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1 - Alhambra, out-of-the-way room
[During the attack on Alhambra, Kagura's concern was, primarily, with the Graveyard personnel. Mute as she is, she managed to get people to pack up and safeguard everything important and evacuate in time for the damages to the base and their labs to have minimal effect on Graveyard material.
The problem is that among the damaged areas was Kagura's room. Which means she no longer has a locked place to hole in.
So at one point, if you're wandering around the most remote areas of the base, you might hear a male voice shouting. Closer inspection reveals Kagura in front of a screen, being absolutely ripped a new one by one of her superiors. The words "against intent of orders" "risk" "insubordination" "liability" "we can have you scrapped" "never fly again" and so on are used a great many times, while the fairy simply stands there and takes it. Not like she can defend herself, she can't even talk. So she's standing at attention with a fixed frown - so fixed, in fact, it's kind of disquieting. In the end, the commander signs off, and Kagura relaxes, floating down to a table with a thoughtful expression.
She makes some tiny scratches on a piece of paper with a mechanical pencil's small lead bar. It looks like some kind of diagram - it's very, very little, since Kagura has small handwriting even for her size, but there seem to be initials, relation arrows, and X marks on some. And she's so absorbed that she hasn't even noticed you.]
2 - Gym, late at night
[Late at night, if you go near the gym, you might notice a light turned on. Going in makes it clear nobody is using it, though...
...until you decide to look on one of the tables. Kagura is on it there, using bottlecaps as weights, surrounded by open handbooks on muscular rehabilitation. The effort has opened a few of her old wounds, but the fairy is too focused on keeping going despite the pain to care about the little drops of blood dripping on the paper.
She does notice someone coming in, though, which makes her drop the weights with a startle and turn around to look at you accusingly. Is there no bloody privacy in this place, seriously.]
[During the attack on Alhambra, Kagura's concern was, primarily, with the Graveyard personnel. Mute as she is, she managed to get people to pack up and safeguard everything important and evacuate in time for the damages to the base and their labs to have minimal effect on Graveyard material.
The problem is that among the damaged areas was Kagura's room. Which means she no longer has a locked place to hole in.
So at one point, if you're wandering around the most remote areas of the base, you might hear a male voice shouting. Closer inspection reveals Kagura in front of a screen, being absolutely ripped a new one by one of her superiors. The words "against intent of orders" "risk" "insubordination" "liability" "we can have you scrapped" "never fly again" and so on are used a great many times, while the fairy simply stands there and takes it. Not like she can defend herself, she can't even talk. So she's standing at attention with a fixed frown - so fixed, in fact, it's kind of disquieting. In the end, the commander signs off, and Kagura relaxes, floating down to a table with a thoughtful expression.
She makes some tiny scratches on a piece of paper with a mechanical pencil's small lead bar. It looks like some kind of diagram - it's very, very little, since Kagura has small handwriting even for her size, but there seem to be initials, relation arrows, and X marks on some. And she's so absorbed that she hasn't even noticed you.]
2 - Gym, late at night
[Late at night, if you go near the gym, you might notice a light turned on. Going in makes it clear nobody is using it, though...
...until you decide to look on one of the tables. Kagura is on it there, using bottlecaps as weights, surrounded by open handbooks on muscular rehabilitation. The effort has opened a few of her old wounds, but the fairy is too focused on keeping going despite the pain to care about the little drops of blood dripping on the paper.
She does notice someone coming in, though, which makes her drop the weights with a startle and turn around to look at you accusingly. Is there no bloody privacy in this place, seriously.]
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[When Ren talks about that, though, the little fairy simply shrugs (which she probably wouldn't do if she realized how silly and cute she looks when she does that. It's impossible to shrug dignifiedly when you look like Kagura). She then takes her little pencil lead and writes on a nearby piece of paper. She's brief, because writing big enough for Ren to see makes it slow. The words are:]
expected
learn interesting things
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Expected? Maybe, but it doesn't make it right.
What interesting things do you mean?
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1+ commands compromised
Cardinal mission = success => traitor = failed
who plots with who?
who is angry/worried/scared? [Kagura underlines "worried" twice] suspicious?
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[Looking sheepish, Ren backs off a little.]
It's hard to find someone around Unity Group who wasn't worried or scared, or angry during the last few weeks. These are natural human reactions, so unless someone keeps acting like that all the time...
Aha.
Are you saying Loni Gavin and his friends were actually a part of some kind of plot?
[And now Ren gives Kagura an expectant look, like someone who tries to guess an answer to a puzzle and waits to see if it's the correct one.]
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no. graveyard command is compromised. someone did not want Cardinal Shaft operation. probably had plans. I ruined them. i am trying to find who is traitor.
venczel is different matter. gavin uncle possibly related? yes. but only possibly.
separate conspiracies more likely.
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But, what kind of plans would anyone have related to the Cardinal Shaft? The PRAYERs weren't exactly something humans can use or work with... to my understanding at least.
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PRAYER tech valuable. SEAL field. Mistletoes. SOL drives. Xanthez sabers. All PRAYER tech. [Basically everything Graveyard operatives use are cobbled together versions of legitimate PRAYER technology]
Cardinal Shaft = central control
Control PRAYERs => Free access to PRAYER tech + army
understanding PRAYER => dimension advantage => power bid?
Dangerous.
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Only a really reckless and short-sighted person would attempt that. Are there people like that in the Graveyard?
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I think I understand why you feel the way you do a little better now.
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also
[Kagura breathes. How to explain this without taking three paragraphs - her arm is just not going to hold for three paragraphs more, right now]
killing PRAYER = impossible
Graveyard succeeded = do impossible
people who do the impossible, usually ambitious
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graveyard bad reputation. sketchy past. necessary. not understood so.
resentment. alienation.
combination feeling: fuck the world.
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...
[Ren seems to consider something.]
Did they all join willingly? I'm not familiar with your organisation's recruitment process I'm afraid.
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none forced officially. but Graveyard very good at being "only option left". special gifts get pressure.
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Let's keep an eye out. I assume we don't have a suspect or anything yet, yes? Do you have any friends who will keep tabs on Graveyard's inside doings even while you're here?
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yes
and yes
several suspects. finding out. also sources. favors owed.
angry people give away. rants telling.
mistletoe = weak. small. stupid. -> me = not threat
[And Kagura stops for a moment here, to catch her breath, and grins an extremely evil grin that looks so out of place on her fairy features]
no threat -> bully -> make mistakes. clues.
hunting
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[Ren seems thoughtful after reading those words.]
The people of Graveyard do not know you very well.
I am certain only very few in Unity Group would underestimate you just for being a Mistletoe.
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because you don't speak with mistletoes. they do.
mistletoes ARE stupid. fact.
[Kagura writes the capitals there, with an indecipherable frown]
children. dependent. want nothing. don't strive.
no guile.
used to mistletoes -> consider me less threat
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But they are not used to Major Kagura. It isn't fair to stereotype - even if a lot people from one group are like that, there are always exceptions.
Everyone is unique in some way. Everyone is special.
You are the best proof of that.
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I think you're getting a bit tired right now so I'll leave you be. Still, I'm glad I could see you in such a good mood, Major Kagura.
[Ren salutes briefly.]
Please get better soon.