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[b]One month later.[/b]

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Things had relatively gone back to normal on The Promise. The few days after the labeled "security breach incident" were chaotic. Classes were cancelled, memorials were held for the fallen, and the people aboard The Promise were given time off of work to grieve. The confident ones aboard the space boat spoke in outrage, questioning The Promise for allowing something like this to happen under their watch. The biggest question of all, the one that everyone was asking, was how this breach had even happened in the first place.

Still, just as Eli expected, the news of the breach never reached the Earth. The personnel on the boat stopped speaking about it after five days, the last memorial on The Promise was held a week and a half later, and the shrines for the lost lives were removed after three weeks. Apparently the pictures, flowers, and candles for the dead were "cluttering" the street. Even though every trace of the carnage had been erased, the people aboard The Promise hadn't forgotten.

Eli certainly hadn't. The moment she'd returned to her apartment she sat in front of her laptop and typed up a total recollection of the horrible day she had just been dealt. The next day she walked through the streets, quietly listening to the chatter of The Promise’s security officers to gather intel. She was hoping to bump into Radvi. He was always honest with her, and she wanted to know what he did with the blue goop. She never found him.

Her mother called the next day as part of her weekly check in, but Eli didn't say anything about the prison break. It was better that she didn't hear about her little confrontation with an inmate. She wasn't even sure what The Promise's people would do if she told someone on Earth about it.

She also heard the news that one of her good friends had died during the attack. That news was really the cherry on top. It was a rough few weeks after that. The pain was still fresh inside, but she had to carry on no matter how bad she felt. She went back to work, continued her training, and went on plenty of runs to relieve herself of the stress she felt.

So when the shrine for her murdered friend was taken down a week ago, Eli felt a wave of resentment pass through her parahuman bones. Even today, when the announcement was made to the entire space boat that there would be a boat-wide homecoming Eli felt the same spite towards The Promise. Why would anyone want to go to a dance when there was still so much to find out? She couldn't believe the directors of The Promise. They hadn't even notified the fucking [i]planet[/i] below them. Many families probably had no idea that their family members were dead. She was surprised when so many people were eased by the news of a homecoming. The entire atmosphere of The Promise changed once people had a reason to care less. At least she knew that there would be parties that night. They hadn't thrown one in a while, and one of her friends had already sent her a save the date for the party. 

When she finally was off of work, she decided to go to the mall for a new outfit. Even if she didn't find one, she just wanted a relaxing evening at the mall. She wanted to be out in public and not at home alone with her thoughts. Shopping would be a great distraction.

She arrived at the mall, dressed in her favorite slip-ons, light jeans, a plain white t-shirt and her comfiest black bomber. She'd messily thrown her hair up into a hairclip after wearing it down all day. Her favorite way to dress, and also the most relaxing. She had just finished looking through the third store of the day when she saw the Panda Express. Her stomach rumbled. Looks like it was going to be sugar chicken and chow mein for dinner. She headed towards the restaurant and smiled at a ruggedly handsome man about her age sitting outside. He looked rather brooding for such a place. Maybe [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/179676-the-promise-superpowers-conspiracies-and-teenage-drama-oh-my/char#post-4980654]he[/url] would be interested in going to the party too.