ABS FIESTA REDUX

[CypherX]

"We can talk about it after you get out of medbay. You just focus on getting better."

Gus de-roosters the AKR's bolt, ejecting a live round from the chamber into his hand. Switching the safety on, he hits the magazine release and reloads the live round into the now half empty magazine, storing it back in the plate carrier's pouch.

"If I could have my .40 back, please."

He reaches out with an open hand.

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[Gojira]

"Sure. Thanks for lending it to me."
Yui hands the .40 back.

[CypherX]

"Not a problem."

Gus does the same with the pistol, ejecting the live round and the magazine, then slides the pistol into the chest holster and buckles the strap. A quick check reveals his abdomen injury has leaked a little bit but doesn't appear to be bleeding anymore. He sits out the rest of the flight leaning back into a chair with eyes closed.

[Qwepir]

Everybody returns to Valhalla; with Faw, Gus, Yui, and Frisk showing up a few hours later than everyone else, the latter three being admitted to the medical section of the base.

[Mr. Hurricane]

After little some deliberation, Jaakko puts in for a commendation for Gus, considering that he had been downed himself, picked up Yui and carried her to a CSAR chopper while evading an imperial scout team. His anger with the downing of two of his own somewhat soothed by the fact that while they had lost a few aircraft, they hadn't lost any pilots to the Imperials, although he is still upset with how close he'd come to losing several pilots.

After showering and putting in for the commendation for Gus, Jaakko goes to his room for a short nap to cool off and get a bit of rest after the fight.

[CypherX]

Gus reports to medical to get his shrapnel and puncture wound sorted, dropping off the AKR and plate carrier at the AFB's armoury with a note as to where it was from.

[Badger]

Walter exits his aircraft and explains the damage to the technicians ("Yes another deltan aircraft for you to repair.") and then heads to the showers to clean off. Taking off his helmet earlier and his flight jacket, He's thoroughly covered in sweat around his collar and in his hair from where it hasn't dried from the air yet. He enters the showers to reflect for awhile on the mission

That mission felt unsatisfactory, I wasn't able to help some people. The only notable things I did was destroy an engine and blow up a handful of vehicles in various spots.

Walter continues to mull through a strange feeling, fairly confused at some points with why he's thinking this way. He finishes up and dons some fresh clothes, heading to the recroom to sit himself down and relax like he usually does before starting on another activity. Feeling irritable for some sense he can't seem to focus on being quiet, and his mind seems to be jumping from point to point, things he hasn't thought about before in detail or even considered.

Walter attempts to relieve himself with a sigh and looks around to acquire a book on histories to change his train of thought.

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Cualli makes her way into the temple, surprisingly unaccompanied by Elu.

[Gojira]

Yui simply lies down on the bed, wondering what mistakes she made and how she could have avoided getting shot down.

[Qwepir]

Walter exits his aircraft and explains the damage to the technicians ("Yes another deltan aircraft for you to repair.") and then heads to the showers to clean off. Taking off his helmet earlier and his flight jacket, He's thoroughly covered in sweat around his collar and in his hair from where it hasn't dried from the air yet. He enters the showers to reflect for awhile on the mission

That mission felt unsatisfactory, I wasn't able to help some people. The only notable things I did was destroy an engine and blow up a handful of vehicles in various spots.

Walter continues to mull through a strange feeling, fairly confused at some points with why he's thinking this way. He finishes up and dons some fresh clothes, heading to the recroom to sit himself down and relax like he usually does before starting on another activity. Feeling irritable for some sense he can't seem to focus on being quiet, and his mind seems to be jumping from point to point, things he hasn't thought about before in detail or even considered.

Walter attempts to relieve himself with a sigh and looks around to acquire a book on histories to change his train of thought.

You manage to scrounge up a historical book covering ancient era Mercana.

Cualli makes her way into the temple, surprisingly unaccompanied by Elu.

Predictably, Eremit is there, bowing his head in prayer.

Yui simply lies down on the bed, wondering what mistakes she made and how she could have avoided getting shot down.

Not flying directly down the barrel of anti-ship cannons comes to mind.

[carolcat]

Cualli takes a seat by Eremit. "Hey," she greets. "How'd the mission go? I heard that a couple of planes got lost and others were pretty banged up." She keeps to a quiet voice, taking care not to disturb anyone else.

[Gojira]

...right. That was stupid.
Yui tries to relax in the hospital bed, the burns not really helping.

[CypherX]

Gus undergoes minor surgery to remove all of the shrapnel and close the abdominal puncture wound. Once again, he's laid up in the hospital, this time for around 4-5 days.

[Badger]

Walter sits back down with the book and opens it, using the table of contents to find an interesting chapter or topic to read on. While he starts he finds it hard to focus, thoughts still bouncing around in his head for no good reason making him feel unorganized and scattered. After a short amount of time he feels engaged and follows through reading and taking in the subject he's reading on, effectively quelling his strange thought process for the time being as he continues to read. Walter tumbles into reading about Mercanan pantheons from his previous subject and reminds himself of something.

I never did figure out what Klara's tattoo fully meant, I should go look into that.

After finishing up some reading and feeling satisfied in expanding his knowledge, he returns the book to it's former spot and heads to the temple, A place he doesn't commonly visit often anymore. Promptly he finds a temple book and sits down behind Cualli and Arkhip.

[Qwepir]

After finishing up some reading and feeling satisfied in expanding his knowledge, he returns the book to it's former spot and heads to the temple, A place he doesn't commonly visit often anymore. Promptly he finds a temple book and sits down behind Cualli and Arkhip.

You can't help but overhear their conversation.

Cualli takes a seat by Eremit. "Hey," she greets. "How'd the mission go? I heard that a couple of planes got lost and others were pretty banged up." She keeps to a quiet voice, taking care not to disturb anyone else.

: Frisk, Tempest, and Yui all got injured, I nearly died, twice, and it feels like all we did was force a stalemate in which many more people are going to lose their lives. I don't think it went well at all. Yeah, they didn't just roll over this city like they have been, but I can't shake the feeling that this is... worse.