Fudo Frustrations

"I hate him."

Boss and Hakra frowned as Angellica let those words slip and stared dead into Bao's eyes.

"I hate him," she repeated. "I hate everything about him. He's just like my parents, but with more influence. Fudo's personality is sewage, and I want to let him now just how bad of a person he is."

"Yeah, scream in his face! Get in there, be a rebel! Tell Gramps the future's yours, now!" Xiulan said, Hakra holding her back best as she could.

Bao's gaze did not waiver as she replied, "DO YOU THINK IT WILL CHANGE ANYTHING?" The cow girl opened her mouth and closed it several times, at a loss for words.

Xiulan scoffed. "You gotta call 'em out on this sorta shit, or they'll never learn anything, Bao!"

"I DID NOT ASK FOR YOUR INPUT, XIULAN." The dullahan flinched and turned away, grumbling something under her breath. "I ASK AGAIN: WOULD YOUR WORDS SWAY HIS MIND?"

All was silent, until Angellica swallowed and said, "I... don't think so."

"THEN WASTE NO BREATH ON HIM. SOME SAY PEOPLE ARE LIKE ROCKS, EVER UNMOVING, BUT EVEN ROCKS ERODE AND BREAK DOWN WITH TIME AND PATIENCE. NO, HE IS LIKE A TSUNAMI, DETERMINED TO BULLDOZE ANYTHING AND ANYONE THAT DOES NOT FIT HIS VIEWS, REGARDLESS OF THE CASUALTIES. HE WOULD SOONER KILL GODS THAN ADMIT THAT HE WAS EVER WRONG IN HIS FEEBLE MIND.

IF HE IS DETERMINED TO SET OFF ON THIS WARPATH, THEN WE MUST RETALIATE AS SUCH. WE CUT OFF HIS SUPPLIES BY GAINING EVIDENCE OF HIS BLATANT MEDDLING WITH THE YAKUZA AND REVEALING IT TO THE DIET, THEN SET OUT AND TURN PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST HIM. DESTROY ALL HIS RESOURCES AND STRIP HIM OF HIS SOCIAL STATUS, AND WATCH AS HE GOES MAD AS CONTROL SLIPS THROUGH HIS FINGERS LIKE WATER.

HE WILL BE MOST DANGEROUS WHEN HE IS WELL AND TRULY CORNERED. WE MUST NOT HOLD BACK, BECAUSE HE WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR DOMINANCE, PRAY FOR KAMIKAZES TO BOMBARD US AND BRING US DOWN SWIFTLY. WHEN HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO LOSE, AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN, HE WILL FIGHT, AND HE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.

YOUR ANGER IS JUSTIFIED. USE THAT ANGER CONSTRUCTIVELY, IN A WAY THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT CHANGE, RATHER THAN TRYING TO SPEAK TO A TSUNAMI."