Fourth Game

[break_the_nine]

[When Leos was brought back to the Star Rose after the failed attack on the Wulgaru... the state of the Huckebein he came back in was... phenomenal to say the least. Practically EVERYTHING was destroyed except for the cockpit block. EVERYTHING. It lost all its limbs, thrusters, its communications systems were fried, its controls busted, monitors either fallen apart or shorted out, its OS was completely fragged and the oxygen tank died the moment it got back.]

[But what's more he was piloting when he should have been in the off duty roster due to his issues! He hadn't even went for his first meeting with his therapist yet! What does he have to say?]

I'm sorrryyyyy! Its just that this Admiral guy wanted me to turn up... I don't know why but he said if I could make everything look good...

[Wait... was Leos only there because of just how crap a pilot he was? Was it to boost morale that even raw rookies like him would be able to take on the Wulgaru... or was it to make Team Rabbits look better? Either way though.... we all know the results.]

I know I shouldn't have been out there... but I really wanted to help! I won't let anyone talk me into something like this again! I promise!

[He ducks his head, looking painfully apologetic.]

Comments

[glorystargo]

Just make sure you attend the counselor meetings. And get permission from your actual superiors - not Komine, not even me, before you try to pull stunts like this.

Alright?

[break_the_nine]

[Leos nods anxiously.]

'kay...

[glorystargo]

What was that? I couldn't hear you from all the way down there.

Get on your feet!

[break_the_nine]

YES SIR, MISTER DENZEL SIR!!!

[He practically leaps up and salutes, shaking just a little from how straight he's trying to stay.]

[glorystargo]

Aren't you overdoing this a little?

[Denzel looks with a slightly amused expression.]

Remember this, Leos. You have your own pride and dignity. As a pilot, and as a person. Don't let others trample over those, or use and manipulate you, just because you failed once or twice.

Because failure happens to everyone, even the best.

[break_the_nine]

Eheh... a little..

[Leos smiles sheepishly, but at the very least he's smiling without a hint of lapsing into a case of crazies.]

I'll do my best to remember it Mister Denzel sir. Thank you.

[glorystargo]

That's the spirit. Also...

I'm no psychologist - but if you need to talk, I'll always be here to listen.