The Day You Vanished with the Stars/Story/Set Adrift

Set Adrift is the 5th chapter of the The Day You Vanished with the Stars storyline.

Summary

The palace is in chaos as servants learn of Kongming's death. Laying low to avoid guards, Captain finds Miss Ironfist in Kongming's bedchamber. Miss Ironfist activates upon Captain's touching her, but lacks the energy to properly talk and enters a low power mode. The system introduces Miss Ironfist as Tesla Zero but doesn't provide any instructions.

Unsure what to do, Captain mumbles about things he learned about today. Tesla Zero analyzes all that information and sets the transfer course to an unknown point in the past. Captain prepares to be teleported again.

Script

Transcluded Script

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Chinese and Japanese romanizations and translations, if present, are unofficial.

Last updated: January 5, 2022

Characters Present

Captain

Tesla - ZERO

Start

In Kongming's bedchamber.

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A small figure was sitting with its back against the screen.

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She was sitting on a giant metallic hand, with two more hands supporting her in the back, but her head was drooping.

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Captain

Miss Ironfist...

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I glanced over the room and found the screen to be a clearcut border of different views.

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Before the screen, everything was neat and tidy, but behind the screen there were only cluttered book piles.

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Kongming must have spent more sleepless nights here sitting opposite Miss Ironfist than I can possible count.

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"The Grand Seeress is immortal. She'll be back with us in no time!"

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Noise came from outside the window. I thought I was found and instantly laid low.

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"Find the one who drank with the Grand Seeress!"

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"Who is the heir to the Grand Seeress?"

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When every voice was struggling to overwhelm the others, no voice could be heard clearly.

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The one with the decisive voice was gone. She's now a star looking down upon us.

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The voices from the ground could never reach her now.

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But there has to be something I can do...

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As I stared at Miss Ironfist, those hard questions awaiting answers came at me again.

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Why am I here? When did I see Kongming before? Why... would I do these things for her?

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These questions merged into a more important question: who am I?

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And I know the answer to this one.

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Captain

I'm... Captain.

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I reached out to the tiny robot.

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The moment my hand came into contact with her, an electric flux surged around her and shot up my finger.

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The huge pain made me retract my hand instantly.

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Tesla - Zero

...Verification complete. Tesla Zero rebooting... Wake-up failed. Entering low power mode.

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I was taken aback.

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Captain

Wake-up failed? But you were talking...

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...Tesla Zero seems to be her real name, and "Miss Ironfist" is perhaps a nickname?

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I began to size her up. The three gray hands were half open, and electric fluxes flew through the bunny ears.

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No way she's from this era.

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Tesla - Zero

Low power mode active. Speech module disabled.

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I heard it clearly this time. The voice came from inside Miss Ironfist. Probably some recorded system prompt.

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Captain

Miss Ironfist, I'm Captain. Kongming sent me here.

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Tesla - Zero

Low power mode active. Speech module disabled.

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Captain

She told me you knew how to rewrite the history where Rita died miserably and she had to avenge her with blood...

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Tesla - Zero

Low power mode active. Speech module disabled.

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Captain

Rita is dead, and so is Kongming...

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I was babbling uncontrollably. I didn't know what I was saying, but I had to say something.

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Tesla - Zero

Low power mode active. Speech module disabled.

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Captain

Miss Ironfist, how do I bring two dead people back alive? Please help me if you know.

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Captain

If Rita was alive, Kongming would not...

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Tesla - Zero

Keywords detected and analyzed... Augmentation on... Set anchor to initiate transfer with full energy charge...

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Captain

Anchor? The time point when Rita died or... Never mind, I'll just go with it and see what happens...

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End