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Ryuu-san and Mr. Sister-Complex are keeping secrets and I don't like it. I wouldn't care if they were only keeping them from the boss but they're keeping me out as well.

Well, not for much longer because I'm going to find out, once and for all, what they're hiding from me.

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From:

yellow_buster

"Ryuu-san," I say in surprise. Where'd he come from? I give Hiromu a wary look, unsure if we're carrying on this conversation now. If we're not I'll talk to Ryuu-san about it later.

From:

red_pleather

"I'll just get a drink," I say hastily, getting up. "Back in a minute."

Phew, I need to regroup. And maybe Ryuuji will calm her down.

[ooc: tell me when to come back in, lol]

From:

yellow_buster

"There's something going on with him," I say as soon as he disappears. "Did he hit his head fighting the Vagras last time?"

I want to know what Ryuu-san knows before I get into anything else.

From:

blue_pleather

"I don't think so," I say as calmly as possible, "why? Did he say something?"

I wonder what Hiromu said to her. He can't have actually told her the thing no one's supposed to know yet (you know, that one, the one we haven't told Youko-chan.)

From:

yellow_buster

I shrug casually, poking my fork among the remains of my cake. "Something about people being forced to do bad things."

Asking about his sister would be too obvious, right?

From:

blue_pleather

"About that," I say cautiously. We're going to have to tell her about Enter at some point, of course, but it's got to be done carefully. Ideally, in a way that's not going to cause her to do something rash.

From:

yellow_buster

...

"You know," I say accusingly. "What's going on, Ryuu-san? What do they want him to do? It's Vagras, right? They have his sister or something, right?"

We'll have to get her back. I don't like her and the way she babies Hiromu but we can't just leave her in their hands like that.

From:

blue_pleather

"... Is that what Hiromu told you?" At the very least I don't want her to have that particular worry, "He's fine. Nothing's going to happen to him or his sister."

I place a hand on her shoulder, then try again. "What would you think of the possibility that someone else was being forced to work for Vaglass?"

From:

yellow_buster

"No," I say impatiently, "But it's not hard to figure out, the way he was talking."

Then he continues talking and now I'm confused.

"If we're not talking about him, who are we talking about?"

From:

blue_pleather

We can't drag this out forever. She appreciates honesty, and I think it's the least we can do.

"Enter."

I give that a moment to add, then sink in "We have evidence that he's a human being controlled by Vaglass."

From:

yellow_buster

"EN-" I almost shriek it but tone it down before I can announce it to the entire room. "Enter?" I hiss instead. "Are you out of your mind, Ryuu-san? How can he be human?"

From:

blue_pleather

At least she's keeping the volume down.

"There were two other kids in the building with us. One of them was French. And the first thing Enter remembers is being sent to the subspace thirteen years ago. It's a very strong possibility they're one and the same."

From:

yellow_buster

"French?" Well, I suppose that would fit, Enter does use all that when he's talking. "I think you're clutching at straws, Ryuu-san."

I was three. I remember a couple of things but not much. I don't remember any French kids offhand.

From:

blue_pleather

"That's what I told Hiromu when he first mentioned it," I admit. It's becoming increasingly difficult to look at her, "but it would fit with Enter's memories of the subspace. And he's showed real concern for Hiromu, and- and me. I don't believe Messiah could program him to do that."

That's as far down that route as we will go.

From:

yellow_buster

...I really don't like the sound of this at all.

"How much contact have you had?" I demand. "Even if you think he's this French kid you remember, Enter is still our enemy. He sends out the Metaloids, remember?"

From:

blue_pleather

"Didn't you wonder where they'd gone?" It's a simple answer, but the most honest one without directly answering her question.

From:

yellow_buster

"I don't remember anyone else!" I protest. "Only you and Mr Sister Complex." Well, and the Buddyroids, of course.

If he's right about there being others - which he probably is, he was much older than I was - then maybe I wondered at the time. But I was three.

From:

blue_pleather

"I meant the Metalloids. Why we haven't been seeing so much of them. It's because Enter doesn't want to hurt us. I don't know if he will betray Messiah, but Hiromu and I are hoping he will." Maybe that's looking a little too far ahead.

From:

yellow_buster

Well, when he puts it that way... "I thought they were saving up for something," I say sulkily. "Attacking at random hasn't been doing them any good because we've always kicked their ass."

Do they really think Enter will betray Messiah? That's not possible.

From:

blue_pleather

She's taken it all quite well so far. That gives me the confidence to go into a little more depth, "we have to act fast before Messiah works out what's happening. That's why we need to get to Enter first. We have to do something to protect him from MetaVirus influence." I don't know quite yet what we're going to do, but we'll think of something.

From:

yellow_buster

Sounds like he's put a lot of thought into this. This has to be what they've been hiding from me all this time, this wild theory about Enter being human.

"What're you planning to do?"

Because he has a plan. He wouldn't be talking this way if he didn't.

From:

blue_pleather

"We need to find out how his connection to Messiah works. Then we can somehow rewrite his source code or install something to protect him. Hiromu's trying to get that information out of him now." Or should be. I'll ask about it when Hiromu gets back.

From:

yellow_buster

I can't believe I'm still sitting here listening to this, this is ridiculous.

They can't both have been brainwashed without me noticing, right? Usada and the others should have seen something as well.