2022-10-29: His Intentions
- Cutscene: His Intentions
- Cast: The Gazel Ministry, Leah Sadalbari
- Where: ???
- Date: October 29th, 2022
- Summary: The events below have not been unnoticed by those above.
BGM: (Hitoshi Sakamoto, arranged by Noriyuki Kamikura, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together OST - Prayer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyACbfqI4vs
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"And his thoughts?" "To watch, and observe.
He is worried about what might come of a sudden move." "Doubtless he desires it. "Yes... but is it not a curse as much as a blessing?" "Scourge... anathema... blight..." "Why do we yet tolerate its existence?
It isn't of this world, or of God!" "In the proper hands... perhaps..." "But it is in the hands of the enemy." "Yes. For now." "...So you are advising intervention?" "Yes. Krelian is also in agreement." "How like him. Another toy?" "...Such a monstrosity should be purged.
Even now, in the hands of the Veruni, it..." "And what are his plans? "He has not said." "Silence affords him little." "He doesn't intend to keep those plans from you." The voice rings out within the chamber of the Gazel. A single woman in the stands there garbed in black armor. There is no mistaking Leah Sadalbari: they mark well her eyepatch, her artificial limbs, and her blue hair.
"So he has decided to make his move?" "Hmph. It's easy to guess what he wants." "Perhaps so," Leah says, her gaze steady on the hovering sphere that bears the consciousnesses of the Gazel Ministry, "Be that as it may, Krelian has sent me to tell he intends to claim the organism." "The 'tree'. That... thing." "Indeed. We have received word from intelligence that the Veruni may have made a breakthrough regarding its functions," Leah explains. "Time is of the essence. No doubt they intend to bring it to their mothership. Once it enters the Locus Solus, it will be out of our reach." This is a fact, one that the silence of the Ministry underscores. They may well possess the ability to unleash all of Solaris' might upon the Locus Solus, but even then-- The outcome would be no neat thing. They would be wounded even in victory, and crows ever circle after those who fall on the battlefield. "So your plan is to seize it before that happens." "Yes," says Leah, quite simply. "A small team should be sufficient. We have the element of surprise, but we must act swiftly. Krelian requests your cooperation with this mission." "Very well. But should this fail..." "Then I shall convey to him your displeasure, should that occur," Leah replies cooly. Her expression betrays nothing. |