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.]

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[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?

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

Yeah...that would be nice.

[Finally his regular smile returns to him after weeks of calculations, training, and scheming.]

I just, I can't believe Char would try to take advantage of the situation like that. Especially when he was the one that caused it.

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

... But it's Char, right?

[Julia can't help but scowl angrily. Yeah, she knows about his reputation in a sense.]

There were rumors he arranged for Garma Zabi to be killed, right? I hate to say it but... I'm not surprised he'd try to do something like this.

... Not like that makes it any more forgivable.

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

I heard about that too back on my colony...but I always figured those were false rumors. I guess I was pretty naive wasn't I.

[Ichitaka shares the same sentiments.]

White Chalice is probably just another tool for him for him to start yet another fight.

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

He certainly has seniority over a lot of the people here, doesn't he?

I remember telling Zero once that I'd consider him an ally only so long as he stayed true to his rhetoric. I suppose the same's going to have to be true of Char as well...

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

That's for sure...

[Come to think of it this actually worried him a bit.]

The question is what do we do now? As much as I dislike it due to his reputation and seniority there isn't much we can do. Even after this.

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

We do the sensible thing. Relativity be damned, evil is evil. If Char walks down that road, or for that matter anyone aboard does, we expose him to the crew.

We can't be the only ones who recognize this kind of thing for what it is.

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[Ichitaka nods in agreement.]

Agreed. If it comes down to that we have to use force.

[curseu-reflexes.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer not even going that far, because admittedly if things come to blows they won't be easily smoothed over.

If we're lucky, bringing it to everyone's attention will be enough and the captain or Ayame or Dan can take things from there.

[thestrayhawk.livejournal.com]

[If only they knew that they would be the only people to condemn Char.]

I already find it hard to ever forgive him after he did that.

If we're lucky, thankfully I don't think Ayame exactly approves of what Char did. Maybe she'll do something now....maybe.