[Seion] A Lonely Exile

[I'm Only Dancing]

Mizuho smiled. Alone on her vessel with a great number of sprites who lacked either the intelligence or the will to say a thing. She found her way slowly to the bridge. Her discharge was not an unexpected event - indeed, she had outright asked for court martial less than a year past. She was, for the first time in a good while, entirely happy. It would not last, and she knew she would grow desperate for social contact, but that would be little worry. Her destination was Yamatai, then Elysia. Speak with a few old friends one last time, then face her deepest fears before she wandered off to the edge of the known universe to die, alone and forgotten.

It would be a fitting end. She seated herself on the bridge, and gave the MEGAMI the command to plot a course to Yamatai.

 

[I'm Only Dancing]

Yamatai was a brief stopover, and an unpleasent one. She did not even land, she simply sent a number of sprites planetbound in a shuttle. She had little desire to stay at this place long, was only there for the requisitioning of non-synth supplies. Regardless of what anyone told her, food tasted better when it wasnt made of nanomachines. She also sent with one of them a letter, hand-written on paper, to be given to the postal service.

For Eikan Minato. A farewell, though devoid of any real emotion. Mizuho had, for some time, not quite trusted Minato, had not quite known if she was truly a friend, or simply a puppet to the Star Army. One to make her compliant again. In the end, it wouldnt matter. She would never meet the woman again, and that suited her fine.

The shuttle returned to dock, and she entered a new destination. Towards Elysia, for a short rest and a confrontation with one of her many ghosts. A bit of calm before the release of death. She then left it to the sprites, and the MEGAMI, rose to her feet, left for her quarters.

Silence.