Zahzi
Grade-A Jackass
Hannes Krieger Haber
Location: Sanctuary Point Unified Command Naval Base; Simulated Moon Base
Nearby: ALL
Disposition: Ah, zo ZHIS is vhere ze budget vent...
As the simulation booted back up Krieger took the time to take in his surroundings. While he WAS listening to the scientists, sure, he couldn't help but drown out the less-important details as he stared up at the Earth. The base? the stars? None of it mattered to him. He could see his homeland from here. He hadn't been cleared to return ever since the 12th had gone on their crusade after the fall of Berlin. After everything that had happened, well, it wasn't like he was going to be welcomed back anytime soon.
He shook hos head once the instructions came onto screen for him, his attention returning to in front of him, instead of around.
"Let's zee how zhis goes..." he muttered to himself as he activated his ETA, the familiar sound of its systems drumming back to life. It never did sound exactly the same after that stunt in St. Petersburg..
Focus
Krieger gave a sigh, knowing what came next with the reactivation of the Shell.
"..Zo be et." he muttered as everything went dark again.
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No response from Krieger.
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At his point he was probably just trying to ignore it.
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"Können Sie mich einfach neu kalibrieren lassen?
FÜR FÜNF MINUTEN!?"
Silence
"Oh, Sie KÖNNEN also den Anweisungen folgen. Zur Kenntnis genommen."
Krieger's hand hovered over the final switch to disengage manual control. He had been told for his case specifically, this would play out dramatically different. But, they were...Vague...About why.
"...Here goes nozhing..." he muttered as he flipped it, causing everything to go dark once again.
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"Ruhig."
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"Ich werde Ihren Großrechner immer wieder zurücksetzen, bis Sie nicht einmal mehr richtig denken können."
As his vision returned, Krieger could understand their vagueness now. His view was no longer from the inside looking out, but now just out.
"Zhat iz...." he trailed off looking down at raising his arm, seeing only the hardware of SOLDAT instead of his own.
"...Interezting..."
He began to make slow, lumbering movements forward. A smile would creep across his face....If he could, anyway.
"I definitely have more appreciation for ze veight of Zoldat. Even if it IZ at 1/6th..."
Once he hit the 100 meter mark he came to a halt, trying to figure out how to activa-
Oh. Oh.
They activated on his thought processes. Which meant....
SOLDAT boosted forward, the treads on the bottom of the ETA's feet spun to assist in gliding the mechanized brick along.
If the technicians were still monitoring Krieger from outside the pod, they could probably hear the jovial, yet still mechanically-assisted sound of him reacting to childlke glee, operating his ETA as if it were indeed him.
"Zhis....Iz invigorating! Ztupendious! I have not felt zhis veightless in years!"
Aaaand it was then reality kicked back in, causing him to realize everyone else could hear his elation, causing both him and SOLDAT to grind to an abrupt halt as he took a few moments to regain his usual composure, not yet realizing he had already cleared through the checklist in his own moment of joy.
"....Anyvay...." His attention was turned now to those around him.
"Courtney, az Harland unt Cyrus have said, it may take time to acclimate. Take all ze time you need.
Acht, Cyrus, unt Kyo? Very ghut for your first runshrough.
Harland, zhank you for azizting Courtney, unt I am expecting great zhings vhen you give it your bezt zhot.
Alex? I avait eagerly to zee how you zhow uz how it iz done."