Pacifist Run

[cloningblues]

[Asagi's watching the recorded footage from the recent fight in Russia on a screen.]

I don't think I'd ever see something like this before... But nobody died in that battle. Not even bad guys. I think that's a first.


But I wonder is it a good thing. That hostage-taking creep will do it again, and he might succeed in killing some people next time... Lilica almost killed Volya, too. And what the hell was that asshole Desta thinking? He almost killed hostages!

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[empress_without_a_throne]

The saving grace is that they're set in their ways. We're not. That might not sound very reassuring right now, especially not with what happened to Volya's uncle...

... But a one-trick pony will always lose to someone who can adapt to their plans.

[cloningblues]

Are they? I don't know. This was the first time I thought the Lady's Men and those Knights. And first time any of us encountered Lilica and Melech...

[empress_without_a_throne]

But if they show their face again, we'll be ready.

Melech's powers could be dangerous, but we know what to watch out for now... and also what he looks like and how to deal with them. And if Lilica had any tricks up her sleeve other than the Zone of Absolute Despair, she would've tried them on us.

[cloningblues]

Melech's robot was destroyed. Who knows what he'll be using next time.

...And I'm worried about civilians.

[empress_without_a_throne]

Believe me, I am too.

We're just going to have to make the most of the intel we've managed to recover.

[cloningblues]

Well, if the next fight with him goes as well as this one, I think I'll be okay with that.

...In the end. My stomach might have a different opinion though.

[herodrawing]

What! Why would someone shoot hostages?

[gold_four]

Well, as a military tactic its not exactly new, if the situation is untenable, but...

[Ataru is watching the footage as well. One part dumbstruck because the woman from the Star Rose tour was an enemy pilot, but then also...]

That was just stupid.

[majestic_keiki]

They're just trying to show off and look cool. It's all just about the story of how they're big heroes saving the world to them.

[herodrawing]

But... being a real hero isn't about showing off.

Is it?

[majestic_keiki]

No, it's not...But they want to look like they are. They're just kids playing.

[cloningblues]

Desta tried to shoot one of the mecha where the hostages were trapped because it was easier. Easier than trying to rescue them.

[majestic_keiki]

I'm sure he sees himself as a hard man making hard choices or something just as stupid.

[cloningblues]

Instantly going for the easiest resolution is not a hard choice.

[herodrawing]

I thought these guys are just like us, doing their best to try to be heroes.

But they're going about it wrong. This is all wrong!

[majestic_keiki]

Yes, it is. And we'll have to make up for it whenever we're forced to work with them.

[cloningblues]

Do we have to work with them? Couldn't we just tell them to get lost?

[herodrawing]

I don't think it's that easy...

[gold_four]

Not when they have the backing of a favoured officer of the government. Plus past successes to write this off as a one off.

Though that Desta guy... how much training does he even have?

[cloningblues]

I don't know does any of them have any formal training. But I've seen them fight, and they're good. Not just Desta, all three. That skill has to come from somewhere...

[majestic_keiki]

Which just makes their lack of discipline worse, they're far more capable of convincing themselves it works. And can cause far worse trouble.