920 Due to his selfless acts during the defense, an entire classroom of cadets would live on. No more noble a savage has ever been observed. |
BELL KIBBLE 11/3/4889 - One of Kobalt's deadliest pilots, dueling numerous enemy aces and emerging victorious every time. | JAAKKO KIRVES 21/7/4891 - Soft spoken and humble off the battlefield, an outlier among his people. A father to his men, placing their lives above his own. | KLARA RASK 13/4/4889 - 34/2/4920 Not so much a man as she was violence given form. Inspired those who flew alongside her through sheer intimidation. | ASH ZAMAN 13/7/4887 - Sought out and assisted militia forces on the ground from the moment his plane was shot from under him. His courage is an example to us all. | LORENS ZAMAN 27/5/4894 - Singlehandedly accounted for the destruction of at least two nuclear bombers. Brother of Ash Zaman, and proof that moxie runs in the family. |
“Do you think that the war is over now?” he asks in a somber tone.Musashi sighs.
Cualli leans on Elu again. "Maybe if we can't go back, I'll buy you a telescope so you can look at the stars whenever you want. The views might not be as nice if we're stuck in the Imperium, but... it'd be something, yeah?": I would like that.
"I never thought I'd be wanting to see Odesza's frozen-ass tundra again, and that loving steel mill..."Musashi just smiles and closes her eyes, nodding slightly. The lack of movement is enough for Crash to realize that she hasn't moved her arms either for the entire conversation.
Jaakko gives a weak smile.
"Hell, I guess I'll have to learn how to drive good, never did have to drive much back then... Half the time I would ride a snow mobile..."
"Which part in particular? Arkhip not being able to move us back to Moratov?": Not getting to go to the observatory.
"And we barely stopped them anyway..." Jaakko laments, "Thank the Gods- but we lost so much stopping them.": We have some very nice national parks up north, in the mountains. I'd like to live there. Maybe I'll move out there...
He glances at Musashi's now-useless feet, then looks at the floor. His mind is blank, and Jaakko can't seem to come up with anything else to say.
"Sorry," he says reflexively.
"Oh, I'm thinking about going to Kintharia, but I don't know what I'd do once I get there,"
"Maybe we'll get to go back someday," she says. "It'd be... hard though, since Arkhip probably can't return to Aesthia, and I can't exactly just... take his house.": That is disappointing.
“I wanted to say thank you for stopping Xiaomei from shooting me down when you guys encountered us before... all this happened,” Jaakko replies quietly.: Psshh. It seemed like it would be a waste to shoot you down. Wouldn't have been the first time you fought alongside the enemy to stop a nuclear exchange. And honestly, they really needed all the help they could get.
Sadness still burns his stomach thinking about Tippy, though he tries to keep it suppressed if only for a few minutes.
Cualli feels a pang in her chest at the mention of Arkhip's hometown. The memories of their time on leave there come flooding back: Arkhip inviting her to share the bed with him at night, Arkhip getting stabbed and Cualli confessing to him in the hospital and staying by his side as he recovered, their dates together and late nights in the bars and evenings spent laid up on the couch together with hot cocoa and a movie. She has to close her eyes, feeling the tears threatening to well up in her eyes as she fights the thought that she'll never be able to have those experiences with Arkhip again.: Yes. I want to visit there again.
"How come? For the observatory?" Cualli says, her voice quiet and throat tight.
Jaakko hesitates for a moment, then wipes his face and approaches Musashi.: Hello.
“Hello Musashi,” he greets quietly.
She seemed to be out of it.
Jaakko nods.She is.
"Get well," he says quietly.
He walks back towards Ash and Lorens, glancing at Musashi to see whether or not she is conscious.
"Thanks." Cualli lets out a shaky sigh. She tries to focus her thoughts on something more positive, namely the possibilities for her future.: Moratov.
After nearly a minute of silence, Cualli speaks again. "If you could choose, where would you want us to live once we're out of prison?" She asks, moving her hands away from her eyes and looking tiredly up at Elu.
"He... did put me through a lot of pain," Cualli admits heavily. "But I've realized why he left. He had to. I've accepted it, and... I guess I want to forgive him. I don't want to hurt over him leaving." She leans forward, resting her elbows on her thighs and her face in her hands. "I miss him so much. I just want to see him again.": Okay. I will not punch him then.
A few more tears run down Jaakko’s face.Nagato is now waving you away.
“...I’m so sorry, I don’t know what else to say,”
He is silent again for a few moments.
“I know she means a lot to you. She means a lot to me. I know myself and your squadron have been at odds in the past... but if you need or want something or want to talk, let me know,”
"Punch him?" Cualli opens her eyes and sits up so she can look down at Elu. "Why?": He put you through a great deal of stress and likely endangered your life as well by joining the enemy.
Jaakko looks up, taken aback.: Oh.
"Wha-? Oh my Gods,"
He is silent for a moment.
"Search and rescue couldn't find Tippy... Sorry... I'm sorry," Jaakko laments.