First Descent

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[The Rushbird returns to the White Chalice surprisingly completely undamaged. It was easy to put together now that the explosion and subsequent 'depowering' of the Rushbird was all a sham.

However as Ichitaka exits the cockpit he doesn't look happy in the least. While his plan had somewhat fallen apart that wasn't what was bothering him. Anyone that got close enough could hear him whisper. ]

Some people here are despicable...

[The other unfortunate thing was that his plan to try to reveal the mole completely fell apart due to what had happened but he could only talk to a few people about that.]

Comments

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

What Char did was unforgivable. [Have a Kamille nearby, not in the least amused.] I'll deal with him, one Newtype to another, but I'm not hear to discuss that.

Ichitaka. What was the reason you faked disabling your machine?

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[Well his plan already fell apart...at this point did the mole even matter.]

I disabled my machine so that false information would pass onto Adventus that the Rushbird was unable to use it's regular abilities thus they wouldn't properly prepare against it.

[zetahatsudo.livejournal.com]

... [Okay, that actually stops him cold.]

There's a mole on the Ship. [Fuck. FUCK.]

Alright, you know what? You were in the right in that case.

What I don't get is why anyone would try to do that. We should be cooperating in an effort to NOT DIE, not undercutting our chances for survival.

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

[Ichitaka's probably going to be more than a bit surprised when Haruka comes up out of nowhere and hugs him from behind.]

Ichitaka! You did great today...

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[That's was a completely accurate guess, in fact he turns completely red completely forgetting what he was angry about.]

Th-Thanks...did...I...good...right...

[He's stumbling over his words.]

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

Yep!

[There are no more words, just Haruka snuggling up with Ichitaka and closing her eyes.]

[limit-of-fate.livejournal.com]

What was THAT?!

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

The Red Comet ruining our reputation along with nearly wrecking all of the work you and Gainer did to prevent damage to the dam.

[limit-of-fate.livejournal.com]

Well, the dam was obviously unintentional. But why did he keep talking?

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

[Julia was so happy! The Rushbird was a-ok and that was a huge relief for Julia to-

[Oh. When she hears Ichitaka grumble like that she KNOWS something's the matter.]

... I-Ichitaka?

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

Ah Julia...you didn't hear that...did you?

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

W-well, I heard something about "despicable", so it's pretty obvious something isn't right.

... Do you want to talk about it?

[faux-kiken.livejournal.com]

Excuse me? What'd I do this time?

[Rosie is rather despicable so she naturally assumes he meant her!]

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I SAID RED COME-

[Ichitaka stops his sentence the moment he sees who he was responding to. Immediately he lowered his head to apologize.]

Sorry, that wasn't meant for you.

[faux-kiken.livejournal.com]

Huh? Oh.

Ohh.

Hahaha... chin up, kid.

[vjockey.livejournal.com]

Ichitaka. I need confirmation. Your unit was not as damaged as it appeared to be.

I want to know your reasoning before I draw conclusions of my own.

[Cheng had a look on his face that said "I'm getting the same idea that you may be"]

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[In response Ichitaka just nods.]

It wasn't, and yes it was part of my plan to catch the mole.

[At this point Ichitaka is absolutely sure there is one.]

[vjockey.livejournal.com]

Then it seems that you are not the only one who has reached this assumption.

[Cheng had a distinctly agitated look on his face]

I had my suspicions during our return to Earth prior to the L-Boat mission. However I could not act on them given that at worst I would have pushed the mole deeper into hiding.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

[So the plan failed. However, Yuunagi seems quite amused instead of upset, which is quite unlike him. He simply stops next to Ichitaka and looks up at the Rushbird.]

Looks like all of that work went to waste...

[He's stating the obvious, but as someone who went along with Ichitaka's scheme, he doesn't seem too surprised by the outcome.]

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

I know right, I wasted an entire fire extinguisher for pretty much nothing.

[The younger boy smiles at his older brother, somehow he found it easier to joke about it with him despite how Yuu usually was.]

I already restarted the circuit from the arms to the D Converter so don't worry about it.

[pheasantshanker.livejournal.com]

Yet, things turned out alright, mostly...

[Yuu's relief stems from the fact that he was actually pretty concerned about this scheme in the early stages, especially considering that Ichitaka was planning on launching without the Rushbird's regular weapons.]

Well...what do you plan to do now? The person you're searching for should still be around...

[He's still a bit careful as he mentions that though.]

[mydutyisnotover.livejournal.com]

It's about Char's speech, isn't it?

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

This is one thing I won't take back Frank, what he did was disgusting. He caused the situation then tried to take advantage to further his own goals without regards for anyone else.

[2hell-weride.livejournal.com]

[[You get a lineface. Your bro, MarKus, linefaces you.]]

So... Why were you pretending the Rush was fucked?

[[He would like to pretend that he knew it was still working, but Yuu was hogging most of the work.]]

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[DON'T JUDGE ME.]

It was part of a ridiculous plan to try to catch a Adventus spy I believe is on the ship.

I already made sure everything is in working order so don't worry about fixing it.