Rift in the clouds

[sugoku]

Who: Calista sugoku & Cain cava
Where: Calista's apartment
When: November 6th, sometime after the irc chat
What: They've needed to talk for a while. During the chat, Cain prompted Calista for the discussion and then headed over to her place where she's waiting for him



She waited for him. There wasn't much to do after the chat deteriorated into small talk. Shutting down IRC, she rose from her computer chair and stretched her arms over her head, holding it for a couple of moments and then dropping her arms to her sides. There was no need to turn off her computer, instead choosing to walk away from it and prepare for her brother's arrival.

This talk was a long time coming. After the echos and new information not only about the city, but themselves and each other too, it not right to keep hiding. In all honesty, they should have spoken sooner, like normal people would. For Calista, it just wasn't on her immediate list of things to do, and she could bet her brother's dragging of his feet was for the same reason.

The apartment itself was clean enough. It probably wasn't up to the standards of others, but what little mess there was, was controlled and mostly neat. Now it was just a matter of sitting on the couch and waiting while idling playing a game on her iPad. He told her he'd come after the chat was over, but that really could have meant anything.

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[cava]

He's there within the hour. Cain's got the goggles around his neck, and his hair has grown longer--now simply tied back for convenience's sake.

This meeting was long overdue, honestly. They needed to compare notes, they had to figure out what exactly was going on, surely? To that end, he's brought some of his recent Echoed items with him--two in a case he holds in his right hand, the other slung over his shoulder.

Somehow, he had a feeling that this wasn't going to be easy.

Knock knock, Calista.

[sugoku]

Getting up from the couch, she held the iPad in one hand and reached out and opened the door with the other. There was no point in asking who it was or anything like that. She merely held it open enough for him to walk in, the woman standing behind the door, waiting.

She was wearing a simple white tank top that hugged her curves and shorts that displayed the length of her legs. With the heat being on, and the weather being not near as cold as she was used to, this type of attire was fitting, in her mind at least. Especially since she was usually alone when she was at home.

Once he was in, she was planning to close the door after him. There was no reason for a greeting yet, or possibly at all. At best, the words exchanged over the chat did enough as a greeting, for now.

[cava]

He takes the unspoken invitation, stepping inside. He's a little surprised to see her like this, but he's hardly about to show it.

Still, he takes a seat, nodding once towards her. That tank he was carrying gets shifted into his lap as he starts to open the laptop bag. "Do you have anything to say? Any questions, perhaps?"

[sugoku]

"What the hell is that?" If he was going to ask, that seemed like a perfect place to start with questions, she thought. She could divine an answer of she really thought about it, though. It would have to have come from an echo.

She didn't move to sit yet, stepping over and just watching him and all of his stuff.

[cava]

"A fuel tank of sorts. A... smaller version of the usual, I believe. Unfortunately, it would appear to be empty." He gestures to the text on it.

ENETRON

"Would this happen to ring a bell?" As he speaks, he fishes out a highly customized laptop and a red plastic card from his bag.

[sugoku]

Her eyes went from the tank and the word scrawled across it to the laptop. There was something about all of it. Something that felt like it had to do with Papa Messiah.

"First things first, Why did you kill me?" It was the one thing that continued to nag her ever since the strange memory of it.

[cava]

"... I wouldn't know anything about that." It's surprising to hear her start with that, even if he has no idea what he expected otherwise. He's telling the truth, surprisingly enough. "I remember giving up on you, but never killing you.

[sugoku]

"That doesn't makes sense since I remember," she had to pause, looking around unsure, "I'm not really sure, but I know how it ended. I remember how you looked."

Even with the static, or the feelings, if she couldn't trust him then she wanted to know now rather than later.

[cava]

"And I remember that you were corrupted. Something was wrong with you, Calista. I was making an effort to restore you to how you were, but..." he shakes his head. he doesn't remember anything about what she's saying, not yet. "It was futile."

[sugoku]

It figured. There was still too many memories they didn't have. She took some steps over to a chair off to the left of where Cain was sitting and plopped down, drawing her legs up.

"Papa Messiah...," if she remembered more, it would be helpful, wouldn't it? Although her eyes went back to that strange laptop again. There really was something...

[cava]

It isn't that difficult to guess at what's on her mind, given the circumstances.

"Here." Cain hands off the red card to her. It bore an insignia on one side, and the word "METAVIRUS" on the other along with some design work. It looked a fair amount like a credit card.

"It's important to who we were - what we did, if we're to believe these are past lives."

[sugoku]

It seemed to do something at least. The iPad on her lap was shadowed by the appearance of a device just like it appearing on top of it. The device itself seemed to be the same as the ipad, but the design on it proved that it might be otherwise. The cord coming from it also didn't seem like any charge cord she had ever seen, looking down past the card at it as it showed up.

Her nose scrunched up, holding the card between two fingers, "What is this?" She used her other hand to pick it up and look it over. Luckily her other ipad was fine, because when she pressed the button to turn the device on, it only showcased the image of a drained battery and the text "ENETRON 0%".

[cava]

.... Well, that's not something you see every day. He raises an eyebrow as the second iPad appears, looking at the message that showed up when Calista attempted to turn it on. Enetron again. Stranger and stranger...

"It contains something called Metavirus. Whatever that is, I suppose. Some sort of program, I imagine... With it, the laptop, and a source of enetron, I was able to...create creatures from objects. I can remember making one using a power drill." He rubs between his eyes. This entire situation is giving him a headache.

"I imagine your new toy is no different from this computer."

[sugoku]

"At least it's more compact," she sighed. Nothing prepared her for this. Creating creatures? Metavirus and Enetron? All of this sounds ridiculous. Looking at the screen though and seeing Enetron across it, her eyes went to her brother instead.

"What do you think about all of this?

[cava]

"Quite honestly, Calista? I want no part of it." He shakes his head, before he looks up to meet his sister's eyes. He's been saying this to himself the whole time. As far as he's concerned, it's still true. Even if he's horribly curious about this whole thing.

[sugoku]

Calista huffed a laugh, smiling to her self as she leaned back.

"I agree. I don't want it either," It wasn't often they agreed on something. It shouldn't have surprised her on this subject, but still it was good to know that he was on the same page.

"I've told that idiot not to tell me anything else about Escape."

[cava]

Cain couldn't help but laugh a little as well, running a hand over his forehead. The sheer ridiculousness of their situation hadn't escaped him.

"At this point, I think he's afraid of us learning anything new. He won't provide much trouble there."