Lema raises an eyebrow at the explanation. "Oh... right!" she says. "I did see that, not the blowing up part, but the damage. I pass by every time I go to the city. Come to think of it, that's why I was not allowed to go for a couple of months after it happened." She follows her towards the office, staying at her side.
#RedrockAgency – June 28, 2023
Ilyna is a bit on edge now she's on her own again, even if she doesn't think that they were seen by anyone in the know. She reaches the drinks table and grabs a glass of champagne before looking around for Cynthia.
Li furrows her eyebrows. "Where do you live?" She asks, before stopping in front of the door and looking up. "Fergus, let us in!"
Fergus ' voice sounds from the ceiling. "Of course. Enter, young knight," he says as the door interface switches from red to green, and the door to Ilyna's office slides open.
Cynthia is, as it happens, dropping off her glass at the drinks table after emptying it during the fireworks display. After setting it down she pushes her ridiculous novelty glasses back into place, glancing Ilyna's way when she notices her eyes on her and giving her a nod of acknowledgement. "Happy New Year!" she calls out.
Lema can't help but chuckle at the VI's choice of words, as it reminds her of seeing him on the way in. She knows what a knight is from consuming her share of human-made media when learning English. She steps into the office after Li. "Ooh, fancy," she comments after glancing at herself in the very polished flooring. She clears her throat and finally gets to the question, "I'm from the... village at the end of the
Ilyna nods in return. "Happy new year," she says, a chuckle escaping her as she has to look at the absurdly shaped glasses. There's a moment of hesitation in her face, before she takes a step closer after casting a glances to confirm that Shane wasn't nearby. "I asked Fergus to review the last move in the game you two were playing," she says, her tone light and far from accusatory.
Li doesn't say anything to that, starting to dig through the toys littering Ilyna's office until she finds her toy machinegun. "This is the Facemelter forty-eight hundred el-em-gee," she announces proudly, holding the large, colorful faux weapon out for Lema.
Lema cautiously steps closer after she picks up the toy machine gun, looking quiet impressed. "Doesn't look very 'el' to me, this 'em gee'," she says with a grin, but she doesn't reach out for it just yet. "Is it loaded?"
Ilyna chuckles. "He wouldn't have had a chance anyway, but don't worry, I'll keep my findings to myself," she says; "I was just indulging my own curiosity." She glances to the side for a brief moment as the hesitation comes back. "Actually, I was about to find you to talk about Ehanis," she says. "It looked like you and here were on good terms."
Li ejects the clip and checks the contents with flair no doubt learned from Jason before slamming it back in and nodding sharply. "Do you wanna shoot? I can teach you!" she suggests.
Cynthia 's eyes narrow slightly as she studies Ilyna. "No idea what you're talking about," she lies in defense of her winning shot, before the asari goes on to mention Ehanis, surprise plain on her face. "Uhhh... your sister? Yeah, I guess. Why?"
Lema grins as she watches her reload, even though she should have expected it from a child that spend so much time in a building such as this. "Yes," she says, and reaches out to gently take it. "I've fired guns before, though. D-..., I think I'll figure it out."
Li furrows her eyebrows and nods. "Oh... ok!" she says, grabbing some of the geth-shaped targets and setting off back into the corridor.
Ilyna frowns as she realizes how she might have come across. "She's fine," she says. "She left town a few days after our last mission, and contact has been sporadic since then. I was... just wondering if she's been in touch with you recently?"
Lema aims the weapon at the lamp in the corner with a satisfied grin, although her finger is off the trigger. She then lowers the weapon and follows her into the corridor and waits for her to set up the targets. "So, did Ilyna teach you to use this?" she says. "I'm not judging, you're not the first kid your height I've seen that can fire a gun."
Li shakes her head. "No... Jason taught me," she informs as she sets up the targets in the corridor, Ilyna's instructions to head to the rec room apparently forgotten.
Ilyna sighs, but there's a small reassuring smile on her face. "It's nothing to be sorry about, Cynthia," she says, and takes a sip of her drink. "I can fill you in on what I know, then. She's found work for a security crew up near Leyto Pangn. I don't have any specifics about them, but she is there voluntarily to get away from things after that last mission."
Lema stays near the office door, aiming her weapon down with her finger off of the trigger. "So we're shooting geth?" she says. "I've heard stories of people finding them on this planet, but I don't think any of them are true."
Li knows no more than Lema there, and instead offers a simple "Yes... they're bad robots. Jason's fought them for real." as she returns to the asari's side, out of the way of the impomptu 'firing range'.
Ilyna takes another sip of her drink before continuing. "She did send a few messages while traveling, so I asked T'Iavay to track her position," she says, "and it worked, so I sent Felcolus there because I did not want to leave Li so soon after what happened or bring her there. She was not happy about us doing that, and... only sent me messages again after I got Renala to tell her how we tracked her so that we
Lema raises her weapon once Li is out of the line of fire, and aims at the nearest one. She does raise an eyebrow, not really believing it. "He did?" she asks. "Did he say where?" She fires, but misses the first shot, but the second shot lands after a slight correction.
Cynthia looks more than a little weirded out. "Sounds like she wants to be left alone," she comments, voice a little pointed. "Stalking's... probably not gonna change that."
Ilyna frowns. "Knowing what we know now, I agree, it... was the wrong thing to do," she says, "but she left in such a hurry that it looked like there was more going on."
Cynthia nods a couple of times. "Okay, are we done, or...?" she asks with a glance around the roof, looking antsy to talk to someone other than Ehanis' weird, clingy, maybe-drunk big sister.
Lema raises her weapon at the second target. "Okay," she says, accepting the answer. She fires a shot which misses it, and another which misses as she over-corrects, and she scoffs. "I'm not used to weapons like this," she says.
Ilyna sighs. "Yeah, we're done," she says, her tone a bit deflated. "Happy new year." She turns away and begins looking around the roof for where to go next.
Lema is more than happy to pass the gun back to her, though she makes sure Li's holding it before letting go. "Yeah, show me how it's done!"
Cynthia lets out a long, relieved puff of air once she's alone, glancing after Ilyna. Definitely time for another drink. That was awkward.
Li lifts the Facemelter just like Jason showed her, stock firm against her shoulder, and takes aim down the sights. After a moment of silent, intense focus, a short burst of fire sounds, complete with simulated recoil, and a flurry of darts hit the target with a rapid series of -thunk-thunk-thunks. She lowers the gun with a proud smile, glancing at Lima.
Lema watches the target with anticipation, and she grins when the flurry of darts show the evil robot whose planet this is. "That's great!" she says. "Can you also do all of them, one after another?"