"Ugh... this is certainly a much longer supply list than I anticipated," muttered Yuuno as he went through everything once more. "All these new parts to repair navigation and communication functions alone... and then there's fuel, food and-"
"What is it?" asked Material-S as the Librarian came to a sudden pause.
"I was just wondering that since your Linker Cores are vastly different, do you still get some sort of value by consuming regular food? Does it at least partially restore mana in your bodies?"
"It's not very effective in mana replenishment compared to the consumption of other Linker Cores," explained the Nanoha replica in a straightforward manner. "The mana we absorb directly from Linker Cores instantly restores our energy and it seems to contribute to our hygiene as well."
"I guess that makes sense since your Linker Cores don't have actual mana generators. But I guess I better make sure I get enough food for four people to last for a good while..." A thought came to him. "You mentioned earlier that you never really thought about clothes. Is it because you constantly maintained your barrier jackets?"
Material-S nodded. "That's correct."
He frowned upon hearing that. "That's no good. Barrier jackets still require mana to maintain. I'll have to add clothes to the supply list."
That caught the attention of Material-D who had been resting in the co-pilot's seat. "Hmmm... I have given some thought to what type of wardrobe I would like. Perhaps something made out of the finest silk..."
"Uh... no," replied Yuuno in a flat tone. "I don't have a bottomless purse on me and I have to spend funds on getting other supplies too. I'll probably only get one casual outfit for each of you for now."
She immediately turned away upon hearing that. "Hmph!!"
"Please cease your rude behaviour, Material-D. We should be thanking Yuuno-san for his generous offer."
"Call me 'Your Majesty'," grumbled the Hayate replica in response to her friend's scolding.
"Ah, it's okay. You saved us from those weird mages earlier and patched up my burn so this is the least I can do to help," commented the librarian. He sat down in the pilot's seat and started tapping into some systems. "Computer, search for the nearest inhabited world from our current position."
"Working..."
"Just as soon as I get our bearings straight, we can go for a supply run at the nearest world and..." Another pause before he turned to the Nanoha replica. "... I have to figure out what to do with you three. Do you have any place to go?"
"Nowhere in particular. If not for our need to devour Linker Cores on a regular basis, we would have been searching for a suitable world to start my Kingdom," said Material-D in a simple tone.
'So they just wander around space with no place to really call a home... maybe the reason why they're so violent and dangerous is because of no sense of stability?' Yuuno pondered on this situation and wondered if he should bring them back to Mid-Childa. With the resources of the Infinity Library, maybe he can shed some light on this mystery. "How would you like to come with me?"
"Eh?"
"I'm planning on returning to my home on Mid-Childa. You can come back with me if you want." Honestly, there were a lot of risks involved if he brought them back. The military would love to have additional mages join their ranks... that is if the science division doesn't get their way to probe, test and dissect the trio to find out what made them tick.
"Y-Yuuno-san..." The prospect of being able to settle down after 15 (or was it 16?) years of wandering the cosmos was greatly attractive to her. 'And if I could have him stay with us...' The thought was making her heart race just a bit faster.
Similar to Material-S, Material-D was also giving it some thought. "Hmm... would your home world's government terribly mind if I forced their political system to change into a monarchy headed by myself?"
"What type of question is that?!" Before Yuuno could try and talk that idea out of the Hayate replica's head, the computer chirped once.
"Search complete. Nearest world is Non-administrated world #19: Mercadia. Estimated time of arrival is thirty four minutes at current speed."
'Mercadia? If that's the closest world, the travel time from there to Mid-Childa would be a week.' After some quick number crunching, Yuuno looked at the final estimate for all the supplies and gulped. 'That's a lot of money... and this is only in Mid-Childan credits too!'
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(Posted Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:42)
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