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A True Alternative: Exodus; ATA4's Alternate
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Topic Started: Jul 17 11, 2:37 PM (23,335 Views)
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 22 11, 10:06 PM
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"Maybe it isn't anything." Irvine said. "Maybe it's just about fear... Or destruction... Mizuho is a powerful nation... It could have easily just been a display of force that we were caught up in, couldn't it?" He asked.
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"Actually..." Derrick pulled out an entire strip of grenades and tossed it at the rocks before he ran like hell.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 22 11, 10:34 PM
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"-.-; Derrick, honestly, you're going to throw these grenades with your wife right here... are you really that much of a dodo he-"
BOOM!!!
And the rest of the formation crumbled, opening freedom to the citizens. "Hooray!" They cried.
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"Display of power... they are that strong..." Ai mumbled. "I really pray that everyone is okay... if they have that power, imagine what they could do to the rest of Carleon..." Clenching her fists, she broke into a jog, reaching the light and revealing the surface, disastrous as it was. "...Oh no..." She breathed.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 22 11, 10:57 PM
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"By Yulia..." Irvine said, stunned. There was no Mizuho, not anymore. All that there was now was rubble. The nation appeared to have been demolished, along with all the surrounding wilderness. Even though all the people of the city, or at least most of them, had survived, there was no way to rebuild. The ninja nation was fallen, forever. "... That's just it then?" Irvine asked, being able to see sea that would normally be barred by mountains. "This is what they did to us... To our home..." He clenched his fists.
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"You don't even have your bracelet on." Derrick pointed out. "You weren't in any real danger, not from anything as small as that.: -3-
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 22 11, 11:06 PM
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Ai stepped back, then fell to bottom, her heart racing. "My home... our home. Mizuho is... gone..." She breathed as she grit her teeth. She remained as such for several minutes, then breathed in.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" She screamed as loud as she could, frustrated with the fact that she failed. That her family had failed.
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Taini blinked, appearing to be covered in soot. "Right... huh?" Hearing a scream, she bolted out the hole to see Irvine and Ai. "Irvine! Ai!" She cried out before scampering onto the ground to them.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 22 11, 11:12 PM
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Irvine did the only thing he could do for the moment, which was hold the woman tightly, even as he started to bleed from the ears from the ferocity of the shout. "We won't forget this... Everyone in that army... We'll finish them... We'll make sure they regret what they've done..." He spoke softly as the others arrived.
"Well they're both alive... But... Uh... Maybe we should leave them be." Derrick sighed.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 22 11, 11:53 PM
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"Right..." Taini stopped near them, then turned to Derrick. "Come on Dear." She told him before sitting on the back of their rheiard like a good girl. "This is really unfortunate. Irvine... Ai... should we invite them to their home for awhile?"
Ai didn't respond as she sobbed quietly, unsure of what to do. My home... my memories... are they really all gone? She thought as she suddenly turned into the man's shoulder and buried her head into his shoulder.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 22 11, 11:58 PM
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Irvine shook his head, not wanting the charity at the moment. In fact, for the time being, all he wanted was to wallow, just for a little while. Was that too much to ask? To be able to feel upset for his loss and for Ai's loss as well? Maybe it was, but it was their right to be upset, and for the time being, they were going to do just that.
Derrick sighed. "Taini... Let's just go home for now... These people all need their time... Especially these two."
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 23 11, 12:00 AM
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"..." Taini reluctantly remained sitting on the back of the rheiard. "I'm waiting then." She merely said as she grasped her necklace.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 23 11, 12:04 AM
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Derrick hopped on as well, starting the machine once more. It wasn't long before the two were back home, simply trying to figure out the next course of action. "... Nothing has really changed... The world is still in this mess..." He muttered. "... We need to find the Necromancer... Soon..."
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"... Let's go... Back to our old place... Just for now... In Werites..." Irvine said.
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 23 11, 12:09 AM
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"I know we do..." Taini replied as she was sitting on their couch, her head in her hands. "Derrick, I just wonder at times... No, never mind." Tail curling slowly, she looked to him with shiny golden eyes. "Over the horizon, I noticed something as we traveled. A giant landmass, I think. It didn't look normal... in fact I could have sworn it was above ground."
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Ai nodded slowly. "What about my parents...?" She asked the man with her hand gripping his own. "I need to find out... if they are okay."
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Jul 23 11, 12:12 AM
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"... Alright." Irvine said with a curt nod. He silently followed her to the center of the group of rescued Mizuhoans, and started looking for any sign of either of Ai's parents. 'I just hope... That there isn't any more bad news...' He thought to himself.
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"... A floating landmass?" Derrick asked, stunned. "Do you really think that something like that is possible?"
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Lenna Suzaka
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Jul 23 11, 12:18 AM
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Ai glanced toward everyone, seeing their reactions. She noticed some crying, some upset, and some brooding. There was no positive expression of joy or happiness.
"...Where are my parents?" She asked with sharp eyes.
"Your parents..." One of them stepped forward. "They have not been found. We searched where we could have... there is a very high chance that they..."
"I don't want to hear it." Ai announced before she turned to Irvine. "Let's just go home." She mumbled, though it was easy to tell that she was going to break down at any moment.
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Taini was silent for a moment, with her tail flicking, expressing her thoughtful state of mind. "Yes. Something like that is possible. Do you remember The Dyecroft back in your History Classes?" She asked as she tightened her hold around his waist.
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Blaze Gamma
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Jul 23 11, 12:44 AM
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"... I don't know... I remember that once upon a time the Legacy... Back before recorded history, it came from space... And that there was another similar sized vessel already floating on Carleon... THat was the Dyecroft, right? Er... So what about it?" He asked, being unusually dense.
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Irvine solemnly unsealed his wings. "Yeah... But first..." He mumbled. "I want to go and see if mom can find them..."
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Jul 23 11, 12:47 AM
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Yup, he really is starting to remind me more of my father. Is it because I'm having a second baby? Taini thought as she shook her head at her husband. "The Dyecroft... it could have been it. If anything, we should really check it out. Why would it surface in the first place, if I am right?" She asked.
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"Please call her then..." Ai replied. Not even a second later, Serenade appeared.
"No, I can't find them. Sorry." She already answered before Irvine or Ai could even tell her. "But we haven't even told you!"
"...Pfft. Even if I looked I wouldn't find them. Their scents? Not even around here. And my nose now has a five hundred mile radius with filtering functions. ^^"
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Jul 23 11, 12:50 AM
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"Can you check anywhere else, or are they really... No... I don't want to ask that..." Irvine said. "They went with their nation... Whatever they did, they kept us all safe." He said, knowing there was no way that this many survivors could possibly exist... Not without some form of intervention.
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"... True... But would we even be able to get onto something that... Well guarded?" Derrick asked.
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Jul 23 11, 12:53 AM
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"Sorry." Serenade replied as she flattened her ears. Ai's lip began to quiver in response. "Nothing at all? Have you even really tried!?" She cried out at her.
"Yes, really. I did."
"..." Ai shook her head, unsure of how much she could take anymore. Shocked and saddened, she looked to Irvine. "I just... wanna go home." She finally spoke in English.
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"...It fell during the war, Derrick. There shouldn't be anything on the Dyecroft now, if it is that. I mean... unless there are some form of old machines or anything. I don't know what's there. But if it exists, this is a great opportunity to find out why it returned." She told him before she forced him to drive the machine to the Dyecroft.
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Jul 23 11, 1:00 AM
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"Hey, just wait a second!!!!!" Derrick exclaimed, unable to regain control of the steering. At that point, they did what any rational person would have done in that situation, which was fly straight at a giant warship, one with operational antiaircraft weaponry. Smooth move, people.
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"... Yeah..." Irvine said in a small voice, hugging her. He started to fly for the city, deciding to not deal with the people for now. On the way, he saw something odd: A lot of people congregating at a cave. He put it off for the time being.
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Jul 23 11, 1:04 AM
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Ai did not notice the people in the cave, but instead flew alongside Irvine, only after returning the hug. She was silent and heartbroken, feeling irrational at this point. Even her thoughts were erratic. Mother... Father... I barely...
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"Uh!?" Taini cried out, realizing what she immediately did. Scooping up the man in one arm, she unsealed her wings and made her way off the rheiard just as it met with a rocket. "Sorry Derrick, you can scold me later for this!" She told him before letting him go onto the surface before landing herself.
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Jul 23 11, 1:09 AM
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"Gah!" Derrick exclaimed. "How about we just try and talk to your parents or something, because this is too much!" He pointed out, frustrated that they had both been nearly killed, and he had now lost his only form of aerial transportation.
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Irvine soon landed at the old home, opening the door and entering it. It was dusty now, but... It was familiar at least. "Home sweet home... Please lie down." He said to Ai.
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Jul 23 11, 1:18 AM
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"Derrick, we have gotten this close to it, haven't we?" Taini asked as she saw the barren lands. "We should go in a little deeper." Taking a few steps on the surface, she noticed a home that was dusty and empty, just like the other homes. But this seemed to be tiny and less attractive. On instinct she made her way over to the home...
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Ai nodded slowly before walking to the couch, then flopping onto it with a sprawled out gesture. Taking in everything, she realized that this was just their cozy tiny home, nothing too spectacular but nothing too horrendous either. I was going to be the chief... I was supposed to help these people... as the successor.
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