Stupid doomba master

[star_of_sad]

Worst enemy mankind has ever known? Do you realize what you're saying? Don't you know what horrible people Earth used to have around in history? Some are still here even nowadays...

[Setsuko slouches in front of her comfort dessert, barely avoiding splatting into it.]

Leos... you have no idea what you're doing. Your plan is stupid and makes no sense.

And... and we will show you exactly how wrong you are.

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[majestic_keiki]

He'll not get away with it...And then we'll make him get the help he needs somewhere he can't hurt himself or others.

[star_of_sad]

Help, yes...

Not everyone was a good influence on him, but Leos wasn't a bad person. No matter what he said, he wasn't... but then he left Unity Group. And without anyone around him who could or wanted to help him...

[majestic_keiki]

Yeah. And even before the officers let him fight despite what it was doing to him...

[star_of_sad]

... Do you think his presence did more good than bad, overall? Not just for Leos, but for everyone.

Before he left, and all of this happened.

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not sure...Especially with the complications that his lack of discipline caused in battle?

But...Even if it did, he shouldn't have been there. It was clearly hurting him and the risk of getting somebody else hurt by accident or having him snap was always there.

[star_of_sad]

We were never so pressed for people that we'd force pilots to sortie... but he did anyway.

I just want to think about the good things he did. Not just the bad ones. Even if it hurt him in the long run.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. He was a nice kid, as long as you didn't remind him of certain people, and he never failed to oppose people clearly doing horrible things.

[star_of_sad]

I wonder does he even remember that.

[majestic_keiki]

Probably...But not what it really meant.

[star_of_sad]

I want to get to him, make him realize how things really are. The place Leos is in now... is hurting everyone. But especially him.

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not sure that's possible for any of us...At least not before he's defeated.

[star_of_sad]

Then we don't really have much of a choice, do we?

[majestic_keiki]

No. We need to stop him, but try to keep him alive. If possible.

[star_of_sad]

That'd be good. Both parts of it.

[majestic_keiki]

Yes, so we just need to make sure it happens.

[cloningblues]

Damnit. I still can't believe that in just a year he want from Team Rabbits' tagalong kid to... this.

[star_of_sad]

Technically he was older than anyone in your team...

But yes. I know. And I wonder if...

[cloningblues]

If?

[star_of_sad]

If there was something we could have done to prevent it. If it's not our fault...

[cloningblues]

Maybe we could. We could not let him leave Unity Group and start the Frighteners. I'm not sure what'd happen then, but it'd be something different for sure.

But it's too late for such things now...

[star_of_sad]

You're right. It's too late now, and no use to think about it... yet I can't help it. Maybe it's my way of trying to deal with it.

[cloningblues]

I can imagine. It's hard. Not so long ago Leos was just everyone's annoying friend. And if we knew what'll happen, we could prevent this.

And now who knows what he's going to do.

[star_of_sad]

We had our own troubles, too...

[Setsuko remembers well what happened with Denzel, Toby - and with herself, too.]

We were so preoccupied with our problems. Or maybe I'm still trying to make it a problem of my own.

The past cannot be changed now anymore, can it? No matter what, we have to face it.

[cloningblues]

The least we could is to try to find out what Leos' plan is. There must be some hints left somewhere...

[star_of_sad]

Somewhere... whatever he had in mind, he needed inter-planetary transport to do it.

...

Could it be the Crossgate? Or the Wulgaru gate... but there's nothing functional left of it.

[cloningblues]

There's no way Leos could learn how to use the Crossgate... Or is there?

[star_of_sad]

He has the ability to operate and hijack all kinds of machinery... like what he did with the battleship. But the Crossgate isn't human-made...

[cloningblues]

I don't want to think about an army of alien drones under his command.

[star_of_sad]

No. No, I don't either. I really hope it's something else, now.

[brought_it_back]

That's just...part of his plan.

[Someone else has gotten into the realm comfort desserts, with a tiny yogurt cup.]

I think...his main goal is to be killed.

[star_of_sad]

Suicide by cop? With us playing the role of police?

I don't like this. Not one bit...

[brought_it_back]

I am worried about his weapon of choice.

I had thought he was just going to launch an attack with his AC on some city, but now...

...I don't know.

[star_of_sad]

We faced enemies who did more horrible things. If Leos is serious about trying to be a bigger monster than all of them... just what is he planning?