11* Anthony_Richardson leaves the hangar after the chat with his dad and decides despite his feelings towards him, he really needs to apologize to Mamoru for what he did. He sets off down the halls towards the personnel quarters to find him.
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<@macrophage> Anthony looks for Mamoru, and...it takes a while.  Like, a long while to find him.  He ends up finding about a hundred empty rooms and random places, before he finally runs into the person he's looking for.  In a room across from the cafeteria, Cynthia and Mamoru are talking, unaware that Anthony is entering the room.  They speak quietly.  Too quietly for Anthony to hear.
11* Anthony_Richardson walks up to them, and speaks rather awkwardly, "Uh...hi."
<@macrophage> Mamoru's eyes turn up to Anthony, and something akin to anger begins to situate itself on his face, before...Cynthia turns rapidly, voice angry.  "What do you want?"
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I...just thought I should apologize for what I did. I've always had trouble controlling my temper, and well...Look. Mamoru. I don't like you. I don't like your attitude, and I think you're a huge tool, but...you didn't deserve that. I'm sorry."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I'm not James. I'm not going to be friendly and ask us to be friends. We will never be friends. From now on I'm just going to leave you alone, but I felt I should apologize first.
<@macrophage> Mamoru stares at Anthony.  Meanwhile, Cynthia's standing.  "Well, maybe you should control yourself right the hell on out of here.", she really does look like Jane.  A really pissed off Jane.  Well, maybe less pissed than Jane is actually capable of being.
<@macrophage> Mamoru opens his mouth.  Cynthia speaks before he can even get a word out.  "Fine.  You said it.  Now leave."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Right. And don't worry, that won't ever happen again. Jane made sure of that..." he turns to leave.
<@macrophage> "Jerk.", Cynthia sits down as Anthony leaves.  Mamoru decides it's better to keep his mouth shut.
11<Anthony_Richardson> Well, that's out of the way. Now the arduous task of reconnecting with everyone else. Maybe...maybe start with James' Eva, Sarah. She doesn't know him at all, so it might be easier to fix things with her.
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11* Anthony_Richardson begins searching for her. If she's anything like James, hopefully this won't go so badly.
<@macrophage> Actually, if Anthony remembers, she totally saw him about to Cobra Kai Mamoru in the hallway, and she was screaming and crying.  And with a bit of searching, Anthony will find Sarah.  She's in the room next to James and Ai's.  The door is closed.  Does he really want to disturb her?
11* Anthony_Richardson reaches up to knock, and stops. 'Do I really want to go through with this?' he thinks. After awhile he knocks anyway. 'Can't move forward without trying at least...'
<@macrophage> He knocks, and...hears some noise from inside.  A short while, and...the door opens.  Sarah stands in the doorway, looking at Anthony, and....her neutral expression turns worried.  "Uhm."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Uh...hi...got a minute to talk?" he looks really awkward.
<@macrophage> "Yeah..", she takes a step backwards.
11* Anthony_Richardson gestures to the door, "May I...?"
<@macrophage> "Can we...do this somewhere around other people?", does he think she's going to be so naive?
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11<Anthony_Richardson> "Oh...! Of course. Sorry..."
<@macrophage> Sarah takes a step forward and tries to exit the room walking around Anthony as far as she can manage, and...starts walking very quickly down the hallway.
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11* Anthony_Richardson follows her as best as he can...without looking like he's chasing her.
11* Anthony_Richardson awkwardly tries to start conversation as they walk, "Um...what happened with Mamoru...I didn't want that to happen..."
<@macrophage> That's actually kind of hard.  He'll fall behind.  Sarah ducks into a room...the cafeteria.  If Cynthia happens to come over here and see him with her....well, it probably won't be pretty.  Sarah stands, waiting for Anthony to catch up, and looks at him with a big frown, waiting until they're in the room.  "That's a lie.  You said you were going to kill him."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Yeah, I know...it's just...I've always had problems controlling my temper. And, well...I can't go into too much detail, but I got involved in a personal matter that I really had no right to, and he set me off. I just...I don't like him. I'll admit that, but he didn't even come close to deserving what I did. I just thought I needed to apologize to him...to everyone really."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "...At least it won't happen again. Jane saw to that." his face loses some color as he mentions that. Even if she cornered him, he still hates himself for actually doing it.
<@macrophage> "It's stupid.", she'll say.  "What if we have to fight, and Ai gets hurt because of what you did to Mamoru?"
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I won't let her get hurt. I need to make this up for her, and for James and Jane and everyone else. Even if it kills me."
11* Anthony_Richardson sighs, "It just seems that I always make things worse when I want to help..."
<@macrophage> Sarah continues to frown at Anthony.  "It's too late to make it up.  You already hurt him.  Quit being so mean."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I don't want to be mean. I want people to like me, but I always screw up, or lose my temper, or something else. I'm just...not very good with people."
<@macrophage> "Maybe you should just leave us alone then, if you always screw up."
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11* Anthony_Richardson seems hurt by this, "If I do that, then it'll just worse and worse, until I'm that same lonely kid that nobody cared about. Jane, and James, and Ai never gave up on me, so I don't want to give up on this. If I can get better at dealing with other people, maybe I'll stop screwing up so often."
<@macrophage> "Then stop trying so hard.  All you're doing is looking like an even bigger jerk by bothering me or anyone else right after you did that.  I don't want to see you or be around you right now.  Okay?", she looks away from him, seemingly becoming more nervous as her voice gets quieter saying these things.
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Well...what was I supposed to do then? Something could happen to us at any moment. I just...don't want everyone to hate me..."
<@macrophage> "Then you shouldn't have done something wrong in the first place.  Blame yourself.", and...she's trying to leave now.
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I've always blamed myself. Even when something wasn't my fault, I'd rationalize it so it was. I know this was my fault this time, but I'm trying to make amends for it. What else am I supposed to do?"
<@macrophage> "Figure it out yourself.", Sarah says, and starts wandering off.
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I guess you're not like James at all...sorry to bother you then."
<@macrophage> Sarah's fists clench in anger, but she refuses to turn around and acknowledge Anthony.  She leaves him alone in the cafeteria.
11* Anthony_Richardson drops his head against the table, "Damn it, that was stupid. Why did I say that?"
<@macrophage> "What was that about?", Carlos, who's been pretty scarce recently, if only by virtue of not raising a ruckus or doing anything rash, sits down across from Anthony.  A soda can is placed before Tony.  He's got one, too.
11* Anthony_Richardson takes the can, opens it and drinks, "I'm trying to fix things after what I did to Mamoru, but I just keep making it worse."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I'
11<Anthony_Richardson> m just not good with people."
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<@macrophage> "I've been in a lot of fights.", Carlos will say.  "Even if you really don't hate the guy...he's going to hate the hell out of you afterwards.", he opens his own can, and takes a sip.
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I don't care if he hates me. I don't like him either...I just don't want everyone else to hate me. I lost control, and I'm trying to make up for it, but they won't let me. I just don't know what to do."
<@macrophage> "Well...", Carlos drinks some more.  "Give it time."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "That's the thing. I'm not sure how much time we have left. I'm sure we're going to be fine, but...just in case..."
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<@macrophage> "You can't always make up for the things you do.  But if you want things to be better...make sure we get through this long enough so that we have the time."
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11<Anthony_Richardson> "I'm not gonna let everyone die. I've got a lot to make up for, and even if I can't I'm damn sure going to try."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I didn't get through what I did, and kill death itself to lose at the end."
<@macrophage> "....I wonder what we'll find when we get to the end.  Just a little while longer."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Home. If this is all just a simulation, or whatever then I'll break into the code itself to give us somewhere nice. And this time...I think I wanna be there for it."
<@macrophage> "It's going to be just as hard when this is over, you know."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Nothing in my life has ever been easy. I've just stopped giving up."
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<@macrophage> "Well...I know it's not worth much.  But if you need backup...We'll be waiting to fill in for you if you can't go on."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "I'm tired of giving up. I'll only stop when I can't move." he smiles.
<@macrophage> Carlos nods.  "I'm sure everyone feels the same way."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Used to be I'd have taken up your offer and just left, but...lately I've realized how dumb I've been. About a lot of things."
<@macrophage> "Let's get something to eat and fix your eva.  I went into the hangar earlier...and it looks like crap."
11<Anthony_Richardson> "Must have been something it ate."
<@macrophage> End.