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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 5

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  1. "Losses and victories on both sides of this conflict."
  2.  
  3. "I anticipated this. They are most assuredly unaware of my role in this long game of shadows."
  4.  
  5. "Still, though...... The little one. I must look into that matter further, if only to satiate my curiosity and anger."
  6.  
  7. "There will be no more Metarchs born of this stretch of reality. Not as long as these Humans exist to taint this sacrament."
  8.  
  9. "Perhaps it is time, then, to let the lesser denizens out from the shadows that I inhabit."
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  16. [July 16, 2166]
  17. [Airfield]
  18. [Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
  19. [Antarctica]
  20. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  24. During this time of crisis, the Antarctic headquarters for the Global Union of Divisions is busier than ever; C.D.F. detachments are scrambling, Guardian Sentinels have mobilized, etc.
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  26. Amid all this chaos, a lone civilian private VTOL has landed near the entrance to the main building, an usual sight to be sure during a global emergency. However, C.D.F. security knows the purpose of this vehicle's presence and has prepared an escort for the VTOL's occupants; some members of the on-site G.U.D. representatives have also come out to meet with the visitor.
  27.  
  28. From the back of the personnel carrier bay, a single person steps out; he has artificial legs, and grey facial and head hair. This guest is none other than Jiro Ifukube, the legendary researcher and operations commander of Project Warmonger. The security detail is quick to help escort the VIP through the main entrance; he appears to only be carrying a briefcase with him. As they move into the elevator, some of the on-site representatives start to converse with him.
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  30.  
  31. (King Eugene Roy): Always during crises that we have to meet. Isn't that right, old man?
  32.  
  33. (Jiro Ifukube): You're not exactly a spry lad yourself, Eugene.
  34.  
  35. (King Eugene Roy): Heh.... That I'm not, indeed. So what's in the briefcase?
  36.  
  37. (Feng Lee): That'd be us, your highness.
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  39.  
  40. The sound of a woman's voice from a seemingly inanimate object raises some eyebrows from the other G.U.D. representatives and the C.D.F. security guards, though the King of the British Super-Nation is relatively nonchalant about the whole ordeal.
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  42.  
  43. (King Eugene Roy): Ah, so the old guard is here as well. Good to hear you again.
  44.  
  45. (Feng Lee): Likewise, King Roy.
  46.  
  47. (King Eugene Roy): You knew my brother well enough. He'd want you to call me Eugenie Boy.
  48.  
  49.  
  50. At the mention of King Roy's deceased sibling, the mood shifts from playful reintroduction to serious consideration; nobody else speaks for the remainder of the elevator ride down into the lower sublevels of the G.U.D.'s headquarters. The door opens up, and the group files out into a hallway; they walk into one of the war rooms at the end of the hallway.
  51.  
  52. Inside of this war room, many C.D.F. officers are currently engaged in discourse over the current crisis; military R&D personnel are in their own circles discussing possible scientific breakthroughs from recent months that could be beneficial to averting the global emergency.
  53.  
  54. Everyone stands at attention and salutes once Jiro Ifukube enters the room.
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  56.  
  57. (Jiro Ifukube): I'm not your director anymore, people. No need to salute me.
  58.  
  59. (Gnl. Rico Rasczak): Sorry, SIR, but a living legend doesn't get to dictate how his loyal former staff gets to greet him.
  60.  
  61. (Jiro Ifukube): You haven't changed one bit, Rico.
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  63.  
  64. The two aged men shake hands. Afterwards, they turn their attention to the holographic projection table in the middle of the war room. Currently, the table displays multiple combat simulations from around the globe, along with direct feeds to various C.D.F. positions. Most of the simulations are of various Kaiju and the newly determined Mimetic Colossi that are assaulting major population areas; things like their physical characteristics, abilities, etc., are commonly displayed.
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  66. The direct feeds, however, showcase a more chilling picture; many display C.D.F. positions being quickly overrun by various different mixed forces from the Axis Alliance, or them being completely destroyed by Kaiju and Mimetic Colossi.
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  69. (Gnl. Rico Rasczak): It's time to get serious. What's the lay of the land this time, Jiro?
  70.  
  71. (Jiro Ifukube): I brought the ex-Warmongers with me to look over some possible leads.
  72.  
  73. (Gnl. Rico Rasczak): You did, eh?
  74.  
  75. (Feng Lee): That's right, sir.
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  77. (Gnl. Rico Rasczak): You always have a way of surprising me, Ifukube. Alright, enough with the pleasantries. What leads do you five have that we could feasibly pursue? My forces are stretched pretty thin right now.
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  79. (Jiro Ifukube): The main one we had in mind was in the direction of the red planet. U.A.C. director Samuel Hayden.
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  86. [O'Connor Station]
  87. [Viewing Port 1]
  88. [U.A.C. Extended Colonization Facility Beta]
  89. [Viking 1, Mars]
  90. [Open Territory - U.A.C.]
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  94. Throughout O'Connor Station, the main building for Kaiju containment and personnel arrivals and departures, chaos ensues.
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  96. Most personnel are absent, though a few scattered individuals are seen running away from unknown entities. One staff member is running for his life down the hallway next to one of the Kaiju viewing ports, but he trips on some equipment on the floor and falls down. As he struggles to get back up, a flash of orange lightning and a Satanic circle strikes on the ground behind him.
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  98. He looks up from the spot where the otherworldly lightning struck; an intense screech is directed at him.
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