Tales From The Kronos

Silva tried her best to open the door to Emely's lab but had difficulties because of the crutches she needed to stand up. She regretted not asking her friends to open the door when she had the chance. As she put her weight on the heavy door to push it, Emely opened it, making Silva fall on her. Emely tried to catch her but stumbled backward and had to be helped by Remiel behind her. Everyone eventually managed to find their balance, embarrassing Silva a bit.

"Sorry... I didn't mean to fall on you..."

"What are you talking about? And what happened to you? You need to rest."

Emely and Remiel helped Silva sit on the desk. She seemed ashamed to need help, a sorrowful expression on her face.

"I'll need to stay a week like that..."

"It's just a week, we'll help you with it. Especially now that Remiel is repaired."

Silva looked at the robot, who looked as good as she was before.

"What happened to her last time? She wasn't moving at all."

"There was an overload of energy. I think Emel had something that could overload her. What's worrying is that it even disabled the M.L. system."

"The... What?"

Emely looked at Silva with a disappointed face and explained while pouting a bit.

"It's the system we use to travel through dimension, I explained it to you when I gave you the watch."

"It was ages ago." Said Silva while rolling her eyes.

"It was two years ago!"

"Two years is a lot. So anyway, that means that Emel's thing can disable our watches?"

"It seems so... It's not hard to repair but it's still a problem."

Emely looked at Remiel and noticed that her hand was raised. It seemed like she stayed like that for a while too.

"What is it Remiel?"

"Is creating a system that could prevent the overloading not possible?"

"I could... It's just a lot of work. Also, you don't need to raise your hand to speak."

"But you told me I had to raise my hand before speaking."

"It was just during the test, don't worry about it."

Emely turned toward Silva and saw that she was raising her hand as well. The young engineer sighed before allowing Silva to talk.

"What is it?"

"Shouldn't it be the M.L.E. system instead? It would be pronounced like your name then."

"I didn't do it because it sounds like my name, it's just a coincidence. And don't raise your hand before talking!"

Emely looked back at her robot to see that her hand was raised again. She barely reacted and asked what Remiel had in mind.

"What is it..."

"I was just performing: Humor. By repeating a sentence or behavior, I create an amusing situation with the goal of bringing laughter and happiness."

"Hey, Remiel is getting smart! You can be proud of yourself Emely, it was funny."

"You two are tiring me." Despite her words, Emely had a soft smile on her face. She looked at the time before talking to her robot "I think it's time to go see Gwyn."

"Gwyn? Is everything alright?" Silva asked with concern.

"Oh, it's not for me, it's for Remiel. The leader wanted her to pass a basic psychological test before making her an official member of the ship. I'm sorry Silva, I wish I could have spent time with you."

Remiel looked at the two girls together and processed the situation before articulating her thoughts to her creator.

"I possess a map of the ship, besides, there are no threats. I should be able to easily make it to Gwyn."

"But what if she needs me for something?"

"You can trust me, I shall take care of everything. I do not wish to disturb your time with your friend."

Remiel made a slight smile to assure Emely that everything would be alright. The engineer was tempted to still go but felt compelled to stay when she saw Silva with bandages and crutches sitting on her desk.

"Alright... But call me if you need anything."

"I will do!"

Remiel left the room under Emely's concerned gaze. Once she was out of the room, Silva slightly tapped her friend's shoulder to cheer her up.

"Kids grow too quickly."

"I guess she is my child in a way." Emely sat next to Silva, who leaned toward her "I'm a bit worried to leave her alone but at the same time, I'm glad I get to be with you."

"I'm glad too... I was so worried when you were kidnapped by Silv."

Emely took her friend in her arms, softly caressing her arms.

"I'm here now, we're both safe. To be honest... You were badass back there."

Sliva's head faced the ceiling while she was reminiscing about her battle with Silv.

"With a knife in my chest?"

"Well... Yeah. You looked like you gave your all, just for me. I'm still not glad I ended up in that situation but... It made me feel special that you came for me."

"Of course, I would! I'm not going to let my little inventor get in danger."

"Little inventor..." Emely blushed at Silva's words, glad to hear them "I'm glad my cute bat was there to save me."

Silva smiled at her friend before suddenly remembering something. She took a small metallic cube that she threw at Emely.

"Can you do something with that? Someone told me it could be useful."

Emely took a look at the cube with curiosity. After a short moment, she jumped out of her desk with excitation and surprise in her voice.

"Where did you get that!?"

"A woman that brings younger girls in her room gave it to me."

"A... What?" Emely shook her head, thinking it was one of Silva's jokes, and continued staring at the cube "That's Opalium!"

"Opalium? What's that?"

"You don't know? It's the metal that Neige's dagger is made of. It can even hurt the anomaly."

"Neige has it too? I guess I wasn't the only one that picked her interest..." Silva muttered to herself.

"I'll try making something out of it for you. I never worked with that kind of metal before, it's extremely rare."

"I don't really care about it, you can do what you want with it."

Emely placed the cube in one of her drawers and sat next to her friend once more. The two enjoyed the silence together for a while, resting from their last adventure. Silva slowly leaned more and more on her friend until she fell on Emely's lap. Emely wasn't sure how to react but noticed how sleepy Silva was and hesitated to caress her hair. She decided to not do it, afraid to make her friend uncomfortable.

"Emely... We should go to another world someday, just the two of us..."

"But, it's against the rules. We need to be three."

"We'll get Remiel or something... I want to bring you to this cool world I saw last time..."

"...I would love to."

Emely caressed Silva's hair softly, bringing a smile to her friend. Silva closed her eyes, her head resting on the warm lap of her friend.

"It's so soft... I want to stay like that forever..."

"We'll make sure you won't need to risk your life anymore. For now, you'll just have to be patient when you're away."

"Yeah... Do you think that... We'll be able to stop Silv and the anomaly?"

Emely stayed silent for a few minutes, answering with an uncertain voice.

"Don't think about it, you need to sleep for now."

A few hours later, Remiel came back from her appointment with Gwyn. She was ready to share the good news with her creator but stayed silent when she saw the two girls sleeping together on the desk. Without making a sound, she went away and closed the door, not wanting to bother them. She ended up finding Neige and Sepide about to enter the lab. The two were surprised to see Remiel alone but quickly got an answer without even asking for one.

"Emely and Silva are asleep. I believe it is better to not trouble them."

"Yeah, they deserve to rest, for now at least. So, what will you do now?"

Remiel stayed silent at Neige's question, unable to provide an answer. The man noticed the hesitation of the robot and quickly talked to put an end to her inner panic.

"Why don't you come with us? We were just hanging around. We never got the chance to spend time together and I'm curious about you."

"I believe that this could be an interesting idea." Remiel smiled slightly before taking a neutral expression again. Both she and Sepide followed Neige, she wasn't sure where but was also interested in talking and spending time with someone else than Emely.