Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 34

[October 16, 2151]
[Global Union of Divisions Headquarters]
[Antarctica]

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Outside of the base, in the shallows off the shoreline, Godzilla and his daughter Jira continue to work on developing her various abilities with slightly more success than a few hours earlier. On her latest attempt, Jira manages to produce an almost fully functional nuclear pulse, but before the energy is released, the technique suddenly backfires, throwing her onto her back; smoke comes out of her nostrils.

Godzilla pulls his daughter back up to her feet and motions for her to try again. As she continues to practice, Serizawa's Light sits off in the distance, next to the G.U.D. headquarters' ruined surface building currently under repair.

He watches as the young monster continues to try to activate a nuclear pulse; she never quite manages to correctly emit the energy. After the third failed attempt, the Warmonger walks over to the pair. They turn around to face him; Jira looks up at Serizawa's Light with a curious expression in her large golden eyes.


(Satoshi Yamane): May I?


Serizawa's Light motions his hands towards Jira whilst looking Godzilla square in the face. The king of the monsters grumbles indignantly, but he appears to understand the machine's intent and lumbers into deeper waters to lie down.


(Satoshi Yamane): Now, I don't know if you can understand me, but watch closely.


The Japanese Warmonger points to his head, then at his chest region. Jira watches intently, and tilts her head to the side slightly as she observes what her new tutor is teaching her; she quite clearly understands at least the basic gist.


(Satoshi Yamane): Your mind controls how you use your energy, but your power is concentrated in the center of your body. You need to focus on drawing out that power in a controlled manner from your core into whatever form you desire.


Serizawa's Light spreads his legs a bit and pulls his arms inwards, close to his body. He motions his head at Jira, who proceeds to do the same. Godzilla is still lying down in the deeper end of the shallows; he briefly opens up one eye to take a peek at the Warmonger teaching his daughter.


(Satoshi Yamane): Now, when you get better at it, you can draw out your inner strength on the fly, even in the heat of combat. But for right now, doing these stances will help clear your mind so that the process is easier to focus on. Close your eyes, and focus on your inner strength.


Jira closes her eyes and tilts her head slightly upwards. Her eyelids begin to wrinkle as she concentrates hard; at first, nothing happens. However, after a few seconds pass, a faint blue aura begins to form around the young monster's entire body; her underdeveloped dorsal plates glow the same colour. Godzilla notices this and pokes his head up above the water to see his daughter.

The little monster's aura begins to grow in brightness and intensity, until finally, she opens her eyes, which are glowing the same colour as her body's aura and dorsal plates, and roars as loud as she can; she emits a blue wave of energy that knocks Serizawa's Light back a bit and briefly shuts down all the power in the G.U.D.'s headquarters.

She appears to be visibly tired but is otherwise physically fine. She relaxes her body and looks up to her Warmonger tutor with absolutely joy. Serizawa's Light gives her a thumbs-up; the two turn to see Godzilla lumber up to the pair. He gives his daughter a pat on the head, looking quite proud at her progress. He then turns his head to the Warmonger and gives him a look of approval. The three of them walk inland to begin the next phase of teaching.

Within the confines of the base's various sublevels, personnel are undergoing their duties; they've effectively become the resistance in the wake of the Legion invasion. In particular, aside from Serizawa's Light topside, all the other Warmongers are docked in the hangar and undergoing tune-ups and repair; Tzar Bomba V2 and Union's Warrior have shut themselves down for the process, leaving Blade of the People as the only active Warmonger.

From the main doors, a security detail walks through; they're escorting Yang Lee in a prison jumpsuit. The security team walks the prisoner across the catwalk before stopping in front of Blade of the People.


(Feng Lee): Leave us. I'll take care of her from here.


The security detail releases their grip on Yang Lee and walks back through the main door.


(Yang Lee): You must have quite a few questions.

(Feng Lee): I'm gonna take my time.