Questionable Entrance

[Albert Wesker]

Rather than spend the trip to the gate in silence, Kuzan opted to speak up about a few questions that had been in his mind. Voicing his questions with slight difficulty over the roar of the three-wheeled vehicle's engine, the ice man queried his armored travelling companion about a handful of things. The name that he had spoken before, Gwyn, was among the first things that he asked about, getting an answer that he only partially understood. The Lord of Sunlight.... Well, he supposed it was an entirely different world, so he couldn't judge such a title. Though given both the title itself and the almost reverent, respectful way Ornstein spoke of the man, it seemed the title wasn't just one of arrogance, which only made the former admiral curious.

About the sorry state of the knight's armor and weapon he also put forth a question, only to receive a minimal response, one tinged heavily with what Kuzan guessed as regret and....shame? It seemed that before his arrival here in the Nexus thanks to Omni, his armaments had been well-cared for and brilliant to look at. But death and whatever method had brought him here had dulled them.

Feeling somewhat awkward at the almost depressing turn the situation had taken, Kuzan lapsed into silence, the few more questions he had dying before he could ask them. But it would seem his companion had a few of his own.

The voluminous smoke his bike produced was brought up, and with a laugh Kuzan explained that the thing had been inspired by his former suboordinate, who powered his own with his Smoke powers. The confusion in the halting "I.....see." from Ornstein brought another laugh from the former Admiral. But the next question killed his amusement instantly.

Grudgingly, he explained that there was indeed a very good reason he was a "retired" Navy Admiral. Sparing many of the unnecessarily personal details, he glossed over the disagreement with his former companion over the position of Fleet Admiral, and his subsequent early retirement and departure. Almost sheepishly, he added that the mention of him being an Admiral simply brought up unpleasant memories.

He failed to mention it also made his missing leg ache.

As they finally reached the gate to Camelot, Kuzan brought the smoke-billowing bike to a halt, squealing tires and finally stopping amidst a thick cloud of white smoke, the rumble of the engine dying with a strangled growl. Taking a brief moment to extract the vehicle back to its component Omnilium, and explaining the process as he understood it to Ornstein, he awaited the knight's own action before making his way through the gateway.

The sudden transition turned his stomach upside-down once again, but he mostly kept his balance, slowly beginning to get accustomed to the unnerving transition, but still dreading it. Cracking his neck with a lazy roll of his head, he stared out across the grassy expanse, strolling lazily over to lean against one of the stones standing nearby. "And here we are...." he said, stating the obvious.