The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (also fuck you Loni and co.)

[empress_without_a_throne]

[Well, someone's back at the Unity Group bases... though her return's kinda dour on account of all the bullshit that just happened.  And the newly-returned DuskBird's already showing a godawful amount of damage on account of Loni's breakout.]

I wish my return would've been a happier, less bloody occasion.  Needless to say though, SolSavior is ready to fight again though... and I apologize for the... 'deception' that was spread regarding the DawnBird.  Initially creating it had been the plan, but partway through a better alternative had been found in using a regulator, and thus it became a project to develop the 'QuasArmor'.  I didn't know myself until the design was nearly complete, and ultimately it was decided to continue as if the DuskBird were to be replaced.  We were hoping Sara and the Indalph would think us vulnerable and attack, and that suspicion proved true.

But now though...

Anyone who wants to loose Loni and his friends on the world is a danger to everyone.  And considering what happened to Commander Antov... diplomacy won't get us anywhere with them.  Not anymore.

Comments

[majestic_keiki]

Right...Hopefully we have some intelligence of our own who can figure out some more about them.

[As she talks, it's clear that Kei is even more subdued than usual.]

[empress_without_a_throne]

Hopefully...

[And yes. Mizuki's picking up on that signal.]

Is there something else though on your mind?

[majestic_keiki]

Did you hear about yesterday after coming back?

[empress_without_a_throne]

I heard of what happened with the Kijin Emperor... or at least what I thought was all of it.

... There's more beyond just Seta's death, isn't there?

[majestic_keiki]

She was begging us to kill her. Jen tried, Izuru stopped her and we just stood there watching.

[empress_without_a_throne]

She actually tried-

[Her heart was probably in the right place, but the same could be said of Izuru's.]

... How did she die then? Was it Izuru?

[majestic_keiki]

Astara shot her. If not either Jen had tried again or...

[empress_without_a_throne]

Someone would've had to.

[She'll leave it at that.]

That doesn't make it any easier to bear though.

[majestic_keiki]

[Kei just nods briefly.]

...Ren died last week as well. And now the commander. It's like last summer.

[empress_without_a_throne]

Victories sometimes come easy, sometimes at a price. And sometimes that price is so steep it doesn't even feel like you won anything...

They're not going to get away with this. I can promise you that.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. [Kei pulls herself together again.]

And...It's good to have you back.