Forever Elysium Bound

He survived

It was just pure darkness, a sharp pain than pure darkness was all that Rufus could remember. To save Goal he let go of the high-boat so she would stop focusing on finding Rufus, and focus on getting off as soon as possible. Then he remembers falling for what felt like an hour, then bracing himself for impact. He was sure that he wouldn't make it, he had survived many things before but this was the one he knew would end him for good. He remembers the pain being quick before he felt nothing, this must have been what death feels like.

He woke up barely able to move, covered to the brim in bandages, everything hurt, he was stuck laying down. At the very least he could move his head to look around, and after a few seconds he knew exactly where he was. He was back in Kuvaq, in Gizmo's place in hospital mode. Rufus then tried calling out to Gizmo but even his voice was practically dead, the most he could talk was in a whisper. Guess that left him to at least think about what just happened. He started thinking about how he could have possibly survived that, first off he couldn't be a clone because his body was broken like it just survived that fall, and Hermes was gone and the factory is out of ingredients, so he must have really survived falling that far. Man his indestructibility even amazes himself sometimes. And with his thoughts of the fall, he began thinking about why he fell, Goal, was she alright, is everyone safe now, is doomsday over? He just kept thinking on and on until Gizmo finally stepped into the room and saw Rufus was awake.

"Ah good, so it's not a coma then. Strangely enough, it is good to see you again Rufus." Rufus tried speaking back but to no avail since his voice was still shot.

"Voice suffered with the rest of you then huh? Well here, I can probably guess the biggest question you have, which would be about your survival."

Gizmo then went on to explain how he saw Rufus fall from the sky, found him on the ground, brought him back, and patched him up the best he could. Rufus waking up, let alone living, was a miracle in on itself really. Everyone left in town at least will be very surprised to hear Rufus is fine ... more or less. The slow process of healing then began, it was about a month before Rufus could even walk again. At least in that month he could speak again and started asking about Elysium and everyone there. As far as Gizmo knew, ties between Elysium and Deponia have been completely cut off, the Organon are even gone, no one has heard anything about the Elysians or the Deponians that made it there. With Rufus being Rufus however, he knew that there must still be some way to get to Elysium, old habits die hard as they say. After 3 more months of healing Rufus was as good as ever and he was back to his old ways and even more determined now to get to Elysium, he has to see goal, he just has to.