Aibouverse: for Masato (and maybe others as the need arises) [Early-20s Canon]

[silverpleather]

It took EMC long enough to decide they could probably trust us enough to let us come and go from their main base and headquarters. To be fair, stealing that entire truck of Enetron probably didn't endear us much at first, but come on! We needed it.

Anyway. Now we're just as good as real members of the team, even if we still tend to operate after our own rules at times.

Still, there is yet one question, and I'm not entirely satisfied with the platitudes and half-answers I've gotten so far.

The biggest plus side is that Masato has taken to spending more and more time with the Commander, which is where I figure he is right now. Which is what allows me to sneak out of the base.

I'm going to find answers, even if I have to do it entirely my own way.

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[silverpleather]

I know this is probably a mistake, but at the same time, I came out here looking for him, and here he is, and, mon dieu, I still want answers.

I half-hear my aibou contacting the base, but I don't hear if there's any response. Depends on who is still awake, I guess, or if the Commander is intending on sounding an alarm for something like this.

I dive forward and take some shots at Enter, trying to shoot down some of his cables as they go flying around us.

One of them catches me off guard as my focus is on the cables attacking Masato. It wraps around my ankle and pulls me off balance.

[red_pleather]

Ryuu-san and Yoko-chan and I stand in the main room as the Commander orders us to a Vaglass reaction on the south side...... but just as we're about to leave, the Commander gets a call from Jin-san.

I head out to help Jin-san and Emi. They've been engaged by Enter.

Alone.

There aren't enough of us.

They're not too far, at least. Don't even need to take Nick. I sprint around the corner and see Jin in motion, Emi flying through the air courtesy of a cable.

I fire.

[goldenikemen]

I curse under my breath when I see Emi go down in my peripheral. I launch forward, getting a foot down on the cable pulling him by the ankle, and severing it with my Driblade.

I don't care what Emi was planning on, I'm not letting Enter have him. Not for any reason. Not ever.

More gunfire, and a flash of red.

"Nice of you to join us, Hiromu-chan!" I toss over my shoulder, flashing my horned fingers at him.

[silverpleather]

Enter takes a staggered step back when a shot nearly catches him in the shoulder. It misses (of course it does, and when have I ever seen anything actually connect with him?), but it distracts him enough not to act quickly enough at pulling me nearer to him before Masato cuts in, bringing his Driblade down on the cable holding me. It was one of the smaller ones, and actually snaps under the force of Masato's strike. For my part, I had been struggling back against the force of the pull, and when it's severed I go rolling backwards. I use the momentum to slide to my feet again and summon my own Driblade, blowing between Masato and Hiromu (when did he get here?) to engage Enter one-on-one.

I have just enough time to reflect that Masato's going to be pissed before Enter summons a weapon of his own and we slide into a strangely comfortable dance of thrusts, parries and sweeping strikes.

How am I supposed to get him to talk?