[CHAPTER 03 - OPEN] Sheridan, Week 3

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Who: Luke fon Fabre, Tear Grants, Marta Lualdi, Raine Sage, Tenebrae, Noishe, Anise Tatlin, and anybody else I may be forgetting.
Where: Sheridan.
When: Luke. Tear, and Anise are looking for the Albiore, while Marta's and Raine and some dogs are also in town.
Warnings: This will be set up like the other open log. If there are any questions, feel free to ask.

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Setting foot in the unfamiliar city, Tear cast a wary glance around in case they had been beaten there. There wasn't much time, and the last thing they needed was another confrontation.

"Where do you think we should start?" she asked, look back at the others.

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It was still all so new for Luke, walking around Sheridan. Anise was still giving him the cold shoulder, and Tear... well, he couldn't ask Tear to forgive him any faster than she was ready to. Because he didn't deserve it. Meeting her gaze, Luke tried to give his best 'serious' face; "Well, shouldn't there be a big building where it looks like someone could build an airship?" It was a wild guess, yes, but a guess. He braced himself for the inevitable reprimand of his stupidity.

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"I think looking for someone to ask for information may be a better idea," she replied, a bit curtly. It was too soon to assume that he would use his common sense, or perhaps he really didn't think that in a place like this, most of the people would know what was going on. "Keep alert for anyone. We should be able to get some assistance somewhere."

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"Oh, I see." Luke recoiled a bit, but at least it wasn't a yell. Trying to do the right thing was a lot tougher than doing what he wanted to, it seemed. He really couldn't ask Tear to be any more patient than she already was, unfortunately, and he knew that very well. He had no idea why he so desperately wanted her approval... perhaps because Tear was the first one who seemed the most disappointed in him ever since they first wound up together at Tataroo Valley, or also because by 'betraying' a Grant, he had to go out of his way to impress and follow the other?

No... not only that, nobody else was even here for him to even begin to make up for what he had done. He had no idea where Natalia was, and Guy seemed to have completely turned his back on him. Not that he could blame anybody; what Luke did was despicable. He knew that. He couldn't undo it; even if nobody knew his moment of hesitation when Van asked him to do it, knowing something was odd about Master Van. Nobody would believe him... he felt even more alone right now than he did while trapped inside of the Fabre Manor.

In any case, he simply nodded, and followed Tear. He may as well start by trying; he went up to the locals and quite bluntly asked if they could direct him to the place where the engineers of the airship gathered.

After several minutes, he returned to Tear. "They said it's that house." he reiterated, pointing.

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Tear looked over where he was pointing. It seemed to be some sort of meeting hall. If that was where the engineers gathered, then it would be the best place to start. She nodded, starting towards the house.

That Luke had actually gone with someone else's suggestion rather than arguing his own was a pleasant surprise, and it was rather pleasing. He was obviously trying his best, even if he hadn't had the experience to build up common sense.

"Good work," she said, offering the encouragement that she had waited for with bated breath during her training.

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[ooc: Rather than going through story-filler, wanted to time-skip to Meggiora Highlands or St. Binah or something for more character-based interaction? Up to you.]

Those words... felt good, actually. Luke wasn't entirely certain if he deserved them or not, but it felt good. Really good. He followed Tear into the building, more than willing to let her take the charge from here all things considered; his usual manner of 'asking' them for help would have most likely ended in... well, in a word, failure. Not that anybody was expecting this to be easy to begin with, really. But as long as he could see this through to the end, even if to help to atone for his sins in the past.

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[ooc: Skipping is fine with me, I'd say Meggiora highlands but it would mostly just be for CR so if you want to go straight to saving St. Binah that's fine with me.]

Taking a moment to speak with the people who seemed to be in charge, the situation looked bleak - but there was still a chance. Racing through the Meggiora Highlands to assist with recovering the hoverdrive would be a good way to ingratiate themselves to the engineers of Sheridan, who seemed to be willing to let them use their backup "Albiore" if they could recover the hoverdrive and rescue Shinji.

Although the decision was clear, she still turned to Luke to get his input. It was mainly to assess his development, as the answer to such a request was obvious.