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Kuvaq, known as the town where nothing happens. It was mainly true for a long time now, with the most excitement being during town holidays. But today was special, something else exciting finally entering the lives of the town. And it all starts with a woman falling from the sky.
Today Perseus and Eli were just scouring the land, looking for some extra spare parts to save. Eli had a store to fill up after all. She was about waist deep in a trash pile trying to pull out one piece she saw. That's when Perseus noticed something out of the corner of his vision. He turned to see something fall from the sky near the Organon cruiser rail line. And it kind of looked like a person.
"... hey sis?"
She didn't respond, as she was still in the trash pile and his voice was a bit muffled. He just started poking her in the leg then until she finally came out.
"got it! Alright now why do you keep bugging me?"
"I think I saw someone fall over there, we should check it out."
"where?"
"near that pillar over there."
"to the cruiser line? Did you see an Organon fall or something?"
"no they didn't look green, more white and orange really."
"huh, you're right let's check it out."
The two make their way over then and sure enough there was a person lying on an old mattress that seemed to mostly break her fall. She wasn't moving though but at least she seemed to be breathing so she was just unconscious. And just like Perseus described, she had a white skin tight sleeveless jumpsuit and fiery red hair.
"... you think she's dead?"
"Eli!"
"whaat I'm joking, I can see her breathing."
Eli even kneels down and checks her pulse to make sure.
"see, she's fine. We should probably just take her to Gizmo, he'll make sure she's good, then Lotek will decide what to do with her. But man, two Elysians in one town, maybe we'll finally be known for something."
"You think we'll house her since we found her?"
"probably, if not Mom's sure gonna put up one hell of a fight to house her."
"yeah probably."
This wasn't the first time an Elysian just appeared from the sky and entered this town, the two's mother also came to Kuvaq in a similar fashion. She didn't exactly have the best experience first entering though so if she heard news of a second Elysian, she would definitely try to aid her.
The two lift the unconscious woman up then and drag her into town towards Gizmo's office.
"heyy Gizmo, how's it going? We got someone that needs medical attention."
"medical attention? Doctor Gizmo at your service. Now who exactly is the patient?"
"no clue, Pinky here just saw her falling and we dragged her over. I think she fell off a cruiser or something because she was right next to the rail system."
"Hmm, well that at least tells me the height she fell from. Alright put her down."
The two place her on the bed in Gizmo's office then and let him do his check up. Eli went ahead to tell the mayor of the new resident in town and returned a few minutes later.
"so she awake yet?"
"sadly no, and I've tried every stimulant I have but still nothing. I believe her implant may be damaged a bit which is what's keeping her unconscious."
"here let me get a look."
Having her own implant, along with even her own mother having one, Eli at least knew how to manage and do small repairs for them. She popped the mysterious woman's cartridge out then and had a look. Nothing seemed broken at least, or even cracked.
"she looks mostly fine, I think she just needs a stronger stimulant, like a kick start you know?"
"but I've already tried everything I have. We're just going to have to wait then."
The three then sat there, either waiting or trying to think of how to wake her. That's when Perseus spoke up.
"... hey sis, what's that stuff you and Lonzo made that makes you all jittery?"
"you mean that espresso stuff? Oh it's great."
"you couldn't sleep for three days, you got any more of it?"
"... ah I see what you're thinking now. Yeah I think I still have a little bit left. Probably back in the fridge in my shop. I'm on it."
And off she went again to return minutes later with a thermos.
"should be just enough for one good sip, now hold her mouth open."
There was a perfectly trained doctor on stand by and he knew these two at least wouldn't poison the girl ... intentionally, so he found it fine to at least try their idea. Perseus held her mouth open then as Eli poured the rest of the drink down her throat. They backed up and a few moments later the woman was coughing and moving to sitting up.
"bleh, uhg, wha-"
"Hi there." Perseus tried to be friendly to her. That friendship didn't seem to work though as he was soon greeted with a punch to the face that sent him back a bit.
"hey, the hell's your problem lady!"
"oh Cletus I just ... can not ... believe ... you ..."
And just like that all the energy the woman had seemed to drain instantly and she was laying down again, looking to be almost in a daze. It just left everyone in the room confused but at least the mysterious woman was awake now. Gizmo tried to give a better check up now since she was at least conscious enough to respond. Though it slowly deteriorated to just random noises. The most he was only able to get out was the woman's name.
"It seems Goal here is still in need of some rest."
"alright, we won't bug her."
Eli checks on her brother then, he got hit right in the jaw so his brain was rattling around a bit. Luckily he could shake it off fairly well.
"You good?"
"yeah, why'd she hit me though?"
"hell if I know, when she stops being loopy we can ask her."
"ok."
"... damn she doesn't look old enough. Imagine if she actually knew mom back on Elysium, now that would be one hell of a coincidence."
"... E-Elysium, we have to ... tell the Elysians."
"huh?" Goal was only mumbling but Perseus was at least close enough to hear it and moved closer to her "are you ok?"
"... Cletus?"
"huh, no my name's Perseus."
"who the hell's that Cletus guy anyway?"
"... so then ... Deponians. There really are ... we have to ... tell the council."
"I think she's still loopy, she's barely making any sense." Eli was getting a bit annoyed that Goal was just saying things that brought up more questions than answers.
"Cletus ... please you have to call me fiancee. He must be ... looking for me. ... Please Perseus."
After that Goal seemed to enter another dazed state, unable to focus or properly communicate. The two just share a look with each other. Guess they're calling whoever this Cletus guy is.