lunaecalamitas | this day should be for me

[Meanwhile, Ahito looks pissed.]

It's that damn rep from the West I talked to... has he completely lost it?!

[Fuckerrrrr they should have hunted down that loose end after all.]

I'll fight.

[He's got a score to settle, or rather he's too seething to consider any other options, someone might need to scruff his dumb ass.]

You talked to a Western asshole, too? Figures… What was the name of yours?

Never gave me one. He was too busy freaking out every other sentence because I was a scary, evil wizard.

Guess getting elevated to one of the nice ones didn't cut it.

[ Nooot happy hearing that. ]

I’ll give him a name: Mob I-6868.

[ The I stands for idiot. ]

[-Okay the ridiculousness of that statement does get him to snap out of it a bit.]

What.

[Even in the finale he does not understand the words coming out of Ginger's mouth.]

Mob for short.

[ Not everyone can be a main character. ]

I have other people I call “that guy,” so this will help with clarification.

[ Anyway, he pats Ahito on the shoulder. ]

Stay reasonably safe.

He's only one guy though... Whatever.

[He gives up trying to understand how there's such a disconnect between their worlds' use of words.]

I know how to take care of myself. You watch out for yourself and Mika.

Man, I want to be Mob I-6868.

[Halfway to himself!! But sincere!! He can't help it!!!]

… You can be Mob I-6969.

... I'LL TAKE IT.

[He'll even take the I.]

Yeah. If you need an extra boost, let me know.

[ He can give Ahito a little bit of speed or something, maybe?? ]

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We'll see. We've got other shit to look into, too.

[The manor is falling apart on people, that can't be good for them, probably.]

I can't believe that idiot's doing the moon's work for it.

[ Have a little shove to your shoulder, Ahito. ]

Calm down. You won't fight well at all if you let rage blind you.

[But Pikaaaaa he wants the vengeance!!

He lets out a frustrated noise though, it's Kurapika's turn to be correct.]

Tch- I know. I just can't believe someone'd be so stupid.

[He spent all of that conversation smiling and nodding politely while wanting to strangle the man and it turns out maybe he should have gone for the strangling route all along, wild.]

[ He crosses his arms, glad to see that Ahito at least acknowledges that he's right this time. ]

Can't you, though? People will always chase after what they want rather than considering the consequences of doing so.

I hope the entire Western government rots while Central and East pressure them into the dirt over this. There's no way a brazen attack like this during such an important time won't cause an international uproar.

[Because obviously they're going to fight the mecha and win, duh. He runs a hand through his hair, still angry, but tempering it - glancing at Kurapika's current state while he's at it, too.]

-Didn’t make it out in time?

[Should you even be standing....]

[ He probably shouldn't be!! But it's fine. ]

No. I was hit with a few pieces of rubble. I've healed myself enough, though.

[ Anyway, more importantly— ]

We were afraid we would get caught up in the politics of all of this, and here we are...

I thought you said you were good at healing.

[Buddy you barely look like you should even be on your feet.]

Guess we should've known, considering how bold the West has been about messing with stuff in the East. Not that I'm planning to be here for any of it, but I hope they end up politically screwed after all this.

[Just... not to the point of war, hopefully.]

I am.

[ But he has been capped for now, emergency stoppers the only thing he can do with his concentration a bit wobbly. ]

I think they will be. Going so far as to attack us like this and putting the whole world in danger as a result... there isn't much they can do to recover from this, not without the passage of time easing the wounds to their reputation.

[Should he really have saved the dude who looks like he's going to try and fight the mecha barehanded in the next thirty seconds. Eh. It made for a dramatic opening sequence and that's probably the more important part. That, and Cid being unscathed; now he can really appreciate the sudden change in genre, immediately.]

This always happens when West gets involved...

You know what that thing is?

[Please he has a gun and he's a Northie he's not going to use fisticuffs any day soon.]

Some kind of Western war machine, isn't it?

[May the dice be ever in his favor!!!]

I mean, yeah, but like -- if your guy ever mentioned any aspirations to making some kind of wizard-wasting tech or walked you through his wizard-wasting labs or something.

He didn't mention anything about a machine, no. He was more focused on blaming the wizards for his predicament. And we only ever met that one time, too.

I'd definitely remember if he talked about something like this.

Wow, that makes him more discreet than the guy we were talking to... but it sounds like he was harder to get along with, somehow.

[Politics is so complicated....... at least General Gilles Barnett fed them well?]

So there's no info on some kind of self-destruct button or emergency auto-stop mechanism... That's too bad.

[What was all the foreshadowing for!!]

Pretty sure he was just too paranoid to let much slip.

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