Author's Note: I have decided to change the humor genre to Sci-FI instead.
Also, I'm thinking of having making an Omake series after each chapter; where the Author chats with some of the characters from Code Geass after reading the Chapter. Kind of like what I've seen in some other fics but I am bit unsure about doing it since there is the chance that it can be seen as uninspired. If people go out of their way to tell me that they don't mind or to do it I may consider it.
Publishing Timeline for future reference
This is how my publishing schedule will look like. I will post 5 chapters in short bursts (For the first 5 it'll be within 2 days or more within each other then I will be changing it to a week by week basis in the end), after which I will take a break of sorts where I can brainstorm ideas and debate with my pals whether I want to take things a certain direction. After I finish the drafting, I will release the next set of chapters in short bursts as well. Which will result in me taking another break, so on so forth. Just a heads up, my job can get quite hectic at times so when I say I might post a chapter it will unfortunately not be a 100% guarantee thing.
Q&A with Reviewers/Private Messengers.
Erandor: Kinda of why I switched the humor genre to Sci-Fi instead. Hopefully my take on it will still interest you.
Ashborn2271: I've decided to take out the humor genre. There will be some comedic moments provided by Jason as well as other members of the cast but it just won't take a central theme in this fic.
AscendedHumanity: Trial by Fire indeed. As for your first suggestion, seeing how it'll be spoilers for this chapter I shall keep my mouth shut (or not write about it in this case). Although, I have planned for some characters who will get what you suggested. For the 2nd suggestion, again spoilers. Sorry!
MM Browsing: I'm very glad you like my OC! His personality is loosely based on a couple of my buddies as well as their hobbies. They've given me their permission in using their likeness of course but that's where all similarities will end. As for what you asked me in private that is something I will be keeping under wraps... for now.
Without further ado, I will be issuing a spoiler warning for this fanfic. The OC has in-depth knowledge of Code Geass and information will be spoilt throughout the story.
I do not own Code Geass. Code Geass is owned by Sunrise, Goro Taniguchi, Ichirō Ōkouchi and Clamp. Please support the official release.
"Lelouch Vi Britannia orders you" Speaking.
'Lelouch Vi Britannia orders you' Character's Thoughts.
"LELOUCH VI BRITANNIA ORDERS YOU" Speakers
"Lelouch vi Britannia orders you" Geass Command
"Lelouch Vi Britannia orders you" flashback/recap.
Line Break
Previously
Hi there, my name is Jason Jung Ehn Everett.
"Any last words boy? We'll deliver them to your family and make sure to tell them you died like a Britannian."
I'm a 25 year old male born to an American Father and a Korean Mother whom I love very much.
"HE MUSTN'T DIE!" Bang.
I have an older sibling who I am quite close with. My hobbies include watching anime, reading manga, cosplaying and listening to music.
"Oh well, order was dead or alive anyways."
I'm a Mid Level Office worker with a decent salary. I don't have a girlfriend but I have friends who I can call family.
'You don't want it to end here, do you?'
"...WHAT THE FLIPPIN FUC-"
Did I mention I'm in the body of an anime character from a tv show that I watched from highschool?
Now
"...WHAT THE FLIPPIN FUCK?!"
A chuckle "It seems you have a reason for living. If you had power, you could no doubt live"
If this was what it feels to have an out-of-body experience, I'll pass from now on. I try my damnedest to focus on the voice but suddenly something grabs a hold of me. Without mercy I'm forcibly exposed to the vastness of the cosmos as well as the dark void that surrounds it.
"This shall be our contract. In exchange of my gift, you will grant a single wish of mine.
Accept this and you will live on as a human while also live unlike any other human."
I become silent and still, whatever was happening to me... it was starting to make me feel scared and overwhelmed... The assault on my mind continues as I see two planets slowly gravitate towards each other. A light slowly connecting the two gigantic celestial bodies.
"Different logic... a different time... a different life... The Power of the Kings will isolate you. If you are prepared for that however..."
Several images flash before my eyes. The first image revealed what appeared to be a hall filled with maidens, bearing the same sigils on their foreheads as that green haired lady from before. Then the next one shows. Each image only lasting for a second before moving to the next one. The 5th Planet shines in the distance.
'...what is this'
An eldritch clock made of gears and masks slowly grinds away, with each turn a mask crumbles to dust.
'...stop'
A horde of humanoid shadows painfully walk across a white desert.
'make it stop.'
Mechanical monsters stomping on a sea of hands.
'STOP IT'
A single figure in red standing on top of a mountain of corpses.
'PLEASE'
Just as I was about to give in to this madness and howl to the wind in despair, a sudden yet powerful surge of energy comes from within me.
"VERY WELL! I ACCEPT YOUR CONTRACT!"
As quickly as I was forced into... whatever that was, I'm now back at that warehouse staring down at the death squad that stood in front of me. At this point I lost my cool.
"Can I ask one last thing before you riddle with me bullets?" My hand slowly covers my face.
"Oh? Well who am I to not grant a dying boy's wish, I will allow it." The man in the middle makes a gesture and the group lowers their guns. This will be the last mistake they ever make.
I straighten up my body then lower my hand revealing a glowing and menacing red eye. Looking at the group in front of me I stare with all the hate in my eyes and muster as much venom I could speak with "Could you all do me a favor and... Die".
"What the?!" Whatever I did, it took less than a second. "With pleasure my dear boy! ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!" A series of pops go off and one by one the men in front of me drop like flies.
A chill suddenly envelopes my body, then I realize what had just occurred.
'Okay that happened... Where am I and what on Earth is going on?' Instinctively I put my hands in my pockets to search for my phone. Pulling out my android I dial up my brother to ask if he was ok.
"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service any more."
'Ugh! For once can you pick up the phone when I call you?!' Deciding I need to get out of dodge I lock my phone only to find a stranger looking back at me on the blacked out screen.
'WHOA WHAT THE!?' WHO'S THIS GUY!?' Staring back at me was an ebony haired kid with, and I swear I'm not making this up, violet eyes. Quickly turning on the camera function and reversing the viewfinder to the front so I can start to examine every nook and cranny on this guys fac- 'WHAT A MINUTE! THAT'S ME! The Fuck is going on?! What the hell happened to me?!' After a frantic minute examining my 'new face' I realized I was getting nowhere in the state I am in and 'force' myself to calm down and take deep breaths.
'Okay take a deep breath, nice and slow. Yeah just like tha- What's that smell?' Turning around to see where the origin of that horrid odor was coming from I immediately regret my action. My eyes went wide and I paled at the scenery that lay before me. A large group civilians in a pile with a pool of blood forming beneath them... with children mixed in it. In fact this warehouse seems to have the same pile of littered corpses everywhere. My head whipping from left to right and behind till I eventually turn back around to see the Green Haired Lady who saved me on the floor...
I place my phone back in my pocket then slowly go down to her and get on my knees. My hand gently caressing her face "I... I won't ever forget what you did for me Miss... I don't even know your name... A shame that I'm won't able to know the name of my savior... The least I could do is give you a proper burial... I hope you'll be satisfied by that." I don't know what it was about her. The hair or the symbol on her head, but something about her looked extremely familiar to me as I keep catching myself lingering on her face. As I pick up her body I slowly move towards the entrance. 'God, I don't want to sound like a dick but she's heavy as hell. Better up my routine later'.
Dragging myself forwards I hear a loud screech in the distance. Actually, now that I think about it, it seems to be coming closer to where I was. Whatever it was, it just collided itself with the entrance of the warehouse. When the dust settled I stare in awe in what was in front of me. A massive humanoid machine stood proudly in front of me...
'Isn't that the Sutherland from Code Gea-' realization hits me like ton of bricks shot out from a cannon into my face.
'The green haired girl, The rifle squad that called me a Britannian, the purple eyed black haired kid...I'm in Code Geass... HOLY SHIT! I'M IN CODE GEASS!' Exactly at the point where I felt like I was about to lose my shit again something forces me to calm down and start planning. 'If memory serves me right, the pilot in that Sutherland is... Vile-etta. Gre~at... How did Lelouch get out of this again? Ah right Alan Spacer... hmm let me put my own spin on it. Don't want Vile-etta ruining my life in case what I have in mind fails'
"What's a Britannian student doing out here in the ghettos?" Yup that's her alright, recognized her voice since her actor played the protagonist from To Love-Ru; which I thought was a funny contrast.
'Welp here goes nothing'. I adopt a face of pure fear as well as simultaneously start to make myself shake then scream out "P-P-PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP ME! M-MY FIANCÉ AND I WERE KIDNAPPED BY TERRORISTS! THE MEN WHO RESCUED US WERE K-KILLED IN A SHOOT OUT!" Quite easy to get into character thanks to that Geass LSD trip I experienced. After that it kinda instills the fear of God in ya so I'm just going with the flow.
"Kidnapped? Why on Earth would terrorists kidnap a student?"
"M-MY NAME IS ALAN SPACER! MY FATHER IS A D-DUKE IN THE HOMELAND! PLEASE! YOU'VE GOT TO HELP US! MY FIANCÉ'S INJURED! I'LL GIVE YOU ANYTHING JUST PLEASE SAVE US!" 'In the beginning of the series Viletta only cared about upgrading her status and would do anything achieve it. Having bait like this will definitely lure her out of her cockpit and hopefully lower her guard if not...'
"I'LL PUT IN A GOOD WORD FOR YOU WITH MY FATHER! I'M SURE HE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY IN REWARDING YOU FOR SAVING US! I'LL EVEN ASK HE MAKE YOU A BARONESS FOR YOUR HELP! I'LL SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT ME TO SAY TO HIM!" 'A blank check as it were and with that, Hook Line and hopefulllllllllly'
An audible gasp was all I heard through the speaker of the mecha. After a few seconds "Very well, I would like to see some I.D. for confirmation after which I will escort you and your fiance to the G-1 Command Center".
'Sinker!' "T-THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH! MY I.D.'s IN MY BREAST POCKET!
The Sutherland goes on one of it's knees and the cockpit on it's back slides open to reveal... 'Woah... Villetta is gorgeou- FOCUS JASON! or is it Lelouch? Nevermind, one problem at a time.'
I lay C.C. down on the ground and look for my quote unquote I.D. 'I need to Geass her to give me her Knightmare like in the show as well as take command of the terrorists... problem is I can't exactly remember what were the orders Lelouch gave out or whether those same commands will actually even work anymore. Should I change it to make her obey so I can at least have an ally in the field? But how will that account for her independent actions?
Willsheneedspecificordersandguidelinestofunctionproperlywithoutsuspicion?
Nodoubthatmindcontrollingherwouldthatbeadeviationtothescriptcreatingripplesofchangeand WOAH! talk about high speed formulating!'
As I eye Villetta out of the corner of my eye, I notice that she wasn't brandishing her sidearm like she did when she first met Lelouch. 'Ahhhhh great. So deviations ARE possible... that's gonna be a problem.' I grimace and 'finally' locate my I.D. 'Should I order her to go kill herself? If I do, I know she won't get in my way but will she get replaced? When I eventually reach the season 2 timeline will the Emperor send someone else? Hell will that Gremlin V.V. send another Geass agent along with Rolo? Wait wait, I'm getting too far ahead of myself. In any case even if she doesn't die and sticks to her timeline I at least KNOW her and what she will do and plan accordingly for it but... what should I do...?'
"Hey kid, you okay? You don't look so good. Why don't I take a look at your Fiance before we continue." broken out of my musings I look at the person in front of me. 'She looks... so real... not like the 2D animations I'm used to seeing her as. Can... Can I really kill her? Can I really end the life of- Oh you just had to smile now didn't you?! ...fuck it. Hope this doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.'
Inhale."Your Loyalty will now be towards me and you will obey me to the best of your abilities" Just like that asshole from before it took less than a second for my Geass to take hold. Hell, I don't think she even registered what I just said seeing as her smile didn't move a tick. 'Note to self, test whether the distance between me and the target affects the speed at which the Geass command takes hold'.
"No problem kid, what do you need me to do?" Something's been bothering me for a while. Whenever Lelouch gave a command the target will sometimes respond with a "YES YOUR HIGHNESS". In fact, the royal guard was supposed to have said that when I told to go off themselves, why didn't they?'
"First off I need you to answer a few of my questions".
"Sure kid". Feeling a vein beginning to bulge on my head.
"Listen, could you not call me kid? For now call me Jason."
"Okay Jason" God, the more I stare at her smile the more I feel like a dipshit for mind controlling her.
"This might be random, but do you have any inclination to call my your highness or lordship?"
"Not really no, even when you told me you're the son of a duke, soon as you did whatever you did to me I instantly knew you weren't."
'...That's new.' Focus. "Do you have a phone where you can make or take private calls without any detection? If not do you have a way to get such a thing? An encryption device perhaps" I know Lelouch had such a device when he made those calls to Ohgi in secret but I have no idea where to even begin to look for one in this world.
"Yeah, While the military doesn't issue one, but being a member of the Purist faction gives you a few privileges. Although not common knowledge, it is there if you know where to look. Some of our members partake in some unsavory activities unfortunately. So they need a way to go about their lives undetected. One such method is an ID encryption device where not only will it hide your caller ID successfully but also ping your location to different parts of the world if they try to get a signal from you. I'm surprised a kid like you knows about that."
"I didn't" I say honestly. 'Oh, was that how Lelouch got it in the first place?' "Do you have one on you right now?"
Shaking her head "Sorry I don't. Unlike most of my co-workers, I don't have much to hide save for those modelling photos I took back when I was a teenager. But I can easily get one within a couple of days."
'Good, at least we have a way to communicate with eac-...' "Did you just modelling photos?"
She hums amusingly "why you interested in looking?" she gestures to her body. "I maybe older than you but I'm still confident in turning some heads."
'...What the fucccccck? THIS WAS NOT IN THE MANUAL! Is this really Villetta? It can't be, she's too...' I stop thinking when I suddenly get an idea as to why she might be acting like this. "Say, would you be divulging this information normally?"
"Heavens no, I'd rather get shot in the legs multiple times before I EVEN gave a hint to such a thing."
"Then why-" Why am I telling you?" Villetta interrupts me. "I don't know, there's something about you that makes me feel at ease. You make me feel like I just wanna sit down and just complain about my problems"
'... You gotta be fucking kidding me.. HERE TOO!?' Somehow as if noticing why I was upset "Not like that Jason, I just feel relaxed when I'm with you. With my job and the people I work with, I can't really lower my guard unless I'm at home or with my superior. Don't worry, him and I aren't like that" she winks at me as she finishes her sentence. "You don't know how rare it is where I can talk without worry as well as have someone who won't judge me. It's nice talking to someone without holding my guard up all the time and having think about what I need to say constantly. We're Britannians after all"
Soaking this in, I feel my cheeks burn and look away. After a moment of articulating my thoughts I look right at her, "In that case here's what I need you to do. After today I need you to get 2 of those devices with a possibility of acquiring more. We'll cross that bridge together when we need to more but for now just get 2." She nods at that command.
"Next I need your help in carrying my Green Haired Friend into your Sutherlan-" "Sorry but Jason, wouldn't it be better to leave her here. Looking at her now, I see a GSW on her forehead and not to speak ill of the dead but that's what she is; dead weight. If anything it should be you and I in the Knightmare since I can protect you and keep you safe from what's going on outside."
She did raise a good point now that I've calm down and thought about it. I know Lelouch did have some training in piloting a Knightmare albeit mostly on the theoretical side of it. I don't even know if I can get the bloody thing to move. Besides Lelouch left C.C. here she was able to make it out fine... but just in case I better put her somewhere where she won't be easily discovered. She should recover soon since she's immortal but better be safe than sorry. Adjusting to probable divergences and what not.
"Fine, then in that case I need you to help me move her down those stairs over there." I can literally see the confusion on the Silverette's face. "But why? She's dead." Seeing this going nowhere I harden my tone "Just do as I say for now, I'll explain when I can." Feelings of guilt begin to form as I see her flinch at my tone. She acknowledged the command and helped me move C.C.'s body down the stairs that lead to a tunnel. After placing C.C. in a place where no one can just randomly stumble upon her I head towards the Knightmare halting when I reach the pile of bodies that were formally Clovis' Royal Guard. I stand there looking down at them when several ideas start running around in my head. With Villetta's help I stripped one of the officers that had a similar build to me then after rummaging around the body of the captain of the Royal Guard I finally find what I was looking for, a notebook.
'Ah finally'. In Season 2 Episode 2 Lelouch was able to find a notebook of an OSI commander which had details of not only Lelouch's activities but also their observations of him. It also contained passcodes to some of their top secret facilities including the underground lair below Ashford Academy and blackmail material pertaining to certain nobles. 'I wondered if this guy had something similar and now I strike gold.' After securing it in my right pocket, with help from my new 'employee' I get into Villetta's Knightmare. Unfortunately since most if not all Knightmares are mainly piloted by a single pilot (or Devicer as they call it here) there's not much space for me to fit. In fact, she's sitting right on top of me with her ass... let's just say in a compromising position.
After getting seated and putting the seat belts on I hear "Jason, I know you're a healthy boy and all and since we'll be moving around a lot, considering our positions, there is no doubt your lower half will be feeling stimuli. All I ask is that you don't do anything rash so I don't get us both kille-"
"JESUS WEPT WOMAN, STOP! What kind of man do you take me for!?" an atomic blush explodes on my face.
"I'm just giving you a warning so we don't die in a horrible crash, what are you talking about?"
My face probably resembles Kallen's hair color right about no-
"OH SHIT KALLEN!" I completely forgot about her! If I want even a snowball's chance in hell I need her alive when I go through Lelouch's rebellion. God knows how long I've spent talking to Villetta here.
"Who?"
"LONG STORY! Head towards the west entrance of the ghetto now! There should train tracks nearby!" I yell at Villetta.
"Roger. Although, wouldn't it be better if I drop you off at the G1 Command Center? That way I can keep you safe from the terrorists."
"No, not the G1. Clovis can't see me otherwise my life is gonna get infinitely harder. Besides Villetta, we're going to join up with the terrorists and from there I'll take over"
"Oh, why didn't you say so then" Slamming her foot on what I assume is the accelerator we blast right out of the ware house and start dashing towards where Kallen should be nearby.
As we make our way over, I start to look around the cockpit wondering what each button did. Normally, I would be exploring the cockpit myself finding out by pressing each and every one of them to see what they do. Ever since my brother introduced me to the world of Robots and Mecha's I instantly got hooked onto them. I remember getting my first Gunpla set and being completely bewitched by it's charm. Some guys could go on and on about cars and their engines. I on the other hand could give a 7 hour long lecture about machines of destruction weighing about several tons of heavy metal. I even had a couple cockpits made out of cardboard so that I along with my brother could pretend to be piloting: Me a Zaku II Kai Heavy Custom and him a Commander Type Personnel Custom Gelgoog from the Gundam Franchise. We even Scratch Built(1) our own Gunplas after which we colored them. We spent many hours pretending to be fighting against the 'Earthnoids' and for the Glory of Zeon.
Don't get me started when Bandai introduced that new game system that can be used in tandem with gunplas. I nearly lost my marbles from that.
However, seeing as how I'm in a high stakes situation with the potential of threat being me getting killed, I curb-stomp my rising curiosities to the back recesses of my mind... if only just barely. Thankfully my co-pilot started talking.
"Just to let you know, the terrorist have stolen a canister of poison gas. I have no idea why Bartley commissioned it but we definitely don't need such a disgusting thing..."
Noticing the change in tone in her voice, I lean towards her and without realizing I instinctively go into my "counselling female mode" like when I talk to one of my female friends when life recently dealt them a shitty hand or if their boyfriends did something stupid and hurt them.
"Villetta? You alright? What's wrong?"
Turning her head to look at me "I tell you that the terrorists have a stolen canister of death and you ask if I'M the one okay? You're quite the sweetheart aren't you?" Ignoring the cringe that was threatening to send my cheeks into a spasm I continue on "Tell me what's bothering you."
As she looks forwards and lets out a sigh "It's just... chemical gas are a cowards weapon. At least with a Knightmare you'll know you'll be dying either by a bullet or an explosion. But with something like gas, who knows what can happen to you before you kick the bucket." A somber atmosphere now fills the cockpit.
Staring into her back 'This Villetta is very different from the one I know. Am I in the same universe as the one from the anime? Or am I in a parallel version of it.' Letting my mind wander I find myself thinking about her stance with Chemical weapons.
'Back on my world, the usage of Chemical Weapons was looked down upon. There was something called the Geneva Convention, a 'rulebook' on humanitarian treatment during war times. Without it who knows what the horrors of war could spit out. In it, there was a law about banning the usage of something called White Phosphorus. I remember lightly skimming about what it did and... I was immensely disgusted by what it did. I wonder if this world has the same outlook on using Chemical or Biological weapons as mine'
"Villeta, for now don't worry about the gas. The Terrorists don't have it anymore. Don't inform the Command Center though, I've got plans of my own for that thing."
She snapped her head towards me with a look of horror "Don't tell me you're going to use it yourself?!"
My eyes widening to the suggestion, "WHAT!? NO! There wasn't any gas in it the first place! I promise I'll explain everything I can when we have some privacy and time but NO I'm not using that on anyone!"
A look of relief forms on her face and she turns her head back around. A couple of minutes past before she starts to talk again.
"We're just about to reach the West Entrance of the Shinjuku Ghetto, orders?"
Remembering that Lelouch ambushed the unit that was chasing Kallen I ask for Villetta to look for a vantage point where we will be facing towards the tracks and stay hidden until I deem it unnecessary. After acknowledging she presses a button on the console in front of her and the screen changes from a single camera view to several. Each screen quickly showing a different view then changing to a different one until finally she says
"There, the third building on the right. There's an opening on the 6th floor where it looks directly down onto the tracks and has enough distance where I can reach an oncoming Knightmare with my Slash Harkens."
"Excellent, maneuver yourself where we will be looking towards the tracks. Have a Slash Harken primed and ready to be fired. Get me a reading of our weapons and ammo that we have while you're at it as well." As we move towards the opening, I remembered about the radio Lelouch pocketed when Kallen dropped it in the truck. Searching my pockets I feel a device in the left pocket of my pants. Taking it out I gasp as I see the device.
'That's my phone... Not Lelouch's but mine! How!? I'd understand if it was my entire conscious that got transported here but this is-' Like before, I feel something that forced me to calm down and focus. 'I'm either in a coma fucking dreaming about this or I'm having an Overlord situation. Hell I'm even like Ainz with his emotion suppressor on.' Putting my phone back in my pocket and promising to myself that I'll deal with it later, I continue body patting myself to look for that blasted device. I stop when I feel a rectangular object in the jacket's inner breast pocket.
'Finally, hopefully it's still on the same channel otherwise I'm gonna feel like an idiot.'
"Villetta, report stat." I unbutton my collar and the top 3 buttons of Lelouch's school jacket to let myself breathe and take out the radio.
"Well Jason, not sure if you know but we are currently sitting in a Sutherland. A 5th generation Knightmare frame. I believe the terrorists, who we are now allied with without them knowing might I add, are currently in possession of only 1 Knightmare frame which is the Glasgow. A 4th generation model. There have been reports coming in about it missing an arm. The enemy faction consists of Clovis' personnel army along with the Purist Faction that I'm a member of till you decide otherwise. They have in total, barring mine of course, 58 operational Knightmare Frames with more incoming by deliver via train. 27 VTOLS in the air as well as 26 Tanks roaming the streets. The weapons we possess are as follows: 1 Standard Issue Britannian Knightmare Assault Rifle with Grenade Launching capabilities. 3 Assault Rifle magazines and 2 Grenade Pack Loaders that have a max capacity of holding 80 rounds and 3 rounds respectively. 1 Assault Mag and 1 Grenade pack is currently loaded into the rifle. The current Assault mag has already spent 3 quarters of ammo and now only has 16 rounds left remaining while the Grenade hasn't been touched. 2 Chest mounted Slash Harkens with the left one slightly dented. A Stun Tonfa that is attached to the right arm with ranged capabilities. 4 handheld grenades designated the 'Chaos Mines'. They are a cylindrical shaped High Pressure Air Burst Grenade that have the ability to spray shrapnel in devastating speeds at a general direction. ...
Jason, are you having a boner right now?"
"Yes" I say immediately in a matter-of-fact manner. Can you blame me? To her she may have just been listing out the ordnance we have but to me she sounded like she was going over the several new toys that I was going to be play with. I won't lie, one of my favourite parts in those 80's/90's Gun Action movies was the bit where one guy would go over the guns they were going to use and this was just like that. Doesn't help she's right on top of my dick and moving around.
"Well thanks I guess. Anyway that's all for my report" My co-pilot says while shrugging her shoulders. While I was impressed with the report it was longer than I expected it to be. 'I better be careful with my phrasing otherwise they might take my orders literally'
"I hope you have a really good plan to keep us alive." she continues "Otherwise we're gonna need a miracle to survive."
'Okay, game face Jason. You can do this.' "Well then my Silver Baroness, I'm going to have to weave a miracle here and now don't I?" 'Where did that come from? I feel way more confident than I should be.'
I take a deep breath then press the button on the radio.
"The West Entrance!"
To be continued.
(1) Scratch Build: The process of building a scale model kit from scratch. From raw materials rather than building it from a commercial kit, kit bashing or buying it pre-assembled.