Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(Honestly, Aichi is glad to see them... Having their help is something Aichi's thankful for...)
(...Although it seems like Leos is unimpressed because they didn't show up during the last fight...) "L-Leos..."
(Misaki can't argue with them having their own missions, but she has to admit that it would have been nice if they had been there... )
(Aichi's not upset with Cross and his friends for not being there, but he has to wonder if Anna wouldn't have nearly been killed if they were here...)
(...Aw crud, Aichi's looking down again.)
(Misaki is hoping to cut off any particular arguments before they get carried away.) "Guys, we can't afford to be bickering right now. What progress have you guys made, Cross?"
edited 6th May '18 7:01:27 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(He can't keep bothering Leos with his problems... What happened to Anna happened and there's nothing he can do to change it...) "Y-Yeah, I'm fine..."
(In regards to the fight they missed...) "...It wasn't a pretty sight. A lot of the forest was damaged and a girl was severely injured..."
"..A-Anna's OK now, but she... could have died if Oriana hadn't helped her..."
(...Misaki still can't help but feel horrible that Anna got sucked into the mess too... and she feels horrible that it affected Aichi so much.) "Leos and Sthesia managed to handle the threat..."
edited 6th May '18 7:37:44 AM by CrystalMemoria
Honestly, it was a stroke of luck that we managed to get the Eclipse Face working...
(Leos looks sympathetically at Aichi, before talking to Cross and the other BLADEs) Yeah, it was a pretty tough one.
(Cross, is it just you or does the Gundam look more heavily-armed
◊?)
Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
"Leos managed to download the data Sthesia sent him during the fight. It definitely gave him the edge he needed."
"T-Thankfully everyone's all right now..."
"...Of course the pilot escaped. She mentioned having a 'master'..."
(So there's obviously a mastermind behind these attacks. Stating the obvious, but it's an observation Misaki still felt needed to be made.)
(These attacks are being orchestrated, for one reason or another, by this master. And both pilots seemed to know Leos...)
(Misaki wonders just why it seems like they're targeting Leos... and why Sesto wanted Sthesia...)
(Notices that Misaki seems to be in deep thought.) "Misaki...?"
"...I was just thinking... Both pilots seemed to know Leos and that 'Sthesia Awar Sesto' wanted Sthesia for some reason... It's obvious that whoever is in charge of these attacks knows both Leos and Sthesia. I doubt that's insignificant."
(Just what is it that this 'master' wants...? To target the Room, Leos, and Sthesia...)
(And for these strange pilots to share Sthesia's name and look eerily like her... That only begs more questions.)
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(to Alexa) Mmhmm. The thing's got enough firepower to rival several heavy assault or artillery-type Mobile Suits.
(to Misaki) Yeah, it's, uh, not a good thing to know that someone having some very powerful weapons wants you specifically...
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human.""Luckily for you guys, I've got a personal touch."
"Show 'em, Lex."
"Created with Man-Non technology, designed by our dear friend Alexa and modified by yours truest..."
-Alex walks over to her Skell and hefts what looks like a giant sword hilt with no blade coming out of it-
"Presenting the AE Custom Beam Saber. Powered by miranium straight from Planet Mira..."
"And tested to be capable of cutting through armor like a hot knife through margarine."
"That...isn't...technically inaccurate, giving him a pass on that."
Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(Aichi would normally be intrigued, but he's just wide-eyed at Alexa being able to heft the thing.)
(Misaki is also thrown off by this for a bit, but after snapping out of it and examining the hilt she switches her attention back to Leos and Sthesia.) "You wouldn't know of someone who would want to target you, would you?"
(Whoa, wait...) "W-Why would someone want to target them? They've done nothing but help people!"
(It's extremely hard to believe that Leos and Sthesia could invoke the wrath of some unknown party. After all they're trying to help humanity and figure out the secrets of its evolution throughout their universe's history...)
(Why would someone have something against people doing something for the good of everyone like that? It makes no sense to Aichi...)
(...But it doesn't change that Misaki is right. Whoever these people are seem to have it out for Leos and Sthesia...)
"...It doesn't change that Leos and Sthesia may have gotten negative reception from whoever is in charge of these attacks."
(Misaki can't really imagine anyone hating Leos and Sthesia enough to do something like this, but she's aware that people can be unreasonable and the fact that Leos and Sthesia's universe isn't exactly in the greatest shape...)
(They could be targeted for any number of reasons, but possibly getting an idea of who it might be from Leos and Sthesia might be a good idea.)
edited 6th May '18 8:29:53 AM by CrystalMemoria
(Leos just gawks at the thing) Whoa...
I honestly have no clue, Aichi. I know Keith has a bit of rivalry against Leos...
(Leos is brought out of his funk to address Sthesia) Yeah, except he wouldn't pull something like this. The guy sticks too closely to protocol!
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human."Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(So neither Leos nor Sthesia have any idea who it could be... And both Aichi and Misaki can't imagine Keith doing that either. It'd make no sense!)
"I highly doubt it's Keith. He's a jerk, but I don't see him doing something like this."
"I-I don't think Keith would have strange girls that look like Sthesia working for him even if it was him somehow..."
(Really that whole thing still has Aichi and Misaki boggled. Who the heck even are those girls? Why do they look so much like Sthesia? Why are they named Sthesia Awar? Why did one of them apparently call Sthesia 'Mommy'?)
(This whole thing is surreal...)
"W-We don't really know much at all about them..."
"...All we can do is prepare for future attacks."
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Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(Oh, right...) "I-I'm sorry..."
(He shouldn't have distracted Leos and Sthesia...)
(Yeah, they need to get that thing installed pronto...) "We should focus on installing it..."
(After all, the group has no idea about any of the answers to these questions...)
(For now they need to focus on what they can deal with.)
Oh, right! Sorry. Just, uh, give me a minute.
(He climbs into the Gundam to access the control console breifly... and those weapons have disappeared, returning the Gundam to its default state.
)
...How heavy is that saber anyway?
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human."Outside (Aichi) and (Misaki)
(Aichi can't help but nearly fall over when the hilt is dropped like that. He gets very sheepish when manages to keep himself from falling over.) "Ehehe... I-I didn't expect you to drop it like that..."
(Meanwhile Misaki doesn't show any signs of nearly falling over or anything.) "Wirelessly sync up with the Extreme Gundam..."
(Leos gets the Extreme Gundam to clasp a hand around the saber's handle before lifting it up. Inside the Suit's cockpit, a display reads New Weapon Detected - Analyzing ..., while Leos tests how it handles in his Gundam's hand.)
Huh. It's actually pretty well-balanced. Nice job, Alexa.
(Meanwhile, Sthesia can't help but sheepishly chuckle about Alexa's comment of the saber only being "a little heavy.)
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human."

"Uh, doing missions for BLADE. This place isn't our only focus y'know. And Alexa was working her ass off on upgrades for you guys."
"Perhaps we should not be leaping down each other's necks so quickly."
"Throats."