Our fight may yet one day be over

[star_of_sad]

(BGM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_lpRXzjSwA)
[The Chimera are no more. Their massive force is beaten, Asakim has finally been killed for real, and the driving force behind it all - Jii Edel, has been cast out. And now, the one pilot who was in the epicenter of it all, constantly harassed and tormented just to awaken her Sphere... Setsuko Ohara has no more strength to do anything but sit under the Virgola, staring up at the peaceful night sky.]

It's over, it's finally over. Jii Edel mentioned so much, Black History... it looks like alternate universes weren't faring much better than this one. And, it looks like I played right into Asakim Dowen's hands all along. To think all he really wanted was to die...

But...


But it's all over now. That... that's all that matters.

[Unable to control herself, Setsuko cries tears of relief.]

Comments

[star_of_sad]

Hello Kei.

[Setsuko smiles in an embarassed way.]

Sorry, I promised myself not to cry, but...

[majestic_keiki]

It's fine...Especially after everything that happened before this point. Buy...You're free now.

[star_of_sad]

I am. I really am - that's why I can afford to cry. Just this one time.

[majestic_keiki]

Yes.

Got any plans for using that freedom?

[star_of_sad]

Hmm. That's a good question, isn't it?

But I already know the answer.

[Setsuko looks up to the sky.]

I'll keep doing what I was doing - what the Glory Stars were doing, before it all started...

I'm a test pilot. Unlike so many things, this is something I actually decided myself.

[majestic_keiki]

Still testing the Virgola or moving on to something new since it seems pretty thoroughly tested by now?

[star_of_sad]

Well... it still has some parts we're not entirely sure how they work, doesn't it?

[majestic_keiki]

True. It's a pretty mysterious unit in a lot of ways. Where did it even come from?

[star_of_sad]

That's a good question... it's an ESUN developed mobile suit, but who was the one responsible for it?

Who put the Sphere in it?

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not sure I like thinking about that...

[star_of_sad]

Me neither, but... there is an answer. And I'm pretty sure it's going to be important - if not now, then some time in the future.

So I'll have to find it.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. And you're not alone when you try. Even if it turns out to be someone important.

[star_of_sad]

I hope it's not anyone higher up in ESUN ranks, or someone we've been working with all the time. But, I don't really think that's the case either...

Okay, enough. Enough of this kind of thinking, for now. I really need to rest from these things for a while.

[majestic_keiki]

Right, sorry.

[star_of_sad]

No, no. Nothing to apologize for! I was only talking to myself... trying to stop myself from overthinking things.

[majestic_keiki]

Right. For now we should just celebrate. Let's go to one of the nicer cafés near Sakihama when we get back.

[star_of_sad]

Now that sounds like a good idea!