Initiative.

[trustbound]

Rachel looks a bit conflicted about what should happen from here; Lisbeth is still on the floor, but she's told her what she should do, and so... Well, she's never really been good at saying no, though she does walk up and reach out to pet Lisbeth's hair gingerly for a moment before turning to everyone else. "We should leave." And with that, the courtroom changes, all at once; it was one thing, and then quite simply it isn't, and the podium circle has been replaced with a round spread of consoles wrapping around a center spire. The room is no longer concrete and steel, but rather stark white, all done up in glossy tile that looks like it'd crack if you hit it hard enough with something – that said, it's not recommended to try, given that it's just as indestructible as everything else in the building. Rachel approaches the consoles, reaching out to touch them, fingers tapping gently against several of the unmarked buttons; it's probably not precisely necessary for her to do so, given the state of things, but she seems to like doing it, so do it she shall. There are a pair of slots that look like keycards are required; she glances at them for a second before manipulating more buttons, causing a small panel to open up in front of her – it looks like an authorization mechanism of some sort, the kind that you press your hand against to get it to recognize you. "It's going to be a bit jarring when you wake up; sorry about that, but you've been asleep for a really long time. I'd suggest giving it a moment." She pauses, though, once that's out there, glancing back at everyone. "I'll be on the other side with you, but not like this. We can still talk, though, if you like." And with that she just turns and presses her hand against the panel without waiting for an answer; the next thing you're aware of is the flash.

Comments

[firstaid]

There's something I think I need to take care of first, however, once that's done I can... I think I can live the life I want. Especially since I won't be the Empress. Ioder took that spot and I am very grateful. It means I can keep traveling with my friends.

[And that makes her happy above all else.]

[heritrix]

[Something she needs to take care of, huh.]

Does that something have to be seen to here, or there? [Turning her body, Rin moves so that she's no longer facing Estelle, but sitting side by side with her. She looks up at the ceiling.] Either way, I'm glad for you.

[firstaid]

There. The last I remember is that I spoke with Yuri and we were pretty confident everything was going to be okay. We... just need to take care of a threat to our entire world.

[Basically mass human sacrifice if they don't do anything.]

[heritrix]

Ah. [...] I'd wondered if he understood. He didn't say anything at the time, but when we spoke about something like that in regards to my world, he was so calm about it I couldn't help but think it was because he'd deliberated over something similar.

[firstaid]

I'm unsure what you told him, but our world... if we don't do anything all humans will be sacrificed to 'save' it. I wouldn't call that saving our world, so we're going to fight and hopefully talk someone out of doing just that since we believe we have another way to save our world without sacrificing any life.

[heritrix]

[Rin looks back at her.] He didn't tell me much in return, but he was so determined then not to take that incentive, I'm sure he believed in your own ability to pull it off. If you need any help, just let me know.

[firstaid]

We do believe in our ability. I have no doubt we'll make everything right and okay again.

[heritrix]

If you didn't stand a chance, I don't think Lisbeth would have been so fussy about some people needing to return to their proper timelines, despite hating us. Take that as an omen for your victory.