Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[Dusty Crophopper]

Finn, Dusty, and Connor - Tags: Shadow and Spray

Finn listened to his comrade's words, and nodded solemnly. "Very well... though I still say he should go back to jail after this. I'm on the fence about pitching in for him... after what he did... and... Leland." He stated. "I don't think he deserves freedom." he stated bluntly. "And well... I... would perhaps blame the pilot." he said, looking to Spray here. "But not Carew unless he shot the ship down. Still it's not... exactly the same situation. But yes... I do believe my son can be a starting point." he nodded here. "Anyway yes... first plane over the second you start pumping out Crophopper Jr. number one." he joked here, chuckling as he watched her go.

Dusty looked at the patterns she was tracing on his pontoon, rather liking it as it wasn't predictable but was pretty calming. "Yeah me neither... I wouldn't do it... I... I wouldn't." he said now. "And well we settle them someplace... teach them about our world. I mean... Shadow I doubt they have a kill program embedded in them... even if they did... their creator is dead. I think... they feel empty because Tenebris told them they had no purpose until the Malacktharians woke up... if that was all you were told and all you knew... wouldn't you feel that way too?" he asked now.

Suddenly, Connor darted up with some supplies. "Well Shadow... I don't really know what I can do about most of your missing parts... but I DID find a few spares lying around here and there that Carew was most likely using when aboard. So I can replace one or two of your parts... the rest well... I'll need to get when we get onto land... oh and well... I don't know what mother ripped out of you so... that I'm afraid will remain a mystery, unless you can provide me with a list or something." he rattled off. "So whaddya say? Want me to replace some missing parts?" he asked here. Dusty stood by Shadow's side, up against her in fact in case she started panicking as she was sometimes prone to doing when in her brother's presence, if the last time he was poking around inside her was anything to go by.

Miles - Tags: Raine, Doc

Miles halted here only briefly to glance behind him by quarter turning. "Because that's why I ended it after the first few times... it didn't appeal to me... on multiple levels." he sighed here, moving on and driving up to Doc now. An entrepreneur and explorer... yes... that's how the world had saw him... a young hero in his prime doing great things... yeah.... if only... if only that were true. It was a big lie... his entire life was a miserable lie... he wasn't a young, upstanding hero... he was a terrorist... a terrorist who killed others and deserved death... it was the only recourse... he never should've received life... but there was no way he was receiving death either... it was just... not fair.

Tears stung his eyes as he approached Doc, and opened his mouth, but no words came out. He clamped it shut and then finally managed a "Never mind... take your time with Blade... I'm gonna go break down somewhere else and hopefully die." he muttered, driving off now rapidly to find a quiet room he could do just that. Sobbing softly to himself, he entered a blackened room with a red glowing pit below him... what was this? This ship's power source? A weapon? Something else? He felt... a dark energy coming from it... malice... hate... antagonism... belligerence... it was evil down there.

Shaking a little, the Branford gazed warily down, and finally felt his engine cough and then die. Well... he was stranded now in this dark room. Alone... alone with his dark thoughts. Why? Why did everyone want him to be this hero? He just... he wasn't... he never was... he had never done anything heroic; it was all an act... a mask he wore... a mask he wished he'd never put on. Crying in the darkness, he felt he heard this pool reaching out to him... telling him to die... telling him how horrible he was... that he'd never be able to change. That no one would ever forgive him... Blinking, he looked around. Was anyone there? Or was it just his imagination? Either way... perhaps it was best... that he was trapped in this room now... he had chosen his life... and it was the worst weight pressing on him. Miles Axlerod never felt more alone than he did in this moment... not even in his school days where he was bullied and put through h***. This was... a whole 'nother level.

Blade - Tags: Harper, Doc

Blade was grateful for Harper's sudden and swift appearance. He leaned on her now, and blinked the tears away. "Yeah... I know... I hope..." he said now. "I can take heat but... I have this... intolerance for it after awhile, which is strange. When I tried to shield... Dusty... it did bad things to my skin and innards." he explained with a wince.

"Hey uh... you like... night flying?" he asked. "Cause... cause I do... I rarely stay at the base and... just go out at night and... fall asleep agh! Fall asleep..." he began again. "On some ridge somewhere overlooking the valley. I... would like to take you some night soon..." he said through gritted teeth. "Whaddya say? Oh and uh... by the way... never did get my drink from that vending machine." he gave out a clipped chuckle here, referring to their first official meeting on the roof of that building a few days ago in Rio.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - everyone

Spray felt his eye twitch at the remark, but brushed it aside and scanned the controls once more, trying to understand how the ship worked and what buttons did what. But, for some reason, it felt like the ship wasn't... well, he didn't know what word to use other than listening... to the commands given by the buttons. His eyes narrowed a bit and he reached out to touch the accelerator...

And his mind was suddenly struck with some sort of evil feeling from within the depths of the ship. He recoiled and grunted, nearly moving off the platform, but he stayed on. Something was wrong with this ship... almost like something within.. perhaps the power core?... was the source of this evil feeling. And he also had sensed... distress... But he couldn't quite place it. It had all been so fleeting...

"Uh... can someone go and find Miles?" he asked, finally realizing that sometime during the trip, the Bradford had gone missing. "I... I don't like that he's someplace aboard this ship..." He was a bit unnerved now, and he shot a glance at Finn. He wondered if the Faultless picked up on his expression.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

"I know you wouldn't do it..." Shadow said gently to her lover, knowing how he would react in that situation. It was a tough one to answer, and there was never going to be a straight answer. What exactly would ANYONE do for their own race.... and would they do it if it involved wiping out an entire planet that never meant them any harm. She had to admit, Dusty's idea appealed to her, and she nodded thoughtfully. "Teach them.... well... that sounds good enough. I suppose we could set up a facility somewhere for them and get them adjusted to society... though being in a vessel... that must feel weird... not being in their own bodies... I would hate it" She sighed as she spoke, frowning a little. "While you may be right Tenebris is dead and can't manipulate them.... you don't know what control Carew had over them. Or may still have over them" She reasoned, though soon became distracted with Connors arrival.

As could be predicted, she backed up from him a little to start with, uncertainty crossing her features. "Considering that I was usually screaming and crying in pain... I'm fairly certain that I couldn't remember what was taken from me, so therefore can't give you a list" She seemed to say now, though eyed the parts slightly hopefully. She seemed to take a while to decide, understandably, though seemed to weigh up the options in her head. There was a medic on board, and with Dusty so close... if anything looks dodgy, she knew he would step in immediately. "F-Fine.... as long as you know what you're doing" She relented, popping her hood already for him, her tire snaking round Dusty's pontoon to hold him now, nerves already eating away at her.

Raine could only watch Miles leave, her mouth open to say something, though it never came out. Instead, she could only glance down to the floor, tears stinging her eyes suddenly. Why was she so weak.... she was stronger than this! She didn't need a man! She lifted her bumper up, trying to appear strong, though inside she was shredding up, into smaller and smaller pieces. She may not need any man.... but she needed him... He had already slipped away, and she felt empty and pointless at this point, sinking further on the floor. She remained there, not knowing what to do with herself other than wallow and sink into her own pit of despair. This feeling suddenly seemed to escalate for no reason, making her feel more... alone, more scared, more frightened... the feeling was almost evil, and it scared her with the amount of force it brought with it. She looked up now as Spray mentioned about finding Miles... becoming worried herself that... with this evil feeling, he would follow it maybe.... do something stupid.

"I'll go" She spoke now, her voice cracking as she cleared her throat. She moved slowly, trying to see is she could trace where Miles had been... tracking was easy, that was a skill she was rather good at. It wasn't long before she found the open door, and seeing the vague shape of Miles within it, she breathed out a little in relief. She noted that he wasn't moving, and the feeling of suffering and dread... it only grew more the closer she got to the room. She peered in, her shadow being cast over him as she blocked the only light, slowly pulling up next to him. "Miles?" She asked in a whisper, her voice rather soft. "I.... I know you didn't... mean what you did... I just guess.... where I grew up and was forced into those kinds of.... situations... where I didn't want to be... and you were doing it for.... well, fun.... I guess it just... shocked me a little...." She spoke now, glancing over to him gently. "This place... it's horrible.... don't you feel that? It's evil... please... get out this room.. it's not safe.... I love you and I don't want anything to happen to you" She whispered, nuzzling her hood into him softly. "Please Miles...."

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Blade, Harper

Doc finally finished up and sighed as he pulled back. "There. That should do it." He said before looking at Blade. "I managed to seal the slash marks. The welds should hold. It's not pretty, but at least they're solid in sealing now." Glancing around for Miles, Doc didn't see the car anywhere.

"Where's Miles? I thought he was waiting for me to treat him." Doc asked as he looked around. Something was off, and Doc didn't like it one bit. For some reason, he was getting a bad feeling, and he didn't know why. Looking around again, Doc saw Raine head off to find Miles. He followed her, only to see Miles in this room and alone. Doc didn't bother to enter the room. He could feel the dread and suffering from inside it and didn't want to be anywhere near it. Instead, he called out to Miles. "Miles? Are you okay?"

[Niixa]

Harper: Blade

Harpers curiosity perked then, had he and Dusty got caught in a bad situation? It must have been if it caused his tolerance towards to drop and it must have been bad.. She was kind of thankful she didn’t know them during that time, she wouldn’t know what to think, she’d be sick with worry. Still, she managed a small smile to lighten the mood, “Y’know you’re meant to stay away from direct contact with fire right?~”

She listened and smiled but flinched as cried out, she knew this was painful so she continued to nuzzle him and hopefully distract him from the welding; the idea of night flying however was very appealing to her, she’d often take off in the middle of the night but being with someone this time made it sound much better, “I’d love to, I have somewhere I like to go in the night as well, I can show you where it is." She'd go to this place during the day also, to get away from the residents more than anything. "Well if Carew doesn't nuke the planet then I suppose I can buy you that drink you lost.. or get you something stronger, your choice." As Doc finished up, she breathed a silent sigh of relief, thankful he was able to work on both given the stressful situation.

"How you feeling?" She asked the chopper beside her, she expected him to say he was tired but she wanted to listen out for anything else.

[DexEuromat]

Dexter - Radar

Dexter moved back when the sealing foam was put on Radar's majour leaking points. He put his gun back to it's compartment. "That should do it, drink the oil, it should help you till we more medical support"

An sudden and wird feeling went through his systems. Some leds on his dashboard start to blinking. 'Could it be, we are back to our dimension?' crossed his mind. He turn around slowly to look around.

(( Happy Easter! ))

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Yep, happy Easter. ))

"Carew's a vessel too, Shadow." Dusty reminded the Celica here. "I doubt he has any hold over them. He was created simply to accelerate the termination of life on our planet. I guess I... don't entirely hate him... growing up like he did, you probably wouldn't even know right from wrong. Tenebris made him into what he became so... it's a hard call to make really on who's more responsible... if killing and destruction was all he ever knew... then maybe that's just how he is." the firefighter sighed here.

Dusty stayed close as Shadow held onto him with her wheel, and nodded at her. "It'll be OK Shadow." He briefly considered making some funny faces to make her laugh, but figured Connor might not appreciate her moving about in laughter. Instead, he just stayed there silently for the moment. Connor gratefully moved in and began tinkering around.

"Yeah well... maybe I can take a more thorough look later on." the Corolla suggested, an intense look of concentration on his face. "OK... yeah I had forgotten some of these parts had been removed." he sighed now. "OK... let's see what I can do. Just hold still... I'll try and not nick anything and hurt you." he said here. He began by starting to tinker with the radiator. "Gotta fix your overheating issues." he murmured. "I'll replace the parts of your coolant system that have been ripped out." he explained, beginning to do just, placing in a part here from where it was clearly missing. "OK this should help with your cooling issues... d***! Mother really... did a number on your engine." he muttered here. "And well... me too but... I'm trying to fix that." he said now. "How about your lights? I could probably fix those with what I have." He stated here, moving his eyes to look at his sister's now.

Miles - Tags: Raine, Doc

Miles was staring down into that red well, the light pulsing and glowing brighter before fading in a repetitive pattern. It was almost hypnotic in a way, and he felt drawn to it. But then he heard a voice whispering to him, and he snapped back to reality, turning to the side to look at Raine now... Raine? What was she doing here? She... she loved him? And she didn't want anything to happen to him? But then why had she... judged him? "You... love me?" he asked, struggling to come through the fog in his mind and back to her. Yes... yes this room was evil... he could feel it. It was doing things to his mind when he was alone... but now that she was here... maybe... maybe he could... fight this off.

"Raine... I love you too." he said now, nuzzling her back. "Let's... let's get out of here." he said, worry in his eyes now. He paused though, feeling drawn back to that pull... a tug of... evil on his heart. But he fought it. He tore himself away from the edge and began driving back to the door. "Raine..." he heard Doc call out to him, and he winced, not liking the noise in here. "Yes... I'm... I'm fine!" he called back hesitantly. "Raine..." he said now more softly, turning to looking at her a bit. "I felt... odd back there... as if... that thing down there was trying to draw out... my former self..." He said, gritting his teeth in nervousness. "I had to fight it... fight it off. But you... really love me?" he asked, driving out and back to where they had been, which seemed to be the central area of the ship.

"I... I have to admit... I think I love you as well... I think... I think I have fallen for you... but how Raine? How can you love a car like me? I'm horrible and I'm just... I'm not who you thought I was. So... how?" he asked now, feeling like he may be opening up a can of worms... but he wanted to know... he had to know.

Blade - Tags: Harper

"Yeah heh... well I was protecting him... I had to or else he would've gotten badly burned." Blade stated now. "Really messed me up though... I paid for it by needing emergency repairs but... well that's my job." he said now. "Dusty had no idea what he was doing back then anyway... but I didn't give up on him... it's just... not in my nature." he explained.

He appreciated her nuzzles, as it did help ease his attention from the soldering and focus more on her. He did perk up though when Doc finished and mentioned he'd be working on Miles next. Though the Branford was nowhere to be seen... Blade had been rather worried when he'd mentioned going off and dying... but fortunately, Doc moved off to look for him now. "Well it feels... better now. And hey all right. I'd love to go wherever you want to take me." he smiled now. "I usually rest someplace high up... though tend to avoid Piston Peak itself as it's too close to the lodge. And hah... something stronger would suffice." he nodded here with a smirk.

"Oh I'm... OK." Blade said now, tapping a wheel on the ground. "Yeah... how about you? That looked like a painful wound you received when that crystal exploded. Still... I'm glad both of us are alive." he told her sincerely now. "I... would hate to lose you after all this after all." he stated.

The ship started moving faster thanks to Spray's input. The controls didn't seem responsive to him at first, but there were a few that worked, such as turning the ship left and right. "You seem to be figuring out some things... good." Finn said here.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Finn

Spray nodded. "Yeah. But something is wrong here. The ship... It's like there's something sinister in the core of this thing... When I touched the accelerator, I... sensed... an evil feeling and I was caught off guard by it," he explained, nosing another button. "I... I have a bad feeling that unless we can either change or remove that evil feeling, the ship won't be very useful to me."

As he looked back at Finn, a jolt suddenly raced through him and he winced, sensing... frustration?... from the source of whatever was lurking in the core. What was down there?! He turned his focus back to the ship and pursed his lips together as he faced the controls.

'Okay, whatever you are. I don't know what you want or what you are, but I will master this ship, and remove you from its core once and for all!' the black plane thought. His eyes hardened as he sensed whatever it was shivering on the very depths of his consciousness.

Radar - Dexter

The large AWACS grimaced from the pain of his freshly sealed wounds, but brushed it aside. He gratefully took the oil and started to sip, feeling a lot better.

The sense of electricity racing through him was brief, but judging from the discussions taking place, it made sense they were back home. He nodded his front. "Yeah. We are," he muttered around the spout.

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Hey everyone, so tomorrow I'm leaving on my road trip with Shadow across the US, so posting will be extremely limited for a time during the trip and our move-in. We'll post when we can but please excuse the slowness for now! It's a major transition in my life and until I get settled in it's gonna be slow.))

[ShadowWolfCelica]

((Hey Guys, just got back from the US so posting can kinda resume to normal XD ))

Shadow: Connor, Dusty

The Celica ended up shrugging her tires out a little, unsure herself. "Well, it was just a thought" She said dismissively, pursing her lips for a few moments whilst Dusty made his point. She nodded gently, understanding what he was saying, though not sure what to suggest herself anymore. "Much like some of my family..." She uttered a little, though seemed to look over at Connor. "Though that's not to say that just because they were raised for killing and destruction... that they aren't capable of being anything else" Shadow spoke again to Dusty, signalling to the Corolla silently.

Shadow physically tensed upon Connor's approach, despite being the best patient she could be and trying to keep still. She pressed her side almost painfully against Dusty, just trying to stop herself from reacting or jolting away whilst Connor worked away. "A more thorough look? I think it's better for someone perhaps more.... qualified to assess on a thorough basis? I mean you admitted yourself you don't know everything that's missing" The Celica gave a sigh, looking to her open hood with a wary expression. Parts of what he fixed caused her to flinch every so often, her hood jerking lightly as her fight or flight reflex caused her a lot of internal conflict. "Yes well... mother was not exactly gentle during her... personal raids" Shadow seemed to mutter back, looking away a little before his replacements caused her to sneeze suddenly. She shook her hood lightly, recovering a little before she realized Connor had asked a question, meeting his gaze now.

"Oh... Well actually, the lights have been looked at a few times. It's something that was suspected to have happened in the very early years.. before you were even around. The wiring is too far gone to be helped. It's possible perhaps but the whole lot has to be replaced including the lights and that will take too long a recovery time.... my job needs me. As well as the fact that... well... it's more of a nervous tick now too. A habit that grew up with me. I have no control anymore and replacing lights wouldn't help" She spoke now, giving him a slightly firm nod.

Raine: Miles, Doc

Raine could see that Miles seemed.... different. Staring into that pit... something was calling to him. That evil that once perhaps consumed his heart was staring him in the face... and for a moment she was scared he would give in, to let his soul be once more seized by hatred. But then he seemed to notice her, and she placed a tire on his side, almost as if to stop him from rolling forward and plunging into the dark depths before them. "....Of course... Miles I said this to you about 10 minutes ago... that hasn't changed...." She spoke gently, her worried gaze never leaving him. She realized she had been holding her breath when he nuzzled her back with his spoken affections, exhaling sharply and nestling her hood into his chin a little more. "Miles I don't like this place..." She whispered, trying to tear him away from here.... perhaps by giving him a purpose to fight... then she could win over his battle with this... room. "Miles.... I'm scared of what it's doing to you... Please come back to me..." She urged, rocking her body into his in a desperate plea. She tried to use herself as a shield to prevent him from being pulled back to the pit, using her hood to nudge him along until Doc spoke, to which she looked round a little to see him. "It's ok Doc... we have it covered... He just needs... some time" She nodded to the Hornet, and glanced back to Miles, before nudging him on again. She kept herself pressed against him, driving him away from the room, and nuzzling him with encouragement everytime she could.

"I know... I saw it. I saw it in your face... you seemed to turn... different for a few moments in front of me.... It scared me" She sighed a little, finally stopping with her pushing once they had moved away from the room. Her gaze dropped for a moment, though she quickly glanced back in surprise upon his speaking again. Her expression seemed shocked, and unable to speak for a moment until she dropped on her tires a little, some sort of mental anguish clear on her face. She inhaled suddenly, trying to think if the best way to put it. "You... can't say that... You can't say those things about yourself because... you're not. You've changed... I've told you before that you are not who you used to be. I... I want to be with you. And... we can... have a life after this. I want that... with you. And only you... I don't feel I could be as happy with someone else. You... have been the only car to give me a chance... I lost my parents... don't... make me lose you too"