The celebration

[srwu_mods]

"Hey guys, the place feels like a morgue today. Glum faces everywhere... someone died or something?"

Look who's back at Sakihama - FightSaber is in the hangar, and Loni is walking around the base corridors. He seems to be heading towards the kitchens, in search of cake and other festive foods.

"Me and friends just took down a big cell of those Good Men weirdoes, so I'm here to resupply. Our victory calls for a celebration, let's party!"

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[break_the_nine]

[Yeah Loni, see about what you just said. Leos is going to block your way to the kitchens. A very blank look on his face.]

...Get out. I don't care if you managed to beat an entire alien species. Get out and never come back.

[srwu_mods]

"Dude, what's your problem?"

Apollonius shrugs dismissively, an expression of disbelief and slight annoyance on his face.

"I'm just asking."

[break_the_nine]

People DID die! That's my problem!! I've lost two friends! A person who I wanted to be friends with...

[Leos teeth grind harshly as he glares at Loni.]

Me and everyone else are still hurting...

AND YOU WANT TO HAVE A PARTY!?

[srwu_mods]

"Relax. How was I supposed to know that?"

"And yeah. Everybody risked their lives to fight the bad guys and they did good, so they deserve a celebration. Everyone from UG is free to join too, ease the pain by having fun, you know what I'm saying?"

[break_the_nine]

...I know what you're saying...

[Leos is trembling badly, fists tight and voice shaky.]

What you're saying is... PLEASE BEAT THE EVERLOVING SHIT OUT OF ME FOR BEING AN ASSHOLE!

[Yeah no. Loni, Leos isn't even going to accept that line of thought and just bull rushes you in an attempt to stop his fist with your face.]

[srwu_mods]

"The fuck?!"

Loni jumps aside, evading the punch. His leg sweeps down low, aimed at your foot to knock your stance down.

[break_the_nine]

[Leos stance pretty much collapses and he's close to crashing into the ground. But something like that isn't going to stop him... oh no. He's scrambling back up to send another punch at Loni... but sadly that would have given Fightsaber's pilot enough time to prep a counter wouldn't it?]

SHUT UP AND LE-

[srwu_mods]

Unfortunately Leos, you get a cross-counter right in your face.

"Listen, I'm sorry for what happened, but I didn't really know any of those people. You can't expect me or anyone to feel sad just because you do. That's just pushing your problems on others."

[break_the_nine]

NGHN!!

[Leos hits the ground clutching his face, glaring hatefully at Loni all the while. This person. Why... why the fuck was he so strong?]

YOU DON'T EVEN FUCKING WORK HERE!! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WALKING AROUND LIKE YOU OWN THE PLACE!?

[tiger_ken]

[Thwack.

That would be the sound of a pudding cup being tossed towards Loni. Whether or not he caught it, he would find that having entered the scene behind Leos, and now trying to help a friend up to his feet, is Ken.]

You want food for your party? That's what you're getting. If you want more, then... learn to read people, and show some tact.

[The words come from Ken's mouth like he's just swallowed a bitter pill. Probably because he's had to learn that lesson - along with a few others - over the last week or so.]

[srwu_mods]

"Tact? He's the one who started lashing out!"

Loni stares at the caught pudding, puzzled.

"You're soldiers, right? You know people at wars die all the time. Why are you acting like it's my fault? I don't get it."

Time for double backup!

[kill_all_vagans]

[Ken's not the only one backing Leos up here!]

And you're the one who came here uninvited, oblivious to everything else, and expecting us to just forget everything and act happy.

There's no reason for us to do anything for you.

Re: Time for double backup!

[srwu_mods]

"And it's my fault that I don't know what happened while I was gone, how?"

"I thought you'd like to be cheered up, but if you'd rather get pissed off at people for not knowing everything, then I'm off too."

Truly Leos has some great friends.

[break_the_nine]

The only thing that would cheer me up right now is seeing you get flattened under someone's boot. Now hurry up and get lost...

[Leos rubs his face and flinches... yeah he sees a little blood on his fingers. Tastes some too.]

... Ken... Flit... thanks.

Re: Truly Leos has some great friends.

[tiger_ken]

Its your responsibility to decide how you act both in ignorance and in awareness. And intent alone does not make everything right.

[Turning to Leos, Ken pulls out a bit of cloth, and tries to wipe Leos' mouth... before flicking him, as well.]

That's for turning it into a fight. Seriously man, you can get thrown in the brig for that.

[Ken should know.]

[kill_all_vagans]

Yeah. We'll just... throw what we can spare at him supply-wise and he'll be out of our hair then.

At least hopefully.

You doing okay?

[break_the_nine]

[Leos barely reacts to the flick and nods.]

Yeah... 'm sorry.

[The Raven just shakes his head.]

I mean...I just couldn't take it. People died like that and he walks in saying he wants a party... I just couldn't...

Just... felt too familiar in a bad way...

[tiger_ken]

...Familiar?

[Ken asks, as he tries to lead Leos off.]

[break_the_nine]

... Was a few days after he killed everyone...

[Yeah, with how he said that 'he' it was clear who he was talking about.]

The first bunch of people who arrived when the smoke cleared up. They weren't talking about helping anyone who was still alive or burying people or anything like that... They were just talking about making a profit... bulldozing everything and building all their stuff over over it all... they didn't care about everything that used to be there... everyone that used to...

[Leos tensed a little.]

They just didn't care. Everyone else's problems were just that. All they cared about was what they wanted... instead of that jerk's ego it was their wallets...