Was it so hard?

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

[1]

[Up in the Chalice, Alexei is watching the concert...and he doesn't look happy.]

This is depressing...

[2]

[After the mission, Alexei is rather...peeved at the landing party.]

Great job, team. Thanks to you, we now look worse in the eyes of the public. Only got saved by the quick thinking of Fate... Johnny though...

Comments

1

[roarofliger.livejournal.com]

[Having heard loud rock-ish noises earlier, Van found Alexei watching the concert, and has been following along ever since; he's shaking his head at this point.]

I just can't believe we fell for this! I mean, it's not like we entered for those tickets, this was suspicious!

Re: 1

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Enjoying it is what we were to do... seems people are too into the gung ho to figure that out.

Re: 1

[roarofliger.livejournal.com]

What did you expect? We're on a warship, fighting a terrorist group, with more terrorist groups on our side. That's not a good recipe for cool-headed responses.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

When you go to a concert, you don't steal the lead's thunder. You let them play, even join in...

[roarofliger.livejournal.com]

True enough... Yeah, no way this'll end well. The crowd's going to kill us. We broke into someone else's concert and attacked them.

...hold on a second. What's Fate doing?

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

[Alexei looks stunned... then grins. He pulls up a private call.]

Hangar, equip the Wahrheit Valkyrie... Blanks only. Fireworks and the like. Set primal armor off.

[The feed turns off as he turns around.]

Come. We have to backup our stage performer, Van...

[roarofliger.livejournal.com]

You're going to set off fireworks? But... oh, I see! [Van nods sharply.] I think I've got something I can use for that. Never thought I'd have an opportunity to use the blades for non-combat purposes, but... [He's working through how it'll work, but he's grinning too.]

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

We don't have much time. [He grabs the tether to the Wahrheit's cockpit.]

You choreograph something quick. It's 30 seconds to showtime!

[And with that, he locks into the Wahrheit's cockpit, ready to give one hell of a pyrotechnics show.]

[roarofliger.livejournal.com]

All right, I think I've got it! [Van hops into the hatch of the Blade Liger.] Zeke, let's put on a show! [The silver lizard dives into the Liger just as Van works his way out to see exactly how bright the lasers on the blades are.]

2

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

What were they all even DOING there?

Re: 2

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Even you must admit, they put on a good show in the end. That Kei though, you may wish to talk to her about her... temper.

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

It'd be a bit hypocritical for ME to lecture someone on being hotheaded.

What I want to know is why we were going to a concert hosted by Adventus!

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Why else? When you've got an invitation to the enemy's secrets, you take it. When it's obviously a trap, you roll with it and remain out of sight...

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

Yes, stay out sight.

Which is why we brought super robots.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Initially backup until things went to hell. Then necessary. Things didn't go according to plan until Fate did her performance. Even then, not according to plan, but we at lest left with more influence with the public, whether for better or worse...

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

We shouldn't have been there in the first place.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

It would be rude to decline a formal invitation, especially one so... publicized. We must keep appearances, Commander Jin. It's the only way we'll gain sway over Adventus...

[getter-class.livejournal.com]

We won't gain sway over Adventus by doing what they tell us to.

Though...I guess they did well, all things considered.

2

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

[Video from the infrimary. Kamille doesn't seem happy.]

That mission was geared against us from the start. We were all on edge and irritable because of that damned music he sent us earlier. That Fate though... What she did out there was amazing.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

I suppose we have the captain to chastise for that. Perhaps mutiny... Purely in jest of course... Fate saved all your skins down there. Granted, good thinking with the laser light show.

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

Damn right she did.

Nice touch with the assault armor at the end, there

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

I did kinda wing that. I wasn't sure there would be enough clearance between me and the crowd.

How's the injuries?

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

More painful then anything else. Never get thrown by mechs like a ball is all I have to offer on the subject.

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

I'll try to keep that in my memory... That was quite daring of you to go on foot. What prompted that anyway?

2

[subject-0057.livejournal.com]

I'm just shocked it turned out as well as it did. Though... I gotta say, it felt great to get to do that, so I guess it worked out okay. [And though he'll never admit it, he REALLY enjoyed flipping Johnny off.]

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the DJ's didn't expect it either. They came knowing they were going to make us look bad, but we turned it around....

Now where did you learn moves like that?

[subject-0057.livejournal.com]

Moves? Oh, the dancing? It'd take too long to go through the whole story, but... Lockon Stratos had a few videos, and when you're floating through space for days at a time, you have to find something to fill the time.

[Though getting adjusted to performing on the ground had taken a few weeks; Fortunately, his Quantum Brainwaves gave him a very acute sense of balance, so it had just been a matter of getting used to the muscle strain.]

As for the DJs, it gave them a good show, so I expect that they're at least a little satisfied. [Though that may not affect the fury of the higher-ups.]

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

Lockon being the name of one of your partners in crime, I assume?

[His eyes narrow, a harsh glare. Surely he still can't be skeptical of you... A moment later, he bursts out laughing.]

I'm sure meeting this man one day will be an interesting encounter. Aside from that, good job today, Allelujah.

[subject-0057.livejournal.com]

[He'd gotten used to scrutiny from certain members of the Chalice such as Alexei, so he was more taken aback by the sudden laughter than the skepticism.]

O-oh, of course. He's definitely an interesting man.

[Understatement of the week.]

2

[mecha_eihwaz]

But... What matters is that it all went well in the end, right?

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

It could have gone much better. Speaking of, weren't you the one that fired the first shot?

[mecha_eihwaz]

Well, the mission was to capture the Adventus general, so I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible, so no civilians would get hurt...

[howling-alone.livejournal.com]

The mission was to do so subtly. A vast majority of it could have been avoided... And the civvies would have ceased being a problem.

[mecha_eihwaz]

But how to do it subtly in those conditions? Everyone thought the music will control our minds if we listen too much, and the Adventus knew we're there from the start.

[lightning-1.livejournal.com]

(Fate rubs the back of her head shyly.)

I-I don't think I did that much. If the rest of the Chalice didn't join in I don't think it would have worked well.

[g-saviour.livejournal.com]

Well... it's not like we looked all that good to begin with, but... it could've been worse.