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Bribery Makes The World Go Round; [Day 2]
Topic Started: Sep 14 2009, 06:25 PM (234 Views)
Zechs Merquise
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It had taken a few hours to get to the area, and it had taken a bit longer to convince the captain of the aircraft carrier to let him accompany the mission to recover the downed mysterious mobile suit—and to leave sooner than planned. However, with some bribing, he got his way as usual. He waited on the control bridge with the captain. His "colleague" did not anticipate Zechs' plan, he was sure of this. However, he needed to make certain that the captain's attention was sufficiently diverted from where Zechs did not want it.

"We're nearing the location now. You can test out your new toy there as long as it won't take too long."

"No, it won't take long at all. We're wanting to test out how quickly it can be brought up to operation as well," he assured the captain. The earpiece hidden beneath his helmet crackled to life quietly. He made certain not to show any change in demeanor. "Thank you again for keeping this test...under your hat."

The captain grunted in response.

"Col. Merquise, there's some news that you should be aware of."

He couldn't exactly reply, so instead he cleared his throat in what he hoped would sound like an affirmative to the person on the other end.

"There's been an incident on the coast near your location—involving Vice Foreign Minister Darlian's daughter. A man assaulted her yesterday. He's currently being held in the brig at Lake Victoria—"

It took his brain a sentence to catch up with what he was being told after Relena was mentioned. When his wits finally returned, he stopped listening and turned toward the captain. "Turn around!"

"What?!"

"Turn around! I need to head back to shore immediately."

"What for? We just got here. We need to explore that site. It can wait."

"Then I'll take my 'toy' and use it to get to shore!" he threatened. He could see the captain going through his options in his head. OZ's new "toy" would greatly help the captain in finding the downed enemy machine, and without the "toy" on the record, the captain would appear to be quite brilliant. However, taking Zechs back to shore would negate most of the time he would gain, and on paper, it would look as if he had never used the "toy." Also, what if Zechs took the "toy" with him? Then the captain would look like an inefficient baboon.

"You can take my personal skiff to shore...but there won't be any way to...."

Zechs nodded his head impatiently. "Use it how you like, Captain. I trust you. Thank you." He waited only long enough to give the proper farewell to those he had to, and then he made quick time in getting to the skiff.

If that man harmed one hair on Relena...!

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