[OOC][PLOT] Planning for Arc 2 - Crisis on Infinite Earths

[robkelk]

Speaking of the school ships...


"Hana, it's time to go."

"I'm not going."

Miho looked surprised at her friend's answer. "But we have a match with St. Gloriana. We need you in the Panzer."

"I'm not going. They can come here."

Saori sighed. "We all agreed that the match would be at Cowley Beach. The Australian Army was kind enough to let us hold a match there."

"You don't understand!" Hana's friends were taken aback at her outburst. "If we're ashore, and the school goes back home the same way it came here, we'll be stuck here! I want to go home! I want to see my mother again..." Hana started crying as her voice trailed off.

After a moment, Miho put her hand on Hana's shoulder. "Alright. You can stay here today. I'll ask Anzu or Aya to take over as our gunner today. But I want you to talk with other people who have ended up in this world while we're ashore."

"So they can convince me to give up hope?"

"No, so they can tell you how they're keeping their own hope alive." Miho forced herself to smile, then added in a whisper that only Hana could hear, "We all need to learn how to do that."