A disconcerting revelation

[break_the_nine]

[With the recent events happening Leos is just waiting for the eventual moment in which Loni and crew get off scot free... so he drags himself to the lounge and crashes onto the sofa with a blank and bitter look on his face. Linking to the TV he starts flipping through the channels, not even noticing if anyone had followed him in. Then something catches his attention. Not you though...]



Wh... wha- No...No...NONONONONO!!!!

[Bolt upright Leos is rapidly flicking back through the channels at lightning speed, trying to find the image that horrified him this badly.]

Please...  he's dead! I saw him die-

"And just last week Nineball stunned the Arena Audience with yet another victory. Rumors were abound about his apparent demise but clearly they've been proven false! Hopefully we'll be able to get a chance to see both him and the newcomer Leos Klein in a showdown to determine who's number one!"

[Leos doesn't say a word. Simply sliding out of his chair in shock.]

Comments

[break_the_nine]

The one on the TV or the one I saw die?

[star_of_sad]

I don't know. Which one sounds more likely? It could be either one.

It's an explanation that makes more sense than just people coming back to life. After all, Raven's Nest could just have made a similar AC and pretend the old pilot's in the new unit...

[break_the_nine]

Maybe... but how he fought...

[Its very similar. A downright match in fact. Leos presses a hand to his face and grits his teeth.]

[star_of_sad]

That doesn't mean anything yet...

[What is the truth behind this? Setsuko doesn't know. She doesn't know if they'll ever discover it, either.]

What are you going to do now?

[break_the_nine]

I need to find out what's going on. I don't know how but I have to.

[star_of_sad]

Do you have any contacts inside Raven's Nest?

Or maybe... maybe that scientist? Elan Cubis? He was also Nineball's target, maybe he can tell you something now!

[break_the_nine]

The only contact I have in the Nest is Lana.... maybe... she's been with them for a long time. I can check with her.

Elan too.

[star_of_sad]

After everything that happened, I think Elan will be more likely to help us... err, I mean help you.

I think your handler had mostly Progtech's self interest in mind, and everything else was, well...