2016-08-13 - Removing the Stops

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Removing the Stops

Summary: Violet comes into the Workshop to make sure her Gundam is ready to be operational one morning. Raven, however, has had a very good night.



Who: Prince_Blade, Raven_von_Tilsen, Violet
When: August 13th, 2016
Where: Raven's Workshop


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Rave is sitting at one of the design stations, working on something or other. She's blasting music that's... happy. She's actually using some pencils as drumsticks on the desk. Someone is in a very good mood today!

Outside, a with a flash of white light, Violet appears, newly transported from Phoenix. Even though she's welcome to just walk on in, it still always feels wierd for her to transport into the inside of the building. So from outside, she enters in the code to enter and opens the door... Then raises an eyebrow at the music. "What the..." she mumbles as she looks around for the source... and seems slightly surprised(though definitely pleasantly so) to find Rave in her current state. "Good morning, Rave, what're you working on?"

Rave blinks at Violet, and smiles. "Hey! Just some ideas for future projects. How are you?" she taps her PDA and the music dies down.

Violet peers over Rave's shoulder at the project, then shrugs. "I'm doing fairly well, I guess. I feel like... things are getting kinda more serious with me and Alexa, which is good. She's gotten to the point where she can fly my VF-22... which I'm thinking of naming Sturmfalter. That means we can go out into the Badlands soon... so I came here to un-mothball Victoria." She then looks to Raven with a smile. "You seem to be doing well.

Rave smirks. "You guys live together and only now you think it's getting serious?" she grins. "And yes, I'm actually pretty damned happy at the moment." she sighs, smiling.

Violet shakes her head. "I mean more serious, I mean..." She blushes slightly. "We're talking marriage a lot..." She looks down with a smile, then looks up again, blushing a bit more now. "Um, but, yeah. It's good to see you happy. You've been so... down."

Rave chuckles. "Well, is talking marriage a bad thing? I mean, honestly, if you know, you know, right?" she actually blushes herself. "Yeah well, I mean..." she takes a moment to think about how to word it. "Well, randomly, Ari's ex husband showed up the other day."

Violet shakes her head. "Of course it's not a bad thing! But I sometimes wonder how much we're rushing, I mean... we've known each other for like... four months. I mean, it feels like it's been longer... in a good way, but..." She then stops and blinks. Twice. "I... didn't know she had an ex husband. Wait, why does that make you happy? I mean... Wait, is he... and you now?"

Rave shrugs. "Husband, fiance, they call themselves both. I dunno. I do know he's still upstairs sleeping, though." she grins.

Violet blinks, then looks up. Then at Raven again. "What?! Well, I guess you guys don't have bad feelings leftover from his breakup with Ari, but... damn, I thought I was going fast with Alexa..."

Rave laughs. "I'm not getting any younger. Besides, Ari's the one who set us up!" she smiles. "He's staying with me for a while while the kids are at camp, since he really has no clue where his house is. It's been like, 12 years since he's been here.

Violet nods a bit over-enthusiastically. "Aaaaaah! Okay, okay, so you've not already..." she pauses, then clears her throat into her hand. "Um, anyway, well, good luck! It's really good to see you happy like this!"

Rave arches a brow. "Not already what?"

Violet blushes again. "Well, uhhhh, I thought you slept with him last night..."

Rave grins. "Well, we didn't.. sleep." she chuckles.

Violet just stands there blinking for a bit. "Um.... okay. I guess I stand by what I said earlier!"

Rave chuckles. "Well, I'm getting older, it's been ten years since the last date I had, and well, I wanted to. I mean, granted, I've been out of the dating scene so long it's going to be an adjustment, but I do like him."

Violet blinks again. "Well... you go, girl! I think that's the appropriate thing to say... But who is he? Like I said, I don't remember Ari having a guy before..." She frowns, then looks down. "...Honestly... I... don't remember Ari from before. Damned messed up memories..."

Rave chuckles. "She had a few boyfriends before Skeeve. Anyway, his name is Blade, and he's a Juraian prince, not that I know anything about Juraian culture, you know? But I'm willing to learn." she blushes a little.

The surprises keep coming to Violet this morning! "J...Juraian? Holy crap... They're... They're one of the real powerhouses on the galactic scene..."

Rave arches a brow at that. "Really? I mean, I honestly don't know. I mean, I know things about him personally, but really nothing about his people.

Violet laughs lightly. "Well, that's the exact opposite of my knowledge... From what I've heard, most of the Juraian Royals have more... Japanese sounding names. Yosho, Ayeka, Tenchi, Misaki, Seto... Blade sounds... odd. It's not a name I've heard from them." She pauses, tilting her head. "Maybe something to do with the side series? I didn't see those..."

Rave shrugs. "I have no idea. I never watched any of it, but.. I could." she smiles. "I mean... I could really see myself falling for him." she blushes rather furiously.

Violet facepalms. "Could? Damn, girl. From my standpoint, you already look smitten!"

Rave smiles rather brightly. "Okay maybe. But even though it's physical right now, the rest of it.. well, I'm going to take some time with it. Again, it's been ten years, and this is only my second relationship.

Violet tilts her head, looking slightly incredulous. "How is it I've only been alive for eight years, and I've been in more relationships than you?"

Prince_Blade slips behind Raven, and puts his strong arms around her gently, practically just appeared there "While it may be physical, it doesn't mean it's any less serious though, or are you playing me around, Raven?" He's teasing of course. If anything, he's learned to be a bit more playful over the years.

Rave chuckles. "Well, I guess I didn't have the time or anything before now.." she smiles, leaning back into Blade. "And speaking of... Violet, this is Blade." she blushes a little. "Who I am definitely not playing."

Violet steps back as Blade appears. "Gah!" she says. "Damn... you're good at that." She looks between the two for a moment. "Well, um... Hi, I'm Violet, Raven's step-daughter... Uhhh... sorry if we've met before, I've got... really bad memory of before the fall..." She again looks between the two before looking away, towards the elevator. "Um, so I suppose I should leave you two be and just get to unmothballing Victoria, then?"

Prince_Blade shakes his head "You don't have to leave on my account, but I also couldn't stay there eavesdropping the whole time, could I?" He chuckles "Good morning either way." He smirks as gives a kiss to Raven's cheek and then steps back "Any of you hungry?"

Rave blushes as her cheek gets kissed, and smiles. "I could eat. I kind of skipped dinner last night."

Prince_Blade hms "We ate plenty of pretend pizza, if I recall."

Violet scratches at the side of her head slightly, taking a step back. "Thanks, but I already ate this morning. I, um, don't want to intrude on the two of you."

Prince_Blade shakes his head again "There's no intrusion. There is a time and place for everything, and Raven had a life before me too. I'd like to think I am going to try to embellish it, not limit it.

Rave chuckles. "It's up to you, Violet." she smiles. "I mean, I have a feeling he's going to be sticking around, so you got to get to know him eventually. No rush on that."

Violet tilts her head. "I guess you're right. Might as well get used to him now." She smiles at the two. "Soooo, uhh.... what is it you do, anyway?"

Prince_Blade slides away from Raven with a smirk, and reaches through the door behind them, taking out a tray with some warm pastries on a plate, along with some butter, jam, and pitchers of milk and orange juice "What I do? Well technically speaking I am a wanderer, but my true occupation is a Prince. ALthough that status doesn't mean much effectively.

Rave smiles at the tray, clearing off one of the design desks so he can put it down, actually humming to herself, which Violet may find odd for her.

Violet frowns slightly. "Yeah, Raven told me... Juraian, right? Your name's a bit odd from the others of the royal family, as I understand." She glances at Rave with a smile, though. Sure, it seems unusual... but Violet can easily figure out why.

Prince_Blade nods, slipping to sit nearby "Pretty much, the dark branch of the family you could say. Racial profiling is not something only unique to Earth in the end." He picks a pastry, tearing it in bits to eat quietly.

Rave pours herself a glass of orange juice and takes a pastry herself. "Honestly, I really have no idea. Which sounds terrible." she grins.

Violet tilts her head slightly and nods a bit slowly. "I suppose so. I don't recall your, uh, branch of the family in the anime."

Prince_Blade lifts his shoulders "For a reason, our race is pushed aside, we only have token power. That's what I strive to change. I may be descendant of the royal family, it is pretty much powerless. It's my goal to make us recognized for what worth we have." He offers some of the pastries to Violet and Raven of course "Take what you want, hm?" Seems like despite his situation, he's in good spirits.

Rave takes a sip of the juice before nodding. "That's understandable. I'm sort of in the opposite situation. My erm... mother gave me power and I was more than happy to get rid of it."

Violet takes one of the pastires and pops it in her mouth as she ponders a moment. "To compare... My father got me power that I more or less enjoy... but my mother's form of power is a bit less...direct. But I'm kinda sorta taking after her as well." She frowns. "Well, I guess I don't compare much?"

Prince_Blade shakes his head again "NO need to compare really, there are various situations and all unique. I have a brother, his situation is not necessarily the same as mine either, even if we are cut from the same cloth."

Rave nods a little, sitting down and leaning back in a chair. "Same with me and Ari." she shrugs. "Granted we're only half-sisters, but still.

Violet sits on the edge of one of the design tables with a slight frown. "Sorry, I suppose it's a habit of mine. I try to compare myself to relate to people, I guess?" She shrugs.

Prince_Blade smiles "It's not a bad thing, we can all relate to things, even if not perfectly. But it's no use trying to figure out what's better or worse though. Because we all have a different perception of it, due to experience. I want to bring back power to my family, others would like to get rid of it. But then when you have that power, you might realize it's not what you wanted either. Or if you get rid of your power, you'll find a time that you still needed it. It's complicated after all. Maybe humanity will eternally never be able to be sure of what they want or need.

Rave nods, rolling her chair over next to Blade's. "Fair point. I'm more than happy to get rid of the power I had, though. It was... evil."

Violet says dryly to Raven, "Your power wasn't even really yours. Good riddance to it."

Prince_Blade nods "The powers I was talking about is political though, I do have fighting power, but those are proper to Jurain as well, and supplement it with tools similar to the tenchiken. Although the tenchiken is the model we strive to imitate, ours are not as powerful, so we found new ways to use it that the Light Juraians don't use."

Rave nods to Violet. "Hear hear." she raises her glass before drinking some more, then looks to Blade. "I don't deal with politics too well. I was kind of a terrorist back in my world."

Violet laughs. "And I suppose I was a government dog back in my mother's." She then frowns. "Well, here too, I guess. I can't deal with politics the way my mother can."

Rave chuckles. "Takes all kinds, right? But then again, I'm not trying to topple corporations here, so people can change.

Prince_Blade hms "POlitics are not fun, really, but necessary to my goal. They are scared of us mainly because of our 'color', we use dark arts. Not necessarily for good, but people imagine that darkness is evil. It's simply another color fo rme.

Violet takes another pastry and munches on it, considering what's been said. "I... suppose you make a good point? I mean, darkness certainly has its moments."

Rave puts the glass down on a desk and then slips her arm around Blade's, smiling.

Prince_Blade nods "Let's put it differently then. A priest is generally considered as a person of light, correct? But you never heard of a corrupt priest that killed people in the back of his church before? Evil is all a matter of perspective, not the 'color' of your powers.

Violet frowns, wrinkling up her nose. "I think it made more sense before you said that, honestly. I was just thinking... In terms of night time. Night's not all that bad."

Rave nods. "Night is my favorite time, honestly. It's really when I thrive. Daytime's overrated." she smirks.

Prince_Blade chuckles "Well it's not perfect I guess. Sorry if I confuse you. I just hate that people would think in terms of black and white I guess.

Violet sighs and shakes her head. "Sorry, no. I'm just not much of a... deep thought kind of person. I don't do philosophy very well."

Rave curls up on the chair a bit, leaning her head on Blade's shoulder. "I'm not much the philosphical type either. That's Ari's bag."

Prince_Blade smirks "Well let's change subjects then. Politics is a dreary subject, which is why I'm a wanderer." He puts an arm around Raven.

Violet frowns and looks down as she attempt to come up with a subject to talk about. "So, um... How did you and... um, I suppose Ari meet?" She clearly was about to ask how he met Raven when she realized how that most likely happened.

Prince_Blade points at Raven "Those sisters have lots of in common. I met Ari through Raven that thought I would be good to take care of her sister. Now the pendulum swings the other way. Funny how things work."

Rave chuckles. "Well, I'm definitely not complaining." she smiles up at him. "Ari practically threw me at him."

Prince_Blade nods "All but."

Violet tilts her head with a widened eye. "Oooooookay then, I got that totally wrong. So how'd you two meet, then?"

Rave grins. "Just hanging out at the Usual while I was dating your father. I mean, is there any other way to meet people here?"

Prince_Blade chuckles "She was dating Jack back then, he and I were friends and sparring partners. THe Usual was just the gathering point.

Violet opens her mouth as if to argue with Rave, then realizes that's exactly how she met Alexa. "So... you were friends and sparring partners with my father... Are you sure we didn't meet back then?"

Prince_Blade hms "It's quite probably, but its been a long time so my memory is fuzzy on a few things. Not to mention I had two memory damaging injuries in the past. So I may have lost a few details.

Rave chuckles. "Well, you remembered me and Ari, so it can't be all that bad." she smiles, leaning in to kiss Blade on the cheek.

Violet frowns, nodding to Blade. "Tell me about it. I've got the same problems... though it's not been as long for me as it's been for most people."

Prince_Blade nods "I don't get to choose when I forgot though. Like I forgot my first marriage. Came back to me later though.

Rave nibbles her lip a bit. "Well, now we're all making new memories, right? In a way though, I'm sort of envious. I wish there were some things I could forget. Like most things before I left Seattle."

Violet grins and nods to Rave. "Right! To new memories!" She lifts up a hand as if she were holding a glass.

Rave smiles. "Hear, hear!" she chuckles. "And may they all be good, right? Like maybe planning a wedding?" she winks at Violet teasingly.

Prince_Blade nods "You learn to live with the hand you're dealt, no matter what, life goes on. Learning from mistakes, or remembering the good times, all of those are equal amounts of data in our brains. Much better to dwell on things you can control, rather than things you can't." He squeezes Raven's side "no matter what happens I believe in the rainbow, that comes after the rain.

Violet blushes a bit and nods. "I mean, we're not... officially engaged or anything yet, but..." She clearly thinks it's coming. She then frowns at something Blade says, but shakes her head to clear that thought away.

Prince_Blade smirks "Oh, so you have someone in sights too? Tell us about it?"

Rave grins. "Yet. Though the girls are more than happy to start planning it if you don't." she chuckles.

Violet blinks as Blades shows his interest. "Oh! Um, yeah, it's... way beyond just being in my sights... Alexa and I are already living together, and we've already kind of... talked about it. Alexa even asked Raven for permission already!" She then blinks as Raven mentions Violet's sisters wanting to plan it. "Um... no... No offense to them, but I'd rather do it ourselves... Or maybe hiring a professional to plan it."

Prince_Blade chuckles "YOu can at least ask them to help you choose colors maybe."

Rave smirks. "You may want to tell them that when they get back from camp. I think they already started a binder." she chuckles.

Violet sighs and hangs her head. "Alexa and I haven't even come close to picking a date or anything like that... We're not even officially engaged or anything!" She holds up her hands, palms facing herself and wiggles her fingers to show the lack of any rings. "Those two are getting.... way ahead of themselves..."

Rave snickers. "Yeah, they're at that age where they're getting crushes and obsessed with the idea of love and romance and stuff. Just imagine when the find out about us. They'll flip!"

Prince_Blade nods "And that's normal, it's just a game for them after all. I'm sure if they learn about me, they'll do the same thing for Raven. Well, as long as they like me, anyway."

Violet frowns slightly. "They... might still be wanting Jack for that role... So... just a warning on that, I guess? Hopefully they're not that set on him, though." She glances at Rave and winces slightly. She's chronologically only 8 herself, so she worries how mature she actually is sometimes.

Rave grins. "Yeah. But we have two weeks before the onslaught of children." She looks at Violet. "They um.. they've already started calling him Uncle. He's got no interest in being around us, it seems." She actually does sound a bit sad at that.

Prince_Blade gives another squeeze, comfortingly. It's not that simple.

Violet frowns at that. "Well... at least they accept it, then. I think... Well, he seems intimidated by both you and Arikami... But Arikami is kind of... well, throwing herself at him. I think... I think he's attaching to me more because... I actually was there in his world. I was actually around for him to have known, when he left before he would have met you in his world."

Rave blinks. "Throwing herself at him? Lovely. I at least gave him space. But it's his choice, I'm over it" she shrugs.

Prince_Blade nods "It's still sad a bit, when people are different than you expect. But it's similar to what I said earlier, different experiences and memories, different personalities too. You are the sum of everything you experienced.

Violet nods to Raven. "Yeah, she... kinda moved in on his ship without his say in the matter. I mean, his ship's the size of a small city, but still. I admit I was a little offput by it... but she's still the mother of one of my sisters, so..." She shrugs. "If it's any consolation, I'm pretty sure he's stressed out by the situation."

Rave thinks about that for a moment. "Maybe a little. But for right now? I'm actually happy. Besides, he wasn't my Jack." She snuggles into Blade's side, smiling.

Prince_Blade smiles and gives Raven a kiss on the forehead "We'll take things as they come. I could attack him with my cabbit." He kids.

Violet says, "Oh, let the poor guy off the hook! He shows up and feels like his life got hijacked by another person that's almost like him." She then raises an eyebrow at how snuggly the two are and shakes her head. "Yeesh. And I thought Alexa and I were going fast. You two must have had some pent up feelings for each other already."

Rave blinks. "I um.. no, but I guess things just clicked?" she chuckles.

Prince_Blade chuckles "IN a way, I suppose. We were happy with our situations, but doesn't mean we weren't at least looking at each other. Feelings are different though, but I think we were both influenced a bit by Ari setting us up. Raven seemed to want the company, and I would be a fool to refuse hers."

Violet looks back at Rave. "Well, this just goes to prove exactly what I've been telling you the whole time, then." She now smirks.

Rave wrinkles her nose a bit at Violet. "Oh really? And what would that be again?"

Prince_Blade is also listening, curious about that.

Violet says, "That you weren't gonna have any real trouble finding someone! You were so depressed and fatalistic about it. For once, I was actually right about something!"

Rave laughs. "Mazel tov." she smiles. "Maybe I should listen to you more often, then?" she winks.

Prince_Blade chuckles a bit as Raven runs off on an errand "Maybe she was just waiting for the right oen to tickle her fancy too."

Violet frowns a slight. "I..." She sounded like she was about to argue that point, but she's now rethinking it. "That could be. She was always worried that the fact that she had kids was going to be a deal breaker."

Prince_Blade nods "It's not something you control either way. You like or dislike someone. Sometimes it's something gradual, sometimes you simply go into it. Raven and I known each other for a long time, even if we were not together."

Violet nods. "It's been the other way with me... I've never dated anyone I'd known before hand, really. I mean, I've not dated many, but it's always been more... well, I guess fast? But most of them kinda stagnated, I guess, while Alexa... isn't." She smiles at that. Yeah, this girl's got it bad.

Prince_Blade chuckles "Well that's good. Raven probably needed someone to feel comfortable with first and foremost. I met Ari first when I came back, and then she called Raven over, and she was trying to be 'subtle' about how her sister was single. Raven was just reacting so cutely to it too. After some teasing, I offered her a date, but we never got to the food."

Violet nods twice. "It seems to me that you both were really looking, whether you knew it or not, eh?" She glances to the door Raven left through. "It's... It's really good to see her happy. You have no idea... No idea how much I was worrying for her sake."

Prince_Blade nods, closing his eyes for a moment "I bet. It's hard on other people around, and you don't always realize you make them worry either. She probably was taking it upon herself so that you wouldn't notice it too much, but these things still get noticed. I might have been there at the right time, simply."

Violet frowns slightly, then shakes her head. "I'd like to hope it was right person, right time." She peers at Blade with a smile that might not look so pleasant. "This might be unconventional coming from a step-daughter, but... If you hurt her, you'll answer to me."

Prince_Blade chuckles lightly, but not in a mocking way "Roger that, little miss. I have no intention in hurting her conciously. And yet experience tells me that not hurting her at all is almost impossible, that's only in fairy tales. It's how we tide each case individually that is important though.

Violet frowns and nods. "Yeah, I know what you mean. But you also know what I mean. You're right, that... happens. I know it all too well. The important part is getting through it. I'm of course talking about the intentional part... since, you know, I really don't know you at all. I trust you... but that's because Rave and Ari do."

Prince_Blade nods, putting a hand over his heart "I will do my best to be that kind of person as well. I still have some work ahead of me either way, with Raven's entire family. YOu imagine the image I project that I went from one sister to another."

Violet nods slowly. "Yyyyeeeeeah. You and her kinda... really moved quick there. Seriously, I thought me and Alexa moved fast, but it took us a few days of flirting before we went out on a date. You two are acting like Alexa and I were after a couple of weeks..."

Prince_Blade nods "It was quick, but we were comfortable. Raven spent her time saying 'sorry if I'm being forward', which I simply answered that she should do what feels natural. She needed the comfort, and she even thought that I could be doing it out of pity." He chuckles.

Violet nods. "I can see how... But you don't seem to be doing it out of pity to me. Like I said... I'm glad for it." She then finally stands up from where she was sitting on the edge of a planning table. "Well, I really should get to what I came here for... which is getting Victoria operational again after I'd mothballed her." She motions with her head towards the large, open space, more specifically a large panal in the floor there, the elevator. "Not that I'm trying to ditch you, I'm just not sure how long it's gonna take me. You can come along, if you want."

Prince_Blade smirks "Well since Raven is gone I have little to do, but so I can follow you in case you need extra arms for anything. And no offense taken if you were to ditch me, I'm sure you are busy at well."

Violet shrugs. "I've been busier." She starts walking over to the elevator, and stops once she reaches a control panal for it. "So what are you going to do, then, now that you're back here again? I'm hoping you're going to put your wandering to the side now."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Wandering is a vague word, I'm simply away from my house and obligations. I can be a wanderer without moving too much as well, just not where some might expect me to be." He follows into the elevator quietly "I'd hurt both Raven and Ari if I moved too much."

Violet nods. "So the question still stands then. What are you going to do now?" she asks as she keys the elevator to start lowering. The massive lift starts lowering, considerably more slowly than an office building's elevator, but then again, it's far, far larger.

Prince_Blade thinks about that "Quite honestly, I don't know yet. I will try to find something to keep busy one way or another. Raven or Ari might need my arms at some tasks. Otherwise, who knows, I might look around for something of interest. Maybe a library." He chuckles a bit.

Violet nods. "Busywork. Maybe Raven can stil use more help around the shop? I heard she hired another engineer, but I've not run into her yet. Maybe they both could use the extra help. Then again, I'm sure Ari could use some help at her night club." As the elevator nears the bottom, the lights come on, revealing several empty bays and one that isn't so empty, housing the Victoria Gundam which Violet looks up at with a light smile. "Alexa, my girlfriend, is going to be using a variable fighter that Jack gave me... When I got it, I had Victoria put into mothball down here. But Alexa and I have plans to use both machines now to go exploring in the Badlands," she explains.

Prince_Blade whistles as he looks over the machines "Big projects, indeed. What are you looking for in the badlands? Treasures or trouble?" He smirks "I'm not too worried about keeping busy though, if not one thing, it will be another. I have been travelling doing the odd jobs too. It's not always for lack of money, simply because it adds more skills and knowledge."

Violet adds drily, "And it keeps you from being bored. We're looking for treasure, of a sorts. Alexa and I really want a small starship of our own, one we can go out and take anywhere. I know it's a long shot, but I'm thinking maybe, just maybe we can find one out there we can fly out or fix up. That way we'd not have to, you know, save up an ungodly amount of money to buy one." She steps off the elevator and over to the Gundam with a light sigh. "I just closed this thing up, and now I'm already opening it up again. I really should've forseen this... Well, it's my idea, so I guess I should have thought of it earlier..."

Prince_Blade crosses his arms as he looks up at the large mecha in front "Not everyone can have a cabbit spaceship, that's for sure. And even if you do, it's good to have a dream like that as well, and follow through with it. I can offer you a ride meanwhile if you want, or if you need to move this thing more discreetly."

Violet glances back to Blade and raises an eyebrow. "Uhhhh, no... The point of the ship for Alexa and I is the freedom of it... to go anywhere, and not have to worry about anyone else while we're out there. To just go where we want to, when we want to, and without dragging around an entire ship's worth of crew... I have access to a larger ship already. If you wanted, you could call me Lt. Commander Karrde of the NTSDF, captain of Phoenix. But I'd like a small ship that would be just the two of us, not carrying along over a hundred others, you know?" She smiles. "So while I appreciate the offer, don't worry about it. And I can get clearance to take Victoria from here to the Badlands pretty easily."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Well you don't need a huge crew if you have a good central computer. That's what the cabbit is there for, but I know many ships, including Jack's, had such an intelligent central core to take care of most tasks." There's a myaa as the cabbit head pops out of Blade's pocket, looking around curiously. He heard talking about him. Or spaceships at least.

Violet blinks and looks down at the cabbit. "Uhhh, hello there?" She looks back to Blade. "Well, this Jack has Falcon as well... and her core transfers between the Falcon itself and the Athena... which has a complete crew. It's... well, a small city worth of people, really. A full carrier and everything, full crew even with Falcon being there. Phoenix's computer core is... kind of insane with the amount of information it has, but it's really more just that... an information bank, not automation."

Prince_Blade nods as he listens. "I understand. Kuro Ohki doesn't have much in the way of database, but he definitely as much in the way of autonomy." He picks up the cabbit form his pocket and puts it on top of his head. The cabbit looks at the giant Mecha _/o.o\_ _/^.^\_ "Myaa!" and ear-waves at the girl as well. "It depends on the utility of the ship as well I suppose. But Kuro-ohki has a small batallion worth of independent processes inside of him as well."

Violet waves again to the cabbit. "Hello there, uh, Kuro, was it?" She looks back down to Blade again. "Well, with Phoenix, it's a bit of a... well, the universe it came from..." She frowns for a moment, trying to collect her thoughts on it. "Okay... so... in the universe she comes from... There was a... more advanced race than the humans called Asgardians. They were basically trying to get the humans to be their successors or something, because they were dying out due to some problem with their cloning process or something. The computer core in Phoenix... holds all of their knowledge. Like... every last bit. Everything the Asgardians ever learned is in that core, if I understand it correctly. I feel like... it's there to be a learning tool. If it automated, it would have defeated the purpose of it... does that make sense?"

Prince_Blade hmms as he considers, petting the cabbit on top of his head "I understand what you mean. It should teach people to do things themselves, not make robots do it for them. It's a different philosophy, that's for sure. But what's important is the results. If I didn't have Kuro, I'd be unable to travel in space on my own. Or I'd need a lighter ship, something that I could maintain and control alone. Then again, Kuro isn't meant to the key to lost civilization bank of knowledge either." He chuckles. Kuro scratches behind his ear. He'd be an odd databank, that's certain!

Violet smiles and nods. "Right. And that's the type of ship Alexa and I want. The lighter ship we can maintain and control just between the two of us. Something, say, Falcon's size, I'm thinking, maybe a bit smaller. But that kind of space on the inside we can more or less turn into our home."

Prince_Blade smirks "Not the size of a city or a building. Kuro here is as compact of a ship as they can be, because it uses folding space technology. He actually carries all of the ship inside of him at this very moment. The same thing is used inside when turned into a spaceship, so the inside is much bigger than you'd expect looking at the outside of it." He chuckles a bit "The tradeoff is that he eats a mountain of carrots as energy source too." Kuro purrs at the mention of carrots _/*.*\_

Violet frowns at that. "That space folding kinda stuff makes my head hurt. I think I prefer sticking with normal space... Easier to fuel, too." She pokes at Kuro's nose playfully, then turns to look up at Victoria with a sigh. "Well, I'd better get back to work..." With a light flaring of her aura around her, she flies up to the joints of the machine to start removing some stops that were inserted to keep the machine from moving slightly in long term storage.

Prince_Blade doesn't think she needs help like this anyway, otherwise she would have asked. Impressively strong girl, but he's not surprised, considering who's the father. That's one thing that BLade can't do either way, fly on his own.

Violet calls down as she continues removing the stops, "So how do you supply that many carrots, anyway?"

Prince_Blade laughs "Part of why I need to work, to pay off this thing's appetite." Kuro doesn't look like he cares _/^,^\_

Violet laughs as well, though it might be hard to hear from where she is up on the machine. She pulls out another stop and pokes her head around again. "Well, good luck with that, then! But even with the money, how many stores do you have to go through to get enough carrots?"

Prince_Blade chuckles "More efficient to keep a garden out for him, actually. Something that wasn't lacking around my houses, but I was travelling enough that I didn't need to worry about draining a region out of carrots either."

Violet peers around the hand as she pulls out stops from the fingers. "Yeesh. Houses? Well, I suppose as a royal you can affort them all. I'm guessing you already have a place around here somewhere? What was it, you forgot where it was or something, I think Rave said?"

Prince_Blade hmms "I meant that as I lived in different places over the years too. Not that I own many. I have one in this place, if it still exists at least. I forgot about it because I made myself forgoet it when I lost my wife and kids long ago. But I think I can live with that now. I just need to see if it hasn't been demolished or lost to time since then.

Violet winces. "Well... where was it, then?" she calls out as she pops out another of the stops. "Or is that part of what you forgot?"

Prince_Blade shakes his head "Oh I know where it shouldbe, I just haven't looked at it yet. It was behind the lake near the Masaki house."

Somewhere on the muck, Miriya has connected.

Violet, having released most of the stops, floats around to the back of the machine, where she opens a hatch. While doing so, she calls out, "Masaki House? I don't think I've ever come across that, though I've also not really been looking around private residences, admittedly."

Prince_Blade nods "It's around the northern mountains. I will go take a look later. With Raven asking me to stay here for a while, I didn't see the need just yet." He chuckles at that.

Though likely unheard, Violet chuckles as she starts up the reactor. She then floats out to in front of the machine again. "Well, you've certainly got a point there. but If I had one out there, I'd at least want to know it's okay."

Prince_Blade nods "Well I didn't have the need for it until now, but if I'm going to be sticking around for Ari and Raven, then I definitely should have a place to stay. Although Raven seems ready to have me stay right here too, I should at least take alook. If anything I can use it for the garden of carrots."

Violet nods slowly before popping open the cockpit. "Yeah... that alone might be reason enough to make sure everything's in order there... And I can certainly understand the reasoning for staying here, as well. Will you be using my old room, or is that going to stay vacant?" she asks with a smirk.

Prince_Blade laughs at that "I think Raven prefers me in her room. But I may borrow the guest room, she offered it to me just in case of anything. We're not exactly a couple yet, but it's not like I'm playing her either."

Violet pauses before entering the cockpit. "Not a couple? Really? The way you two were almost hanging off each other, the kissing of the cheeks?" She raises an eyebrow. "Are you sure you're not?" She then slips in and the machine starts lighting up. From the machine comes Violet's voice over a loudspeaker. "Speaker test."

Prince_Blade laughs "It's complicated, but I adore her very much already, yes. We just haven't spoken of love, and from what I overheard earlier, she also described it as physical for the moment. I do think it will become more, but that'd also be hasty, don't you think?"

Victoria_Gundam tilts its head down to look at Blade. "Soooo, you two were already friends, so you know you're more or less compatable, and apparently there was some very good chemistry between the two of you last night. You two are already a couple in my eyes. Sure, you may be at an early stage, but you're still a couple. The outside mics are working, are the speakers right?"

Prince_Blade shows a thumbs up "Hear you perfectly down here. It's almost as if it was the Gundam talking to me. "You grew up so quickly Violet, it's amazing." He kids.

The machine powers mostly down and Violet steps out again. "Good. All diagnostics looked good, so it looks to me like everything is fine, still." She hops down from the cockpit to the ground... a bone shattering drop to most people, but Violet slows down just before hitting the ground. "Well, that's why I came here. Hopefully Alexa and I can go 'house hunting' in the Badlands now." She smirks at that.

Prince_Blade smirks "Sounds like a plan alright. How's the weaponry on that thing anyway?"

Violet looks back up at Victoria again. "Twin head machine cannons, beam rifle, beam shield, beam saber. Standard Gundam equipment, really. She's got the boosters of a Tallgeese, so she's plenty fast even in the air, too. Though I'm sure Kuro could make swiss cheese of her while flying circles around."

Prince_Blade chuckles "I wouldn't want to test that out, but potentially, considering that Kuro has the potential for pace combat against much larger ships."

Violet walks back over to the elevator. "Yeah, that's what I've heard about cabbit based ships. Punching way outside their weight and moving faster, to boot." She motions upward. "Going up?"

Prince_Blade nods "Following you." He hops on the platform "Not that I feel the need to use Kuro for such things, but it's reassuring to have it as a defensive countermeasure."

Violet laughs and shakes her head as she sets the elevator moving back up again. "Sorry, sorry, that's me, always looking at things from a military standpoint. Half my life in fleets and all, you know how it is. Or maybe you don't."

Prince_Blade shakes his head as he steps back into the shop "We each have our interests, in fact it'd be normal if you wanted to know more about my cabbit from it." He smirks as he goes to the pastry tray, taking it away since they are done with it now.

Violet grabs one of the pastries from it just as he's picking it up. "Yup. Exactly." She pops it into her mouth, not seeming to care about any staleness to it. "Well, I suppose I shouldn't say welcome to the family just yet?"

Prince_Blade chuckles "I was part of the family before, so it doesn't matter that much. It was through Ari though. I did say it was complicated earlier."

Violet frown slightly and nods. "You were... married? Or going to be? What happened with that?"

Prince_Blade hms "It was a semi-wedding you could say. One thing about Juraians is their tradition to take two wives in the royal family. So I couldn't take her as a wife without a second one. It was an informal process that we did, to make her my proper fiance back then.

Violet raises an eyebrow. "Really. And now she's in a three person relationship." She laughs at this. "So what happened then, that ended it? You just... drifted apart? The family didn't approve?"

Prince_Blade shakes his head "No, I had an accident and I was given for practically dead for a few months, so it's not that we deifted apart as much as she found someone else to fill the spot I left vacant. But when we met again, she still loved me dearly. And even now, she still has strong feelings, even while in a relationship. She's someone that has all that love to give.

Violet frowns, looking down at her hands. "Wow. Enough for that many people... Is it... nice? Or is it a burden to her?"

Prince_Blade hms "I don't think really. I think... that's just the way she is, and she feels comfortable like that. SHe's also unable of secrets on that side, she's like an open book.

Violet nods with a slight frown. "But she worries... She worries like no one else I've ever seen. Just... never about herself, though, does she?"

Prince_Blade nods "She does worries. And its probably part of why she suggested I meet with Raven as well, because she loves us both.

Violet chuckles and shakes her head. "I bet she never reveals the worries to the people she worries about, though. That or she just doesn't worry about me."

Prince_Blade chuckles "She probably does, but shows it badly. Some people are like that too.

Violet tilts her head. "Well... honestly, I can't think of a reason to worry about me right now. I'm actually at pretty much the high point of my life, as far as I can remember. My worries have all been... well, about Ari and Raven. And the kids, back when Raven, well, wasn't Raven."

Prince_Blade thinks about that "But worrying is caring, even if everything seems fine, you should know that we can be hiding something. So she might just want to hear it sometimes, everything is fine. I don't know, just an idea.

Violet considers this and nods slowly as she leans back against a wall. "I'll do that. Subtly... ask how she is, hope she asks back, say everything's great?" She raises an eyebrow, not sure herself why she's actually planning on how to tell Ari she's fine.

Prince_Blade chuckles "I meant tell her that everything is fine with you, so she doesn't worry as much.

Violet laughs as well, shaking her head. "Yeah, I don't know what I'm thinking, either. I guess I don't want to walk up to her and sound smug? 'Hey, everything in my life is going just great right now! How are you?' If I wasn't feeling great and someone walked up to me and said that... I'd probably want to punch them."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Didn't mean it that way either. But I meant if she's worried about you, then she'd show it too.

Violet shrugs. "Like I said, I've not noticed if she's worried about me."

Prince_Blade lifts his shoulders "We ran circles here. Just saying that they probably still worry because they care about you, even if you seem in a good situation. They probably don't need to, but somewhere they still would.

Violet frowns and nods. "I guess so. Then is it wrong that I'm not really worried about the two of them anymore?"

Prince_Blade chuckles "Then you mean you don't care anymore?

Violet shakes her head. "I'm pretty damn sure I care, I just... don't feel the stress I did before this whole mess with Raven's mother ended."

Prince_Blade nods "Then you would worry if turns became bad again. Instead your happy.

Violet sighs and nods. "I guess I just don't know the definitions. I am only eight years old, after all."

Prince_Blade chuckles "A mature 8 years old.

Violet nods. "Artificially aged to... I think roughly 13? 14? 15? Hard to say what, exactly."

Prince_Blade nods "I never heard of that. But since you got a fiance and all, I'd think you're mature enough. 8 years old think more about playing with dolls than making a family.

Violet says drily, "I've a ten year old sister who is apparently obsessed with plotting my wedding for me."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Playing doll again, assuredly. They aren't thinking of their own wedding, its more like a fairy tale story for them.

"Hrm." Violet considers this and nods. "Though most fairy tales don't have two princesses getting married. All right, point conceeded. It still sucks not having a real childhood, but... I've made do."

Prince_Blade nods "I'm not questioning or judging that. Kids are just easily taken by such happy events." He smirks "And yeah, but like I said earlier, you work with what hand you were dealt, but you keep on living. I'm saddened by the loss of innocence a kid goes through, but the reality is that... there's nothing we can do about it. THe feelings are still honest though.

Violet sighs and looks up. "I do think back at what I would've been like if I had grown up properly... Would I have had more friends? More enemies? Would I have been so... fighty? Or more like a passive bystander?" She shakes her head. "So what was childhood like on Jurai? Or at least... in the shadows of Jurai?"

Prince_Blade hmms as he considers "Well it's already been a long time for me, but itw as not bad really. We live in the shadows, mostly underground, so we don't mingle with the Light ones at first. Even a Prince is raised just like any other, we just have a blood responsability to the people, but it's not like I lived in a golden palace or anything. What changes for us is the extra studeis in etiquette, history and what not.

Violet nods slowly. "Well... it's good they kept you grounded, then. From what I know, the 'Light' Jurai aren't remotely like that. And beleive me, I've worked with people in noble houses before... they can be a pain in the ass, and the ones I worked with weren't even royals!"

Prince_Blade chuckles "Ain't that trh truth. But ironically, my first wife was the Juraian princess, Ayeka."

Violet blinks and tilts her head. "Huh. You've... not had good luck with wives, have you?"

Prince_Blade hms "Well I truly admired her, and we were a good match despite our origins. But then, she vanished with the kids. Simply, vanished.

Violet frowns. "Here? Or in your universe?"

Prince_Blade points down "In this city.

Violet nods sadly. "It... happens. It's happened to me to... not from as serious a relationship, but... well, a teacher and a crush just... vanished one day. The next time I saw him, it was like he was someone else. He didn't know me... because he wasn't the same one."

Prince_Blade nods "Well I never saw her again, not even another one with different memories. It devastated me at the time, and I hurt myself hard enough to have a bit of amnesia. It helped dull the pain at the time.

Violet frowns and nods. "The... friends I had before the fall... None of them are here anymore. I had a girlfriend, some other friends... I barely remember them now, but... I know there's that empty space there anyway." She then looks up again and smiles. "But Alexa sure has gone a long way of filling that hole! Things are way more serious with me and her than they ever were between me and Ilfe."

Prince_Blade nods, smiling "And that's what matters the most, the now. That's why I don't hold it against Ari despite all the feelings. Because there was simply too much time passed, and things have changed. No use lamenting on what changed.

Violet nods. "Right... gotta move on in this city, because... you never know if they're going to come back or not."

Prince_Blade nods "Not just this city, its a good life lesson in general. There are things we can do, like how I want to change the status of the Dark branch. There are things we cannot, like people that vanished.

Violet shudders slightly. "I... I can imagine how much it must have hurt... Just... thinking about the possibility of Alexa just... vanishing. My stomach feels like lead."

Prince_Blade nods "It was hard. It was painful, it was a part of me ripped away. It took years to heal, and Ari's love helped with that.

Violet nods again with another shudder. "Yeah.... I can imagine it. Alexa... made me mostly forget about all that mess with the holes in my memories and all the friends I remembered not being here..."

Prince_Blade nods "And that's how things are. But even if you lost her, you'd still live on. Even if it was on the hope you'd see her again one day. It's not a 'nice' way to live, but it's human nature to keep on living and patching holes until they find a new happiness. Even knowing that, it's not something we wish on anyone.

The front door to the workshop opens and Raven walks in. She's on the phone talking to someone and not sounding too happy. She says a few more things to the other person before hanging up and rolling her eyes.

Prince_Blade looks over to Raven "Bad news? That was a long delivery."

Violet nods sadly. "I'd definitely not wish that on anyone. I've... not even been through it, really, and it's chilling me." She then blinks and looks up again as Raven walks back in again. She waits for RAven to hang up before saying, "Hey, Rave... I take it it wen poorly?"

Rave shrugs. "One of my suppliers is asking way too much for titanium. I'm going to have to find a new titanium guy."

Prince_Blade hms as he thinks "Titanium is pretty valuable in this area, if you can't find anything suitable, might have to turn to the stars instead."

Violet looks between the two and nods. "Asteroid mining, eh?"

Prince_Blade hms "Something like that, we could try to scan for some, or see if other planets offer a better bantering price.

Rave thinks about that. "Maybe, but in the end it may just cost as much if not more for the labor and such to get up there.

Violet frowns. "Yeah, you've got a point. I keep forgetting it's not so easy for most people outside the NTSDF."

Prince_Blade nods "Unless you ask a hand of your friendly neighborhood cabbit of course.

Rave grins at Blade. "A cute cabbit, if I remember correctly. So, how are you two doing? Did I miss anything?"

Violet looks up, then shakes her head. "Not really. We just... chatted while I took all the joint stops out of Victoria and restarted the reactor."

Prince_Blade nods "I was given a visit of Victoria. We talked a bit, about you, Ari and the kids.

Rave blushes just a little. "Good things, I hope." she hehs. "I mean, there's a lot of bad, I know."

Prince_Blade lifts his shoulders "WHat bad? If anything, she was concerned for your happiness and asking what I thought of our relationship after a single night. It'd good to know that you have people caring."

Violet grins to Rave. "I gave him the 'hurt her and you'll have to answer to me' speech."

Rave chuckles to Violet. "Well, I gave that to Alexa, so only fair." she smiles, then looks at Blade. "Do I even want to know how you answered all that?"

Prince_Blade smirks "Do you need to ask? She wanted to know which room I was going to sleep in."

Violet says, "Well, I mean, my room is going unused, right? But if he doesn't need it, he doesn't need it."

Rave blushes even more. "True." she smiles. "Well, it's until we figure out about either finding his house or building him one or something."

Prince_Blade smirks "She asked about that too. I know where the house is, but not if it's still there. The following step is deciding what I do with it. Kuro-Ohki does need his carrots after all, I might convert the area to feed him, if I have room here.

Rave grins. "Well, I am starting a garden out back. I have a pear orchard already starting. I'm sure carrots could be included."

Kuro-Ohki's ears perk out of Blade's pocket

Violet glances between the two, then at the ears. "I'm... not sure a garden is gonna be enough. It sounded more like you'd need a whole damn farm."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Kuro-Ohki eats alot, but not exageratingly either. Just more than you'd expect for a small creature like that."

The ears twitch a few times. It heart carrot.

Rave reaches over and skritches the cabbit's ears. "I'm sure we can figure something out.

Violet shrugs. "Well, you know how much... He? She? ...eats."

Prince_Blade nods "Yes, I do know, and a good sized field will take care of the needs. You'd think that a critter like that only needs a carrot a day, but it's more like a dozen.

Rave chuckles. "I'm sure we'll figure it all out."

Violet nods. "Exactly! Just one more thing to plan for the future!" She hold up a fist in front of her and pumps it slightly. "Don't ask me to help out with the garden. I've never attempted to grow anything in my life."

Prince_Blade chuckles at that "Don't worry about that, if you offered we'd show you probably, but you probably have things of your own to take care of too, from what you told me.

Rave smiles, walking next to Blade and kissing him on the cheek. "Well, we grew an orchard in France. It was kind of my escape, you know?"

Violet glances between the two again and smiles. "You two are totally already a couple."

Prince_Blade smiles at the kiss

Prince_Blade says, "You did huh? Well carrots are not quite the orchard either."

Rave blushes at Violet. "I um... er.." she stammers, not really able to think of a response.

Violet laughs. "See? See? This is how I felt when everyone started making comments about me an' Alexa!"

Prince_Blade chuckles, and moves an arm around Raven "It's always a bit embarrassing when put on the spot."

Rave smiles, leaning into Blade as she nods to Violet. "True, and look where you and Alexa are now. So maybe it's a good sign."

Violet nods. "That's exactly the point I was about to make, Rave." She grins at Blade.

Violet steps away from the wall she was leaning against. "Well, I'd probably best get back up to Phoenix. I really just stopped by here to take Vic out of mothball... Alexa is probably wondering where the hell I am now, now that I think about it."

Rave chuckles. "You didn't tell her where you were? I wouldn't be worried. She doesn't seem the type to get freaked out if you're home late."

Prince_Blade chuckles "Just don't tell her that your step-mother's boyfriend kept you busy all day, she might question it."

Violet shakes her head. "Okay, poor wording. She's wondering what's taking so long, rather than where I am... Well, I'll see you two later!" At what Blade says, she looks between the two again and grins. "I'll leave you two lovebirds alone, then." She pulls out her comm and calls for a pickup... and she vanishes in a vaguely cylindrical formation of white light.

Prince_Blade shakes his head "It's nice to be young."



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