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#Offworld – August 15, 2015
Toren has been keeping as far away from Evelina as possible, but has otherwise been spending his time looking out as many windows as possible with great curiosity. (Tyranniac)
Ping has been doing his best to try and entertain Li, being far less abrasive than usual. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna has been rather quiet as her attention has been divided making sure she knew where each child was at any given time. She has been trying to comfort Li, but most likely unsuccessfully.
The trip went without any kind of action, and sixteen hours later (including waiting in Nos Astra spaceport for a connecting flight), they're on the Citadel. They have currently cleared customs and are being escorted by a turian C-Sec agent who's barely talked more than confirming that the group is led by T'Rea and telling them to follow her. The 0.3g gravity should be very noticable.
Li never lets go of Ilyna, following right beside her. She retreats behind the asari in fear as an elcor passes, her nails digging into Ilyna's leg a bit. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna grits her teeth a bit at the nails, but doesn't respond more than that. The asari is very tired, as she hasn't had more than a few minutes' sleep since the incident at the apartment. She places a hand on Li's shoulder. After getting a scowl from the C-Sec officer, she glances over at the turian, but simply shrugs.
The C-Sec officer turns and walks towards the wall to the side. There, she stops and taps on the interface beside a closed door door. ''Take the elevator,'' she says. ''It leads down to the C-Sec academy. Wait there for further instruction.'' The turian steps aside, but keeps watching the group.
Ilyna steps towards the elevator door and turns to look around to check that everyone is still following.
The kids all follow her in one after another. Toren stops to look at the C-Sec officer again, still not used to seeing other turians. (Tyranniac)
The C-Sec officer of the turian equialent of a smile, but doesn't talk to him. After a few seconds, the elevator arrives with a ding and the door opens.
Ilyna closes the door and the elevator starts slowing inching its way downward. "This is it," she says, sounding quite saddened. "For what it's worth, I'm... sorry for all you have been through. For not doing more."
Ilyna crouches down and wraps an arm around Li, offering a hug. She looks up at the turian. "Aren't you a little young to be chasing the ladies?" she asks with a soft laugh, sounding far from serious as she tries to lighten the mood a little.
Ilyna rubs her back, not letting go off the hug. "I'm just teasing," she says to the turian with a small smile. The elevator is about halfway to its destination.
Ilyna looks at Ping and Torren before speaking. She still holds Li tightly. "All I ask from you is that you trust C-Sec and the embassy staff," she says. "They're good people that are going to help you overcome this, because I... I can't."
The elevator eventually reaches the destination floor with a sudden stop, and the doors open to a large lobby. There are some people standing around, both in and not in C-Sec uniform, and other sitting on benches along the walls. There's nobody approaching the elevator, or making it clear they're awaiting the group.
Toren seems absolutely fascinated by all the C-Sec personnel, looking out of the elevator with wide eyes. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna sighs, and stands up. "Let's find a place to sit," she says, patting Li on the back. "LIke the officer said, they'll come to us." She walks out of the elevator, and towards the nearest place with four adjacent vacant seats. She looks back to make sure everyone is following.
The children exist the elevator one by one, except for Li, who tugs Ilyna's clothes as if asking her to stop. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna stops and gestures towards the bench. "Could you go find a place to sit?" she says. "I'll be with you in a moment." She turns towards Li and crouches, placing a hand on her shoulder. "What is it, sweetie?"
Li glances out of the elevator before looking at Ilyna. "Can't I stay with you? Pleeease...? I don't want to leave..." She stares at the asari with just about the biggest eyes you could imagine. A glimmer of hope is mixed with fear. (Tyranniac)
Ilyna raises her brows, looking like she's about to cry. That she's tired makes it just harder for her to control her emotions. "I... It...," she begins, with a shaky breath. "You can't believe how much it means to me that you want to, but... I... I'm not sure if I can."
Ilyna takes a deep breath, which is a bit shaky. "You see,.... Actually...." She sighs. "I'll.... I'll see what I can do," she whispers. "If they'll let me take you with me, I will. Okay?" She offers a hug.
A few people glance at them, a few officers stare. One (probably a civilian) takes a picture of the group. The officer Toren approaches is a turian man, who crouches down a bit. "Sneaking away when she's not looking, huh?" he asks with a chuckle.
"My duty," he says proudly. "'Take it you're a colony kid? We uphold the law and respond to emergencies."
A teal asari in a C-Sec uniform approaches the group. "Miss T'Rea," she asks, and looks around for the kids. "I'm here to escort the children to the human and turian embassy."