City of Amnesia

Zell doesn't know whether to clap or ask for a fork, so instead she kind of just stands there, mouth slightly agape in shock. After a few seconds Zell shakes her head and says, "Yes, well, uh, the food looks expertly made. Who cooked?"

[I'm piloting this thing and I'm not sure how. I'm sure I've done as much damage as that other thing.]

*Vega yawns.*

[Today has been a tiring day. I kind of hope I'll wake up and none of this will have happened.]

=====================================================

*With the book finished, she closes it and sets it by the other two. She goes about preparing to make tea. While waiting for the water to boil, she takes another look at the mysterious book of the ages.*

METROPOLIS
Divine thunder raining down from the heavens...
The power of God wielded by man....

*While she's presumably gazing lovingly at this book, she hears enormous stomping noises, & sees Gelu Chalybs stomping down the street.*
===========================================
L"I did. I hear antifreeze makes an excellent sweetener."

T"She's joking about that last part."

*Thiera sits down after distributing silver ware.*
============================================
*A ditzy intern with obvious implants & bleached blond hair comes down. She stumbles a bit, almost as though she was pushed.*

<It's so dark in here...why is that?>

*Hitomi looks towards the window.*

[Is that a Megadeus?]

"It's a chamber, what do you expect?" Luna frowns, "I forgot you were here... what's your name?"
Luna is speaking as she walks back over to the pile of rocks.

Zell raised an eyebrow, not sure if she should trust Thiera about whether Lilith was joking. After hesitantly taking a bite, Zell lit up, "Wow, its delicious." She said, gingerly taking another bite.

L"It should be. It's your last meal."

T"Stop that."

*Thiera helps herself to some shrimp.*
======================================
<Umm...Harley, that's it!>
======================================
*Vega can see Hitomi out of his viewscreen.*

[She seems to have made it home safe enough. She probably won't be happy about her place of employment being reduced to nothing.]

*Bothered by her blank stare he keeps going. Inside Hitomi returns to the kitchen, the kettle whistling and goes about making some tea.*

Luna turns around and looks at "Harley".

"Why do I get the impression that you're new?" She doesn't like Harley, at all.

Zell takes another bite before asking Lilith, "Do you eat? I don't want to sound rude, but do androids actually eat and drink, or do you get energy some other way?"

<No, no, I've been working with the Outer Paradigm Polie Department for years!>
============================================
L"I do require food, although not as often as humans."

*She snaps an oyster's upper jaw off with a lazy flick of her finger & starts to eat it.*
============================================
*The Megadeus is still flashing damage warnings at him & soon there will be a lot of people on the roads.*

*Annoyed by all the flashing and any other noises, Vega grits his teeth.*

[There has to be a good place to ditch this thing, right? A hangar or a parking garage. Something!]

Zell nods, "Do you enjoy food?" She asked taking another bite.

"Uh... okay, well, I need you to help me shift all of these rocks" Luna turns and walks over to the pile of rocks, squinting her eyes in thought, "Hm... if we both start at the top of the pile and just work our way down, throwing the rocks to either side of the pile we should get somewhere... any problem with that?"

Somehow Luna couldn't see this tard of a helper being much good at shifting rocks.

<Yes. They look heavy. And dirty. What if I break a nail?>
=========================================
L"I have no sense of taste."
=========================================
*The only places he can think of that people don't usually go are the deserts around the city, the ocean to the south, & the underground transit way.*

"You'll take it, now either get lost or start helping out" Luna scowls and climbs up, getting ready to begin.

[There's no way this thing will get underground or do anything other than sink in the ocean... I guess it's the desert. Ditch it there and hopefully make it back without dying.]

*Gelu Chalybs stomps towards the desert.*

Zell frowns, "I'm sorry to hear that."

L"There is no sense dwelling on it. There is nothing that can be done about it. Any more than you could get bones that aren't so easily crushed by a few hundred pounds of weight."

*She puts down her napkin, stands up, & strides off into another room. Thiera cuts off a piece of lobster.*

T"Want some?"
============================================
*Once in the nearest desert, he sees a clock tower sticking out of a valley between 2 large dunes.*
============================================
<How can I get lost in here? I guess if I go into the tunnels...but I wouldn't do that. That's scary.>

*Gelu Chalybs heads towards the clock tower.*

Zell shrugs and looks at Thiera, "I would love some, thank you." She said, accepting the food and continuing to eat.

Luna can't believe she that this idiot is working with the police...

"Grow up, will you?"

She begins hurling the rocks down, one by one, by herself.

"So... when did you start working with the police?"

<Grow up? But I'm, like, 27. I think like 4 or 5 years. Since I was 20.>
===============================================
*After lunch, Thiera & Lilith are securing their cloaks. Thiera packs a briefcase.*

T"Are you sure you don't want to come with us?"
===============================================
*Vega & Hitomi are doing whatever.*

Zell shrugs, "I guess I'll go, I don't really have an idea of what to paint anyway, and I could use some inspiration."

*Gelu Chalybs is still going towards the clocktower.*