[center][h2][color=b7ffff]Cellica Karris[/color] and [color=bc8dbf]Riyame Miyako[/color][/h2]
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[@datadogie] and [@TheWindel][/center]


Being carried allowed Cellica to think of the events that had just happened, and think about what she could have done better. One of the improvements that topped her mind was not losing focus, as that was what had placed her in such a position in the first place. If she had only paid attention, she would still be with her team and not had lost one of her advantages, her speed. It troubled her slightly at the ease of which she had managed to drift from scouting ahead to her team to losing her mind in thought.

And even when Cellica [i]had[/i] the speed, she herself thought she had failed to utilise it properly. She could have ran from the fight before it had even started, if not that then simply relocating herself quickly to a better position would have supported her. The girl had underestimated the amount of foes that she had been facing, and had almost cost dearly for it - five more rounds, or five less foes, and she would have won the fight with ease. She found it hard to be proud of her performance when she had been almost helplessly knocked to the ground and forced down.

Part of that she had to say was Thumper's design. Whilst it had the ability to take out some number of minor Invaders, it was more-so designed for larger, stronger foes. It was power over ammo capacity, and just didn't suit packs of Invaders without someone with either a Gunner with a faster-firing weapon or a Striker present.

Designed for the fight she had been cast into or not, it was Cellica's fault for getting into it in the first place.

[color=bc8dbf]"Hey, have you turned on your comm links?"[/color] Riyame's single eye kept straight ahead though it didn't detract from her sensing the area around them. As any Gunner should be expected of, she was making quick pace, leaping from patch to patch and jogging at a pace where time wasn't loss. [color=bc8dbf]"There's a Team Afterglow asking about you. Must be where you're from."[/color] She looked down to grin at the mute girl. [color=bc8dbf]"Point D-4 isn't too far from here. I've got a general sense of the area so it shouldn't take too long to reach there. You've got a good team if they care this much for you. Though you should probably relay to them yourself and tell them we're heading over." [/color]

[i]Have I turned on my comms?[/i] Cellica couldn't help but be a little panicky as she checked her communications device. The answer became clear in an instant; she had not turned on her comms at all. The girl was sure that she had looked at the comm unit several times during the flight to the mission area, and struggled to remember if she had turned it on, or perhaps turned it off for the flight and forgot to turn it back on once they had landed. She figured it was the latter, but realised that the former was a definate possibility.

Turning it on, Cellica held her wrist to the reciever, letting the speech bracelet rest beside it so she could speak into it. It was then she hesitated -
 what was she going to say? That she had been stupid and forgot to turn on her communications unit? She decided to keep it simple, and face the consequences when she actually met up with them.

She hesitated once again just as she was about to start speaking, taking a moment to wonder if it was safer to message one of them instead of both of them. [i]Which one would be more annoyed?[/i] Though she looked up to him, Tian-Gui was a little intimidating as it was - telling him that she was safe without actually telling him what happened would most likely bring suspicion, and most likely scolding. Fiore, on the other hand, seemed like a slightly safer bet - Cellica found it a little hard to imagine Fiore being too mad at her. With her cheat of only messaging one of them having been decided as her course of action, Cellica felt a little safer. Setting the communications unit so it only spoke to Fiore, she let her speech bracelet do the talking.

[color=b7ffff]"Fiore, it's Cellica. I'm safe, and with Riyame from Team Chaotix. We're almost at Point D-4. We'll meet you there."[/color]

Cellica shut off her speech bracelet after that, not feeling like talking any more. It was harder than she had thought to say what she had to say. She knew that questions were going to be asked, and she was not looking forward to it. Tilting her head up, she gave Riyame a small nod.

[color=bc8dbf]"Alright, that wasn't so bad. I'm sure they're not too mad at you. If they were, I don't think they'd have sent a wide-spread message out...."[/color] With that said, Riyame picked up the pace and zipped past the tree-line. In just a few short minutes they had reached the destination, the two of them stumbling before the rest of Team Afterglow. [color=bc8dbf]"You must be Cellica's team?"[/color] Riyame asked, still holding the girl precariously.