[CHAPTER 03 - SCENE] BUMP BUMP

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Who: Chester Barklight, Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear
Where: Daath
When: Shortly after Arche wakes up.
Warnings: None.


Seeing that Arche was all good and well was a relief, Chester admitted, but the bitter taste of knowing that Rhea was gone still left a pit in his stomach. Whenever he saw Arche's face, he now saw an imaginary image of Rhea's superimposed over her. It wasn't Arche's fault, nor was it Rhea's, but... Chester simply wasn't sure exactly how to emotionally cope with such a stressful situation.

So, the next best thing to dealing with it was deflecting it by worrying about something else.

"We should hopefully be able to leave early tomorrow morning, and get you out of here." Chester stated, entering Natalia's room and leaning against the door, folding his arms. "I know we're in a hurry, so thanks for waiting while Arche gets better." He continued. "The only thing left is... where do you want to go, Natalia? We haven't decided what to do after we got you out of the Oracle Soldier's Headquarters."

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"Honesty's fine in my book." Chester responded. "I just wanted to make sure that you were comfortable or had any opinion... that's all." He looked at Natalia, attempting to read her emotions. Not that Chester was any good at that sort of thing, but... he didn't know the whole story, but if she wasn't jumping at the chance to go back to Baticul, Chester reasoned that she must have had a reason. He also had Arche to think about, never mind what to do about Fon Master Ion, Colette, and Philia.

"I'm thinking maybe Sheridan... I don't know anybody there, but we'd be at least able to keep the Fon Master safe and regroup a bit to decide our next move, if that's all right with you. I've yet to pitch the idea to the others, but..."