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Hagane – Garnet’s Room
Latune: …..
Garnet: Here, don’t move.
Latune: Where did you get these…?
Garnet: I smuggled them on board. Aren’t they the cutest?
Latune: So why do I…?
Garnet: A girl your age should dress appropriately.
Garnet: Otherwise, how do expect you’ll find a boyfriend?~♪
Latune: I-I am not interested in that kind of…
Garnet: Yes yes, now stop moving.
Latune: I’m really not interested…
Garnet: …Well, the outfit is complete. Now I’ll do your make-up. You’ll be the cutest girl on the ship!
Latune: I-I’m sorry!
*Latune runs away*
Garnet: Oh, wait!
Garnet: …..
Garnet: (As expected…I wonder if it’s impossible…)
Giado: Yo, Garnet…what did you do to Latune? She just ran by wearing something amazing…
Garnet: Hmm, I’m glad you liked it. Did you need something?
Giado: Yeah…Major Ingram told me about da mech transfer.
Garnet: Mech transfer?
Giado: Yah. Lieutenant Irm will be taking the Huckebein…
Giado: So his Gespenst MK II will need a new pilot. And someone from our unit will be assigned to it.
Garnet: Ohhhh…so, who’s getting it?
Giado: I was thinking Lat should…
Garnet: Lat…?
Giado: Dat’s right.
Garnet: I don’t mind…but, are you OK with it? You’ve wanted to pilot that mech for a long time.
Giado: I know…but she’s a better PT pilot den I am.
Garnet: …Yeah, she did graduate from The School…
Giado: Yeah…well, we can pilot a PT any time we want.
Giado: I’d like Lat to have da Gespenst MK II.
Garnet: Hey…do you want to have a kid like her someday?
Giado: Ch-Cha! What are you talking about, woman!?
Garnet: C’mon, don’t be so embarrassed! How many do you want?
Giado: B-Back to the point. Where did Latune run off to?
Giado: If she’s caught walking around in dat outfit, she could get in real trouble, yah?
Garnet: You’re right! Especially if it’s the Captain, the Vice Captain, or Major Ingram!
Hagane – Ingram’s quarters
Aya: Major Ingram…
Ingram: Yes, Aya?
Aya: The reason that we’re part of this operation…is because…
Ingram: Yes. Dr. Kenzo Kobayashi’s theory.
Aya: O-Oh no…Ryu…
Ingram: …..
Aya: Is that why…you brought Kusuha here…?
Ingram: It’s highly possible that the power activates itself…when the subject is under emotional duress.
Ingram: It did so when Ryusei first piloted a Personal Trooper.
Aya: B-But!
Ingram: …Aya, do you feel you’re the one who drew him into the war?
Aya: …..
Aya: …I don’t doubt his potential, sir. But…
Ingram: Sooner or later, mankind will face a new crisis.
Aya: …..
Ingram: When that time comes, we’ll need pilots with his ability. And that means you too.
Aya: But, when I perform a high-level TK Link…
Aya: I feel the lingering presence…the thoughts and feelings…of those two.
Ingram: The people who died during the ICS Research…specifically your mother and sister?
Aya: Yes…
Ingram: …..
Ingram: …Memory is nothing but a ghost.
Aya: Major…
Ingram: You can overcome this. I know you can, Aya…
Aya: …Yes sir. I’ll do my best.
Ingram: …..
Hagane – Hangar
Rob: …Have you seen Latune anywhere?
Rob: I need her to finish fine-tuning the Gespenst…
Soldier: I just paged her, so she should be here momentarily.
Rob: Hm? That’s Ryusei over there with…Rio? What’re they doing?
Rio: What!? You still haven’t talked to Kusuha!?
Ryusei: N-No… We’ve both been really busy…we haven’t even passed each other in a hallway.
Rio: That’s no excuse!
Ryusei: But, I know that she’s studying hard to be a nurse…so I thought that I wouldn’t disturb her.
Rio: That’s not how things really are, but…
Ryusei: Besides, why can’t Kusuha just talk with you?
Rio: Just like a man! You don’t understand it at all!
Ryusei: Y-Yikes!
*Thud*
???: !
Ryusei: Oh… S-Sorry. You OK?
???: …!
*??? runs away*
Ryusei: H-Hey, Rio…who was that girl?
Rio: I-I’m not sure…
Ryusei: And those clothes she was wearing…
Rio: Wait, was that…!
*Thank goodness*
Ryusei: !
Chapter 10: Vengeance
South Bird Island
Tetsuya: Gah! I can’t believe the enemy was able to slip under our radar…!
Daitetsu: Launch the mechs to intercept the enemy!
Tetsuya: Yes sir!
*Prep screen, Wildraubtier, Huckebein 009, and Gespenst MK II deploy*
Tetsuya: Only three mechs…!? Where’re the others!?
Rob: Sorry, Vice-Captain! We need more time to get them ready!
Tetsuya: How much longer!?
Rob: Six…no, four minutes!
Daitetsu: We have no choice. The Hagane and the three PTs will have to deal with them.
Irm: Oh boy…I guess this is it.
Irm: Well then, let’s hold ‘em until the others show up, my dear Latune.
Latune: …Roger…
Irm: Wh-Who!?
Latune: Uh…
Irm: …Miss, have we met before?
Latune: …E-Every single day…
Irm: Hmm…I try not to forget a girl’s face. What’s your name?
Latune: Latune Subbota…
Irm: Wh-Whaaaaat!?
Ryusei: R-Really!?
Irm: W-Wh-Why are you dressed like that!?
Latune: I didn’t have time to change…
Irm: (Wow…)
Irm: (How come I didn’t notice her before…?)
Rio: So that was Latune after all…
Eita: …Sh-She’s cute…
Tetsuya: Everyone stop talking and focus! Intercept the enemies!
*Conditions shown, Battle starts*
*Turn 2 Enemy Phase or Three enemies remain, Enemy reinforcements appear*
Tempest: …..
Tempest: I’ve waited…
Tempest: I’ve waited so long to fight the EFA.
Tempest: Sixteen years…Leila, Anna…I shall avenge your deaths.
Tetsuya: That’s the new Armored Module we saw at Izu Base…!
Rai: (But, it’s a different color. It’s not Elzam…)
Tempest: Hm…?
Tempest: That PT…is that the same model as the Huckebein?
Irm: Well, well…he seems to be another ace pilot.
Irm: Our enemies have a lot of weapons in their arsenal.
Tempest: Death to whoever sides with the EFA…!
Tempest: The first offering to the spirits of my family will be…
Tempest: You!
Latune: ! Here he comes…!
*Tempest attacks and misses Latune*
Latune: I’ve seen the data on your moves before…
Tempest: There’s a child in that mech…!
Latune: …You must be a former Aggressor, just like Major Elzam…
Tempest: …!
Irm: He’s an Aggressor…!?
Tempest: (…Her voice…if Anna were alive, she’d be the same age…)
Tempest (…Can I…shoot down a pilot so young?)
Tempest: No…I must abandon my conscience.
Latune: !
Tempest: I must abandon all traces of humanity…
Tempest: In order to get my revenge for sixteen years ago, I will become a demon!
Latune: …Revenge…!
Irm: Latune, watch the enemy! Break!
*Battle resumes*
*Turn 4 Player Phase or Tempest’s HP reduced to 80%*
Rio: Permission requested to launch the remaining PTs!
Daitetsu: Permission granted!
Rio: Yes sir! All PT units, launch!
*Prep screen, remaining units deploy*
Ingram: Attention all units. Protect the Hagane, and defeat all AMs.
Rai: Yes sir.
Giado: Latune! You OK!?
Latune: I’m fine.
Garnet: Listen, you…! You’ll pay double for what you did to our Lat!
Giado: Yeah! Don’t you dare move from there!
Tempest: More PTs. All units, shoot them down.
*Conditions updated, Battle resumes*
*Shoot down Tempest*
Tempest: Augh! Wh-What…!?
Tempest: I…I can’t die until…
Tempest: Until I’ve avenged my family…!
*Guarlion explodes, Tempest escapes*
Eita: Captain! Possible enemy sub surfacing!
Daitetsu: …!
*Killer Whale appears*
DC Capt.: We’ll pick up Major Tempest and retreat as ordered.
Eita: The enemy sub and all remaining units are retreating!
Tetsuya: What’s going on…? Why are they retreating now…?
Daitetsu: …..
Hagane – Hangar
Aya: I’m surprised…I never expected to see Latune wearing those kinds of clothes.
Garnet: The material is excellent, but…my sense of style is just as good, no?
Irm: Yeah. She looked totally different…and that’s just without her glasses.
Rob: I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Irm: If I’d known she looked like that, I’d have asked her out…
Garnet: Ask her out…you do know she’s only fourteen?
Irm: Oh…
Latune: …..
Garnet: Hey, Lat…changed already?
Latune: …I can’t walk around like that…
Irm: Well, why don’t you at least keep your glasses off? You look much cuter that way.
Latune: These are Analysis Glasses. I need them for analytical work…
Irm: O-Of course.
Ingram: …Garnet.
Garnet: M-Major…
Ingram: I want to hear an explanation.
Garnet: Er, um…I thought this would be a way for her to open up to other people…
Ingram: …..
Garnet: I-I’m sorry…I suppose I’ll have to be reprimanded…
Latune: Garnet…
Aya: …Major Ingram, I can complete my missions while still being fashionable…I’m sure that’s how Garnet feels…
Ingram: (…I suppose it’s a form of rehabilitation.)
Ingram: Very well. I’ll overlook it, this time.
Garnet: Th-Thank you!
Ingram: Right.
Garnet: Ah, Major…what did you think of her clothes?
Ingram: …..
Aya: G-Garnet?
Irm: (Oh brother, didn’t she just avoid getting in trouble?)
Ingram: I don’t…dislike it.
Garnet: Is that so? Thank you very much!
Irm: (This day is just full of surprises…)
Aya: …..
Aya: (Maybe…I should try wearing something like that.)
Aya: (But…I know I won’t be able to pull it off.)
Hagane – Briefing Room
Kusuha: ..I was just as surprised. I never expected to run into you here…
Ryusei: Neither did I.
Kusuha: Also… I would like to explain my reason for joining the crew of the Hagane.
Ryusei: …Alright.
Kusuha: I…wanted to be a nurse so I could help people suffering from sickness or injury.
Ryusei: …..
Kusuha: But, as long as this war continues, the number of people suffering will increase…
Kusuha: So, I want to help the people fighting to end this war. In any way I can.
Ryusei: …..
Kusuha: Maybe you disagree with me Ryusei, but…this is the decision I’ve made.
Ryusei: I’m not against your decision.
Kusuha: Huh…?
Ryusei: Everyone on this ship has a reason for being here…even Rai.
Kusuha: …..
Ryusei: If you think about it, you’re just doing what comes natural. So let’s both keep doing our best.
Kusuha: Yes…
Vengeance End
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