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Post by Manah on May 12, 2017 9:59:08 GMT -5
Mine
"Whew... here we are", Mine noted. "Whoa, this is a nice forest... the view must be nice from up there. But then again, we arrived by Air Manta, so I guess I actually got an eyeful", she said with a smile.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 15, 2017 11:39:38 GMT -5
"Indeed." Chelsea said leaping down into the tower.
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Post by Manah on May 15, 2017 13:25:55 GMT -5
Mine
"Well, thanks for getting us here and sorry about earlier", Mine said, patting the air manta gently, before leaping down after Chelsea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 (Ef.) in Parkour (Acrobatics) to leap down, bringing my shoes along in my hands.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 19, 2017 13:35:28 GMT -5
It cooed in response and flew off.
The floor of the tower was smooth polished hardwood with little furniture that wasn't wrapped in plastic to avoid being soaked by the moisture. Luckilly there is a storage room where you find some rugs to sit and lay on as needed.
"Now comes the hard part.. Waiting." Chelsea said.
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Post by Manah on May 19, 2017 20:41:57 GMT -5
Mine
"Right", Mine agreed as she sat down by her side. "...Do we know what to expect? Will there be, like, a light, or a rumbling, or a portal or something like that? Or do we have to stare at the woods for any unusual movement?"
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 22, 2017 10:46:21 GMT -5
"We just have to watch for men in armor and looking demonic showing up in the woods." She said.
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Post by Manah on May 27, 2017 22:59:26 GMT -5
Mine
"Right. Want the first watch or I take it?" Mine said with a nod.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on May 30, 2017 18:47:57 GMT -5
"You're the one with the scope. Best you take it." Chelsea said kicking up on a sofa.
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Post by Manah on May 31, 2017 9:21:32 GMT -5
Mine
"Got it", Mine said as she got up, and reached for Pumpkin, switching it to its sniper rifle form. "Take it easy, I'll survey the area." 10 (Ef.) into Black Ops (Search area, Sniper) plus 3 from Acute Sight to look around using my sniper rifle Pumpkin, for anything unusual.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jun 1, 2017 0:04:20 GMT -5
You search the area... noting so far.
*chunk... chunk.* so Chelsea's shoes as they hit the wooden floor.
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Post by Manah on Jun 2, 2017 21:13:36 GMT -5
Mine
Not moving from her spot at first, Mine took a deep breath in, before speaking.
"...Hey. Chel... Please be honest with me, and tell me the full truth." She glanced back at her. "...Are you, truly, the Chelsea whom I remember from back then?"
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jun 5, 2017 23:34:24 GMT -5
"Of course I am... Why would you ask that?"
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Post by Manah on Jun 6, 2017 0:03:53 GMT -5
Mine
"Good question", Mine said, sighing. "...Don't get me wrong. I really, REALLY want you to be the true, original Chelsea. I want you to not have died back then, but... there are things you told me. Things that don't make sense when you look at the details."
She looked back at the redhead.
"Think about it. You said you switched places with your twin sister just before she was killed, for an infiltration mission. You also stated you weren't able to communicate with us for all those years because you were undercover. Seriously? ...Years, Chel. Whole years, and never once could you inform us that you were still alive? ...You would know more than anyone how much it hurts, to lose your companions, to lose your friends. You lost your whole team before you joined ours, right? ...I can't accept that you would not have sent a single word out to us in all this time if you were alive. Even if you were not in a position to communicate with us, your employers for that infiltration mission could do so for you, and they knew of how important you were to us."
She shook her head.
"Also, the whole switching places with your sister to perform a long term infiltration mission while you were already busy with Night Raid doesn't make sense. If you are to be believed, your sister switched places with you, none of us - who are, by the way, highly skilled assassins ourselves - noticed, she acted exactly the same as you would have, and she was just as skillful as you were in all situations. In other words... she could very easily have taken care of that infiltration mission instead of you, without having to go through that nonsensical exchange, and with fewer risks. It would have been much easier for your twin to take care of the infiltration mission without having to do that exchange, without having to hide it from us - your friends and allies - about the whole thing. Why would they go through so much trouble when you have an equally skilled, identical, just as willing to put her life on the line, twin sister?"
She stared at her as she added:
"...And finally. Your so-called twin sister could also use Gaea Foundation just as well as you could when she was killed. You know just as well as I do that the chance that a new user for a same Teigu can be easily found, let alone be in any way close to the previous user of said Teigu, is ridiculously low. Usually, a new user is discovered after months, if not years of research, and it usally is a perfect stranger a couple of countries away. Yet your identical, equally skilled, indistinguishable, twin sister could use it equally well?" she argued.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jun 8, 2017 23:54:32 GMT -5
"I know it sounds hard to believe, but I swear it was all true." She said sitting up. "I know it sounds convoluted and nonsensical, but isn't that just another aspect of the world we live in."
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Post by Manah on Jun 9, 2017 9:42:32 GMT -5
Mine
"I... suppose that's true", the pinkette admitted, sighing. "So... you really are the Chelsea I initially met, and all the inconsistencies were just weird occurences with poor timing, then. If... if you swear it, then I believe you. I'm sorry for doubting you... I just needed to hear it from your own mouth."
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