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You get a message on your comms from Dido, inviting you to one of the lounges in the Saikhama hanger bays.
Upon arrival, you discover that furniture and tables have been shifted to the side, making room for a chalkboard. A huge old-school chalkboard on wheels, pea-green and with a wood-framed ledge for colored chalk-sticks.
Dido nods to you as you walk in, sternly tapping some chalk to the board.
"So," she says. "Loni and the terrible trio have all the Seals. Soon, they'll make their move to summon the Lady upon this world. Brye and Rani are standing by the wings, ready to hijack the Lady's power and somehow use it to wish away suffering. The Lady herself managed to influence the Lady's Good Men, the UG's foundation and Loni's whole upbringing, despite being in a different dimension. Worse, we still don't know what her true power or form is."
Dido starts writing on the chalk board. "If we're gonna win, we have to figure out what's coming. That means assembling clues, testing theories and answering key questions..."
[2]
"What is the Lady, and what are her capabilities?"
[3]
"What does she want to do to our world?"
[4]
"Why did she arrange for the founding of the Unity Group, the Lady's Good Men, and the Terrible Trio?"
[5]
"What's the most direct way to ruin their plans?"
Dido underlines each question on the board, and turns to face you all. "Class is in session, guys," she pronounces.
[1]
You get a message on your comms from Dido, inviting you to one of the lounges in the Saikhama hanger bays.
Upon arrival, you discover that furniture and tables have been shifted to the side, making room for a chalkboard. A huge old-school chalkboard on wheels, pea-green and with a wood-framed ledge for colored chalk-sticks.
Dido nods to you as you walk in, sternly tapping some chalk to the board.
"So," she says. "Loni and the terrible trio have all the Seals. Soon, they'll make their move to summon the Lady upon this world. Brye and Rani are standing by the wings, ready to hijack the Lady's power and somehow use it to wish away suffering. The Lady herself managed to influence the Lady's Good Men, the UG's foundation and Loni's whole upbringing, despite being in a different dimension. Worse, we still don't know what her true power or form is."
Dido starts writing on the chalk board. "If we're gonna win, we have to figure out what's coming. That means assembling clues, testing theories and answering key questions..."
[2]
"What is the Lady, and what are her capabilities?"
[3]
"What does she want to do to our world?"
[4]
"Why did she arrange for the founding of the Unity Group, the Lady's Good Men, and the Terrible Trio?"
[5]
"What's the most direct way to ruin their plans?"
Dido underlines each question on the board, and turns to face you all. "Class is in session, guys," she pronounces.
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KILL LONI
"But...and no offense intended," Dido says. "We've had bad luck trying to do that. Plus, who's to say that Bryne and Rani wouldn't try to crack the seals on their own?"
She frowns in thought. "There has to be something we can do to just stop any Lady summoning in their tracks." She snaps her fingers. "What if we blew up the Discovery? They can't assemble the seals without the Discovery, right?"
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[Izuru looks serious. He's not happy to talk about this.]
For the Lady and Loni, it's Loni who's the hero, right? Even when the special place where the hero's supposed to go is destroyed, the hero will still manage somehow. But if the hero's out of the picture, then what? His story's over.
You can have another one, but I don't think they'd do it about people who double crossed him.
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Her voice trails off as she takes a look at Izuru's intent gaze. "...wait, wait, wait," she says, snapping her fingers. "You've got a point. You've got a really good point, Izuru!"
Dido starts pacing back and forth. "The Lady's been investing a lot of effort to make Loni feel like a hero! A whole lot of effort! More than makes sense if she's just using Loni as a dupe."
Dido halts suddenly. "Whatever she is, she wants Loni to be a hero? But why, Izuru?"
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[Or what she finds in Loni for that matter.]
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Dido's rant stutters to a stop. "He's a spoiled brat," she repeats. "He's a spoiled brat. We thought he was spoiled by his uncle, but it was the Lady who–who spoiled him rotten..."
She stares at Izuru, wide-eyed. "Do you think–?"
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She rubs at the bridge of her nose. "Loni is narcissistic, insensitive and doesn't respond well to people telling him "No". That's a textbook example of indulgent parenting if I ever saw one."
Dido's eyes narrow. "We could use that. If everything goes wrong, maybe..." She takes some chalk and writes a new idea on the board:
BLACKMAIL LADY - HOLD LONI HOSTAGE
"What do you think?"
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We held him around for a while. Really long while actually. It's just that his uncle, I mean the Lady, ran interference so we couldn't really do anything about it.
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Dido shakes her head. "But you're right: that plan IS pretty dark. Do you have any ideas, Izuru? For what we to do if we can't stop the seals from being reunited?"
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[Izuru paces around restlessly.]
I'm not the one who does planning for stuff like this. It's the others usually, I'm just doing the fighting bits. And fighting Loni is what we're planning to do anyway.
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Dido's struck by inspiration. "Izuru...try drawing something. Trying drawing a picture of us triumphing over our enemies!"
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Izuru, Dido muses to herself, is a lot smarter than he sounds. He just expresses himself in an incredibly dorky way. Maybe if he draws one of his over-the-top hero illustrations, a clever stratagem or insight will pop up...!
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[Izuru picks up his sketchbook and briefly considers his options before his pencil starts to move.]
Just, us winning, right?
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I don't know how the Lady's supposed to look like but.
[More scribbling.]
I think this is accurate.
[On Izuru's sketch, several vaguely familiar looking robots are busy blocking or unleashing a counterattack against many limbs of a giant, somewhat feminine figure. Surprisingly enough, behind them and on its knees falls something that kinda looks like BrightSaber. A shocked looking one, despite being a machine without a face.]
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"Hmmm..." She says. "...mmmm..."
Is she impressed, or confused? It's hard to tell...
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She goes to the chalk board and pins the photograph up with a cow magnet. She hesitates, then pulls off a sticker and slaps it on Izuru's arm. "Here! A Gold Star!"
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Dido removes the patronizing sticker and slaps it on her arm.