Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[Titanic X 21]

Horah - Otter, Blade

The big Raptor inched closer to Otter, a worried look on his face. "What happened?" he asked, concern present in his voice. He placed a wing on Otter's side, hoping to comfort the disabled vet.

Radar - Dusty, Shadow

Radar watched in interest, following slightly to keep the two shielded from the light of the red moon. Something about that moon really made him a bit edgy.

Spray - Miles, Doc

The FBI plane blinked. "Hold on! You saw a car from the twenties?" he asked. He racked his brains, trying to remember if he had heard of this. Then his eyes widened as he remembered a report Linda had sent to him some time ago concerning a bombing. "Wait. When did this attack take place?"

His ailerons twitched a bit as he asked that. He was getting that ever familiar feeling in his gut that told him something big was happening.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tags: Miles, Spray

Doc looked back at the black plane. "A few years ago from what I remember. Why?" He asked. "I don't recall much, if you are asking about that. All I know is what I mentioned and what I was told, which admittedly, wasn't much." The Hornet admitted. "After that, I was recruited by the FBI and you know the rest."

"The car who was the target...I don't seem to remember anything about him, which is odd because I know I knew of him from before the conference. My memories of him are just...gone...almost like he didn't exist to me, which I know he did, otherwise I wouldn't know of him. I didn't know him personally, but I did know his name otherwise...but I can't recall it now..." Doc murmured as he frowned in thought. He didn't know why he was revealing this now, but the midnight blue racecar had a feeling it was something associated with his attack.

[Alfor]

(Sorry for lagging behind...but I have no idea whats going on ;v; )

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Not much has changed between Doc and Miles... they're still talking. Finn asked Aeris what he'd like to eat. Otter had a creepy vision where he saw the dead Pike, and he's just coming out of if now. Also I think I'll make Blade Ranger my official character since I've already went and put my stamp on him in this game. XD))

[Dusty Crophopper]

Miles - Tags: Doc, Spray

It seemed the plane and Hudson were discussing something else now, and Miles was wiped out from his ordeal today. He yawned again, and blinked his eyes. "Might I get some more pain meds good chaps?" he asked his escorts, who frowned at him, and conversed amongst themselves before nodding, and driving up to inject him with more of whatever they'd given him before. "Ugh!" He winched as the injection entered his pipes from under his hood and engine block. "Also... I think I might... head to wherever I'm being kept... if at all possible. Want to sleep now..." he informed his captors.

One rolled his eyes, but nodded, and began leading him in front with two others behind towards the county lockup... the only place they COULD keep him. It wasn't like he could leave anyway... that bomb was still on him, and any attempt to flee would be met with detonation.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tags: Miles, Spray

Doc noticed Miles leaving with his guards to wherever he was staying and realized that he himself was also tired from the day's events. Only now did he feel the exhaustion creeping up on him. A yawn seemed to escape him, despite his best efforts to keep it in.

Looking back, Doc once more saw Sheriff and again was concerned about revealing himself to be alive. But, as with Lightning, he decided to take a chance and risk it. The cruiser was his friend after all. Taking in a deep breath, the Hornet made his way over to where Sheriff was lurking, trying to keep as quiet as possible. He reached his location and reached out with a tire, poking Sheriff on one of his antenna. Doc hoped Sheriff wouldn't freak out.

[adelphi prime.]

(YES! I GET TO POST TONIGHT! Sorry it's super short...)

Rush - Tags: Shinn, Oskar, Skipper

Rush didn't allow his heart to be softened by Oskar's words... or Skippers. "The fault lies with us... the entire squadron." He hated placing blame on the dead members of the squadron, but it was true. As of the moment he hated seeing that Skipper was placing the whole of the blame on his wings. There was no use for him to feel the way Rush did. "It wasn't just one of us that made that decision." He, however, in his somewhat twisted mind thought that because he had survived he had to place what blame he might have put on the other members onto himself.

Otter - Tags: Blade, Horah

Otter stood there panting, trying to gain a hold on what was going on, trying to regain his bearings. "I..." he couldn't speak, not even able to describe what had happened. "I think I'm al-alright." He was shaken and shivering somewhat because of it. The comfort of Horah's gesture calmed him somewhat. "I thought..." he suddenly had the words to describe what he saw, and he was almost excited about it... or sounded so. "It was wonderful! I had vision back! And then... and then I realized that it wasn't here. It was blue, like... like the ocean, but eerie... and when I looked downwards... there... there was... was..." he couldn't hardly finish the sentence. "It was Pike," he breathed.

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Yay! Glad ya did! ))

Skipper and Oskar - Tags: Rush, Shinn

"It was me that made the decision." Skipper said firmly. "I ordered the attack. The rest of you couldn't have done it without my orders. I refuse to blame the squadron! I let myself be swayed, and that was my fault!" he insisted. "I should've insisted on no! No means no but I didn't mean no! I... I said all right. We'll go in for a quick look. It was a stupid mistake... a mistake I should've caught because of the cloud cover! It was a boneheaded move and I... I acknowledge that..." Skipper said heavily, face falling again here.

Oskar remained silent now... he could see BOTH planes blamed themselves... neither willing to share credit. He had to help them somehow... he had to show them there was still hope... the Skipper seemed like an interesting plane, but Oskar had bonded more quickly with Rush over their flight. He wanted to help him first... but he was obstinate... he could tell. Set in his beliefs that he had gotten his squadron mates killed. He could make a point... but didn't know if it would do any good right now...

Blade - Tags: Otter, Horah

Blade listened with curiosity, noticing the state Otter had been in before. Was he... hallucinating? Thinking he was really somewhere else? He had his vision back? Really? So a blue place... like the ocean... but... wait Pike? "Hold on Otter. Pike?" he asked now. "Otter... that isn't possible. Are you... are you sure you're feeling OK?" the chopper asked with concern. "Maybe... maybe you just... I dunno... saw things in your mind's eyes. Maybe the stress is getting to you... and you're seeing Pike out of guilt or something. But then again..." Blade stopped here, thinking about something. "It didn't look as if you were hallucinating... I've seen that before... it almost looked like... you were in a different state of mind... a trance or something. Like you'd been hypnotized! You were staring ahead and moving your mouth and... that to me doesn't seem like just having a vision. Otter... are you SURE of what you saw?" Blade pressed him, moving closer to try and reassure him. "What... what DID you see? Did Pike do anything when you saw him?" he inquired.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Doc

Spray suddenly felt exhaustion creeping up on him and he let out a yawn. 'Maybe I'd better get some rest.' he thought. He turned and headed back away from the group, making his way for the runway and off towards his home in Boost Town.

But before he left, he stopped, looking back at the small hotel nearby, the structure having escaped the damage of the fight. 'On second thought, Wingma will be home soon anyway. She's got shore leave to use up anyway.' he mused.

He quickly shot her a message on his skypad before he turned and headed for the hotel.

Horah - Otter, Blade

Horah's eyes went wide. "Did you get a look at your surroundings?" the big hybrid asked. He was nervous about this and he wondered if the F/A-18 was losing it.

But something told him that was not the case. As he pondered this, he yawned and closed his eyes, attempting to stay awake, but failing. He guessed he'd be awake for a few more minutes before sleep claimed him.

[adelphi prime.]

Rush - Tags: Oskar, Skipper, Shinn

Rush remained silent for a few seconds, enough to make his point stronger. "You wouldn't have said yes if not for our pestering," he said softly, sadly. "It was by our actions that you decided... not your own. You... you originally protested, and we -I- was foolish enough to continue to beg."

Otter - Tags: Blade, Horah

"It was real," Otter insisted, his voice almost taking a harsh tone in the instance. "It wasn't just Pike... there was another car." Just thinking about the marroon car made a chill run down his back. He knew full well how terrible he was at judging age and timeframe any model of car was from, but could tell the difference between one variant of F-18 to another in less than a piston rotation. "He wasn't there at first, I don't think. At least, he wasn't the first to speak. But... Pike... he... he blamed me. It was like... like he wasn't dead, but wasn't living either. Like a wretched state in between. He said he was stuck, and that it was my fault he was there in the first place..." He took a moment to sigh, "I know that it was an accident... but... after seeing him..." He shook it off. "But that car had eyes like... like flames. Hungry eyes. His voice was worse though. He said that... that Pike's death contributed to their own cause, and that their survival was beatiful." He hissed the last word in a combination of agony, fear, and hatred. Something about red and blue? It was... strange. The car said he needed us for something... needed to replace us with them. It made no sense... And he said that Pike was theirs, whoever 'they' are." He neglected to mention the fact that Pike had pleaded to get him out of there, and taunted him with the thought that it was Otter's deliberate fault that Pike was in that state.

Whatever the case, Otter was sure of one thing. "It was real... maybe not completely, but it was."

Then, shifting a bit so that he thought he was facing Horah, he shook his nose. "Not a very good look. The whole world was blue for the most part... and there were these strange, jagged buildings. I can't say much about them... I mean, images are already fading." The sounds and emotions he felt and expirienced in the vision were staying with him, firmly rooted in his mind. Guilt had been sowed by Pike, but Otter tried best he could to ignore it for now. It was true that the events of that day were an accident, and Otter didn't get off lightly either. He leaned down a bit to gently tap Luka's head, nuzzling her for comfort.