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Who: Saretha, Amy, Raye, and a robotic cheesepuff
What: A discovery
Where: The orbital elevator, Neuschwanstein
When: March 31st

Amy frowned as she hugged Haro to her chest. She, Saretha, Raye, and said diminutive little machine were currently rising through the air inside the orbital elevator, with Saretha's connections granting them permission to do so.

The entire structure was swaying, so it seemed some kind of disaster was on the horizon, and there was potentially not much more time to see what other secrets the tower held. Saretha had asked Amy to bring Haro along, as Neil's former companion was from the same world.

Nevertheless, Amy couldn't help but feel incredibly nervous. The tower was swaying, which meant she, Raye, and Saretha were all in danger. But her discussion with Saretha days before still weighed heavily on her mind. She had been saved so many times by others... now was the time for her to start being brave.

Amy just wished she was better at hiding her fear than she was.

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That bigger lurch makes her stumble a little bit though by now she's prepared enough for them that she recovers her balance much easier.

"Fuck."

She looks up, watching the robot start to move, raising an eyebrow. Okay, it's actually pretty cool that she got an Echo telling her how to do that. She glances toward Saretha just in time to catch the end of that little smile of hers and can't help a crooked little grin of her own. Just for a second though before she turns back to the problem at hand.

"We can fly, maybe we can drag one back down or something."

Senketsu doesn't even miss a beat. "I think that sounds like an incredibly ill-advised plan."

She glowers down at the Kamui, who's still focused on the robot. "It's just an idea, okay!"

"I don't really think that would be a good idea," Amy said, over the machine's speaker, agreeing with Senketsu. "They'd get damaged that way. But I think it might be smart to come back for them if we can... right now, we need to focus on getting just one of these to the ground."

Amy frowned, and looked at her display. "... Haro tells me I can fly out of here from the hangar, but that may mean exposing it to the vacuum of space. Which means, I'd have to go down separately..."

Her expression and her tone both turned deadly serious. "Do... do you both trust me to do that?"

Saretha stares up at the machine for a moment, and then shakes her head. "It's hardly a matter of trusting you to do that, but they're also untested. We don't know if they can survive re-entry on their own or--"

Another shift, and this time it's enough that Saretha is flung from her feet. She's able to right herself and land back on those feet, but she drops to one knee. "We may not have time for that debate, either."

And for as graceful and balanced as Saretha is... the opposite is true for her sister. The tower lurches and she's sent toppling over and right into some very expensive and delicate looking equipment. All of which goes down in a crash along with her.

"Son of a bitch, SHIT!" She rubs her head, looking up at the robot. "Yeah, I don't think we got time for trust here anymore! If you can fly that thing out, then go for it!"

When the elevator shook, Amy felt her heart skip a beat. She clutched her controls more tightly, as if she might fall through. Even if what the others said about them running out of time was true, Amy couldn't help but wonder what would happen if she couldn't survive like that.

A chirp from Haro caught her attention, and she turned towards him, and then to a screen her pulled up.

"... Haro says this machine can handle it, but it'll be rocky," she said. "Don't worry about me, I'll do everything I can! Get out of the hangar, and I'll open the elevator."

There was a pause, and she smiled. "Trust me... Aila may have done this for fun and games, but... she was good at what she did. If I'm even half the fighter she was, I'll make it through this no problem. Besides... what's a thing like an atmosphere going to do to a girl who needs to make it someone, hm?"