Chapter 16: a time of celebration, calls for a party
The day is still young, seryu laid in bed tuck in under blankets while being attended by an aged male serf as she feels under the weather. Seryu turned her head to the side and look upon hearing blue coming into the room with a bowl and small pot filled with fresh hot broof soup with the additive of chopped vegetables. Blue had went to the royal kitchen to have some of the serfs prep a meal to help seryu fight the flu. The aged serf excused himself as seryu seated herself upright while blue presented her meal. " thanks blue, I was starting to awful" her voice sounded bogged as blue handed her the bowl and pour the pot`s contents as moisten heat evaporates into the form of steam as a tasteful aroma makes it notable presence in the air. Seryu smiles as she took in it's delightful smell and sips.
Blue`s empty face and soulless eye watches seryu consume the hot meal. Physically unaware of the aroma that seryu is. Blue's eye then shifted to the bruise present on seryu's right side of her face. Seryu gotten a feel of where blue was gazing at and so she placed her hand over the bruise while turning her head to face it away. " I've been told by one to the serfs, that's the was going to be a large celebration event this evening" seryu spoken, feeling uncomfortable of blue's inquisitive gaze. But the fact is blue wasn't prodding on how exactly ubiquitous gotten the bruise but was observing if was going to get better or worst.
" Affirmative, an special event will be held at the palace square in honor of the battle for fallhaven while city celebrates the end of the rebellion " Blue replied. Seryu thinks back of the battle, back to the engagement, and cold chills ran up in her spine. Never again , never again to fights those battles, never again fight in situations with the risk of losing him again. Seryu vowed to herself. In hindsight, thinking back in a twisted sense. It was esdeath that had stop and save blue from being taken away while seryu was unable back at camp safe from the front line while he was trapped, alone, helpless and surrounded by bad people. When the thought went across seryu head, her shoulder slump and she looked down to her soup. Seeing herself in the reflecting. " hey blue, am going to fix you the best I can then we'll go out to find me a dress before the party okay?" seryu stated 'perhaps then I'll go find esdeath, give her my thanks… and apologize for acting out of line ' she thought " acknowledge" was blue answer and he march out but not before he placed the pot at seryu bed and headed to his assign quarters
Hours after….
Seryu put in some hours into blue's repairs mainly at the legs. Put in a new hydraulic line and refilled it. Once she gotten them in working order she did some series of small fixes and tunes. But blue still bears the scars of that battle. The hits he overall took was at the chest and head. Armor plates looked like someone jabbed their finger into play-doh but didn't go through. The caretaker also did her best to make blue presentable. Washing, wiping the filth and gunk that had build up over time. Made blue's colors more clear and crisp to see, if one could look past the battle damage. Now, currently the pair are visiting a tailor for the event that'll occur soon at the palace square, just outside the palace itself. Seryu, while not feeling confident of wearing a formal dress but she thought at the time it would be different from the last time she wore forml clothing. Stepping of out the dressing room seryu dressed in silk olive green, decorated with stitch drawings and emblems colored in tan brown.
The pony tail seryu would typically fashion for had been switch for her hair tied into a long bead that dingle down to her chest and been giving a pair of long cuffs gloves to cover her metallic arms. She twirls in a circle affront of a mirror, carrying a smile then she faces towards blue standing at a parade rest position wearing only a belt that carries his six shooter side arm and a simple bow tie around his neck colored in ice white blue, to match his colors. " are we set Blue?" seryu asked " affirmative, the event will begin in 48 minutes" blue replied. seryu made way to the door with haste and as blue was exiting the building seryu turned around with her arms in the air, smiling, like a child wishing for to be held and carried and blue did so not skipping a beat. Carrying her like he always had.
Later…
The reactions the pair gotten when arriving to the event was a mix one, particularly from female nobles. Their response vary between an uppity 'hmmp' or puffing their faces out in pout mood then going to their date asking why she isn't getting special attention like that one girl is, why she here or asking if their date just happens to know her, much to their partners displeasure of course. It was, quite comical. The party soon began going at full swing once of the nobles finished his presentation and tribute to the party as the dark night sky and the bright moon ruled over the constellations. standing at parade rest blue position himself to the side, out of the way where the crowd traffic is at. Seryu stood by his side, wrapping her arm around his and watching the crowd indulge themselves with music, dances and the best food and drinks to be found across the empire, until she saw who she was looking for " I'll be right back blue, there's someone I'd need to see."
Blue watched her working through the attendees before losing a visual as seryu entered into one of the neighboring structures that over looks the event. After an unspecified amount of time had pass. Blue still remained in his spot. The blue orb shifted back n forth, left and right constantly observing the crowds general behavior. " hello, mind if I join you?" blue redirected his attention towards the attendee. Seeing a man in a Calvary dress uniform, examining him, his posture was bit unease. Not because blue turned his head at insane speed but the opposite. The way blue's turned and how his posture remained still. Gave off a weird vibe to the soldier, with a face like the machine, blue had staring like it's seeing right through you. One could say that it didn't give off an 'welcoming' presence. A medal and some ribbons pinned to the uniform, bearing the stripes of sergeant. His facial features also appear to have scars of being burned.
" affirmative, sergeant " was blue answer as he went back focusing on the audience. The man takes a spot next to the iron gorgon. " I don't know if you remember. But we meet before, back at fall haven. Names Erwin Rome. Just been promoted and gotten invited to this special event but everyone else I've know left. so I've come here to hang out with you" said rome but blue didn't answer back. Awkward silence filled the void, awkward for that is. But as the party rolls on. Rome would take glances at blue, curious about this strange being. A sound of glass being drop was heard and a women screaming in distress brought the party to a screeching halt. Rome look towards the source and saw a women posing as one of the serfs snatched one of the nobles as a hostage with a gun pointed at the head and small wired device in the other hand " look at all of you! Eating like selfish pigs! As the empire murdered families! Sons and father! Mothers and daughters! My husband died tried freeing us from you motherless bastards! " the insane madden women lifted the suspicious device to the air as red running eye tears shown on her face " DEATH TO THE EMPI-!" a gun shot echoed across the palace square. Everyone instinctively fall to the ground as the now dead suicide terrorist fall slump to the ground. The Head completely blown off. Rome was caught off by surprised. No one thought of the possibility of an attack. The rebellion was over, defeated.
If it hadn't ended like it did, things would've been drastically different. Then a loud whistle screamed followed by a loud explosion. A large fireworks went off. Rome's training kick in and dashed behind cover, getting flash back of the bombing at chamber of commerce. Rome wasn't alone dealing with mental shock. The event strung an memory but something stop it before the mind could process. Like a wall holding back water but when the fireworks exploded, creaks began to form. Blue holster his side arm and set course to his assign quarters. Rome watch the man of iron walk as his heart was pounding in his chest. A girl in a green dress came rushing over with a heavy breathing and hastily look around and saw Rome on ground " did you see him!? Where did he go!?" the girl's voice carried concern in it's tone. Rome raise a finger pointing towards the general directions before she ran off. A question suddenly pop into his head ` have we meet before fallhaven?'
Doctor stylish had been busy over the course of the day, so much that he hadn't bothered to part take in the celebration. He was walking in the Jaegers quarters to take care of something before he could started on other things and what he saw brought much relief to his mind " ahh, good you're here, I got a lot on my mind so this will be quick." The doctor approached blue as he just stood before the door. Blue was a bit slow to face towards the doctor " you are being relief of your post. Tomorrow early morning. An officer will be coming to pick you up and be taken to the royal armory to be auctioned off for a liquidation process" and just as he finished relaying information, he left as quick as he came. As blue resume facing the door in thought.
Warning waning. Inhibitor chip critically damage, cannot sustain block neural pathways and maintain mental parameters
