Frustration and Disappointment(Aloisia Stauss)
| Frustration and Disappointment(Aloisia Stauss) | |
|---|---|
| Date of Cutscene: | 11 November 2024 |
| Location: | Radiant Heart Academy Dorms |
| Synopsis: | Aloisia is trying to repair her device, eventually getting over her pride to text Rashmi. Only to immediately get a call... |
| Cast of Characters: | Aloisia Stauss |
Late at night, Aloisia Stauss was sitting, the damage from the encounter with Walpurgisnacht still lingering on her device. She'd pushed Unbezwingbare Schwester too far in that fight. And honestly in general since it was damaged, in trying to fix and maintain it.
She thought she could fix it. She was trained in how to repair her device, after all! But ... she was lacking the tools, lacking the resources to fix it properly in this world. At least not without asking others. And showing weakness to others in Obsidian was likely a bad idea, and her pride had been keeping her from going to any of those on the side of the sparkles.
But as she pushed a piece back in and started using magic to help her Device repair itself, the device's core sparked, the piece flying off and to the side again. "Verdammt." She mutters under her breath. She KNOWS she was doing everything right, according to her training. It SHOULD be working. Why isn't it working??? She gives a soft sigh and then reaches for her phone. She could use her Device to contact them, but the phone felt less.. emergency?
She starts to add both Chrono and Rashmi to a text chat, but hesitates, going to just Rashmi. Her pride was still too much to directly ask Chrono.
'Hey, Rash--'
Deleted.
'Rashmi, can I ask you something?'
Deleted.
'I need he--'
Deleted.
'Rashmi, may I ask for your experti--'
Deleted.
Aloisia lifts her hands to her head, scrubbing at her face. Does she even really deserve to ask them for help? The last time they'd majorly interacted she almost self destructed on them. Sure, Rashmi was there at Walpurgisnacht but that only kind of counts and also...
...
"...Unaufhaltsame Schwester, text Rashmi Terios the following: I require assistance with repairing my Device."
<JAWOHL.>
"..." Fuck she can't delete that it's now just sent aaaaaaaaaaaa
How can she even ask Rashmi something like that there's no way she deserves her help aaaaaaaaaaa
<PRINZESSIN, EINGEHENDER ANRUF.>
"Wait, really? S-sure, answer the call."
Otto Steiner is shown on a holographic screen in front of Aloisia, whose face immediately drops from a vaguely hopeful smile.
"Aw, not who you thought it would be, my dear daughter? Don't worry, I'll make this short. Your ship has been blinking in and out of the timespace distortion, and it has something I need on it. You will get it for me."
"Why would I do that for you??? You tried to kill me."
"I'm hurt! I would /never/ do that to my dearest daughter. I knew you would survive, Aloisia. You played your part wonderfully."
"..."
"Do I need to remi--"
"Fine. But this is the last time. After this I'm free. No more requests. No more demands. You promise that my mother will be kept safe no matter what else I do."
"Free? You've always been free, my darling dau--."
"Don't."
"... Fine. You'll be ... 'free'. You just need to get the crown from your ship, and bring it to me. Then I will promise you that your mother will be kept safe. All will be forgiven, so long as I win this little cold war."
"...I'll do it."
"Good. I expect great things of you, as always, Aloisia."
Click.
Aloisia immediately dismisses both of her devices and flops into her bed, burying her face in her pillows, the forced-through text to Rashmi forgotten.
