REPORT 019 :: MIA // VOICE

[daisy023]

[SPARTAN-023 is concerned about these leaves. She makes a few filter tests to check on friends of hers, an easy way to make a roll call: Adell, the rest of the Rogues, Valvalis, Kirimi, Nel, Lina, Jordan, Litchi--

Lina's filter breaks.

...

Daisy hesitates for a few seconds. After a minute, she grabs her journal.]

[VOICE]

Lina Inverse has gone home.

[Spoken unemotionally. Bad news she has been too used to deliver.

It doesn't hurt the Spartan as much. She is back where she should be. Even if she would probably forget about her. About this place.

It still feels as if she has lost a person under her care.]

Comments

[aero-dienamic.livejournal.com]

A friend of yours, dear?

[daisy023]

Yeah. In and out of battle. Her filter broke.

[The Spartan surpresses a sad smile over the other side of the comm. How different they were.]

[aero-dienamic.livejournal.com]

Her filter broke? What do you mean, Daisy?

[daisy023]

An encryption of the journals only breaks if the person to filter it to or from is not here.

Lina wasn't my only friend to leave. [She remembers Marica.] I needed to check if you guys were still here.

[Spartan terminology for "I'm worried."]

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

[Sigh.]

So many departures, lately. I'll miss her.

[Voice]

[daisy023]

Too many.

[Many of them have been veteran residents.]

She is home now. And I'm glad I met her.

[True, but ineffective words to her ears.]

[Voice]

[mistlegacy]

As am I. Perhaps we'll see her here again.

[Though Rydia would rather hope not, for Lina's sake.]

[Voice]

[daisy023]

...

Perhaps.

[Selfishly, Daisy hopes that. Even if it would pain Lina.]

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

[She sighs quietly, not even sure she can even pretend to be strong anymore. Too many people. Close friends. And they're gone. Maybe forever. She sighs again, but even doing that brings her guard down. Close friends. Gone. And there's nothig she can do about it. She can't even pretend to be happy for them. They're free, and all she can do is be selfish. She sniffles to suppress a tear. It doesn't work.]

Daisy-chin...

[daisy023]

Keimi...

[Her voice remains neutral. It is her way to instill confidence in soldiers. But not all here are fighters.]

Want me to come over?

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

...Yes. [She weeps quietly to herself. Damnit. Why can't she deal with it. Be strong. For once. Stand on your own. But, unlike her dear Spartan friend, Keimi is no soldier. She's not strong. She needs the support. Even if she doesn't want to be the burden.]

S-sorry...

[daisy023]

Don't sweat it. I'm here for you. [Her words are softer.] House of the Straw Hats, right?

Voice

[healsforjustice.livejournal.com]

[Amelia would question how someone else found out so soon after she had found Lina's note in her room, but is still adjusting to the idea. Still, she can understand what Daisy is feeling.]

You were a friend of Miss Lina?

Voice

[daisy023]

Yes, ma'am. [...] I met her on some of the reunions. I fought by her side during the first part of the last draft.

Voice

[healsforjustice.livejournal.com]

I see, then I'm sure she thought a great deal of you. [Lina wouldn't stick with someone in a fight unless she deemed them worthwhile.]

Well, I was planning on sorting through some of her things. I believe she may have left a few notes for people she met here. You're free to come over and see if there's something for you.

Voice

[daisy023]

So did I. She was powerful.

... Thank you, miss.

[Filtered]

Where was she at?

[Daisy doesn't know if Lina would grant her anything. But she wants to read whatever she may have left for everyone.]

[generalflirt]

Eh? How do you know?

[daisy023]

I used the journals' filters this morning to check on friends of mine. Lina and Marica's broke.

[generalflirt]

Ah. Well... that's a shame.

[sinceritytear.livejournal.com]

Oh... another friend of yours, huh? This seems to be happening a lot lately...

[daisy023]

Many of them were veterans.

[The Chief does not want to say "Hope she will be the last one". But as she talked with Valvalis, not everyone has something waiting for them back home.]

Are you alright, ma'am?

[A lot of peole have been hit hard. Even for a newcomer, it might be difficult.]

[sinceritytear.livejournal.com]

I'm okay. I guess... just a little bummed, you know? I thought I'd be home already, too.

Um, and you don't have to call me ma'am! I'm not really old enough for that. My name's Mimi! What's yours?

[Voice]

[talontrot]

[Kazooie... didn't expect this, by any means.

She actually sounds sad when she talks.]

So... the sorceress-lady went home, huh. Too bad. She... she was a hero, just like me.

How can y'tell she's gone and not just taken by those robot guys?

[Voice]

[daisy023]

The journals.

They have a way to filter content to or from a person or a group, making the transmission only viewable by you, the recipient, and the Malnosso.

[Better clear this out of the way and warn Kazooie about it.]

But if you filter includes someone that is not here, it will break.

... I checked this morning, after the disappearances.

[Voice]

[talontrot]

[Never having bothered with filters before, Kazooie didn't know any of this. But it's useful to know.]

Okay... so you made one, and it broke? Bummer.

[She sighs.] So what do we do? Is she back home for good? I dunno how this game works... people just leaving...