srwu | Preparations for... what?

[1] [After the latest battle, Hetepheres watches as her insectoid underlings are taking care of Scaraber. The core unit wasn't hit too badly, but the Scarab Frame lost its two additional arms and will need them fixed. She's also checking the post-battle report on a tablet.]

That was the first time I have seen Aerogaters use humanoid machines. Curious... And it still leaves as many questions about their nature as before, if not more. Fortunately, thanks to the Knights' help and early evacuation, the number of casualties was minimized, possibly even completely reduced to nothing.

All circumstances considered, that was a good battle.

[2 - announcement]
It is time for me to reaveal the Pro-Earthling Party's plan. Listen well.

Many members of the High Council are still undecided about whether our races should fight, or cooperate. During the Grand Vote, the fate of the whole Gebian species shall be decided. At that time, we must be absolutely certain that the majority of the council members will support the Pro-Earthling Party. And we shall earn their support by showing them the amazing advances of Earth's civilizations!

Our Minister of Health, Acenith, will pay a visit to Earth in around 2 weeks. She is obsessed with sports - not professional ones, but amateur sports, as a way to spread healthy living and spirit of competition and cooperation among the people. To show her that the spirit of sportsmanship is strong within Earthlings, we shall organize games for her to watch. And I ask you to be the participants.

Skills do not matter - it is not about ability, but healthy enthusiasm! The Ministry of Health is influential - show your spirit to Acenith, and many other council members, not just her, will support cooperation! Take your time to prepare, and think what disciplines you would like to perform. I shall not force anyone to participate; but the bigger the games are, the better our chances of success.

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Wait.

Do you mean to tell me that the anti-earthling party is not a radical militant fringe group, but is in fact an equal participant in a democratic government with your side?

Edited 2014-06-21 20:52 (UTC)

We're supposed to play sports to impress the minister?

[Izuru is surprised.]

"So...to save the earth from another invasion, we're going to have to...entertain our would-be invaders?" Yancy asks, frowning.

"That's a little degrading, isn't it?"

So you're saying that a sports meet is going to decide the fate of humanity? And that we should focus on showing enthusiasm above all else?

SO YOUR GOVERNMENT IS RUN BY MORONS.

PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE, I SUPPOSE. I'LL ORDER SOME OF MY PEOPLE TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM.

So we're supposed to prepare teams for sporting events to entertain a minister from your high council so we can try to persuade more of your people to cancel the invasion of our world and instead approach us diplomatically as an equal?

I blame everything else that's happened so far with this outfit for me not being surprised by this.

So did you have a particular type of sport or venue in mind? Is it just going to be UG personnel or did you want to involve more civilians now that your people aren't so much a secret anymore? In the first case I guess we could get a soccer team together or something. I didn't have much time playing sports as a kid but I was passable in that, maybe check with the others and see if we could swing something else like baseball, softball, or Volleyball accordingly.

Well... I don't want to simply brag but... I think I'll be able to help you out with that. I'll be certain to have Beauty, Toppo, and Reika come along s well.

But allow me to ask, is there anything special you'd like to have demonstrated to them?

I am...torn.

The Knights really do mean well, but...

You mean... if this council votes to not invade the Earth... there won't be any more attacks? At all?

General, I have an idea. We really should show the breadth of earth's sport to the council members.

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