Welcome to the Program

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Good Morning, Champions. In the interest of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, a day/night cycle is in effect. Your presence is expected in the cafeteria in exactly one hour.

[The voice comes through not a large speaker, but through the device that's attached to each Champion's arm. Further investigation of the features of the device will reveal a list of profiles, a mini-map, and a list of rules. The hallways are shiny white and silver, with running lights along the floor and lights on the ceiling, and at the junction of the hallways is a sign with a knife and fork icon and an arrow pointing down the hall.

Welcome to the Excellence Program, Champions. Time to get to know your teammates.]

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[keepmeinyourheart]

[Really, is that how you say hello to someone else stuck in the same situation. Lunafreya turns to him and shakes her head.]

I'm not sure, but if what is outside the windows is to be believed, we might very well be in space. [She glances out at the vast darkness.] Or we are in a place that has a rather grand view of it.

[quadjumps]

[ yes ]

This is bullshit. How the hell did we end up here? Who holds a bunch of hostages in space?

[keepmeinyourheart]

[Such language from someone so young!!!]

I do not know, but they must be quite powerful to do so.

[quadjumps]

[ got a problem, princess? ]

Tell me about it.

[ he stuffs his hands in his pockets. ]

Yeah, well. They said something about meeting in an hour, right? I'll rip them apart when that happens.

[keepmeinyourheart]

[Yes. One shouldn't swear!]

... have you read the rules? [She indicates the ones on the PIP.] Yelling may be good and all, but please refrain from attacking those in charge. If these rules are to believed, we do not need to lose any in our number to whatever punishments someone with this amount of power could think of.

[quadjumps]

Tch- [ he scowls deeper, and then turns away. he hates this. he's pissed beyond belief. ]

None of this makes any sense. I don't have time for this. I need to get back.

[keepmeinyourheart]

It might not make sense, but we must do what we can to not succumb to whatever plans our captors have. Until they explain things, we must assume we will be here for a few days at least, if not longer. [He's so angry for a child... Luna reaches out, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.]

We all have tasks we must return to, every one as important as the other. You are not alone in this plight.

[quadjumps]

[ he's being selfish. he knows that. yuri has always been selfish, though. still...he can't bring himself to be the same cantankerous brat he usually is around her.

he just...looks defeated, for a moment. ]

What are we supposed to do? Just wait around until something happens?

[keepmeinyourheart]

[She gives his shoulder a soft squeeze, her face for a small moment dropping her usual dignified expression to reveal worry and fear. It passes as she takes a deep breath.]

As hard as it is to hear it, sometimes all we can do is wait. What we do while we wait can make a difference if only in passing the time more quickly.

[quadjumps]

I don't want to wait.

Not when I could die here.

[ he's being selfish again, but... ]

[keepmeinyourheart]

[She almost laughs at that. Almost. Instead, her voice drops down low.]

I know how difficult it is to wait. [She's been waiting to see Noctis for twelve long years, and now she knows not when she'll see him again.] It is torture. But will you let it defeat you and make you act rashly?

[quadjumps]

No--if you're asking what I think you are, then no. I'm not killing anyone. Fuck that.

[ he refuses to stoop that low. ]

Why? Are you?

[keepmeinyourheart]

[She shakes her head.]

No. I am first and foremost a healer. I will not be the cause of death for anyone.

[quadjumps]

A healer?

[ that could actually come in handy... ]

So you could heal someone if they were on the verge of dying, right?

[keepmeinyourheart]

Ah... no, not a healer in that sense. I can heal people of what is called the Starscourge back in my home. It is a illness brought by the darkness... It can turn people into terrible creatures if it's not taken care of.

[quadjumps]

Oh.

[ why does he sound so disappointed... ]

Well I doubt something like that's gonna happen here.

[keepmeinyourheart]

... If it does, then I pray the gods have not abandoned me here without my powers.

[quadjumps]

You really think that same disease is gonna get all the way up here in space?

[keepmeinyourheart]

The nature of the disease is similar to one that exists already, just a far more deadly form of it.

[quadjumps]

Yeah, but unless it's contagious and you brought it here, I doubt it's gonna spread while we're in this space ship.

[keepmeinyourheart]

It is highly contagious... but I am immune from it, and I cannot carry it.

[Prompto should be safe, too. Hopefully.]

[quadjumps]

So you can't heal normal wounds then? Like cuts or illnesses?

[keepmeinyourheart]

I could try, but my people only ever came to me to heal the darkness inside of them.

[quadjumps]

You'll have to try when the time comes. I guarantee that someone's going to try something if we don't get out of here soon.

[keepmeinyourheart]

... I know. I'll do what I can if it comes to that. Let us hope that it doesn't.