[FMP!] Panic at the Time Loop
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Panic at the Time Loop
That I came up with a funnier acronym partly on accident, or the fact he's missing this...
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"Now then, is everyone here?" Sosuke quirked an eyebrow as he looked at the assembled group, which consisted of most of the TDD's command staff, Kaname (who had come on the 'save Sosuke crusade'), Mao, Kurtz, the breach team, several curious Amalgam soldiers, and a leering Gauron.
No one is sure how he got here, nor where Sosuke had gotten the dry erase board, but this wasn't the time for rational inquiry.
"I believe I was about to explain this machine." he pointed at the ODOREATER with the pen he had in his hand.
"You mean it dosen't eat odors? That's a crappy ODOREATER, Sosuke." Kurtz smirked at his own little jibe, though Sosuke didn't even look back at him.
"...Roanapur Special."
Sagara turned around and fixed his stare at the now green sniper, nodding slightly at him being cowed before turning his attention to everyone else. "The acronym was unintentional, but made it easier to express. And after several thousand loops working on this machine, I expect you to act like adults when addressing it." He snorted and began to draw on the erase board. A circle, with three small rings surrounding it. "Who can tell me how many dimensions can humans normally perceive?"
Silence reigned for several moments before Kaname hesitantly spoke up. "Isn't it three?"
"That's correct, Chidori-san. But as you all know, there are more then three." he turned to start drawing more circles. "From what I have been told, there are at approximately 12 dimensions of reality that exist for us. Whispered are directly connected to these upper dimensions through a sort of niche in our reality, and are apart to a subsystem of a much larger system that rests here." He put a large 'X' on the 12th ring and quickly continued. "This machine uses that connection as an anchoring point, slowly working through the dimensions up to the subsystem."
This time, it was Mao who spoke up. "But didn't you say they were directly connected? How come you gotta work your way up and not just plug in?"
"Because that would fry my brain." Leonard said with a frown marring his bishonen features.
"It's not even yours."
"Like I said, it's the principle of the thing."
They could feel the silence growing downright oppressive, turning to see the befuddled and slightly disturbed crowd. Thankfully, Gauron seemed unaffected.
"As I said before, the Whispered are connected to this system. So in order to follow said connection, we have to use the brain of a whispered as a focus. And several loops ago, the Leonard Testarossa of then decided to offer himself to my needs."
Poor Tessa looked more and more horrified with every word, looking between her brother and her apparently deranged former subordinate. "B-But he's r-right there. How c-could you take out his b-b-brain?" She stammered out, twisting her braid so quickly she didn't even notice when she'd caught her fingers in it.
"Well obviously I didn't do it. I didn't have that kind of dexterous skill at the time. But Sawyer-san is surprisingly skilled at cutting implements other then a chainsaw when the money's right." That was enough for Kurtz, who lead a small group of soldiers to go empty their stomachs. Sagara didn't even notice. "And it was a Leonard Testarossa of another loop, as I stated previously. Please keep up, Captain.
"But the primary reason we don't is because of the language barrier. If one simply plugs into the system without proper filtration of the information, your inner ear implodes, your eyes rupture, and you will slowly be driven insane by the fleeting glimpse of a singular letter of the deific alphabet. So to successfully perceive, I have theorized you should slowly work up awareness to these dimensions, which will relieve some of the stress on Leonard's brain when it comes to translating the information in a readable format."
He lost them at 'inner ear implodes', got them back at 'deific alphabet', and lost them again at 'translating'.
"....you're reading the word of God?"
Sosuke rolled his eyes at that, unsure who made the inquiry. "Of course not. Kami-sama's input is on an entirely different server. I am merely reading the information written by normal gods. At least, am working my way to being able to without irreparable physical and psychological damage."
Kaname had had enough of this insanity, straightening her posture and giving their impromptu teacher a level stare. "Are you sure you aren't insane already, Sosuke?"
"Not entirely." He didn't miss a beat in his reply, causing several people to facefault, others to facepalm, and Mao to just shake her head at how little he was helping his own case. "But if you wish for a demonstration, may I have your walkie-talkie, Mao-san?"
"Uhh...sure." She hesitantly got up and fished it up as Sosuke walked over, taking it from her and walking back to the dry erase board. "What'cha gonna do with it?"
"I'll explain shortly." He said before looking at the object, a small frown creasing his features as he began to inhale. Everyone felt a strange prickling as the hairs on the back of their necks stood up, wary glances being exchanged at what was about to happen.
Then he whistled.
Well, technically it wasn't a whistle. There was too much involved in that brief exhalation of air, seeming to reach the apex of human hearing and beyond before the sound dipped into a mix of a deep-throated hum and a seemingly unintelligible garble that escaped his lips. In the singular second it took to make this bizarre cacophony of noise, Mao's walkie-talkie was crushed into a speck of plastic and circuitry the size of a pea. The entire room gasped, though attention was briefly drawn away from the musical destruction when the Captain and Chidori made a much...throatier gasp.
Sosuke quirked an eyebrow at how they suddenly flushed and leaned against one another, shifting his glance over to Leonard for some sort of input on the matter. But the man was of no damned help, as he was leaning against the board and had pulled his coat to cover the crotch of his pants for some inexplicable reason.
Mao, more used to this insanity then anyone, looked back to Sosuke. "...and what letter of the gods was that?"
".......would you believe it is possible 'O'?"
"Yeah. I believe that was an O-Note alright."
That I came up with a funnier acronym partly on accident, or the fact he's missing this...
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"Now then, is everyone here?" Sosuke quirked an eyebrow as he looked at the assembled group, which consisted of most of the TDD's command staff, Kaname (who had come on the 'save Sosuke crusade'), Mao, Kurtz, the breach team, several curious Amalgam soldiers, and a leering Gauron.
No one is sure how he got here, nor where Sosuke had gotten the dry erase board, but this wasn't the time for rational inquiry.
"I believe I was about to explain this machine." he pointed at the ODOREATER with the pen he had in his hand.
"You mean it dosen't eat odors? That's a crappy ODOREATER, Sosuke." Kurtz smirked at his own little jibe, though Sosuke didn't even look back at him.
"...Roanapur Special."
Sagara turned around and fixed his stare at the now green sniper, nodding slightly at him being cowed before turning his attention to everyone else. "The acronym was unintentional, but made it easier to express. And after several thousand loops working on this machine, I expect you to act like adults when addressing it." He snorted and began to draw on the erase board. A circle, with three small rings surrounding it. "Who can tell me how many dimensions can humans normally perceive?"
Silence reigned for several moments before Kaname hesitantly spoke up. "Isn't it three?"
"That's correct, Chidori-san. But as you all know, there are more then three." he turned to start drawing more circles. "From what I have been told, there are at approximately 12 dimensions of reality that exist for us. Whispered are directly connected to these upper dimensions through a sort of niche in our reality, and are apart to a subsystem of a much larger system that rests here." He put a large 'X' on the 12th ring and quickly continued. "This machine uses that connection as an anchoring point, slowly working through the dimensions up to the subsystem."
This time, it was Mao who spoke up. "But didn't you say they were directly connected? How come you gotta work your way up and not just plug in?"
"Because that would fry my brain." Leonard said with a frown marring his bishonen features.
"It's not even yours."
"Like I said, it's the principle of the thing."
They could feel the silence growing downright oppressive, turning to see the befuddled and slightly disturbed crowd. Thankfully, Gauron seemed unaffected.
"As I said before, the Whispered are connected to this system. So in order to follow said connection, we have to use the brain of a whispered as a focus. And several loops ago, the Leonard Testarossa of then decided to offer himself to my needs."
Poor Tessa looked more and more horrified with every word, looking between her brother and her apparently deranged former subordinate. "B-But he's r-right there. How c-could you take out his b-b-brain?" She stammered out, twisting her braid so quickly she didn't even notice when she'd caught her fingers in it.
"Well obviously I didn't do it. I didn't have that kind of dexterous skill at the time. But Sawyer-san is surprisingly skilled at cutting implements other then a chainsaw when the money's right." That was enough for Kurtz, who lead a small group of soldiers to go empty their stomachs. Sagara didn't even notice. "And it was a Leonard Testarossa of another loop, as I stated previously. Please keep up, Captain.
"But the primary reason we don't is because of the language barrier. If one simply plugs into the system without proper filtration of the information, your inner ear implodes, your eyes rupture, and you will slowly be driven insane by the fleeting glimpse of a singular letter of the deific alphabet. So to successfully perceive, I have theorized you should slowly work up awareness to these dimensions, which will relieve some of the stress on Leonard's brain when it comes to translating the information in a readable format."
He lost them at 'inner ear implodes', got them back at 'deific alphabet', and lost them again at 'translating'.
"....you're reading the word of God?"
Sosuke rolled his eyes at that, unsure who made the inquiry. "Of course not. Kami-sama's input is on an entirely different server. I am merely reading the information written by normal gods. At least, am working my way to being able to without irreparable physical and psychological damage."
Kaname had had enough of this insanity, straightening her posture and giving their impromptu teacher a level stare. "Are you sure you aren't insane already, Sosuke?"
"Not entirely." He didn't miss a beat in his reply, causing several people to facefault, others to facepalm, and Mao to just shake her head at how little he was helping his own case. "But if you wish for a demonstration, may I have your walkie-talkie, Mao-san?"
"Uhh...sure." She hesitantly got up and fished it up as Sosuke walked over, taking it from her and walking back to the dry erase board. "What'cha gonna do with it?"
"I'll explain shortly." He said before looking at the object, a small frown creasing his features as he began to inhale. Everyone felt a strange prickling as the hairs on the back of their necks stood up, wary glances being exchanged at what was about to happen.
Then he whistled.
Well, technically it wasn't a whistle. There was too much involved in that brief exhalation of air, seeming to reach the apex of human hearing and beyond before the sound dipped into a mix of a deep-throated hum and a seemingly unintelligible garble that escaped his lips. In the singular second it took to make this bizarre cacophony of noise, Mao's walkie-talkie was crushed into a speck of plastic and circuitry the size of a pea. The entire room gasped, though attention was briefly drawn away from the musical destruction when the Captain and Chidori made a much...throatier gasp.
Sosuke quirked an eyebrow at how they suddenly flushed and leaned against one another, shifting his glance over to Leonard for some sort of input on the matter. But the man was of no damned help, as he was leaning against the board and had pulled his coat to cover the crotch of his pants for some inexplicable reason.
Mao, more used to this insanity then anyone, looked back to Sosuke. "...and what letter of the gods was that?"
".......would you believe it is possible 'O'?"
"Yeah. I believe that was an O-Note alright."
Panic at the Time Loop
Being bored and deciding to use these to re-rouse my writing urges, decided afew of these to help get out of my head.
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"EHHH?! This is the woman you bumped uglies with?!"
If there wasn't a gun point pointed at his face, Sosuke would probably have shot Weber about halfway into that little declaration. Especially since now the entire street was gaping at him like fish, and even more so in the little troupe that Revy was walking with. And as you can imagine, she didn't look pleased.
"So, tellin' these assholes all kinda things, aren't ya Sagara? I didn't you had the balls." Revy leaned in, cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth as she leaned in and gave him a strange combination of leer/glare/sneer only she could perform. "Maybe I should try and cut 'em off."
Drastic measures were needed. "Last time you attempted such, we ended up doing other things." Sosuke stated calmly, able to see the anger in her expression briefly gutter out at the straightforward audacity from the stoic young man. Mardukas' jaw just hung open as surprise overwhelmed manners, while Kalinin had to turn to hide his smirk. And now with everyone offguard, to press the assault. "What can I do for you, Levy-san? You mentioned taking me to see Balalaika-san." Mention of the battle-scarred russian helped Revy focus back to the task at hand. Which was better then her focusing on the pistol still pressing against his jaw.
She blinked and withdrew the weapon, setting the Beretta back into its holster before speaking. "Oh yeah. She knew you just came in, and wanted me to take ya to Hotel Moscow. Seems some package got dropped off or somethin." She shrugged and turned to start walking away. "Hurry tha hell up! I'm not doin' this as a favor for you or anything."
Sosuke, Mardukas, Dutch, and Kalinin were quick to follow after, the remaining group briefly cohering together so they could whisper amongst eachother. "You really mean he did it with Revy?" Benny murmured, ignoring the way it made Rock twitch before glancing back to see if he'd been heard. "Man, that kid's got guts." "No kiddin." Kurtz whispered. "That chick is all kinds of crazy." The group nodded in agreement before finally going after the others. This story was only getting stranger, and they just HAD to see this.
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No one was sure what scene to expect when they got to the top Floor of Hotel Moscow, waiting at the fine oak double doors with a sense of growing foreboding. Was the Captain alright? Was she in the midst of some Machiavellian horror they were too late to foil? Was she...
...having tea and cooing over what looked like a scrap book?
"And this one is of Sas-chan when I first met him, looking all soury and holding that AK-47." "Awww! How adorable!" "I know! Ah, you're all out of tea." Balalaika looked up from the leatherbound tome so she could motion to Boris, who quickly shuffled over with a kettle of tea in hand and plate of finger sandwiches in the other. The woman had the good sense to pick up her teacup before the floor thudded from how hard most all of the new arrivals had facefaulted. Of course, the object of their amusement had gone ramrod stuff and was sweating bullets.
It was worse then he'd thought!
"So good of you all to come." The queen of Hotel Moscow paused to sip her drink and look at them with unabashed amusement. "I admit I thought about torturing this little waif that wanted to 'talk' with Revy-chan, but then she mentioned Sas-chan and...Andre." She caressed her unscarred cheek as she mentioned Commanded Kalanin, who was now starting to sweat and exchange nervous glances with Sosuke.
"I-I'm glad to see you looking well, Vladilena." Andre managed after pulling himself together, coughing into his hand and trying to look more informal. The smouldering look said woman gave him made him start sweating again. And Tessa was about to throw gas on the fire. "That's right. You mentioned knowing Commander Kalinin before Afghanistan and Helmejistan. Did you two serve together?"
"That we did, Tessa. Andre was my superior in spetsnaz. Mm...so superior." She practically cooed and took a sip of her tea. "And he broke my heart when he deserted...then put it back together when he saved my team after Russia pulled out and left us to rot." Her expression flashed between murderous, amorous, and several others that made afew people nervous. Save Revy and Tessa, who were listening with rapt attention and almost matching looks of awe. The former because it sounded so romantic, and the other because the woman she considered a big sister rarely spoke of her halcyon days.
Which was part of why Sosuke had decided to abandon all concepts of bravery and camaraderie by starting to slink for the door, only to throw himself to the floor when a gun was fired into the overhead of the door.
"And where do you think you're going, Sas-chan?" Balalaika set down her gun and lit herself a new cigar. "I think you and Andre owe me for finding your precious captain. Boris, close the doors." as those doors slowly swing shut, Sosuke found himself hating his life so very much.
The bunny suit was going to be involved. He was sure of it.
Being bored and deciding to use these to re-rouse my writing urges, decided afew of these to help get out of my head.
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"EHHH?! This is the woman you bumped uglies with?!"
If there wasn't a gun point pointed at his face, Sosuke would probably have shot Weber about halfway into that little declaration. Especially since now the entire street was gaping at him like fish, and even more so in the little troupe that Revy was walking with. And as you can imagine, she didn't look pleased.
"So, tellin' these assholes all kinda things, aren't ya Sagara? I didn't you had the balls." Revy leaned in, cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth as she leaned in and gave him a strange combination of leer/glare/sneer only she could perform. "Maybe I should try and cut 'em off."
Drastic measures were needed. "Last time you attempted such, we ended up doing other things." Sosuke stated calmly, able to see the anger in her expression briefly gutter out at the straightforward audacity from the stoic young man. Mardukas' jaw just hung open as surprise overwhelmed manners, while Kalinin had to turn to hide his smirk. And now with everyone offguard, to press the assault. "What can I do for you, Levy-san? You mentioned taking me to see Balalaika-san." Mention of the battle-scarred russian helped Revy focus back to the task at hand. Which was better then her focusing on the pistol still pressing against his jaw.
She blinked and withdrew the weapon, setting the Beretta back into its holster before speaking. "Oh yeah. She knew you just came in, and wanted me to take ya to Hotel Moscow. Seems some package got dropped off or somethin." She shrugged and turned to start walking away. "Hurry tha hell up! I'm not doin' this as a favor for you or anything."
Sosuke, Mardukas, Dutch, and Kalinin were quick to follow after, the remaining group briefly cohering together so they could whisper amongst eachother. "You really mean he did it with Revy?" Benny murmured, ignoring the way it made Rock twitch before glancing back to see if he'd been heard. "Man, that kid's got guts." "No kiddin." Kurtz whispered. "That chick is all kinds of crazy." The group nodded in agreement before finally going after the others. This story was only getting stranger, and they just HAD to see this.
----
No one was sure what scene to expect when they got to the top Floor of Hotel Moscow, waiting at the fine oak double doors with a sense of growing foreboding. Was the Captain alright? Was she in the midst of some Machiavellian horror they were too late to foil? Was she...
...having tea and cooing over what looked like a scrap book?
"And this one is of Sas-chan when I first met him, looking all soury and holding that AK-47." "Awww! How adorable!" "I know! Ah, you're all out of tea." Balalaika looked up from the leatherbound tome so she could motion to Boris, who quickly shuffled over with a kettle of tea in hand and plate of finger sandwiches in the other. The woman had the good sense to pick up her teacup before the floor thudded from how hard most all of the new arrivals had facefaulted. Of course, the object of their amusement had gone ramrod stuff and was sweating bullets.
It was worse then he'd thought!
"So good of you all to come." The queen of Hotel Moscow paused to sip her drink and look at them with unabashed amusement. "I admit I thought about torturing this little waif that wanted to 'talk' with Revy-chan, but then she mentioned Sas-chan and...Andre." She caressed her unscarred cheek as she mentioned Commanded Kalanin, who was now starting to sweat and exchange nervous glances with Sosuke.
"I-I'm glad to see you looking well, Vladilena." Andre managed after pulling himself together, coughing into his hand and trying to look more informal. The smouldering look said woman gave him made him start sweating again. And Tessa was about to throw gas on the fire. "That's right. You mentioned knowing Commander Kalinin before Afghanistan and Helmejistan. Did you two serve together?"
"That we did, Tessa. Andre was my superior in spetsnaz. Mm...so superior." She practically cooed and took a sip of her tea. "And he broke my heart when he deserted...then put it back together when he saved my team after Russia pulled out and left us to rot." Her expression flashed between murderous, amorous, and several others that made afew people nervous. Save Revy and Tessa, who were listening with rapt attention and almost matching looks of awe. The former because it sounded so romantic, and the other because the woman she considered a big sister rarely spoke of her halcyon days.
Which was part of why Sosuke had decided to abandon all concepts of bravery and camaraderie by starting to slink for the door, only to throw himself to the floor when a gun was fired into the overhead of the door.
"And where do you think you're going, Sas-chan?" Balalaika set down her gun and lit herself a new cigar. "I think you and Andre owe me for finding your precious captain. Boris, close the doors." as those doors slowly swing shut, Sosuke found himself hating his life so very much.
The bunny suit was going to be involved. He was sure of it.
Aside from the WTF moment it makes every time people say or think about it? Partly to establish a history, a souce of amusement/emnity with the rest of the Black Lagoon crew, and because the events leading up to it will never be told so it continues the overall mystery and lulz. It can be completely disregarded by anyone if they want to add any, and I may even put in afew more snippets now that I look back and think of afew.
Kaname and Tessa's Awakening, seriously I can not think of a better reason for them to Awaken then this:
Sousuke looked down at the Loops hard work, after several Loops of practice, this Loop he had carefully had managed his relationships with both Kaname and Tessa so that he didn't favor either of them and that they reached maximum closeness just before the Reset would happen. At that point he seduced both of them and promised that they would work things out in the morning while he relied on the knoweldge that for him morning would never come and he wouldn't be confronted with that thorny problem. And then he felt the Reset start.
When the Reset cleared he found himself back in his apartment when Kaname and Tessa first meet, and judging by the looks he was getting not only were they Awake they remember what her had just done and had been briefed on the Loops and how they shouldn't remember everything.
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Basically Sousuke tempted Fate in the way he seduced Kaname and Tessa and Fate struck back by not only Awakening them but also by filling them in on the way the Loops work and that thing about how it should be impossible for them to Awaken
Sousuke looked down at the Loops hard work, after several Loops of practice, this Loop he had carefully had managed his relationships with both Kaname and Tessa so that he didn't favor either of them and that they reached maximum closeness just before the Reset would happen. At that point he seduced both of them and promised that they would work things out in the morning while he relied on the knoweldge that for him morning would never come and he wouldn't be confronted with that thorny problem. And then he felt the Reset start.
When the Reset cleared he found himself back in his apartment when Kaname and Tessa first meet, and judging by the looks he was getting not only were they Awake they remember what her had just done and had been briefed on the Loops and how they shouldn't remember everything.
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Basically Sousuke tempted Fate in the way he seduced Kaname and Tessa and Fate struck back by not only Awakening them but also by filling them in on the way the Loops work and that thing about how it should be impossible for them to Awaken
How Souske really lost his virginity:
“Kaname ...” Started Sosuke.
Before being interrupted by Tessa screaming “THAT SELFISH BITCH.”
“And Tessa.” Finished Sosuke, causing the named individual to faint, Kurz to acquire and lecherous grin and Mao to smile proudly at her 'little brother's' accomplishment.
[hr]
“Alright, Sosuke, now that sleeping beauty was recovered from the shock you gave her you ARE going to tell us how you lost your virginity to both her and Kaname with Tessa remembering.” Demanded Mao in her best big sister voice.
“I was reliably informed that it was improper to talk to other about people about my sexual encounters.” Countered Sosuke.
“It's wrong for a man to brag, Sosuke, but it's fine for a woman to share.” Responded Mao.
“Fine, if you're sure. You are familiar with the movie Ground Hog Day, yes?” Asked Sosuke.
“Um, yes, but what's got to do with you sleeping with Kaname and me and me not remembering.” Replied Tessa.
“The short and simple version is that I am currently trapped in one running from the day when we where first given the mission to protect Kaname to the day we would normally graduate from high school. Given that any relationship will ultimately lead nowhere I choose not to advance them, normally by playing them against one another, that time however I was unable to do so as the two of you accidentally entered into the deepest possible Resonance, the two of you where not prepared to take no for an answer.” Explained Sosuke.
“I just remembered that there's some important paperwork I need to deal with, so I will speak to you to later.” Rambled Tessa as she got up from her chair and made her way towards the door.
“Well things aren't looking too bad, she not mentioning gene splicing equipment yet.” Stated Sosuke.
“What's she doing?” Asked Mao.
“Gone off to come up with a plan that she and Kaname can use to win me over now that she's got prrof that fighting won't work.” Answered Sosuke.
“Kaname ...” Started Sosuke.
Before being interrupted by Tessa screaming “THAT SELFISH BITCH.”
“And Tessa.” Finished Sosuke, causing the named individual to faint, Kurz to acquire and lecherous grin and Mao to smile proudly at her 'little brother's' accomplishment.
[hr]
“Alright, Sosuke, now that sleeping beauty was recovered from the shock you gave her you ARE going to tell us how you lost your virginity to both her and Kaname with Tessa remembering.” Demanded Mao in her best big sister voice.
“I was reliably informed that it was improper to talk to other about people about my sexual encounters.” Countered Sosuke.
“It's wrong for a man to brag, Sosuke, but it's fine for a woman to share.” Responded Mao.
“Fine, if you're sure. You are familiar with the movie Ground Hog Day, yes?” Asked Sosuke.
“Um, yes, but what's got to do with you sleeping with Kaname and me and me not remembering.” Replied Tessa.
“The short and simple version is that I am currently trapped in one running from the day when we where first given the mission to protect Kaname to the day we would normally graduate from high school. Given that any relationship will ultimately lead nowhere I choose not to advance them, normally by playing them against one another, that time however I was unable to do so as the two of you accidentally entered into the deepest possible Resonance, the two of you where not prepared to take no for an answer.” Explained Sosuke.
“I just remembered that there's some important paperwork I need to deal with, so I will speak to you to later.” Rambled Tessa as she got up from her chair and made her way towards the door.
“Well things aren't looking too bad, she not mentioning gene splicing equipment yet.” Stated Sosuke.
“What's she doing?” Asked Mao.
“Gone off to come up with a plan that she and Kaname can use to win me over now that she's got prrof that fighting won't work.” Answered Sosuke.