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<Sandwitches> <Sandwitches> ---------5 Weeks since V-Day---------


<Sandwitches> <Sandwitches> --------------Bay City---------------


<Sandwitches> <Sciencegar> The city's patron, the one behind its construction, gazes down on her great work. It gives her little comfort.


<Sandwitches> <Sciencegar> She looks over at her partner. "How much longer?"


<Sandwitches> <Sandwitches> "They shouldn't be... TOO much longer...  Just be ready."  Her partner says.   "


<Sandwitches> <Sciencegar> She nods, and continues to pace, looking out on the vista.


<Athon> The scent of recently wet earth signals the appearance of one brown skinned beauty, standing beside the two others as if she had been always there.


<Sandwitches> "Lora...  thats means that all three of us are here...  We should be ready for her then."  Her partner smiles.


<Sciencegar> The one in the red dress sighs. "I goddamn hope so."


<Sandwitches> "Mamoru is with my Father.  There shouldn't be any interruptions."


<Athon> "We're making it happen then?"


<Sandwitches> She nods.  "I believe that the three of us in this greeting party should be impresive enough to prevent her from making any snap judgements."


<Sciencegar> <Sciencegar> "I do kinda wonder if we shouldn't meet her somewhere...a little classier. I know we need secrecy, but..."


<Sciencegar> <Sciencegar> "Hmmph. So hard to know what'll work best. Especially if they're as powerful as the rumors say."


<Sciencegar> <Athon> "It could do more harm than good. Our cultures could be so diferent that a simple gesture like that could end up creating a lot of problems to us."


<Sciencegar> <Sciencegar> "We know they live in space and don't use planets like most species. So it might not make a difference, a dusty rooftop might be as good as a fetid swamp or glitzy office in their eyes."


<Sciencegar> <Athon> "So, taking it slow and easy would be best for us, no?" Lora nods, smilling.


<Sciencegar> <Sciencegar> "Yeah. Be assertive but non-threatening, I think is the key."


<Sciencegar> <Athon> "But stay on your guard. We really have no idea what to expect..."


<Sciencegar> <Sciencegar> Katina nods, leaning back against the wall.


<Sandwitches> Something Rumbles in the Distance...


<Athon> "Here it comes."


<Sciencegar> Katina stands up, arms folded as she waits.


<Sciencegar> Then as she focuses on the distant noise, concern marrs her face. "What is she doing?"

<Athon> "Hm? Something wrong?"

<Sciencegar> "Val's here!" She floats up, drifting over to the speck on the horizon.

<Athon> Lora blinks, floating after the other woman.

<Sandwitches> "...  Is that a Lillim?"  Katina's partner looks more than a bit confused as shes left behind.

<Sandwitches> The Speck on the horizon rapidly approches, taking the shape of a familiar Red skinned and Red haired woman, who seems to be akwardly flying towards Katina and Lora.

<Sciencegar> Katina flies up to her. "Val, what are you doing here?"

<Athon> Lora follows suit, tilting her head in confusion.

<Sandwitches> "Katina...  I...  I think I'm going insane!"

<Sciencegar> Katina grabs her friends hand. "What is it? Are you sensing something?"

<Sandwitches> "I keep...  Hearing a voice...  And its like...  theres more voices, behind it..."

<Sciencegar> Katina swears hard under her breath. "Listen to me, Val, its ok. I think what you're getting, is some kind of psychic feedback."

<Athon> "... Damn."

<Sandwitches> "But... I'm not a fucking psychic!  I don't have wierd powers like that!"  Says the Red Skinned woman with Wings and a Tail.

<Athon> Lora rolls her eyes, but says nothing.

<Sciencegar> "Listen, Val, it's not about your powers, as such. I think. I'm formulating a theory, I'm going to guess this race, er, shit, I didn't explain that part..."

<Sciencegar> "Listen, we're getting visitors soon, in a secret meeting, and its possible their powers are affecting you somehow. I don't know all the details and I don't think I'm allowed to, but, the main point is, if this goes well this should be temproary."

<Sandwitches> "What am I supposed to do!?  This is...  Its like I...  Like my mind is open...  I'm hearing them...  and I think it can hear me."

<Sciencegar> "Look, don't let it get to you. If you can't block them out, then go with it, and take a stand among the voices. Let them know you're not intimidated by them all."

<Sandwitches> "... Right...  You're right...  This isn't like me..."

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<Athon> "Hmmm. Maybe I could help? I know you're not one of mine, but I could try!"

<Sandwitches> She opens her mouth to protest...  and then closes it.  "...  Go ahead."

<Athon> Her AT field flares for a moment, as she concentrates on the red woman.

<Sandwitches> At first nothing happens...  but after a moment it seems to almost be... funneled through something...  And her expression softens.  "There gone..."

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<Athon> Lora smiles, nodding. "Yeah, I thought so."

<Sciencegar> "Gone? Just not talking, or have they moved?"

<Sandwitches> "Thank you Lora..."  She nods to the Seed, before looking to Katina.  "So...  Should I uh...  Go get my mech?  You two don't normally get together like this unless something big's about to happen..."

<Athon> "Eh... We're more on a diplomacy thingy!"

<Sandwitches> "...  And thats  the sign for me to go home."  She turns and takes off...

<Sciencegar> "Val!.....Take care, this might get complicated."

<Sciencegar> "And...Sorry that this inconvenienced you. If I could have, I would have warned you a little better."

<Sandwitches> She turns back for a moment and smiles.  "Alright Katina...  I trust you."  And with that...  shes gone.

<Sciencegar> Katina could not look more awkward right now.

<Sciencegar> She teleports back to the rooftop, and leans against the wall again, looking less and less happy to be here.

<Sandwitches> And almost immediately notices that her Partner...  is nowhere to be seen.

<Sciencegar> She starts. "Kiyone? Kiyone, where are you?!"

<Sandwitches> "Soon, she will be the same place as your son."  a new, male voice mocks her.

<Sciencegar> The change from confusion to anger is instantaneous. The woman goes from an annoyed diplomat to a warrior in bloodrage with such rapidity, and such magnitude, that it is difficult to believe this was a place of diplomacy a few minutes before.

<Sciencegar> In the second it takes her to turn towards the voice, the engagement of the full power of her AT field vaporises her dress, revealing her black and white carapace, rated for repelling cruise missiles.

<Sciencegar> As she speaks, her voice is amplified and echoed, rumbling the rooftop. "Who THE FUCK are you?"

<Sandwitches> "Hahahaha...  Straight to the point, I see..."  the voice echoes as a Bright green Sphere of light appears on the rooftop.

<Sandwitches> "Very well..." dark cracks appear in the sphere of green light, as a figure appears, consuming it.  He stands at an even six feet, with long silver hair.  Yellow eyes gaze at Katina with a contempt she's seen in others before beyond a pair of Small round spectacles.

<Sandwitches> "I am Kagato.  And as of today, this world, and the secrets of the universe it holds, are mine."

<Sandwitches> "I also happen to be the one responsible for your Sons little... Accident."

<Sciencegar> If it was possible for Katina rage to intensify, it somehow redoubles. Yet, at the same time, a little grin appears at the side of her mouth.

<Sciencegar> "So you're the one responsible for that thing...Another fool looking to control that shit for his own ends."

<Sciencegar> "Well, Mr Curious, I'm afraid to tell you, you've crossed the line. The next place you're goona be looking for secrets is Hell."

<Sandwitches> "Oh...  I'm nothing like the children that you've met, playing attempting to create their own Emotive Metal."

<Sandwitches> "What I have done is so much more.  I have taken Emotive metal...  and I have evolved it.  Evolved it into something much more powerful, and more importantly...  Something completely under my control."

<Athon> "So what? You think we're going to give you this world just because of your stupid threats?" Lora growls, staring at him with her red eyes.

<Sciencegar> "Fuck the world, I'm not letting him live on principle."

<Sciencegar> "We had enough trouble the last time, and he's not bluffing, his Zonder was way more powerful than the last ones. We're not letting him spread it around in the name of whatever fucked-up science he thinks is fun."

<Sandwitches> His dry, knowing smile only grows.  "No.  I don't expect you to simply hand it over to me.  Which is why I've spent so much time gathering the resources I have, and bringing them to bare on this... strange little world."

<Athon> "No matter what you throw at us, we will all persevere." Lora crosses her arms, grinning. "This 'strange little world' will be your demise!"

<Sandwitches> "Really...  Then why not show me, just what two of the so-called Goddesses of this world are capable of."

<Sciencegar> "No. No I won't."

<Sciencegar> The Foil Arms erupt from her back, not as limbs, but as claws, serrated and curved like scimitars.

<Sciencegar> "I going to show you what a wounded mother can do, you piece of shit!"

<Athon> Lora skin burns off revealing the white form of Lillith, distorting space around her. "Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned."

<Sandwitches> The man's left arm snaps up, and catches the claws, holding both back with no visble effort in the slightest with a single hand... no blood where his hand meets the bladed limbs.

<Sandwitches> His arm shifts ever so slighty, and drags the seed of the moon into the air, and across the rooftop, catching her face with his free hand, his palm pressing to her forehead with an strength beyond what she would expect even from someone like Lil'Arc.

<Sandwitches> "You were so perdictable...  You played into my plan perfectly, every single step."

<Sandwitches> "I took your son.  I built you up into a Paragon of Dispair and Anger...  And now you have become ripe for your new purpose."

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<Sandwitches> He Pulls Back his hand...  revealing a pulsating piece of purple metal melding into her forehead...  A large Capital Z in the center.

<Sandwitches> "You are mine."

<Athon> "YOU FUCKER."

<Sciencegar> "......" It happens too quickly for her to respond. She simply stands there for a moment, then drops to her knees in front of him, the foil arms going limp.

<Sciencegar> Then....She chuckles.

<Sciencegar> Even as the metal sinks into her face, and grows around her eyes, she can only chuckle.

<Sciencegar> "...I did it to myself."

<Sciencegar> The visor closes around her face, as all the black splotches on her carapace sprout into purple.

<Sciencegar> Armor springs from her body, and the Foil Arms spread out, sprouting dozens of wickes sword-blades.

<Sciencegar> She rises on new, bladed feet, as the rooftop begins to crack around her.

<Athon> Lora eyes widen, before she growling like an enraged beast. The earth itself cries, as her AT field flares once more, this time diagonally. The building shudders, as a part of it is cleanly sliced off.

<Sciencegar> Purple blood spurts against an AT Field....no, the field is purple now, but just as intricately layered as before, as a deep wound almost removes the new creatures neck, even through it's carapace.

<Sciencegar> But tendrils of Zonder metal flow like water, and the wound flows together again in a matter of moments.

<Sciencegar> "...Nice try. But you never were a fighter, Lora."

<Sciencegar> The chunk of building begins to fall, only for invisible forces to hold it aloft, as it begins to disintegrate and flow into a tornado of concrete around her.

<Sciencegar> "....Gotta start it this way. Have to follow the theme."

<Athon> Lora growls once more, rolling her eyes. "What's next? Evil villain monologue? Explaining your plan in careful details while tying me to a deathtrap?"

<Sciencegar> "No." The scavenged materials begin to plate around her, the entire building flowing like water as it is mechanised into her new form.

<Athon> "Aww, I was really looking forward to it." The seed takes a careful step back, her eyes still trained onto her former friend.

<Sciencegar> The concrete is transmuted efficiently, into the new hull of a battleship with legs, a titan that can barely be called human.

<Sciencegar> "Now," Says Zeruel, "We begin the lesson."

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