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Colossus By Design: Season 3 - Excerpt 64

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  1. [April 26, 2168]
  2. [Jiran Island - Jiran Island Cluster]
  3. [Pacific Ocean]
  4. [Open Territory - G.U.D.]
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  8. After the strange behaviour exhibited by the larval Mothra and the reports coming in from Roth-Ma Island, a watchful is being maintained on both sister isles. However, among those present and still monitoring the situation, Anna Maximoff isn't among them, or at least won't be in a few moments. While Wei Ho continues to conduct his observations of Mothra, who seems to have gone back to setting up her mother's symbol as though the last hour hadn't happened at all, his former academic rival and best friend is getting aboard a VTOL set to leave the island.
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  11. (Wei Ho): Are you sure this is a good idea?
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  13. (Anna Maximoff): Logically, no. But emotionally, I feel it's my responsibility to at least visit Gojira and make sure she's alright. At least one of us needs to stay here and monitor the situation.
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  15. (Wei Ho): Well, it's not completely illogical. After the incident with Bloody Mary, the Destroyer, and the fleet stationed at Roth-Ma Island, Rasczak has initiated a military lockdown of the isle and the surrounding waters. Any research being conducted there is being restricted and monitored heavily, and the same could happen here.
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  17. (Anna Maximoff): I suppose I've always been the more adventurous of our little circle.
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  19. (Wei Ho): That you are, Anna. Look out for our girl, alright?
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  21. (Anna Maximoff): I always do, Wei.
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  24. Anna Maximoff steps onto the VTOL; the transport's bay door closes up soon after. The VTOL then starts to lift off the ground and ascend into the skies above. As it leaves, Wei Ho waves goodbye to his friend. The middle-aged Chinese biologist now turns his attention to his current charge once again. Before he can look at the surface outpost's feed on his datapad, an audio-only COMMS hail pops up in the centre of his screen.
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  26. Wei Ho accepts the hail, though with a bit of hesitance.
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  29. (Wei Ho): What do you want, Galu-gu?
  30.  
  31. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] Don't be that way, Dr. Ho.
  32.  
  33. (Wei Ho): If this is about your Mechagodzilla project, you can forget about it. I've made up my mind, and I don't want any part of designing your next iteration of war machine.
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  35. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] Now now, let's not be hasty, doctor. We know that Dr. Maximoff is heading to Wakkanai to "check up" on Gojira. We Bilusaludo feel it'd be beneficial if you aided in our current near-complete countermeasure tool. Your expertise in biologically-driven Ki systems would be particularly instrumental.
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  37. (Wei Ho): I don't think you heard what I said.
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  39. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] I heard well enough, Dr. Ho. However.... Our current Mechagodzilla is working off of another experimental design, one driven by DNA computer interfaces. Godzillasaur DNA computer interfaces.
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  42. Wei Ho stops mid button press before he can log off the communication channel upon hearing this comment. He then starts to become quite visibly angry, though nobody else pays any mind to him due to him being in his usual corner of the clearing. Before he blows his top, though, he starts to breathe in and out deeply and takes a few moments to mumble something to himself; this seems to calm Wei Ho down somewhat, though he's still rather intense in his expression.
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  45. (Wei Ho): How? How did you get Godzillasaur DNA? And more importantly, how are you able to work with it?
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  47. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] Good questions, doctor. We requested access to it for one of our experiments when we first came to Earth, and the Exif supported this notion. Ever since, the experiment has grown in complexity and potential thanks to the Gematron Crystals the Exif provided us, serving as one of the core bases for our end goal for Mechagodzilla.
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  49. (Wei Ho): And you want me to provide my feedback and technical expertise to ensure its success as the foremost expert on Godzillasaur genetics and biology. Which in turn would indirectly work towards your goal of this "ultimate end-goal" Mechagodzilla you Bilusaludo seem to almost worship.
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  51. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] And they say that you're the slower of the pair. So what do you say?
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  53. (Wei Ho): .......Fine. But under ONE condition. You promise to let Evangelion Unit-01 take the lead on subduing Gojira first before even thinking of sending in your Mechagodzilla III or whatever you're calling it.
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  55. (Cmdr. Galu-gu): [COMMS] It's a deal then.
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  58. Commander Galu-gu logs off from the conversation, leaving Wei Ho's datapad free for his original intent to monitor observations on Mothra and Battra. However, the good doctor finds himself conflicted and stalled, unable to bring himself to continue his original task. Wei Ho then notices that he's received a file folder in his mailbox; he promptly opens it up and is presented with several files detailing technical specs and biographical information of the latest version of Mechagodzilla.
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  60. The production name labels it as "Kiryu" instead of the usual simple Roman numerical designation addition to the Mechagodzilla moniker.
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  67. [STRQ Industries Underground R&D Centre]
  68. [Nagoya Japan]
  69. [Japanese Mainland]
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  73. In the massive underground training centre underneath Nagoya, Evangelion Unit-01's platform rises up once more. This time, the giant biomechanical humanoid is sporting a blue-painted version of the original test armour it was wearing, as well as larger shoulder plates and a more reinforced build overall that uses more advanced bolting and fused plating.
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  76. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] Alright, Unit-01, your vocal chords and COMMS feature should be working now. Try it out.
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  78.  
  79. At first, Unit-01 struggles to to make any kind of vocalization. After a few moments of practice, the Evangelion starts to make some garbled noises that sound somewhat like whale calls. Soon enough, the mechanoid manages to attain control over its articulation and fluency and starts to truly speak.
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  82. (Unit-01): Evangelion Unit-01, voice modulation now fully functional.
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  84. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] Excellent. Alright, today we'll be working on strength training. Please move towards the lift station.
  85.  
  86.  
  87. Eva Unit-01 walks towards the first training station. It looks like a massive crushing piston used to pulverize ore into finer particulates, though on a significantly larger scale. The mechanoid giant steps onto the target area and looks up at the piston above it. It then comes down on Unit-01, prompting the biomech to put both of its hands up to prevent itself from being crushed. At first, the Evangelion struggles greatly and is steadily being forced downward.
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  90. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] The pressure being forced by the piston is the equivalent of trying to lift a naval carrier being added every minute.. Even the Warmongers and Guardian Sentinels I've designed would struggle with this kind of downward force.
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  93. Eva Unit-01 continues to be forced into a more scrunched position, but the descent of the piston has been slowed down.
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  96. (Jiro Ifukube): [COMMS] Prove to me that you're better, that you're the BEST. PROVE TO ME THAT YOU ARE EVANGELION UNIT-01!
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  98. (Unit-01): I....... AM...... UNIT-01!
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  101. In an instant, Unit-01 pushes with all of its might, sending the piston upward with such force that it breaks the machine entirely.
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  108.  
  109. "I must know!"
  110.  
  111. "I must know where you hail from!"
  112.  
  113. "You sympathize with my cause!"
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  115. "I must learn of what you are, oh fellow Metarch!"
  116.  
  117. "Be patient, overseer. The wrath of the divine does not come so easily."
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