"Talking"
"Thinking/Thoughts"
"[Intercomms]"
*Noises*
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Babylonia
Drop Area
Five individuals is seen walking out of the vehicle they used...on the ground was three individuals waiting for them...The three's eyes gazed at the figure beside Liv
Raiden:"As promised...We got him"
Kiri didn't mind the stares Hassen, Nikola or Celica cast upon him...The three seemed suprised to even see him and not immediately escape once the chance showed itself
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Cell Area
*Step*
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*Creak*
Kiri is seen in a Glass Cell like compartment...He was currently sitting on the chair provided to him while drinking coffee
Liv, Celica and Hassen was on the opposite side staring at him while he drank coffee
Liv:"Is this really necessary?"
Celica:"He is dangerous...more dangerous than you can imagine Liv"
Liv:"...I don't know about that"
Liv says as she remembered how each time they got separated...Kiri would still not back down and didn't escape them when he had so many chances
Hassen:"Scarlet"
Kiri didn't budge because he knew that wasn't his name...he had grown tired of being called Scarlet over and over again from Constructs and Workers alike
Hassen:"Scarlet!"
Kiri closed his eyes pretending not to hear Hassen as he spoke
Liv:"...Kiri"
The Male opened his reddish eyes and looked at Liv with with a confused expression
Kiri:"Yes?"
Hassen coughs to get Kiri's attention
Hassen:"As I was saying Scarl-"
*Throw*
*Break*
Hassen was cut off when Kiri suddenly grabbed the coffee cup and threw it on the glass window breaking it into pieces...Hassen recoiled at that not expecting it to come all of the sudden
Kiri:"I'm sorry can you repeat what my REAL name is again?"
Kiri says in a slightly pissed off tone but he still managed to maintain his composure asking them a question...Which sent a shiver down into Hassen, Liv and Celica's spine
Kiri sighs before sitting on the bed and laying on it completely bored out of his mind
Liv:"...Maybe you two don't need to be here...I will ask him your questions myself"
Hassen:"Are you sure?"
Liv nods...Celica doesn't mind it at first but was wary on Kiri...she thinks that maybe this is Scarlet and that he didn't die
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Liv entered the cell through a backdoor and sat on the couch present with a paper and pencil on her hand
Liv:"Kiri..."
Kiri:"...Yes Liv?"
Liv:"I'm here to ask a couple of questions for you...may I?"
Kiri:"..."
Kiri turns his head at Liv watching her intently
Liv:"...May I?"
Kiri:"...Yes"
Liv sighs in relief maybe she was the perfect one for the job in this situation
Liv:"First off..."
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Liv turns the paper over and puts the pencil down in the table
Liv:"That's all"
Kiri lays his head on the bed again face first into the pillow
Kiri:"...Your welcome"
Liv:"..."
The Female construct puts the paper in the table before standing up and walking towards his bed...she then sat at the edge of the bed
Liv:"Kiri...Please sit down"
Kiri raised his head before groaning and positioning himself in a sitting position beside Liv
Liv:"...Are you feeling okay?"
Kiri:"...Why do you care all of a sudden? Thought you hated me"
Liv:"...I do...But as medic I must also do my duties"
Kiri:"I don't need your healing Liv...I'm fine on my own"
Liv:"Kiri"
Kiri:"Hmm yes?"
Liv and Kiri stared at each other in the eyes for a moment
Liv:"...You were about to say something weren't you?"
Kiri:"...I would but I know you won't care"
Kiri says before flopping himself at the bed and closing his eyes being bored out his mind
Liv:"...Your a not prisoner you know?"
Kiri:"...Pray tell how you managed to figure it out right now?"
The Male sarcastically says while doing a small laugh...Liv however didn't even laugh and continued to be silent
Liv:"...Kiri"
Liv says as she looked at Kiri who was just throwing his left hand upwards...Liv sighs before gently grabbing it...Liv held Kiri's hand and gently carasses it with her own
Kiri:"...Liv was Scarlet really a bad person at heart or not?"
Liv:"...I don't know how to sa-"
Kiri:"Yes or no?"
Kiri says cutting her off mid sentence...He wanted a straight forward answer...was Scarlet bad or not? Was he a villain or a hero? Was he a Giver or a Taker? Was he...the epitome of sin? Or the Hero that lived long enough to be a villain?
Liv:"...No...No he wasn't...Deep down I knew his true personality...He wanted to give people a chance"
Kiri:"He wanted to give this story a happy ending?"
Liv nods while the two still held each other's hands
Kiri:"...Tell me...What was his favorite spot on Babylonia?"
Liv looked up at the ceiling trying to remember where and she found the answer
Liv:"At the Park where the Garden is...Below a lone tree under the artificial night sky"
Kiri gazed at the ceiling letting Liv tell the rest
Liv:"He was the Scientist of young brilliance and miracles...He aspired to give everyone the very thing they wanted in life...to children he was a hero...to Kurono he was a villain"
Kiri:"...Well then perhaps he was indeed a great guy? Then why does everyone hate him if he just did those things to them...did they fail to understand his motives or did they take it at face value?"
Liv looked at Kiri with confusion in her brows...Liv then looked behind the glass and saw Lee, Lucia and Raiden perked up at this
Kiri:"...Let me guess his favorite hobby...Creating whimsical inventions?"
Liv widened her eyes in surprise...Lucia was perplexed but kept listening...Lee was writing it down on a note while Raiden was interested in what they were saying
Liv:"How do you know?"
Kiri:"Liv...if I were to create an invention that can take flight? Would it fly or fall among the grass?"
Liv:"...Have you ever tried it?"
Kiri:"I wasn't talking about it in a literal sense"
Liv:"Then what do you mean?"
Kiri sighs and stand up...still gently holding Liv's hand
Kiri:"because to me Scarlet seems like the type of person who would go...Life is a but walking shadow...A clumsy actor jestering on a stage who only appears briefly and steps off in silence...He sounds like the type of guy who would do anything for Humanity to survive and even turn himself into a villain"
Liv:"...What are you trying to get at?"
Liv says curiously wanting to hear where this came from
Kiri:"...Just a thought"
Liv:"...Is he a friend?"
Kiri:"...I wouldn't put him in that case...More like a necessary evil? So to speak?"
Liv:"And what do you think about Scarlet?"
Kiri:"Can't say for sure...I'm lost at this so I can't provide you an answer"
Kiri then looks up at the ceiling reminiscing something
Liv:"Say...Do you think he would have meant everything he said to me? On its literal sense?"
Kiri:"...If you two did love each other I may provide an answer"
Liv:"...We did"
Kiri:"I see...perhaps he-"
Kiri was cut off when the sound of someone knocking on the glass was heard
*Knock*
*Knock*
Liv and Kiri turn their attention towards the group of people in outside the glass wall
Lee:"Kurono...Murray"
Lee mutters lowly...Kiri heard it despite the barrier made of glass that separated them and he aswell as Liv let go of each other's hand
Kiri:"...I'll talk to you another time"
Liv:"Understood"
Liv stands up before grabbing the pencil and paper and heading out of the cell...Liv hurriedly walks beside Lucia and Lee...Raiden turned around and eyes Kiri in the eyes that signals him something
Raiden:"..."
Kiri:"..."
Kiri and Raiden stared at each other in the eye telling each other to watch their backs
Kiri:"I'll be fine"
Raiden nods before heading out with the rest of the Gray Ravens
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Kiri simply groans at Liv's departure and tried to come up with plans on how to apologize to her...maybe getting towards the room of this Scarlet person to find out some much needed answers
Murray:"How long has it been...Scarlet-san?"
Kiri:"...Do I know you?"
Murray:"Hmm? Are you sure you don't know your own colleagues?"
Kiri:"Well let's see here... Suspicious Blond person, Suspicious Secretary lady and a douchebag Boss"
The Male says with a amused smile at the three that stood just outside his cell...The two males in the group felt a bit angry at that
Collins:"It's been years and your tounge hasn't been cut off"
Kiri:"I'll take that as a compliment..."
Collins:"Your files didn't even provide us everything about the plan we set in...Project:Cores,Project:Sephira and even your plans for this Hyperion didn't hit our work they were all useless and empty"
Kiri:"Bleh"
Kiri held his tounge out as if mocking the trio...only the woman wasn't suprised at this
Collins:"Your attitude hasn't also improved"
Collins said with a small tint of anger running down his mouth as he continued to converse with Kiri
Murray:"Now now now...Why don't you tell us where have you been Scarlet-san"
Kiri thought about it for a second he could convince them he isn't Scarlet but at the same time this Scarlet seems to be a thorn of their operations and to Kiri that means there is something Scarlet knows that Kurono doesn't
Kiri:"This is going to be exciting!"
The Male then coughs fixing himself and treating this situation with a bit more attention
Kiri:"Let's just say...I've been busy with plans..."
Murray:"What type of plans may I ask?"
Kiri:"Plans on how to collect a piece of eye off Kurono employees ofcourse"
The lady was unamused and continued to stay silent looking at him
???:"I'm afraid we're gonna have to decline that plan if you must"
Kiri:"Your no fun"
Murray and Collins let's the female with them talk...she had a small unamused expression while looking at the person behind the glass
Murray:"Okay then...please take the stage Rebecca-san"
Rebecca:"...Leave us"
Collins and Murray sighs before walking out the room...leaving the two alone in private
Rebecca:"..."
Kiri rolls his eyes waiting to be questioned while he had a book on his hand unlike any other
Rebecca:"Nice book you got there..."
Kiri:"Why thank you...I call it Rasiel... Cool name don't you think?"
Rebecca:"...I'm not here to exchange a few words Scarlet-san"
Kiri just chuckles at this before waiting for another question
Rebecca:"The files...were they completed or were they not?"
Kiri:"Who knows? Even I have forgotten it...maybe it was finished? You may never know"
Rebecca:"...Don't be so cryptic with me Mister"
Kiri:"You sound alot like my mom"
Rebecca:"...Why do I feel like that's an insult?"
Kiri:"It is"
Rebecca:"Not funny at all"
Kiri:"Oh my god your so boring"
Kiri says comically sitting on his chair in a sarcastic expression...Rebecca takes a sigh before looking back at the door...she then looks at the camera in the room glaring red
After a short while however the glaring red color begins to change and it went from red to green and then stayed at yellow
Rebecca:"Mister Scarlet"
Kiri looks at her with a straight expression now more seriously and started paying attention
Rebecca:"I believe this belonged to you"
Rebecca says taking a out a file from below her business uniform and moving to the door...she then hijacks the password and replaces it making it open
Kiri meanwhile layed Rasiel on the table and closed it looking at Rebecca who in turn sat on the opposite side of the table before laying the file in the said table
Kiri:"..."
The Male eyes the female before inching his way at the file...the female continued to gaze at him
Kiri grabbed the file but however was stopped when Rebecca puts a her own hand on his
Rebecca:"...If you open this...You'll be entering a bigger playing concert that you ever could imagine"
Kiri:"...Heh well ain't that a good choice"
Rebecca did a small smile before letting go of her hand and allows Kiri top open it
Kiri:"..."
The Male then eyes the contents of the file to make it seem like he was reading it...however he was actually using his thumb to gently and secretly peel a page off and used the long sleeve of his cloak the hiding place when Rebecca wasn't paying attention on him
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Kiri:"Thank you for providing me with a wonderful chat Rebecca-san"
Rebecca:"Sure...Don't get yourself killed now...Its more fun when your on the board than the past year, months and days"
Kiri:"Heh...Okay then"
Rebecca leaves and hiding away the file she had...With that Kiri looked at the ceiling now that there's no one to talk to him...the cell he was harbored into seem not like an ordinary cell that belonged to criminals...more like a lab rat cage
Kiri:"What the fuck did I get myself into?"
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Somewhere in Babylonia
Lee:"Commandant why are we in Scarlet-sama's office?"
Raiden:"To be honest with you...there might be something we could get despite all of this being kept quite useless towards Hassen and Kurono"
Lee:"I'm pretty sure all the important stuff are with Kurono now Commandant"
Lucia was carrying a box full of old books that came from Scarlet's office and Liv helped her as they moved it all in a box
Liv:"Are you sure your fine carrying all of this Lucia?"
Lucia:"Ofcourse...I'm more than fine doing this"
Raiden then puts some several old books he found on the desk...he doesn't open them but just puts them on the box he had and carried it
Lee was behind him sorting all of it before carrying two boxes with his hands and the Gray Ravens took these boxes back to their lounge
Lucia:"Commandant...I have to ask?"
Raiden:"Hmm? What is it Lucia?"
Lucia:"You've connected with Luna who is a very much powerful ascendant...but you didn't suffer any consequences when you should have"
Raiden then thought about it...he didn't feel any after effects of that MIND connection ever since he did it
Raiden:"...To be honest Lucia...I also don't have an answer"
Lucia:"I see...well i don't like it when it
burdens you so I'm happy that it didn't occur"
Raiden:"Yeah...Me too"
Liv and Lee:"...."
The other two constructs are at the back following them back to their lounge as the Commandant and the Construct exchanged words right Infront of them
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Back at the Cell
The Male was busy laying on the bed while flipping over a crumpled paper ball...he was completely bored as he continued to flip the paper ball
The Man yawns before gazing at the glass and the door...surely he could escape without effort but he doesn't know where to go
Kiri:"I came here for sightseeing...Sent here to see what this place is...But I ended up getting riled up into a far more complicated game of chess"
The Male sighs before hearing a knock on the glass...he gazes at the glass and saw a face he surely did not expect would come back
Raiden:"Goodnight Kiri"
Kiri:"...Heh...Did you come just to say that to me?"
Raiden:"No...Not at all"
Kiri:"So what made you come here"
Raiden:"I'm trying to break you out and put you under my team..."
Kiri:"...How?"
Raiden:"It's going to be risky for both of us I know...but it's the only way you can get out of this cell"
Kiri:"Who proposed this?"
Raiden:"Me ofcourse"
Kiri stops flipping the crumpled paper and sits up before standing up and walking to the glass separating him and Raiden
Kiri:"...You've only met me for quite a short while you also have a knowledge that I cannot be trusted with the rumors you have heard from before"
Raiden:"I know that...I know how Scarlet-san did all of those things...but you aren't him...your Kiri right?"
Kiri:"...Ofcourse"
Raiden:"Then we'll just have to prove them wrong...that you aren't the same person"
Kiri:"...Your a smart kid you know that?"
Kiri says with a smirk and putting a his hands on his waist
Raiden:"I'm not smart nor a top person...I can make mistakes...I acknowledge I'm not perfect...I can disobey orders for what I think is right"
Kiri:"...Hmmm"
Raiden then points at the necklace that he wore and clutches it
Raiden:"...Kiri-san...I want you to help me achieve a dream I have"
The Male on the other side keenly listens to the other...focusing on what he was gonna say
Raiden:"...I want to go to a place that I promised I would reach from an old man..."
Kiri:"...And this place is?"
Raiden:"...Kolosten"
Kiri raised two eyebrows and crosses his hands while looking at the Commandant
Raiden:"Please...I need your help"
Kiri:"...You've been searching this place haven't you for a long period of time now?"
Raiden nods while putting his hands down and looking at the Male on the other side
Kiri:"...Very well I won't ask much...But I want to see your story unfold...so I'll help you the best I can"
Raiden:"...Thanks"
Kiri:"...Alright then"
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2 Days Later
Gray Raven Lounge
The Group is currently preparing for their new mission another simple clearing mission
Raiden:"Hey Kiri we'll have to go now"
Raiden says taking a look back and sees Kiri put down the book he was reading from the shelves beside his bed and the papers in the said shelf
Kiri:"Alright then"
Kiri says before standing up and stretching his arms and walking to the group
Lee:"Listen...Only Commandant will be giving orders understand?"
Kiri:"Yeah Yeah I got it"
Liv doesn't speak as Lucia didn't mind them focusing her attention at Raiden who was scratching his head
Raiden:"Let's just go please"
Kiri:"Lead the way Leader"
Raiden then leads the way towards the place where they will be boarding on an aircraft
Liv:"..."
Kiri:"..."
The two are at the very back of the group with Lucia and Raiden at the front and Lee in the middle
Liv:"...I expect you to do everything in your power to have their backs and protect Commandant"
Kiri:"What if I get severely injured doing so?"
Liv:"...You won't...I just know it"
Kiri just sighs and puts his hands behind his back and walks as Liv doesn't say anymore questions
Kiri:"The only person worth protecting right now...Is Raiden and the entire Gray Ravens...Very well then Liv...I promise you that I will do my best"
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One Aircraft Ride Later
The Team landed on their mission and began exiting the Aircraft
Raiden:"Oh? You guys are already here"
A certain red haired construct with a smile says while twisting her sword and looking at them...behind her was a gray haired construct with a small robot beside her and a big buff male who was sitting on a rubble just shy away from the small construct
Raiden:"Vera, No.21 and Noctis"
Vera:"Well you certainly took your time"
Noctis:"Oi! So your the ones eh?"
No. 21:"..."
She doesn't say anything before immediately sending an attack to the other individual that just left the aircraft
The Individual dodges the attack before putting his hands up in the air...No. 21 glares at the individual
Raiden:"...Didn't think she would do that Kiri"
Kiri:"...I saw it coming"
*Shing*
Vera held a Katana right up into Kiri's neck and stopped only inches away from his neck
Vera:"Nice to see a man I never thought would survive"
Kiri:"And nice to see to a woman already on death's door the moment she tries anything funny"
Vera:"Mhmm?"
Vera then felt the cold barrel of a gun touching her waist and looked down suprised to see a flintlock pistol aiming at her
Vera:"Ohohoho~? Interesting"
Vera and Kiri stared at each other dead in the eyes...Vera showing her reddish eyes while Kiri showed his crimson ones with an unamused expression
Raiden and the others are quickly shocked at these turn of events...Raiden then gets in between them and separates them
Raiden:"Sheath that weapon Vera"
Vera:"Tch..."
Vera angrily puts her weapon away from Kiri's neck as Kiri puts his hands behind his back and walked away from Vera
Raiden:"Alright let's just get the mission done...before you three decide to tear Kiri apart"
No. 21:"I don't like him"
Raiden:"Yeah alot of people also don't..."
Raiden sweatdrops before taking a look at the group and wondering just how many constructs will he need to calm down for Kiri to be viewed more positively?
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