Relief

[star_of_sad]

I almost can't believe it. No, no, that's all wrong. I knew it all along. I knew Toby, I mean lt Watson, was safe.

[Despite all the dramatic circumstances that happened lately, Setsuko acts really happy and glad. It's like if a great weight was taken off her body and troubled mind.]


Good to be back, Unity Group. I bet everyone's wondering what I've been up to lately, right?

After the La Gias tragedy, I woke up in headquarters of some people. They call themselves Chimera, and it looks like they're interested in gathering information and distributing it for good of mankind, this kind of stuff. This is why they knew about Asakim.

They told me to keep my head down if I'm to find him - and looks like it worked. I told one of them, really nice guy, about Unity Group. They knew about us already of course, but that one guy promised he'll get in contact soon. So yeah, that's pretty much it.

...


We had time to talk, Setsuko and I. I know what heppened to her, and to Chief. Asakim Dowen got away this time, acting like that Patulia thing was enough to take us down. It wasn't, and the next time we meet...

Comments

[majestic_keiki]

It's good to have you back. [Especially after having seen how Setsuko dealt with his absence.]

[glorystargo]

The feeling is mutual, let me tell you. It feels great to see familiar places and people... looks like you got a few additions in the meantime, though?

[actuallyselfish]

"Chimera?" Dido asks, blinking in confusion.

Then she smiles. "Whatever. Good to see you, Toby. About time we got someone back."

[tiger_ken]

You said this group knew who Asakim was... So then... who?

[Ken asks the obvious question.]

[glorystargo]

Yeah, that's the name of their organisation. Kinda weird, huh? But don't let it fool you, they're the good guys.

[glorystargo]

A mysterious jerk who works solo and seems to be after something... or someone.

Not a lot of info, I know.

[cloningblues]

I can't believe Asakim is still alive! I saw him and his machine get crushed by a gravity well before my eyes...!

[star_of_sad]

It looks like he can somehow get better even from something like this...

[actuallyselfish]

"What do they do?" Dido asks. "Or defend, as the case might be?"

[tiger_ken]

About the same as we knew... except for the solo bit. I thought maybe he might have had allies or something... but I suppose if he's working alone, then we can focus a bit more on specifically countering him whenever he shows up.

Good to have you back, by the way.

[caressthedarkness]

That person with the black machine...

...Was he not supposed to be...

[Dead, she'd say.]

[glorystargo]

Looks like they're specialists in uncovering hard-to find information and making sure it reaches good ears. Or something like that.

[glorystargo]

He acted like we're no match for him, but he ran away. If he stayed his ground, something tells me we'd have finished him off here and there.

[glorystargo]

Dead? Yeah. So everyone's telling me.

[majestic_keiki]

We did get a few, yes. Unity Group has a much less stable membership that I expected when I joined.

[glorystargo]

New people join and old people... yeah.

[Toby doesn't want to say it out loud, especially since many Unity Group members didn't really leave out of their own free will.]

Anyway! Now I wonder who was first to join Unity Group. Any ideas?

[actuallyselfish]

"So they're...private eyes? With mechas?" Dido asks, frowning.

The image she's forming in her head of Chimera is really, really divorced from reality.

[majestic_keiki]

I'm not sure...Unity Group existed before I joined. But I think it had only just been founded. Maybe some of the other people who were at Nora Colony know?

[cloningblues]

Either he got really lucky, is really good, or has some sort of regeneration ability. I don't like it...

But what matters is that you're all safe. We'll get him next time.

[glorystargo]

Let's see now. We were around before you MJPs joined, but it looked like most people were still settling in.


I think the Octo Squad was first. Or perhaps Walt's Genoace team?

[glorystargo]

Not quite. It's... well, I guess I'd better let that guy explain himself when he comes in to say hello.

[glorystargo]

Yeah. Killing him won't be easy, but today showed us that he can be beaten.

[tiger_ken]

At the same time, it took everything we had - including Denzel and Shirakawa's lives - to take him down, and still he came back...

He said he 'healed'. Someone like that could be really troublesome...

[majestic_keiki]

Probably the commanders, actually. They seemed to be in place before any of the front line personnel showed up.

[star_of_sad]

Oh. Right.

[This is a bit awkward.]

I'm not trying to talk againt them or anything, but it just feels... that they are a bit distant, since we never fought together. Of course it's not their place to be on the battlefield, someone has to give orders.