Liberty and Oppression

[Peter "The Owl"]

Peter waits, leaning against a tree. The sisters need to work this out on their own.

[Lady Violet]

(I'm at my home)
"I am actually off duty at the moment. I am waiting to meet with my PR person who has been quite stressed out over me lately. I pity the poor man."

I sit up, and although I am in my own home I assume my usual cool, professionalism.

"I can see the tests tomorrow when I return to work."

I do not ask about the cute girl that he met since it doesn't stand out as anything I should probe into.

[Noe "Ghost" Carlson]

((Oops. My mistake.))

"Yes, I believe I've seen some of his speeches. He's rather good. Amazing the things he comes up with. I thought it was most entertaining when he had the guard arrest one of the reporters for having a child who participated in that student protest that Lin-sat sent tanks to crush."

Noe examines the pictures again. "I just can't think of who she looks like. Here," he tosses the pictures onto the table, "Maybe you can help me. Does she remind you of someone?" The pictures are of Iris and the Ministry agent she went of a walk with. Most of them are focused on Iris but one shows the pair holding hands. "I saw her by one of the Ministries, which I thought was a little odd at the time but I think she must be the daughter of an employee. Why else would an agent be showing her the grounds."

[Sephos]

I am just about to reply to Zero and help her move Ericka's stuff out when the girl comes in and then goes into Bassarov's room.

"She looks rather beat up. We should probably have a look at those wounds. They look pretty surface level, but you never know..."

[Lady Violet]

"Her parentage is irrelevant. She is a creation of Red Infinity. I too am a creation of Red Infinity. Many of us are. The process that goes into such creations is not important. All that matters is that she exists to serve the Red Infinity as operator of the Little Sister Project."

I dislike his obsession with the Little Sister Project. He has asked me before. I don't mind telling him about it, but there are some things that simply are not worth saying. Some details are better left unsaid.

[Donald Morton]

I wish that I had access to all of Kolov's intelligence gathering equipment. I find a sketchy report about LIF members being shown to minister's homes, but no details... I sigh and begin writing up a formal request to attack known LIF installations.

["Zero" Americanski]

"She's feeling a lot of pain, but she doesn't want us to know it... We should probaly let her sleep and deal with her in the morning."

[Lana]

Lana hugs her sister and cries harder. "I'm so sorry Lena!" Lana glows blue. She is trying to heal herself.


((goodnight I is tired.))

[Sephos]

"Alright."

I feel bad just letting her be by herself. When people are all bloodied up like that, they usually need some attention... but you can't help people that don't want help, that's for certain.

I go back in and sit on the couch. It feels awkward talking about the room now, since my attention is now on the girl in Bassarov's room.

[Noe "Ghost" Carlson]

"Does she?" Noe picks up on of the pictures and looks as though he's suprised. "She's just a child." He sets the picture down again, "But I suppose you know what your doing." Noe shrugs and the pictures vanish. "Anyhow, I'm glad you'll be coming to the test then. It should be interesting. We'll be putting our pilot in the machine soon. Until this time the wanzer has been running on its automatic pilot."

[Hera]

The week I have spent in Helsinki has yielded little information about what The LIF is really up to. If only I had some connections with them still. If only they didn't want to kill me.

I send a message to Donald Morton that I am sorry it has taken me so long, but I will need to collect information for another day or two.

["Zero" Americanski]

I sit back down. "Sayuka tends to do that sometimes. As I said I'll talk to her later."

[Lena]

Lena hugs her sister back, lightly rubbing her back. "It's okay. Don't worry, I'll heal you, it's all right." She says as her hands glow a light blue. Her sister is healed in a few minutes with both their healing powers combined. "Come on, you still haven't met the other Eternal Light members, have you? Lets go back to Lapland, I'm sure you'll feel better, if not now, soon."

She smiles, wiping her sister's tears away. She looks toward Peter. "Thanks for not saying anything. We can go back to Lapland now, I'm sure Lana would be happy to meet the Eternal Light."

[Donald Morton]

I recieve a message from Hera, and I am glad for it. I write back to her, telling her she's doing a good job, and to come back safely and soon. The more I think about it the more protective I feel of her, and I want her back now but I don't have the nerve to order her back since she is trying to help me after all... I also send her F-143's phone number in case she needs help.

[Lady Violet]

"She is young, but so was I. I trust that this will work out. We will make sure that her life is as pleasant as possible."

I say nothing more, finding this topic to be uncomfortable or unpleasant.

"The ends justify the means."