Catch up with Au Revoir

You decided to spend your time checking in with Au Revoir. {if Au Revoir Killed Adder Adjutant = 1}After all, her mental health was a huge concern after Operation Full House. Adder had theoretically been defeated, and yet, their shadow still loomed large over the strongest of the Goodbye Girls.{endif}

The call went unanswered for a bit, dishearteningly. You supposed that shouldn't be a surprise; of all of the Goodbye Girls, she was the least likely to keep a phone or computer handy to pick up such a call. If she was training in her room-- or doing "something else" in her room-- it would be far too noisy for her to hear the ring. Finally, you managed to get through to her; you were rewarded with the sight of her cheery face, beaming into the monitor's screen. "Salut, my friend! It's been quiet, too quiet, without your presence! It just doesn't feel right, not having you pop in and begin questioning us about our favorite foods or what type of music we like. I've begun to miss you terribly!" she guffawed, although her spirits didn't seem dampened in the least. You wondered if that was her recovering her excitement like a dog scampering around at the sight of company, or if she'd been smiling the whole time, regardless of your presence. She certainly hadn't dressed up for the call. You could tell she was wearing her usual workout gear: a tank-top and close-fitting shorts.

You reminded her that you'd only been gone for a little over a day. There were missions you'd taken without her that had gone longer than that.

"Hmmm... Yes, I suppose. But I was not so attached to you then... You are my little buddy now," she chuckled, nodding with satisfaction. "Birds of a feather must stick together. That is the way the phrase is used, no?"

No, actually. You found yourself laughing a bit at her odd attempts to stumble around the language barrier. When she asked how the trip had gone, you told her that it had gone splendidly, then spun the laptop to allow her to see your boss snoring away. When she began to guffaw at that, you adjusted your laptop's volume down a bit, so as not to awaken Goodbye. As for the specifics of the conference, you decided not to go into them, but you told her that the international committee seemed pleased with your efforts and theirs.

"Ho ho! Finally, some recognition that is not just from Hollywood! We get treated like the black sheep some time, don't you think? We, who do all of the hardest jobs! They should be shipping Au Revoir all of the finest spirits from around the globe, but instead, I must fly out and get them myself!"

You doubted she really cared what people thought of her, but you appreciated the joke all the same. You decided to change the subject and talk about her condition following Operation Full House instead. {if Au Revoir was Shot = 1}She'd actually been shot during that very operation. Had she really recovered from that so easily?

"Hm hm... Oh, oui. I wish I could put that down to my physical training, but more likely, it was the result of Adder's super-soldier program. I recovered from the wound so quickly, I did not even feel it on our way back from the Palm of Royalty. Spare it no thought and do not blame yourself for it either. After all, it was Au Revoir who asked to lead the charge."{endif}

{if Au Revoir Killed Adder Adjutant = 1}What of her mental condition? You weren't sure whether it was appropriate to discuss or not, but you had to ask: had she had any other episodes since the effects of Bound Blood 10 were made apparent, forcing her to kill Adder Adjutant?

At this, she smiled bitterly. "I am the same Au Revoir you know. A little crazy sometimes. With difficulties controlling myself, sometimes. The fault is that you expected anything different from me. I've always been a killer; it was a miracle I allowed Adder Adjutant to live that long, to the point that she had to order me to do the deed. I am a killer, Ciao, and I will always kill." Her eyes seemed dead as she spoke those words, with a hint of sadness that didn't match her earlier jokes at all. "At least the person I killed this time was someone who deserved to be killed, oui? If she had ordered me to kill you instead..."

An awkward silence hung in the air between the two of you. You had to wonder... was there still anyone else out there capable of activating Bound Blood 10, now that the Adjutant was dead? You could only hope that Dr. Goldstein was making rapid progress towards developing the antidote.{endif}

{if Drunk with Au Revoir > 999}Determined to lighten up the mood again after the tense conversation had soured it, Au Revoir gave a playful wink, then leaned towards the camera; the pose hid most of her face, the way that someone inexperienced with using a video camera might have a hard time centering themselves. "Hey, hey! I really have missed you, you know? My workout routine is incomplete without you around. I'm exercising at half efficiency! I need my work-out buddy..." Cooing into the microphone, she gave a sexy smile, then lifted her tank-top up from where it tightly packed her breasts, allowing them to spill out and bounce in the open air. They glistened with sweat... and they immediately caused you to go hard. You adjusted your laptop on your lap and turned down your volume even further. She grabbed one up in her huge hand and jiggled it a few times, while refocusing the computer's camera with another. "Come see me when you're back and we will celebrate with something much better than a committee meeting~"

You nodded wordlessly, feeling somehow as though she had a grip on your balls, despite being on the other side of a computer.{endif}

The two of you chatted like old friends, filling much of the rest of the trip with your banter. If there was one thing Au Revoir was never short on, it was conversation. {if Au Revoir's Hazing = 1}You'd learned that from the very first moment you'd spent with her, when you rode up front and she gave you a hand-job on your way to a mission site. Back then, you could never have imagined how the woman's pushy behavior would end up growing on you.{endif}