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Well, something hit the Merlin. In fact, it was a heat-seeking missile from the raptors.

The Tristan is hit by the round...and stops in midair, before descending several miles near the Lazarus, crashing.

The Merlin is hit with the same round and goes down.

"No! Damnit! No!

This can't be! I'm....finished..."

The Merlin crashes and the chase ends, as both mecha explode into smoke and fire.

The crafts return to their unseen base.

Bonnie laughs insanely.

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Mara actually meows!

Several TIE fighters divert from the main chase to take the scout plane out.

The Merlin turns around, and a cannon sprouts out of it's shoulder.

"Here goes."

A golden beam of light shoots out, disintegrating any ship unlucky enough to be in the way. The LEPRetrieval shuttles escape. The Raptors are whittled to ten.

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Richard sighs.

"Oh fine.

Seriously, good to see you around again, Camille."

((Bloody hell.))

Valjean pins Clyde in a particularly sensitive area. Needless to say, he goes down screaming and spouting 'D'Arvits'.

Albrecht and Valjean make their escape, and see two mecha. One is golden, the other turquoise.

"The Knightmare Frames. Ninth generation. Custom built.

You take the golden one, Valjean. If you need an access code, it's Camelot. Medea will ride with you. I'm taking Lysander."

Valjean nods and runs to the Tristan, the golden Frame. Albrecht runs to the Merlin, dodging shots from the healing, but still disabled Clyde and Bonnie. The pale man is getting up, snarling.

Medea stands on the Tristan, scanning them.

"Initiating Engagement Protocol.

Jason, I call upon thee!"

A shattering sound is heard, and a tall man, in bronze armour, carrying a shining golden xiphos and a full, rounded shield appears.

"I am Jason, the Golden Protector! Fall before me, enemies of my master!"

".....D'Arvit!"

Clyde drags Bonnie away, running. He knows what a Persona is. And he doesn't want to face one right now. The pale man follows suit, but he knows he'll be outmatched soon.

More footsteps can be heard as the hangar door opens. Jason vanishes and Medea and Valjean climb into the cockpit of the Tristan.

Albrecht turns on the Merlin, which immediately detaches itself from it's straps and sprouts blue wings.

"Excellent."

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Richard smirks.

"Should we convince him Marie has a thing for him? It'll serve him right for shipping me with everyone."

Clyde fires several shots, all which the detective dodges, his eyes glowing red.

Medea drags a teen holding several white and red balls.

"I-is my family-

"They're fine. You'll be out of here soon enough, trainer.

Medea, put him in the Merlin. After that, get Valjean and get to the Tristan."

"Understood."

Medea carries the teen to elsewhere, while Valjean and Clyde battle.

Renaissance detective Geassed to live vs. Angry fairy with stolen LEP tech and good aim, woo!


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"Well, Alith IS desperate."

Richard smiles.


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Mara purrs slyly.

You can jump in now, if you like. The guys doing the adventure are mainly NPCs. Most of us are still at the Lazarus.

((There's another two bonus references there involving Persona. ))

"Alright, although with this whole hubbub of crap happening, not too fine. You?"

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Albrecht, Valjean, and Medea make it to the hangar without too much hubbub....

...then they are greeted by Clyde the elf, Bonnie the pixie, and a tall, pale man.

"Stand down!"

"You ain't going anywhere with the Weapon, you aren't."

Albrecht smirks and throws a canister at the pale man. The canister explodes into light, blinding everyone except Medea, who guides Albrecht and Valjean through, pushing Bonnie aside.

"Kill them!"

"Dammit, hun, I'm blind!"

"Initiating Trafuri protocol. Locating the Tristan and the Merlin."

Albrecht prepares to Geass anyone who walks near him, and Valjean draws his flintlock, as the light fades.

The pale man seems to be knocked out, but the two fairies are seething with bloodlust, and they draw their Neutrino blasters.

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Mara continues pouting.

Harbinger flips through his spell book.

Richard laughs and hugs Camille.

"Hey! It's been a bit since I got to properly talk to you!"

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Albrecht and Valjean walk near a laboratory. Three guards are nearby, unconscious. A fourth is on the floor, appearing to have committed suicide.

There, a humanoid figure is strapped to an upright frame.

"There she is. Let's get her out. Serah will be down here soon, and neither of us will have the ability to fight her off. Especially with her Caligula...."

"Right. I'll help you with ze straps, you turn ze automaton on."

Albrecht and Valjean unstrap the humanoid figure....which seems to be a gynoid. Only more ceramics and less metal. Valjean lays her on the floor while Albrecht tinkers with her system.

MEDEA OS V.2

COPYRIGHT OF LEGASPI CORP 2015

BOOTING UP SYSTEMS
CHECKING WEAPONS SYSTEMS
CHECKING EMOTIVE SYSTEMS
CHECKING POWER SYSTEMS
CHECKING CHEVRONS
CHECKING PARADOX ABSORBING CRUMPLE ZONES
CHECKING DUSK CORE
CHECKING HARD DRIVE
...
...
...

MEDEA OS OPERATIONAL.

The gynoid bolts upright.

"I'm sorry to wake you up, but it's time to go. Serah's on our tail. If you'd mind..."

"Of course, sir Schwarzschild. Right away."

The robot, or Medea, gets up and walks to the entrance. Albrecht and Valjean follow, watching out for anyone else.